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Originally Posted by Batbrat

They didnt even bother to animate any flashbacks. Its bad enough the whole thing was no actual voice lines. Like did any of you even TRY??? We just got a, "uhh welll so theyre all dead now but like one used to really like starbucks, the other was pretty good at rolling dices, and-" like COMEEE ONN.

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This was another big contention I had with this content. They didn't even put the production behind it. At least give it the coils treatment, damn.

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Originally Posted by Jojoya

I disagree with this. They never felt like a huge point to me. Some would get mentioned in passing as patron deity of this or that city state or guild but little more. Halone was the one exception as patron of Ishgard and important to Ishgard's church.

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I don't know, I'd say they're a pretty fundamental part of Eorzea itself, which is more or less the cornerstone of the game. They may not have been front and centre most of the time, but they are/ were Eorzea's principal form of religion and over the years we were constantly hearing references to them in way or another. It's one of those things you don't think about so much because it's such an entrenched part of the lore you sort of take it for granted that it's there, but in spite of that I think a lot of people have been quietly intrigued by them, especially given what went on during the Calamity and what we saw from the Flames of Truth cinematic. They were a little enigmatic, and there was always something of a question mark hanging over them as to what exactly their deal was. Even if it wasn't a hot topic of debate, I'd say the level of disappointment is a testament to how much it did actually matter to some people.

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Originally Posted by Batbrat

They didnt even bother to animate any flashbacks.

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I've had sub-zero expectations for this ever since they decided to not even bother showing a fragment of the Zodiark/ Hydaelyn fight or any of what came before it. They really don't care that much to put that level of detail in, and it's been clear for a while now.

It was just done so we can check off another thing left from ARR. Nothing wrong with it. I'm glad they are properly finishing story threads (looking at you, Bozja). Same with the 13th and the Garleans. But the god stuff really felt inconsequential. We started believing/revering the 12 and since we will never tell anyone it'll continue that way for Eorzea. Pretty much ended where we started.

I liked it a lot, I'm just sad that like, unless your deity is Oschon, you've seen all the interactions you'll ever get with your deity. I loved all of the 12, and it's a little sad to finally meet them only to have 11 of them gone as soon as we meet them.
That said, I really like Deryk, and I'm looking forward to seeing more of him in the future.

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Originally Posted by Payadopa

It was just done so we can check off another thing left from ARR. Nothing wrong with it. I'm glad they are properly finishing story threads (looking at you, Bozja). Same with the 13th and the Garleans. But the god stuff really felt inconsequential. We started believing/revering the 12 and since we will never tell anyone it'll continue that way for Eorzea. Pretty much ended where we started.

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Yeah I think you nailed it. It was literally just a box to check off. Nothing changes, they don't have to change any dialog to people of eorzea, or shift any of the underlying belief systems. Literally just one and done'ed the oldest mystery in the game.

It's okay, it did feel like the obligatory tournament/prove thyself arcs seen countless times before in certain "shows" only to find that the deities used you to unalive themselves which was a bit odd. Stormblood handled the four lords way back far better, I saw no reason why the twelve decided this route.

I'm more annoyed that the WOL just passively goes along with it for the sake of discovery, but tying the loose ends since ARR so they can move on to expand and create new lore I'm down for, which I really hope they do so with DawnTrail. Even the MSQ post Endwalker, an ascian's name had to pop up sooner or later considering how the 13th came to be the void. My worry is for 7.0 it'll be more "Oh this was started by Ascians too because why not".

I really enjoyed it although the reasons for why the Twelve wanted to fight us was severely underplayed for all the secrecy they made it out to be. Really could've just told us the truth to begin with since it wasnt such a big deal to the WoL and the Scions really.

A poster shared this alt story take on another thread that I really liked but I think the story should've been more on Oschon and his struggle to fulfilling his duty vs his own personal desires. They should've had it where Deryk revealed his true identity at the end of Aglaia alongside the other gods revealing their intentions and then the rest of the story would've wrote itself from there.

It was...okay to me. Not great or amazing. Just okay. The ending was mostly what I expected would happen from the start. It was very, very predictable.

I think it ended way too fast and way too abrupt.

Here's the 12!

Learn a bit of backstory about them and their motives!

Aaaaaand they're gone (except one)

It did nothing but literally clean the slate. No more Hydaelyn, no more Twelve.

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Originally Posted by Deceptus

I think it ended way too fast and way too abrupt.

Here's the 12!

Learn a bit of backstory about them and their motives!

Aaaaaand they're gone (except one)

It did nothing but literally clean the slate. No more Hydaelyn, no more Twelve.

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I'm sure that last sentence made numerous people happy whom were disatisfied with Endwalker