Almost 50... cutscene solution?

[Elurra]

Just watch the cutscenes. It's not a big deal. They're not super long or anything. I took my time and watched them all despite others in the group saying we should skip and watch at the inn later. We still finished with about 70 minutes left on the timer. It's not an issue at all.

[Aerokus]

Just watch the cutscenes. It's not a big deal.

This depends on the group. In one of the 8-man dungeons, 2 friends and myself were watching one of the cutscenes and when we came out the group was almost wiped because they all decided to keep going.

After that, I started skipping them (to my disdain) just because I didn't want to feel responsible for a wipe.

[Yshnal]

After that, I started skipping them (to my disdain) just because I didn't want to feel responsible for a wipe.

It was their fault, not yours. You shouldn't feel responsible for their own actions.

I think that one thing that SE should implement is a lock like the one at the start of the dungeons, so that if someone is watching a cutsecene no one can advance and leave them behind.

[Jennestia]

It was their fault, not yours. You shouldn't feel responsible for their own actions.
so that if someone is watching a cutsecene no one can advance and leave them behind.

That's an unnecessary hinderance - The only reason they wiped is because the 2nd healer was horrendous.

What SE needs to do that they did right in XI: Not make 1 source produce what you need. For example, in XI you have numerous ways to special currency for certain things, i.e Abyssea you can do quests, party, curor farm, farm NMs and so on, but in order to get tombstones, you can only do dungeons or primals. There's no quests or other means of getting tombstones.

So you can't blame players, you can simply suggest SE to add in more ways to get it or reduce the cost to clear out farmers (main ones who are rushing everyone.) I mean yeah it's nice clearing Praetorium is 25 minutes or less, but honestly..

[Kayo]

This depends on the group. In one of the 8-man dungeons, 2 friends and myself were watching one of the cutscenes and when we came out the group was almost wiped because they all decided to keep going.

After that, I started skipping them (to my disdain) just because I didn't want to feel responsible for a wipe.

Youre not responsible. They were not paying attention. It says it, clearly, in the group windows, who is viewing cutscenes. Whoever pulled while you were watching is at fault, not you. You were enjoying the game as it was designed to be enjoyed. Never, EVER, feel bad for that.

[Sentinel]

I love this game, but when it comes to cut scenes in the last 3, 8 man raids, I think this is where WoW did it right and SE needs to take a page from their book. You simply cannot have cut scenes in that situation, the community is turning bitter and divided over this issue. Try to tell your story the way WoW does in raids, by small mixture of cut scenes and just making the boss immune while he does transformations/dialogue. The key has to be, it cannot be a long event overall, and it has to flow quickly (don't give people buttons to click on in order to get to the next text box).

Sometimes the best solution is to avoid the issue altogether, I liked the cut scenes too, but there is no productivity in fighting over weather to watch or skip the cut scenes.

[Gucci_Charms]

While I personally skip most of them, I don't think anyone should ever feel they have to skip their cutscenes to please everyone else in the party. You bought this game, so you should be able to enjoy it the way you want - not how players XYZ play their game.

Funny part though is when I decided to watch a cutscene with impatient players, they ended up all dying because I was the tank at the time. Serves them right.

[Rikudou-Sennin]

They should disable the chat window if someone is watching a cut-scene.. seriously. Just don't allow chat while people are watching these scenes. There's no reason for people to chat or yell at anyone during these events.

[Shirosama]

They should disable the chat window if someone is watching a cut-scene.. seriously. Just don't allow chat while people are watching these scenes. There's no reason for people to chat or yell at anyone during these events.

Interestingly enough my chatbox instantly gets disabled when im watching CS so even if people are complaining i cant see it until im out of the CS. lol have no clue how to enable it during CS and dont care to

[Kyriea]

Even if you stopped the timer that wouldn't change the stupid way people think. The vast majority of people running the last 2 dungeons are there farming tokens so it's not the timer that has them in a rush, it's themselves. They want to get the dungeons finished asap and don't care about anyone who might be running it for the first time which will most likely be at least 1 person every time given that it is technically a story dungeon. I really hate what the games community is becoming.