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

[HighlanderClone]

Not gonna spoil anything but my god. It's actually difficult to do the MSQ with such an obnoxious character.

Maybe I'll change my mind at the end... maybe... but it doesn't seem that way anymore...

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Sentiment from other social media platforms:

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4chan is very critical of the story too, although I'm not sure whether they're actually mad at the story or mad at this "Sweet Baby" thing I keep seeing.

/r/ffxivdiscussion is very critical of the story. You can see it here: https://www.reddit.com/r/ffxivdiscus...iscussion_hub/

/r/ffxiv is also mildly critical of the story, though it's more mixed: https://www.reddit.com/r/ffxiv/comme...il_rises_to_a/

/r/MMORPG is critical. https://www.reddit.com/r/MMORPG/comm...ting_on_steam/

Steam is mixed. Dawntrail is at 60% right now.

GameFaqs is mixed and leans critical: https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/boards...trail/80799642, https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/boards...trail/80800359

5ch is very critical: https://www.reddit.com/r/ffxivdiscus...dawntrail_msq/ (Although once again it's... 5chan).

Even JP official forums are pretty critical: https://forum.square-enix.com/ffxiv/...-Dawntrail-MSQ.

Anecdotally I've also seen a lot of criticism in shout chat. On my Discord servers and in-game interactions it's also mixed to lean-critical.

Only Twitter is unabashedly positive about DT.

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Links to other story criticism/review threads:

"Reviews" from players

My critique: https://forum.square-enix.com/ffxiv/threads/502794

Vyrerus' critique: https://forum.square-enix.com/ffxiv/threads/503436

Brignadalee's positive review: https://forum.square-enix.com/ffxiv/threads/503359

Evesin's list: https://forum.square-enix.com/ffxiv/threads/502773

Threadoffate's positive review: https://forum.square-enix.com/ffxiv/threads/503375

Demigenius89's review: https://forum.square-enix.com/ffxiv/threads/503299

Xil-Ventus' review: https://forum.square-enix.com/ffxiv/threads/503049

ChidoriYumitori's review: https://forum.square-enix.com/ffxiv/threads/502933

Railynx's impressions: https://forum.square-enix.com/ffxiv/threads/502841

General megathreads

JP megathread: https://forum.square-enix.com/ffxiv/threads/503084 [NOTE: It's in Japanese]

Underwhelming story: https://forum.square-enix.com/ffxiv/threads/502404

Wuk Lamat: THIS THREAD

Dawntrail story enjoyers: https://forum.square-enix.com/ffxiv/threads/502830

Specific MSQ issues

Why is ARR-tier story acceptable in the first place: https://forum.square-enix.com/ffxiv/threads/503195

6th zone discussion: https://forum.square-enix.com/ffxiv/threads/503132, https://forum.square-enix.com/ffxiv/threads/503400

Gameplay of MSQ: https://forum.square-enix.com/ffxiv/threads/502927, https://forum.square-enix.com/ffxiv/threads/503076

JP sentiment: https://forum.square-enix.com/ffxiv/threads/503449, https://forum.square-enix.com/ffxiv/threads/502989

Low/High stakes/Vacation: https://forum.square-enix.com/ffxiv/threads/503312, https://forum.square-enix.com/ffxiv/threads/503069, https://forum.square-enix.com/ffxiv/threads/503042, https://forum.square-enix.com/ffxiv/threads/502999

Pacing: https://forum.square-enix.com/ffxiv/threads/503290, https://forum.square-enix.com/ffxiv/threads/502886

Characters

General issues with characters: https://forum.square-enix.com/ffxiv/threads/503057

Issues with Scions: https://forum.square-enix.com/ffxiv/threads/503434, https://forum.square-enix.com/ffxiv/threads/503233, https://forum.square-enix.com/ffxiv/threads/503410

Issues with WoL: https://forum.square-enix.com/ffxiv/threads/503080

Krile screentime: https://forum.square-enix.com/ffxiv/threads/503202

Erenville: https://forum.square-enix.com/ffxiv/threads/503335

Wuk Lamat: THIS THREAD, https://forum.square-enix.com/ffxiv/threads/503184, https://forum.square-enix.com/ffxiv/threads/494447

Zoraal Ja: https://forum.square-enix.com/ffxiv/threads/503207