Rabanstre and future Raids

[Erakir]

#NotMyMontblanc

What did they do to my upbeat little mage? The one that pretty much leads a clan in all his appearances and is kind and reliable? It was enough to have this Ramza be "everything the real Ramza wasn't so we can force him to grow or something." Don't need it for my poor Montblanc, too. And come on, his pom's orange. At least they gave Hurdy an instrument, but urk. The dev team's insistence on making moogles such a joke time after time irritates the heck out of me when they're intelligent and very technically capable in XII, A1, and A2 - and it's clear with Bangaa and Seeq around that XII's races are part of this despite none of them existing in FFT. It just stings hard since I love the siblings. Nono should be on the airship too, dangit. He's Nono.

I haven't been particularly gripped by the story so far but I've enjoyed the raids as a whole more than the void ark line. I couldn't get into Void Ark's stuff at all. I actually really like the mechanics of each boss in Lighthouse (moreso than Rabanastre, which I felt was kinda whatever) and I'm a big fan of Ivalice's music in general so that always helps me. I think Lighthouse is aesthetically pleasing, too. I'll continue playing through it, but ultimately I feel I'll be disappointed by how Ivalice was handled. It's my absolute favorite high-fantasy setting. Time will tell in the last raid, though.

Edit: Always interesting to just hear how people's tastes differ on aesthetics and tone, too!