DPS Queues (This isn't about what you think it's about)

[Raielle]

SE Seriously needs to change the formula on how you "Accept" your duty.

Please read ALL of it before passing judgement.

In MY case, I play, currently, exclusively DPS. I DO NOT mind the length of the queue, it lets me do other things while I wait. I JUST got into stormblood content, and am wanting to read/see the storyline. But today, TWICE in a row, I "Did not accept my duty" because I was in a Cutscene, a LONG cutscene.

My issue is, the Duties will pop at the most inconvenient times. Just initiated a leve for my BOT? DUTY POP!

Just started a long cutscene? DUTY POP! followed by the delay of any animations in the cutscene, as well as the 'blank screen flash' then having to open my character screen, AND change to the class I queue'd as.. but guess what? took half a second too long, 2 strikes! one more and i can't queue again for a while at all!

[Raielle]

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You should be allowed to accept the duty, regardless of what class you are, and whether you're 'busy' or not (Busy meaning in a cutscene/interaction/other) and as soon as your duty pops, it cancels the cutscene (to make you have to view it again) and changes your class to the class you selected, and then ports you to the duty in question.

I am willing to abandon a leve for a duty, I am willing to watch the WHOLE cutscene again for my duty, I'm NOT suggesting the other 3 + people should have to wait on me.

[Raielle]

But at the same time, I SHOULD NOT be punished for wanting to enjoy the storyline, and not be forced to speed read or otherwise 'Skip Cutscene' in which I end up MISSING part of the great story to avoid the 'Duty Abandonment' punishment. And sure, I can always look at the 'journey' book that replays cutscenes, but it doesn't replay ALL of them, only the most important ones to my knowledge, but again, I should not be forced to go to that method to avoid 'Duty Abandonment'

I realize I'm mostly just venting frustration here, and that i'm basically throwing a tantrum, however, like I said, I don't feel it's right I should be punished for wanting to experience the story-line in its entirety, just because my Duty decides to pop the moment i start a MSQ-CS.

[Cenerae]

You can press escape and click to force a cutscene to end early.

And if you wanted to see that cutscene later, you can view it from your journal in an inn room.

[Ametrine]

This isn't an issue exclusive to DPS. And yes, It's super frustating to be enjoying a CS when POP.

Having it cancel the CS to let us rewatch it as soon as we get out would benefit everyone.

[Raielle]

@ Cenrae But, as I said, I should not be forced to resort to that. And not 'all' cutscenes are view-able from that book, only the most important ones, to the best of my knowledge.

[Kyrph]

Maybe changing it so that you don't get a strike while in a cut scene or something along those lines. It is frustrating but I don't think extending the duration of the time you have to accept would help in some cases and there is no way SE would shorten their cut scenes. So not giving a strike is the only way I can see a way to help a little although it doesn't solve the problem.

[Raielle]

I never once suggested extending the time to accept. Please read the whole post...

[Zarabeth]

You could simply check to see how high in the list you are BEFORE starting the cut scene, or leve, or whatever it is you want to do. I do this all the time because I craft while waiting for queues to pop.

[Emstidor]

You...you do know you can accept the duty queue when it pops in the middle of a cutscene, and it'll replay the cutscene from the start when you get out of the dungeon, right? What's the issue?