Rhalgrs Reach should never have existed

[Blindheart]

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.

[yoshinoharu]

That... goes for literally every hub. Nobody went to Mor Dhona once HW came out. Nobody went to Idyllshire when Stormblood came out. It's just kind of the way that MMOs work?

What I'm more upset about is that for 2 expansions now we haven't had a hub area where we can use mounts.

[DamianFatale]

That... goes for literally every hub. Nobody went to Mor Dhona once HW came out. Nobody went to Idyllshire when Stormblood came out. It's just kind of the way that MMOs work?

What I'm more upset about is that for 2 expansions now we haven't had a hub area where we can use mounts.

In comparison to other hubs, Rhalgrs Reach is the worst and most pointless.

[Kuroka]

Mor Dhona still has our base and several other things located there - you could also argue its one of, if not the most used hub of them all.

[SeverianLyonesse]

I agree with the sentiment of this post, even though there are complications when considering it.

I think Stormblood's biggest failure was not having the sixth map be Ala Mhigo proper. The three Gyr Abania maps are extremely boring, and the expansion needed something like Azys Lla or the Tempest to put a punctuation point on Gyr Abania.

I don't, however, think that there would have been an elegant way to implement Ala Mhigo as a hub in place of Rhalgr's Reach. The player needs a hub from the beginning of the expansion, and Rhalgr's Reach is the most sensible option.

In my opinion, the "meh-ness" of Rhalgr's Reach might have been mitigated if the Gyr Abania maps had more variety and allowed us to explore Ala Mhigo. I think Gyr Abania would have felt much less desolate if the Fringes, the Peaks, and the Lochs had been consolidated into two maps, and a third map being dedicated entirely to Ala Mhigo. Then, no matter how "boring" Rhalgr's Reach might be, it wouldn't be the only (underwhelming) focal point in an otherwise barren region.

I even would have accepted a Gyr Abania as it is, as long as we got a "larger Doma" to restore in Ala Mhigo. The region just needed more, and cutting it off at the gates of Ala Mhigo was just a weird design decision.

[TaleraRistain]

Ala Mhigo isn't liberated until the very end of the expansion, though. Gameplaywise we needed a hub in that area before that point. Storywise I think a point being forgotten is that Rhalgr's Reach was hidden with magic at first. I'm not sure how well the Resistance could pull that off right under Imperial noses if they had somehow been secretly operating in Ala Mhigo itself.

[Jeeqbit]

I agree that I felt this way about it at the time. That Rhalgr's Reach was an odd choice. But it is petty to nitpick such little decisions.

Rhalgrs Reach isn't even interesting other than its Monk lore, which it isn't even used for anymore.

I assume you didn't finish the Monk quests.

[Thurmnmurmn]

UGH I hate comments like this. So disrespectful. I put in the time and effort to make a point, and you come at with that attitude. Lame.

If you're putting your opinion on the internet, there's always going to be someone who will oppose whatever you write. Especially when it's just complaining about a zone from 6 years ago.

If you don't want "disrespectful" comments, them just don't make a thread. That simple. Either that or just ignore them.

[DamianFatale]

If you're putting your opinion on the internet, there's always going to be someone who will oppose whatever you write. Especially when it's just complaining about a zone from 6 years ago.

If you don't want "disrespectful" comments, them just don't make a thread. That simple. Either that or just ignore them.

So we have to put up with bullying, and just allow it to exist because people make threads. Nice logic there.

[TheMightyMollusk]

So we have to put up with bullying, and just allow it to exist because people make threads. Nice logic there.

What can you actually do about it, though? You could report it, but the mods are notoriously haphazard about actually doing anything. Replying just feeds the need for attention. The best you can do is ignore them; they won't go away, but at least it spares you the bother of replying (especially on a forum with limited daily posts).