3.56 MSQ Discussion (SPOILERS)

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Originally Posted by Pomelo

......I'm glad HW is over.
From the way the Uldah situation was handled, to the Warring triad story and how characters were disposed of quite easily, (and without impact....the WT story hasn't impacted anything really)

The story has been diabolical in my opinion. This patch was just a way for us to re-sub, the story almost seemed like complete filler, there were no trials at all no nabriales, no steps, no epic ness and nothing to tide us over until SB.

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I agree honestly, with every single point. The thing in Ul'dah left a bitter state, the warriors of darkness appeared one MSQ patch and left the next one, the ending of the warring triad arc was shallow and it made no sense how we invited that ascian pupil to the scions, and now this quick HW story ending with no cliffhanger, nothing to look forward.

After this I worry about the quality of the story in SB.

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Originally Posted by Bourne_Endeavor

Considering how poorly Steps of Faith went, I'm in no way surprised they went for a solo instance lest we run into a similar issue of people refusing to stay.

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Steps of Faith was not the last story trial though, no one refuses to stay in ravana nm, bismacrk nm, thordan nm, nidhogg nm or the triad nm.

People quit steps because it wasn't well designed, there was no way to reset the fight even if the fight was doomed to fail.

I liked Gosetsu's intro, and I'd like to think he is a Roe just a Doman Roe, like the others are Doma Hyurs. And the reveal at the end was no real surprise.

I thought the solo instance was lots of fun. <3 Explode all the things!

Loved the character interactions in all the cut scenes (Nero was hilarious. the by-play between him and Cid was great). I feel like there would have been more impact had there not been such a big gap between patches, but I really enjoyed it. ^_^

Also Tataru is adorable.

http://i65.tinypic.com/ftpyl2.jpg

I was pretty sure Yda was going to be the the "Red Lady". Then it got confirmed. Then it turns out Yda wasn't Yda, so Yda wasn't the "Red Lady". What a twist.

I liked the story, but also think they should've introduced it along with the patch 3.55. Or even with the 3.5.

Also, regarding Shinryu

Maybe it's just that Domans just confused it with their legend and Eorzeans decided to use that name. But what if Ilberd actually casted an spitting image of the legends? That'd means that Ilberd knows about Doma in some way. Perhaps there's someone else plotting behind the scenes (could be an Ascian or could be someone else).

Was hoping there'd be more of a lead-in for the Othard portion of Stormblood, because knowing something is going down in Doma was a bit of a given.

I wasn't expecting a new trial, but getting to go to town on the imperials with the magitek armor was fun. I wouldn't mind more completely/partially vehicle based fights (Dusk Vigil HM's second boss and A2 being the ones we have currently).

I was really surprised that Yda wasn't Yda. I like her the most and i'm not sure how to feel about the fact that she is dead but then I never knew her and I liked her sister all along or however it goes. Just not sure how to feel, I like the mask and her humour and her lack of intellect vs strength. I hope she doesn't change much, I just don't know how to feel. I've looked around but can't see her as an NPC in the game right now, not near the wall in east shroud or at the scions place, anyone seen her?

I do wonder, the 2.0/3.0 players have always known Lyse as Yda, but what about the 1.0 players? Dit the 1.0 WoL meet the real Yda? She died 6 years ago, the 1.0 WoL was teleported 5 years into the future, so doesnt this mean that the 1.0 WoL knew the real Yda?

I like the patch, but I was expecting longer cinematics.

We know about Omega. But I wasn't expecting Shinryu, but even have sense, as both are together the hardest bosses on FFV. Eveyone was convinced was Rhaglr because it was Ala Mhigo deity. It was cool see him at last in the game.

Also I love Gotetsu presentation. I was thinking as a serious NPC, but was funny guy. Also the preview of some Samurai skills was cool.

The only thing I don't like much is the final trial. I was expecting a trial boss, not a solo trial. But whatever.

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Originally Posted by Laerune

I do wonder, the 2.0/3.0 players have always know Lyse as Yda, but what about the 1.0 players? Dit the 1.0 WoL meet the real Yda? She died 6 years ago, the 1.0 WoL was teleported 5 years into the future, so doesnt this mean that the 1.0 WoL knew the real Yda?

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No, Lyse says the real Yda died 6 years ago, that was before the time of 1.0 players.

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Originally Posted by Laerune

I do wonder, the 2.0/3.0 players have always known Lyse as Yda, but what about the 1.0 players? Dit the 1.0 WoL meet the real Yda? She died 6 years ago, the 1.0 WoL was teleported 5 years into the future, so doesnt this mean that the 1.0 WoL knew the real Yda?

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I guess it depends on how long we were in 1.0 before we got teleported.