No more Aeon cutscene. Please.
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Posted on: 2011-02-01 14:06 in CoH and CoV General Discussions
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It's an RP-based timesink, just like the one in Lady Grey and ITF.
Would love to have the option to turn it off, but apparently the game is performing mob set-ups or other actions while the cutscene unfolds, so it may not be possible, or even desirable, for the Devs to change this.
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Sorry. I know that you want to get through the entire TF in less than 5 minutes, but don't touch the cutscenes! The cutscenes work better in some cases than the radio messages. The STF is one of these cases.
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Memo to Aeon: You're not funny, especially the tenth time I hear your speech. Much of that cutscene is simply unnecessary. Does he really need to zoom in on all the AVs for us to know we have to defeat them?
Edit: They wouldn't be so bad if we could at least chat during them, or something, anything other than sitting there waiting for them to end.
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If you take away our cutscenes, then I'll write an even angrier forum post than Vanden did above! It'll be twice as long, at least two more sentences! And if you don't read it, I'LL KNOW. Don't ask me how.
Think about it, devs-- it's just not worth it.
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Vanden is having a contest for most insignificant things that *need* fixing.
The only cutscene that bothers me enough that I'd like to see it removed is the one in Mender Ramiel's arc.
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Originally Posted by captain-electric
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if you take away our cutscenes, then i'll write an even angrier forum post than vanden did above! It'll be twice as long, at least two more sentences! And if you don't read it, i'll know. Don't ask me how. Think about it, devs-- it's just not worth it. Signed, defender of cutscenes! The courageous captain-electric |
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Originally Posted by cursedsorcerer
Sorry. I know that you want to get through the entire TF in less than 5 minutes, but don't touch the cutscenes! The cutscenes work better in some cases than the radio messages. The STF is one of these cases.
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Originally Posted by Captain-Electric
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If you take away our cutscenes, then I'll write an even angrier forum post than Vanden did above! It'll be twice as long, at least two more sentences! And if you don't read it, I'LL KNOW. Don't ask me how. Think about it, devs-- it's just not worth it. Signed, Defender of Cutscenes! The Courageous Captain-Electric |
I'm getting tired of this poster that produces interminable complaints about the most inane and trivial and pointless things in the game.
No... Do NOT touch the Aeon cutscene.. please!
I love it.
I love the evil science villain speech, the comedy of it.
Its... for me the best thing about that tf!
Ok, maybe his coat should get a new make over (last one (tonight) as he ran through the portal, his legs did not even move.
And if you have played the STF one hundred times or more.. I'd.. suggest you do another task force?
Or, put on a tea kettle, take a little break (tell your team mates).. that kind of thing.
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Doesn't bother me, even after having seen it a dozen times. I don't think any cutscenes annoy me. Dunno, guess it's just me!
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That one at least comes at the end of the mission, where nothing is trying to kill me and nobody is waiting for me, so I can just duck out for a smoke while it plays. Or go make a sandwich. Or tab out to the forums. Aeon's is long enough to be annoying, but not quite long enough to do anything else during.
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Originally Posted by MajorDecoy
The only cutscene that bothers me enough that I'd like to see it removed is the one in Mender Ramiel's arc.
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Originally Posted by MajorDecoy
The only cutscene that bothers me enough that I'd like to see it removed is the one in Mender Ramiel's arc.
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Woah dont you touch that cutscene!
That fits perfectly into the arc!
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in Guild Wars during cutscenes players are given the option to vote to skip a cutscene, if all players vote to skip, then the cutscene is skipped.
This means people who like sitting and watching the same cutscene each time can.
And people who find some of them to be a tedium, can skip.
Of course you're never told who didn't vote, so no one cna play the blame game.
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Originally Posted by VoodooGirl
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see, i hated that option, because invariably i felt like everyone was sitting around staring at me because i dared what to know what the @#$%ing story was, i get enough pressure from work and family please, i dont need a bunch of speed-runner crack addicts poking me with sticks because i happen to like words.
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Originally Posted by Mega_Jamie
in Guild Wars during cutscenes players are given the option to vote to skip a cutscene, if all players vote to skip, then the cutscene is skipped.
This means people who like sitting and watching the same cutscene each time can. And people who find some of them to be a tedium, can skip. Of course you're never told who didn't vote, so no one cna play the blame game. |
Well, as someone who has yet to be able to even try this TF, I'm gonna vote to keep it, so that if I ever do get to do it, I can see it. Sorry if it takes an extra 30 seconds from your play time.
Part of the reason I dislike TFs with anyone other than my regular gaming group is that I actually like to *read* the story and see what's going on. On those rare occasions that I get to do a TF, if I am with a PUG I feel pressure to skip everything to race through it as fast as possible just to keep up with everyone else.
Maybe you have done a TF 500 times and don't care about that stuff, but for me, it's part of the game that I enjoy.
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That one at least comes at the end of the mission, where nothing is trying to kill me and nobody is waiting for me, so I can just duck out for a smoke while it plays. Or go make a sandwich. Or tab out to the forums. Aeon's is long enough to be annoying, but not quite long enough to do anything else during.
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If you're talking about the first Aeon cutscene (where he runs into the portal) then yes you're right.
However the 2nd Aeon cutscene is definitely long enough to do something else. I know because I've done it before.
Currently my PC is on the 2nd floor so I've gone downstairs, grabbed a few snacks (or eaten a few triscuits/chips/etc), got a quick drink, went to the bathroom and came back before it was done...worked for me
Oh and while it may be nice to skip the cutscenes (or have options for players to skip them) I don't think that'd work. If 1 out of 8 people on the team had the cutscenes skipped, he'd be waiting for the other 7....or vice-versa.
I still giggle when he says, "AAAHHH!! Shut it off! SHUT IT OFF!!!"
And yes I've done the STF plenty of times.
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Well maybe then we need the option that if the whole team agrees then the cut scene can be made to go away.|
Originally Posted by NordBlast
I think, you would change your mind after seeing these cutscenes hundreds times
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To change it wouldn't be fair to the heroes who have never had the chance to giggle at it.
I had totally forgotten about it and it made me laugh.
Enjoy your day please.
I don't think any of the comedic value would be lost if it were captions that appeared on screen in the Cutscene Captions channel while you were able to continue the mission.
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Originally Posted by BashfulBanshee
Well maybe then we need the option that if the whole team agrees then the cut scene can be made to go away.
To change it wouldn't be fair to the heroes who have never had the chance to giggle at it. I had totally forgotten about it and it made me laugh. |
I am tired of this interminable cutscene in the second mission of the Statesman TF! How about instead, all his dialog gets delivered through that "radio" speech bubble tech we see in a lot of Praetorian arcs, on the Cutscene Captions channel? That way we don't have to watch the cutscene to hear his dialog.
Issue 16 made me feel like this.
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