So is there anything good about Dawntrail at all?

[Chrono14]

At level 95 MSQ you get a small taste of intrigue, at level 97-ish the story actually starts to get interesting. The dungeons are great, the trials are great, you just have to get through the first 3/4 which is a slog unfortunately.

I feel like the developers forgot people like to play a game not just read a game with this one. Lots of missed opportunities for gameplay (no spoilers but a certain scene on a moving thing comes to mind).

[Lady_Silvermoon]

Every aspect of Dawntrail is great...except the story. My friend is a scene skipper and I've never been so envious of him in my life.

[Granyala]

Reading the forums, there seems to be nothing good about DT at all.

There is plenty good to be had, once you step away from overly dramatic forums.

One of the best Addon launches I have ever seen in any MMO. Virtually no queues or server issues.
GFX update looks great in most cases.
World looks lovely, good music for the most part.
Story is palatable enough, if you don't think too hard on it (pretty much the case of any movie/game story, really). Even though I admit that they should capitalize more on solo duties for key moments to break up the cutscenes a bit.

Endgame content: dunno, not really there yet.
Just did the story so far. Though I expect the usual formula/quality we've come to expect and that is okay in my book.

[NailBach]

Just stay of the forums. It's full of negative nancies in here. We knew from the start when DT was announced that this was a chill XPack that leads into another 10 year arc, so i never expected anything on ShB levels of story. I still liked the bits i have played and first and formost READ so far.

Those basement dwellers in here seem to skip all the parts that requires them to read, so they can't even understand the story.

[ShariusTC]

Just stay of the forums. It's full of negative nancies in here. We knew from the start when DT was announced that this was a chill XPack that leads into another 10 year arc, so i never expected anything on ShB levels of story. I still liked the bits i have played and first and formost READ so far.

Those basement dwellers in here seem to skip all the parts that requires them to read, so they can't even understand the story.

lmao, they said chill xpac but not bad writing xpac

[SeriousPan]

The role quest NPCs are absolutely delightful and I would die for them.

I love I'toca and Loashkana so much... I'm gonna miss them. Worlds not small enough to get another Hero's Gauntlet cameo appearance with the role quest npcs I fear.

[genuine_stranger]

Just stay of the forums. It's full of negative nancies in here. We knew from the start when DT was announced that this was a chill XPack that leads into another 10 year arc, so i never expected anything on ShB levels of story. I still liked the bits i have played and first and formost READ so far.

Those basement dwellers in here seem to skip all the parts that requires them to read, so they can't even understand the story.

I mean, I did read them until I didn't.
It's not worth it, it really isn't. It's a mid tier story and, if you've read a handful of manga or novels, you can see how the story plays out hours before it happens.

[Doriann]

The soundtrack is amazing, I dare say that it's the best they have done.

Ambient and artistic design of the first three zones is amazing. I actually enjoy how there's so much detail in all corners. Tuiolal is a great city to see and walk around.

Pictomancer job design is great, has a Lot of possibilities to play and diversify rotation. In a scenario where everything is being dumbed down to near idiocy like SMN, it's a breath of fresh air

Zone #4 the desert one is a plummet in quality, absolutely awful. We went from great meso-american inspirations to a shitty wild west inspired place, an immense letdown. I still have to see zones 5 and 6, no comments on this

[Kaurhz]

Yes there was.

Dungeon boss design was amazing, same thing for the trials.

Shaaloani story was a nice breath of fresh air. Story at Mamook was fun.

My first experience heading into Tuliyollal was at night, and it was raining. Seeing that after just coming out from the cutscene was amazing. The design of the world was amazing. Living Memory although it had a pretty bad story with cheap moments of trying to force people to care -- I still found this zone to be absolutely stunning.

If I am honest though, I will reserve complete judgement until engaging with all of the content, seeing as the post-expansion content is what will dominate most of my time engaging with the expansion.

[Kathryn]

I made the same mistake as you I came to the forums to see if people where enjoying the game aswell and I came away abit jaded with all the negativity which was my own mistake, happy people wont come to forums they'll actually play the game and share their stories with their friends only the people who are unhappy and wanting to share their negativity will do it ina place where it will get seen by others.

Personally im on area 5 and Im still enjoying the game MSQ has been fine, bit too much Wuk but I understand shes the focus of this story so the adult in me accepts this, The dungeons, music, side quests and classes have been great very much a 7.5/10 expansion for me.

I even found myself coming back and apologizing to people who where being critical here as I knew I was in them wrong for butting heads with them but even that got critized so I will not respond to anyone much anymore unless its engagement im interested in, I wish you the best OP.