Thread: Our passive characters and why the 2.55 story fails (BIG SPOILERS) (rant warning)

Originally Posted by Kiara

Hi All,

Here's one thing I miss from the 1.0 Dev Team's work (and Story / Cinematics Team).

Look at the climactic battle (before the whole 2.0 / Dalamud / Bahamut ending was created) for 1.0's Main Story.

Look at HOW ACTIVE AND AWESOME the fighting and challenge was.

They can fight and kick so much butt, but suddenly, NONE of THEM can do anything against regular Uldahn Soldiers?! So awful.

Shame on you Yoshi P and the Cinematics Team. Seriously.

https://youtu.be/iT-52Ia1-3M?list=PL...B9RF0Rj9&t=430

Thanks.

The character still just stand around and do nothing (the main complain in this thread, how I see it), while the companion got first shooted.

Also the last 1.0 mainstory quest never feeled like the end of a story, more like the end of a prologue. Maybe there was more story planned before Tanaka got replaced, but the end was too sudden.

Also regarding the poison scene, I'm just gonna note that

no one has seen nor been shown the Sultana's corpse, nobody in the room checked for a pulse, and no poison both in-universe and in real life exist that cause you to instantly enter a darth vader chokehold and fall over dead within the same literal second of consumption; at least not one that could be used covertly

I'm calling playacting on this one, which dramatically changes the context of the scene and what the character could have done

also, the fact that the main character did not fight back when arrested and 'peacefully' escaped is very likely the only reason why any of the random joe NPC's talking about covering up their presence and keeping quiet about them is happening.

Originally Posted by Krr

Also regarding the poison scene, I'm just gonna note that

no one has seen nor been shown the Sultana's corpse, nobody in the room checked for a pulse, and no poison both in-universe and in real life exist that cause you to instantly enter a darth vader chokehold and fall over dead within the same literal second of consumption; at least not one that could be used covertly

I'm calling playacting on this one, which dramatically changes the context of the scene and what the character could have done

also, the fact that the main character did not fight back when arrested and 'peacefully' escaped is very likely the only reason why any of the random joe NPC's talking about covering up their presence and keeping quiet about them is happening.

The number of people in on the charade pushes the suspension of disbelief. There are still people after us for them and us to keep quiet for, right?

Originally Posted by Kallera

The number of people in on the charade pushes the suspension of disbelief. There are still people after us for them and us to keep quiet for, right?

Well, only about three of them have to be in on the whole thing. Everyone else can just as easily be fooled or manipulated.

The same thing goes for the people covering our asses, too - it's a minority of powerful officials making executive decisions, by and large.

It's also been shown when first met as an Ul'dahn character that the Sultana is very good at slumming it in disguise when she needs to.