Watching cutscenes = AFK?

[Chiapet]

The fix for this thinking would be as it has been even in 1.0 .. Stop the timer while ppl watch the CS. Put ppl back in a kiddie pool and pause the timer. Remove the kick option if in CS. If they can do it with loot they can figure it out.

I remember being screamed at 1.0 cause I dared to watch the moogle opening scene. "Too many moogles are up now just die!" This has been a long time thought process of the players. I wish it would go away too. Some of those cs are nice and if youre with friends you get some really nice screenshots.. I cant do that in my inn room and I hate it. Some of my favorite pictures from even back then are some with my friends beating story Gaurda, United We Stand, or flying in for Raven.

[KaiKatzchen]

I think Castrum and Praetorium have wayyy too many cutscenes. I think pretty much everyone's first time was bum rushed. Am I correct in that assumption?

Yes they do have a lot of cut scenes, but they are part of the story-line, so I can understand that. As for the first time being a bum rush, mine wasn't. We wanted to watch the cut scenes and so the people who didn't just waited, and even now if I end up in one of those I tell people to watch the CS's if they want too. I don't mind waiting. I chose to go into that dungeon knowing it was CS heavy, and it's not my right to tell people how to play and progress through their story-line.

Every person me or my group helps we tell them watch the CS's if they wish too.

[ispano]

There are some cutscenes in Castrum / Praetorium that cannot be re-watched, unless they finally fixed that. One of them is a spawn cutscene for a vehicle I think. (Considering the coil 1 spawn cutscene for a boss is re-watchable, I was surprised the castrum one wasn't.)

It was never broken in the first place, you've always been able to watch all of them.

[Darki]

It was never broken in the first place, you've always been able to watch all of them.

Correct. Some of these CSs are under the duty category while others are under the mission category.

[Nicobo]

I think It's safe to assume most newbies wanna watch the story. If you join a story roulette you should be expected to wait for those new people. You should be in it to help them first and for your tomes second. Especially since those newbies earn you a bunch extra.

That's not about what the tomes.. everyone know running it for tomes was doing wrong.
So apparently you don't often join story roulette and push by newbies just want the fast clear.. ^^;

[KaiKatzchen]

Correct. Some of these CSs are under the duty category while others are under the mission category.

This is true, someone in our group said some CS's were missing, then found them later. XD

[Sadana]

Disable CS skipping in these two dungeons, period.
Anyone who says most people wouldn't run it, think about it... this means that MOST new to the dungeon are being forced to skip a major part of the game. Some folks who were forced to skip CS in their story turn around and force others to do the same. Frankly, this sounds abusive. I think more people would still run story roulette than you'd think. When I run these dungeons, I tell the party to feel free to watch CS (and this should be added to the auto translate dictionary!). What makes me sad is how many with multiple 50s thank me and say they never got a chance to watch the CS in situ.
Anyone who says they can burn through trash mobs or even bosses while the newbies watch CS perhaps has forgotten that CS don't make sense when they are all piled on top of each other.
I will, however, agree that the heavy use of CS in these dungeons is... unfortunate. And I wish they hadn't been done this way.

[Dhex]

I like how a new version of this thread & complaint resurfaces every few months then fades.

[LavenderMilk]

Unfortunately I have no idea what any of the cutscenes in the Praetorium are. I didn't even bother trying. I did get hung up on the Magitek Reaper and fell way behind. I asked people for help but no one answered. It only took me a minute or two to figure it out, but by that time I had been locked out of the boss battle. I was really infuriated by the fact that one of the players announced they were done and stood around doing nothing. I'm having worse and worse experiences with pugs. I've pretty much learned to clamp my mouth shut and wing it. If I screw up, oh well.

[StateAlchemist]

They have an engine-side component that disallows certain interactions with players who are watching cutscenes, (IE: Stoneskin, cure, etc.) so it couldn't be too hard to have a system in place to disallow players from being kicked while watching cutscenes.

That could be abused by just refusing to leave the cutscene.