Quote Originally Posted by Xirean View Post
I have a question about opinions on the Scions. Is the displeasure with the fanboy personality of G'raha because people got used to the Exarch persona or because people just don't like fanboy in general? Would people feel better or less frustrated with this aspect if it were explained/explored more how G'raha actually works with the dual memories/soul thing?
I think I'm one of the few here who like G'raha. He's my favorite Scion. I'd rather be done with Urianger and Y'shtola given the choice. I don't hate the twins, but I sure would like a break from them, especially Alphinaud.

By the way, do you have a usual play time? I'm on Crystal as well.

Quote Originally Posted by Renathras View Post
Is this forum out of touch with the entire rest of the community, or is this some big thing that I've somehow never heard of anywhere else?
As others have said, the rest of the community is intolerant of negative feedback. I haven't been able to say anything critical about EW on either r/ffxiv or r/ffxivdiscussion (the rare times they discuss story) without being dogpiled and downvoted. I don't do Twitter, but I've heard it's just as bad. I'm not surprised you've only seen positive feedback because the negative is aggressively quashed on other platforms. There have been several here who made accounts specifically because this is the only place they can vent and discuss their issues with others who feel the same way.

I personally don't believe this is an echo chamber as we all have different reasons why we didn't like EW and have times where we don't agree with each other. Most of us are also still active on other platforms, so there's no avoiding the opposing POV. I can understand why people liked EW, I just wasn't one of them. The storyline required more suspension of critical thought than I was able to give because, to me, the story and characters were inconsistent and often contradictory. I've noticed that typically those who enjoyed the story accepted the conclusions it demanded, conclusions I felt like they didn't do the necessary leg work for me to draw myself.

Also, because there's so much positivity elsewhere I'm left to conclude that EW didn't land well for other audiences. Yoshi-P needing to clarify that Venat isn't a "bad guy" when western social media was nothing but a gush fest over her and the story leads me to believe he was seeing negativity from elsewhere because I don't know where he would've found it here. There were not even any critical threads in general discussion that I recall at the time, only over on lore which I'm not sure they read.