Review of 6.3 Story Content

[Gemina]

Just finished up with MSQ and Alliance stuff. Though I did the latter on patch day. I'm still digesting the MSQ, so I want to refrain from starting/joining any arguments on that regard and I have only read the OP.

As far as the alliance raid goes, I was really hoping they would not link this to Venat and the ancients, and keep the twelve completely separate from that timeline. They went and did it though, and I feel it is lazy writing. I understand it would have taken a lot of effort to come up with a completely different storyline that is all their own, but that effort would have made it all the more worthwhile. The ancient's obsession with genocide definitely has me understand why Azem defected from both convocations, and I'm right there with them. It's like being part of a generation you're not proud of. Where this leaves me now if far less interested in the twelve than I previously was.

My initial thoughts on the MSQ hasn't really waned from where it has been in a while, and the constant callbacks to previous FF games makes it really difficult for FFXIV to stand on its own two feet. I suppose I can see this for things like raids, and other content outside the MSQ. That was done really well with the Omega raids. But here we have the twelve, which is exclusive to FFXIV, and this is the raid, while the MSQ is siphoning off FFIV like there's no tomorrow. So much so, that those who know that game well can probably predict how this whole thing ends. That's not what you want as a writer.