Not to mention that even the ones inside of a lot of fights usually stall timers a bit till the monster is engaged, it seems like most XIV encounters are more of a race against a timer than a battle against x.

They let you skip events you already completed which I think would have been a bit better. Everyone watches the CS/story the first time then able to skip every time after. I guess this part of the reason they're getting rid of speed runs in ARR.