This needs to be stopped, and immediately.

[Giantbane]

Let me say it again: Main Scenario is not for speedrunning. It is not for quick myth, and it is not something you NEED to do. The reward is so high because you're helping new players, but right now players are bypassing the purpose of the system at the expense of the very people it is designed to help. I'm not sure if this is a problem exclusive to the NA community, but it really needs to be addressed. Punishing players that do this after-the-fact is nice, but this actually needs to be prevented in some way as well. Every time it happens, it sours the endgame experience of a new player, and they might even quit because of it.

If it wasn't for speed running or quick myth, not many people would do it. It would be like cape westwind used to be before it was added to the trials roulette. New players would have to sit in queues and/or spam shouts in major cities/mor dohna for hours to get a group. Now it's much more convenient.

You don't *have* to use the DF to complete the story mode. You can form your own group so that you can watch all the cutscenes if it's really important to you. Convenience comes with a cost, and that cost is you're likely to get a group that doesn't want to wait for you to watch them. I, personally, don't mind that much waiting for new players to watch the cutscenes since it's not really all that frequent. But I understand others who are less patient.