Quote Originally Posted by aveyond-dreams View Post
Allowing someone to die purposefully is what is considered griefing-specifically, if a sprout is watching a cutscene and someone pulls, and you aren't watching the cutscene either, you are supposed to join in the fight. Not sit on the sidelines. The sprout will largely be unaffected if they miss 10 seconds of a fight. Nothing interesting ever happens in the first 10 seconds.

If it is one of the 5 minute cutscenes? My apologies to the sprout but that's a full on movie at that point. The issue is SE's previous way of designing such instances. Nowadays they know better, for the most part.
The problem with some fights is that if you watch the cutscene outside the arena, you might get teleported right into mechanic that will wipe the floor with your face (or example, last boss of the Puppet's Bunker, the entire area around boss room will be covered in AOE that deals damage and you can die while loading). There's nothing wrong with waiting for 30s for someone who wants to have a first time experience in some duty.