Thread: Future .5 MSQ

It is just SE trying to splice small amounts of content in little parts in hopes of getting more sub income, been a constant theme for SB.

I understand it has to stop somewhere (and probably around that point) but it did feel like it needed more of a wrap-up.

Although I suppose they might be looking at how the story will be presented long-term as well, and they can't have it come to too much of a halt for a player who will experience both parts of it without this forced break.

I don't mind the story of the .5 patches being split apart. It's just never felt as sudden stop to me before as this one did. There wasn't a set up for the next part like there was in 3.5. Granted the 3.X patches were all over the place and didn't set up 4.0 until 3.4 or 3.5, but with the first part of 3.5 you got Griffin summoning a primal and Papalymo sacrificing himself to stop it. So the set up was how are we going to deal with the sealed primal, what was Garlamld's reaction going to be, who was the primal Griffin summoned. Here in patch 4.5 we get a lead up to a new war but only have one battle then everyone "takes a break" cause Alisaie passes out. Then it just ends. No set up or anything just "take a break" till the Garleans come knocking again.

Don't get me wrong. I love 4.X story. Even the story we got in 4.5. My favorite part is how each patch has been leading up to 5.0 just a little each patch. With the introduction to the Popularis and Shadowhunter hunting Ascians and such. I just think that when SE knows they are going to split the MSQ of a patch in half they should have the first half build up to the second half, and then that second half leave you over the moon for the next expansion. Which all of 4.X has done for me.