Starlight event - Spoilers be aware

[Niqote]

The way I see it: A Father has used his business and connections to find said herb, goes to get it for fear it could be years before he has another chance, doesn't risk leaving it in the hands of another; who to him is a stranger.

Makes sense to me.

[Bloody]

First page, all I am seeing is people missing a very important fact about daddy getting herbs. THEY ARE FAR AWAY IN THAVNAIR. This isn't an NPC doing his own fetch quest, the boy's dad is going on an epic journey of his own to save the kid. Small details matter, folks.

[Yamimarik]

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Sorry I'm going to have to greatly disagree here. I understand what you are saying, but you are saying it in a manner that I find personally and completely wrong.

For one like KingCanadane pointed out, this is not Christmas, this is the Starlight Celebration inside of Eorzea, not outside in "Earth". This is not only a completely different world, but not even the same holiday (though it shows very strong parallels obviously.)

The present in question you are quipping about... is in my opinion a good thing. I see you understand that a parent would go to the ends of earth, hell, or even heaven to save their child and that is what this father is trying to do. And lo-and-behold his actual profession and skills are actually allowing him to possibly find a long time if not full out cure for his son!

Yes it would be HEART-wrenching to leave my own child especially during the holidays, but if it meant the chance to save his life?! Of course I'm going to risk hurting his feelings and even my own feelings to make sure I get even more holidays with him in the future! I'd do anything it took to make sure he was safe, and to me?

That is a very moving and wonderful holiday story and it touched my heart and it does feel quite the realistic story as some have said in here. It's nice to see that some people out there can take care of themselves and don't always need to rely on the Warrior of Light.

[Cabalabob]

The thing is we're talking about a completely different situation in this quest. Usually our fetch quests send us around the main land, the father is going to a completely different place. To put it into perspective. Imagine living on an island in Japan, people ask you to run errands on that island and you happily do it, then one day you find this man going to find herbs to save his son, these herbs only grow in South America. That would be a HUGE ask, even for us to travel all the way across the world to get the herbs that he's heard RUMOURS are there.

[JCharms]

I absolutely loved this quest
One thing I would note to the OP is that its available at level 15, so you're not the primal killing demigod and "grandest warrior in All Eorzea" at that stage of the game.

[Yeol]

His father will be back on Christmas day with the herbs.

[Jib]

Thanks for your input i really appreciate it.

I guess after doing so many "pointless fetch" quests on this occasion it left me with a bittersweet taste the way they handled the whole story.
I understand your arguments and most of them do make sense.

In a way it is good that a questline provokes different reactions and thoughts in different ppl. At the end it is what a lot of us look for in a rpg, different compelling stories that we can interact with.

Again thks for the inputs and happy holidays

[Kling-Klang]

I agree, when that part happened I assumed I would be the one to get the herbs.
Really weird that we didnt do that as the WoL.

[Theodric]

I agree, when that part happened I assumed I would be the one to get the herbs.
Really weird that we didnt do that as the WoL.

Why would the Warrior of Light travel all the way to Radz-At-Han, somewhere they've yet to visit for themselves and cannot access easily, for the sake of a lone child they met for a very short period of time? Especially considering that the Warrior of Light has far more important issues to deal with such as PTSD and being available to show up if a new threat emerges to threaten Eorzea. The Warrior of Light isn't there to help every single person they happen to come across. Even when they do help minor NPC's out they don't stick around to continue solving every last little problem that they have.

[Moomba33]

I thought it was a nice story honestly. The WoL can't personally solve everyone's problems.
In this story a father made a heart wrenching decision to do what was best for his son and the son learned how much he really meant to his father by the sacrifices he was willing to make.

The only real problem I see is the father didn't make the purpose of his trip clear in the letter he sent to his son.