Quote Originally Posted by Theodric View Post
It all felt rather convoluted to me.

Personally I got into FFXIV back in ARR and HW because it avoided most of the typical JRPG tropes in favour of a more measured and realistic approach. Over time, it has grown more and more distant from that model.

Furthermore, an overreliance on time travel and alternate universes is exactly what turned me off of WoW's story elements.

You have my gratitude, though - it's genuinely good to see it isn't just a 'me' thing and that others feel similarly!
HW has one of the biggest JRPG tropes. The pope is evil. I can get what you're saying but this game since ARR is nothing but swiming in JRPG tropes..... I mean.. it is a JRPG so.... >.> It just was swimming in the tropes it made like in most Final Fantasy titles. To now we got more modern tropes like the moon being a spaceship to my personal fav of all time thanks to Chrono Cross.. FIGHTING FATE!!!! LITERALLY LOL.