QoL update for being locked in Cutscenes MAJORLY needed

[TheSpooks]

There's nothing more frustrating I find in FFXIV than being queued for a duty, with a different job and being locked from doing ANYTHING. I myself enjoy the lore of FFXIV and want to take the time to read whats happening or watch current the cutscene. However, if I'm in a scene with dialogue or a cutscene while a Duty Finder pops. I can't change to whatever class I queued as while in a scene. I either have to skip EVERYTHING and lose out on details ( if its only dialogue) or skip a scene entirely (IF it gives you the option too) just to switch jobs before the timer runs out. If I choose to test my luck and press on reading the scene at my pace, hoping I don't run out if time I have to worry about a duty penalty of I don't make it.

Please fix this. Going back to your journal to "rewatch a scene" is not a solution to this.

[MikkoAkure]

That's why I don't watch cutscenes or do quests when I'm queuing for something. Solves that problem.

[TheSpooks]

That's why I don't watch cutscenes or do quests when I'm queuing for something. Solves that problem.

Should never have to be that way either. Your "solution" to the issue just encourages the issue further.

That's comparable to saying "One room of my house is completely dirty. If I don't go in there though, I dont have to worry about the mess."

[TaleraRistain]

I'm not seeing anything for them to fix. If you could change your job and accept into the duty, then you're just going to get cut off when you get pulled in anyway. And now you have to deal with your chat screens being visible so you lose immersion.

Just expect that you're probably going to have cutscenes when you quest and don't queue while you're questing unless you're willing to have to cut out of cutscenes quickly.

[Jade3173]

Should never have to be that way either. Your "solution" to the issue just encourages the issue further.

That's comparable to saying "One room of my house is completely dirty. If I don't go in there though, I dont have to worry about the mess."

what's your solution then?

Mikko has the right of it really. When you queue for a duty there's the Average Wait Time for a reason, so you have an idea on what you can go and do. The duty finder needs to have a penalty to people not accepting, you just wasted a queue pop for 3/7/23 other people if you don't click in. If you want to take the time and read whatever it is your doing, budget your time accordingly is the very simple and correct solution.

[TheSpooks]

I'm not seeing anything for them to fix. If you could change your job and accept into the duty, then you're just going to get cut off when you get pulled in anyway. And now you have to deal with your chat screens being visible so you lose immersion.

Just expect that you're probably going to have cutscenes when you quest and don't queue while you're questing unless you're willing to have to cut out of cutscenes quickly.

Being "Immersed" isn't my worry. I could careless if a chat box pops up in the bottom corner of my screen. That can happen by default just by pressing "enter". What's so difficult to propose "switch to queued role" while being in a scene or dialogue. I'd MUCH rather go back previous steps and redo a quest then skip the thing entirely.

[TheSpooks]

what's your solution then?

Mikko has the right of it really. When you queue for a duty there's the Average Wait Time for a reason, so you have an idea on what you can go and do. The duty finder needs to have a penalty to people not accepting, you just wasted a queue pop for 3/7/23 other people if you don't click in. If you want to take the time and read whatever it is your doing, budget your time accordingly is the very simple and correct solution.

Solution? "Switch to queued role" when hitting accept. Seems pretty simple to me. Yes you're right there's a timer. The "average" time isn't always right nor law either. There has been plenty times an average time has been 10min and you can get in with 5min. Also, you dont " waste" a queue for people who have been waiting. If someone doesn't accept, you get put into a priority queue which is almost ALWAYS instant.

"Budget your time accordingly" You're playing a MMO.... xD

[Jojoya]

"Budget your time accordingly" You're playing a MMO.... xD

Right, you budget your time when you're playing a MMO or any game. You prioritize what's most important for the time you have available.

There are a few possible solutions for you to use:

• Stop queuing for duties when you want to be doing quests and watching cutscenes.
• Stay in the job that you used when you queued for the duty if you're going to be watching cutscenes.
• Abandon the quest after you get out of the duty and restart it so you can watch the cutscene while you are not queued for another duty.
• Ignore the duty so the game will automatically withdraw you after 60 seconds. That can happen twice every 24 hours without penalty. If it happens a third time, you'll get hit with the deserter penalty. This shouldn't be happening enough on a daily for you to reach the point of getting hit with the penalty.

[WrenElessedil]

Solution? "Switch to queued role" when hitting accept.

Definitely. There's literally no reason to be opposed to this. But I imagine it would be harder to implement than it should be based on how hard simple things have been for them to implement in the past.

[SamSmoot]

When you get pulled in, you should automatically be switched to the job and gear you queued as When you exit the instance, the cutscene should resume from the point where it was interrupted.