My first bad experience with another player. :o

[Gyson]

I guess I'm going to be the odd man out here. "Duty Roulette: Main Scenario" has only two dungeons in it (Castrum Meridianum and The Praetorium), correct? If so, then the fault rests with anyone queuing for this duty who is expecting a quick run that doesn't involve watching several cutscenes. If you're not looking to participate in the full experience for these dungeons, then why queue for either of them?

This widespread expectation that new players should be willing to sacrifice their story experience (in a Final Fantasy game!) by watching cutscenes outside of this story-dungeon adventure (rather than correctly woven throughout it) is utterly ridiculous. Why should new players have to sacrifice their adventure and spoil their storyline? So people can score some quick XP and poetic tomestones that are easily available everywhere else in this game? The heck with that - new players can only go to one place for this conclusion to their storyline - everyone else has the option of going almost anywhere else for XP and tomestones. Stop being selfish and taking over this particular pair of adventures in an sea of content available to you.

If you queue for these dungeons and are not expecting to take the time to wait through some cutscenes, then you are the one who has made the big mistake - not the new players. If it were up to me the cutscenes in these two dungeons would play out for everyone attending in their entirety, with no option to skip them. That would correct this problem on all fronts real quickly.

[Paladinleeds]

If it were up to me the cutscenes in these two dungeons would play out for everyone attending in their entirety, with no option to skip them. That would correct this problem on all fronts real quickly.

And queue times would be increased a million fold... You'd be lucky to get a pop... Because most players wouldn't do those dungeons if they were forced to watch cutscenes even if you offered them 10 billion gil and 450 of the weekly capped tomestone for doing it, as well as all the gear in the game and all the mounts and minions in the game.

Don't get me wrong, I agree the situation sucks, but the only reason those dungeons pop in the first place is because of veterans who speedrun them for the rewards.

What I think actually needs to happen is they be reworked to solo instances, but to keep the work lower, you have NPCs instead of players, to form the rest of the party. No queue needed, no speedruns to worry about, nothing.

[Coatl]

And queue times would be increased a million fold... You'd be lucky to get a pop... Because most players wouldn't do those dungeons if they were forced to watch cutscenes even if you offered them 10 billion gil and 450 of the weekly capped tomestone for doing it, .

Think you exaggerate it. I'd sit through every cutscene if the rewards were worth it. Like 200+ Creation would do it for me honestly. I mean I can watch like youtube on the side no problem. Hell maybe they're nice enough I can just go start getting dinner ready and I come back to free 200 creation waiting for me.

[Snow_Princess]

Think you exaggerate it. I'd sit through every cutscene if the rewards were worth it. Like 200+ Creation would do it for me honestly. I mean I can watch like youtube on the side no problem. Hell maybe they're nice enough I can just go start getting dinner ready and I come back to free 200 creation waiting for me.

Just a bit....
But 200 creation/ 200verity/ 200 poetics, sure why not, make +50/+100/+100 for first time clear bonus too, do that and ya feel free disable allowing to skip, if not on a 70, triple exp then what we get now (quad if on bonus) I honesly do not think that is asking for too much, anything short of triple of what we get now, people will do other things for a better exp/hr

[Zigabar]

Because most players wouldn't do those dungeons if they were forced to watch cutscenes even if you offered them 10 billion gil and 450 of the weekly capped tomestone for doing it, as well as all the gear in the game and all the mounts and minions in the game.

I would absolutely give up an hour of my time to get all of that. DPS, Heals, Tank? Whatever the newbies need. Someone would have to be braindead to not take that offer.