Quote Originally Posted by Teraq View Post
(*) I still find it hilarious that the Kairos/Ktisis incident was seemingly never investigated by anyone. After all, it only implicated one of the most powerful and politically important people on the planet, and two other guys who weren't exactly nobodies either. No big deal!
I love Emet, but man did EW require him to be out of character. Not only a complete idiot when it comes to Hermes (loss of memory is only part of the problem), but all of the "hatred and heartbreak" instantly gone in Ultima Thule where he proceeds to praise Venat. I suspect because Yoshi-P (he's going to be my default fall guy) requested that the 'fan favorite' forgive her for that extra cherry on top that she's "not a bad guy", especially after finding out the 'bucket list' was his doing.

Quote Originally Posted by aveyond-dreams View Post
Even then I have limited expectations for 7.0 - if the game wants to pander to people who can't stomach a serious story or level-appropriate gameplay in direct contradiction to things that built its foundation then there's little I can do.
My dilemma is even if they never address the Ancients again, the protagonists are privileged, invincible, and homogeneous while the antagonists (who are typically the more compelling characters) are doomed to be utterly destroyed because they dare stand for something opposed to the Scions' values.

First, this is completely uninteresting to me. The Scions get their wins handed to them on a silver platter, they never have to undergo a fraction of what anyone else we meet does, several of them share a redundant role (the problem with nearly all of them being Sharlayan scholars), there are no personality conflicts among them, no disagreements, they experience nothing in the way of meaningful setbacks, and after EW I'm concerned about the game preaching to me and telling me what my values are. No, thank you.

I believe I've said before, I have no interest in what Yoshi-P's vision for the WoL is. This personality they've thrust upon my character as a traveler who seeks challenges is new to me, that's not the impression I've had of the WoL until EW, and I'm not fond of the shift. At this point, they've not only severed all story hooks that had me invested in the game, but have made it abundantly clear that there's no point in becoming attached to any character who isn't on the protagonists' side. Additionally, forcing player perspective by not offering diverse dialog options so I have no choice but to love or hate who the devs do and share in their morality since they decided to throw nuance out the window. I can't say this is fun for me.