Tidbits for future Expacs! What are your wishes?

[Edax]

It's definitely jarring to see him alive and well, but they did set up for it in advance - while we took the trolley south, Urianger went to meet up with the twins and then catch up to us later. So those three (being two healers and a red mage!) would have been travelling through the same place and found him there, presumably in the nick of time.

Character bloat is a problem though and knocking some character out of the game could up the stakes and add more focus to the remaining characters. We got all the Scions bodies totally vulnerable at the moment and nobody's come knocking to try and take them out despite the security being a joke.

[kaynide]

Honestly, after the Sultana turned out alive, I kind of threw major character death out the window outside of very few instances as they can very easily feel “game of thrones“ cheap. A good character death is something built up and earned, especially in sacrificial deaths like shiva.

All that said I think the only really impactful death so far is Hauchefant.

I never for a moment thought Thancred was done because it’d have felt too cheap, especially after the tedious fight just before.

[SamRF]

Honestly, after the Sultana turned out alive, I kind of threw major character death out the window outside of very few instances as they can very easily feel “game of thrones“ cheap. A good character death is something built up and earned, especially in sacrificial deaths like shiva.

All that said I think the only really impactful death so far is Hauchefant.

I never for a moment thought Thancred was done because it’d have felt too cheap, especially after the tedious fight just before.

I felt like Thancred's death would have been built up and earnt, being the ultimate sacrifice to let Ryne be who they want after taking care of her for so long and being very conflicted with the choice at hand. Holding back the enemy by using that dangerous stealth life force trick which ends up draining too much and killing him, but was necessary for victory in that fight as you as the player started feeling closer bonded to Thancred for actually playing as him in a long and tough fight.

Ryne would come back and see Thancred dead, never able to get his approval after her choice and decides to be extremely determined for using her powers to full extend for good, making sure his sacrifice wasn't for naught. Cause right now I really didn't feel why she's so damn determined to be part of the scions and give her all etc.

Idk, personally was really ready to get emotional at that moment, it felt great and I was impressed but was really dissapointed to see him alive and well.

[kaynide]

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I think I would have bought it if it was indeed more earned. I guess I felt it wasn’t..what’s the word.. cinematic enough? Like the end of 2.0 where you are running from Ul’dah I legit thought people were dead. After that? Kinda hard to “fool me twice”.

I was def. pissed and seeing red after that fight, but dead? Didn’t buy it for a second.

[Soge01]

Permanent 2B butts!

[StriderShinryu]

It's not really a little request but it is outside of the usual big stuff we're likely to see.

I'd like to see a unification of the companion, squadron and trust systems. Let us bring a member of our Squadrons out into the world with us instead of our chocobo. Maybe even let us use our chocobo in a dungeon alongside the available Trust NPCs. Expand squadron levelling up through level 80 (90 in 6.0?) to match Trust levels. Let us take any combination of companions into Deep Dungeons with us. Etc. Just unify it all into one self contained system instead of having it as 3 different but similar systems that all feel disjointed and incomplete.

[LolitaBansheeMeru]

tbh a new healer for one i honestly idc which...

for two (this might be a worthless dream) but i want to be a damn pirate already... for LImsa lominsa till sea swallows all.. but seriously corsair please please please

3 if neither of those id like underwater housing lands and hammer job

and 4 levithan summon

[Billythepancake]

I just want SCH to be fun to play again.

[gumas]

one story instance where wol pilot ultima weapon pls ("fix" by cid so its safe to pilot) let me have gundam moment in FF14 lol

[BasicBlake]

I just want to explore more of Othard and take a trip to Thavnair finally