Specifically this; If everyone in the party is "not new" as in, have already completed the content before - the cutscenes should be skippable/auto-skipped.

I understand why you want them not skippable, specifically for the new players. But if you don't see a "this is someones first time, here's some more poetics" prompt, then you should also have skipping on.

Using Prae as an example, its still 75% unskippable cutscenes. Please continue to make a revision of this mode.