Quote Originally Posted by Brinne View Post
As far as the Scions go, Y'shtola is indeed the worst and continues to be the worst. The best, at least in EW? Urianger and G'raha got some really good individual scenes, at least, and I think Estinien was mostly fun, if mostly a really, really transparent late fanservice addition. In terms of how much I liked them overall versus how they were used in EW, the twins probably wound up the most unfortunate, sadly.
Hmmm, for me, Urianger was the runaway best Scion of EW. G'raha was right behind, I like to pretend Y'shtola doesn't exist and Krile was literally just a puppet. Alisae has been sliding down my ranking list but I still love Alphi, so I enjoyed him. I think the Scion with the least development in EW would have to be Thancred, for me. I adore him, but aside from getting to see him work his cool spy mojo a bit more, I didn't really feel as though he grew much. Sadly, I think that he really did complete his arc back in ShB and there might not be much more left to explore with him.

Quote Originally Posted by Lunaxia View Post
On the subject of the Scions, does anyone else crave another situation like Heavensward where we just get dropped into the next expansion by ourselves and have to find our own bearings? I really miss that sense of uncertainty and adventure, and when they were pushing the "you're just an adventurer again" idea I rather hoped that's where they might be going. I enjoyed the presence of the Scions in Shadowbringers, but with Endwalker on top of that plus these latest patches after it was teased we'd be saying goodbye to them (did I imagine that?) I've got heavy character fatigue, as with the majority of our quests feeling like a school trip or that I'm packing an entourage with me wherever I go. I'm more than a little fed up of coming up against a new place or character or what have you and rather being able to acquaint myself with it, I have a Scion loudly shouting down my ear who or what they think it might be.
I would have loved a bit of a vacation from the Scions. Especially after EW when I really was just over everyone and everything and just wanted to be alone for a bit. You didn't imagine it and they really wasted no time in dropping us right back into the same old, same old. I'd really appreciate a quest line or an EP that allowed us to have that sense of independence again. Even if only for a while. I guess the inclusion of Trusts means that we always need to be surrounded by at least 3-4 people who can act as party members now?