Quote Originally Posted by AwesomeJr44 View Post
Name how those failures impacted the Scions themselves. You can't because they only impacted background NPCs. The scions are fully geared out in that ilv 6300 plot armor and it's not fun to watch them anymore. Despite me hoping for the contrary, we all know that every single Scion involved with the void storyline is making it out unscathed. If one of our heroes actually has to deal with consequences in a meaningful way, (meaningful as in, an actual consequence, unlike having Yshtola able to ignore being blind) I'd be shocked but pleased that the writers had the guts to write good stories again, even if it makes the idiots on Twitter mad.

When I say I want to see the scions fail, I don't mean "I want to see them fail to save this random person". I mean I want to see them fail, suffer for it, and rise above that suffering. Recent storylines from this game have taken that middle step out, and it's really showing.
Where I take issue is the idea that someone has to die or suffer some major, permanent catastrophe in order for a story to be "good." Frankly, to me, that's simply and bluntly not true. There are a ton of stories I've thoroughly enjoyed where in the end there are "setbacks" for the protagonists along the way, but ultimately they come out on top as the clear victors. It doesn't take "guts" to kill someone off for the sake of killing someone off to make a story "good" in some person's mind, and immediately calling anyone who disagrees with you on that "idiots on Twitter" doesn't do anything to help that cause. When I play FFXIV, I'm playing a video game. I'm not looking to see Game of Thrones were my favorite characters are constantly getting offed and replaced. I'm looking to kick back, relax, enjoy a good story with my favorite team (i.e. the Scions), and I can still 100% experience moments of emotion, sadness, anger, etc. along the way even if I "know" everything will turn out all right in the end. I might even say it's that confidence that things will be okay that makes me so thoroughly get into and ultimately enjoy the rest. It's a video game. In the end, I want it to leave me feeling happy. Quite simple really.