DEVS: Don't waste time with voice acting.

[Colino]

Though when you pay it goes towards everything -- "useless fodder" or not.

You're still paying for your "second" character just to keep your post count up? Jesus.

What you consider useless someone else may not, plus as has been said before it doesn't really work like that.

The games budget has been set already, voice work was no doubt taken into account at that time.

I know, it was mostly a figure of speech. I'm fine if it's main quest cutscenes (if there's on thing SE is still really good at is making cutscenes), I just agree with OP when stuff like Moogle and Ifrit fight intros are completely skipped over, that would be a waste of resources regardless.