Thread: The fate of the scions.... (SPOILER 6.0/6.1)

Originally Posted by MoofiaBossVal

Alphinaud was okay during ARR and Heavensward, but then he started becoming grating, and now he has to compete with the catboy for the role as the WoL's nerdy best friend deuteragonist.

After HW, Alphinaud had basically gone through his character arc and served no purpose as other brainiacs started showing up, so he became the butt of every "joke" instead. Ugh...

I was happy to see a number of good Y'shtola moments since she felt kinda sidelined in 6.0.

But I mostly wanted them gone since this was supposed to be the start of a new journey, and having them around would just feel like a continuation of the same journey.

FFXI expansions were usually standalone and felt like a new adventure, I guess I was looking for something more like that.

Originally Posted by Skyborne

Kind of miss the quaint days of Yda/Papalimes. I wonder how he would react to some of these story developments...

Hmmm well first off, I bet he'd be upset that Krile pretty much replaced him.

I'm kind of in the middle on this.

I know people are tired of the same characters being involved in everything, but it would be completely ridiculous to not seek their help when their expertise is relevant and you've known them and relied on each other for years. If the PC ends up in something involving magical mysteries, Y'shtola should be their first point of contact, if it's dragons Estinien, etc. They also did a good job this time with picking characters we've been with less overall and lately, and not having Alphinaud who has had the most screen time by far show up at all. It was also nice to have a smaller cast total instead of having to talk to the same eight people about absolutely every development.

However, I also think they need to introduce new characters for us to meet and work with ASAP. I know this takes more work, especially for the whole duty support function, but it would be a lot more balanced and believable overall if there was a mix of old and new friends. It's going to get real dumb real fast if every single patch is just "which three of the Scions with combat capabilities should I revisit for this task?" They've shown they can do this without making them trusts in places like Holminster Switch and Ktisis Hyperboreia, so let's see Varshahn, Unukalhai, and Y'shtola as our party in 6.2 (as an example), and then let's actually meet some new characters to travel with in 6.3 and beyond, before the next expansion.

dont touch my boi graha

Originally Posted by Jkap_Goat

all of them I hate especially Ystola, if your going to die and die again, stay dead for damn sake and then she like is always coy like.. so annoying

she's not bad ass as she think she is

But... But...

WATER WATER FROTH AND FOAM!!!

We do get new companion, Vrtra and he already has his own character and story development especially in this patch, but i doubt he will be in trust, probably will be supporting character like Krile, as to why we keep meeting up or joining up with scion member after endwalker, well they are the most reliable and trusted person around, if we get to have new friend, it has to be a drastic situation, lets hope next expansion do that, in my opinion, this patch is the pointer on that direction, and this game is very detailed about relationship, just look at the new alliance raid, we spent quite a time traveling around to make sure whether the twelve we met is primal or not, they do say they are not, but graha and others are not so stupid to believe it just like that and actually do investigation for that, little detail like this is what justify me to actually care about the story and character development of the NPC in this game

Well , we’re in a new story arc now now that the tale of Hydaelyn and Zodiark is over and finished with. We’re back to being an adventurer in 6.1+ as we always were and will be setting out into the unknown like what Emet-Selch was mentioning about.

Nope, not just you. I've played since ARR and they went from acquaintances, to coworkers, to friends, to family.

It makes no sense for me that we wouldn't go to our adopted family for help and guidance. I like that we call on them for a change. And the role quests have laid the foundation to expand our adopted family but I think part of things is in the Trust name. We're more likely to choose to go into certain peril with people we trust and have a history with than someone we just met.