When does Stormblood get good?[Spoilers?]

[Vahlnir]

nonsensical to me, and so out of the blue.

Imo, that sums up pretty much 90% of the MSQ up until Shadowbringers.

[AncientCrystal]

The problem with SB's story is that the expansion tries to prop up this "big war" that is going on and at NO point do you ever feel like you're apart of a war. Lyse is kind of stupid and Zenos looks cool but meh...

[Siete]

And now Gosetsu had to die
Great
Haurchefant 2.0

[wereotter]

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.

It's funny but for me, that was my least favorite part of it all... but maybe that's because by that point I was so sick of being in the Far East.

For me, Stormblood going into it was going to be the tale of the liberation of Ala Mhigo, and I felt the story gave me total whiplash when at level 61 it whisked me off to Othard and left me there until near the end of the expansion. The fact that Ala Mhigo was so glossed over in favor of everything happening in Doma and Kugane made me not much enjoy the expansion as a whole. Compound that with the fact that I started in Ul'Dah and the issue with the Ala Mhigans is something that had been presented to me since level 2 of the main story, so there was an added feeling of dissatisfaction with how they handled that story.

So to that end, my answer would be the expansion gets good when you get to start playing Shadowbringers.

[frostmagemari]

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.

There was no build up and no pay off to it. Honestly, if we had found that supposed dead sister somewhere and then she had to take off the mask at that point, I would have enjoyed that much more. You know, something that added to the story.. it just seemed like an excuse to get rid of Yda and Papalymo (in an effort to downsize the scion cast) and move onto the expansion story.

[dinnertime]

The problem with SB's story is that the expansion tries to prop up this "big war" that is going on and at NO point do you ever feel like you're apart of a war. Lyse is kind of stupid and Zenos looks cool but meh...

What's funny is imo...some parts of the Shadowbringers story like that one part where you do a rescue mission for a certain someone, felt more like a war than anything Stormblood did.

Maybe the Nadaam fight was kind of grand but Shadowbringers really took the story fights up a notch.

[Enla]

What's funny is imo...some parts of the Shadowbringers story like that one part where you do a rescue mission for a certain someone, felt more like a war than anything Stormblood did.

Maybe the Nadaam fight was kind of grand but Shadowbringers really took the story fights up a notch.

I will say the final dungeon of SB did actually encapsulate the feeling of war and was probably the highlight of the entire expansion for me. It's just a shame it took till the last patch to actually invoke that feeling... After watching our heroes get one more turn with the idiot bat before hand.

[dinnertime]

I will say the final dungeon of SB did actually encapsulate the feeling of war and was probably the highlight of the entire expansion for me. It's just a shame it took till the last patch to actually invoke that feeling... After watching our heroes get one more turn with the idiot bat before hand.

Yeah the very final dungeon was pretty good and was a good way to end SB as an expansion, but yeah...I wish they had more of that earlier in the expansion. Plus, it doesn't feel like the war was happening on the sidelines like it did at the last dungeon of 4.0.

[Mansion]

Maybe the Nadaam fight was kind of grand but Shadowbringers really took the story fights up a notch.

My problem with the whole Azim part is that I was constantly asking myself :
"ok but. why am I here again? Oh right I have to fight a bunch of bullies in the middle of nowhere so they can help me fight for Doma which should keep the Empire busy while I can sneak back in Ala Mhigo to do the exact same thing."
Azim was a comic relief and a shoehorning of Au Ra lore, but while it was enjoyable by itself, it's the furtest point from the main narrative.
The Nadaam was cool though

[Rasikko]

Way too political and its only saving grace in my opinion was Ilberd's maddness. In anycase the politics were reminding me too much of real world BS and that was pissing me off, so I story skipped the latter half.