Final Fantasy XIV Hot Takes

[Zanarkand-Ronso]

I fully expect next expansion to be a copy cat of the new Puss in Boots movie where we follow Y'shtola on her quest to wish for more lives and we're being hounded by a Hrothgar Reaper.

.......dont joke. That sounds kinda fun
Especially if the Hrothgar takes the form of Runar.

[TheMightyMollusk]

The "Scions disbanding" thing didn't even make it through the very cutscene that first talked about it (which made it quite clear that they were really just done being at the immediate beck and call of the Eorzean Alliance, they were still gonna be around), and yet people still act surprised that they didn't actually disband. The mind boggles.

That said, while I don't think they need to be killed off, I would love a break from them for a while. I wouldn't object to them becoming brief cameos (hey, we found some arcane thingamajig, let's go ask Y'shtola; okay, that's what it does, see you in a few patches!), but we don't need all of them around at all times anymore. Have some brief scene where they say we can call on them in times of need (justifying using Azem's crystal to summon them for Trusts), then let them go their separate ways.

[Kansene]

Being in a frontline from start to finish with zero damage done should result in an immediate and automatic 1-week ban from participating in FLs.

[Nyxs]

Being in a frontline from start to finish with zero damage done should result in an immediate and automatic 1-week ban from participating in FLs.

This! So many people like this. I gladly report all exp leeches.

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Hot takes:

- This game needs more QoL additions instead of one every half a year. They can do research to find things they could add. I googled it and saw many features that would be nice additions but now I and others have to wait for them to be added.

- healers need fixing.

- blu needs more love. Also not to be restricted.

- we should get more classes especially summoning ones. Plenty of ideas left new and old. Wheres our bst,pup and cor?

[SassyAssassin]

Being in a frontline from start to finish with zero damage done should result in an immediate and automatic 1-week ban from participating in FLs.

How about zero damage received? Nobody pays attention to me when I play bard in frontlines, enemies pass through me :3

[Rein_eon_Osborne]

How about zero damage received? Nobody pays attention to me when I play bard in frontlines, enemies pass through me :3

You're at least contributing something (i.e. keeping yourself alive via self heal or attacking enemy to waste their resource).

[SomeoneElse]

Stormblood is a better expansion than Heavensward in terms of both story and content.

[Zanarkand-Ronso]

Stormblood is a better expansion than Heavensward in terms of both story and content.

I think Heavensward has a Better Story. Stormblood was ok, and it gets good in the 2nd and 3rd Arc.
But Stormblood definitely had Better Content. HW had Alexander & the Mhach Raids. But I think just about everything else was better in SB

[Anienai]

Detachable shower heads are awesome.

[Turnintino]

Stormblood is a better expansion than Heavensward in terms of both story and content.

I know you aren't necessarily looking for input in a thread like this... but I'ma toss in my two gil anyway lol.

I do think that SB is a lot more consistent in quality than HW overall, and I think it's more successful at telling a nuanced story about war -- by a wide margin. But for me, I found characters like Ysayle, Estinien, and Aymeric more compelling than pretty much anyone in SB's cast (other than Yotsuyu), which made HW more compelling for me to follow in general. And, anecdotally at least, it seems like that's the consensus among players like me who favored it: they cared more about the characters, so they cared more about the story. SB's just seemed to struggle to hook some of us despite its relative compexity.

In terms of actual content, though, SB absolutely takes the cake, imo.