*Spoilers* Anyone feel joining Emet would have been better

[QT_Melon]

Again,

I think where story editing would have helped a lot more was cutting down some of the Labyrinthos stuff to show that Venat truly did exhaust her options may have helped this out. Especially with janky montage.

Having some crazy lab accident, with witnesses saying Venat was present, and looking over at doggo...makes me think of that old meme with the guy looking at the golden retriever with that "oh you..."

https://i.kym-cdn.com/entries/icons/.../390/ohyou.jpg

You could just pretty much substitute Argos and Hytho's faces there :P

I mean sure later, they may expand upon her having that supposed conversation with Hythlodaeus who comes off as probably the most easily reasoned people to be around. Which is why Emet and Hythlo are like a buddy cop duo. But as current standings go, we haven't been given that moment to see if she could have convinced them otherwise.

Rather than have a conversation with random Etherians out on the street, to "I'M GONNA WRECK IT" (Sundering decision). The stakes of seeing the new life and what the plans for said new life should have been a high stakes moment. I think it was a missed opportunity since that discussion was always background fodder and showing said life would have probably made it more personal and the dilemma more in our face.

I know people were trying various reasonings to get people to stop these kinds of discussions "because you're being antagonistic with the story" or "you're not paying attention" to "it's just a video game" - but let's face it. There's some problems with presenting the story to push certain stakes - or didn't quite help various "camps" move to be more objectionable.

I think personally and just seeing that from others who have played the MSQ - that the conclusion before we go back to our time just had some missed opportunities along the way. I am just pointing out what would have helped out. I didn't feel that Zodiark was a long term plan that would have worked out. I think Venat's plan (despite the story forcing that) would work out given the timeline and circumstances surrounding. (I can't say it would have if say the Ascians DIDN'T start up Calamities and rejoinings). Meaning that it took both of them to oppose each other to a certain point to reforge our character into a being that COULD beat Endsinger.

Basically - Venat sunders, no Ascians mess with the world - we go in blindly ignorant of the threat even if we can feel it. I think would have been defeat.

Venat sunders, Ascians keep tinkering with events that while ends up in loss of life, re-forges us and gives us back some of our powers. We eventually get to understand the tragedies that happened in the past and armed with that knowledge we did defeat Endsinger.

We know, the story is done in terms of MSQ, what happened happened - but I don't think it will cause players to not debate it. I think EVEN with my suggestions - there would probably be some debate -but I think likely LESS of it.