Quote Originally Posted by Aneshda View Post
I hope Golbez devours Krile and that we get some new Faces with 7.0
Likewise. We don't need the latest attempt of modern media to reincarnate Hermoine Granger to join the party, certainly not in Lalafell form.

Given the utterly boring state of the Source at present it is in the best interest of the game to let whatever Golbez is planning succeed. There has to be more to the plot than "oh no Golbez is stealing a Dragon's aether" because at this point no amount of feels for Vrtra is going to be able to keep my attention unless the drama and the stakes ramp up.

We have a world lacking in so many fantasy elements that the only way to get more of them is to visit different ones or better yet, cause some form of a rejoining to forcefully inject them into the Source, combined with a cast whose personalities are as noteworthy as their individual motivations. Which is to say, not quite there. It doesn't help much either when some sectors of the playerbase are unwilling to entertain the thought of the protagonist faction enduring losses or even having bickering amongst party members because "it distracts from the action" as if such interactions weren't integral to making party members more like people in most other games.

Oh, but then we'd be hit with "FFXIV isn't like other games!" Indeed, as I don't think any other game would have stuffed the party full of scholar types and effectively paused or reversed character development for an entire expansion, on top of what I think was the worst way time travel has ever been handled. The MSQ right now is average at best, with only time telling whether it sinks below that or rises above with the introduction of the remaining future cast and revealing something else going on in the background. Side content this expansion is hit or miss, we've lost our trial series questline, lost the continuation of Bozja/Ivalice's story, Myths of the Realm so far hasn't been impressive in any factor other than how easy of an alliance raid it is, with Pandaemonium being my favorite content as the writing there is the strongest in Endwalker.

I suppose we'll have to wait for December or January for 6.3, wherein we'll likely fell Cagnazzo and Rubicante...and see the other gods that have done nothing for the past 12k years. Can't say I expect Criterion/Variant Dungeons to have that good a story, what with Nanamo starring in it. This expansion's Deep Dungeon...well it could've been hidden under the face on the Moon, except that was apparently the Bunker made by the Loporrits, unlikely for it to be in Corvos (unless they decide they want to exclude the area from being fleshed out in a potential Ilsabardian expansion), and goodness help us if they make the mistake of tying it to the tackiness of Sharlayan. An Ancients themed Deep Dungeon set in Elpis could work, but other than that I can't say I'm all too enthusiastic about it.

I just wish this game would return to form already so that I can forget that Endwalker ever happened.