Review of 6.3 Story Content

[Hurlstone]

And this is exactly why people like me need to speak out against people like this. You're still in a honeymoon phase with this game and can't see it's decline. I've been here since day 1 of ARR. I can. And I refuse to let you and the other people who can't see how the story went from bad in EW to worse in the patches along with the continued degradation of combat gameplay tell me that I can't speak my mind or that doing so is wrong.

But then again I seem to remember someone similar telling me that "picking up mercenary party members isn't realistic" (only for the next patch to pick up Zero by way of a Crystal gizmo we just magically happened to have picked up moments before) or that "the WoL is still relearning how to trust food" so I'm not about to consult some of the people on here for their opinion on what constitutes the calibre of story FFXIV deserves.

Never before has it been so easy to tell who here has actually been consuming other media apart from this game and who hasn't. It was the Bloody Banquet and stuff in that vein that got me to take this game seriously. Not some Deviantart OC ripping a bun in half.

No reason to be so judgemental there. A year is perfectly long enough to develop an informed opinion on the game. The fact you have been playing longer does not give you superiority on this subject, especially given that art is subjective. There are plenty of other ARR veterans (Like me!) who do disagree with you and are still enjoying the story, lore and games direction even if its not always perfect. Are we all blind ‘white knights’ simply because we have different tastes on this one matter? No one can pass judgement on the current story state and call it fact. You feel in love with the game via the ARR patches? Great! I think thats when the game really made a mark on me too, but it would be dull if every storyline was like that. One of the joys of the game is that we can explore the lore and story in different ways. We can have epic battles across the stars, political intrigue, examinations on colonialism, small human moments that involve bonding with others via sharing food and have a half-naked buff guy chase his detective son around the moon! That diversity is wonderful and one of the reasons why I adore this world.

Not everything will hit the mark sure, but the game is not dead if a story or character arc feels wrong. We have had what I would call dull patches before, and we will have them again. Tis the nature of storytelling, and more so in a MMO. If people dislike that the current stuff then I hope they find the future expansion more enjoyable. I have little doubt it will be a different type of adventure at the very least!