Skipping cutscenes even in solo quests?

[MilesSaintboroguh]

So I started to level up ALC again and read through the cutscene dialogue. It was pretty interesting to see the lore on how Potions of Dexterity and Intelligence are made and it was a bit funny to see an NPC use said potions to win this fighter's heart. I was explaining the scenes to my FC and they laughed at how I actually watched the cutscene instead of skipping it.

I mean, I know people skip cutscenes in dungeons/raids to save time and the time of others, but why skip cutscenes for solo quests? I know the writing isn't one for the history books, but it seems a bit silly to skip every scene and just jump right into the grind without knowing why you do the things you do in the game. Maybe I am getting old and wistfully think back to the days when people got engaged with the story an RPG game had to offer.

[Zfz]

Some people play the game just to get the shiny stuff, the achievement points. They want to spend the least amount of time in it, getting the most virtual achievement from it for instant gratification.

"Good things deserve time. Sometimes the time spent itself is where the gratification come from." This is a lost concept among today's busy society.

[Teslo]

I always watch cutscenes. Even if I'm in a raid with people who just want to blow through it. It's part of the experience for me to see the story unfold as I play the content... you know, like one of the old Final Fantasy titles.

[EmeraldAres]

The mini storylines were actually one of the main reasons I leveled classes/jobs beyond White Mage and its cross class skills. For thaumaturge in particular, I had to keep going to 30 after I got swiftcast to see how the story of the brothers ended. I also thought some of the other stories and characters were pretty funny, and looked forward to seeing what they were up to every 5 levels.

Of course, being able to self-repair and understanding the basics of the other jobs was also reward enough by itself. I guess some people see it that way only and shrug their shoulders at the in-game plots.

[Keydah]

I skip dungeon cutscenes and watch them later because I've come to feel rude for not doing so, but I will never understand people who totally ignore the story in games. I had a friend quote someone else once, saying "Story is pointless. If we were here for a story, we'd be watching a movie." uh...yeah, no. I personally like feeling like I'm immersed somewhere instead of having my eyes glued to someone else's story.

But FFXIV has such great stories, from the main story to the class quests, and there's just so much lore and interesting information...I just can't believe there's people who ignore all of that because they just want to kill stuff.

[Eltaire]

I personally always watch the cutscenes/read the text the first time I encounter it anywhere in the game.

Tam Tara Spoiler…

A prime point, is in Tam-Tara Deepcroft HM - I read all the bloody parchments, as it gave you an insight into the degeneration of Edda, and why she was there. I feel that if you didn't read those, the experience would be lessened. Not only that, but skipping the end cutscene with evil Edda… well, people would be missing out!

I play the game for the story and experience, rather than to get the best equipment, or clear a dungeon/raid first.

[RyuDragnier]

Sounds like your FC is full of people who should be playing an MMO without much story, like Ragnarok Online or something like that. They shouldn't be playing FFXIV if they want to skip the story, the story is the big draw.

[Korilynn]

I've never skipped cut scenes unless I was in a dungeon (not to be rude to other players) or queue popped while I was in the middle of one (DPS, I don't mind the wait, but I don't want to sit through it again either).

I have skipped through listening to the voice over sometimes when I was able to just read it faster (not always but sometimes)

I often wonder why people would, when a big complaint is often the lack of such scenes in other MMOs or of a story.

[MilesSaintboroguh]

Sounds like your FC is full of people who should be playing an MMO without much story, like Ragnarok Online or something like that. They shouldn't be playing FFXIV if they want to skip the story, the story is the big draw.

They're not bad people at all, but after that little stint in the chat, it left me scratching my head. Most of them (there's only like 6 of us active out of 20) had played FF11 previously and now I wonder if they skipped everything there as well.

There's really no reason to rush anything in this game unless the timer is about to run out. As my mom always said, "people are in a rush to get to nowhere".

[Xhominid]

I never try and skip cutscenes unless it's the final 2 main storyline missions because I'm a guy of lore and skipping that would be a disservice to me.