Wow, Wuk Lamat is really single-handedly ruining the DT story...

[Raven2014]

Let's be fair, most of Gosetsu and Yotsuyu's character were built in the patches of Stormblood leading up to the Castrum Fluminis trial. We also had Sphene who I'd dare say had a convincing enough character. We're still in 7.0, so I'm not going to give my full verdict on the whole of DT's story until somewhere as far as 7.2-7.3, maybe 7.4 depending on how far they push it. We didn't see a full conclusion to Shadowbringers until 5.3, and roughly 3.3 with Heavensward.

But Gosetsu and Yotsuyu entered the stage maybe at a 5 or 6, than at the end there were at 8 or 9/10 character. And they are side characters. Yet they were immediately interesting right at the beginning. After their part were done in 4.0, we don't hear anyone saying "gods I hope I don't ever see them again". Now you look at Wuk and most people wish she will never show up again.

The problem is Wuk was introduced as a 1 or 2, crawl her way up to maybe a 4 or a 5, but her entry in the final fight probably yeet her back to a 1.

While a plain/weak character is easier to develop, it's also a trap of bad first impression. First impression is important, because you only gonna get it one. Especially if you plan for said character to take the center stage while sidelining all the established one, that character needs to hit the ground running from the very beginning. A character given the role of Wuk needs to be already an interesting character day 1, and develop into an amazing character later. You can not afford a character in this role with a weak introduction because that will be just fatal.


The point is, no matter what they have planned for Wuk Lamak in the rest of 7.xx, it's already too late because she won't be judge objectively. But this is not the fault of the players, like I said the developer had to account for human psychology when they decided to create such a pathetic introduction. The other issue is there is very little reason to believe the writing team will be able to do it. Wuk is only the face of the issue, Dawn Trail's writing is weak across the board with a lot of inconsistent hamfisting, non-sensical character developments and terrible pacing.

I mean, you could try distance and just not touch on her for a while, then start fresh after the next expac gives us some distance.

Indeed, this is the only way to fix Wuk, she needs a cool down period. Both for the players prejudice to diminish and for the writer to re-evaluate as a whole. Any immidiate fix I feel will more than likely make her even worse.I can give one (of many) very simple reason: players already feel there is too much Wuk Lamat, and any attempt to fix her will mean we will be given even more Wuk Lamat, that in itself will not go down well.