Thread: Please, no more Hildibrand in 4.0

It's a shame you don't enjoy him OP, my SO really dislikes him too.
But I for one enjoy the comic relief for the most part, they also learned to not link fights required for trials etc to him a while ago so you can just ignore these quests if you like.

You cant please everyone.

Originally Posted by Chiramu

The first part of Hildebrand in Heavensward was really slow for me but it has finally picked up. I don't know why the writing was slow for the middle of Heavensward , the start and the end are really good(I mean the start and the end for all stories for me ).

Well as I said in my earlier post Hildibrand was originally not going to be in 3.X but the Scholasticate was going to be the "Hildibrand" of 3.X covering a episode per patch. However, the direction they planned for Scholasticate did not provide what people wanted from a side-story for Inspector Briardein due to how it just followed up on the bitter politics of ishgard and sad emo moments we already had in 3.0 and was going to be bombarded with more in 3.X.

3.X Hildibrand Story could be considered a Filler Arc as the original Season 2 was originally going to be released in 4.X thus why the storyline for 3.X Hilibrand storyline felt rushed and lack of proper build up becuase it is rushed into production as they had to scramble to get 3.X Hildibrand Storyline together at the last minute to provide that light hearted comedy story people just wanted after the feel train of all 3.0 contents and future 3.x content.

If Scholasticate had been successful on the go then we could have had episodes per patch covering the Ishgardian system explaining and showing the function of their nobility and commoner life while showing the stuggle between Commoners and Nobles plus more emo moments of "boo hoo" "I am a commoner and my life is horrible" and Noble going "Hahaha I am rich *sip fine wine*" and "filthy peasants *kick commoner*" moments. However, it did not swing that way and developers had to hold back Scholsticate Storyline and shorten it so they had room for the rush introduction of Hildibrand in 3.X

I feel like there was a lot of missed potential in the Scholasticate quest to really to get to know Ishgard beyond the scope of the Dragonsong War but the characters just weren't as compelling as Hildibrand's and I personally found the "high school drama" aspect completely unappealing. I find it sad because I actually like Briardien. I wish they had just extended the post moogle series into Ishgard and done completely episodic stories about side characters like Lucia, Honoroit or Handeloup (also it would have been an opportunity to get rid of that wall of text the post moogle sprouts at you every time you go to check your mail). I do miss the Hildibrand trials and wish if they were going to remove them completely that we had more solo instance fights instead. I hope the Hildibrand series continues into 4.0, but I also hope we get a side story quest series unique to Ala Mhigo as well.