Rhalgrs Reach should never have existed

[Poporito_Popoto]

It’s a common tactic in these forums for people to troll bait the very first comment. Person was bored, and wanted to get attention. All the other trolls, or people who just happen to not like me then upvote to gaslight, and make me look like the bad guy. It’s classic internet trolling on a forum.

And Square Enix ain’t doing nothing to fix it despite how toxic it has been around here for several years now.

Good to see that your dyslexia isn't holding you back in creating multiple threads.

[Stormpeaks]

Good to see that your dyslexia isn't holding you back in creating multiple threads.

[Saraide]

It’s a common tactic in these forums for people to troll bait the very first comment. Person was bored, and wanted to get attention. All the other trolls, or people who just happen to not like me then upvote to gaslight, and make me look like the bad guy. It’s classic internet trolling on a forum.

And Square Enix ain’t doing nothing to fix it despite how toxic it has been around here for several years now.

As thread creator it is your duty to set an example as to what direction you want a thread to go. The posts you respond to shape the direction the thread is taking. If you dont want this thread to revolve around posts like the first reply then do not give them attention. There are people who responded differently, much more open to discuss what they like and dislike about rhalgrs reach, you ignored almost all of them. If you do that you are showing people that you are much more interested in drama than in the actual topic of the thread.

[Lunaxia]

As thread creator it is your duty...

I don't think OP is out of line for addressing it in this instance, it's pretty obnoxious and antagonising behaviour that's made worse by pretending it's anything but. Not everyone is as sadly accustomed to it as the rest of us are, and putting the blame on them for reacting to it feels a little icky. It's not really the same as another nonsense Titanmen thread.

In the interest of trying to bring things back on topic:

It’s fine as it is in the story, but they need to build a proper city zone. They have had plenty of time for reconstruction story wise. Make an idyleshie zone and attach it to the main city gates or some other side entrance from the “city” area we have now. Worst case is develop what part of the city we have like a Mor Dhona so it has a few basic city things like shops and summoning bells. Most of all add a proper airship route. All the main cities have some sort of airship route excep ala migo… and perhaps idleshire.

...I forget Mor Dhona is a thing sometimes. But I agree something similar, or a separate area like the Doman Reconstruction plaza would be pretty cool. Actually having a part of the city with basic hub functions and a more detailed and interesting appearance like the Royal Gardens or the palace would help give Ala Mhigo a feeling of having a much more of a solid place in the game's world, since it feels like it pretty much fall off the map once we liberated it, ironically.

[Kuroka]

I feel it was wasted, yes... it was fine till Zenos broke in, after that we should have hidden in some of the villages, sneak into the city and retake part of it - then storm the Palace and have our hub based around there (potential Ala Mhigo restoration and housing for 7/8/9.0...) and have a Proper city there. We know its there, just not accessible for us. It made me dislike stormbloods hubs a lot. I loved Kugane, but besides the MB and Eureka and the Inn there was nothing there (the rowena npc's were added much later).

IMO stormblood suffered from the split and the split itself suffered from them insisting on the 4.0 + 4.1-4.3 + 4.4-4.5 formula.

[Evergrey]

I feel it was wasted, yes... it was fine till Zenos broke in, after that we should have hidden in some of the villages, sneak into the city and retake part of it - then storm the Palace and have our hub based around there (potential Ala Mhigo restoration and housing for 7/8/9.0...) and have a Proper city there. We know its there, just not accessible for us. It made me dislike stormbloods hubs a lot. I loved Kugane, but besides the MB and Eureka and the Inn there was nothing there (the rowena npc's were added much later).

IMO stormblood suffered from the split and the split itself suffered from them insisting on the 4.0 + 4.1-4.3 + 4.4-4.5 formula.

It always felt weird to me that after Zenos wrecked havoc that we still stayed there.
Normally wouldn't a location that's been compromised get evacuated and relocated?

[Saraide]

It always felt weird to me that after Zenos wrecked havoc that we still stayed there.
Normally wouldn't a location that's been compromised get evacuated and relocated?

A fair point but zenos also sabotaged the entire war effort just to have someone to fight with. With him refusing to finish us off the imperial raid lost a lot of its bite while at the same time eorzean alliance reinforcements arriving. If this raid had happened before the involvement of the scions and the alliance the rebels would have had to abandon rhalgr's reach but that has changed, with baelsar's wall and then later the bridge falling under allied control. At that point it was a legit stronghold, backed up by enough reinforcements to prevent an imperial raid from permanently occupying it.

[Raikai]

I know Rhalgr's Reach makes sense being the hub due to the story reasons, but I have to agree that the hub itself is quite lackluster compared to Idllyshire, for example. At least the primary city (marketboard) is Kugane.

[Atelier-Bagur]

I know Rhalgr's Reach makes sense being the hub due to the story reasons, but I have to agree that the hub itself is quite lackluster compared to Idllyshire, for example. At least the primary city (marketboard) is Kugane.

Lackluster compared to Idyllshire? There's a giant statue of Rhalgr, a jumping puzzle and a nice little dip of water. It looks very comfy compared to smelly, boring looking, rustic, industrial ass gobbie town with probably the most annoying town music in the game.



Ok calling out the gobbies is uncalled for me. I love those fellas but still I'm so sick and tired of Idyllshire. It just feels so ugh and bland compared to future hubs, personally.

[GTK0HLK]

It's what most Locations feel like as soon as their expac ends.
(and since SE is so adamant on their unspoken policy of, No World Travel out side the Big 3. it also has that against it.)

All Locations asides from personal views of taste, style and ease of use. Are exactly the same.

If anything, you can tell how they based them all exactly the same cause of Mor dhona.