Alliance Raids and players not waiting for Cutscene Watchers

[TheJamJam]

I dont want them to be forced either, that would be stupid, but they do not take up the "most" of your playtime, ever. Not even "a huge chunk" That's just abit overblown.
For the few cases where things just die when you look at them, this may be true, but for anything else in this game, it is not.

Forcing them still isnt the right way to go.

Nowhere in my post did I state "most" and it is a huge chunk. Maybe not on daily basis but if you count those minutes on monthly basis or even yearly as subscriber, you've spend a huge portion of accumulated time on watching cutscenes. I'm not sure why that is hard to understand.

Here's an example: Let's say cutscenes became forced and on average, you would spend around 5 min each day (which is generous and not including Prae or Castrum) just on cutscenes.

Take 10 days, that's 50 min of cutscenes. Take a month, and you've wasted 150min on cutscenes which is around 2.5h.

Now then, let's say cutscenes in Praetorium are about 35 min. Cutscenes in Castrum are around 15.

In the worst case scenario of getting everyday Prae. I iterate. The worst case scenario.

That's 40 min on cutscenes EACH DAY along with the forced ones.

10 days, that 400 min which is 6.6h

30 days, aka a month = 19.8 hours just on cutscenes.

I'm not sure how clearer I should make this. I didn't even count in the total hours of queueing. Any increase to forced cutscene watching is another step towards not respecting the time of people.

[Cheremia]

Nowhere in my post did I state "most" and it is a huge chunk. Maybe not on daily basis but if you count those minutes on monthly basis or even yearly as subscriber, you've spend a huge portion of accumulated time on watching cutscenes. I'm not sure why that is hard to understand.

Here's an example: Let's say cutscenes became forced and on average, you would spend around 5 min each day (which is generous and not including Prae or Castrum) just on cutscenes.

Take 10 days, that's 50 min of cutscenes. Take a month, and you've wasted 1.5h on cutscenes.

Now then, let's say cutscenes in Praetorium are about 35 min. Cutscenes in Castrum are around 15.

In the worst case scenario of getting everyday Prae. I iterate. The worst case scenario.

That's 40 min on cutscenes EACH DAY along with the forced ones.

10 days, that 400 min which is 6.6h

30 days, aka a month = 19.8 hours just on cutscenes.

I'm not sure how clearer I should make this. Any increase to forced cutscene watching is another step towards not respecting the time of people.

I dont think Prae is a thing in this equasion tho? It was Alliance raids they mentioned.

I don't do MSQ-Roulettes because they bore me and people do MSQ out of their free will. I wont subject myself to it, thank you.
But heck, people use the time to do OTHER things than wait for the cutscenes to end, don't they? Smarter time usage than waiting for them to end.

People also do Alliance and other things out of their free will. And that Includes the start cutscenes and the end cutscenes. Not to sound too rude, but it's really not that much of a rocket science.

I legit can't math but by that math, your overall playtime still absolutely towers over cutscenes.

Heck, queue times for dps players is the most anybody has to wait, ever.
THAT is the timesink, not a 1-2 minute cutscene in a 10-20 dungeon or a 20-30 minute Raid.
Still very much out of proportion there because there are many things in many games that pad time in way worse ways than 1-2 cutscene after 10+ Minutes. Even this game does. Like the lovely Stun-Transitions many bosses have where you can do literally nothing else than watch. They are cool, but very long sometimes.

Also sorry, yes you didn't say that, my bad! Used the wrong wording here.

And i dont want forced cutscenes either.

I suddenly get a flashback to the Hollow Bastion Riku Cutscene from KH1, which my small self got to... know... really well....... really well...

Also to clarify:
I want NEW people to get to watch cutscenes in peace without people running ahead.
THAT is what i want.
I do NOT want Cutscenes to be forced because, even if i say that there will always be new people, you do not always always have new people in your group. I do like me a quick and speedy dungeon or raid myself, too.