A game for 2 year olds.

[ArcaviusGreyashe]

1. FFXIV's story is praised by many to be one of the best ones, here you defend it as a "standard" story. Interesting how this happens when someone takes a more detailed look on the story and doesn't hand wave it

Yeah, and that's a concern, really, but more about what players consider a good narrative. It's pretty standard, as in "the average RPG is pretty much of the same quality".

2. What poorer narratives and also What-aboutism

Pretty much every hyped netflix show, and many RPGs (including Witcher 3 and such). I'm only mentioning it because FFXIV is not "a game for 2 year olds" but "a game for the average joe". Always have been. And that doesn't meen it couldn't be better, but why would it ? People are buying average, timid and nonsensical narratives all the time and love it. FFXIV at least tries things, and use that as an excuse to offer a little variance.

3. How is the story not extremly save and childish? No one of importance can ever be harmed anymore, even mass murderers (Zenos, Mommy Crystal, Meteion) get a methaporical hug and are forgiven. Killed half the universe? Here, have your favorite flower. There also wasn't anything more serious going on in EW. It's just show. What did the "Final Days" actually do? It's like a children's show telling them not to be afraid of the dark.

Yeah, redemption arcs do come too often, but we did have the end of the Zodi-arc and the final days, which are what they are, but are supposed to be traumatizing (even though it's... pretty much forgotten by every NPC we talk to ever since 6.1

4. So the loporrits are a breather... from what though? Honest question. Do we get an EXPAC and then get "breather" "relax" "chill" content for 2 years?

In 6.0, it was supposed to be a breather before the final days, and right now... eh, simply gonna say they want to ride on that ? They do are kinda popular. Plus, nightclubs ambiance really are what some part of the community are after, so... probably wanna ride on that too ?

5. We are on the forum. We all are a little too invested in the game. You too. Most players wouldn't have written that much text

Don't take my "being bored" as "being too invested"... If I cared about the game that much, I would be triggered by the amount of content we just got for a relic, the bugs in Orthos, and pretty much everything else. I'm just saying "eh, things could be worse", and logging in to do my daily quests that I don't even read, and hangout with friends.

Which is, in itself, an issue, and it does probably have something to do with the story, but let's not pretend it was anything better at any moment during the game, or that it's really that important at all.