No more Aeon cutscene. Please.

I've only done the STF twice, I admit... but Aeon's cutscene was the best part of the whole thing.

That said, I've done the LRSF /many/ times, and I fully enjoy watching the cutscenes there. And in the ITF, which I've done /far/ more times than I care to think about, I still enjoy the cutscene.

They're not that long, they're cool, and they convey action that dialog alone doesn't pull off. Cutscenes are better than you.

I vote that the length of any cutscene be inversely based on the amount of time it took in mission to get to that cutscene.

So if for instance somebody were to pass through the STF at a moderate pace then the cutscene would remain as it is.

If the team had dawdled through the mission taking long breaks to chat or rp then Aeon would merely wave at the camera and say "Don't want to take up any of your time guys so I'll just say "Good luck, we're all counting on you".

And lastly if the team had sped through the TF up till this point setting some kind of speed record then after his speech Aeon will sit down at a table with the AVs and play a leisurely game of dominos.

The choice to skip cutscenes would be cool.

You know what part I don't like about the STF? Everybody always runs to the vine room and TPs everyone, so we skip over the villain respec team. Those guys are way better than Aeon. They don't need a cutscene to be amusing either.

I did find one good thing about the Aeon cutscene: It forces the "go go go speed speed speed" crowd to wait for any Rogues on the team to get to the mission.

It's fairly annoying. It was amusing the first time I saw it, but it's like a song that gets overplayed on the radio, it gets old real quick. I've gotten to the point where I alt+tab to the internet to play around while it plays out.

Custscene - Gods way of saying "look away from the screen for just a second, give your eyes a rest!"

easy just put it to a vote let those on the TF decide things democratically

Cut scenes add to the story.

You may have seen them but just remember that your new team mate may never have seen it before and now learns a lot more about the lore of this game.

Have a little patience, your rant is trivial.

MOAR Cutscenes plx!!!!

"You got to dig it to dig it, you dig?"
Thelonious Monk

I wouldn't mind the Dr Aeon cutscene if it wasn't so trite and stale. It's about a "Full House" caliber of comedy.
"What?! The camera is ON?!!!"
WhhhhhAAAAAAaaaaaaAAAACKY!

Here's an idea:
When the cutscene starts, every player has the personal choice to opt out. Your teammates around you will be phase-shifted until they too opt out or the cutscene ends.
Now, if you can get to the location the cutscene is occurring at, you can INTERRUPT the actual scene and become a part of it.
"I... AM... NIC--"
#FOOTSTOMP!#

Of course, now you have to deal with an AV you just upstaged, but hey, I think it would be worth the price.

I like that cutscene. Even though I've done the STF hundreds of times. It's a chance to go AFK for bio/food/coffee/smoke/whatever. It also gives slow loaders a chance to catch up to the rest of the team.

I do wish CoH had something that I recall Going Rogue had. Everyone on a team had a vote to skip a cutscene. If everyone voted to skip it, it would be skipped. If even one person didn't vote, it would play out normally. Voting was anonymous. This was great for allowing someone who wanted to see the cutscene, but if everyone was tired of it, they could bypass it.

Apologies if someone else already mentioned this, as I didn't read the whole thread before posting. Edit: I see they did. And I think feeling pressured by an anonymous vote is ... interesting.