Rewritten MSQ - Garlemald and EW

[Moebious]

Really like the inclusion of more Garlean zones, and certain characters from there, which in one or another way had either been mentioned or even utilized prior to the expansion, and would have seemed more justified being in the 'final expansion of a 10 year story'.

The inclusion of Gaius, as an actual active character, would make for a better confrontations of perspectives, and perhaps even interesting reflections in regards to past and present. Also making Vrtra simulacrum an adult does seem far more logical, as it would have been far more interesting to have him fight alongside us, in both forms, rather being this childlike figure.

The Venat part of being a blood thirsty villain, didn't seem good at all for me though. And I don't even like Venat, like at all. But had she been, as she was but an antagonist, who did terrible things in the belief of a better future, would have been far more interesting, in my opinion. And then us coming to Elpis, could have been her confirmation of both of fears and 'soon to be' misguided actions, which would bold ill for all of the universe, from which would/could be touched by the 'Song of Oblivion'.

Would have liked to near the end be a confrontation of Venat/Hydaelynn, being that when we arrive, she understands all her faults and none of her methods were just in any way but that she would have done so regardless, because she still fears 'the plenty' far more, than what we got now.

With some fight of great reflections and recollections, along with acceptance and a final talk before she hands us the coordinates to Meteion, because in the end, she didn't tell anyone, for it would further her own belief/goal of a better future, a future of the 14 shards becoming something more, and her seeing them all as children, yet her powers being too weak to protect them all, so she had to make terrible decisions, as in sacrificing shards, for a chance for the others to survive till the very end. Or any form of more context, for reasons for doing what she did.

Or Venat being something akin to Jenova, would probably also have been very interesting as well. But I kind of think she would have worked great, had she also been a more misguided antagonist, who did things in good intentions, and in belief for the greater good, with full of regret of what she has wrought, by the time we come to her, and confront her.

Somewhere I like to think that Ishakawa, was planning to make Venat into such a character but Yoshi-P or directors wanted her to be this vomit inducing 'can do no wrong' Mary Sue instead, such a shame though.

Love the world and zone building of your story, and could see lots of continuation stories of each area after the conclusion, which would have been fantastic. Not to mention all these zones would have had more interesting themes going for them, than the rather bland, dreary, and boring ones we got this expansion. Well except Elpis of course, love the zone design, even if its where most of the bad story elements happened.