My Review of 6.1 Story Content

[aveyond-dreams]

Just some thoughts in return.



True if one ignores Kugane, Thavnair, Dragon society, Idyllshire, the Viera of the Source and the First, the Pixies, pretty much every Tribe, Sui-no-Sato, I assume the Confederacy given their pirate group structure, the tribes of the Azim Steppe, the Redbills and the Crystarium. Thats a lot of different societal structures. Not to mention of all the nations to become a democracy arguably the one with an already pre-existing Senate makes the most sense.



I don't really see the issue with someone not traditionally masculine expressing admiration. But perhaps that's subjective.

The locations you mention are all ones I adore. Sadly the story has pivoted away from these locations (except in the case of the Confederacy and Thavnair presently, though apart from Vrtra there is very little of interest to me in the region). At the moment I feel refreshed now that I'm hyped for the void, and interested in learning more about the goings on there. Given the lack of interesting things left to do on the Source, I'll gladly step through the voidgate and see what's on the other side.

In the case of Garlemald, those of us who liked the concept of the Empire and ones similar to it were hoping for a better resolution. Thinking back to the often cited Archades, who ended up with Larsa as emperor, a benevolent figure who still loved and wanted the best for his country, someone to root for rather than just...such a lackluster finale here in FFXIV. Even a constitutional monarchy would be a vast improvement, a figurehead emperor is better than nothing at all if it must be the case.

I suppose it is a difference of perspective, I simply do not feel that G'raha Tia's actions are reciprocated and thus they come off as creepy and like an unwanted advance. At some point after enduring too much of that I'd rather just leave the situation or in this case, skip his dialogue and look away till someone else takes to the scene. It is ok to express admiration once, if not twice in the aftermath of a critical story moment. But this is excessive. He is more of a parody now than Princess Sarah in Stranger of Paradise, but without the self-aware storytelling that made her somewhat endearing.