Since they put barrier on new ARR MSQ instance...

[SassyAssassin]

I rather hand in a thousand journals to Khloe than go in that forsaken place

[Raoabolic]

"What do you mean I am forced to watch the cutscenes and I can't break through the invisible barrier!? I want those tombstones and tokens NOW!"

And people wonder why SE is moving the game towards a single player experience, lmao.
I'm still not happy with their two minute burst window meme though...

[VelKallor]

How often do you run Prae/Castrum and have a new player?

Every single day.

Why is Castrum/Prae different?

End of the Ultimate Weapon storyline / end of ARR MSQ.

THATS why.

[Midareyukki]

"What do you mean I am forced to watch the cutscenes and I can't break through the invisible barrier!? I want those tombstones and tokens NOW!"

And people wonder why SE is moving the game towards a single player experience, lmao.
I'm still not happy with their two minute burst window meme though...

Tomestones :^) The only thing that died was the boss you got them from, and you sure as hell aren't the one going to bury it.

Also, the 2m Burst Window is currently causing serious issues. So dw, hopefully they'll drop it next expansion. Or just realize classes and players kind of need to breathe, and allow for better leeway.

[DiaDeem]

I think they should be skippable, but people should remain trapped inside of one of those circle barriers after skipping. I don't mind waiting for people to watch their stuff. I really wouldn't mind sitting down for a few, but I do get tried of Gaius babbling about "Very Glib" and whatever else "The Twelve blah blah" for the 900th time. I've been watching that CS for 9 years. I don't mind waiting inside a barrier for people to watch that but.. can I just sit down instead of watching it yet again?

Also, French is the fastest.. in case anyone wants to know. Faster than Japanese.

[ErryK]

vote kick sprout afk

or

just outright harass them, so they want to leave the instance

Now you can have your shorter dungeon. See an issue?

turn off chat or report? idk girl, y'all blow things outta proportion.

[Raoabolic]

Tomestones :^) The only thing that died was the boss you got them from, and you sure as hell aren't the one going to bury it.

Also, the 2m Burst Window is currently causing serious issues. So dw, hopefully they'll drop it next expansion. Or just realize classes and players kind of need to breathe, and allow for better leeway.

Why would I bury them? I need my 615 welfare weapons. ;A;
Also, I doubt they are going to change much of the meme window when 7.0 pops up. At most they will acknowledge it and say "we are monitoring the situation". The only time they drastically change anything is when they go after classes/jobs and we all know what happens when that happens.
*looks at the tombstone of smn*
*looks at the tombstone of drk's HP drain*
*looks at the tombstone of Kaiten*
*looks at the freshly dug hole for drg and the commission slip for the tombstone*
...You ain't getting gear from those tombstones...

[dspguy]

Every single day.



End of the Ultimate Weapon storyline / end of ARR MSQ.

THATS why.

That's not an answer. Every expansion has a "last dungeon" or trial. Every storyline has a last trial/dungeon/raid. None of those cutscenes are forced. Nearly 10 years of FFXIV - these are the only dungeons with forced cutscenes.

If the reward isn't great enough, players won't run it more than once. Cutscenes or not.

[Striker44]

That's not an answer. Every expansion has a "last dungeon" or trial. Every storyline has a last trial/dungeon/raid. None of those cutscenes are forced. Nearly 10 years of FFXIV - these are the only dungeons with forced cutscenes.

If the reward isn't great enough, players won't run it more than once. Cutscenes or not.

Yeah, it's not so much that it's the "end" of something, but it's the amount of story that occurs during cutscenes in those end-of-ARR dungeons specifically. None of the xpacs since have come anywhere close to the amount of mid-run cutscenes that you see in Prae. And the regularity that MSQ roulette always runs is plenty of evidence that the rewards are more than sufficient for people to run it regularly.

[PirateRyanG]

I've backfilled just before the last boss of The Praetorium.

I zoned in right as the cutscene was starting, so I was stuck on that lift that goes down to the Ultima Weapon for ages.

Man, Ultima Weapon is deep underground (the lift moves, even during the cutscene).

I don't want the cutscenes rid of anyway. They are important for newbies. Plus, they give me time to make coffee.

If I ain't watching them, then I just have conversations in chat with people.