Ser Aymeric vs Lord Hien

[Zarabeth]

Ser Aymeric, no doubt!

[Teraluna]

True, but they spent some time setting him up. Hien feels too perfect which makes him feel a little souless to me.

I felt several of the Stormblood characters where pretty one dimensional. Even the occasional death didn't seem to have much of an impact, definitely not at the same level as HW.

Anyway - Aymeric, by a mile, then several more miles.

[Javey]

Aymeric because he is the only person to ask what my character wanted for herself as a person, not as the WoL.

[CherryCola]

While I'll say Aymeric now, I would need to see more of Hien across 4.0 to make a fairer comparison.

[Catwho]

Hien is the first male character in XIV that I found straight up sexually attractive. (Cis het woman here.)

Hauchefant was a bro. Aymeric is a respected leader. Estinien is a brooding comrade. Alphinaud is a teen and Thancred is a slut. Urianger is still recovering from a grief-stricken heart. Magnai is a teddy bear but I'm not his namaa. Cid comes close to ringing my bell, as does Nero. Close, but not quite...

Hien hit all the notes. Great character design, interesting personality, strong leader, totally a match for the WOL in terms of battle strength as well. I expect great things from him. And if my character wasn't IC married (and myself IRL married) I'd totally be shipping my WOL with him. As it is, I'm gonna hope he gets with Lyse. (Aymeric can have Lucia.)

[Ametrine]

Aymeric, though I really like Hien, too.

Most of it is the time spent developing Aymeric. We've seen him struggle, grow, and still currently works his rear off to help Ishgard.

On top of that, his open and personable attitude towards the WoL is, so far, unique to him. He isn't just a political figure, he really is the WoL's friend. He comes off as being tighter with us than half the Scions and it doesn't hurt that's he's always so happy to see you at every point he's appeared so far in SB.

I hope that this type of development is done with Hien and Lyse going forward. I much prefer the alliance leaders being a close comrades to the WoL like Aymeric or a grizzled veteran wanting to mentor like Raubahn's become. The ladies need some more screentime, too.

[MisterLucie]

Nobody can touch the glory that is Lord Baemeric.

[Aamalthea]

Of those left alive:
1. Estinien
2. Aymeric
3. Hien

Very close between the last two though since we don't know Hien enough. But first impressions are that Hien might come out on top.

[LaylaTsarra]

Hien is a hottie. I really love his character and look forward to seeing more of him in the months to come.

[alimdia]

Hien is a hottie. I really love his character and look forward to seeing more of him in the months to come.

Yesss