The Azim Steppe

[Zumi]

They made me feel like an outsider except that one Mol girl.

[LystAP]

Reminder that the Dotharl murdered an entire tribe (RIP Hotgo). Mide and her fellow explorers, who possessed the Enigma Codex and summoned the primal Alexander and served as the catalyst for the entire Alexander chain were Hotgo. They could have summoned Alexander out of desperation after the Dotharl murdered their friends and family.

[Daralii]

They made me feel like an outsider except that one Mol girl.

The Xaela/Raen history's gotten murky with SB. The Oronir insist that the two tribes made peace, suggesting that the Raen left of their own accord, while the Sui-no-Sato Raen(who I wish had more development) insist that they were driven from the Steppes. That, the House of the Crooked Coin, and all the ruins from whatever organized civilization the Xaela used to have make me want more out of the zone. Square pls.

[alimdia]

I agree with this. There's too much space here and not enough stuff to do in it.
The Azim Steppe is one of my favorite areas in Stormblood, partly because of how much it reminds me of the Calm Lands from FFX, both in appearance and atmosphere.

It's a steppe, it's supposed to have a lot of empty space, if you look to the east past the broken bridge you can see how plain is the rest of the steppe.

[Dualblade]

Lets be honest, all WoL were born Qestir and thus want to go home sometimes. Yes, that includes the non-Xaela. They are also Qestir.

[KageTokage]

I'd like to hope we'll return there for something MSQ related and not just for a single quest that leads to a new dungeon there.

[Evumeimei]

The Azim Steppe section was my favorite part in the main story. I loved the area, the music, the lore and the characters. Was really sad when I had to leave and go back to Doma.

They made me feel like an outsider except that one Mol girl.

I actually found that they were overall one of the more accepting groups we've met. Ishgard wanted nothing to do with us at first, and we as foreigners only have access to a small part of Hingashi (if that's what it's called) through Kugane because they don't want outsiders in their other cities. The Raen of the Ruby Sea also don't want much to do with us. Domans were so beaten down by Garlean oppression that they were scared of us.

Meanwhile, the Xaela were totally cool with us participating in a tribal tradition that essentially dictates who rules over them. All we had to do was prove ourselves. I wasn't playing an Au Ra character at the time, so I was just really surprised at how chill they were with sharing their culture and traditions with my character. They were also agreeable about us asking them to help in our battle (which I'd felt was wrong of Hien to ask of them considering they had no involvement with the whole situation until that point).

[Vexander]

I think I might be the only person who didn't like the Steppes. Feels lonely. I didn't -dislike- the steppes, but it never came across as particularly good to me.

[SaitoHikari]

I'd like to hope we'll return there for something MSQ related and not just for a single quest that leads to a new dungeon there.

We probably will. If we end up journeying to Garlemald, going from the Steppes is the most logical route.

One will note that there's two caves leading out of the Steppes that are gated off, in exactly the same way that SB areas were sealed until you progressed through the story. The areas beyond look more dangerous than a conventional route though, one route going through what appears to be a massive remote mountain range, the other going through a high snow-capped mountain. Chances are we'll be asking the locals for help.

[Zumi]

I actually liked the zone but it felt a bit weird doing Xaela traditions as a Raen.