why during cutscene its always like this ... (small spoiler)

[AdamFyi]

This didn't even need to be said; you just clearly wanted to state it as if to undermine my statement.

As I said, I don't doubt it. I'm pointing it out so you don't use that as an argument again.

In which case, why play a final fantasy game..?

This is the problem. You view it as a Final Fantasy game rather than it being just a different game. Don't be mistaken- FFXIV doesn't need to live up to their predecessors in terms of cinematics. Just because one person likes FF3, doesn't mean they'll necessarily like FF11. Same goes with FF14 and FF13.

Now then, assuming that the dev team follows the regular schedule of three months between patches, and assuming there is only a single animator taking a month for one cutscene, they lose one whole months worth of possible other implementations that require that animator just for one cutscene. So tell me, would you rather they sacrificed possible time for introducing new features just to accomodate one cutscene, or would you rather they extend the time between patches to more than four months?

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If they can't make us more than a passive observer by cutscene, they should try involving the gameplay.

Gameplay would be very welcome in the form of an instanced fight. Just only in the right moments. However, instanced fights do not necessarily convey the kind of message that the writers want to convey to the players. Personally, I don't have much problems with the 3.1 cutscene. A flare to the face would definitely hurt and disorientate the WoL. :u