What happened to SB (story)?

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@Ilenya Which quote? I paraphrased a bunch.

Edit: Oh, that one. Well, nothing is really derailed. Even if the article is old (which I didn't know at the time) it's not the point of what I wrote. It's just the spark that got me thinking. I adjusted the post to be more accurate. Thank you.

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@Ilenya Which quote? I paraphrased a bunch.

The person who sold all their SE stock. That was in 2010.

[Ilenya]

@Ilenya Which quote? I paraphrased a bunch.

Today my attention was brought to an article where someone who owned stock in Square Enix left a message on twitter saying:

"First thing in the morning tomorrow, I intend to instruct those who manage my precious Square Enix stock (however little it may be) to arrange to sell all of it. To Square, thank you for the enjoyment of your products up until now, with the exception of this last one. Goodbye."

Apparently he was referring to Stormblood (SB), and that stock turned out to be worth 26 million (or so the article says). This got me thinking: Why would anyone's faith in a functioning company shatter so completely that they would sell it all? And then I remember how much I complained about the SB story, the NA server move, and the DDOS attacks, and... well... I think I understand why.

That quote about selling the stocks? That was from the initial release.

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That quote about selling the stocks? That was from the initial release.

Yeah, I just understood that and edited both my initial post and my first reply to you. Thank you once again for enlightening me. I appreciate it.

[Tillie]

I liked the story a lot--sorry you feel this way.

I was surprised to actually take down Zenos in the end, but am now excited to see how the subsequent patches are going to go. Our seemingly greatest foe of this expansion has already been destroyed--so now I wonder if there will be a Nidhogg-esque situation where he comes back like forty times. Remember, the first time we "killed" that ass of a dragon was in the Aery.

I thought the voice acting was phenomenal, the dialogue perhaps a bit corny at times, but whatever. I'm a sucker for theatrics. Only wished they could have expanded more on Azim Steppe, and hope to see more of it in the future. I'm a sucker for Xaela lore and the tribal aesthetic.

One thing that I do have a complaint about, though; during the segment right before Castrum Abania, when Alisaie fears for her brother's life? Felt like it was completely swallowed in the melodramatics of Conrad's death. Conrad who, tbh, felt like he was made for this expansion, to die in this expansion. And honestly, wasn't he the only major death of a character (on OUR side) with more than twenty voice lines? Felt lame. Was disappointed to see we got teased with Gosetsu's death and he wasn't even dead. And we have to tolerate more of that witch who uses her own abuse as an excuse to kill hundreds of innocent people. Those were my only real gripes... otherwise, loved it.

[BlueLulu]

My biggest gripe is how easily zenos defeated you with little effort even after all the godly beings you've fought against. How is your character who most of the time single handedly fought and defeated such foes get totally punked by some generic evil guy? I'm guessing that armor that zenos wears must be the physical form of his plot armor

[Elvin]

I guess that there is diferent opinions on everything.

To me (And to almost everyone I play with) SB story is much better than the previous ones.

In fact, if I had to put a score, I would say that A Realm Reborn was a 3 out of 10, Heavensward 5 out of 10, and Stormblood 7/10.

For the first time in this game I have enjoyed the story.