Remove Praetorium

[Toutatis]

Either remove MSQ roulette duties from Mentor Roulette, remove MSQ roulette duties entirely and make them actually MSQ-tied like they did with the Final Steps of Faith, or remove MSQ Roulette (And the constant mogstone bonuses for its three duties) and make it so that it isn't in any roulette other than Mentor.
I would preferably take option 3. That way Mentors are still able to help and people are able to do it premade, but only people that actually need it, or want to do it for the duty itself, will be doing it.

Prae has nice rewards in tomes (poetics and event mogtomes), it also gives a big chunk of XP if you are leveling. There are not a lot of roulettes you can do at lvl 50-59. I say leave it, I'd gladly endure a few cutscenes for that. As for mentor roulettes, for over 100 roulettes I got it twice only...not a big deal. Just leave the duty if you are not happy. When I get in Prae, I just relax and do some reading during cutscenes (not a Netflix/Youtube type of person).

[Astrahime]

Prae has nice rewards in tomes (poetics and event mogtomes), it also gives a big chunk of XP if you are leveling.

All of this is supposed to incentivize people to do it in order to help out new players. However, this has backfired and less than a third of the runs you get actually have someone who's doing it for the first time.
MSQ roulette had its place back when Duty Support didn't exist, but it exists now so the "let's help new players finish the seventh umbral era" reason doesn't hold merit anymore.
Also, "not a lot of roulettes"? You've got Level 50 dungeons, Levelling, Trials, and Alliance Raids. The only one you're missing is Normal Raids.

[Nicola_Kunu]

All of this is supposed to incentivize people to do it in order to help out new players. However, this has backfired and less than a third of the runs you get actually have someone who's doing it for the first time.

So it is still working and hasn't backfired - 1 in 3 runs is not zero. The new players going through the story are successfully finding other players to do these story dungeons with.
The bribe is working, and you get a larger pool of players to ensure the party is filled relatively quickly as a MSQ roulette open to all players instead of only Mentors.

[RokkuEkkusu]

Either remove MSQ roulette duties from Mentor Roulette, remove MSQ roulette duties entirely and make them actually MSQ-tied like they did with the Final Steps of Faith, or remove MSQ Roulette (And the constant mogstone bonuses for its three duties) and make it so that it isn't in any roulette other than Mentor.
I would preferably take option 3. That way Mentors are still able to help and people are able to do it premade, but only people that actually need it, or want to do it for the duty itself, will be doing it.

Since you dragged Mentor Roulette into this, I hope to the Twelve that if you do Mentor Roulette, you get an Extreme Trial with pugs who won't even get past add phase. If I get Castrum or Prae in Mentor Roulette, I'll be clearing the dungeon and getting my rewards in due time.

[Arohk]

If I get Castrum or Prae in Mentor Roulette, I'll be clearing the dungeon and getting my rewards in due time.

you only get 100 Poetics in mentor roulette, not the MSQ roulette bonuses, is complete waste of time to do praetorium in mentor roulette, the other two are still annoying but got a lot more bearable.
I prefer any ex trial over this crap because i can actually play the game, also you can clear ARR trials in a few tries or even first try because of how easy they are, much faster than watching half an hour of boring cutscenes, at least give them voice acting ffs.

[Korbei]

There's nothing in the cutscenes in Meridianum or Praetorium that really needs to happen in those cutscenes. The key details can be replaced with text bubbles and the major exposition can be pushed to after the boss fights.

The first Cid/Gaius cutscene should be part of the quest leading up to the dungeon before unlocking it and the dungeon should just start at the colossus. We don't need the whiny Livia cutscene before her fight in Meridianum. She can have a whiny, defeated cutscene after the fight. We don't need the droning, self-agrandizing blather from Nero. They can both remain invulnerable without a health bar while we wait out a few text bubbles of pertinent info. The Magitek door cutscene is completely superfluous, as is the cutscene about finding the lift controls. Gaius' pre-fight yadda yadda can be moved to after the fight. He shows up immediately afterward in Porta Decumana anyway.

This stuff is not important. It's not endgame anymore... Just cut it.

[ChonkGoblinSuprem]

lmao “gimme more tomestones mommy”

F off