Quote Originally Posted by Tsumdere View Post
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.
This seems to sort of take away the others that have been important to this. She may have come up with some of the ideas but she's hardly the one that made them a reality. The Atomos portal? Thanvairian Alchemists. Her only hand in that was getting access to the original research to take back. The revised warding scale? Garlond Ironworks. Zodiark's brands? She was helped by the watcher and the Loporrits. The items used in the latest one? Garlond Ironworks. The way of using the Crystal Towere? G'raha. She has grand ideas based on a scholar level intellect and knowledge foundation, but she's hardly a Deus Ex Machina if she requires soooo much help to make them a reality.