Tired of Zenos (spoilers)

[MarsAstro]

I also just want to point out that I see way more likes for people with complaints and negative outlooks, than those with positive outlooks.

Seems to be a lot of pessimism for what's to come. It's almost like some people in here want Endwalker to be bad.

Unfortunately, Zenos has barely ever expressed interest in anything other than his next big fight. I worry that these things will be ignored going forward by virtue of none of the characters in the story caring to explore them. Actually, my biggest worry is that Hydaelyn and Zodiark will be among "these things getting ignored"—I can easily imagine us going the entirety of 6.0 with hardly a mention of either, only to have it be revealed that Zenos dealt with both offscreen.

Oh my god, why would you say that? That sounds atrocious, now I'm worried. I hope to god they have more sense than to write something like this.

So far I'm cautiously optimistic based on the announcement event but tempering expectations.

Heh.

[Lauront]

I also just want to point out that I see way more likes for people with complaints and negative outlooks, than those with positive outlooks.

It really revolves around a lot of people here (and elsewhere) having concerns about Zenos dominating 6.0, having been dragged back into the spotlight after 4.0. I'm keeping an open mind to it because there's some promising elements with Fandaniel, but I'm also not going to say I don't share some of these concerns. I mainly enjoy the Ascians in the MSQ lore. There's some other interesting stuff to me, e.g. the Ivalice plotlines, but by and large I am of course eager to see how the Ascian story is wrapped up and whether something to my liking follows it.

I don't share in the excitement for a lot of the fan fave protagonists, and especially not G'raha, so I am also keen to see how that cast will be shaping up, to see whether the game post 6.0 holds my interest story-wise. It's definitely not that any of us want EW to be bad, though.

[Rosenstrauch]

Oh my god, why would you say that? That sounds atrocious, now I'm worried. I hope to god they have more sense than to write something like this.

It is definitely a cursed take, yeah. I tend to be fairly optimistic about where the story can go, but Zenos? Zenos just provokes the pessimist in me, I guess. Even the way Elidibus was handled in 5.3—he's basically a new character altogether—didn't worry me quite as much as Zenos taking center stage over other, more interesting characters again.

On the bright side, Estinien will be joining us. I like him, and look forward to his perspective being part of the story.