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

[Maximilian_Staufen]

However with the noticable difference that Lyse was actually tied to the plot, there was a reason we were helping her, she was functionally a means to our ends, fighting the Garleans/Ascians. We have no purpose or agency here, we're a prop piece for this fan fic.

We're helping a fellow scion fulfil a life long dream and we get to explore a new continent, more than enough motivation for me. And yes I think us being a side character this time around is an aspect I particularly like. This way the story can stay more chill and we don't need to fight a world ending threat just to be adequate for the WoL's powerlevel.

[Ravenfeather]

Honestly the whole ordeal feels like a fever dream. I'm at the part after the second trial and at this point I do not care about any character at all other than our friends. (That does NOT include Wuk Lamat.)

Why are we even here?

In the first half of msq Wuk Lamat literally did not face any struggle, nor did she have any growth. Anyone disagrees with her she just "win" them over after some speech about talking and understanding. I'm okay with us being a mentoring character and just chilling in the background but we didn't do that either. We're forced to be Wuk Lamat's sudden best friend and cheerleader, we didn't do any mentoring. Unless you count standing there doing nothing and occasionally saying "you can do this wuk lamat the power of love can beat anything" as mentoring. Even counting the dynamis factors in this still does not make any sense. How did Wuk Lamat suddenly get stronger and defeat the two headed bully not so long after being kidnapped by the same comical bully?

And I am disgusted by how we're practically forced to call her Lamatiy, or however you spell that.

I play this game for the sole reason of how I love the world, the story, and all the friends we built along the way. In this expansion everyone was reduced to a pale shade of their former self. If you erased the name of all the dialogues you really can't tell who's talking at any given moment. The story tells you things, but leaves you with nothing to feel. We're told to like Wuk Lamat, when in reality that's not how you get people to like someone.

Never thought I'd feel so disappointed and betrayed by story in ff14 of all things.

[fioravictorine]

Square Enix, no more Wuk Lamat please! I can feel the writers are purposely shoving her to our throats and forcing us to LIKE this annoying person

[Verathel]

Finished Third Zone, the second half...the writing somehow got magically better to the point it was almost descent and Wuk Lamat wasn't cringe all the time.

However Wuk Lamat's massive power buff let me half amused and half annoyed at its ridiculousness. Even if you give a lot of leeway with dynamis, power of friendship and peace...It's WOL levels of power buff that has almost zero foundation behind except she was trained by the Dawnservant.

I'm almost enjoying the continuity of the side quests more than the MSQ in some ways.

Seeing the side characters you meet and meeting them in other zones and relating them somewhat to earlier quests is a descent reminder there is some sharp writing still and continuity.

[Seirikka]

Like, I cannot stress my love for FFXIV enough. The game helped me through a rough point in my life, and has influenced me greatly. It taught me I enjoy helping others and inspired me to undertake volunteer work in irl emergency services. I have and always will champion this game as one of the finest examples of its genre and an industry success story.

And this is why the last few days have been full of confusion and frustration for me, and any true fan of the game will tell you the same. It feels like this expansion was written by a completely different person compared to the previous ones. I could write paragraphs on my problems with the expansion so far, but most points boil down to Wuk Lamat.

[Ruri]

It has gotten to the point where every time she is in a cutscene after a certain part where I thought she wouldn't be involved as much anymore, I swear out loud and smash my desk. I dislike everything about her character as well as the VA. The actual voice I got no problems with but the direction is extremely poor. I hope it ends on a high note, I am about 70% through at the moment but good lord it has been a slog of all her story and very little of us or other companions. (Also first forum post in years I think but had to be said lol)

[Seirikka]

The points where the group splits up and you get paired with wuk lamat literally every damn time actually makes me cross.
You can tell the writer is really trying to get you onboard.

[jameseoakes]

The points where the group splits up and you get paired with wuk lamat literally every damn time actually makes me cross.
You can tell the writer is really trying to get you onboard.

I kinda thought it was the other way round, the idea that viewers might not instanntly love the character has crossed there minds so put no effort in to making shoring up the character and making sure we always spend time with them. Unfortuantly they forgot to make the character actually easy to like.

[AmorfaVex]

I was NOT a fan of Wukie in 6.5, but she has grown on me a great deal and am a big fan of hers now.

People should play the MSQ before making hasty judgments.

[Karious]

I was NOT a fan of Wukie in 6.5, but she has grown on me a great deal and am a big fan of hers now.

People should play the MSQ before making hasty judgments.

Many of us have played the MSQ though and it's shit when Wuk is with you for 90% of it.