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

[Silberzerox]

Before the DT announcement when we were all still under the impression that the scions were going to take a back seat for a bit while other npcs got a shot in the spotlight, I was hoping beyond hope that Arenvald was going to be one of the new major npcs of the game. I was hoping he would fill a Tataru role and we would have a ton of interactions with him. Have him regain some use of his legs and have him pick up spellcasting so he could still have a place in battle when the story called for it. Anything would have been good. But instead we got another annoying cat.

Arenvald (Warroir of Darkness) is not from Eorzea and long dead in his world. Arenvald was the counterpart of the playercharacter in his world. In Eorzea we are "Arenvald", that why we see him in all the Addon-Intros. Arenvald is how the default Warrior of light in FF14 looks like.

In other words you where hoping for adventures with yourself^^

[Silberzerox]

What did they do to Arenvald? as far as I know he's still alive.

Arenvald the warrior of darkness is long dead. "Arenvald" the Warrior of light in eozea is still alife in person of the playercharacter. "Arenvald" is the default Hero in FF14.

[Astronis]

Arenvald (Warroir of Darkness) is not from Eorzea and long dead in his world. Arenvald was the counterpart of the playercharacter in his world. In Eorzea we are "Arenvald", that why we see him in all the Addon-Intros. Arenvald is how the default Warrior of light in FF14 looks like.

In other words you where hoping for adventures with yourself^^

You're thinking of Ardbert, not Arenvald. Arenvald is a male Highlander that's been around since ARR.

[AnimaAnimus]

Arenvald (Warroir of Darkness) is not from Eorzea and long dead in his world. Arenvald was the counterpart of the playercharacter in his world. In Eorzea we are "Arenvald", that why we see him in all the Addon-Intros. Arenvald is how the default Warrior of light in FF14 looks like.

In other words you where hoping for adventures with yourself^^

I believe you are thinking of Ardbert. Arenvald was a Scion and was the one travelling with Fordola and was crippled while protecting her.

[Tsumdere]

Ahh, quality time with Erenville now that the succession is over. Im actually smiling and excited.

Surely nothing will go wrong.

I love Erenville. He's a fun, different personality to be around and I adore his English voice actor. I was giddy when Erenville asked to go on further adventures with us.

And then immediately Wuk Lamat said "ME TOO!!" and I lost hope.

[Reimmi]

XIV has never had one NPC dominate screentime like this before and they decided the first one to do it should be Wuk Lamat? What were they thinking? Even if she had amazing writing and development it would have been too much.

Even if Emet selch himself had that much screentime, it would get droning.
No character, no matter how charismatic or interesting can be on screen that long without becomig annoying

[AlucaDragonheart]

I love Erenville. He's a fun, different personality to be around and I adore his English voice actor. I was giddy when Erenville asked to go on further adventures with us.

And then immediately Wuk Lamat said "ME TOO!!" and I lost hope.

Also don't forget the whole thing with the bracelet... even if you're NOT around Llama Tea, the game sure as hell loves beating you over the head to keep reminding you of her existence.

[RabendaShin]

Also don't forget the whole thing with the bracelet... even if you're NOT around Llama Tea, the game sure as hell loves beating you over the head to keep reminding you of her existence.

It felt so jarring. FINALLY you get to go into a new zone, without Wuk Lamat. Not even 5 minutes later attention is dragged back to the Third Promise. Then they have the gall to use that wetnurse character again to drive home the plot in BOTH Heritage Found and Living Memory, completely undermining any development for other characters such as Spene, Erenville, or gods forbid - Krile. They get margin notes compared to the ten part encyclopedia devoted to Wuk Lamat.

[Flay_wind]

Well, while i still have posting privelegies.
Wuk Lamat did single handedly ruin DT experience for me to the point i quit expansion midway.
I won't list all the issues with it, since all of that was covered in this thread by multiple people multiple times. She is a textbook Mary Sue, and i have no idea how this was approved, but here we are.
What actually completely killed all the engagement i had with the story is when out of nowhere Wuk Lamat just easily soloed not only Bakool Ja Ja but also ~30 of his henchmen, while my WoL just stood there. And then Wuk wasn't even out of breath after the fact. While she was easily overpowered by him not too long ago. But hey, power of freindship and all that.
After reading what happens afterwards, and that there's even more focus on Wuk in the second half of the story i am glad that i quit when i did.
Hope you all are having fun.

[fulminating]

I’ve been thinking about this a bit. It’s clear that the promises are intended to embody some aspect of galool jaja. First and most obvious there’s the head of reason, koala is the only candidate here. This aspect seems to be the lynchpin of the throne, capable of stratagems for both times of peace and war. Second is the head of resolve, embodying the combat prowess and might - again this can only have parallels drawn to zorool ja. This aspect however seems to be more vestigial during the time of the story, shining brightest when presented with a threat such as valiangalamana and with GJJ primarily carrying out the orders of reason and resorting to diplomantic sparring matches for entertainment. There is mention that the sheer might of GJJ is what facilitated the formation of the nation alongside his other aspects - binding valigama foremost but I seem to recall that he beat up the mamool and furries at the same time too. Finally - and as proven to exist by zorool ja - there is the head of love, which corresponds nicely with wuk lamat. This is another fundamental aspect of GJJ’s empire, however the desire for peace is enforced by the other two while being motivation in of itself. The stick and the carrot if you like.

This being said, it is unfortunate that WL took the title of “Head of Resolve” rather than the more fitting “Head of Richard”, I think acknowledging her strengths and forging a path suited to her skill set rather than emulating an aspect she’s clearly unfit for.