Thank you for returning to "original stories" for Raids in Endwalker

[Cilia]

Nostalgia is a cheap drug that eventually stops being intoxicating. Further one needs to be invested in the property the nostalgic element is attempting to appeal to, and if you're not it's just a bunch of random stuff everyone says is super cool but you just don't get. (Or further, actually don't like at all.)

The gameplay's always been enjoyable (... enough), but I'd rather see this world's history and mythos expanded upon than be given cheap fanservice for the umpteenth time, especially if it's for something I either don't care about or actually dislike.

[Vyrerus]

Nostalgia is a cheap drug that eventually stops being intoxicating. Further one needs to be invested in the property the nostalgic element is attempting to appeal to, and if you're not it's just a bunch of random stuff everyone says is super cool but you just don't get. (Or further, actually don't like at all.)

The gameplay's always been enjoyable (... enough), but I'd rather see this world's history and mythos expanded upon than be given cheap fanservice for the umpteenth time, especially if it's for something I either don't care about or actually dislike.

I don't think nostalgia loses any impact for most people. If it did, remakes and remasters wouldn't be as desired as they are. I also don't see it as a drug, because not all nostalgia is just childhood association with home or heartwarming things. It is also the respect for the awe these things instilled in you, that caused you to become who you are today. Sometimes it includes bitter memories of growth.

I certainly don't mind fan service's use at all, if it's attempting to show things not everyone is familiar with. Sometimes it kindles interests that people never knew they had, after all. I too, would like it if FFXIV expanded upon itself more, but the game is often referred to as a theme park for a reason. They have a lot of the past to draw off of and remake, and without XIV, most of these old games that are beyond most of the playerbase's memory, won't receive remakes of their own.

[Kesey]

Nostalgia is a cheap drug that eventually stops being intoxicating. Further one needs to be invested in the property the nostalgic element is attempting to appeal to, and if you're not it's just a bunch of random stuff everyone says is super cool but you just don't get. (Or further, actually don't like at all.)

This is not true of nostalgia at all. It takes a life shattering event to break the hold of nostalgia and in some people it never seems to fade. This is a phenomenon often explored in modern literature.

Even the villains of this game (Lahhbrea, Elidibus, and Emet) all had their motivations for evil and planet/population genocide based on their nostalgia for the way things were during the time of the Ancients. These guys didn't let it go and even died for that nostalgia. Even Emet's last words were a cheap shot for nostalgia!