Quote Originally Posted by Krotoan View Post
Everyone in this thread is talking of "forced to watch cutscenes" like it's some sort of torture. In the hours necessary to complete this game it's minor
Do me a favor please. Go pick an episode from a show you like, okay? Any show is fine. Now watch that selected episode over and over. Tell me you never get sick of seeing the exact same scene over and over again.

That's what happens when you force cutscenes. You're making us rewatch an episode over and over every time we queue up. That'll drive people insane.

Quote Originally Posted by Krotoan View Post
The INTENT was to get new players party members if they couldn't locate their own. The refined intent, as has been demonstrated by their new rule, is to allow newbies to enjoy the story AND find party members who are OK with that.
Let's use the perspective of a player that has no idea what is inside of Castrum and Praetorium. This player is used to dungeon related runs being 15-20 minutes since we just speedrun the leveling dungeons anyways. They noticed how short it takes to do dungeons so these shouldn't be different right? It takes them a while to get in because less people are queuing, but eventually, either from that roulette or mentor roulette, it fills. 45 minutes later... they're irritated it's taking so long. Why is it taking so long? Just the cutscenes?

I haven't exactly done it on an alt for story since the change, but does the game alert the dungeon will take longer than most? Whenever cutscenes take more than 5 minutes in story they seem to put a warning going, "HEY THIS TAKES A WHILE" before they let you see them. Castrum and Prae doesn't warn you though, not when you unlock, and if you don't have access to the roulette, the duty finder doesn't even tell you that you're forced into cutscenes. Check the actual dungeon descriptions, nowhere does it say forced cutscenes, so why do people outside of roulette gotta be hit?