Quote Originally Posted by aveyond-dreams View Post
I disagree with your statement based on the fact that most if not all RPGs introduce new party members quite early on in the story and there is no reason as to why we should spend time on filler at the beginning as opposed to a more thrilling start. I see no reason as to why this new reaper lady couldn't have been a fellow adventurer that Estinien meets in Thavnair and then introduces to us when we go treasure hunting. This would have made my 6.1 story experience far better than it was. Instead we got more G'raha Tia behavior and lore lectures from the scions.

This is why I am more excited about 6.2, as this new reaper is clearly shown fighting with us in the Void and riding on the back of a voidsent along with the rest of the party. I'm also looking forward to finally having a new masculine male lead in the form of Vrtra's new adult form. After they put Thancred in all white clothes and made Estinien tie up his signature elf hair neither were all that impressive visually. At least the male Au Ra build and presumably face 1 characteristics make for a more attractive hero with an outfit from Thavnair that doesn't look too bad.
News flash...this isn't All RPGS...this is FFXIV.
Story structure doesn't work 100% the same across all mediums, its pretty boring to think all of storytelling is told exactly the same. And patch 6.2 only proved me right, that when it was relevant, they would introduce new characters. You can disagree, but 6.2 is fact vs your Opinion.
Also, we dont know who this person is or their motivations, so why would they just be there in Thavnir and just suddenly join us on a wild treasure hunt? Because you want a new face immediately?...not very compelling my dude.

But hey, the post MSQ is starting to pick up, so now we can look foreword to future developments.
Speculation is cute, but we wont know whats happening next until it happens. As constantly Proven year after year.