No Hildibrand in 3.1?

Hildibrand seems to be one of those things that some people love and some people hate.

I hate it a lot. I woudn't care that it was there if it wasn't mandatory to unlock trial roulette, but as it is, I'll rather never have it again...

But we'll have it again, for sure. FF XIV is cattering to the kind of people who likes Hildibrand, so....We'll have more Hildibrand...

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Originally Posted by BreathlessTao

No Hildibrand - ever again, I hope. Have not been missing him, not gonna miss him either.

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Wasn't it already confirmed that Hildy wasn't showing up in the 3.0 set of patches so they could work on other side stories? I couldn't recall exactly where I saw that, though.

There is a different side story in 3.1 which wasn't mentioned in the latest live letter for some reason. It's supposed to be about the students in Ishgard attending some school or whatever. They've likened it to FFVIII. I'm not sure why they aren't talking more about it, unless the beginning of the side quest is somehow related to the MSQ. We should have the school sidequests, and more post moogle sidequests.

As for Hildebrand... did anyone do the Mor Dhona sidequests from 3.0, that feature the Doman children starting their own adventurer's guild and investigating mysteries? That storyline ended with a cliff hanger, and the plot really seemed to be Hildebrand-esque. I have the feeling they are setting up the plot of a future Hildebrand investigation, much like when we had to rub body lotion on Godbert back in 2.0.

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Originally Posted by Gunspec

As for Hildebrand... did anyone do the Mor Dhona sidequests from 3.0, that feature the Doman children starting their own adventurer's guild and investigating mysteries? That storyline ended with a cliff hanger, and the plot really seemed to be Hildebrand-esque. I have the feeling they are setting up the plot of a future Hildebrand investigation, much like when we had to rub body lotion on Godbert back in 2.0.

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Doman Adventurers Guild is actually a separate section in the journal already (somewhere in sidequests I think or some such). So yeah, it does look like it's gonna be a longer running story.

I like the quests. Overdo it though and it could easily get old quick. They should lay off them for awhile then come back later fresh.

I enjoyed his quests in 2.1 and somewhat in 2.2... but after that, it was just the same kind of jokes and silly nonsense with him (and his dad). I did like the "reporter" and Elezen investigator, though.

Hildibrand was fine, but it kinda went downhill -for me- when I had to do his quests to re-unlock trial roulette. While it's true they got rid of that requirement it still left a sour taste in my mouth.

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Originally Posted by Gunspec

There is a different side story in 3.1 which wasn't mentioned in the latest live letter for some reason. It's supposed to be about the students in Ishgard attending some school or whatever. They've likened it to FFVIII.

As for Hildebrand... did anyone do the Mor Dhona sidequests from 3.0, that feature the Doman children starting their own adventurer's guild and investigating mysteries? That storyline ended with a cliff hanger, and the plot really seemed to be Hildebrand-esque.

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I missed the part when it was likened it to 8, but this makes me want it even more. Quite frankly both of these two questlines have a chance for more Hildibrand.

And for the Hildibrand haters: no, the resources spent on the questline cannot be spent on more raids or whatever because completely different people are doing those. It's not taking away dev time from anything. It is a bonus.

I'm definitely glad they're not bring him back for 3.1, his style of humour gets old real quick. I don't know how some people on here love it so much, it wore off after the 2nd quest line for me, to each their own I guess. I'm glad they're reallocating that development time to a new side series, it seems to be more on the serious side too... well, the name sounds serious.