Endwalker is the most controversial expansion

[Iscah]

They also said, right back in Shadowbringers, that the original Final Days only manifested in specific areas to begin with before spreading everywhere. We're only seeing the beginning of it in Endwalker – the first pockets where the aetherial currents are weakest.

[KageTokage]

I did find a touch odd that Ul'dah somehow didn't have any issues with blasphemies whatsoever.

I was honestly half-thinking they might opt to use them to bring a bit character like Laurentius or Roaille back into the picture because both of those two have enough skeletons in their closets to have been logically at risk of turning.

[Larirawiel]

I expected the entire world would be infested with blasphemies but it was quite chill…

You know, things like blasphemies appearing in the old zones where the towers have been placed.

Because the towers drain the aether from the environment. And the blasphemies can only appear when there is a lack of aether in a zone. Zodiark stopped the first final days because he poured tons of aether over Aetheris.


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[Iscah]

I was honestly half-thinking they might opt to use them to bring a bit character like Laurentius or Roaille back into the picture because both of those two have enough skeletons in their closets to have been logically at risk of turning.

Both of those would have been great callbacks. Roaille really feels like she's supposed to come back into it at some point.

Even after the edits to the MSQ, there's a long cutscene discussing how she's a double-triple-quadruple agent working with the Flames, the Monetarists(?), Gaius and ultimately loyal to Varis, and in hindsight that whole chunk of information went nowhere.

It's a dull scene that feels like you need to pay attention because the information is presumably important later, but it isn't, and now it seems too late for it to be made relevant again.

[Iscah]

Because the towers drain the aether from the environment. And the blasphemies can only appear when there is a lack of aether in a zone. Zodiark stopped the first final days because he poured tons of aether over Aetheris.

I don't recall them ever saying low aether in the zone caused the blasphemies specifically. A weakness in the celestial aether currents allows Meteion's influence to penetrate, and Zodiark creates a shield to strengthen these currents and keep her out, but that doesn't involve flooding the planet with aether at ground level.

[Derio]

EW is really controversial.

Balance changes are really up there including Samurai and ninja changes. Devs not knowing how to balance MCH.
6.1 MSQ is divisive simply due to them trying to introduce a new storyline completely and start a new way of telling stories by making the expansions end the story and the .X patches be the story buildup.

PVP overhaul with those balance changes also being controversial. I think things will be better come 6.2 simply due to more balance changes and the even patches are more story heavy.

[RubyCirha]

as some one who has been here since the beginning you aint seen nothing yet kid. honestly this is pretty normally for mmos company releases something either people like it or they don't and the company fixes it or they don't and just move on SE at least owns their mistakes right away and they generally fix it asap which is more than i can say for other companies

[DPZ2]

I expected the entire world would be infested with blasphemies but it was quite chill…

You know, things like blasphemies appearing in the old zones where the towers have been placed.

Blasphemies did appear in the old zones. We visit a few of them through the Role Quests, a sampler of what is occurring throughout the known world. I suppose they could have done something similar to WoW's zombie invasion pre-Litch King, but that went over like a lead balloon for me, full of unintended consequences (like "no fighting in neutral zones = nothing but zombies running around that you can't fight") and player zombies complaining when people actually killed them because they were, well, zombies.

Something like that wouldn't have gone well when Your Warrior of Light turned into a blasphemy.

[BaconBits]

as some one who has been here since the beginning you aint seen nothing yet kid. honestly this is pretty normally for mmos company releases something either people like it or they don't and the company fixes it or they don't and just move on SE at least owns their mistakes right away and they generally fix it asap which is more than i can say for other companies

[Haruka_R]

I was honestly half-thinking they might opt to use them to bring a bit character like Laurentius.

I always thought he got murked off-screen or something.