Quote Originally Posted by aveyond-dreams View Post
I'm going to refrain from commenting further on this "necessary evil" talk because those of us who see Venat as what she is are unlikely to ever be convinced of the opposing view at this stage. Take it to the other threads.

One point of concern for the apparent direction of the story moving forward is a continued focus on more nebulous "battle of morals" nonsense which I don't think is a good place for Season 2 to start off with. Granted, we already started it off on the wrong foot given that no attempt was made to distance ourselves from the Season 1 cast and anyone who starts the game as 6.1, which we know from translations to be considered as a potential future starting point, will be hopelessly lost. In these respects, the patch greatly failed in delivering.

I suppose one could read the codex, only to get a highly abridged if not biased view of previous events/characters like the aforementioned rebel angel who damned all humanity with her arrogance. I imagine from the perspective of a new player, the reception to the introduction of the Scions may vary. If one hasn't suffered through so many expansions of Y'shtola doing nothing and her character remaining stale as ever, I imagine that 6.1's Y'shtola may leave a good impression. The same does not hold for G'raha Tia, whose already strange appearance combined with his mannerisms might give someone pause, being viewed as little more than an annoying sidekick if they have no prior knowledge of the character's backstory. Urianger and Thancred are on and off the screen too fast for them to form much of an opinion from, and despite many's love for Estinien he could come across as rather stoic and boring if this was their introduction to him.

The loss of an instanced battle this patch was also alarming, though I understand such resources were poured into the Garlemald role quest...the only question being as to why both could not be developed and released simultaneously. The inclusion of these battles in the MSQ serve to break up the constant back and forth talking and add in some much needed action, without it things definitely felt off.
would you rather they straight up delete the rest of the scions and introduce a brand new cast that no one cares about?

You do realize that we've taken but a single step into an entirely new story arc. we literally have not had the time to form new bonds with people outside of the scions, and even when we do, the scions are going to continue to be in our social circle because they are our friends and are ready to come to our aid at a moment's notice.

Also, you don't get to say in one breath "i'm not going to discuss 'necessary evils' take it somewhere else" whilst spouting your nonsensical "rebel angel who damned humanity with her arrogance" spiel. That's the equivalent of saying "i'm right and you're wrong, and nothing you say will convince me otherwise."