Review of 6.3 Story Content

[aveyond-dreams]

No amount of biased cherrypicking will change generally positive rather than negative reception.

And no amount of simplified kits will make me more interested in trying out jobs that I have no interest in playing, especially if you force me to play as an NPC I've grown to despise.

[Hurlstone]

And no amount of simplified kits will make me more interested in trying out jobs that I have no interest in playing, especially if you force me to play as an NPC I've grown to despise.

I do feel they are a little too simplified, but I understand the reasoning given how not eveyone will know an endgames rotation for a job they may not have even unlocked. Alas we do have to put up with character we dislike in a world with so many supporting parts and role, though I for one thought it was rather neat to actually play a character who is quickly becomeing one of my favorites in the game!

I find it quite interesting to note that after over a year of some posters telling me how only the forums was a pocket of negativity, lo and behold the response to this patch on the mainsub reddit:

Art is subjective. There will always be people who dislike the current story and patch, we saw negativity towards 6.1 for example with similar quotes being said against it.

[KageTokage]

The direction both the MSQ and Myths went in was almost painfully predictable, though the former was particularly bad because what's treated like a big reveal in story was one of the bloody trailer quotes, and it wasn't even a case like ShB's trailer where a "significant" trailer quote ended up being one of the smaller reveals in the grander scheme of things.

At this point I just want them to get the void storyline over with so I can see if the story beats in 6.5/7.x kindle a semblance of the passion I had for the game originally.

[Midareyukki]

Zero is literally her



except better written.

[Amenara]

I think I am at the point that I need to unsub again... I made it about 2 quests in before I just started skipping cutscene. I really just don't care about the post EW stuff and I guess I should just wait for 7.0. I am just getting bored with it all.

[Raven2014]

Personally, if I'm to considered it to be a problem, then it's pretty much a structural problem. Every expansion concluded with the last MSQ of the launch portion of the game. Then, the next 3 years are basically just doing small jobs to set up the next expansion.

- Other MMO use the end of the launch portion as the start of the real story and build up from there to the grand finale.
- FF14 real story end with the launch portion, after that it's just small side/after story kind of thing.

It's a design choice, one that I am not exactly a fan of. But, it's pretty much how thing is since the very beginning, so I consider it's less of a problem and more how FF writer does their story.

I think I am at the point that I need to unsub again... I made it about 2 quests in before I just started skipping cutscene. I really just don't care about the post EW stuff and I guess I should just wait for 7.0. I am just getting bored with it all.

Maybe you should, and I'm saying that honestly, not sarcastically. IMO if anyone play FF14 solely for the story, the best bang for your buck provbably is just finish the launch story, then don't come back until a month before the next expansion, go through 3 years worth of after/story contents before jumping right into the next expansion again.


Don't get me wrong, I do love FF14's story. The high it deliver is up there with some of the best single player story. But like I said above, it's structured in a way most of that is already delivered at launch. Anyone who hope for even half of the experience in the following years will only find disappointment.

[R041]

I fell asleep with all of the bland dialog unfortunately. Kinda dull?

The fighty content was pretty good though. Liked the mechanics.

[NanaWiloh]

Awesome reddit the crap filled kitchen sink of the internet. *sigh*

[VelKallor]

Also, for the love of Christ get rid of Y’shtola already. People are sick of her. They have been for quite some time, in fact.

You are. No one else is. Big difference.

I have no idea who thought it would be a good idea to bring back the twins this patch but their presence was as grating and unwanted as always.

To you. Then again as far as I can see this entire game isnt to your liking so..why are you here exactly?

Society at large is tired of these characters

....Um....what? What "society"?

I must once again voice my marked disappointment in the continued misuse of the animation budget for even more food scenes. The amount of time and money that has been wasted on this could’ve been made up twice over by a proper animated depiction of key events like the sundering, Hydaelyn/Zodiark summonings/transformations, or even the much requested elezen animation rework because goodness knows they need one.

The entire concept of a voidsent rediscovering her humanity went straight past you, didnt it? BTW...this, as you probably dont explore whilst in the throes of your righteous indignation..Zero isnt the only memoriant we have met.

after the disaster that was base 6.0, which has proven to be the most controversial and hotly debated MSQ the game has ever seen in the past decade.

To say that this is a gross exaggeration would be like calling the Titanic a rather large boat..I still dont get where you get this idea you speak for "a large body of people" when in fact you are one of a small group of whiners who, quite frankly, are getting tiresome with your continued naysaying and nitpicking.

Reddit

And yes, get rid of ineffective characters like Y'shtola.

I love Yshtola. My vote balances yours ouit.

[Saraide]

Damn now not even just the ff14 community is sick of yshtola, society at large is aswell. Shocking. We truly live in a society.