DEVS - Please allow cutscenes to not even be loaded/auto-skipped

[BodomsChild]

This is truly ostracizing PS3 players from PC players. PS3 players cannot even speedrun dungeons such as Prae due to the cutscene loading limitations. It honestly can take up to 30 seconds for a PS3 player to completely get past one cutscene whereas PC players can skip the same cutscene (including loading times) in about 2 seconds. This ends up in PS3 players getting cut out of boss fights and various other things of that nature.

This makes it harder for PS3 players to get into speedrun parties because nobody wants to slow down for them. Some common shouts I see are "PRAE SPEEDRUN GROUP, NO PS3 ALLOWED" and "PC ONLY SPEEDRUN GROUP".

If you would just allow an auto-skip feature (to where it doesn't even load the cutscene) as an option, it would truly help the community of this game. I'm kind of annoyed that I'm being belittled as a player simply because I play on PS3 - but I can't blame PC players. They want fast runs and PS3 players cannot offer that. So please fix this!

[M4Fade]

I agree.

Now, I'm not on PS3 so I can't relate.. but there should be an option where you can just turn off cutscenes, PERIOD. Just a minor quality of life change. Hook us up, SE!

[Xunin]

It's pretty silly that you ahve to go through the same cut scenes over and over again so i +1 this.

[Milmoko_Gemoko]

Skip the cutscene with the SQUARE button to speed things up maybe?
I personally can accept load times given how its been streamed over the net and how im playing on an aged peice of hardware (PS3).

[BodomsChild]

Skip the cutscene with the SQUARE button to speed things up maybe?
I personally can accept load times given how its been streamed over the net and how im playing on an aged peice of hardware (PS3).

Sadly the only true way to speed things up would be to not even load the cutscenes at all. I literally skip them as FAST as I can, yet it still has me loading in/out of the cutscenes for 20+ seconds.

[necrosis]

This is truly ostracizing PS3 players from PC players.

Let me kill your argument without reading your entire post.

No. This is not "ostracizing PS3 players from PC players". The **PLAYERS** are doing this. If they are being dicks and doing "PRAE SPEEDRUN GROUP, NO PS3 ALLOWED" and "PC ONLY SPEEDRUN GROUP" then don't give them the time of day. Simple as that.

This is exceptionally stupid because there is ZERO way for one player to tell another is on PS3 unless they flap their lips.

Should there be a way to skip the CS's after the first watch? Yes.
Should there be a way to skip the CS's after the first watch because if your stupid reasoning? No.

An idea can become stupid if the reason is stupid.

[Kyriea]

I agree with the auto skip but like Necrosis said, there is no major issue on PS3. The difference is usually 3 seconds at max for me and is definitely not stopping speed running or making it impossible for me to speed run. I say this because I've done a lot of speed runs and kept up fine, also never been called out on being slightly behind. If people are giving you grief over 3 seconds I'd recommend staying far away from them.

[Ceol]

Agreed as well. Until my SSD comes in and I switch out my PS3's old 60GB HDD, I can't do CM or Prae speedruns. Prae is the worst because there are so many cutscenes and they each take ridiculously long to load.

Some PC players might not understand this, but it really is a pain having to wait 10-15 seconds just to get the "skip" option, then another 10-15 seconds to load back into the instance. Meanwhile, your group has started without you or gotten angry.

[BodomsChild]

Let me kill your argument without reading your entire post.

No. This is not "ostracizing PS3 players from PC players". The **PLAYERS** are doing this. If they are being dicks and doing "PRAE SPEEDRUN GROUP, NO PS3 ALLOWED" and "PC ONLY SPEEDRUN GROUP" then don't give them the time of day. Simple as that.

This is exceptionally stupid because there is ZERO way for one player to tell another is on PS3 unless they flap their lips.

Let me kill your entire argument right here.

1) Yes it is ostricizing the playerbase, one group can truly speedrun and the other cant. That is a problem right there regardless of how harsh players are. PC players get priority in speedruns. Simple as that.

2) Yes, you can see who is on PS3 - They have an Online ID at the bottom when you examine them. This allows PC players to cut out PS3 players before even going in an instance.

[Kyriea]

PC players can't see the online ID, only PS3 players can see who's on PS3. Nobody will ever be able to tell if you're on PS3 unless you tell them.