Quote Originally Posted by Brinne View Post
Pandaemonium was sort of shockingly good and intriguing! I'm probably still not at the point where I'd be exactly "excited" to meet back up with the Scions again - I really did feel "oh god, I need a long break at least" by the end of EW - but one expansion where I felt basically everyone's characterization suffered isn't enough to snuff out the goodwill I have for them as characters over the course of the entire game. It'll be good to see G'raha again when we return to the Twelve raids, and Zero could really go anywhere at this point. She's not an archetype that instantly appeals to me, but that's fine. Characters are more than their aesthetics and archetypes, and she's just getting started.

As much as this game has disappointed me at times, it's also managed to sort of shock me before with how well it's spun story elements around I'd sort of written off as hopeless in terms of making interesting/emotionally compelling--the Ascians pre-ShB, for instance, both as a group and as individuals, and even the Warriors of Darkness and the First itself--so I can't discount the possibility they can do it again, even if EW was a pretty bad blow for me, narratively, in a lot of ways. I'm looking forward to seeing where various threads come together and where they go from here.
Ha! I should clarify that I'm less excited about meeting up with the Scions than I am about just getting back in there and seeing the resolution to the story of Themis and co. They did make me group up with the one Scion I really can't stand, after all, so I'm in no hurry. Sorry, not sorry, Y'shtola.

The new MSQ so far hasn't really grabbed me and Zero isn't the type of character that I'd normally find intriguing, but I'm game to see if her character will become something interesting. She really has just appeared and who knows what they'll do with her going forward.