A newbie's experience to 24 (How can you resolve the tank problem? ;))

[MeridaQ]

Yeah don't skip CS we can wait for you. Do what you are comfortable with no reason to speed run. Just make sure to let people know. I often have tanks who ask at the beginning if we want a quick or full clear. That puts everyone on the same page. Whenever a tank or any class says they are new or want tips. I try and help out with what I can rotations, boss mechanics etc. in general I have a pretty positive view of our communities.

[Enkidoh]

Echoing what others have said, don't feel bad about watching the cutscenes in a dungeon! Not only is this actually playing the game how it was meant to be played, as players are now belatedly discovering, a lot of story, quest and dungeon cutscenes are not available for later viewing at the Undending Journey in the Inn, and there is no way of telling if a cutscene will be viewable later or not (or if you skip a cutscene there is a very real danger now it's gone forever and you'll never have that chance again short of recreating your character and getting to that part of the game again).

Also some cutscenes were set up in such a way as to actually make more sense to be watched in a party when actually in the dungeon - (SPOILER ALERT if you haven't reached level 50 yet)

in the Praetorium the cutscenes actually show the rest of your party members in the cutscenes, such as right at the start when it shows your character jumping off the Enterprise with Cid, and the scenes at the bottom with Gaius and the Ultima Weapon - your other party members are there with you and it makes far better sense watching that scene, rather than in the Inn where it's just you standing there, supposedly facing down Ultima Weapon on your own, which is rather, silly to be honest.

So basically, ignore the so-called 'elitists' and enjoy your cutscenes!