Very excited.. Y'shtola in Dissidia!

[Vejjiegirl]

Does he even have a name?

It is theorized that his name is actually "Meteor" .

On the other side, though.... the guy is not in FFXIV (that I know of). He's in the opening movie as a gateway movie from 1.0 to 2.0, but before I realized he was also referenced in 1.0, I had no idea who the hell he was - and I still kind of don't. Does he even have a name? o_o; I don't even know if he even played a part in 1.0 (as I never had a reason or need to really look him up - only seen him vid trailers like the one that pretty much outlines Midgardsormer's fight and he has a vision of it).

Before Dissidia the Characters Warrior of Light(FF1) and Onion Knight(FF3) were underdeveloped characters just like Meteor"Derplander", Characters just there in their own games without a personality other than what the player makes for them. Onion Knight even lost his own game when the FF3 remake came out to be replaced by Luneth. (Although the 4 Onion Knights in FF3(nes) actually do talk, but they usually talk as a group instead of one person)

However unlike Warrior of Light(FF1) and Onion Knight(FF3), Meteor represents us, the players, and the Warriors of light of Final Fantasy XIV. Meteor has That character you see in the 1.0 CG, the ARR CG, the Heavensward CG, and many offical artworks is the personification of us And not only that, He actually has a bit of his own lore that gives him a bit of personality. (Click the link its explained by Koji Fox) .
I would rather have the walking persona of all of our characters rather than a random Y'shtola.

So if a good chunk of players don't even know who this is other than some random guy in the opening movie, he's probably been forgotten or placed in the "meh, random person" bag and dismissed by a good chunk of the playerbase. That doesn't make good for representation. :\ Only faces that either stand out, or that everyone recognizes, would. Technically, Y'shtola does both. Everyone that plays the game knows who she is, and anyone who hasn't is going to go "OMGKITTY".

This is just my own opinion, i'm sure Y'shtola is very popular in japan(probably more because she is a catgirl over her personality, background history, and lore) which was probably why she was picked to represent FFXIV. SE is usually like that when picking characters for their spin offs, Popularity and fanservice over Lore.

Though, playing badass gunner Merlwyb would be fun

I agree, but Roegadyn are not very Popular

[Saseal]

quicksnip

Argh, lost my response post on submit, somehow.
Unwanting to re-type everything I replied with, here's the shortened version o.x

Thanks for the link and info! My new derplander curiousity will be sated when I get home to read it all xD
With that fact (as a representation of 'us' as the adventurers/main characters) I have to agree more with you.
Unfortunately, he still isn't a widelt recognizable face/character - or have the 'ermagherd kertty' factor that I'm sure SE is willing to use to grab newbies with x.x