Devs, PLEASE Stop that cutscene in Malabog's Castle!

wylonus · March 2016

often the group get wiped and not able to defend while the show after the death of malabog in throne room, with hordes of fey witches, and running from campfire is really long run.

that cutscene is way too long, even some guys cant revive others, it made it expired.

thumbs down!!!

having long show and having mobs spawn, giving no chance to defend or protect other players, and super long runs from camps made this dungeon most hated.

cerberusxll · March 2016

get rid of the cutscenes from VT/PF while you're at it.

we all know where thay is, we don't need a map showing us.

foxxy · March 2016

Exactly; but not only malabog, valindra, elol.. those cutscenes are annoying. It is fine if its for the first time a character visits the dungeon.

taitinhakkaaja · March 2016

There should be option to skip all cutscenes.

silverkelt · March 2016

+10000X10000!

Agreed.

SO annoying..

malfoir · March 2016

nooo, cutscenes are sooo nice to see (first 5 - 10 timees),

advaced option an sisaable them.

wildfirede · March 2016

+1,
-Killing the trash pack before boss.
-Overenthusiastic rogue triggers cutscene.
-the feeling to want to hit him with a keyboard till the escape key drops off goes up.
(temple of the spider in this case but cutscenes in general too)

wylonus · March 2016

yeah cutscene options after first visits, then turn it off,
why mobs spawn and killing us in middle of cutscene is very stupid.

kreatyve · March 2016

Yep, I agree too. That cut scene is annoyingly long.

zebular · March 2016

I do agree that all cut-scenes should be skippable. Although, I do feel some stipulations are required when it pertains to any group content:

How I feel group cut scenes should work:

All movement should pause while a cut scene is up.
All combat should pause while a cut scene is up.
All quest and objective timers should pause while a cut scene is up.
All Healing, Damage, and Effects should pause while a cut scene us up.
When a player presses escape to skip a cut scene:
- That player sees a pop-up during the cut scene saying, "Waiting for players... Cut Scene cancelling in 10, 9, 8, 7..."
- All other players see "A team member has cancelled this cut-scene. Press "1st BINDABLE KEY" to deny this and watch the cut scene, otherwise the scene will cancel in 10, 9, 8, 7...." Press "2nd BINDABLE KEY" to accept the cancellation. All members must accept to cancel the cut scene before the timer finishes."
- At the end of the countdown or when all members accept the cancellation, the cut scene ends and normal gameplay resumes.
- If a player presses the "1st BINDABLE KEY," the cut scene does not cancel and the player that cancelled it sees a pop-up, "A member of the team wishes to watch this cut scene." and will be unable to cancel it any more during that playback. The countdown pop-up for others in the team closes if any still have it up, yet others in the team may initiate another cancelling however.
If a cut scene is skipped, it should auto-skip for everyone in any future replays during that content instance.

ambisinisterr · March 2016

I agree with everybody here.

aulduron · March 2016

At the least, they should allow us to keep typing and switch out powers while they're going.

santralafax · March 2016

My only issue is that they are not ESCapable. You can ESC the new ones in Underdark. I thought it was an industry standard to make cutscenes ESCapable.

zibadawa · March 2016

What are you guys talking about? The mobs stop taking actions and everyone and everything takes 0 damage during cutscenes. I can routinely do things like use duelist's flurry on a mob during cutscenes (including, say, the mindflayer boss in throne). The best I get out of it is a bunch of bleeding stacks that do basically nothing since they came from 0 damage hits.

You can't die from this. The worst that happens is that a buff skill you proc'd just before the kill has its duration run out during the cut scene. Otherwise I can only imagine you're dying because you're not paying attention when the cut scene ends and combat resumes.

You could also make a more concerted effort to kill the adds first, if they present such a problem.

thefabricant · March 2016

ambisinisterr said:
I agree with everybody here.

@ambisinisterr doesn't agree with me. By the nature of your first statement, you agree with me, but agreeing with me means you disagree with me, which creates a paradox

Also, OT:
All these cut scenes should be skippable, the one in VT when you traveling to thay is particularly frustrating.

mishixx · March 2016

1- I fall down right before the cutscene
2- The resurrection time runs out
3- Cutscene ends
4- I'm dead

zibadawa · March 2016

mishixx#3767 said:
1- I fall down right before the cutscene
2- The resurrection time runs out
3- Cutscene ends
4- I'm dead

I have had that happen once, but at the final boss fight.

What'd be better is if they reworked and fixed the spawn points in MC. That's what causes all of the issues with the long walks of shame.

wildfirede · March 2016

as it is already implemented in post mod8 content and even in level 5 quests like the first instance (castle vault) it would be cool to get some synergy without too muxh hassle

mysteriasdrassa · March 2016

i would agree,, just make them all ESCapable like the newer content ones

Devs, PLEASE Stop that cutscene in Malabog's Castle!

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