I liked him in ARR. I didn't like how he transformed into righteousness. It felt shallow because I couldn't see any backstory underpinning why he was so righteous suddenly. I didn't like the voice actor change and it might be the execution of the voice acting that affected it too.

I don't think that the same lessons happened. He made the mistake with the Crystal Braves and he did learn how to negotiate, then I didn't see those lessons repeated.