Players of Lost Ark disagree on skipping cutscenes: For those who play online multiplayer. If players have the chance to harass others, it will inevitably occur. Lost Ark isn’t immune from this. This is why there’s a constant discussion within the Lost Ark community concerning a particular issue caused by the ability to skip scenes.
Notably, Lost Ark offers a feature in its multiplayer dungeons with cooperative gameplay that allows players to skip cutscenes, however only if the four players agree. It is no surprise that Lost Ark players have a split over the appropriate manner of watching or skipping the cutscenes.
The subject was recently discussed in a discussion thread posted on the Lost Ark subreddit. The post entitled “My Bad!” includes a popular meme in which the CW actor who plays Flash Flash sits over the grave of Oliver Queen, Green Arrow, as he smiles and flashes a peace sign.
The Lost Ark meme is marked on the gravestone as “Cutscene 3/4,” meaning three of the four participants would prefer to avoid the cutscene and the text over the Flash reading, “Me: Enjoying the Cutscene.”
The credit goes to this community Lost Ark community on Reddit. The majority of posts that have upvote are all in line with the same sentiment. They’re perfectly content watching the cutscenes even if someone within their group wants to view them.
Players of Lost Ark disagree on skipping cutscenes
Everyone wants other gamers to have fun. If that means watching the cutscenes, they’re all free to watch the cutscenes. That’s the reason the voting system create to do. It design to ensure that everyone has the chance to view scenes they want to.
Some people share horror stories also. They’ve had a similar experience within the game. They’ve had the opposite experience in-game. Lost Ark players say that they attempted to watch the cutscenes but received nothing other than unsatisfied messages and many harassing messages from the members of their group.
Although the system design to let players watch scenes if they wish. It is also likely to create a large number of people who can easily annoy and be a nuisance to their fellow players.
After that, the discussion turns into many more minor subjects.
Some Lost Ark players claim that the story isn’t worth it regardless, while others claim it’s a waste of time. Watching the same scene every 100 times can make one feel like they should skip them.
There are some points on both sides that are worth a look at.
Lost Ark wouldn’t have put cutscenes in the middle of dungeons in a perfect world. Final Fantasy 14 was initially designed to avoid but then dropped in its expansions. However, as it stands, players will likely be kind to one another regardless of whether they wish to see scenes or not.
Lost Ark is now available for PC.
