This story is really underwhelming - it's opened to mixed reviews.

[Dyvid]

Well since maintenance is happening, I can post my so far review. Just wrapped up the last feat and can so this MSQ is a missed opportunity...
How did SE allow the WoL to become nothing more than a background NPC, mentor to Wuk Lamat. I would have rather been traveling with Gulool Ja Ja as we search for the City of Gold and uniting a fractured Tural along the way. Tuliyollal could have been like Ishgard restoration, the further you go through the MSQ the more tribes join the city.

Instead, we are stuck wondering why we should care about Wuk's bid for Dawnservent, who has shown little character growth since the journey began.

[Souljacker]

Well since maintenance is happening, I can post my so far review. Just wrapped up the last feat and can so this MSQ is a missed opportunity...
How did SE allow the WoL to become nothing more than a background NPC, mentor to Wuk Lamat. I would have rather been traveling with Gulool Ja Ja as we search for the City of Gold and uniting a fractured Tural along the way. Tuliyollal could have been like Ishgard restoration, the further you go through the MSQ the more tribes join the city.

Instead, we are stuck wondering why we should care about Wuk's bid for Dawnservent, who has shown little character growth since the journey began.

AGREED!!!!

Why they grabbed this character from XI and then made him a dying old man is beyond me. They could have had us vacationing on the Isle or whatever and get caught up in a brewing civil war that pitted Galool Ja Ja against Wuk Lamat for control. Or really, ANYTHING other than what they did, and it would have been better, and it would have been a better redemption arc for the Beseiged boss than making him a weak leader who doesn't just name a successor.

But again, this game has no identity and it shows. Almost none of their OC are any good, the one they plucked from another game is the more compelling character. If they are going to grab stuff from XI, they should give it the respect it deserves.

[Naria]

AGREED!!!!

But again, this game has no identity and it shows. Almost none of their OC are any good, the one they plucked from another game is the more compelling character. If they are going to grab stuff from XI, they should give it the respect it deserves.

I mean in a way this felt like a very XI expansion, we were just following some random girl (Lion, Prishe, Aphmau etc) around for her story. No one I played with ever played XI for the story--most people only progressed as far as they needed to unlock sky/sea/salvage etc. People only went farther when they started offering bis pieces of gear as a completion reward. FFXIV is a very different game so maybe don't take your storytelling cues from XI?

Galool Ja Ja did make me a bit nostalgic for Besieged though, so there it that.

[AnimaAnimus]

I mean in a way this felt like a very XI expansion, we were just following some random girl (Lion, Prishe, Aphmau etc) around for her story. No one I played with ever played XI for the story--most people only progressed as far as they needed to unlock sky/sea/salvage etc. People only went farther when they started offering bis pieces of gear as a completion reward. FFXIV is a very different game so maybe don't take your storytelling queues from XI?

Galool Ja Ja did make me a bit nostalgic for Besieged though, so there it that.

Ummm..... yeah.... no lol idk who you played with, but this was a super unpopular opinion in XI.

So so so many of us loved the story and you never, ever followed some girl around who was constantly in our face and talking and talking and talking like we did with Wuk. They were much better written and only around when it was necessary. We did most of the expacs without them around. Not to mention, this is a controversial take for most ppl who are crazy hateful of XI, but the XI stories were much better than the XIV and many of the single player FF game stories. DT....is not lol.

[HauntedLasagna]

Ummm..... yeah.... no lol idk who you played with, but this was a super unpopular opinion in XI.

So so so many of us loved the story and you never, ever followed some girl around who was constantly in our face and talking and talking and talking like we did with Wuk. They were much better written and only around when it was necessary. We did most of the expacs without them around. Not to mention, this is a controversial take for most ppl who are crazy hateful of XI, but the XI stories were much better than the XIV and many of the single player FF game stories. DT....is not lol.

The stories stick with me the most from XI. Man, Treasures of Aht Urgan and Chains of Promathia were just so good. Prishe was best girl. I really enjoyed adventuring with her and Ulmia. I still hum this song almost every other day.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PxtIXjtV6qw