Quote Originally Posted by Aellae View Post
When the solution to something - that was literally designed to help out beginning or low level players/classes with queue by convincing everyone to do it - is to not do it, how is this not a bad design? How is that the solution?
Mind boggling.
Because there are people who are willing to watch the cutscenes, to help out newbies, and be rewarded with EXP befitting that.
Everything has a trade off, nothing is perfect, and if YOU aren't willing to made that trade, then it's not for you.

That doesn't mean it couldn't be better, but within the current limitations, it's the best compromise available.