So is there anything good about Dawntrail at all?

[SirShady]

I think it was more or less the case with Stormblood if I wasn't mistaken. People generally disliked the .o story, but the patch content made up for it.

I am PRAYING they make some major changes to the writing team and manage to Stormblood the rest of the MSQ. Fix the plotholes they need to fix going forward and just move on from the main Dawntrail story as quickly as possible and into better and brighter things. Please YoshiP!

[RatCopter]

That tankbuster in EX1 is the best shit I've ever seen.

[OliverQ]

Reading the forums, there seems to be nothing good about DT at all.
Maybe it's my fault reading before even completing DT. But the negativity starts to affect me, and I'm losing motivation. I just landed in Tural, and I immediately feel like logging off, because I've been hearing all bad things about Wuk Lamat.

So is there anything good to look forward to from DT?

The dungeons and trials are the best they've ever done. The zones are really pretty with the new graphics. Some of the music is fantastic. Parts of the story are ok. It gets better 95+

[OliverQ]

That tankbuster in EX1 is the best shit I've ever seen.

Yup, I progged Ex1 as a tank, and I'm obsessed with that tank buster now. Coolest TB they've ever done. Whoever is designing their trials/dungeons should get a raise and I hope they continue down this path.

[Urielparadox]

If you read the comments in here a lot of people skipped cut scenes cause of the slow start, which was warned about ahead of time. once u get to zone 3.5 the story takes starts becoming interesting with a lot of character building, and starts improving greatly. By the end of the expansion you have a wonderful story and expansion. The people who started skipping cutscenes early and never stopped have no clue whats going and really should not be posting or having opinions that are completely invaled. Which is a majority of the people posting on the forums. Our fc hasn't had a single person dislike or hate the story. We are meant to be on vacation, and that's what it is up to a point. While many of us agree their are def. slow parts and some of the pacing could have been better at the start, once it picks up its just non stop lore, adventure, and crazyness. There is one zone that feels out of place, but its supposed to be part of our vacation, so take that as u will. If u skipped story from z 3 you missed all the good stuff so of course your gunna think it was bad.

[LilimoLimomo]

I think there's plenty to enjoy about Dawntrail, just not the MSQ. The sidequests I've played seem fun, especially the Role Quests. The environments and the music are great, the additional dye channels are breathing new life into self-expression, and it's nice to have stuff to do and people to play with in the game after what was arguably a bit of a drought.

[angienessyo]

The music, the world design is actually very pretty, and the actual battle content is a blast. I think if you're the type of player that enjoys the combat part of the game you'll have a great time.

[Folsom]

Reading the forums, there seems to be nothing good about DT at all.
Maybe it's my fault reading before even completing DT. But the negativity starts to affect me, and I'm losing motivation. I just landed in Tural, and I immediately feel like logging off, because I've been hearing all bad things about Wuk Lamat.

So is there anything good to look forward to from DT?

The main story is terrible and poorly written, but as with all video games, you don't have to enjoy the story to enjoy playing the game.

The new music is good (though certain tracks are overused during certain cutscenes to the point where they lose all impact. Machinations - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WMP4HH7mct0 , Fracture - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hWkH1elDDLI , etc. IMO they need to mix out some of the 10-year-old songs we've heard thousands of times or at least use them more sparingly so they retain some emotional impact).

The zone artwork is very pretty (there's too much unused empty space in some zones, but this is a minor complaint that doesn't impact gameplay at all).

The dungeons and trials are very well done.

The graphical update is pretty snazzy.

There are definitely things to like. But if you play mostly for the story, you will probably not have the best time.

[SirShady]

If you read the comments in here a lot of people skipped cut scenes cause of the slow start, which was warned about ahead of time. once u get to zone 3.5 the story takes starts becoming interesting with a lot of character building, and starts improving greatly. By the end of the expansion you have a wonderful story and expansion. The people who started skipping cutscenes early and never stopped have no clue whats going and really should not be posting or having opinions that are completely invaled. Which is a majority of the people posting on the forums. Our fc hasn't had a single person dislike or hate the story. We are meant to be on vacation, and that's what it is up to a point. While many of us agree their are def. slow parts and some of the pacing could have been better at the start, once it picks up its just non stop lore, adventure, and crazyness. There is one zone that feels out of place, but its supposed to be part of our vacation, so take that as u will. If u skipped story from z 3 you missed all the good stuff so of course your gunna think it was bad.

This is just not true. If you've read a lot of the criticism on here most of it comes from MSQ fans who experienced the entire story and were severely letdown. We have people making entire college theses on why its terribly written. These narratives of "everyone who doesn't like it skipped it" and "people don't like it cause it's slow" completely misrepresent the criticism. Plenty us didn't skip and just think the narrative is written incredibly immaturely and without nuance. We came in expecting a slow character driven narrative and got Wuk Lamant fan fiction and dry tedious busywork.

[FedoraTheExplorer]

Dawntrail is fine.

Don't let whiners get to you.