Live Letter Thoughts

[Jeeqbit]

At first, I thought they were disbanding as well, but there is line at the end of it spoken by Alphinaud that implies it's a deception.

"We are disbanding the Scions of the Seventh Dawn."
"At least...that is what the story will be."

I still took that and the New Adventure direction to imply that we would get some different people to adventure with. The last thing you would want in a new adventure is for it to not feel new.

[TaleraRistain]

I still took that and the New Adventure direction to imply that we would get some different people to adventure with. The last thing you would want in a new adventure is for it to not feel new.

It looks like we are now, though. And they laid the groundwork for it narratively to make sense, such as Varshahn joining us. Even Big Varshahn makes sense because IIRC he mentioned some side project he was working on. That is probably his adult simulacrum though it could be something else. I'm sure we'll find out.

I think the dissatisfaction of so many stemmed from the idea that they didn't get all new people immediately but that would have destroyed the narrative. We needed a reason for others to show up.

And as others have said, we're just returning to pattern from before Shadowbringers where we have one or two of our usuals with us at a time.

[Jeeqbit]

It looks like we are now, though. And they laid the groundwork for it narratively to make sense, such as Varshahn joining us.

Yes and there wasn't really doubt in my mind that they would bring new characters in for a new adventure, it just takes time to bring us to the new characters without rushing.

I'm choosing to highlight this specific part of your post because of how much it stood out to me. This is not a message that I feel does justice to the issues surrounding loss and grief. I expect better care for topics such as these from the story.

Most of what you say about "forge ahead" doesn't make sense to me, but based on this it seems like one of your biggest problems is with how people experiencing grief and loss simply turn into beasts or get calmed by the scions.

Again, that is just something that happens in Endwalker and people most likely won't turn into beasts under those circumstances in the next expansion. It doesn't necessarily happen in sidequests or future expansions, yet your concerns extend to future expansions.

The story isn't about the grief of all these little people. I'm sure some of them will get support. In fact, when you do the sidequests you find out that some of them do get support from the community, such as the people of Palaka's Stand and the foster parents of the baby. Yet, you come across people who weren't so lucky to get support from others, who are orphans in the MSQ and turn to stealing.