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    If this is SHB I don't like it.

    I'm not sure if this is Shadowbringers or I'm still playing SB after the credits but it's having me play as other Scions which is not only mega immersion breaking but also difficult because they are of a different class that I am not use to.
    Also some of the MSQ fights I have been playing today have gone from being fun to bloody stupid.

    Please tell me this is patch material and not the award winning Shadowbringers.
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    Enkidoh Roux
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    Uh, exactly where are you up to in ShB? I seem to recall there was only one 'role-play' fight in ShB's main scenario (not including the Role quest fights which had you
    playing as one of Ardbert's friends in an Echo scene
    ), which was the
    second fight against Ran'jit in Ahm Araeng as Thancred and although it could be annoying was nothing too difficult
    . I'd say you're still on SB's patch story which did have a few role play fights which again, were nothing too hard, you just needed to use the revelant abilities given to you effectively.

    It's annoying, but it does improve.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Rannie View Post
    Aaaaannnd now I just had a mental image of Lahabrea walking into a store called Bodies R Us and trying on different humans.... >.<

    Lahabrea: hn too tall... tooo short.... Juuuuuust right.
    Venat was right.

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    Oscarlet Oirellain
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    When Shadowbringers begins, a cut scene will show a giant Shadowbringers logo in the middle of the screen. This happens for the other expansions too.

    I think you are probably doing a Stormblood patch quest because that was the first time they had you play as other characters. It's something that happened in other final fantasy games and made them more fun.
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    Last edited by Jeeqbit; 08-14-2021 at 05:47 AM.

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    C'erise Vanesse
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    I've said this before and I'll say this again: FFXIV is a mainline Final Fantasy games - they all will have you play as other characters once in a blue moon.

    Use the skills given to you, it gets easy.
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    Off-Topic Discussion Megathread: https://forum.square-enix.com/ffxiv/threads/434886-Off-Topic-Discussion-Megathread
    Quote Originally Posted by Stormpeaks View Post
    No thanks. Housing is fine as it is

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    So I'm still in patch content? I suppose there hope then.
    I have followed the story from the beginning but it's gone really silly. Besides the points above, now death means noting in the game anymore. Someone dies, not to worry they will pop back up alive in the next cut scene. And now apparently as long as anyone has a bit of belly button fluff they can summon a primeval. Get your portable pocket size primeval summoning kit at any local shop. Peasants and grunts have better magic spells then me, does wonders for the ego. Exaggerated I know. What I'm trying to say is the quality of everything has taken a big dive, and it makes me sad.
    I'm just hoping this is cheap filler content and things get back to their normal quality come Shadow bringers.
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    Last edited by Tarryme; 08-14-2021 at 06:42 AM.

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    A lot of them do die. If they came back to life it's usually because they didn't actually die like you assumed. When they did die it's just telling a story about immortality.
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    I suppose it's cheaper production wise to bring back old rather than introduce new. There again they have a lot of old charters still living that they could bring forward.
    This all serves to weaken any feeling you have for any characters in the story, love or hate them, live or die, why should we care? I am waiting for all those so-called dead characters to pop back up at any time.
    Computer games stretch reality and we fill in the missing blocks and smooth of the rough edges by use of our imagination, but our imagination will only go so far before it starts to break down.

    Now we have someone that eats souls ffs. I hope that is going somewhere good and that who ever is responsible is not some reanimated dead person.
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    Last edited by Tarryme; 08-14-2021 at 01:41 PM.

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    The story might not end up being for you, and that's fine! If these parts of the game are things you don't enjoy, breeze through them to get back to what you do enjoy.

    There are plenty of other players, like myself, who enjoy pretty much everything the game has to offer, including parts that you personally don't enjoy. However, using objective statements for subjective emotions ("This all serves to weaken any feeling you have for any characters in the story, love or hate them, live or die, why should we care?") Doesn't do you any justice.
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    Off-Topic Discussion Megathread: https://forum.square-enix.com/ffxiv/threads/434886-Off-Topic-Discussion-Megathread
    Quote Originally Posted by Stormpeaks View Post
    No thanks. Housing is fine as it is

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    Quote Originally Posted by MilkieTea View Post
    The story might not end up being for you, and that's fine! If these parts of the game are things you don't enjoy, breeze through them to get back to what you do enjoy.

    There are plenty of other players, like myself, who enjoy pretty much everything the game has to offer, including parts that you personally don't enjoy. However, using objective statements for subjective emotions ("This all serves to weaken any feeling you have for any characters in the story, love or hate them, live or die, why should we care?") Doesn't do you any justice.
    I wasn't aware I was being judged. It's a forum , not a kangaroo court or worse still, twitter.
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    There will be more roleplaying duties in Shadowbringers. That is simply an ongoing gimmick they now bring into the story to show what happens in a scene while your character is not there. Whether you like it or hate it, it's a thing that will continue to happen.

    And yes, there will be some more fakeout deaths and unexpected returns, arguably to the game's detriment, but if you can accept it's a thing that semi-regularly happens then the rest of the story is good – or at least a lot of people seem to think so, which is not a guarantee that you personally will.
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