Playing FFXIV as a Au Ra. ( playing as if I was a new player) ( A little bit annoyed)

[Starlord]

They're not going to do more.

Force people to watch an hour of cutscenes, you'll next be complaining no one queues, you can't get groups.

At least I know when it does que up that I'll have like minded people to do the story along with me /sigh. It is a problem for "both" sides, a problem that may never see a solution to in the DF. That doesn't mean I should sit back and just let it happen. /shrug

[LaylaTsarra]

At least I know when it does que up that I'll have like minded people to do the story along with me /sigh. It is a problem for "both" sides, a problem that may never see a solution to in the DF. That doesn't mean I should sit back and just let it happen. /shrug

They need to remove the main scenerio roulette. People are not going to wait each day they run them for new people to watch the cutscenes. I understand your desire to see them but it's a bit unreasonable to expect people who do these daily to wait a half hour or so for cutscenes. It's just not going to happen. You can say they should but really if you think about it that is asking a lot for people to do on a daily basis. Personally if I had to do that daily I'd stop doing the roulette. I've certainly participated in FC excursions where new players wanted to watch and was happy to.

[Starlord]

They need to remove the main scenerio roulette. People are not going to wait each day they run them for new people to watch the cutscenes. I understand your desire to see them but it's a bit unreasonable to expect people who do these daily to wait a half hour or so for cutscenes. It's just not going to happen. You can say they should but really if you think about it that is asking a lot for people to do on a daily basis. Personally, as mentioned, if I had to do that daily I'd stop doing the roulette. I've certainly participated in FC excursions where new players wanted to watch and was happy to.

I understand that side of the argument wholeheartedly "Not new people would be force to wait". In the case Why not offer more poetics for the time spent waiting? It is outdated stuff after all, so whats the harm? Making it so if a new person is new to the dungeon offer 200-300 more Poetics for the time spent waiting. Or give both that and 20k gil something along those lines. Another words make it worth the dungeon and the wait for new players.

[JayCommon]

I understand that side of the argument wholeheartedly "Not new people would be force to wait". In the case Why not offer more poetics for the time spent waiting? It is outdated stuff after all, so whats the harm? Making it so if a new person is new to the dungeon offer 200-300 more Poetics for the time spent waiting. Or give both that and 20k gil something along those lines. Another words make it worth the dungeon and the wait for new players.

I mean, don't you see that this will never end? Personally, you could tell me I would get 2000 poetics for a run of CM and watching the cutscenes and I still wouldn't queue. I have 8 digits Gil, 20k is less than pocket change to me. I would go so far as to say nothing, save from helping a friend or god forbid they route some kind of progression gear through there, would ever make me go back willingly. And then if you do inflate the rewards like that, you'll have people who do want those rewards and then berate people if they don't watch cutscenes.

This is lose-lose. It always has been. I really do have sympathy for the players who are forced to skip the CS, but the simple fact of the matter is SE should have never put integral story CS in repeatable dungeons that were farmed ad nauseum for endgame currency. Even I think if it was just Praetorium then it would have been alot better and we wouldn't see so much of this forcing. Those CS were actually important to the story.

CM is a f***ing joke. There is like 5 cutscenes just of watch towers being destroyed. Please explain to me why this was necessary and deemed CS worthy as plot developing tools? Not you, Starlord YOU, SE >.>;

[Starlord]

I mean, don't you see that this will never end?

Well, they have changed the way Cutscenes are delivered so I give them props for that, Having little CS like you mentioned are pointless in the grand scheme of things. I just find it sad that this what new players will have to go through when they are in it for the story. Also, not everyone is a millionaire like you are haha.

[JayCommon]

Well, they have changed the way Cutscenes are delivered so I give them props for that, Having little CS like you mentioned are pointless in the grand scheme of things. I just find it sad that this what new players will have to go through when they are in it for the story. Also, not everyone is a millionaire like you are haha.

Yeah, they did change it. I guess I should have clarified I meant it will never end for these 2 particular dungeons (CM and Prae). It does suck, but I think at this point in the game the new player is going to leave either of those places with a bad taste in their mouth regardless. Is it better to be left behind so you can watch your cutscenes, or to be a part of a fight that you don't actually contribute to because everyone else outgears you so heavily?

I mean, I know this wouldn't be the case for everyone, but I pay attention to my damage contributions in a party and examine other people's gear. If I walked into a dungeon with i90 and stood next to an i200 DPS, I sure wouldn't feel like my role in the slaying of the boss was really all too important /shrug.

True about the Gil thing also. I just don't think throwing more/increased rewards at something is necessarily always the right idea. It just feels more like developer coercion lol.