Even our content creators cannot pretend to like the trashy writings of Dawntrail.

[SteakDriven]

But you do realize "it's not the worst [writing] I've ever seen" is not a compliment, though?

Perhaps not, but Zepla is being too dramatic.
Ohhh I'm in a mist, everything is bad, I've got a funny feeling in my toeee!

Edit: Nothing irritates me more than "you do know [x], right" statements.

[GrizzlyTank]

Jesse is still early, and with his expectations he's probably going to be happy about things.

[Themarvin]

Zepla is a joke to the community, and also those clowns with mics will do anything for clicks.

[Galvuu]

Cider being dumbfounded by the ending and then boosting the music to 100 while Smile was playing during the credits to troll chat and laughing about the Scion VAs appearing there for their 5 lines really summed the experience up.
(Why did you troll me with the Pepsi ad song man...)

[bearcat01]

Cider being dumbfounded by the ending and then boosting the music to 100 while Smile was playing during the credits to troll chat and laughing about the Scion VAs appearing there for their 5 lines really summed the experience up.
(Why did you troll me with the Pepsi ad song man...)

Yeah, I’ve been watching Cider’s MSQ journey once he got to zone 6. He did NOT seem to be enjoying himself, and had much to complain about the MSQ experience. Him trolling chat with the credits though was damn funny.

[Brian25]

The writing in dawntrail was good. I get the feeling people who didn't like it can only appreciate the parts of literature when things are coming to a climax. world-building, character development over time, these things are still good parts of stories.

What an awful take. I guarantee you there are plenty of people who dislike DT's writing that grew up reading authors who spent much of their time on world building and character development, this is a fantasy genre after all and many of us got into high fantasy from books.

I love long detailed world building and character development, some of my favorite authors are notorious for that. Take for example the Silmarillion and pretty much all of Tolkein's work, which has a huge emphasis on world building. Robert Jordan is another that had extremely lengthy world building. I love many books that don't even have a real "conclusion" and are just character development, like the novella, The Slow Regard for Silent Things, by Patrick Rothfuss, which is nothing more than giving you an insight into the life of Auri.

I think Dawntrail's writing is bad. Wuk Lamat, who basically overwhelms the story is nothing more than a Naruto trope with less depth. Wuk Lamat, the bumbling happy go lucky idiot who overcomes all odds to become Hokage, I mean Dawnservant.

[IvoryHawk]

Yeah, I’ve been watching Cider’s MSQ journey once he got to zone 6. He did NOT seem to be enjoying himself, and had much to complain about the MSQ experience. Him trolling chat with the credits though was damn funny.

he can't even think of a moment he liked, oof

[fioravictorine]

Most content creators seemed to be pretty honest about their reactions

But I wonder which ones are faking it and appeared extremely enthusiastic throughout the whole MSQ and even cheering the many cringe moments in this trainwreck ride lol

[Galvuu]

Yeah, I’ve been watching Cider’s MSQ journey once he got to zone 6. He did NOT seem to be enjoying himself, and had much to complain about the MSQ experience. Him trolling chat with the credits though was damn funny.

His confession of "by zone 6, I didn't even care anymore, if I wasn't streaming I wouldn't even be playing this" is really telling.
I actually think he'll be happy and get hyped for Arcadion, but the raid series is really the saving grace at the end, because otherwise the msq really ends on a terrible note.
I feel bad that he pushed himself to entertain the audience tho... but well, he can join the Honey B. fan club soon :>

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Those that I've checked were quite candid. I'm sure some will fake their reactions, but 30 hours is a chore, so those I checked started to mentally check out around zone 4.

[GrizzlyTank]

What an awful take. I guarantee you there are plenty of people who dislike DT's writing that grew up reading authors who spent much of their time on world building and character development, this is a fantasy genre after all and many of us got into high fantasy from books.

I love long detailed world building and character development, some of my favorite authors are notorious for that. Take for example the Silmarillion and pretty much all of Tolkein's work, which has a huge emphasis on world building. Robert Jordan is another that had extremely lengthy world building. I love many books that don't even have a real "conclusion" and are just character development, like the novella, The Slow Regard for Silent Things, by Patrick Rothfuss, which is nothing more than giving you an insight into the life of Auri.

I think Dawntrail's writing is bad. Wuk Lamat, who basically overwhelms the story is nothing more than a Naruto trope with less depth. Wuk Lamat, the bumbling happy go lucky idiot who overcomes all odds to become Hokage, I mean Dawnservant.

Not that versed in manga genres, but as i've seen some mention and looking at the genres. It's like FFXIV was more in the line of the Gekiga genre, however with the post EW void story and DT it's been leaning more into Shonen.