My first bad experience with another player. :o

[kikix12]

That option is to provide you with a way to skip cutscenes you've already watched, so you don't have to view the same cutscene repeatedly if you'd prefer not to.

Yeah...That's exactly what it is for. It's nice to see someone actually get it after I mentioned it twice and someone else mentioned it now. And it was put there by the developers. So stop with this "as developers intended" crap. No one intended for the players that cleared the content to rewatch the cutscenes or wait for the players that watch the cutscenes. And most people here are NOT talking about players trying to bully others into skipping the cutscenes.

And we're talking about a developer that made not only jump potion for levels, but a jump potion for story. Aka., a new-player-only potion that makes players COMPLETELY skip these dungeons and their story, along with a LOT of other stuff.

Face it, the developers never intended for anyone to play this game in any particular way. They want players to HAVE FUN, because players that have fun pay the subscription, and players that don't...won't. That's why there are so many OPTIONS. That's why this discussion is even possible, because there are ample methods to skip the cutscenes whether personal, or party wide (aka. the rest of the party is in no way held back when someone watches cutscenes, and the people watching cutscenes will be transported straight to instance with other members if the party managed to reach Baelsar and further, instead of being stuck out).

If the developers intended for players to primarily view cutscenes inside of an inn instead of where they're placed in dungeons, then the devs wouldn't place said cutscenes in dungeons to begin with. They'd just throw up a message on the screen saying "visit your local inn for the corresponding cutscene - people want a speed run, yo.". Just because we have the option of watching cutscenes in an inn (handy if you just want to view a cutscene again for whatever reason) doesn't mean everyone should be expected to go that route.

Of course you won't, because that would require answering some hard questions that you probably don't have any good answers for.

Pay attention when reading. These "hard questions" you are talking about were answered by me, multiple times, over the course of the two posts I made in this thread already, one of which was what you responded to. You're just spouting the same stuff that many people before you. What, you expect a new answer to the same question till you're satisfied?! CHANGE THE QUESTION, THEN expect a new answer. No matter how many people you ask, everyone will say that 1+2=3, and it won't change just cause you ask it again.

Typical modern player mentality.

You are ignorant, self-centered and lazy. You didn't even bother to pay attention when reading, and then you twist whatever was written to fuel your self-imposed crusade against the "bad veterans".

In my first post in this thread, I have written this:

So though I won't say anything bout people watching the short cutscenes in normal dungeons, I will tell people in Praetorium and Castle Meridianum, after the first cutscene, that they may want to skip the cutscenes and watch them at the inn later since the party is unlikely to wait for them. Without name calling and all that, of course. If they will still watch cutscenes...well. They still won't get to play it "how it's meant to be played", since they won't...well...play anything at all. Just watch the cutscenes one after another. It's just too much of a pain to get worked over people that don't show respect to the time of others, just like it is too much of a pain to get worked over people that do not respect others.

Aka., I am the sort that will politely inform the player that the party in these dungeons most likely will continue while they watch, and if they want to actually play the dungeon, something that they can't do solo at that point in their progression, unlike watching cutscenes, they are better off skipping the scenes. If they value the cutscenes more, their choice.

As long as you get a reward, don't be a douche to new players that looks at cutscenes.

I'm not. I'm not a douche to others while playing at all. I don't play the game either to deal with jackasses, nor to be one. As shown by my first post here, the part that I quoted above. I have no issues helping newer players and what not, but I DO have an issue wasting others time. That's why I myself skip cutscenes in dungeons that I play through for the first time, even if I myself am very much interested in the story and watching them. I skip cutscenes even when playing with friends that say it's fine not to do that. Cause, you know, I have more respect for the time of others, strangers or acquaintances alike, than most people here seem to have for anyone or anything at all.

As I said, it's a compromise. Want a fast clear?! Let others have a fast run. Want a "complete" clear?! Deal with the time required to find a party that wants the same "complete" experience. And before "what kind of a compromise it is if you get what you want, giving nothing in return". There is something given in return. The run would go even faster if that ill-geared rookie that doesn't know mechanics and is playing inefficiently was replaced with another veteran. And yet, no one does that. And Castle Meridianum and Praetorium have a LOT of mechanics that depending on how they are done, significantly slow or speed up the run.