All the new players I run into seem to hate the cutscenes too and think Gaius' talking is too long winded and slow.

They really need to redesign this. I don't really care if it takes effort, it's worth it to get new players into the game. Lots of 2.0 is a slog, this doesn't help.

There's no challenge with the over geared nature of this anyway so there's no sense of accomplishment for new players.