Building a better Alphinaud

[aveyond-dreams]

....either you didnt get alot of love, or you somehow got so much love as a child that youve become numb to it....
Big Yikes dawg

I do not consent to the advances of the likes of G'raha Tia. Nor do I place much stock in the apparent "care" of the 2nd most destructive character in the game.

[CrownySuccubus]

I do not consent to the advances of the likes of G'raha Tia. Nor do I place much stock in the apparent "care" of the 2nd most destructive character in the game.

You and Theodric love throwing out that word so much that it comes across as some sort of anti-SJW concern trolling. But as I've mentioned about a billion times at this point, you cannot "consent" to a videogame character. That is the most ridiculous take that could possibly be made.

By your own logic, you also can't consent to any of your party members in FFIX, and that includes an underaged girl who is literally coming onto your character throughout the entire game and absolutely will not take "No" for an answer. By comparison, G'raha Tia is being an outright gentleman to the WOL merely by asking if he can come on an adventure. He's not asking to meet the WOL in the bushes behind the local Steak n Shake.

[aveyond-dreams]

I know that it would probably be the ideal scenario for you if I were to simply go away and stay silent on the direction that this story has headed, down the path of comfort characters and high school anime vibes, but sadly given that I still have power to voice a stance against it, I will. This is not up to the standards of a decent Final Fantasy story, and is about as far removed from the quality of Shadowbringer as possible.

If there were any decent competitors or recent new releases I would be playing that instead of this. The reprieve afforded to them by Covid is ending soon, and with it will come various reasons for me to leave and potentially not come back. This story disrespected its own foundations, did nothing of substance with its cast over the last 10 years, and I, having seen what makes or breaks various stories, am supposed to simply "not think about things too much" while others sing praises of it to no end. I see things for what they are. This is not a direction that is sustainable for Season 2, let alone another expansion when combined with the state of content and gameplay.

What on earth is Alphinaud supposed to do in the void anyway? Can anyone give me a reason as to what he could possibly contribute there?

[IkaraGreydancer]

I know that it would probably be the ideal scenario for you if I were to simply go away and stay silent on the direction that this story has headed, down the path of comfort characters and high school anime vibes, but sadly given that I still have power to voice a stance against it, I will. This is not up to the standards of a decent Final Fantasy story, and is about as far removed from the quality of Shadowbringer as possible.

If there were any decent competitors or recent new releases I would be playing that instead of this. The reprieve afforded to them by Covid is ending soon, and with it will come various reasons for me to leave and potentially not come back. This story disrespected its own foundations, did nothing of substance with its cast over the last 10 years, and I, having seen what makes or breaks various stories, am supposed to simply "not think about things too much" while others sing praises of it to no end. I see things for what they are. This is not a direction that is sustainable for Season 2, let alone another expansion when combined with the state of content and gameplay.

What on earth is Alphinaud supposed to do in the void anyway? Can anyone give me a reason as to what he could possibly contribute there?

Not once have I told you to go away or stay silent so weird take.
Also let's fix a few things here. EW isn't up to YOUR standard for what FF should be when it comes to story. Not THE standard. You then claim there are no decent competitors...yet this whole time you've used other examples from other games on why EW is so bad. So are those now not competitors...or what? You need to be consistent. You THEN claim nothing substantial has been done with the cast in 10 years ie the whole games life...bit you then say ShB was quality...you've said as well about how much better the days of ARR n HW were. But now that's not the case and nothing substantial has been done...again where tf is the consistency?

Next, I for one have not told you not to think to much. Also you don't see thing for what they are. You see things for what YOU THINK they are. Again your views aren't simply correct because their yours...

The state of content...seems to be going in a very good direction once 6.2 hits and I'm all here for it myself. Criterion is gonna be a crap ton of fun same with the new CC season.

Also what is Alphi suppose to do in the Void? I think a better question would be, what exactly is anyone going to be able to do there. What will we encounter there and will there be repercussions for going there?

Also to address the below post of yours...Graha isn't making advances at us dude...this old edgy edge lord bit your on is odd man. Maybe play dark soul or something for that itch? Or maybe Vindictus if you want to stick to MMOs

[Zanarkand-Ronso]

I do not consent to the advances of the likes of G'raha Tia. Nor do I place much stock in the apparent "care" of the 2nd most destructive character in the game.

Advances? Lol you read him ALL wrong.
Maybe if you did, you might hate him less and might be less bitter in general. He wishes you nothing but the best and wants to grow up to be as cool as you Senpai.

I know that it would probably be the ideal scenario for you if I were to simply go away and stay silent on the direction that this story has headed

Lol dont be a baby, nobody wished that or wants that.
So Dramatic

If there were any decent competitors or recent new releases I would be playing that instead of this. The reprieve afforded to them by Covid is ending soon, and with it will come various reasons for me to leave and potentially not come back. This story disrespected its own foundations, did nothing of substance with its cast over the last 10 years, and I, having seen what makes or breaks various stories, am supposed to simply "not think about things too much" while others sing praises of it to no end. I see things for what they are. This is not a direction that is sustainable for Season 2, let alone another expansion when combined with the state of content and gameplay.

