Dear devs, thank you so much for letting the WoL speak outside of dialog options!

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Originally Posted by JamieRose

But I love when she gets to be extra snarky about it.

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I have really been enjoying the increased inclusion of jokey/snarky lines. Really adds to the vibe that nothing really surprises them anymore.

I agree, I also love the snarky dialogue options.

I think they should go back and add some of the talking animations to older cutscenes, the endless standing still and nodding is so bad in comparison to the more lively version of WoL that actually speaks sometimes even when there's no dialogue options.

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Originally Posted by ThaCa

I think they should go back and add some of the talking animations to older cutscenes, the endless standing still and nodding is so bad in comparison to the more lively version of WoL that actually speaks sometimes even when there's no dialogue options.

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I hope they do, too. I recently replayed ARR with a sprout friend of mine, and the WoL nodding with that empty, vacant expression in response to just about everything is painful to watch these days.

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Originally Posted by Vahlnir

This got a good laugh out of me. It's so dang true. Our poor WoLs. The lights are on but nobody's home.

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except fray who's in there screaming their head off and smashing their skull against the inside of yours; flailing in fury.

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Originally Posted by ameliaw

I personally dislike when they give me options that have the same meaning. Such as "Thank you." and "Thank you!". I might be the minority on that, but my wol might as well not talk at all.

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The worst offender, in my opinion, was the dialogue choice right before the final boss of 6.0. I didn't want to say either of those things. Avoiding details due to spoilers, but that's one scenario where overall I felt like I was forced to hear, feel, think a very specific way.

Because I gotta be contrary, I wish there was a way to not have my WoL speak. There's a whole subset of Xaela that don't talk because Wacky Xaela Lore, but if you're a Qestir you still have dialogue options and speaking animations.

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Originally Posted by Saraide

I agree, I also love the snarky dialogue options.

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It was a bit better with the cutscenes involving the undersea vault as you had options to throw yshtola under the bus then make fun of her summoning incantation lol.

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Originally Posted by Puc

I hate my character agreeing to something i dont want them to

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Here is my take, but WoL is not my character, your character or anyone's character. He/she is his/her own character. Just that he/she has a blank appearance so that players can input in some customization. His/her thought, his/her feeling, how he/she experiences story events... are all entirely his or her.