The thing is, the writer made it work. There’s nothing in the game that requires you to have multiple characters and level them all up prior to an expansion. Literally none. They chose to have a bunch of alts and grind everything up the last couple months to prepare, where a normal player would only need to have one…

I went to some of the first Wanderer Sabaku’s events when he first started them a year ago and they were very creative. They would put on costume contests frequently at first, then talent shows, and then seasonal events. I agree, it’s good for the community, but most of the time players were just going for the free…

You can use the Party finder to create a party to watch the cutscenes, or skip the cutscenes and watch them later at an inn. Those two dungeons are the only ones that are inconvenient though. So many scenes to watch and no one wants to wait on someone unless they are a friend.