**SPOILERS** Did anyone else find this new zone to be a complete slog? **SPOILERS**

[MilkieTea]

I found Elpis to be a welcome reprieve from a lot of the doom and gloom. Emet-Selch and Hythlodaeus’ relationship was lovely and really helped me contextualize a lot of things, and by god finally figuring out why Fandaniel went from someone who respected all life to someone who disregarded life as meaningless…

[DynnDiablos]

I mean obviously, I am in the minority here, which is actually quite surprising to me. I am by no means overly critical or a "hater" as some like to describe. I just simply have not enjoyed this section at all. It is very slow. I actually fell asleep playing last night while there. Yes, the zone itself is gorgeous. But I am just not finding a single thing in the quests or storyline interesting at all. Though I will admit EW as an expansion isn't hitting me emotionally like Heavensward or Shadowbringers did. I am enjoying it but so far I can't say this is my favorite expansion. We shall see how it ends. Anyway, back to trying to get through this zone and out of it as fast as I can.

[Illmaeran]

Elpis is a dream come true story arc (and very important moment) for a lot of people including me.

So I respectfully disagree.

I agree with Dionysius, the events, characters, and reveals in Elpis have been some of the most mind-blowing of the whole game so far. I've read every single line of dialog I've encountered in the expansion so far and none of them match Elpis. I can't wait to see what areas after that are like!

I understand the pacing issue, it's pretty up/down fast/slow and see how that can be bothersome to people. Personally, I enjoy it as it shows both macro and micro scale story that ramps up on the whole as the MSQ progresses.

[N9ne]

Not at all. I enjoyed every bit of it as it was a very crucial arc in the story

Knowing what were the characters like in the past when you already know what happened to them in the current time was very interesting

[MilkieTea]

I mean obviously, I am in the minority here, which is actually quite surprising to me. I am by no means overly critical or a "hater" as some like to describe. I just simply have not enjoyed this section at all. It is very slow. I actually fell asleep playing last night while there. Yes, the zone itself is gorgeous. But I am just not finding a single thing in the quests or storyline interesting at all. Though I will admit EW as an expansion isn't hitting me emotionally like Heavensward or Shadowbringers did. I am enjoying it but so far I can't say this is my favorite expansion. We shall see how it ends. Anyway, back to trying to get through this zone and out of it as fast as I can.

I will say that at the very least pay attention to the quests that have lyrics from Answers as the title. If you’re not enjoying the slow pace of Elpis then you may enjoy those.

But I’d also like to remind you gently, that this isn’t close the the Final Days for them. They’re simply living their lives, so obviously things are going to feel slow… their lives WERE slow.

[Tlachtga]

Elpis wasn't the drag. Moon rabbit comic relief part right after Zodiark was the drag, as well as the second half of Labyrinthos. Overstayed their welcome a little bit.

And tbf, all the expacs have had pacing issues. especially HW and ShB.

[baklava151]

I'm a sucker for anything Amaurotine related at this point, so I loved the zone. The only weird thing that stood out to me was Elidibus saying I couldn't change the past, which is all fine and dandy since just being able to warn Emet about the Final Days would just be a lame way to wrap up the story. But then I gotta ask, what was Shadowbringers?

[LaylaTsarra]

No Elpis is one of the best zones they ever made.

Different stokes for different folks. I love Elpis and the backstory and character development there was superb. We need housing in that area.

[MilkieTea]

I'm a sucker for anything Amaurotine related at this point, so I loved the zone. The only weird thing that stood out to me was Elidibus saying I couldn't change the past, which is all fine and dandy since just being able to warn Emet about the Final Days would just be a lame way to wrap up the story. But then I gotta ask, what was Shadowbringers?

You’re essentially creating a closed timeloop. If you’re not done with Elpis then I’d suggest not reading further but

Ultimately you are, and always have been, part of that small window into that time period. It is set in stone. You were always meant to visit Elpis, tell Hades, Venat, Hermes and Hythlodaeus about the Final Days. Hades, Hermes, and Hythlodaeus were always going to lose their memoeies of that event, Venat was always going to create Hydaelyn, and you were never going to change the past- because you were ALWAYS going to do these things. It’s a closed time loop, with a clean finish. You effected no change because your actions have already been done.

[Bright-Flower]

I felt that Elpis was necessary for a few reasons.

For one thing, if it was just a small handful of quests you wouldn't have time to get to know Meteion or flesh out Hermes properly. Not to mention Venat, getting a real sense for who she was before becoming Hydaelyn.

I get it if some people don't like the zone. But it felt very necessary for me.