I'm very disappointed with the decision they made, for multiple reasons. They honestly could have just gated the fights until everyone was done watching/skipping the scenes or just made it a solo instance.

As someone who has 16 characters (I know it's a ridiculous amount) 15 who have to do these two MSQ dungeons at some point, it makes me never want to bother with it. Each one takes 30-50 minutes (just estimating) and I have to do that 30 times if you count both?

I could even see new players leaving after being faced with a dungeon with 30 minutes of cutscenes, probably after waiting a long time just to get in because no one will want to do it.

Im hoping SE will change it back or do something to fix it, though I doubt they will.