7.1 MSQ Is Actually Pretty Funny If You Think About It

[TaleraRistain]

But then it finally ended and off we went, and the story started with Koana (yay!) and I was starting to enjoy it (catbois everywhere!) until he threw himself in front of a giant charging animal to protect a... herdbeast. That's where the story lost me again.

I didn't mind that part too much. The rroneek are important to the hhetsarro and you could make the argument that because he had that resentment from being abandoned he had closed himself off to that part where he could connect with them in the same way. It even gives some explanation to why he was to obsessed with technology when we first meet him. Now he's tapping into that part he shied away from before and connecting with the rroneek in the way of his people. I also found it sweet that because he learned how to allow technology and tradition to work hand-in-hand (which was why he was here trying to find a workable solution), he found the answer to his abandonment. And if the hhetsarro are open to it, could possibly share that technology with them so they can keep their camps safe and prevent that happening to another child.

The hunter was a little deus ex machina but I didn't mind that too much. We've had similar coincidences in past stories.

[Daralii]

I didn't mind that part too much. The rroneek are important to the hhetsarro and you could make the argument that because he had that resentment from being abandoned he had closed himself off to that part where he could connect with them in the same way. It even gives some explanation to why he was to obsessed with technology when we first meet him. Now he's tapping into that part he shied away from before and connecting with the rroneek in the way of his people. I also found it sweet that because he learned how to allow technology and tradition to work hand-in-hand (which was why he was here trying to find a workable solution), he found the answer to his abandonment. And if the hhetsarro are open to it, could possibly share that technology with them so they can keep their camps safe and prevent that happening to another child.

The hunter was a little deus ex machina but I didn't mind that too much. We've had similar coincidences in past stories.

If they wanted to do something like that, it needed to be structured so that it felt like there was time for him to learn, contemplate, and come to a decision. It all happens way too quickly and just feels stupid and abrupt.

[Zelda206]

I think we can all agree that the pacing for DT in general is abysmal compared to the previous expansions. It almost feels like Square has the game at metaphorical gunpoint with SBI holding THEM at metaphorical gunpoint after they let them in; everything feels toxically positive ("forced"), mediocre at best, and rushed. It doesn't feel like Final Fantasy at all; even the tactics games had better flow and pacing. Even the Ivalice raid from Stormblood had better pacing and storytelling. I'm starting to wonder if THIS is what we can expect from future content regarding FFXIV with Yoshi being forced to the front to 'smile' and wave. There's a whole lot of smiling but not a lot of cheer.

[TaleraRistain]

If they wanted to do something like that, it needed to be structured so that it felt like there was time for him to learn, contemplate, and come to a decision. It all happens way too quickly and just feels stupid and abrupt.

I'll agree there. It's the type of story arc that probably should have been the focus of its own patch. That would allow Koana to visit other places relative to the issue and have those revelations over time. Or introduce it in one patch but have it come back front and center in a later patch. I liked the story beats, just not the pacing.