What's Next? Story/Level/Class?

[Enkidoh]

To be honest, I was actually quite disappointed with how the class quests were handled in ARR compared to 1.0 - especially the GLA quests. In 1.0 the GLA class quests actually dealt with the player not only fighting NPC challengers in the Colleseum (yes, actually in the arena!), the story dealt with the ongoing contempt and resentment the Ala Mhigan refugee population face from the Ul'dahns, how they fight in the Colleseum to not only salvage some form of pride in themselves, to also raise money to assist in their fellow countrymen in escaping from Garlean oppression, to assist them in settling in Eorzea's citystates, and to even help fund the ongoing Resistance. As well, the game also used the Echo to uncover information needed in the quest by viewing the memories of npcs involved. I actually felt like my character really was a GLA after completing that quest line.

The ARR GLA quests however, I was disappointed to see that not only was the original GLA Guildmaster replaced (the Guildmaster in 1.0 was a lalafell named Yoyobina, and no explanation at all is given as to what happened to him or why he's been replaced by a Highlander girl), the whole storyline simply revolved around a grudge between two GLAs who I had never even heard of. Plus GLAs seemed to be depicted not as prize fighters in the Colleseum, but as some kind of ad-hoc police force. The whole questline just seemed stupid to me. I don't know, maybe if I hadn't done the original 1.0 GLA class quests it would have been better, but as it stands, it just seemed a letdown to me. But ah well.