On a scale of 1 - 10, how disappointed are you so far with Stormblood news?

[Voltyblast]

Not going so far as "stop playing the game", there are some complaints that I feel are out of place.

To be fair, HW was the first expansion and the hype was legit either way, since that we thought we would get something new entirely because of the expansion nature of the game itself. But in the end, the 3 classes are carbon copies of current ones and everything they said was pretty much redundant: the expansion was basically ARR 2.0 with a new coat of paint, copying the same exact methods of loot and even parts of relic grind (heck, atma 2.0 at 3.1 says enough) so while the complaints might feel out of place, I think there's enough basis to be legitimately concerned about SB.

And while I can't talk about the story perspective (I don't like it, so I skip it), I think it's less about "bait and switch" and more like "more japanese stuff because japanese stuff is cool!". For all I can speculate, maybe they really did want to put Ala Mhigo but to attract more fans and more "japan aficionados" from the west, they went full Eastern-look, and considering the number of subs is decreasing this new direction might lead to new players wanting to try, just because of that "amazing japanese scenario" and playing as the cool Samurai Dude. We already have a Ninja and not many MMORPGS allow you to be either a Samurai or a Ninja, at least not directly one - like the Assassin in Blade and Soul who's clearly a ninja, but I forgot about the Elin Ninjas in TERA (Instead of Kunoichi!)

Heck I'm guilty for this too back in Mists of Pandaria, since that I LOVE Chinese settings and I love my Pandaren monk with a passion (without mentioning saving coins for buying Mei's Outfit in Overwatch and playing Wizard in Diablo 3 because she's from Xiansai - basically the China of Diablo).

But again this is all speculation so for all I know, I might be totally wrong...it's a nice theory if anything!