Building a better Alphinaud

[IkaraGreydancer]

Frankly after the disbandment of the Scions at the end of EW...that should have been it. New Adventure means new groups to roam with. But no...less than 5 minutes later it's "Hey we should get the gang back together again".

Delete them all I say. Maybe not Estinien. He keeps it real.

I guessed you missed when he said ",well that will be the official story"...

[Theodric]

I guessed you missed when he said ",well that will be the official story"...

I guess you missed that Renalt acknowledged just that in his post:

But no...less than 5 minutes later it's "Hey we should get the gang back together again".

[Striker44]

I guess you missed that Renalt acknowledged just that in his post:

He didn't miss that. The person he was quoting was complaining about the "let's get the group together again" part of the story, claiming that the disbandment line was real and then acting as if it was promptly ignored. It wasn't. As the person you quoted mentioned, that was just the "official story" while the intention was always the Scions continuing on behind the scenes.

[DPZ2]

It strips away a lot of what makes each race and nation within the setting unique.

I'm pretty sure that, aside from a decidedly Libertarian city-state, all of the major political options are covered, including Rule by Dragon.

As for Garlemald, there are factions of native Garleans who do not desire a return to the monarchy (leaving aside the point that all of the Royals are dead).

[Dikatis]

I'm pretty sure that, aside from a decidedly Libertarian city-state

Idyllshire has you covered. There are no rules except one: be nice to your friends. Other than that, you're free to do whatever as long as you don't do anything that would harm the happiness of the other homesteaders. It's not a full-on political entity per-say, but it has significant financial and political clout thanks to the goblins' engineering and connections to Rowena.

[IkaraGreydancer]

I guess you missed that Renalt acknowledged just that in his post:

Might want to start from the top and actually read. You'd realize there's nothing wrong with what I said as they clearly missed the point that the Scions weren't really disbanding as said multiple times in the game. There was no bait n switch like Renalt makes it sound

[TaleraRistain]

Frankly after the disbandment of the Scions at the end of EW...that should have been it. New Adventure means new groups to roam with. But no...less than 5 minutes later it's "Hey we should get the gang back together again".

Delete them all I say. Maybe not Estinien. He keeps it real.

This is a misconception but it's understandable since 6.1 didn't make this more clear. It's been several months after 6.0 before 6.1 happens. We've been away from our friends and they've been off doing their own things. Unfortunately, they only made this clear in Live Letters and interviews so it's one piece I think 6.1 could have portrayed a lot more effectively. The Scions were outwardly disbanding as far as the world knew, but they were all ready at a moment's notice to come together again if an issue came up that needed them. Telling the world they disbanded just means they won't be automatically called upon as an organization and everyone's got to solve their own issues for once.

[Necrotica]

He died and stayed dead. Gonna just play the game pretending that.

[SannaR]

This is a misconception but it's understandable since 6.1 didn't make this more clear. It's been several months after 6.0 before 6.1 happens. We've been away from our friends and they've been off doing their own things. Unfortunately, they only made this clear in Live Letters and interviews so it's one piece I think 6.1 could have portrayed a lot more effectively. The Scions were outwardly disbanding as far as the world knew, but they were all ready at a moment's notice to come together again if an issue came up that needed them. Telling the world they disbanded just means they won't be automatically called upon as an organization and everyone's got to solve their own issues for once.

They understand that and accept it. What they and some others wanted was for us to do all of 6.1 + with all new people. Or some of the new people we met in 6.0 even if it wouldn't make sense. Estinien bought the map, we promised G'Raha an adventure, knew Y'shtola was looking into a way to shard travel and Krile told us Urianger was interested. I'm not sure who they'd want to replace those or how you'd get new never been seen people to go with us. I know many are tired of the Scions, but to expect most likely out of the blue all new companions is kind of silly.

[aveyond-dreams]

They understand that and accept it. What they and some others wanted was for us to do all of 6.1 + with all new people. Or some of the new people we met in 6.0 even if it wouldn't make sense. Estinien bought the map, we promised G'Raha an adventure, knew Y'shtola was looking into a way to shard travel and Krile told us Urianger was interested. I'm not sure who they'd want to replace those or how you'd get new never been seen people to go with us. I know many are tired of the Scions, but to expect most likely out of the blue all new companions is kind of silly.

WoL walks into a bar, sees an ad for a job, then greets the new party members also at the bar. Short sweet and to the point. That’s all they had to do.