Almost 50... cutscene solution?

[kaiyouske]

I don't have problems with people watching cut-scenes. IT'S A FINAL FANTASY GAME. THERE ARE CUT-SCENES.

[Zer0]

Meh, I really don't care what other people in the group think. I'll watch them.

[Estellios]

The only cutscene that is problematic is the one after shooting down the airships in Castrum. Not everyone's CS load at the same speed so even if you are skipping you can get screwed if you managed to skip faster than the rest of the party. Just get rid of those Colossi once the CS starts, SE.

My favorite experience was dong Praetorium with 6/8 FC members, and as soon as we enter the SMN demands that we all skip the CS because they timed out in previous runs, and they called me a liar when I told them I've cleared it before with over an hour left, watching Cutscenes. My friends new to the run watched the CS's completely and we won with 61:45 left.