Sujet : [Devs] Bring Back The 1.0 Style Intros & NPCs

I can't be the only one who loathes the new intros. Beyond the brief little dream where you put on armour and a shiny weapon to confront the Ascian they lack anything special.

Am I the only one who misses all the companions we met in Ul'dah prior to the Calamity who just mysteriously vanished, the amusing banter of Papalymo and Yda after their airship crashed and you stumbled across the wreckage or even fighting along side Y'shtola and the pirates against a swarm of jellyfish? Ul'dah used to open with the Moonfire Faire in full swing, Fl'hammin passing out flowers and dancing before a Gobbue breaks free and causes havoc yet now what do we have? A cart ride and an NPC that says pretty much here's how to walk, bugger off. Gridania involved a stroll through the woods leading up to a battle alongside Papalymo and Yda against a horde of beasts and such. Limsa was a glorious ship ride wrought with danger.

Bring these back and for that matter what happened to Fl'hammin, Ascilia, Popokkuli, Seserukka, Niellefresne, and Greinfarr?

I do miss those as well. While the new opening cut scenes are just "ok". The 1.0 ones were pretty epic and reminded me how awesome Final Fantasy is.

When I saw some of the cut scenes and story/bosses from part 4 of the Lightning event, it reminded me of this. I wish they'd add more story to the game. I don't see why the 1.0 story intros were removed really. Are people just that impatient to start stabbing stuff?

It doesn't have to be the same cut scenes, they made you feel apart of the story right from the beginning. It was unexpected and if you started as a DOH/DOL it was quite a challenge too. What I want to know is where is Hildebrand, or his replacement.

The new intros are longer, the old you could skip almost all the scenes. The new ones you're forced to watch for five minutes with no action at least in the old you got to fight.

Ul'dah used to open with the Moonfire Faire in full swing,

It wasn't the moonfire faire, it was some flower festival.

I imagine they felt like the original intros were too long and they wanted to get you playing the game faster.

I don't really miss them but they weren't bad either.

I doubt they are dead, almost all the other notable persons in Ul'dah still live. The Sultana, Momodi, Thancred, etc they're all part of the main story but the others are missing.

The new intros are flavorless and repetitive.

I never got tired of the Gridania intro with Yda calling me Nana xD