Ruining game experience

[Gillionaire]

I'm wondering for those who forcing newbies to skip cut scene during run, will watch their cut scene at Inn also for their first time content after Heavensward is release.

Well, I've never "forced" anybody to skip a cut scene.. In fact, I've never even run past and left people behind.. I've actually never run dungeons with people who thought it was acceptable to just make everybody else wait 5 minutes while you sit back and watch a movie. Sure, a new person may watch the entrance cut scene for maybe a minute or two, but if it drags on any longer, they usually say something so that we know what's going on. Usually, they don't make us wait for the entire duration though. But I've never ran a dungeon with somebody who'll sit through the whole thing without feeling like they're dragging everybody else down.

I HAVE run a few dungeons where the entire party was waiting for the cut scenes and that was helping out FC mates, friends, or PF groups.. Never in a DF.


But since you asked about what some people who don't care about cut scenes would do, this is me.

I've never watched any cut scene in the game in its entirety.
I'll be skipping past the ones in Heavensward as well. If I'm that interested, yes I can see it later in the Inn but chances are, I won't be that intrigued anyway.
If later on, I do have my interest piqued or have questions about the lore, I usually just watch the cutscene compilations on youtube or I read about the story to get the full in-depth story.

Call me uncouth, uncultured, unable to enjoy a good story, whatever you want. But one thing different from me and the people who DEMAND their group all slow down so they can enjoy the cut scene is.. I will not be a disservice to other people simply for my own viewing pleasure.

[Fevelle]

I kinda get what he's saying. I'm a newbie Conjurer (and being a healer makes it even more noticeable), and most of times I go into dungeons or Guildhests, "pro"-tankers begin pulling before I can cast protect, keep telling me to skip the cinematic, "pro"-archers and lancers start "tanking" because they think the newbie tank is too slow, black mages start casting only the Fire spell because they're too tired of doing the same dungeon for the hundredth time and so on.

What's the point on doing that? I'm not on some e-sports league, I WANNA HAVE FUN! Do you want to play with pros? Search your party outside of duty-finder, but if you're using it, please, at least RESPECT the ones who are starting with the game. Don't rush them, don't make fun of them if they made a mistake, don't let them behind just because you think they're slow.

[Anapingofness]

Getting a kb will help you immensely.
That being said, nobody can force you to not watch CS. You have just as much right to watch those CS as the people who choose to skip them.
If you like the storyline then I strongly suggest you watch the CS.
A little bit of communication goes a long way. So as long as you are kind people will usually respond positively.

One thing that can help you get the runs that you want is setting up your own group through party finder.
However, if you queue up in Duty Finder then the experienced players should be aware that not everyone wants to skip CS or speed run. It is courteous for them, who have already cleared that content, to be kind and let you experience it as it happens. Watching CS later in the inn is a cop out used by impatient players.

Also if people just happen to be massive jerks, report them for harassment and, if the situation is bad enough, leave.

[Takfloyd]

Like I said in a different thread about this, Square Enix absolutely needs to fix CM/Praetorium so new players don't have their experience ruined.

Allow players to do them solo with NPC party members, or make cutscenes unskippable if there are first timers in the party but increase the bonus to compensate.

[Lilyanna]

Allow players to do them solo with NPC party members, or make cutscenes unskippable if there are first timers in the party but increase the bonus to compensate.

Back when I played SWTOR, you could 'skip' a cutscene and be stuck on the last photo until everyone was done with it, then it would continue and exit everyone at once. If everyone wanted to speed run, then everyone could skip it, but it allowed a new person to view it without harassment because it never told you who wasn't skipping, you could lie and no one would know.

[DreadRabbit]

I actually have a question, and I apologize if this is a dumb thing to ask. Is there anyway at all to talk to your party members while you're in a cutscene so that you can inform them it's your first time with the story quest dungeon? There's been multiple times where I've asked the people I'm playing with on Skype who are ahead of me to thank the tank in my stead for being patient, but it would be nice to know if I could do this myself if I'm stuck without those people on Duty Finder.

[GenJoe]

I actually have a question, and I apologize if this is a dumb thing to ask. Is there anyway at all to talk to your party members while you're in a cutscene so that you can inform them it's your first time with the story quest dungeon? There's been multiple times where I've asked the people I'm playing with on Skype who are ahead of me to thank the tank in my stead for being patient, but it would be nice to know if I could do this myself if I'm stuck without those people on Duty Finder.

Yes, if you just press Enter while you're in cut scene, it'll open up your chat log and you can type during it.

[DreadRabbit]

Yes, if you just press Enter while you're in cut scene, it'll open up your chat log and you can type during it.

Oh perfect! I will remember to do that next time then. Thank you