Final Fantasy XIV Hot Takes

[MonsutaMan]

Tales of Adventure/One Hero's Journey for limited jobs=You beat the job until the next update.

[EryxGG]

The content release "formula" this has game relied on for years now with practically zero deviation has...shockingly, grown stale.

Not sure if hot-take but given the massive volume of people who defend XIV against all criticism, I felt it had to be said.

[Moenie]

The content release "formula" this has game relied on for years now with practically zero deviation has...shockingly, grown stale.

Not sure if hot-take but given the massive volume of people who defend XIV against all criticism, I felt it had to be said.

The thing is this schedule is necessary to keep the updates flowing regularly and having equal amounts of each type of content. It’s very true that the formula is becoming more and more stale tho. Maybe an overhaul could be made but that would inevitably bring some type of delay in the patch cycle and some time for the devs to adjust to it, since rhey are used to do things this way

[Kazhar]

Don't know if this is a hot take but... This patch's Hildibrand was some directionless unfunny mess. And I usually tolerate the questline, but here it felt really boring. (Only notable part was Godbert's antics during the relic questline.) The main Hildibrand quest already gives the impression they are out of ideas and we're only in the second batch out of five.

[AmpelioB]

It's a good thing when it actually provides the reason why it's there. Which is to accompany someone and explore. The issue is that they're throwing it around gratuitously, with a lot of interactions being just comments rather than anything meaningful. And before anyone asks "Well, don't YOU have such interactions in real life", I'll remind everyone that this ISN'T real life and that each string in the game costs money and time which they're wasting. Or so I'm told whenever we point out how easy putting hairs or ears on Hrothgars is.

I'm not saying I hate the fact that it exists. I'm saying I hate how often it's popping up. More than any other mechanic, it's as though Square has a complete crush on it and tries to shove it into anything that breathes.

If they have to justify developmental effort, it isn't a good thing to begin with. Stuff you add needs to have a purpose. And while it's great that the thing overall exists, because as I said, it's interesting to explore places with NPCs and know what they think, the problem is how gratuitous it's getting...
If I need to justify why anything exists in this game due to a disconnect, then it's a sign I haven't had the right idea for the sort of content I'm doing. Not when it's something this spammed and this forced. PvP has a disconnect, Eureka, POTD, BLU also do. But they're optional, and they don't bar you from progression unless you absolutely want to.

I mean, I don't think the people who write these dialogs and put on the game are the same who adapt model stuff, I may be wrong but seems like different department

[Midareyukki]

I mean, I don't think the people who write these dialogs and put on the game are the same who adapt model stuff, I may be wrong but seems like different department

They might not be, but splitting hairs on that is entirely besides the point. The work done by either shouldn't be overused and forced to justify its inclusion.

[Absurdity]

Don't know if this is a hot take but... This patch's Hildibrand was some directionless unfunny mess. And I usually tolerate the questline, but here it felt really boring. (Only notable part was Godbert's antics during the relic questline.) The main Hildibrand quest already gives the impression they are out of ideas and we're only in the second batch out of five.

Not really a hot take, the opinions on Hildibrand have been split for a very long time.

If you were to ask just me I think it should've ended in ARR, I find the kind of humor that Hildibrand offers to be unfunny nonsense and my favorite Hildibrand story was it's Scholasticate spinoff in Ishgard.

But some people seem to really like it, so I simply deal with it and skip the cutscenes.

[Anienai]

HoD season finale was meh.

[Absimiliard]

Endwalker has at least as many retcons as Dragon Ball Super.

[Liam_Harper]

Don't know if this is a hot take but... This patch's Hildibrand was some directionless unfunny mess. And I usually tolerate the questline, but here it felt really boring. (Only notable part was Godbert's antics during the relic questline.) The main Hildibrand quest already gives the impression they are out of ideas and we're only in the second batch out of five.

Hot take for me is that I still found it far better than the MSQ we've had the last few patches. At least it was a bit of fun, even if not up to the usual standard.

I love rpg story but MSQ is just a chore for me lately. I couldn't care less about most of the characters anymore.