Quote Originally Posted by CyrilLucifer View Post
Hence why I'm fully expecting a game-changing mistake. We made one in Ul'Dah and our character was pretty messed up for it, given how the DRK quest went. That's honestly how I hope Aymeric will flow. I want him to make those mistakes and I want them to have a permanent effect on Ishgard and his psyche, not because I dislike him, but because it makes for a more fleshed out character than one who is able to overcome everything and always does the right thing.
But the thing is, he doesn't do the right thing. He does what he thinks is the right thing - but so far, everything he did had pretty bad consequences, for him and the people around him. The first time he messed up, when he confronted Thordan, he got tortured and one of his close friends (at least I interpret Haurchefant as such...) even got killed. The second time, by rushing the change in Ishgard, he got knifed and we've seen in 3.2 that the wound still affects him. This also directly led to the blood bath in Falcon's Nest. So, I'm sorry, but I agree with Lunaxia... he is too rash, takes too many unnecessary risks.And, sorry, but I think you can't simply overlook the fact that he clearly got critiziced by Count Edmont...

Also, I don't think the scene were he shoots at Estinihogg means he gave up completely on Estinien... he probably just didn't see another way at the moment, and to be honest, even we don't know how and if it is even possible to do anything for him. Besides, he needed be stopped then and there, and personally I found it a nice touch for him to grab a bow, since we know since the 'Tales from the Dragonsong War'-series that he can use one, but have never seen him do so before.

At the topic at large... I don't know. I didn't trust him back when he was first introduced, but that changed quite a bit in the meantime. In 3.2, I got no strange vibes from him, and I didn't see my character's reaction to him as 'heh, he acts weird'. For example in the scene mentioned before when he asks us out for a drink... I always interpreted it as how it was intended, that my characters were just shaken by the loss of a very close friend. But, yes, he relies on us quite a bit - maybe too much. But I got the feeling that might be because he developed some feelings for us... I don't know.
I can only say I love that the WoL finally shows some emotions, and that the situation gets at them!