Dawntrail hype in a nutshell

[Thurmnmurmn]

Barely able to build hype when you run the same formula for the xth time. We all know what we're getting, we all know what we're paying for. It's barely something new.
It's still the best running MMO on the market (imo), no argue there. But would be nice if at least dungeons and primals wouldnt be MSQ related, so we do not end up in situations like.... "oh, new update, lets login > start quest > lots of text > your first story dungeon > lots of text > your first normal story primal > lots of text > ok, we need to retreat lets wait for next patch".

Without the occasional dungeon or trial, the MSQ would just be a movie.
They really need to add some type of gameplay through it to make it more interesting to play.
Like add in kill quests or gathering quests or something to cut up the movie.

[WeebPolice]

The infamous WPD recruitment shout spam. I see you guys parked in Limsa Lominsa on Sarg right now, lmao.

We go where we are needed, citizen, and we have many WPD troopers deployed across many different worlds. We always answer the call.




We serve so others do not have to.

[Amenara]

I'm glad we're not a complete Mary Sue with the answers to every problem and that our companions make important contributions independent of us. It only comes across poorly when we get a sudden solution to a problem we didn't know we were going to have.

I don't even care if companions have answers to questions, I just want new ones that would make sense to know answers about Tural since they have lived there for their entire lives. I just want SE to give me a new cast that they can build on and let the WoL build new relationships with instead of reusing the same characters who have been fleshed out and have run to conclusion for most of their development. That's kind of why I am wanting Erenville, Krille, and (potentially) Femhroth as our team for Tural and let the rest of the Scions do their own thing there as our rival group.

Another solution is instead of us having answers immediately available through our well-read companions, we just don't know the answers until we learn more through the story and we can come to the answer ourselves through developing our own knowledge about what is going on.

[RitsukoSonoda]

I don't even care if companions have answers to questions, I just want new ones that would make sense to know answers about Tural since they have lived there for their entire lives. I just want SE to give me a new cast that they can build on and let the WoL build new relationships with instead of reusing the same characters who have been fleshed out and have run to conclusion for most of their development. That's kind of why I am wanting Erenville, Krille, and (potentially) Femhroth as our team for Tural and let the rest of the Scions do their own thing there as our rival group.

Another solution is instead of us having answers immediately available through our well-read companions, we just don't know the answers until we learn more through the story and we can come to the answer ourselves through developing our own knowledge about what is going on.

We get an 8ft tall 500lb gigachad qiqirn named Testosteroon... :P

[Mayhemmer]

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I would love this. I'm very ok with being in "Team B" for a while, and to have new faces that are going to stick around for longer than 1 or 1.5 expansions. Having Varshahn stick around for the Void arc was nice, but I have a feeling we won't be seeing much, or any, of him in Dawntrail.

And though this is a personal take, I'm a bit sick of so many characters now written being so well-spoken, eloquent, and especially quippy. Some of them less so than others, but plenty of established characters now are so "in their final state" that it's become suffocating to me. I'm aware these aren't character flaws, and to suddenly change them would feel off, but I would still like a break from some of them and see new ones with interesting personalities.

EDIT: I just realized what it was I was trying to put into words. It's that I want to get away from the cast of scholarly types. I like Krile because she isn't quippy, and I like Erenville because he's just some guy. I hope they aren't just shoved into the back of the group in DT.