Shifting and Concerning Moods Regarding the Writing

[Bonoki]

I actually thought 6.5's story was fine. I think it ended much stronger than it began. I love how all these "It was predictable" arguments come up AFTER the patch story, not before it while we're theory crafting. So I doubt it was that predictable. I have played FF4 to the ends of the earth and I wasn't expecting Zero to go full PLD Cecil in the heat of the moment. Nor was I expecting Goblez to join our side despite that also happening in FF4, albeit for other reasons. These things were not all that predictable. And you can say you don't like the story without labelling it as predictable. Like, I'm going to miss Reaper Zero because I don't really see us getting another Reaper party member after this. I think it's okay to say you don't like the story and the direction, I just disagree about things being as predictable as people want to lead them to be. I was actually kind of hyped up during the story and on the edge of my seat. That's my opinion.

[Post]

Coincidentally, the new custom deliveries have the most entertaining writing and story this patch.

Not that I hated the MSQ, the custom delivery is just quite entertaining writing.

[aveyond-dreams]

Coincidentally, the new custom deliveries have the most entertaining writing and story this patch.

Not that I hated the MSQ, it just wasn't as interesting.

No surprise there. Anything is better than Zero's writing at this point. Hopefully that custom delivery client was sufficiently fleshed out and does more than just tip her hat and eat dumplings.

[Raim]

Yshtola and even more so the Crystal Tower are becoming too convenient. The CT is constantly being used a problem solving plot device for problems that existed for thousands of years but then we discover a solution off screen in 5 days. Nothing in the patch content has to do with leading into the next expansion until the last minute. It felt like filler that instead should have been its own expansion fleshed out in the future.

[aveyond-dreams]

Ysthola and even more so the Crystal Tower are becoming too convenient. The CT is constantly being used a problem solving plot device for problems that existed for thousands of years but then we discover a solution off screen in 5 days. Nothing in the patch content has to do with leading into the next expansion until the last minute. It felt like filler that instead should have been its own expansion fleshed out in the future.

Meanwhile they probably thought they were writing something akin to the Warriors of Darkness arc from Heavensward from their perspective. Which at least had characters more interesting than these.

[Poporito_Popoto]

May as well start posting in this thread now:

https://forum.square-enix.com/ffxiv/...y-in-Dawntrail

[Bonoki]

Ysthola and even more so the Crystal Tower are becoming too convenient. The CT is constantly being used a problem solving plot device for problems that existed for thousands of years but then we discover a solution off screen in 5 days. Nothing in the patch content has to do with leading into the next expansion until the last minute. It felt like filler that instead should have been its own expansion fleshed out in the future.

I agree with the Ysthola and Crystal Tower concerns. I think for the filler, it started out as filler but ended up not being filler. I put it in the same place that the Warriors of Darkness were back in Heavensward. It'll probably get a more dedicated expansion like they did in the future since it's clear we aren't done there.

[DiaDeem]

I mean... you got triggered by a wood joke...

[Tsumdere]

The 6.x story was mid at best, but what made it feel awful was our companions through the whole thing. Vrtra/Zero/Y'shtola are the worst possible combination of characters to have together. All of them extremely bland characters, with only Zero managing to be somewhat interesting in the last hour of her screentime.

Y'shtola is a walking deus ex machina and has greatly outstayed her welcome. She seems to know literally everything, including things that are out of her field of expertise. Nothing in 6.x felt high stakes, exciting, or a mystery because you knew that Y'shtola would walk in with some groundbreaking technology that would save the day.

[NanaWiloh]

The stories for each expansion are written before any work on the expansion starts. So in EW case you were 2+ years to late on critisim for it too have any affect. And the same will go for Dawntrail complaining about its story will not change it. As you said little to no change will happen if at all until 8.0.