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

[Malthir]

I actually really love Wuk Lamat. At 1st I also was over her character as she didn't seem interesting- I've gotten through the story & she changes. There is character growth & not a continued "confident, loud character" trope, although there should have been more in-depth writing with wuk lamat from the start.
At least she's not Y'shtola- who is a literal mary sue & never suffers thanks to plot armor

Tell me you're trolling without telling me.

Wuk has zero growth. Not because her character is intrinsically bad but because the writers wont let her really suffer through any kind of failure, therefor she never really reflects on her actions. Also the writing teams inability to let a plotline fully develop before closing it, means she cannot progress through states of emotions. There's no transitory emotional state, so no real growth, A character going from one mentality to a completely different one almost instantaneously is not growth. The writers will spend 4 hours on dialogue cutscenes explaining the importance of lamas but they will spend less than 30s on a characters introspection and development.

Also Y'shtola the character that was literally blinded never suffers????????

[HeyMcFly]

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I forget, we need to put a /s with everything now.

(some spoilers ahead)


- Wuk Lamat does a great job of sucking the air out of a scene. Wanted to enjoy the balloon ride? Sorry, wuk lamat is scared. Having a nice meal? WTf is that noise wukie is making? Just skip already.
Another issue is everything is so quicky to progress that the only time it feels like we get to actually start to explore or it feels like an adventure is when wuk lamat isnt there. Specifically, when we're in the desert area with Erenville; That's when things finally started being interesting imo.
In past expansions, you'd see us having moments to ourselves to explore & enjoy the scenery but in DT, wuk lamat ruins these moments bc she's afraid or can't be quiet.
But there were some interactions that should have been more prevalent in the character- like when she isn't okay after finding her nephew & killing her brother, but it's such a small moment & then back to sunshine & rainbows, replacing the purpose of ourselves & our friends practically. There are no stepping stones to character growth or development.
In truth, I wanted to like this character- but it was tough.
The twins had zero purpose & no place amongst the "I can do anything/everything" wuk lamat. In past expansions, even with our character being who they are, we still needed the help of our friends.
Our character is so pacifist in DT, the scions being there is a fanservice but they really do nothing to add to a scene. It's like everyone was toned down for the sake of wukie's character. and everyone's just like 'oh, erenville isnt over his mom being dead? well he needs to get over it lol" That last zone & the writing felt disjointed imo.
Why couldn't we get more of our own dialogue? I wanted to be able to have a chat with choice dialogue with all of the scions- considering it's been x amount of time since we've seen them.
the scenery is most of the zones is gorgeous(except solution nine & the zone outside of it.) the music is great- the dungeons & trials are on point, but my god why couldnt it have felt more like a vacation & a chance to explore? Nope- we were a babysitter rushed through some paper thin plot writing.

Also, I hate yshtola & her NA monotone voice. I hated the voice in dragon age: inquisition as well. Her character was a cringey elf
but in DT, She quite literally walked onto the scene & without fail "this is what the issue is. youre welcome" and ok got it, the only scions who served a purpose in DT is the know-it-all with plot armor. But the blindness is just there to ensure her plot armor is only 99% sufficient & not 100%. If she takes a risk, she'll be rescued/resurrected once again with a little more blindness.