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

[LisseyCrowe]

That's the thing. There are the makings of a fun character there and there is room for a meathead with a heart of gold character with the Scions, especially now that Yda/Lyse changed and is off doing her own thing. The execution from English VA casting to writing is just so awful that now anything positive has been irreparably damaged and people will just roll their eyes when they bump into her in later expacs. I'm expecting the next expac to play it very safe after two poorly received character introductions in a row now, and that's too bad. A major part of the DT MSQ's problems is they didn't take enough risks, and the ones they did take were catastrophically blundered. I hope they don't learn the wrong lesson from all of this.

There was this short scene in the Endwalker patch where Wuk slaps G'raha on the back and he gives her this surprised, uncomfortable look as he nearly falls over. I really liked that scene, because it made her look a bit more Tomboyish, almost dude-bro levels of extrovertedness that could have at times caused issues with her misreading the room or maybe relationships and she'd have to learn to be a bit more understanding of others (and her people wink wink).

But no, the Wuk we got in Dawntrail is ... relatively feminine, all things considered? Almost stereotypically-so actually, where her strength actually comes more from the inside and then she's given cute flaws like being a klutz and playfully emotional to make her endearing. If we swapped her out of Warrior without changing anything else there wouldn't be anything egregious that pops out. The Scions all have a job that suits them. Thancred's a bodyguard, Alisaie is the more aggressive of what is ultimately very supportive twins, Urianger is mysterious, etc, etc. Wuk has a heart of gold, and so she's a warrior, and that's fiiiine but ... I feel like that's not enough.

I ... actually kind of want to blame the VA here as well. I wonder how I'd feel going through DT with JP voices. Unfortunately I'm not enough of a masochist to actually go through DT more than once.

[Mnemy]

I wonder how I'd feel going through DT with JP voices. Unfortunately I'm not enough of a masochist to actually go through DT more than once.

This is the saddest part for me, that there's a FFXIV DLC I'm NOT excited to play nor wanna replay ever again. It's been my ritual to replay the entire MSQ whenever a new expac is coming as a review of sorts and I think this is the 1st time I'm skipping an expac and just stopping right at 6.55 and then go straight to 8.0 when I replay it. IF I'm still playing by the time 8.0 comes round that is.

[OgruMogru]

There was this short scene in the Endwalker patch where Wuk slaps G'raha on the back and he gives her this surprised, uncomfortable look as he nearly falls over. I really liked that scene, because it made her look a bit more Tomboyish, almost dude-bro levels of extrovertedness that could have at times caused issues with her misreading the room or maybe relationships and she'd have to learn to be a bit more understanding of others (and her people wink wink).

But no, the Wuk we got in Dawntrail is ... relatively feminine, all things considered? Almost stereotypically-so actually, where her strength actually comes more from the inside and then she's given cute flaws like being a klutz and playfully emotional to make her endearing. If we swapped her out of Warrior without changing anything else there wouldn't be anything egregious that pops out. The Scions all have a job that suits them. Thancred's a bodyguard, Alisaie is the more aggressive of what is ultimately very supportive twins, Urianger is mysterious, etc, etc. Wuk has a heart of gold, and so she's a warrior, and that's fiiiine but ... I feel like that's not enough.

I ... actually kind of want to blame the VA here as well. I wonder how I'd feel going through DT with JP voices. Unfortunately I'm not enough of a masochist to actually go through DT more than once.

It occurred to me earlier that the Endwalker patch Wuk content might have been the most recently written and recorded. The performance and characterization is a lot more solid. I had no problems with the way she was presented during EW but there was a big disconnect the moment we got into DT proper. It could be a combination of the VA being more confident in the role by that point, the writing being separated somewhat from the msq slog and not chained down by rudimentary exposition and reiteration. EW Wuk embodied the goofy warrior novice nicely but the Wuk in DT would have been better suited as an airhead pictomancer who's focus was on people and culture at large [hence an interest in ART] instead of the overvalued martial prowess of her competitors.

Also I reckon this why she didn't know what ziplines were in living memory despite riding one with us in EW.