DT's Writing: What Could've Been Better

[Raven2014]

Even the characters you listed have something going for them, though. Yeah, they're heroic, but none of them are at square one of their journey by the time you meet them. Gosestu, Yugiri, and Hien have already fought in a failed revolt. Estinien has years of experience under his belt as a dragoon. Ysayle's made a name for herself as a heretic leader. Wuk Lamat has none of that. That's the big difference with her.

Not even sure what your point is. All characters will always come with a background because they're obviously not just something that poop out of existence, and that goes the same for WL. She' s royal princess. She has two brothers she looked up and probably knew them for 10+ years. She even has a very interesting snippet that tied back to one of the most bloody conflict on the continent ... People had pointed it out many time, WL could had been very interesting story if it explored her dark past more, or show more of the dynamic between the three sibling growing up, or how Gulool Ja raised them. But no, instead the writers waste all of their time on shallow affirmation nonsense.

Also, this is a topic for another day but I wouldn't really call Moenbryda a good example of a character who got enough screen time.

And who said she is a good example of that? 'Cause that wasn't what I said. I listed all of those characters to show you that your argument about screen time is essentially irrelevant.

- Esternien and Ice-Heart had comparable screen time to Wuk.

- Moenbryda had very little screen time to Wuk.

- Gosestu and Yugiri screen time falls somewhere in between the two extremes.

Yet in their own way they were all deeper, more interesting comparing to WL. Again, it's not about how much time you have, it;s about what you do with those times. And the problem with Wuk is her writer essential waste all the time they were given on stupid stuffs.

What you're doing is the same as a lot of people do when they try to excuse the writing. Like oh it's a new story, oh it's vacation .etc. while the real reason is extremely simple: the writing is bad, that's it. In fact, just look at the old job quest line and you'll see none of the "points" you're trying to make really matter.

- The DK quest line took the players by storm because of how good it was.

- The PLD and MNK quest lines are so stupid sometime they make me glad we no longer have specific job quests.

They all have similar length, the characters all have similar level of background exposure. So why the difference? Simple, the DK's quest was written by good a writer, the other quest line were not.

[StormChase]

Not even sure what your point is. All characters will always come with a background because they're obviously not just something that poop out of existence, and that goes the same for WL. She' s royal princess. She has two brothers she looked up and probably knew them for 10+ years. She even has a very interesting snippet that tied back to one of the most bloody conflict on the continent ... People had pointed it out many time, WL could had been very interesting story if it explored her dark past more, or show more of the dynamic between the three sibling growing up, or how Gulool Ja raised them. But no, instead the writers waste all of their time on shallow affirmation nonsense.

I'm saying that when you first meet her she doesn't have the same amount of experience that these other characters have. The big thing with her character is that she hasn't yet had the same kind of impact on her country as her brothers. She has a background, but she's also at an earlier stage of her journey. And that's why she needed more time to be built up.

I'm not sure how much this'll make sense but think about the Warrior of Light in A Realm Reborn. They're also at square one when they arrive in the starting city. Obviously they had some kind of life before they came here, but (unless you're playing a legacy character) as far as the game's concerned they haven't made any achievements yet. And because of that they climb up 50 levels instead of 10 like the expansions.

To be fair I do wish they showed more of her relationship with her family. It would've been interesting to see Koana act patronizing towards her at first because he wants to protect her.