Curse

Night · Jun 21, 2005, 05:41 PM // 17:41

Quote:

Originally Posted by asdar

Not hitting the skip button for cut scenes is like silently farting in a room of people. Just never admit you were the one and you'll be fine.

That has to be the best analogy I have ever heard. Thanks for the laugh.

As far as being lost and wanting some type of communication, try getting on a voice chat program like teamspeak or ventrillo. Now granted many of those can be filled with inane chatter and 10 year olds trying to act 16 but if you get with a group of somewhat normal folks, the inane crap is at a minimum plus on most voice chat systems, if the inane chatter gets too annoying, you and your party can start another room just for yourselves. I have to admit I am not one for typing, it takes just long enough for me to get aggro'd and get the bageesus beat outta me when I stop to type.

dargon · Jun 21, 2005, 05:45 PM // 17:45

Yeah, nice analogy. That said, if the cutscene is not an end of mission cutscene and you're party is getting beat on, please skip the cut scene. You can die during some of the longer ones and during a cutscene, you can't fight back. As an example of this;

http://www.guildwarsguru.com/forum/s...ad.php?t=14456

Mr. Matt · Jun 22, 2005, 09:51 AM // 09:51

That seems to me like it should be one of those things Anet should be trying to fix one of the next patches. Maybe something simple like making all characters invincible during a cutscene. Or just making enemies static, unless moved by the script of the cutscene itself. Of course, knowing programming, characters would probably remain invincible afterwards...
Thankfully I have yet to do a mission with other people, so whenever I encounter this problem I can instantly skip the cutscene without needing to wait for anyone else to do so. I've only done that once, I think, as I usually only get attacked in a final cutscene, but still.

But people shouldn't be forced to skip the cutscene by a stupid shortsighted problem like this. It should be fixed.

Fantras · Jun 22, 2005, 10:02 AM // 10:02

Quote:

Originally Posted by asdar

Not hitting the skip button for cut scenes is like silently farting in a room of people. Just never admit you were the one and you'll be fine.

Say hello to my new sig

... if they allowed it.

Weezer_Blue · Jun 22, 2005, 11:11 AM // 11:11

Spoiler:

When Ascalon was attacked to years ago many prisoners were taken as slaves to the Charr, everything was burned down, etc. Ascalon is still hit by attacks of the Charr every now and then.

You go to the Great Northern Wall, and are asked to go scout out due to the "quiet before the storm". You go and find this enormous army of Charr and run for your life back to alert them. The wall is lost. Oh no. Then you go to the next mission, and you fight a bunch of charr off, and rescue some slaves. Woopee. Next mission, you go use this thing called the Stormbringer you found inthe last mission to bring rain. Appearantly, an army can't kill the charr, but rain can. Then you continue to murder them. Then, you gotta take refuge somewhere. Ascalon is burnt to the ground. Your people can't live there. So you go with Rurik across the Shiverpeaks to Lions Arch. He dies there cought between one of the many conflicts between the Dwarves and the Stone Summet Dwarves. Then, you go to the Gates of Kryta, and help Justiciar Hablion clear the swamps which are filled with undead people from the once great city of Orr. You gain your people entrance to Lions Arch. Your people now live in Kryta, in Ascalon Settlement, north of Lions Arch.