How a Meridianum and Praetoreum run should be!

[Violyre]

Btw, I think most ppl running these for exp. but not for tokens.

Hmm, it doesn't give higher tokens at 60? I dunno, I rarely run MSQ roulette myself for the exact same reasons that people telling others to skip cutscenes demand it. Yes, I realize this makes me a hypocrite, and even the times I do, I rarely speak up unless it's against someone saying to skip because those people are just irritating as hell. It's why I had no reason to not hold myself from snapping back at the two idiots. MSQ roulette was made to help new players get through the main storyline, generally first timers. I am aware I am not a first timer (this being my third character AND second LP character) but I've explained my reasons.

I do want to explain something to the people unfamiliar with doing Let's Plays. You're setting a mood while recording. You're showing what you feel at the time of that recording. And you know what destroys a mood? Doing a cutscene later and trying to get the same hype you were at when you skipped it. Some people are able to do it, I am not one of those. Splitting the events can also cause issues between the narrative. One of the reasons I came to dislike my original LP is because I did keep trying to go back and repeat stuff after the fact, whether I accidentally forgot to start recording before I started working, or things got lost. A good example of this is my episode on Leviathan story mode. Somehow, I lost the recording of my commentary on the battle. When I went back and tried to do a post-commentary, I noticed silly things that happened throughout the video and it just got weird when I did.

The best thing you can do for yourself, as a Let's Player, is do it while everything is fresh in your head. That means I wasn't skipping vital cutscenes just so I could keep the proper flow of my narrative for the story functioning.

And if the run starts like 20min before daily reset, ofcoz ppl want hurry up.

We were about 12 hours away from it if my math was proper, so that wouldn't apply.

You can report people who kicked you.

Funny thing about that, I did think of that...about five episodes after Prae. I just thought that not having the exact time wouldn't work so much, and I took a bit of a break after finishing the 2.0 storyline before the next set of episodes.

Another thing regarding party finder, a lot of people said I should've used it. But there's a current thread (and several previous threads) wanting to block first timers from party finder. I've also seem several of the "elite" of the game wish this as well. Barring the fact that everyone knows JP players use PF as we use DF, I know they mean raids and EX bosses, but assume we put this into effect with the standard SE handwave.

"Oh, I don't want to bother anyone in DF watching cutscenes. I'll just send up a PF and...oh. I can't."

I realize I keep spouting out hypotheticals, but I find it interesting to point out flaws in people's logic.

I'll say it again, on my first time I was asked to skip all and I did.

And whose fault was it that you skipped? You could've said no but told them to keep going while you were in CS. Were you an important class?

I used to be one of those people that skipped CS inside dungeons. I regretted doing that. It makes the game much better when your thoughts are flowing on the same line.