Im left wondering how those cutscenes are going to work in FF14...will they be skippable?
Good question!
I have no knowledge of how they will work cutscenes in, but there is noo way a final fantasy game would be the same without them.. If I was the designer, then I would have them skipable, but only if all the party chose to skip. I guess this would be the most fair way of doing it.
I too would be well pd off if someone skipped a sequence I had not seen before.
Problem is, if they make it like a game lobby where theres a counter in the corner of 2/5 vote to skip...thatd be nearly as bad as skipping.
I dont know why Im so pissed off, the later FF games where you could really run around, have been pretty poor. I think as a format they worked best on the spectacular rendered matt painting type of backgrounds.
Playing with or playing against?
Both? Im not a serious player but at the same time if I want/need to play with other people its for a reason. IE a quest which simply is not doable on your own. So I dont tend to get on in guilds as I dont ask for help and I dont offer. Wiping in an instance is alright if its an honest mistake, and yeah it can be fun when the group is good. But 9/10 it seems I end up in the group that has an overly bossy player ordering people to do this that and the other, who half the time at the last stage will have a hissy fit and go afk forcing the group to wipe because they wouldnt listen etc. If they dont do that then guaranteed one of the group will have their own agenda and quit once they get the loot or kills they needed. Sure it can be good, but I think I have just been unfortunate enough to almost always be in bad groups etc. The only good groups have been when ive been 20 levels above the required level for a quest and have gone back to do it solo, and end up helping others, who are genuinely greatful.
As to playing against, its alright if playing against likeminded individuals but it seems that most of the time the opposition have a different take on how to play which always grates. People that in ranked games will delete their account and start again, just so they can kick rank 1-10s ass over and over again, or will take a maxed character to the spawning point of level 1 characters. Its funny the first time, if just passing through, but spending 30 mins there making it impossible for people to play, is just pathetic.