Quote Originally Posted by Herebedragons View Post
I'm not sure why people are so hung up on the way some characters speak. The use of colloquial, common or elevated speech in itself tells you something about a character. For example, let's compare Arenvald and Urianger. The former is an orphan who never received an education and resorted to petty crimes to survive, the latter is a Sharlayan Archon who was taught by Louisoix himself. Their speech patterns reflect that. It's not about being easy to understand, it's about character and world building.

As for characters being memorable, there's a part of subjective in that too. For some people it sticks, for others it doesn't. I agree with you about Minfilia, but not Y'shtola and Alphinaud. Someone else will think differently still.

Also, do keep in mind that the MSQ isn't the only content that gives information on the background of major characters: the SMN job quests, the ALC job quests, off the top of my head.
"It's not about being easy to understand" - I'm sorry, but when you're being asked to spend the majority of your playtime reading text dialogue, yes is it about being easy to understand. Maybe I'm just stupid but to me, the writing is so pretentious and long-winded that I spend more time deciphering it than I do actually connecting with the characters.

You say Alphinaud and Y'shtola are memorable? Alright then, let's do the same thing we did with Minfillia.

Alphinaud
Backstory? Has a sister named Alisaie and is the grandchild of Louisoix Leveilleur (again, Louisoix is never explained in the MSQ so unless you played ffxiv when it first came out, you don't know who this is).
Character traits? Wants to stop the primals
Character development? NADA

Y'shtola
Backstory? NADA
Character traits? Wants to stop the primals and loyally protects the other Scions
Character development? NADA

You may remember these characters more than others but that is only because you see their names more often during the story. But what do you actually KNOW about them? NADA