You know what? I was one of those rookies not very long ago - and I appreciated that I could watch those scenes guilt-free.

If you don't like that they are unskippable, don't run the damned things. It's not that complicated.

Hell, I don't run the MSQ more than once or twice a month simply because I just don't have the time to devote to it. You don't see me crying about losing out on the reward because of it....

Another case of min-maxers looking to dictate the terms of everything of an MMO, as usual....