-WoW
-ESO
-Lost Ark
-New World
-StarWars
-Warframe
There is competition already. Go out and play them. What...do they need to surpass FFXIV to be worth looking at?
Besides that there is NO shortage of other games to play. And before you or someone else comes at me with nonsense about me trying to silence you and push you out of FFXIV, Ive been supportive...Several Times I have told you to go take a break and play something you actually enjoy.
FFXIV isnt for you right now. Maybe later it will be.
The longer you stay here, the more you look like you just want attention

What on earth is Alphinaud supposed to do in the void anyway? Can anyone give me a reason as to what he could possibly contribute there?

Play the game...tune in and find out.

[Vahlnir]

Advances? Lol you read him ALL wrong.
Maybe if you did, you might hate him less and might be less bitter in general. He wishes you nothing but the best and wants to grow up to be as cool as you Senpai.

Graha gives me obsessive stalker vibes, but maybe that's because I'm an introvert by nature. lol I liked him a lot more before they put his soul into a young body. They didn't push...whatever the heck they did to him so hard before that. Sometimes it is best to NOT go full anime.

[KariTheFox]

G'raha just strikes me as a guy who is actually very eager to hype up the deeds and accomplishments of other people.

It makes him come off as both knowledgeable and optimisitic. He's "fanboying" (really, just complimenting and pointing out the accomplishments of others) when he first meets people, but he's still an knowledgeable researcher who has plenty to contribute besides that. Maybe if your vision stopped being so red from the one time he ate a burger you'd see what else is going on with the character.

[Boblawblah]

I really enjoyed G'raha in the crystal tower quests, and then in Shadowbringers, he was great as well, but as soon as he came back to the First, it's like they didn't quite know what to do with him, and just said ..."cute cat boi? cute cat boi" and kind of went a little overboard with it imo. There are moments where he shows more of his curiousity/exarch personality in End Walker, but they were a bit too far and few between for me.

i miss the confidence he showed as the crystal exarch in Shadowbringers, it's like he reverted to pre-crystal tower quests maturity level or something.

[IkaraGreydancer]

I really enjoyed G'raha in the crystal tower quests, and then in Shadowbringers, he was great as well, but as soon as he came back to the First, it's like they didn't quite know what to do with him, and just said ..."cute cat boi? cute cat boi" and kind of went a little overboard with it imo. There are moments where he shows more of his curiousity/exarch personality in End Walker, but they were a bit too far and few between for me.

i miss the confidence he showed as the crystal exarch in Shadowbringers, it's like he reverted to pre-crystal tower quests maturity level or something.

Eh, they just allowed him to finally be himself. People seems to not forget that he had a huge burden on him being the leader in the First. There was no time for fun or letting his guard down and he has had to keep that up for a very long time. Not to mention him coming from the timeline that he did. To me it just seems he's finally now able to let loose and even better for him he gets to travel with his idol. When it's time to be serious he's 100% serious. He'll even when we disappeared in Garl and "came back" sure he greets us but he wasn't all in our face n such ya know? Speaking of confidence and Garl I'd say his fighting there was pretty badass same for him directing in Radz. Healthy dose of both of his "sides" if you will

[CrownySuccubus]

I really enjoyed G'raha in the crystal tower quests, and then in Shadowbringers, he was great as well, but as soon as he came back to the First, it's like they didn't quite know what to do with him, and just said ..."cute cat boi? cute cat boi" and kind of went a little overboard with it imo. There are moments where he shows more of his curiousity/exarch personality in End Walker, but they were a bit too far and few between for me.

i miss the confidence he showed as the crystal exarch in Shadowbringers, it's like he reverted to pre-crystal tower quests maturity level or something.

Yes, that was the point. The point of G'raha's character in ShB was that the Crystal Exarch was a mask. Just a facade he created in order to enact his plan to save the First and, more importantly, save the life of the person he revered. Throughout the expansion, talking to Lyna along with other people in the Crystarium reveals that none of them quite buy the aloof, wizened attitude that the Exarch puts on but they all love him so much anyway that they figure it's not a big deal. For example, when talking to the townsfolk after the Exarch is kidnapped, they tell you that they'd never seen him so giddy and bouncy in his step as when he finally managed to summon the WOL to the First. I don't remember the exact words, but even G'raha refers to being the Exarch as rather tiring.

The point of the Exarch persona was that G'raha thought he was going to give up his lifelong dreams in the end. Not only was he now an old man with most of his body missing to crystal, but if his plan worked the way he wanted, he'd be sacrificing his life to absorb the WOL's excess light with the WOL believing he was some half-baked "villain" the whole time. Literally all it takes for this facade he's been wearing for 100 years to break is the WOL calling him by his name just before his would-be sacrifice.

G'raha Tia was never the grown-up he pretended to be, and literally being given a new lease on life has allowed him to finally live out his dreams.

Again, all that being said, nobody HAS to like the character or find his immaturity charming. However, it IS the whole point of his tale from 5.0 and beyond.