Who knew the 6.15 Omega Quests… (Spoilers)

[Shookbeast]

…Would lead to our WOL taking a stance on the Venat/Emet discussion?

It’s a lovely little quest though. Very sweet.

(Unless, perhaps… if that message ends up being from someone we know/knew/will know.)

[redheadturk]

I picked "Neither were justified" because screw that genocidal witch and the gaslighting trying to make her look like a hero.

[Shookbeast]

Same. It’s interesting that they gave us a choice.

[KageTokage]

The quest overall was very thought-provoking in terms of how it revisited Endwalker's main themes and rather boldly questioned whether or not Venat actually made the right choice as well as considering the merits of Hermes and Emet Selch's actions. Omega was also just entertaining the entire way through with its commentary on matters both mundane and profound.

I did find the confirmation that the Watcher's original self was part of Venat's faction and one of the sacrifices for Hydaelyn despite not even knowing her true intentions a bit troubling, though, even if his simulacrum was satisfied with the end result.

I'm also wondering if/when they'll revisit the Omicrons after the TT card tease that Chi was housing the key to their survival. It's implied the thing possessed a heart with how it seemed to have developed an obsession with seeking out new targets against its original directive as well as remarking that it's "never felt so alive" when it's defeated.

[Theodric]

Nice. This is something that I think we need more of - allowing players to come to their own personal conclusions. I hope we get more of this sort of commentary within the MSQ's as well.

[Lelila38]

We're finally getting a say on the matter, after we were not allowed to voice any kind of criticism during all of EW.

Maybe there's still hope for the game. If you wanna be morally grey, you gotta expect people to have different opinions.

[Kazhar]

It's proof that Ishikawa does understand the moral ambiguity of the Ancient situation, but for some reason it was entirely absent in 6.0. (executive meddling?)
The entire quest was really well written. Too bad it's not part of the MSQ as it's the best story content we got in a long while.

[KizuyaKatogami]

The quest overall was very thought-provoking in terms of how it revisited Endwalker's main themes and rather boldly questioned whether or not Venat actually made the right choice as well as considering the merits of Hermes and Emet Selch's actions. Omega was also just entertaining the entire way through with its commentary on matters both mundane and profound.

I did find the confirmation that the Watcher's original self was part of Venat's faction and one of the sacrifices for Hydaelyn despite not even knowing her true intentions a bit troubling, though, even if his simulacrum was satisfied with the end result.

I'm also wondering if/when they'll revisit the Omicrons after the TT card tease that Chi was housing the key to their survival. It's implied the thing possessed a heart with how it seemed to have developed an obsession with seeking out new targets against its original directive as well as remarking that it's "never felt so alive" when it's defeated.

This is really interesting to me tbh…. it paints the Watcher in a whole new light now because we know she consumed the souls of her followers and essentially erased them. The watcher is nothing more than her creation who will probably agree with everything she says so no wonder he says he’s satisfied. It’s interesting though that we now know he was one of her followers because maybe then he should’ve had memories of his og self, in which case he doesn’t know who or what meteion is….which could mean she didn’t tell any of her followers whatsoever.

[RyuDragnier]

I really loved this quest, not only for going over how people reacted, but also giving us an option to basically either take a side, say everybody was justified, or take nobody's side. The quest itself was deep, thought provoking, and truly was what we needed. As Kazhar said, it's a shame it's relegated to side story, it'd have fit in perfectly with the MSQ.

[Jennah]

I really hope SE gives us the percentage breakdown on what people picked here at some point.

And I am over the moon that Omega pointed out that what Venat did is no better than what Hermes or Emet-Selch did.

I can't believe "Omnicide is always wrong" is a point even up for debate, and I'm glad we were finally able to express that in-character.