JP Official Forums are also criticizing the Dawntrail MSQ.

[Shialan]

Absolutely. I'm always concerned when people get so obsessed with something they don't like and resort to making fun of it constantly, 24/7. You're absolutely right that it could border on mental health issues. Thank you for speaking out on this incredibly sensitive and important issue. We should all look out for each other and pay attention to signs that someone might be going through a hard time.

Wow. Crazy. You know how to look up old posts.

I mean, if that makes you look better to your forum friends, be my guest.

[DaveFishnomer]

Wow. Crazy. You know how to look up old posts.

I mean, if that makes you look better to your forum friends, be my guest.

Someone is mad for being shown a hypocrite

[Mcg55ss]

Wow. Crazy. You know how to look up old posts.

I mean, if that makes you look better to your forum friends, be my guest.

what funny is most the complaints is people unable to deal with NOT being the protagonist for a story and people with Main Character Syndrome can't possibly have fun if its not 100% about their character even tho really after Stormblood, Shadowbringers and EW being so focused on world / universe ending threats their characters would have seen the 1st half as a nice relaxing vacation compared to what they had dealt with for so long and been relaxing.

[AnotherHighlander]

what funny is most the complaints is people unable to deal with NOT being the protagonist for a story and people with Main Character Syndrome can't possibly have fun if its not 100% about their character even tho really after Stormblood, Shadowbringers and EW being so focused on world / universe ending threats their characters would have seen the 1st half as a nice relaxing vacation compared to what they had dealt with for so long and been relaxing.

You were literally accusing me of that and when I showed you hard evidence that that's not actually the real issue I had you just pretended as if you never said it. And now you're accusing others of the same exact thing, constructing this imaginary strawman when the OP clearly shows that people's concerns are not just limited to the WoL not being the protagonist, in fact that's not even majority of the complaints if you can even count.

Sounds like you just don't like there is no the big looming threat a entire expansion or the fact the WoL is not the main character. We are the side characters; this expansion is about Wuk Lamat, her people and her journey to being the leader they deserve we are just their as support. People need to understand Warrior of Light story is over...we do not have to be the main character going forward and im fine with that.

Sounds like you didn't even bother reading the OP.

"It is not just the Warrior of Light that has turned into a prop. It's also the rest of the Scions. Most of the Scions have been relegated to 'cheerleader' status. " Literally one of the last things you posted was you complaining about having to take a back seat to other characters.....maybe you just wrote so much you don't remember.

Please read. This was literally in the OP.

It would be fine if we were a side character in this arc, but we are less than a side character... we are an extra on the set.

It would be fine if we were a side character

You're welcome to re-read the OP to find what the issue actually is.

Or actually don't because I have a feeling you deliberately took out that part of the quote to do a "gotcha".

And just to repeat my own opinion (and others have various different opinions on this issue), abridged for your convenience since you don't seem to be able to read more than a few sentences:

We're playing a prop in the story.

The Warrior of Light has virtually zero agency in this story. It would be fine if we were a side character in this arc, but we are less than a side character... we are an extra on the set.

Not only do other characters barely acknowledge us other than giving us menial tasks, we also have no agency of our own, not being able to criticize Wuk Lamat or Koana, not being able to express hesitance at what we're doing, et cetera.

What's even more insulting is that during the precious few times we are able to express disapproval, we immediately get overriden and treated like a child... "But you love adventure don't you? Fuzzy little WoL, you love adventure! Who's a good boy, you are, you are, go get that adventure!"

The one character that treats us as more than a prop was Gulool Ja Ja, who invites us to a duel, asks us what we think of Wuk Lamat, and treats us like a friend. I think that's about all the agency you'll ever get in the story.

[ForteNightshade]

what funny is most the complaints is people unable to deal with NOT being the protagonist for a story and people with Main Character Syndrome can't possibly have fun if its not 100% about their character even tho really after Stormblood, Shadowbringers and EW being so focused on world / universe ending threats their characters would have seen the 1st half as a nice relaxing vacation compared to what they had dealt with for so long and been relaxing.

Quoting myself from reddit:

Can we please stop saying people merely want the WoL to be in the spotlight? While that may be the case for some, plenty more simply want their character to have a sense of relevancy.

Seriously, you could replace the WoL with a random nobody and it'd have almost zero impact because everything revolves around Wuk Lamat like an insufferable black hole.

The 4th zone is a prime example of us not being a world altering bad*** but going back to our roots and getting wrapped up into small little adventures along the way. That's what I, and I suspect many others, wanted from a lower stakes story. And that whole Western motif highlights how you can dial down those stakes without needing to anchor everything to one character. I wouldn't necessary hate if we were treated as a legitimate mentor to miss Mary Sue but we're not. The story acts like she accomplishes all these amazing things yet not only never shows a single one but actively contradicts itself.

A perfect sense for our character instead goes to Thancred

I've said it elsewhere but it bears repeating. We're not the side character like Hien but the nameless guard delivering a missive. And that makes for an incredibly boring "adventure".

[AmorfaVex]

what funny is most the complaints is people unable to deal with NOT being the protagonist for a story and people with Main Character Syndrome can't possibly have fun if its not 100% about their character even tho really after Stormblood, Shadowbringers and EW being so focused on world / universe ending threats their characters would have seen the 1st half as a nice relaxing vacation compared to what they had dealt with for so long and been relaxing.

Main character syndrome.....Did you make this term up?

This is why people play roleplaying games, to be the star in an imaginary universe.

I'm struggling to think of a single triple A RPG/MMO where the player does NOT control the main character.

Most gamers are not interested in playing a bit part in an interactive novel.

Save the experiment for another title and see how it pans out.

[lolnotacat]

Main character syndrome.....Did you make this term up?

This is why people play roleplaying games, to be the star in an imaginary universe.

I'm struggling to think of a single triple A RPG/MMO where the player does NOT control the main character.

Most gamers are not interested in playing a bit part in an interactive novel.

Save the experiment for another title and see how it pans out.

It was tried in Guild Wars 2 with Trahearne. Everyone hated it. Even with as bad as the GW2 writing team is, they admitted it was a mistake.