How Would They Implement A "Calamity" Again?

[Reap00]

I just hope they don't have terrible Big Bads after the conclusion of the Hydaelyn/Zodiark story.

Kind of like Warcraft story kind of took a dive once The Lich King was defeated. You had a villain they had been building up for ages across multiple games, and then when he was finally defeated the next couple of Big Bads felt like random mcguffins to develop Horde / Alliance leaders.

Sort of like Zenos at the start of Stormblood, he's just sort of there.

This is a company that has been putting together some of the best rpg stories for over 30 years. You are in good hands in the future. I also look forward to all the Zenos nay sayers big turn around during Endwalker.

[MilkieTea]

This is a company that has been putting together some of the best rpg stories for over 30 years. You are in good hands in the future. I also look forward to all the Zenos nay sayers big turn around during Endwalker.

I love Zenos as a character. Villains don't have to be super complex anti-heroes with ultimate end goals to be good. (On the other hand, that doesn't make the current iteration of villains bad either!) I think we've grown to expect that good storytelling involves these elements, but some of the best hero-villain stories involve pretty black-and-white characters. Zenos is a villain because he is bored, that's his motivation - WoL provides him some measure of relief from that boredom, so most of his interactions involve some form of storytelling surrounding that - him manipulating people, him discarding his weapon for a better one, him just doing some heinous acts. He's bored and we're the meme that's made him huff under his breath a little, if not the one that made him literally LOL.