Wow, Wuk Lamat is really single-handedly ruining the DT story...

[KurenXIV]

My absolute favorite moment was post credits roll.

I was so beyond relieved to finally be done with the worst story I've played in any game in recent memory (not just XIV).

Our character retires to their inn room and I was SO HAPPY that we were looking at a map of the world. My mind raced as to where we would go next, what we would see . . . leaving behind this land as if it was a bad dream . . .

Then there's a knock at the door.

HEY! IT'S WUK LAMAT. HEY! REMEMBER WUK! REMEMBER HOW YOU CAN NEVER EVER EVER EVER EVER BE RID OF HER!? WELL HERE SHE IS!

I seriously thought it would have been someone else . . . anyone else but her . . . but there she was.

Honestly if we ended her then and there and just leave it woulda made this story a 20 out of 10 but alas she lives to ruin more stories in the future.

[Nihility]

it's actually funny the part where she's gone and your doing shaaloani and starting to go into heritage found, i was actually finding myself getting back into the story.
Then it's snapped right back to just thinking... I hate you so much I'm praying for a "noble sacrifice"

I did think the ending zone was kind of neat idea though, Finding out the golden city is like a prison of memories that is fueled by the souls of the living. Talk about a bad idea cranked to 1000
hope we get to turn the lights back on or something though... what a depressing landscape to do 60 FATES in
Having that tacked onto the end of 'worthless derpgirl, who is occasionally the invincible god of destruction, quest to find something to do with something because why not?' and then trying to match the same energy level was a pretty big mistake though

[HeyMcFly]

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I forget, we need to put a /s with everything now.

(some spoilers ahead)


- Wuk Lamat does a great job of sucking the air out of a scene. Wanted to enjoy the balloon ride? Sorry, wuk lamat is scared. Having a nice meal? WTf is that noise wukie is making? Just skip already.
Another issue is everything is so quicky to progress that the only time it feels like we get to actually start to explore or it feels like an adventure is when wuk lamat isnt there. Specifically, when we're in the desert area with Erenville; That's when things finally started being interesting imo.
In past expansions, you'd see us having moments to ourselves to explore & enjoy the scenery but in DT, wuk lamat ruins these moments bc she's afraid or can't be quiet.
But there were some interactions that should have been more prevalent in the character- like when she isn't okay after finding her nephew & killing her brother, but it's such a small moment & then back to sunshine & rainbows, replacing the purpose of ourselves & our friends practically. There are no stepping stones to character growth or development.
In truth, I wanted to like this character- but it was tough.
The twins had zero purpose & no place amongst the "I can do anything/everything" wuk lamat. In past expansions, even with our character being who they are, we still needed the help of our friends.
Our character is so pacifist in DT, the scions being there is a fanservice but they really do nothing to add to a scene. It's like everyone was toned down for the sake of wukie's character. and everyone's just like 'oh, erenville isnt over his mom being dead? well he needs to get over it lol" That last zone & the writing felt disjointed imo.
Why couldn't we get more of our own dialogue? I wanted to be able to have a chat with choice dialogue with all of the scions- considering it's been x amount of time since we've seen them.
the scenery is most of the zones is gorgeous(except solution nine & the zone outside of it.) the music is great- the dungeons & trials are on point, but my god why couldnt it have felt more like a vacation & a chance to explore? Nope- we were a babysitter rushed through some paper thin plot writing.

Also, I hate yshtola & her NA monotone voice. I hated the voice in dragon age: inquisition as well. Her character was a cringey elf
but in DT, She quite literally walked onto the scene & without fail "this is what the issue is. youre welcome" and ok got it, the only scions who served a purpose in DT is the know-it-all with plot armor. But the blindness is just there to ensure her plot armor is only 99% sufficient & not 100%. If she takes a risk, she'll be rescued/resurrected once again with a little more blindness.

[Kathryn]

Sooo I got to Section 9 finally (Yeah I know im slow I have a busy life) and I was about to be let go to go explore section 9 and WL "come with me, not that im scared or anything" my response was fuck no give me a choice i wanna go alone but my character nodded... I officially wish WL would just fuck off for 5 minutes.

MSQ genuinely start off fine I wasnt too fussed but im tired of her now and I want my alone time with Graha who has had no screen time *angry auri noises*

[AlucaDragonheart]

So I finally slogged through this story enough to the point that I got all the keystones, but to avoid spoilers... It just feels so off putting when this chick is just given everything, with zero character development, just the same broken record crap about peace, kindness, happiness, etc. It's so annoying how everything through the story was just handed to her, it really does give off the feeling that she's the self insert OC of the VA.

[Malthir]

I think the biggest issue they are going to have, is try getting a new person into this game, it was bad enough when they knew they had to slog through ARR. Now they have ARR 2.0 but worse to get through. The barrier to entry for this game is about to cause some problems I think.

[Voidmage]

Sooo I got to Section 9 finally (Yeah I know im slow I have a busy life) and I was about to be let go to go explore section 9 and WL "come with me, not that im scared or anything" my response was fuck no give me a choice i wanna go alone but my character nodded... I officially wish WL would just fuck off for 5 minutes.

MSQ genuinely start off fine I wasnt too fussed but im tired of her now and I want my alone time with Graha who has had no screen time *angry auri noises*

The most funny thing about that is that she didn't even confess to being scared despite saying a few quests beforehand that she would be done with pretenting.
When red Alphinaud and G'raha run away together laughing I actually wanted to scream.

I swear I will never preorder a ff14 expansion again.

[Verathel]

Silence on Y'shtola. I would rather simp for her than deal with Wuk Lamat.

[Colt47]

Wuk Lamat didn't ruin the MSQ in the first half, at least. It was when the second half hit that it became unbearably awful and forced. The author basically wanted Sphene to be a dark mirror to Wuk Lamat but it just went into a freaking dumpster fire from the forced dialog and stupid decision making that didn't account for anything involving the lore of the past expansions. Just because it is a new start doesn't mean that all the existing lore suddenly gets voided.

[Raven2014]

Wuk Lamat didn't ruin the MSQ in the first half, at least. It was when the second half hit that it became unbearably awful and forced. The author basically wanted Sphene to be a dark mirror to Wuk Lamat but it just went into a freaking dumpster fire from the forced dialog and stupid decision making that didn't account for anything involving the lore of the past expansions. Just because it is a new start doesn't mean that all the existing lore suddenly gets voided.

The first half is about stacking the dumpster with dried straw, the second half lit the dumpster on fire and the ending fight basically pouring in extra gasoline.