Quote Originally Posted by Nalien View Post
Hmm... I'm much more fond of XIs Elemental six than XIVs... The backstory surrounding the Avatars just blows what most of the Primals have out the water... We've got some mythology for Primals, but for the most part its a couple sentences at best... Good King is probably my favorite, just from speculation on his origin (their relation to the Twelve being Thordans Twelve Knights, rather than the Twelve, the calamity in the sky being Nidhoggs rage, rather than second(?) Umbral Era, etc.), but even that pales in comparison to the short stories we got with the six Avatars...

I think XI did a much better job of making the summons part of its world, where as with XIV they're just there because its a Final Fantasy title and here's a quick justification for their existence... Even if most of the short stories revolving around the Avatars had absolutely no grounding in the game (though Ramuhs Olduum civilization eventually bore fruit).
I remember avatars having a developed lore, and they had stories explaining how they turned to be celestial avatars, so I agree with this. FFXIV's feel somewhat shallow, most of them.