Ala Mhigo Reconstruction

[Arrius]

Honestly, though, Ala Mhigo didn't kept me hooked enough to keep my interest for long compared to the Far East.
It's just a barren land with monks in it that have gotten executed by a mad king, and fell to garlean rule right after.

Maybe it was Ilberd his constant nagging and complaining about the ala mhigan people being oppressed that put me off.

[BillyKaplan]

Maybe it was Ilberd his constant nagging and complaining about the ala mhigan people being oppressed that put me off.

That certainly didn't help, but they handled it really poorly as far as supporting cast goes, is my main complaint. Everyone we grew to care about in Gyr Abania ended up dead. They brought back that refugee we met in the Shroud and Fordola killed him early into the expansion. We got to know Conrad only to have him die before Castrum Abania. M'naago is adorable and all that but she's pretty shallow and we already got her in the custom deliveries.
Meanwhile Doma has Hien, Yugiri whom we've been with since ARR, and Gosetsu who ended up coming back from the dead. Then there's also the entire population of Doman refugees who were now brought back with the Reconstruction storyline, and the Steppe.
All Gyr Abania has to offer is Lyse. Even if you love her to death (and not everyone does, mind) , she's heavily outnumbered.

[Rosentretter]

I want Ala Mhigo available as a playable city state to visit like the rest of places, and if I have to help rebuilding it for that to happen I'm up for it.

[Brynne]

That certainly didn't help, but they handled it really poorly as far as supporting cast goes, is my main complaint. Everyone we grew to care about in Gyr Abania ended up dead. They brought back that refugee we met in the Shroud and Fordola killed him early into the expansion. We got to know Conrad only to have him die before Castrum Abania. M'naago is adorable and all that but she's pretty shallow and we already got her in the custom deliveries.
Meanwhile Doma has Hien, Yugiri whom we've been with since ARR, and Gosetsu who ended up coming back from the dead. Then there's also the entire population of Doman refugees who were now brought back with the Reconstruction storyline, and the Steppe.
All Gyr Abania has to offer is Lyse. Even if you love her to death (and not everyone does, mind) , she's heavily outnumbered.

I think you hit the nail on the head with this, at least as far as I'm concerned. I *want* to care about Ala Mhigo. It's a beautiful zone with a lot of potential and obvious culture to be explored, but it feels like we rushed through it and I simply have no emotional connection to the land or its people. I would love to see some meaningful content that delves into the culture, gives us more NPCs to love, and has us exploring the different areas and the history around them. The msq did a wonderful job with Othard. It's a shame they dropped the ball on Ala Mhigo.

As far as Lyse goes, I love her a lot and it saddens me that she essentially got the same treatment as Ala Mhigo, especially when compared with Hien.