Building a better Alphinaud

[CrownySuccubus]

You can make benevolent heroes that aren't nearly as preachy as Alphinaud and should especially consider doing it given the age of the playerbase. I couldn't stand Alphinaud as a teenager when I first started playing. The years have not made me view him any better. Evolve and adapt.

Every character in FFXIV is preachy. Even the villains. Hell, there's a certain MEME that starts with "Tell me, for whom do you fight?"

Alphinaud can't be singled out for a trait that every single character with any sort of philosophy has.