What's the point with that quite lackluster story in Endwalker?

[Spooky_Tanuki]

Endwalker was easily my favorite expansion. I didn’t mind Zodiark not being the final boss. It would’ve been predictable.

[ReynTime]

I hope at least Thancred and Urianger (my favorite of the current Scions) quit their lives as Trusts before 7.0. It's never a good thing to keep characters around after their development and story arcs end.
And though I like Vrtra as a character I hope he doesn't succumb to the thirst for adventure idiocy and childishly sticks with that instead of focusing on his role as a leader of a nation. Assuming we finish this rescue arc before 7.0, he has no business staying in the party much longer.

I wish G'raha and Y'shtola would stay behind. But Y'shtola will probably stay a Trust forever, and G'raha just joined. So counting with Krile three of the spots are guaranteed with returning characters. This last patch gave me hope as much as the twins have their fans, they might actually find themselves busy with their own thing. I wouldn't have any problem with Alisaie staying, but Alphinaud's arc is also finished. Not only did he finish helping out carry on his grandfather's duty in saving Eorzea but also found his resolve and vocation.

Zero's development is going so fast I don't think anyone can say for sure she's not just a temporary ally for the current patch storyline, or if she will join the WoL indefinitely.

Endwalker was easily my favorite expansion. I didn’t mind Zodiark not being the final boss. It would’ve been predictable.

As predictable as the fakeouts in Ultima Thule and the power of friendship against Meteion?

Face it, if they opted to have Zodiark as the final boss, you would have just said something along the lines of "well of course, Zodiark was always going to be the final antagonist".



On another subject I'm surprised aveyond liked the SMN rework. Sure it fits the job fantasy better... But the gameplay execution is so mind-numbingly boring and repetitive even by XIV job design standards it was the worst experience I ever had in a MMORPG in 15 years. And I have never been so glad it shares level with scholar. Besides, that has not been how Summoning has worked in mainline Final Fantasy since 2001. It's interesting how the team handpicks what should be based on 90s Final Fantasy design and what shouldn't, even though those first 10 games were released more than 2 decades ago.

[DevonEllwood]

Zero's development is going so fast I don't think anyone can say for sure she's not just a temporary ally for the current patch storyline, or if she will join the WoL indefinitely.

Oh, she will be joining the WoL indefinitely, just not in the way you are thinking.

I highly doubt they would do it, but it would be hilarious. Really trying to recapture shadowbringers.

It would be pretty funny if one of the folks who claimed everyone who argues with them was a sockpuppet of one guy they hate turned out to be doing exactly that. But from what I've seen there was a point where Graeham was actually posting normally, with neither his new gimmick of pretending to be a foreigner cliché nor the disdain for everyone around them that's been oozing from most of Lyth's posts for the past few years.

https://forum.square-enix.com/ffxiv/...=1#post6020961

Yeah, he's just a troll but now with an offensive archetype twist.

[Absimiliard]

Oh, she will be joining the WoL indefinitely, just not in the way you are thinking.

I highly doubt they would do it, but it would be hilarious. Really trying to recapture shadowbringers.



https://forum.square-enix.com/ffxiv/...=1#post6020961

Yeah, he's just a troll but now with an offensive archetype twist.

I would love for that to be Zero's fate. Great way to get rid of her so a new, more interesting character can be introduced.

[Heroman3003]

I would love for that to be Zero's fate. Great way to get rid of her so a new, more interesting character can be introduced.

No new character will be 'interesting' from the getgo. Absolutely no matter what it will be, the moment new character is introduced as part of 'main group', there will be SOME loud people who will instantly start a bemoaning of how much they hate them and how boring and predictable/annoying and obnoxious/generic and unintereting the new character is and how they cant wait for them to die off to get replaced with a 'more interesting character'. All while in next paragraph complaining about scions always being there and relevant.

[Celine_Aurora]

Regarding Trusts, there's no reason they couldn't keep all the Scions (and Zero?) as Trusts while not writing them into the main story. First, devrees of separation between story and gameplay are always expected. Second, we canonically have the power to summon allies from across the world, possibly from across the Rift.

[jamjeeshoul77]

Over a year later I find myself reminiscing about the insane endwalker hype. Watching the final cutscene of Shadowbringers with the guitar song playing and all the characters looking up at the moon…the mystery…the hype…omg it was insane. And then we got what we got…it’s really kind of depressing honestly…endwalker could have been so much more…so much more…but it wasn’t…it was okay…and for some reason that makes me really really sad

[Graeham]

Rine and Prince Nyanyan and Hairy Bolder can not be the Scallion. Must bring in good chara like the God King Solus and Scottish Fordola and Grynewhat except they wearing the mask so is mystery who they are. They are fire the old Scallion and say we Scallion now. They have edgy discussion in camp with the mask. Grynewhat say it is the birthday Where is marshmellow and candle cake. King Solus say HAHAHA we burn them all and blow out candle. And story it go to help the Garlemalding defeat the Corvo Attano and restore the monarch and steal the cheesie burger for hungry Garlemalding.

[AwesomeJr44]

Rine and Prince Nyanyan and Hairy Bolder can not be the Scallion. Must bring in good chara like the God King Solus and Scottish Fordola and Grynewhat except they wearing the mask so is mystery who they are. They are fire the old Scallion and say we Scallion now. They have edgy discussion in camp with the mask. Grynewhat say it is the birthday Where is marshmellow and candle cake. King Solus say HAHAHA we burn them all and blow out candle. And story it go to help the Garlemalding defeat the Corvo Attano and restore the monarch and steal the cheesie burger for hungry Garlemalding.

...what? I genuinely do not understand what he's saying anymore. Are you alright buddy? Your recent posts have been increasingly... strange... even for your posts.

[Vyrerus]

...what? I genuinely do not understand what he's saying anymore. Are you alright buddy? Your recent posts have been increasingly... strange... even for your posts.

Ryne and G'raha Tia and Hoary Boulder can't be Ascians. We must have good characters be Ascians. God King Solus, Kilt Wearing Fordola, and Grynewaht wearing masks so we don't know who they are. They fire the old Ascians and say we're the Ascians now. They have an edgy discussion in camp while wearing their masks. Grynewaht says, "It's my name day, where's my marshmallow cake covered in candles?" King Solus says, "Hahaha! We burnt it all and blew out the candles without you!" And the story pivots to helping Garlemald defeat Corvos, restore its emperor, and steal cheeseburgers to feed starving Garlemald.

I probably broke him by making him remember and fantasize about Miranda's ass from ME2. I heard some folks think he's Lyth using one of Theodric's other handles from another MMO discussion site. Unsure if true, but ah, oh well.

I was having fun "cyphering" the nonsense posts though.