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  1. #1
    Player
    CherrySoda's Avatar
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    Forgotten Way
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    Odin
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    White Mage Lv 50

    Small rant as a fresh lvl 50

    As a new player I wonder whether the developers are completely out of touch with players like me. I wonder whether they have gotten any feedback about this atrocious experience upon reaching lvl 50 with a brand new character experiencing the game's story for the first time.

    I am well accustomed to the duty finder, having used it for every pre-50 dungeon, trial and guildhest. And multiple times I have indeed skipped the cutscenes and chose to view them at the inn, but for the most part I enjoyed the story that was carefully weaved together.

    Then, hitting 50, I wanted to enjoy the culmination of the story arc. Yes, you know it, I reached the point where I have to do Castrum Meridianum and the Praetorium. Great, let's queue in the duty finder! Entering castrum, I viewed the cutscene, and because nobody COULD leave me behind, nobody did. It's only when I viewed the second cutscene that I realised, nobody cared what I was doing. It wasn't the case that they were annoyed that I was viewing a cutscene and couldn't progress without me, nor was it the fact that they were waiting for me to finish before continuing. They. Just. Moved. On. And didn't care at all if I was there or not. Rather than being left behind in the dungeon, I chose to skip the cutscenes. Either way I was going to have my first experience of the story ruined, I could choose to skip the cutscenes or not do the dungeon which is tied in with the story. I was annoyed when we were finished, but not enough to make my first post on the forums to rant about it.

    Bracing myself for having to skip all the cutscenes in the Praetorium I entered duty finder again, how could it get worse? Well, it did get worse. They were doing a speedrun, and the method of doing it? Tank grabs aggro of all the mobs, runs for the exit. They were clearly notified that they were getting a bonus for having us new players along on the ride, and I was annoyed enough in castrum for having to skip the cutscenes to actually do anything in the dungeon, but I was even more annoyed here when nobody clued us in to what they were doing. Yes, US, because there was more than one of us who were new to the dungeon. I was one of the ones with quicker wits because I was able to figure out that I should die and respawn to access the shortcut. Some poor chump had been on the ground quite a while waiting for everyone until he realised that he had to respawn himself. Then came the point with the magitek armor. One individual was kind enough to mark out the terminal for us to use the id on, but not kind enough to mention it in chat. It was only after going up the lift to the magitek armor that i realised what was going on, and by that point everyone else, bar 3 of us, had gone off on their own leaving us behind. After interacting with the terminal, some random mobs aggroed me, I don't know where from. All I knew was that I was being attacked when i got into the magitek armor, everyone was gone, and I was lost. I hadn't actually failed a duty before, wiped, but never failed, but this one I just gave up and abandoned.

    Partially, I abandoned in spite, so that they wouldn't get their bonus. But seeing as there were other two new 50s, they would probably get their bonus anyway. I guess it didn't really matter what I did because they'd carry on regardless.

    This rant was brought to you by the amazing walking set of Allagan tomestones.

    Whew, got that off my chest
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    Mykll's Avatar
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    Mykll Valiant
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    Balmung
    Main Class
    Gladiator Lv 93
    If I see someone still watching a cut scene in those two, I will hang back, regardless of what role I am. To both let them enjoy it, and to show them how to catch up with the group.
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    MANTASTIC: I got 1017 problems, but playing FFXIV ain't one.

    Llyren: Lala Tanks hit point density levels attract small planets

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    Lan_Mantear's Avatar
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    Lan Mantear
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    Faerie
    Main Class
    Paladin Lv 80
    We've all been there. I was forced to skip the cut scenes or be left behind. I also remember not grabbing the key and wondering why everyone but me had magitek armor. ;( Fortunately, that experience is unique to those set of quests.
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    WellFooled's Avatar
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    Doranaux Wavemet
    World
    Goblin
    Main Class
    Gladiator Lv 80
    Quote Originally Posted by CherrySoda View Post
    As a new player I wonder whether the developers are completely out of touch with players like me. I wonder whether they have gotten any feedback about this atrocious experience upon reaching lvl 50 with a brand new character experiencing the game's story for the first time.
    This was a much discussed topic when the game was first released and you'll be happy to know that the developers never use this kind of format again. After the concluding events of 2.0 most cutscenes relating to story dungeons happen before and after the dungeon, not in the middle, and what few cutscenes do happen mid way are short.
    (4)
    A true paladin... will sheathe his sword.

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    Seoulstar's Avatar
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    Suzuko Seki
    World
    Balmung
    Main Class
    Dancer Lv 90
    Wish you were with the party I had the pleasure of joining a while ago. Everyone waited for the new person to watch the cutscenes and not a single person made a complaint. Ah..I wish I could see them again. Quite rare that you meet such amazing people. I'm sorry you had to deal with those kind of runs. Wish people had more patience when it comes to new players and those two dungeons.
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    MXMoondoggie's Avatar
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    Pikarin Makai
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    Twintania
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    Conjurer Lv 90
    It wouldn't be the anniversary without some thread on people not letting new players watch one hour of cut scenes where Cid opens a door or some enemy rambles on for ages. These two dungeons used to be farming dungeons that people did all the time so a lot of veteran players are sick of it. Now there is barely any reason to go other than rush friends through old content. But yeah it was a stupid idea and they learned from it.
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    kuma_aus's Avatar
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    Paca Kuma
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    Chocobo
    Main Class
    White Mage Lv 100
    It was a poor design choice by SQEX, but they have learnt from it and it doesn't happen again after those 2 dungeons.

    To get the full experience of those dungeons, use party finder and set the requirements as No Cutscene Skipping and try get some FC mates to join you. To make it even more fun, tick the option of minimum item level.
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    Trixxy's Avatar
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    Aranea Asmodai
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    Odin
    Main Class
    Gladiator Lv 90
    Noone is entitled to your ideal fresh 50 experience. It may be new to you, but for a majority of people who you'll meet in story trials it's old content and only necessary for their dailies. The occasional actual newcomer won't make a major difference between ~7 other people who've run the same thing dozens of times.

    It's commendable if people are willing to wait and explain things somehow, but in no way something a newcomer should expect / demand.
    Because that'd be just as selfish.

    This mostly applies to old content that doesn't require a lot of explaining in the first place, you dying and being left behind most likely won't make a big difference to the run. If that's such a big deal to you, use the PF and find the right people for it.
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    Xaenith's Avatar
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    Xaenyth Godslaer
    World
    Brynhildr
    Main Class
    Dark Knight Lv 55
    I always let people watch cutscenes in dungeons as long as it's a reasonable length. An hour long cutscene is just ridiculous though. People can wait 5 mins or less for someone else but if you're trying to watch something that long just skip it and watch it at the inn. That's definitely bad design though what were they thinking lol...
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    randysquirrel's Avatar
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    Character
    Phoenix Silver
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    Odin
    Main Class
    Alchemist Lv 60
    I'm surprised this topic has never been brought up before
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