MSQ cutscene skipping against TOS?

[Vnolan]

Also it wouldn't matter if the whole group agreed to skip or not, they're technically breaking the ToS in case a GM might have been watchin in the instance.

Not "technically". It's against the ToS, but there are a bunch of other things against the ToS that are allowed. Looting a FC's coffers before leaving and Lootmaster scam parties aren't even against the ToS.

GMs don't randomly pop into instances or watch players without reports. How could they with how many reports SE gets? If you think the player base is paranoid know, imagine if GMs could dish out penalties for profanity use among friends in private.

The rewards are based on you completing the dungeon and sitting through all the cutscenes. You're using a glitch to collect rewards without completing the requirements. Do you honestly think SE is going to consider that OK? Be completely honest.

How many got in trouble for BLU or Eureka glitching? The cutscene skipping has been going on for at least 18 months

Skipping with new players would be detrimental to their gameplay experience, but I imagine the party dropping because they didn't get the right duty would also be bad for their experience. Difference is most seem to be fine with the latter.

Yes, in order of severity.
If the person was chewing someone out, perhaps that would be a caution or warning.
Someone jumping through exploits would probably get that.

There is no 30-day account suspension. Back when the max temp ban was 9 days the most anyone got for Ungarmax exploiting was 9 days.

Exploiting is flat out cheating

It's not cheating if everyone and anyone can do it. The devs may not want you to do it, but I'm sure they don't want players leaving Castrum because they can't level up while watching TV.

What gives ANY of you any reason to think that you have a right to those rewards when you do not do the requirements for them?

The requirements are completing the dungeon. Should groups that pull the entire dungeon and sac the tank for faster clears also be included in that group? What about players that joined shortly before the clear?

It makes no sense to me that people get so angry at the cutscene skipping thing

who don't earn things as intended and break the TOS.

Like I said, "content isn't being respected".

[Iscah]

TLDR; Expand MSQ Roulette so that it includes more variety.

The MSQ roulette dungeons aren't split out because of their being "the climax" but because of their format: eight players instead of the usual four in a dungeon, and lengthy cutscenes.

The finales for the expansions don't have this format, so are grouped in a separate roulette.

MSQ roulette isn't designed for "variety", it's designed so that those who do it know exactly what they're signing up for to earn those tomes.

How many got in trouble for BLU or Eureka glitching? The cutscene skipping has been going on for at least 18 months

Skipping with new players would be detrimental to their gameplay experience, but I imagine the party dropping because they didn't get the right duty would also be bad for their experience. Difference is most seem to be fine with the latter.

The difference between dropping out and disconnecting-to-skip is that one is permitted within the game, and one requires doing things "outside the game" (force-quitting the program or physically disconnecting your internet connection) that are beyond the programmers' ability to prevent. That doesn't mean they approve of it or wouldn't prevent it if they could, just that it isn't possible for them to control within the game's code.

Choosing to leave the dungeon could be seen as rude, but it is something you are permitted to do via an in-game menu.