Were you all surprised to see a Duskwight Elezen for the Moonfire Faire event?

They're like unicorns in this game, if you see one you're lucky to ever see one at all.

It was a pleasant surprise. We had matching hairstyles.

It felt like a waste in multiple directions.

In one direction, I never like the trite "emotional lessons" they try to squeeze into these seasonal quests. It would have been better to have a two-minute excuse plot of R'fhul turning up and going "cool, there's a new course, let's try it!" – he can still get a harmless bomb to the face and fall off and whatever, and make Majha fret, with no need to introduce new characters that do nothing but stand there.

And in the other direction, having introduced them, they're such non-characters. No names, no personalities.

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Originally Posted by Iscah

It felt like a waste in multiple directions.

In one direction, I never like the trite "emotional lessons" they try to squeeze into these seasonal quests. It would have been better to have a two-minute excuse plot of R'fhul turning up and going "cool, there's a new course, let's try it!" – he can still get a harmless bomb to the face and fall off and whatever, and make Majha fret, with no need to introduce new characters that do nothing but stand there.

And in the other direction, having introduced them, they're such non-characters. No names, no personalities.

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I just skipped the cutscenes, did the course "with my eyes closed", got my stuff, and went back to doing sit-ups in Uldah for 4 hours.

Time well spent!

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Originally Posted by Renalt

I just skipped the cutscenes, did the course "with my eyes closed", got my stuff, and went back to doing sit-ups in Uldah for 4 hours.

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I'm playing for the story so I don't want to miss it if they do throw in something interesting, or fragments of lore, or whatever. But their efforts to make the seasonal stories deep and meaningful makes them less enjoyable, not more.

I also skip cutscenes for this event cus i dont really care about any cutscenes events or any event we had, got my stuff and headed out lol the only time i didn’t skip was Noctis’s and Iroha’s event which was my two favorites lol xD i can always rewatch the skipped cutscenes in the inns

I was more surprised that they had the tribe NPCs there. Didn't expect to see some of the ARR tribe crew there.

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Originally Posted by RyuDragnier

I was more surprised that they had the tribe NPCs there. Didn't expect to see some of the ARR tribe crew there.

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I'm curious as to whether or not they're there if you haven't finished the Endwalker MSQ yet because the tribal relations hadn't really properly smoothed out until then.

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Originally Posted by Kaliesto

They're like unicorns in this game, if you see one you're lucky to ever see one at all.

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The tank role quest honestly should have centered about duskwights.

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Originally Posted by KageTokage

I'm curious as to whether or not they're there if you haven't finished the Endwalker MSQ yet because the tribal relations hadn't really properly smoothed out until then.

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They're not Endwalker bound as my roommate couldn't see them but he had finished Endwalker. The only thing I can think is its the Tribal quests as he hasn't finished the allied story yet.

I've always wondered... wouldn't a race that has primarily lived underground end up developing less skin pigment, not more? Always seemed weird that they're "meant" to have darker tones, when kinda any other cave dwelling (or deep sea, or general low/no light environment) will tend towards something closer to albino...

But, I'll be damned if every time I see it I don't regret going for a lighter tone. They always pull it off so well.

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Originally Posted by Hasrat

I've always wondered... wouldn't a race that has primarily lived underground end up developing less skin pigment, not more? Always seemed weird that they're "meant" to have darker tones, when kinda any other cave dwelling (or deep sea, or general low/no light environment) will tend towards something closer to albino...

But, I'll be damned if every time I see it I don't regret going for a lighter tone. They always pull it off so well.

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I see it as a nod to D&D's drow or dark anything really.

A lot of times you read about fairy tales where you go to this "dark forest" or cave or X area and you too are warped unnaturally. So... that could be what it is.

As to the OP's question. I... don't really care? Doesn't add much more Duskwight lore to the many many questions I'd like answered. I would be more surprised if we get a prominent Duskwight NPC in the MSQ.

My character is a Duskwight elezen. I chose ivory skin for a variety of reasons.