Quote Originally Posted by Mcshiggs View Post
You said you sat in party finder for a couple hours, so you see how hard it would be to do this without the help of those 7 others that already have, to think your watching cutscenes is more important than the time of those 7 others is kind of selfish. After sitting in party finder for that long you should be thankful to those people, because now you can move on with the main story.
He didn't want to watch cutscenes, just participate. I agree with OP, the party should have filled him in a little bit and let him participate in the boss fights.