Why are some people "disappointed" by the 6.X patch story?

[Kaurhz]

So, for me, and usually I am not as picky, e.g., willing to give the benefit of the doubt on some things in the past, but...

1. That all trials are contained within the story made it very predictable as to how it was going to end up, either 1 of 2 ways, double Golbez or Golbez + a sacrificial dragon, when I saw the pacing the route was plainly obvious to where I was just waiting for him to do it. - I will say if they do continue this route, I can't see the story itself being overly enthusiastic in future post-expansion patches.

2. The story of Garlemald felt very ARR-esque. - In this regard, Garlemald deserves a lot better.

3. For many people, they liked having the comedic aspect completely separate of the MSQ, allowing for the MSQ just to get straight to the point - But with this they effectively integrated elements that were previously only seen in Hildibrand.

4. [Edit: It felt like at times 2 different people were working on the same dialogue/cutscene]

[CNitsah]

1. That all trials are contained within the story made it very predictable as to how it was going to end up, either 1 of 2 ways, double Golbez or Golbez + a sacrificial dragon, when I saw the pacing the route was plainly obvious to where I was just waiting for him to do it. - I will say if they do continue this route, I can't see the story itself being overly enthusiastic in future post-expansion patches.

I don't know, with a richer story, this could totally work. To me the problem lie with the fact that structure is not fit for the current story. But overall, I agree with you.

[Kaurhz]

I don't know, with a richer story, this could totally work. To me the problem lie with the fact that structure is not fit for the current story. But overall, I agree with you.

With a richer story that isn't involving the conclusion of an arc -- Maybe. But overall with such a short space between trials it is just generally going to lead to less flushed-out development with encounters -- Either this or too many things happening at once. Neither of which I think is particularly good, but we'll see.