(SPOILERS) Did “An Uninvited Ascian.” I salute Square... and have questions.

[Tensaihime]

Thanks for this! I will definitely keep playing and learn the truth.

You do NOT have to answer this, but the morbid part of me has looked at what you typed and started wondering if WoL is either going to abuse people’s life force, or turn out to be part Allagan or someone’s uncooperative science project. I also like eavesdropping on the Novice Network chat while I farm/gather, and I’ve seen a fair bit of salt over the ARR-HW transition, so I am VERY curious about what the near future holds.

[MistakeNot]

Thanks for this! I will definitely keep playing and learn the truth.

You do NOT have to answer this, but the morbid part of me has looked at what you typed and started wondering if WoL is either going to abuse people’s life force, or turn out to be part Allagan or someone’s uncooperative science project. I also like eavesdropping on the Novice Network chat while I farm/gather, and I’ve seen a fair bit of salt over the ARR-HW transition, so I am VERY curious about what the near future holds.

There is a bit of interesting information about the WoL that you find out late in the Shadowbringers storyline, but I won't spoil that. For now, just assume the WoL is exactly what they appear to be - an unusually skilled adventurer who have been blessed by Hydaelyn. It is after all the truth, even if perhaps not quite all the truth.

Most of the salt about the ARR-HW transition is about people thinking there are way too many quests between destroying the Ultimate Weapon and entering Ishgard. You are almost done with all of those quests, so nothing you need to worry about.

[Frizze]

Most of the salt about the ARR-HW transition is about people thinking there are way too many quests between destroying the Ultimate Weapon and entering Ishgard. You are almost done with all of those quests, so nothing you need to worry about.

This is 100% the truth. They complain about the length and pacing of this segment of the story. I wonder though. The devs recently went through this content and streamlined it a fair amount. They made cuts and changes to make it feel and play faster. What im starting to wonder is how much of the complaining is still real, and how much is that these people have heard this part of the story described as "a slog to endure" and are thus coloring their perception of it negatively before they truly get into it.