MSQ cutscene skipping against TOS?

[Vahlnir]

if the task force is that small and SE confirmed such a thing then their TOS is void. If they refuse to take appropriate steps to enforce their TOS, that by law invalidates the TOS.

It doesn't invalidate anything. The rules are still in place that people agreed to follow when they started playing the game.

[AriaEnia]

I dont know what's the problem, doing msq praetorium is really the time to chill (watching youtube, tv, netflix) while gaining a lot of exp for me. Not castrum by the way, that place is too hectic and with shorter cutscenes.

[Chie_M]

I fold laundry and make snacks during Praetorium.

You were quoted the specific segment of the TOS that skipping the cutscenes violates early on in the thread. You won't receive a reply from Square Enix staff here. Arguing your point in an attempt to have others players, bound by the same rules, justify your decision is just... odd, honestly?

[Krotoan]

I fold laundry and make snacks during Praetorium.

You were quoted the specific segment of the TOS that skipping the cutscenes violates early on in the thread. You won't receive a reply from Square Enix staff here. Arguing your point in an attempt to have others players, bound by the same rules, justify your decision is just... odd, honestly?

It's pretty obvious they've decided what they want to do and weren't actually looking for an answer, just validation.


OP: You have been warned several times in this thread NOT to do it. Your grounds for claiming ignorance of the rule or it's possible repercussions are gone. Exploit mechanics at your own risk. We aren't judging you morally, we are all simply stating facts:
You can and likely will be reported and banned for exploiting in this particular manner.

[Fynlar]

If someone legitimately d/cs, they will typically be a few minutes getting back because the game has to officially log them out first before they can log back in. If someone is skipping, they will typically go offline at all too convenient times and come back. They will also hit the ground running and rush ahead. If it happens one time, no harm no foul.

I don't trust people investigating these sorts of happenings after the fact to be able to tell the difference, tbh

[Gralna]

There is also this which was added to the revised ToS back in Feb.

◆Obstruction of play
"Obstruction of play" means all behaviour in general that obstructs another person's game play. Below is a non-exhaustive list of examples of obstruction of play:

・Spamming
This means using chat (including Quick Chat and Emote) to obstruct another person's conversation, or obstruct the use of mog letters, etc., for example, by sending an excessive number of unnecessary items in mog letters, etc. Even if obstruction was not the objective of the behaviour, it may be deemed a violation if another player is actually obstructed by the behaviour.

・Obstructing transit/progress
This means obstructive behaviour such as group blocking of passages or facilities along which many players pass or obstructing another person's game play progress, for example by overlapping an important NPC deliberately for a long time.

・Improper expulsion voting
This means excluding another person by manipulation of expulsion voting.

・Intentional leaving or disconnection
This means obstructing another person's game play by intentionally leaving the game or disconnecting from the server.

・Other obstruction of play
This means all other behaviour that deliberately obstructs another person's game play by some means.

Revised ToS

[RoyalBeef]

You can and likely will be reported and banned for exploiting in this particular manner.

After people calling for punishment for people putting their party in the wrong PF category, or equipping lower level gear when queueing up for a duty, I'm already looking forward to the day where they'll be coming for you when your router disconnects at the wrong time. Brave new world

[Iscah]

After people calling for punishment for people putting their party in the wrong PF category, or equipping lower level gear when queueing up for a duty, I'm already looking forward to the day where they'll be coming for you when your router disconnects at the wrong time. Brave new world

This was already discussed earlier. There's a difference between random disconnects and a pattern of someone dropping out at the start of every long cutscene.

[RoyalBeef]

This was already discussed earlier. There's a difference between random disconnects and a pattern of someone dropping out at the start of every long cutscene.

Idk, I see plenty of people who get DC'ed every couple of minutes whenever their ISP is having hiccups. So who is going to judge the alleged "pattern"?

[Krotoan]

Idk, I see plenty of people who get DC'ed every couple of minutes whenever their ISP is having hiccups. So who is going to judge the alleged "pattern"?

If you DC every time a cutscene comes up (every single time) and once it's over all the players always see YOU running ahead/fighting but you don't drop connection ever during a fight, you're probably doing it on purpose.