so whens Alphinaud gonna die or sent offscreen for a long time?

[ErzaScarlet77]

weve been with him for 2 expansions now. time for new travel buddy. This is supposed to be Yda's expansion and Alphinaud still has more screentime than her . so sad. hell, give us more Alisae.

she dissapeared in 2.0 and didnt show up in 3.0

or maybe finally give ysthola more screentime? why does she always stay behind just because shes a healer?

[Antonok]

why does she always stay behind just because shes a healer?

Because it took one whole cutscene of her holding that tiny little stick to seem that non threatening.

[Araxes]

weve been with him for 2 expansions now. time for new travel buddy. This is supposed to be Yda's expansion and Alphinaud still has more screentime than her . so sad. hell, give us more Alisae.

she dissapeared in 2.0 and didnt show up in 3.0

or maybe finally give ysthola more screentime? why does she always stay behind just because shes a healer?

Same for me. I cant stand Alphinaud anymore. Give me more Y'shtola or Lyse pls.

[greenguy]

Minor spoiler i guess but Alphinaud is pretty much replaced with his sister in Stormsblood

[-Teria-]

The characters we want more of always end up dead or on extended vacations.
The characters we want less of are always lodged so far up our metaphorical rectums that even the mightiest of plot enemas fail to dislodge them.

Truly, this is the worst timeline.

[Daralii]

The characters we want more of always end up dead or on extended vacations.
The characters we want less of are always lodged so far up our metaphorical rectums that even the mightiest of plot enemas fail to dislodge them.

Truly, this is the worst timeline.

People were calling Minfillia a useless bimbo for years and it got her transported to a dead world. Alphinaud's filled her role as the Scions' coordinator and politician and is also widely disliked, so it's only a matter of time until Hydaelyn throws him out too.

[-Teria-]

People were calling Minfillia a useless bimbo for years and it got her transported to a dead world. Alphinaud's filled her role as the Scions' coordinator and politician and is also widely disliked, so it's only a matter of time until Hydaelyn throws him out too.

The problem with Minfillia is that she never actually did anything.
For all of Alphy's faults, at least he's frequently out in the thick of it fighting.

[SeriousxSarcasm]

I like Alphinaud. Not as a person, but as a piece that helps drive the story forward. It's nice to have a character with actual character development written in, instead of more generic waifu/husbando bait we see in a lot of the other characters lol. We may not like the direction his development takes all the time, but that's part of writing a believable character. He's also one of the youngest in the cast, he's not as set in his ways as the more adult characters, which means his changing perspective makes for better story telling, if you look at it from a literary POV.

It's the same reason they don't create their villains around the generic idea of "Evil." If you notice, all the antagonists in this game have their own motivations, built around the fact that they are people, and not some cardboard cutout of a mickey mouse villain.

Edit: That said, I would like to see more from the other characters as well. Give them some personality traits we dislike about them, give them some proper depth and not just the basic overview of Yshtola = kind, stubborn. Thancred = broken. etc etc... I feel like there's a lot of wasted opportunity. But we also have to keep in mind that you can't have too many protagonists, or the story gets crowded and watered down. So unfortunately, some will stay as side characters for now. :/

Edit: Also I would like to point out, Lyse is not the protagonist in this expansion so far. She's a plot device only. She is meant to emotionally manipulate the player base into caring about this conflict in Ala migho, because she has the personal connection to it that we do not.

[Derio]

Alisae was in bahamut raid in 2.0 and Alphinaud is the leader of the scions so his screen time is expected

[Charisma]

....

Good to know you got it all figured out,

Alisae was in bahamut raid in 2.0 and Alphinaud is the leader of the scions so his screen time is expected

Uhm... no, he isn't? They pretty much said "we don't need a leader at the moment" right after some insane person said "You should be Leader Mr. Annoying brat who doesn't learn from mistakes and have no character development at all"