Quote Originally Posted by Vyrerus View Post
Yes, I do, and I find your perspective strange. Though I find most people's perspective on this matter strange.

First of all, there are hardly ever personal losses for side character cast, but when there are... they really ham up the emotion. When Moenbryda died they had several quests dedicated to the Scions moping, notably, Urianger, Minfilia, and Yda. All of whom cried and lamented the loss of Moenbryda. Urianger is definitely NOT impervious to emotion. He's one of the most outwardly emotional Scions in the cast. Especially when he believes he's done wrong, even if said wrong was in the name of the greater good. I agree with this assessment for Y'shtola though.

As far as city-state leaders go, Nanamo gets a bigger focus because Ul'dah's government is the most corrupt, and she is the least competent leader we've got.

My suggestion to you would be to make sure you talk to the characters between quest advancement markers, as they have dialogue you can see nowhere else, which is where a lot of their fleshing out occurs. It's not ideal, I will admit, but they do have a lot of story they want to focus on, and they want it to focus around we the player, rather than the NPC cast.
Perhaps that is why. I did not speak to them outside of the MSQ, and I'm sure many others haven't either. I am coming from a place where I compare them to the characters in our party in FF7 remake, for example(or plenty of other fictional works). Every single one of the cast was able to stir strong emotions within me. Yet with the Scions I have mostly felt little, if anything. Urianger's face was still stoic when Moenbryda, supposedly one of his closest friends, died, and I believe he said he was going to 'study, and mourn in his own way.' Yeah, that doesn't really tug on any of my heart strings. I contrast this with when Cloud had to watch certain people die who weren't even his closest friends. The pain and struggle that was written all over his face. It doesn't compare.