MSQ Needs Further Condensing

[SturmChurro]

Can't say that's been my experience so far.

With the way people talk around these forums, I'm shocked my post history hasn't been the grounds for a perma-ban yet.

That's why I am 99% sure I'm getting reported constantly. Maybe you can guess why I can be so antagonistic sometimes.. It's not even just me who has been banned for slander, I know, not know of, I KNOW (seen their email) I am not a unique case at all. Others here have also been banned for slander, for what probably you, and definitely not I would consider "slander", at all.. I know someone who recently was banned for "slander", literally just a few weeks ago.

I'm being completely serious here. The mods can ban you for nearly anything if they want to. Not that this has anything to do with this thread, but God. I don't know maybe I just got needlessly paranoid, but the way tensions are in this thread, I feel like there are people here right now constantly reporting. This is why I don't chat in-game either. And speaking of that I HATE how people just assume that just means I want to be a jerk or something. I am actually very nice in reality, forum persona or discord chat besides the point. I give people the benefit of the doubt more often than I should. I can barely even say no, so on the occasion I do do group content I get roped into doing things for hours that I actually don't want to do. Like in borzja recently, apparently I am now a go to for running parties, I don't even want to.. No that any of this has to do with the thread, so I digress..

I'm just not arguing in bad faith, and I'm sure many others here aren't either. I think instead of cuts maybe, they could streamline it. As in, structure quests differently, so there is a mainline story, and other "main", but optional stories too. Maybe, and I am just freestyling this idea, they could encourage people to do the whole story, exp, etc. but not make it all mandatory. No cuts, always there. Maybe the structure and storytelling don't support this idea, but it's just an idea. There is no want from me to destroy it, I like the story, quite a bit. I've joked over discord that if people here only knew how much I actually liked the story, I'd be called out so fast..

Here's an old post of mine, something that might actually surprise people. For context:

I thought the Shadowbringers story was fantastic, I was enthralled from day 1. Completely invested. I read every line of dialogue, talked to the npcs before turning in/accepting/inbetween a quest (just talk - not a quest requirement). Some cliches are fine, and can make a story fun at times. The writing was overall top tier, it was great. I love that we had our old cast of characters from ARR throughout - Urianger getting the screen time he desperately deserved. This story had everything you could want in a good story, and Yoshida was not kidding when he said it was equivalent to a full single player rpg experience, it is. I took my time, and I am glad I did.

I particularly like Zenos as a character, and I am very happy to see him returning. Ardbert was a great addition, and I loved our interactions.

The areas were interesting, and nostalgic, the story dungeons are probably the best we have had, overall carried by their boss mechanics and design (aside from the first one which was a bit dull - bosses, again, made up for it).

My jaw literally dropped when I discovered the recreation of the Ascian city. It was amazing.

I have not played anything but a dancer, and I quite like it. I will have to level up my other major classes and roles before I can give an opinion on that. Nor have I completed any actual endgame content, I will have to do that as well. I may write a review for this expansion when I gather my thoughts, and finish up with it. I don't have this game on Steam, so unfortunately I don't think I can write it there. Not like anyone would read it anyway.

Almost forgot, music. Here is where I do not agree with people who say it was top notch. I thought the tracks themselves were great, for the most part, but the timing was awkward in many areas. Sometimes it was jarring.