Why can't we skip dialogue [Merged]

[Solvar.7953]

Do stories has never been the best way to get loot.  People may be more inclined to repeat story instances if they could skip dialogue, and they would complete them faster, but I suspect many of the various farms out there is still a faster way to make gold, so having more people play the story instances might actually reduce loot.

 

[xRizeyy.7809]

I'm playing all the dlc's in order and Living World season 1 has so much talking and standing around doing nothing. I usually dont mind the stories in games, but it's almost at the point where im questioning if it's even worth it to keep playing. Im curious if there's any way to to avoid/skip all this dialogue.

[Einsof.1457]

Put headphones on and get emotionally invested 

[Blood Red Arachnid.2493]

I just tab out and watch youtube for awhile.  

[Farohna.6247]

Good time to organize bags, walk away and make a snack, call your mum, watch some videos.....really the possibilities are limitless. Unfortunately though, you can't skip them.  For what it's worth, there is more skippable dialogue and cut scenes in the future...stick with it ❤️

[Solvar.7953]

So I played through LWS4 - a star to guide us last night, and the last part did have a cutscene where I could thankfully skip the conversation that I'm Taimey would drone on about something or another.

So even for some relatively recent content, they did put that option in occasionally.

And the annoying part is that there is other content is LWS1 which is very similar - in the deadend bar I think with nothing going on, but instead of there being a skippable cutscene, you just have to listen to the talking.

I'm willing to listen the first time I play through to get the plot, but after that, not so much.

 

[Bukhan.9731]

I just logged out to go play anything else. 40 minutes of forced dialogue and it is the least rewarding thing in the universe. Work is more enjoyable. At times I can suck it up. But, not today. No one should ever be forced to listen/read any dialogue. 

[Anasate.5408]

voteYes++

How hard is it to add the calls for scene scripts to the "skip" function? They're already there, just call them! Scene change? Short loading screen. Come on guys, it's not that difficult.

It's really annoying when doing achievements. I've sat through the endless roleplay at the start of "A Shattered Nation" for longer than it would've taken to implement a skip functionality to that chapter.

Edited November 27, 2023 by Anasate.5408

[Surelia.2651]

On 1/8/2023 at 7:07 PM, Einsof.1457 said:

Put headphones on and get emotionally invested 

Hehe.  I think this was the advice someone once gave me when I tried to get into playing FFXIV.... helped the low level slog, lol.  Thank god it's not that bad here

[Neiloch.3542]

On 11/27/2023 at 10:20 AM, Surelia.2651 said:

Hehe.  I think this was the advice someone once gave me when I tried to get into playing FFXIV.... helped the low level slog, lol.  Thank god it's not that bad here

I've had to remind others and even my self you can just skip tons of pure "story" stuff in FF14. You hardly ever MUST listen or watch pure story unless someone else decided to watch a intro fly through or something (they even solved the issue with running through Praetorium). I would be going through Heavensward with them talking about family dynamics for 5 minutes before I remember I can just skip all of it lol.

Games have skipping. GW2 had it before and supposedly does it more later. It's not some insurmountable programming issue. But now I get to being absolutely bored with doing Crystal Desert stuff after the game would not shut up about boosting to 80.

[giuice.8352]

I agree with you, the dialogues in this game are unbearable. Especially in secrets of obscure, which is supposed to be a fun and exciting expansion, but instead it feels like a boring lecture. I love gw2, but I can't stand listening to the same NPCs over and over again, in secrets of obscure we have much more dialogs then action. I just want to use the new weapons and explore the new maps, but no, I have to sit through endless cutscenes and conversations. Please, Anet, let us skip the dialogues or at least make them more interesting and relevant.

[MrsValkyrieFX.1538]

I agree, its very frustrating not being able to skip the dialogue, especially when your on your 2nd or 3rd toon. 😞 

[SAROMON.9158]

I miss the cutscenes from original guild wars 2 story (core story), because we could skip them.

Now, I am time locked for some dialogs, that I really don't want to listen to them, especially more than one time. This is way too tedious to wait.

Please, for the sake of all good being, return the skipping scenes, when playing the story missions.

This will benefit everyone, especially the people who don't have much time to play, but still want to play the story.

[Pinkeh.4207]

Can't skip the slow talking bears. 😏

[SAROMON.9158]

Can't or don't want?

[Ashantara.8731]

I loved the dialogue cutscenes, but I also like the in-game dialogue within story missions, like the Tyrian Aliance ones -- I wouldn't want those as old-fashioned cutscenes as I would miss the atmosphere of the room, to be honest.

There would have to be a completely new mechanic, like having a choice to pick a redacted short version of each story mission (after the first playthrough) when you interact with the star. Or have a star within the mission that, when you click, skips ahead to the next step of the mission -- but that could prove difficult with the current engine.

[Yerlock.4678]

I wanted to take a nap many times, show don't tell. At least let it be skippable. 

Edited August 30 by Yerlock.4678

[Hotride.2187]

Or at least give some option to speed the crap up, like x2, x3 or something. Surely that is possible with small effort.

[TheNurgle.4825]

What do you need is already existing system in the game where you talk to NPC and dialog window popup up and you can read it or just select your next option to skip previous step. Also option to start next dialog when previous is ongoing.

These two things make everything really fast. If some don't want that, then they can just wait.

PS Current dialog design is more about "lenght of the story needs to be xx minutes long" and "xx% of the budget was used on this and all ppl skip it so why was xx% of the budget used on it?"

[rune.9572]

there's hardly any content in this soto 2.0 . the monologues exist to pad the playtime.

[Futa.4375]

3 hours ago, rune.9572 said:

there's hardly any content in this soto 2.0 . the monologues exist to pad the playtime.

Indeed, it seems like they took a page from FFXIV with all the filler and padding. It also seems they keep taking all the wrong pages since EoD. I'm surprised the reception is so positive as most of my friends already ignore the new zones, glad I asked for a refund. There is something just very artificial about Janthir Wilds.

[Atlan.2594]

I'm totally annoyed by the long talks, especially with disconnects at the end instances.....😡

[Atlan.2594]

With Janthir dialogues they topped it all of! This is hours of dialogue, without a skip. A disconnect is pure horror now!

[holodoc.5748]

"He-just-kept-talking-in-one-looong-incredibly-unbroken-sentence-moving-from-topic-to-topic-so-that-no-one-had-a-chance-to-interrupt-it-was-really-quite-hypnotic."

Edited August 30 by holodoc.5748

[Farohna.6247]

I absolutely hate the cutscenes in the core game.  But I would be understanding if a skip option in the current style for those who play it on multiple characters or replay for achievements.