This needs to be stopped, and immediately.

[Authority]

I am entering The Praetorium for the first time and I am starting to watch my cutscenes. One person states "Please do not watch the cutscenes". I ignore him. Then towards the end I get kicked out because I am still watching my cutscenes. I am a paying customer and I will not be forced to skip my paying content period.

This is unbelievable. Cutscenes in total take an extra 5m-10m maximum and that is not even worth an argument but I am making it in case someone argues back at how long they are but even that is still irrelevant.

Then guess what? I managed to see all cutscenes but in everything we do, and especially in MMOs there is a trade-off so as you can tell a missed a couple of boss fights.And before you make the argument of seeing it afterwards, don't even bother. I am not going to experience a game or any game in small proportions. It ruins everything.

So what is the solution? Simple. Implement a tool where there is a time-limit on watching a cutscene on average for first timers only. Disallow boss fights to start when a first-timer is watching cut scenes. No one should be forced to skip a content.

When you let fate decide your type of group you either accept the randomization or you don't. In random groups you can get good players, bad players, impolite and impatient players. You get all walks of life because that is randomization; everything is a chance. If you want to do something such as a speed run or whatever run you feel like it like EXP run(s) then obviously make your own group with your own conditions.

[Kiroh]

Report them and they will be punished for it. It's considered an abuse of the votekick system and is totally against the rules.

[Sadana]

You've stumbled into one of the most vicious arguments on the OF about how to play the game. ^^;

[therpgfanatic]

I am entering The Praetorium for the first time and I am starting to watch my cutscenes. One person states "Please do not watch the cutscenes". I ignore him. Then towards the end I get kicked out because I am still watching my cutscenes. I am a paying customer and I will not be forced to skip my paying content period.

You can watch all your cutscenes again in your Inn room.

You need to understand that many people are doing The Praetorium as part of their dailies. They have already seen the cutscenes and want to get through the encounter. None of these people want to wait 10 minutes for you to watch cutscenes.

The problem isn't with players, it's with the developers. The penultimate storyline cutscenes shouldn't be taking place in the dungeons.

Right now you are mad about people skipping cutscenes. You won't be when the tables are reversed, and you are running that dungeon for the 100th time and some guy is holding the entire raid up to watch an airship fall out of the sky, or watch the MagiTek armour do its R2D2 impression.

[Eye_Gore]

These people kill me, not like there is a huge headline starting the dungeon that there are new players. I take the cut scene as a take 5, grab a new drink, regroup, and prepare for battle.

[Nayto]

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Oh don't bother learning the end-game fights. People have this 'must have watched a video like it's the script' mentality so your not really learning.

Not sure why they haven't made it so if(viewing cutscene){disable vote kick}...seems easy enough.

As for running main story roulette...that's a joke, and anyone who does that is a fool, reward to time spend does not equal anywhere close to what it should be.

Insert obligatory "but I'm keeping them casuals that SE loves... and that's where MY subscription money comes in".

Yeah... you bet some asshole will say that.

[Nadrojj]

Welcome to last year! The option to skip cutscenes in those type of instances is silly. If you want to repeat that content again you should have to watch the cutscenes again, no reason the noobs should be forced to skip so you can run your repeat storyline dungeon.

[KahnyaRedx]

Not sure why they haven't made it so if(viewing cutscene){disable vote kick}...seems easy enough.

As for running main story roulette...that's a joke, and anyone who does that is a fool, reward to time spend does not equal anywhere close to what it should be.

[Lucke]

You can watch all your cutscenes again in your Inn room.

You need to understand that many people are doing The Praetorium as part of their dailies. They have already seen the cutscenes and want to get through the encounter. None of these people want to wait 10 minutes for you to watch cutscenes.

The problem isn't with players, it's with the developers. The penultimate storyline cutscenes shouldn't be taking place in the dungeons.

Right now you are mad about people skipping cutscenes. You won't be when the tables are reversed, and you are running that dungeon for the 100th time and some guy is holding the entire raid up to watch an airship fall out of the sky.

It's a major story dungeon. People there have every right to watch their cutscenes. Deal with it, or don't do Story dungeons for your dailies.

[Omegakiyohime]

The solution would be to split the queue up for individuals with cutscenes disabled and those that don't. Someone is going to have to compromise with their time in that scenario, pure and simple, and your time/money isn't any more important because you are a first timer. You still have 7 people in that scenario that are doing the content. Would you prefer the alternative of people that want to skip cutscenes dropping out because they don't want to wait, and you not clearing the content because you can't deign to watch it in your inn room? I doubt it.