After having experienced many great cutscenes and boss introductions in Final Fantasy XI, in Final Fantasy XIV via the primal battles, and the Final Fantasy series in general, i've come to the conclusion that the entire player base would greatly benefit from a vote to skip cutscene option, rather than just allowing players to skip whenever they want.

An option to vote to skip cutscenes rather than just any players being to skip when they want, would allow new players to see the cutscene without having to worry about the rest of their party skipping and starting the battle prematurely, or even someone accidentally skipping and starting the battle timer. This also prevents confusion on whether someone wants to watch the scene or not.

Honestly, most of us want to watch the boss cutscene the first time though, and we shouldnt be penalized just because of that. Alternatively, the battle timer shouldnt start until everyone has finished watching/skipping the cutscene.