Hildibrand for relic? Really?

[aveyond-dreams]

FFXV as in Final Fantasy XV. Final Fantasy 15.

The game where the world ended, massive swathes of humanity were wiped out and turned into daemons. The car you joke about was the last gift the protagonist's father gave them in a bid to spirit them away to safety as the capital city was attacked. That car was destroyed when the protagonist at last had reached the enemy's stronghold after having carried them halfway across the world.

Amazing how a car at this point has more meaning and development than some of FFXV's characters.

[LisSquid]

This research is enlightening.

[aveyond-dreams]

Framing your arguments with costume dlc rather than the actual focus of the story is not making the point you think it is. This kind of stuff isn't in the players face with as much frequency as it has been in FFXIV of late. Your attempt to portray it as such is misleading.

[LisSquid]

Framing your arguments with costume dlc rather than the actual focus of the story is not making the point you think it is. This kind of stuff isn't in the players face with as much frequency as it has been in FFXIV of late. Your attempt to portray it as such is misleading.

Your attempt to portray FFXIV as anything other than fantasy silly time is also very misleading.

[aveyond-dreams]

Your attempt to portray FFXIV as anything other than fantasy silly time is also very misleading.

Wow it's not as if we experienced the Dragonsong War or watched Tesleen transform into a Sin Eater before our eyes and very nearly came close to that same outcome ourselves, or witnessed the entirety of Yotsuyu's character arc, etc.

[MikkoAkure]

The "funny" bits have usually been balanced out in previous expansions but Endwalker has completely derailed that.

What in Endwalker completely outbalances everything to the "funny" side? Yeah there's lopporits but there's also the entire Garlemald zone before that which is a long war story involving desperation and suicide. Sure there's 5 seconds of a cat boy eating a hamburger, but there's also 5 seconds of a boy being transformed into a monster and then being squished by a larger monster right in front of his dad. Y'shtola says one funny line, but we also get told about how one of the original great wyrms was lost to the Void and her brother has been dwelling on it for thousands of years.

[LisSquid]

Wow it's not as if we experienced the Dragonsong War or watched Tesleen transform into Sin Eater before our eyes and very nearly came close to that same outcome ourselves, or witnessed the entirety of Yotsuyu's character arc, etc.

I remember spending an absurd amount of time with the moogles during the Dragonsong War - fluffing tufts and making deliveries. OH, don't forget the great cure to the cause Tesleen died for is a winged, magic piggie who snorts magic dust. Also just.. the Namazu. God's perfect creatures.

[aveyond-dreams]

What in Endwalker completely outbalances everything to the "funny" side? Yeah there's lopporits but there's also the entire Garlemald zone before that which is a long war story involving desperation and suicide. Sure there's 5 seconds of a cat boy eating a hamburger, but there's also 5 seconds of a boy being transformed into a monster and then being squished by a larger monster right in front of his dad. Y'shtola says one funny line, but we also get told about how one of the original great wyrms was lost to the Void and her brother has been dwelling on it for thousands of years.

The burger scene, more tea swirling, long drawn out hours of the Loporrits, Estinien and the boot, the Y'shtola magical girl moment, you know the ones that have already been pointed out to you multiple times in the past. This was an expansion of the End of the World. The End of the World should've been more than 2 zones, sorry.

[SturmChurro]

The burger scene, more tea swirling, long drawn out hours of the Loporrits, Estinien and the boot, the Y'shtola magical girl moment, you know the ones that have already been pointed out to you multiple times in the past. This was an expansion of the End of the World. The End of the World should've been more than 2 zones, sorry.

I think the biggest issue was that this expansion was effectively two in one to get the storyline over and done with.

[Deveryn]

What in Endwalker completely outbalances everything to the "funny" side? Yeah there's lopporits but there's also the entire Garlemald zone before that which is a long war story involving desperation and suicide. Sure there's 5 seconds of a cat boy eating a hamburger, but there's also 5 seconds of a boy being transformed into a monster and then being squished by a larger monster right in front of his dad. Y'shtola says one funny line, but we also get told about how one of the original great wyrms was lost to the Void and her brother has been dwelling on it for thousands of years.

The physical ranged sidequest comes to mind with that little kid being mad at us for killing his friend / relative. That takes me back to that early sidequest in Hyrstmill where that girl hasn't heard from her brother in ages and we end up killing him. Things have always leaned heavily towards the dark side. We're given some humor to balance it out, but it's never 50/50. It's more like 70/30 in favor of the dark.

I think the biggest issue was that this expansion was effectively two in one to get the storyline over and done with.

Why fuss over the semantics and boundaries of "expansions"? This is what we were told it would be: One storyline ending, so another could begin. It's a different way to approach things and I think it works.