Warrior of Darkness: Deceptive Marketing?

[Kuro_Mao]

And what about the players who took cues from "dark is not evil" that has been leading up to Shadowbringers, only to see the "Warrior of Darkness" use nothing but the Light?

There has been a re-occurring theme in Old media, you know books, movies, TV Shows, etc. There theme is there isn't really a bad guy. In your story; I bet you paint yourself as the good guy. Even though you may in fact be the bad guy overall, hypothetically speaking.

[MPNZ]

And what about the players who took cues from "dark is not evil" that has been leading up to Shadowbringers, only to see the "Warrior of Darkness" use nothing but the Light?

That's basically a misunderstanding of aether, and the player brought back the darkness of the night sky as per the legends on the first. Ascians are basically permanently attuned/skewed to darkness like the voidsent, but the aether as it normally channeled is non-aspected, and the light on the first is umbral aspected/passive/still/static. It's just not the aesthetic of darkness that you were expecting. Also, we don't have to make pacts with Ifrit to cast fire spells or flare, or Shiva to cast Blizzard or freeze, and summons are like constructs. They're imaginations just ran astrally out of control

[TheMightyMollusk]

lets not forget

Bravura saved the day aka a warrior weapon

Yeah, but that's because

it was Ardbert's axe.

[Savagelf]

would rather have them called ffxiv Nightbringer

I like name Shadowbringer I wonder if mean more one bring back night to the world of first. SE sure prove my theory correct that warrior of light is the first world of warrior of darkness as in one who return the night sky to people of the first. through I confuse by next mainline quest promise of valor act of cruelity I confuse who act of cruelity are we talk about ascian I hope we don't see death of scions we lost enough scion please SE

darkness can also mean night

[Rasikko]

Would have been deceptive marketing it the WoL had the spotlight stolen

by Ardbert at the end. Since the entire buildup was finally about us the players actually taking charge.

[Nihility]

It Kind of is but the opening is super cool so whatever.
Your kind of actually playing the warrior of too much light more than anything

[Kusanagi7]

since we didn't use any darkness to win our battles including the last boss should have called it Nightbringers or Lightbringers just my 2cents.

[Rasikko]

Now that I think about it... the title 'Shadowbringers' is probably a red herring.

[Hazmick]

All the shadow/darkness stuff relates to The First's idea of darkness, not our own. Anyone who feels decieved hasn't been paying attention.

Besides, 'deceptive marketing' is a redundant title. It's just marketing.

[Lastelli]

"Lightquellers" was discarded because it didn't have the same impact I guess