This has to stop.

[Clavaat]

Not to dismiss OP, I agree, but another solution is to shout for a group that wants to do it for the story. I've done this a few times for people in my LS/FC and will sometimes join the shouts that I see just to help. We've actually gotten people who have done it before themselves, but would like to do it again for the story or just to help out. You make a lot of friends this way. DF is very erratic right now, but they plan on making it easier to pick and choose what you are going in for, which is a nice option.

[Ksenia]

Dont forget CM cutscenes are deadly, when i ask to skip them its to not wipe (which could cause people to leave).
This is bad game design and not to blame entirely on players.

Cutscenes at the very start and at the end... ok SE? <.<

This really, there is no reason they can't intro cut scene when you do the duty finder update quest.

[aray0002]

By the 7 HELLS
Now you tell me there is bloody Cut Scenes in CM ???
I ran CM 250 times and never seen one bloody CS.
Only the Load Screen shit that interrupts the Cannon / Fire sequence.

[juniglee]

Dat necro.

[Krystalynn]

People who make others do this are the scum of the Earth. For fucks sake people... this is Final Fantasy XIV.

FINAL FANTASY XIV

Have people forgotten what the hell they are playing? This isn't Korean Dungeon Hunter Online 2013. This is an rpg based on a long standing RPG franchise. This isn't Final Fantasy: Online. This is a numbered title in a sequential series. Important enough to have its own place among legendary games like FFIV and even everyone's favorite FF VII. This is something fans treasure, and yet people come in here and treat the experience like it's just, another mmo.

Just another quest. Another dungeon grind. Mechanically, this may be what it is... but for that person going through the game for the first time, this is Final Fantasy. Just because you forgot doesn't mean you should take that away from them.

[MieyCyruuuus]

its just another mmo

[Kewitt]

I only bullied my Hubby because we knew we could watch them in the room.
But I would never hold anyone back from watching them.

And I didn't want us to be the ones holding us back.

Also I find with WP and AK being speed run faster then CM. I'm not sure why anyone would Speed run CM at this point for points.
I've gotten WP down to under 33 mins, my hubby and I don't even have my dark light set yet.
I clearly see us breaking the sub 20 min as we get better gear.


Finally read my sign.

[Akuha]

OP snip

I had to skip mine the first time through too. Sure, I watched them all at the inn later, but the excitement was gone. Sigh...

Also your crown has jellybeans on it and it's making me hungry.

[d4rkie]

I got my "bard can join us later" but watched the cutscenes anyway. Might join CM/Prae at some point just to experience the fights too...

[PEANUT]

THIS. HAS. TO. STOP. NOW.

I've seen this too many damn times.
Stop bullying new people in DF, douchebags.
You want a speed run? Put up your own group in /sh in Mor'dhona with 7 other people that want the same type of run.

And for people new to the story instances... don't let them bully you if you care for the story. Ignore them, and watch your cutscenes... they can leave if they are so annoyed by a few minutes wait.

Looove this, thank you. This thread is kind of old, but I just beat the game, and during the last mission(SPOILER) and out of all the battles I missed 3. Gaius, The red guy(forgot his name) and Lahabrea all because I wanted to watch and enjoy the story that I have been working on beating, and my party decided to rush into the battle without telling me and now I have to do it all over again just to experience the battles I missed. I can at least happily and proudly say that I did not let them bully my into skipping scenes that I worked to get to and watched each and every one of them, but still it's just not cool. I really hope they find some sort of balancing system to this, or start making shorter cutscenes before battle, and then longer ones when it is over. Also I used the DF to get my party, so why people who have experienced the storyline and expecting me to skip would join a DF party, I don't have a clue, you can't choose who you get in DF so they shouldn't rush into stuff when someone is watching the scenes. It's just frustrating, and making a stress relieving game anything but.

You cannot just honestly tell people to watch the scenes in your inn room, that is WACK! How they heck am I gonna skip a scene and then all of a sudden the battle starts and I am fighting a whatchyamacallit from onlygodknowswhere and them I am left confused as hell. "Oh but again I can just go back to my inn room and find out why the hell I just fought that thing". NO! F-that... it's not the same.

P.S. Also cutscenes in this game are really not that long, the longest cutscene I read was about 5 minutes long, and they give you an hour and a half to 2 hours usually to complete the missions, and I doubt 5 minutes will make that much of a difference.