Almost 50... cutscene solution?

[rtpsoulx]

Where is this 'inn room' you speak of? I've not seen such a feature in the game yet...

You unlock it after the story Ifrit fight i believe, the inn rooms are located at the adventurer guilds in all the city-states.

[rabbitzero]

You unlock it after the story Ifrit fight i believe, the inn rooms are located at the adventurer guilds in all the city-states.

Nah, it's like around level 10 or so, really early. It's one of the first things (the other being leves) i try to unlock on alt characters, so if i can't play my main, i have a ton of rested and leves stored up.

[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.

[Zzyn]

You unlock it after the story Ifrit fight i believe, the inn rooms are located at the adventurer guilds in all the city-states.

Holy Moly!!! I'm level 32 WHM, and I don't recall that AT ALL. So if I go to the adventurers guilds and poke around I should find these inn rooms,eh? I certainly did kill ifrit and am on the road to Titan, I believe.

[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.

[Jennestia]

I watch cutscenes. Idc if my group gets mad. They can leave and take the penalty if they are so pissed.

Sadly, this can and will backfire on you - you can actually glitch people out by continuing certain dungeons while they're in cutscene, the game will treat them as if they never cleared the boss - The biggest culprit is praetorium. if you decide you want to watch every CS, the rest of your group can clear up to Ultima and you'll be locked out with a fresh Gaius to fight.

It's not a common glitch, but it's been seen enough to start becoming a trend. "Let's try to lock x person watching cutscene out of getting credit."

[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.

[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.

[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..

[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.