My unpopular opinions on modern mmo

[Lersayil]

That's why I think lore weapon (or object) should stay in the hands of NPC, or only usable by player character in the story, not be carried around outside of story as actual gear.

While that is one option, I strongly disagree with this one. That is how we get Cataclysm Thrall (blessed be His name).

In WoW the issue was more noticable since the pcs there are handled like faceless... what? Mooks? Soldiers? Basically its written as if the characters aren't even there. Handing an important artifact to them sort of rubs in the issue.

In FFXIV we are a core part of the story and interract with NPCs, villains and the world. We ARE the heroes that you would expect wielding artifacts of legendary power. Artifacts are also made a lot less important overall to the world and story, so it doesn't stick out as much. Given that we also have to work for them, and its not a free Ashbringer handout, they are also a lot more rare.

That being said, I do like some story behind my artifact weapons, and disagree with everything the Eureka weapons stand for (and look like, but thats another question).