Is anyon else tired of Ascians story?

[Masked-dingus]

The game's Ascians story was a bit interesting, but we already got to the point where it is tired, is like the creators ran out of ideas.
I would love to see other more creative stories.

I think i understand you, everytime a new Ascian comes with some hidden motives to ultimately be defeated by us, the structure feels the same, just the developement from introduction to disappearance is different, but still Asciians wanting the same thing
I'm not playing the game for it's story so i deal with it

[SoulsGuardian]

I think i understand you, everytime a new Ascian comes with some hidden motives to ultimately be defeated by us, the structure feels the same, just the developement from introduction to disappearance is different, but still Asciians wanting the same thing
I'm not playing the game for it's story so i deal with it

Exactly. it gets boring to aways have ascians behind it.

[Lauront]

I think i understand you, everytime a new Ascian comes with some hidden motives to ultimately be defeated by us, the structure feels the same, just the developement from introduction to disappearance is different, but still Asciians wanting the same thing
I'm not playing the game for it's story so i deal with it

Well he doesn't want the same thing really (restoration of the sundered world), he just wants destruction for the sake of it, in an almost suicidal manner. He's not materially different to Zenos in that they both seem to be doing it for thrills. Nonetheless, this pattern is going to be adopted for any antagonist regardless, so unless they drastically change their MO, you'll be dealing with it for a long time.

Saying the game is moving away from controversy or "grit" in the same patch children were torturing a man with a Branding Iron is so laughable it makes my head hurt.

The game isn't afraid of grit, the Limsa plotline is just moving in the direction it was pointed towards from the games start. Limsa had already moved from Pirates to Privateers. This shift was set up from the beginning.

It's just cartoonish villainy for the sake of it, neatly tucked away in optional sidequest content. Meanwhile in the MSQ, a cure for tempering is devised in the same patch that hints at a tempered minion about to strike Lyse. Scarcely gritty.

[myahele]

I guess all that remains is Gridania and its Elementals and how they treat Duskwights and Keeper miqo'tes.

[Puremallace]

The game's Ascians story was a bit interesting, but we already got to the point where it is tired, is like the creators ran out of ideas.
I would love to see other more creative stories.

Sooo
2.0: Yeah man annoying
3.0: What is the point of these guys?
4.0 OMG NOT AGAIN
5.0: Grown man tears...best mmo story in years

So no I am fine with them because as you can see above there is always a long game from these lore writers.

[Frizze]

Sooo
2.0: Yeah man annoying
3.0: Thordan and Nidhogg are the real villians, ascians relegated to the sidelines
4.0 No direct ascian involvement, indirect involvement left out until the 4.1-4.5 patch quests
5.0: Grown man tears...best mmo story in years

So no I am fine with them because as you can see above there is always a long game from these lore writers.

FTFY /10char

[ObsidianFire]

We really lobotomized the Ascian threat in 5.3. Part of why the Ascians were so dangerous was because the Unsundered Ascians could use the Convocation Memory Stones to cause Ascians to remember their old memories of Amarot. As of 5.3, those stones are now gone and no Ascian can ever be raised up to full strength. At worst, they'll be the low-power versions in black masks... which can't possess living people and can be killed by... normal people.

The real power behind the Ascians is Zodiark though and we know that 6.0 is going to be the last part off the Zoidark/Hydaelyn conflict. The entire 1.0 to 6.0 "main story arc" will be about ending the Ascian threat for good most likely.

[Kesey]

In before 7.0 introduces a new threat and new main villain, but keeps one or more of the Ascians alive just to be the "wild cards" of the story.

[YianKutku]

The real power behind the Ascians is Zodiark though and we know that 6.0 is going to be the last part off the Zoidark/Hydaelyn conflict. The entire 1.0 to 6.0 "main story arc" will be about ending the Ascian threat for good most likely.

The issue I have is that we had the actual heart of Zodiark come down and go "my plans and goals are beyond your understanding" and when we actually asked him what those plans were, he went "I have no idea who I am or why I'm here, I only know that I must fight".

I'm not confident that Zodiark's ultimate goal (beyond the immediate Rejoinings) is any more coherent than Elidibus's. Like, Zodiark had a chance to communicate his viewpoint to us by sending a spokesperson, and that spokesperson was senile.

[Rosenstrauch]

The issue I have is that we had the actual heart of Zodiark come down and go "my plans and goals are beyond your understanding" and when we actually asked him what those plans were, he went "I have no idea who I am or why I'm here, I only know that I must fight".

I mean, he wasn't wrong. If even he couldn't understand his plans and goals, how could we ever hope to?

But yeah, I'm not expecting anything more than Blind Idiot God behavior from Zodiark at this point.