My thoughts on these stories

MSQ
I liked it. I wondered why we would be in Garlemald and Vrtra feeling his sisters aether in that direction made sense. I loved what they did with Zero here. Her changing a bit because of what she saw in the time spend there was nice. A bit annoyed at Alisaie though. Her behavior seemed a bit of.

Her being jealous that Graha was exploring the dungeon with us instead of her...even though she was staying in Garlemald to help rebuild it. Her being so open about a friendship with Zero, even after she and Graha had nearly died by her hands. I thought she would be the one most against it.

The dungeon was really nice and I liked that I got some special dialogue because I had done the reaper quests. (Still feels strange though that the scions are fine with us having a pact with a voidsend)

I did not feel much with the fiends because I have not played the game they came from. So for me all of them were just boss monsters that needed to be put down. So it felt alright that one of them was just a dungeon boss.

We also get a glimpse on Golbez plan and we lost access to the void. I wonder how we will get there and what will happen in 6.4. Since we have two patches left I doubt that we will already defeat him in the next one.

I also doubt that he will succeed. Putting the barrier down and destroying the void would put an end on that one side quest where certain characters hope to rebuild their home world. And it would bascially destroy the reaper job because our voidsend would be gone too.

Yoshida did say that something will happen that will change the world for 7.0 but I cant just see what. I am also a bit tired if this would just be another calamity after we have just stopped the Endsinger.

In the end I hope that Zero and Vrtras sister will make it out alive.


24 man raid
I also liked this raid but a bit less than the first one. The music was good but not as good as the first one and it felt a bit more easier than the other. I liked the designs of the new gods and I loved the questline after we finished the raid.

The gods following us around as minions was funny and cute. I am still not sure if they arent some kind of primals. They say that they are not like that but they get their powers, looks and behavior from the people believing in them. Just like primals do. Maybe they are a bit different because they seemed to be created by Hydealyn herself to guide the mortals but other than that they feel no different than for example Ifrit.

Right now its still open who Deryk will turn out to be. I guess its very likely that he is one of the gods.

I do look forward to the last raid in 6.5. We still dont really know why the gods even wanted to fight us and what the end goal is. I hope this does not mean that they disappear at the end...I already liked that they are not bad guys in this and want them to live on.