Dedicated Thread for Patch 2.55 Story Discussion/Spoilers

[MsQuiltALot]

I finished about 4 hours after the servers came up, but just found this thread...

They got us.... They have pulled out every emotional trick in the book. They even made some of us hate the writers for the storyline!

WOW! Is all I can say. Think about it. We ARE after that point, the dejected Warrior of Light trudging through the snow and thinking about how much we have lost - just like in the trailer. The whole thing was orchestrated to put us in a MOOD - not to give us choices or more things that were playable. I think they succeeded.

For those complaining about the fact that they couldn't participate, and only watch events unfold around them... That's the whole point. Sometimes things happen you can't influence or change. Not participating only amplified the feelings of anger and frustration, depression and loss.

Sure, there is always a possibility that things will not be what they seem, but for now, they've created the perfect mood for the expansion.

[Aeyis]

I finished about 4 hoursafter the servers came up, but just found this thread...

They got us.... They have pulled out every emotional trick in the book. They even made some of us hate the writers for the storyline!

WOW! Is all I can say. Think about it. We ARE after that point, the dejected Warrior of Light trudging through the snow and thinking about how much we have lost - just like in the trailer. The whole thing was orchestrated to put us in a MOOD - not to give us choices or more things that were playable. I think they succeeded.

For those complaining about the fact that they couldn't participate, and only watch events unfold around them... That's the whole point. Sometimes things happen you can't influence or change. Not participating only amplified the feelings of anger and frustration, depression and loss.

Sure, there is always a possibility that things will not be what they seem, but for now, they've created the perfect mood for the expansion.

Thing is it feels cheap precisely because your character was in a position where you could change what happend, many many times. Yet all your character does is basically ignore the 10 million signs. Hence why its cheap story writing.

Why does your character just believe suspected traitors? Does what your treasured friends say to you mean nothing?
Do your personally recruited people mean nothing to you?

To be honest, I think the position of our character in this scenario is kind of brilliant when you think about it.

Until that point, you were a living legend that made a sport of slaying gods. You had no rival and you felt there was nothing you couldn't do. In short, you've become overconfident in your abilities. Now, for the first time since your journey began, you were powerless. All your trials relied on your skills and courage, which you excelled at. This time your enemy was playing smart and made you vulnerable (You were seen without your weapon, and all your abilities are attached to it). You are a warrior, not a player in the game of politics. The biggest threat to you are schemers, for they do not play with the confrontational rules you're used to. Sure, I thought "Fight me, godsdamnit! Fight me!" the entire time, but I bet that is what the player character was feeling as well. From that point of view, being in a helpless position is something I welcome.

So the moral of all this is that without the blessing of the light we are powerless against bad writing and being locked into place via plotholing. Tyvm, but I already knew that.