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

[ElysiumDragon]

Well yes, I never played Genshin Impact, but from what I know, while the Lore is sometimes complimented, neither the general story nor the storytelling was renown in Genshin Impact, unlike FFXIV.

And even more from what I understand, this Paimon is more or like the "guideline NPC" basically the tutorial NPC, not unlike Navi in Ocarina of Time... so always being there is quite logical.

The lore's surprisingfly interesting, the storytelling is kinda bad though, and said 'flying tutorial' repeats practically every single line AND had the most annoying, high-pitched voice humanly possible. To the point the entire fanbase was ecstatic about her eventually getting recast.

To me, that is the standard of bad VA work and character writing, so Wuk Lamat being a bit clingy and having a couple of flubbed lines is a relief by comparision. Don't get me wrong, I get why people might not like the shonen protagonist, it's an acquired taste, but crashing out for over 300 pages definitely raises an eyebrow.

[Zackneifein]

The lore's surprisingfly interesting, the storytelling is kinda bad though, and said 'flying tutorial' repeats practically every single line AND had the most annoying, high-pitched voice humanly possible. To the point the entire fanbase was ecstatic about her eventually getting recast.

To me, that is the standard of bad VA work and character writing, so Wuk Lamat being a bit clingy and having a couple of flubbed lines is a relief by comparision. Don't get me wrong, I get why people might not like the shonen protagonist, it's an acquired taste, but crashing out for over 300 pages definitely raises an eyebrow.

I can understand but once again, one is the literal MC of the whole MSQ overshadowing our character in a game where even when out of the spotlight, they mattered at least a little (and not in Dawntrail) and the other is a guideline NPC that is annoying because guideline NPCs are annoying, like the Navi was in OOT. The only example that I know that is liked is Ghost in Destiny.

And the VA is just one of the problems and the least important for the vast majority of the people that didn't like Wuk Lamat - even more when I know you are talking only about the english version, and was more about direction than performance itself, something proven by the fact they remade some lines that were quite pathetic like the "Sphene, listen to me". And the french, german and japanese version are quite good.

You are focalising on that even if it's just one minor thing on the list of problems Wuk Lamat has or provoked.

[TaleraRistain]

The lore's surprisingfly interesting, the storytelling is kinda bad though, and said 'flying tutorial' repeats practically every single line AND had the most annoying, high-pitched voice humanly possible. To the point the entire fanbase was ecstatic about her eventually getting recast.

To me, that is the standard of bad VA work and character writing, so Wuk Lamat being a bit clingy and having a couple of flubbed lines is a relief by comparision. Don't get me wrong, I get why people might not like the shonen protagonist, it's an acquired taste, but crashing out for over 300 pages definitely raises an eyebrow.

This is FFXIV though and not Genshin and the treatment of this character in this expansion is completely out of the norm for how they present NPCs in this game. This game is the adventures of the Warrior of Light and is usually from their perspective. They usually are the ones interacting with the world. And they're also part of an ensemble cast where they and NPCs have their strengths emphasized and their weaknesses made up for by other cast members. Even the WoL doesn't usually overshadow everyone else the way Wuk Lamat did this expansion.

7.2's writing for her is much better because it lets her shine in the places that she's good at, and brings in the NPCs and WoL character for the places where they are good at. Usually our spot is the one hitting things really hard until they stop being bad but we're also pretty good at inspiring others and bringing people together.