When does Stormblood get good?[Spoilers?]

[Noitems]

The majority of people agree that the Steppes is when it becomes really good. Totally agree with that statement as that whole storyline was just fantastic, the cast of characters were great, Hien's debut, and the culture of Mongol Nomadic Tribes is in full bloom. The Danshin Nadaam that takes place in the MSQ was so huge that it's becoming it's own mode in 5.1 for pvp.

Gyr Abania will always be in my books the most underutilized concept of XIV. So many cool things and landmarks between the Peaks and Fringes, but we barely do anything with them since the focus was mainly on Doma.

[Brightshadow]

The problem with Stormblood is that instead of focusing on one region they decided to focus on two, and I don't know if it's only me but Stormblood seems to be lacking the "fantasy" type areas that both heavenward and shadowbringers bought us. (I remember most zones of ShB and HW because they had a magical aesthetic that none of the Stormblood ones seemed to capture, but it's probably just me.)

[hynaku]

I never found any of Stormblood good for most part found it completely boring. Only parts found kind of fun was turtle guys and the fish guys quests.

[Nemmar]

It really makes me sad to see people digging into Stormblood like this. I really liked it. From the more serious story, to the encounter design, zones, music and jobs added, Stormblood was awesome to me. It doesn't deserve this hate.

[Siete]

It really makes me sad to see people digging into Stormblood like this. I really liked it. From the more serious story, to the encounter design, zones, music and jobs added, Stormblood was awesome to me. It doesn't deserve this hate.

More serious story? Huh? HW is better, also in zones and music.

[dinnertime]

It really makes me sad to see people digging into Stormblood like this. I really liked it. From the more serious story, to the encounter design, zones, music and jobs added, Stormblood was awesome to me. It doesn't deserve this hate.

Story-wise I don't think SB was bad anyway. It's not as bad as ARR at least. It really flopped with the characters, particularly Lyse and Zenos.
As an expansion it's honestly better than Heavensward. There's a lot more creativity in the content than Heavensward (which was mostly forgettable imo) even though most of it was fanservice, and Heavensward's gritty aesthetic was honestly getting old.

[PyurBlue]

Not counting ARR, SB is the weakest link in FF14's story in my opinion. While it's not terrible, it's also not as good as the preceding and following expansions. A few portions of the main story caught my interest, but the most memorable experiences came from specific sidequests and raids, where I felt a lot more drawn in. When I went through it I just hurried along until something caught my attention.

[Halivel]

It really makes me sad to see people digging into Stormblood like this. I really liked it. From the more serious story, to the encounter design, zones, music and jobs added, Stormblood was awesome to me. It doesn't deserve this hate.

I like Stormblood as well, but to each their own, I suppose. And well, I enjoyed even ARR with all its flaws. It's impossible to create a story that appeals to everyone anyway. I mean... I saw people who was like "what is this boring mess" about Shadowbringers. /shrug/

[frostmagemari]

I honestly found the 4 Lords, Omega, and Ivalice questlines more engaging than the MSQ. Heck even Raubahn's mini arc was more entertaining. I wouldn't say I don't like Lyse, but she's pretty much the definition of wasted potential and yet the narrative puts her on this main character pedestal that she herself acknowledges shouldn't be on /shrug

Honestly, i think changing Yda the way they did was a bad move, all in all. They could have had Yda do all the things that Lyse did with the personality that we came accustomed to.. but there's not much we can really do about that at this point.

[dinnertime]

I might've missed something but I don't understand her transition from Yda to Lyse. It didn't add anything to the story except for an attempt at a dramatic reveal. Okay, so she's Lyse now...well so what? Nobody knew who Lyse was until at that very moment so why should people care?

The whole "Just kidding I pretended to be my *apparently* dead sister" thing is just nonsensical to me, and so out of the blue.