in from the cold is so stupid

[Elodie_Einsbern]

I can see how the instance was supposed to put this into perspective, but then I think they completely dropped the ball once you're done and catch up with Zenos. So you just spent that whole time struggling to fight against regular garlean soldiers and then you're able to just throw a knife and it immediately destroys Zenos' avatar? Then you knock Zenos over like it's no big deal? But not only that...the whole thing is never mentioned again. So I was left feeling like ok what was the point in all that except to get me at the edge of my seat but then say psyche that's it!

ETA: And apparently Fandaniel can teleport you away whenever he feels like it but we never see it happen again.

The whole thing was garbage story telling from top to bottom. And it could have been amazing if done right. I still find it mind blowing how people just give the entire setup a free pass. Let alone the ending of it

Fandaniel is a sundered ascian, and yet he can freely teleport us away and disable us in the blink of an eye. No narrative buildup as to how he could accomplish this, it just "happens". After seeing our character disabled in that chair from the launch trailer, I was left wondering how they would do it. But they couldnt even go the cheap route of having Fandaniel find some Allagan tech that lets him disable a target. Or use a Garlean to betray us, which would have totally been in character. And been so much more satisfying to see from a storytelling perspective as we were trying to help them.

Instead he just yeets us, and they never bother to say how to the player. Leaving this enormous plot hole in the process. Why didnt Emet Selch, Lahabrea, or Elidibus just teleport us into a damn lava pit and kill us if it was this easy? Or any of the disposable rank and file sundered Ascians? The reason was simple, before this, the target had to be disabled or be willing to be teleported. None of which happened to us. Instead we were teleported away and then disabled with no explanation as to how he did any of it. And then uses the body swap tech.....*slow clap*.....well done amazing top tier writing

I expect this kind of writing from dollar store novels. But it just gets a free pass because 14's writers cant screw up. I liked the majority of the expansion, dont get me wrong. But this entire section was garbage