I wonder what is preventing WoL from mentally breaking down

If the answer is 'that's just how he/she is', I guess I have nothing to say... but judging by how Fordola reacted to WoL's echo, WoL does seem to feel something whenever WoL faces trejedy. On top of that WoL got all these responsibilities and hopes he/she is carrying on his/her shoulders which can only make things harder for WoL. I wonder, if it will ever become too much for WoL and have a point where WoL just mentally breaks down. But then, I guess extremeental strength is also one of the stereotypical characteristic of a hero.

There's in entire job questline(Dark Knight) that covers this,

Wait for real? Is there a way to re watch job quests?

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Originally Posted by Minnel

Wait for real? Is there a way to re watch job quests?

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Yes :)

In an inn by default or in a player's House/FC estate/Apartment if one has the furnishing item for it, you can re-watch most any/all cut scenes via The Unending Journey.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0D0o--E1kMo

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Originally Posted by Minnel

Wait for real? Is there a way to re watch job quests?

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Also, unless im mistaken, you can use the New Game+ system to re-play job quests. So rather then watch, go re-do the quests for the full experience. Side note: While doing the DRK quests, check out the quest journal. There are special notes there that only appear while you are on the quest and equipped as a DRK. This is a small thing that some people miss, but it adds a bit to the story.

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Originally Posted by Minnel

If the answer is 'that's just how he/she is', I guess I have nothing to say... but judging by how Fordola reacted to WoL's echo, WoL does seem to feel something whenever WoL faces trejedy. On top of that WoL got all these responsibilities and hopes he/she is carrying on his/her shoulders which can only make things harder for WoL. I wonder, if it will ever become too much for WoL and have a point where WoL just mentally breaks down. But then, I guess extremeental strength is also one of the stereotypical characteristic of a hero.

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I’ve never asked to be the WoL in the first place

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Originally Posted by Vencio

I’ve never asked to be the WoL in the first place

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One of my alts "quit" being a WoL after the Ifrit storyline. He just does pvp and squadron now.

I'd say it's mainly the luxuries that come with being savior and hero to multiple nations. For all the suffering and crap the WoL is put through, ultimately they're treated better than most aristocrats/nobles/leaders by most people that they meet. They get a lot of exceptions made for them, lots of cutting edge technology to help them out, and even a fancy dinner here or there.

They get to hammer out stress, literally, whether it be by crafting platemail armor or by bashing a monster's head in(or anyone's given whatever circumstances lead to that).

They have the capacity to be very wealthy, while also being self-sufficient. They are a strong person and a warrior, in spite of we who play as them.

A WoL played to the extremes is a master on the battlefield and a veritable tycoon when off it. My own main WoL has a fleet of Submarines and Airships, a large estate in Lavender Beds, and shows new adventurers the ropes providing any who wish for it a home. This isn't even in a roleplay sense, though I could very well write in the lived experience for it to be one.

The WoL is the Übermensch in all aspects of their life, except for the fact that they've adopted the Scions' morals(or at least seem to have). Despite having and even physically manifesting their psychological problems, they still ride roughshod over them, conquering them. They're put on display because they're really the only way we can relate to such a character, since we are not warriors ourselves(generally speaking, of course). Neither are we the best at literally everything we put our hand to, as is the WoL.

Personally, I think the WoL's greatest struggle is actually in retaining their humanity, and that this is the impetus for them hanging onto the Scions as friends, as well as why they help even the common man(also why they at times detest the chores they take on, as it is the expected, "human" thing to do).

I'd say the only way to really make the WoL have a mental breakdown is to point out that they are ever more not like other people, to really separate them, and point them into a mirror and then contrast who they are with what they want to be. Because what they want to be, they can never be, and thus far they avoid it mostly by stepping on it and tucking it far in the back of their mind. Dismissing it with a chivalrous attitude, as befits a hero of the people.

But once every challenge is won. Once every monster is cast down. Once the WoL must confront a life without challenges for them, then they will break, because having an endless opportunity to rest gives an endless opportunity to reflect, and all of their inner demons will stir to the fore. Leaving them with the choice to endlessly fight that inner self or to let it take the reins. It won't be Myste or Fray, but a new deep seated terrible part of the WoL's repressed humanity, perhaps a worse foe than we could imagine.

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Originally Posted by Vyrerus

I'd say the only way to really make the WoL have a mental breakdown is to point out that they are ever more not like other people, to really separate them, and point them into a mirror and then contrast who they are with what they want to be. Because what they want to be, they can never be, and thus far they avoid it mostly by stepping on it and tucking it far in the back of their mind. Dismissing it with a chivalrous attitude, as befits a hero of the people.

But once every challenge is won. Once every monster is cast down. Once the WoL must confront a life without challenges for them, then they will break, because having an endless opportunity to rest gives an endless opportunity to reflect, and all of their inner demons will stir to the fore. Leaving them with the choice to endlessly fight that inner self or to let it take the reins. It won't be Myste or Fray, but a new deep seated terrible part of the WoL's repressed humanity, perhaps a worse foe than we could imagine.

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Zenos was onto something, huh...

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Originally Posted by Minnel

I wonder what is preventing WoL from mentally breaking down .

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It's up to you I think, there is a lot of implied downtime in the story, during which your character can use whatever coping mechanisms you picture them using.