*SPOILERS* Terrified for the remaining Scions!

[Vahlnir]

Who hurt you people?

I don’t know, I kind of respect that FFXIV seems to understand a social compact that is lost these days: Escapist media fails at its job when it feels the need to provide more trauma.

Both of your perspectives are valid, which is part of why I’m worried because I can see and understand them… all while hoping the devs continue to respect said aforementioned social compact: “you keep me in mostly happy feels, I keep paying you.”

I'm not asking for Game of Thrones here, but there does need to be some actual consequences for actions taken. So yeah, some characters need to die (and stay dead) to keep things interesting and impactful. Also, trauma? Come on now. That's a whole other issue that we or the devs can't help with.

[Theodric]

I'm not asking for Game of Thrones here, but there does need to be some actual consequences for actions taken. So yeah, some characters need to die (and stay dead) to keep things interesting and impactful. Also, trauma? Come on now. That's a whole other issue that we can't help with.

At least one major protagonist per expansion in my opinion.

Ideally someone who is fairly important rather than a throwaway character specifically created to be killed off in the same patch/expansion that they're introduced in.

It's a fair compromise - and allows for new characters to gradually be weaved into the story. After all, the cast is becoming very bloated and we've already seen some major characters reduced to only showing up as a brief cameo standing around at a meeting table with no actual dialogue.

[KizuyaKatogami]

I just don’t see how you can get any satisfaction from a story that has had dark themes, and expect purely happy feels. We’re literally going to be in an actual apocalypse next expansion, the same type of apocalypse that almost killed the planet before. If we come out unscathed from that, i’ll happily take my leave from the game. I really hope the devs write what they want to write and don’t give in to the small portion of the playerbase that gets all sensitive when characters die. A good story has consequences for both the protagonists and the antagonists. It’s why past final fantasy games have done so well.