Is Bozja a failed storyline?

[Bhearil]

I would absolutely expect another FATE zone in EW that will have another independent levelling system and will also be a place to progress your relic weapon. This has become the established pattern and they do not deviate from patterns.

Exactly, FF14 is slowly becoming WoW aka "Why innovate? players love our game!!Just give them more of the same!!" and players will eventually become bored of repeating the same content over and over with a different layer of paint . On Heavensward and even Stormblood each expansion was more or less a discovery, on ShB you could accurately predict the content pattern before it was released and EW is not gonna be the exception.

Im starting to get annoyed to feel myself held hostage of FF14 because I dont want to lose my hard earned house and theres about over 2 months left before next content patch arrives, Even if on every content patch theres "a lot" of things to do, many are either "more of the same" or pure grind slogs that im not interested, and having autopilot dungeons do not help the feeling of "sigh, not this again..."

[MoofiaBossVal]

The abrupt ending aside, I thought that the story was overall decent. I wanted a war story and it overall hit the notes, though I think that the Blades characters could have been better presented so that the events at the end of Castrum would have hit harder. It's also rather disappointing that you don't get to stop by any Bozjan settlements and talk to NPC townfolk and such. Even the Werlyt storyline at least had Terncliff. My biggest gripe was that I couldn't shank Misija myself at the end.

[Reinhardt_Azureheim]

I personally loved nearly everything of it - from the storyline to the amount of Ivalice references, from the combat system allowing you to do a hundred and one different styles and offroles (regardless of dps efficiency, mind you, I enjoyed DPS tanking or Tank healing) to some of the mechanical nuances in some fights.

To say the story is "failed" is a bit subjective, it takes roots from Stormblood story naturally with the garlean war theme and I can see why some arent into it, but not every story needs to have a billion plottwists and revelations to be good like how Shadowbringers did and Endwalker will.

That being said, I really want to know what kind of content you guys expect in place of Bozja. Can you guys give concrete examples of what you want and if its from another game, do you mind elaborating it and explain how it could be done in FFxiv?

[_Pigzig]

(spoiler alert, if people haven't said so already?)

I liked Yotsuyu, wish she lived. However I forgot the bad stuff she did, I quit during Stormblood and came back recently. I only remember the castle fall and onward.

[RyuDragnier]

I don't see it as a failed storyline. We were just missing a zone because COVID, which probably would have dealt around the Blades before Delebrum. Overall I don't think feel that it failed considering Bozja is liberated, just that it ended with a giant "To Be Continued..." sign on it for possible future storylines that reference with what happened there (like Beastmaster Limited Job if they add it).

[OskarXCI]

It seems people missed the latest interview with Yoshi-P and Matsuno.

The ending and field notes was done on purpose.

[Thamorian]

Couldn't bring myself to care about about the Bozja storyline, one of the rare instances I just skipped all the cutscenes and dialogue. Just could not care. Doesn't help I find Hrothgar pretty ugly and they are prominently displayed in all the cutscenes. Not visually appealing at all.

[Jettinson]

I enjoyed it, at least thousand better than Eureka's whatever story.

Bozja still could have worked more with the side characters, I definitely enjoyed having a bit of lore related to other jobs' quest characters/more lore.
Meryall and Lovro were interesting as the former became the sole survivor of Gunnhildr's Blades (as you can talk to her after finishing the Bozja whole thing and mentions that you found a cure for temper since you did 5.4) and the latter being alive but tempered (who is under custody after being captured through the Zadnor's 3rd area Fate). He was also Lambard's pupil who we defeat him in the 50-60 RDM quest
Pagaga is also interesting because it tells us more about Beast Masters of Ala Mhigo and they are specialised with griffins.
And many more characters tend to feed us with bits of lore of various locations but I felt they could have add or worked more with those.


Still I feel the tastes are so subjective, I felt engrossed with Bozja. Won't deny the ending felt a lot to be desired and it is a pity.

[PeppermintBrown]

Regardless of whether it was the original plan or not, it FEELS like a third zone was missing to wrap up this story arc.

The Diabolos engine thing at the end also felt kind of random to have as the final challenge of the arc, and maybe storyline as a whole if we don't end up picking up this plot thread again in a future expansion. Like it was just there to have something go berserk at the end for Mis to heroically dye stopping.

[Poporito_Popoto]

I preferred Eureka to Bozja. Didn't realize there was a storyline other than the Save the Queen one. Only did both for the Triad cards.