This story is really underwhelming - it's opened to mixed reviews.

[Naria]

AGREED!!!!

But again, this game has no identity and it shows. Almost none of their OC are any good, the one they plucked from another game is the more compelling character. If they are going to grab stuff from XI, they should give it the respect it deserves.

I mean in a way this felt like a very XI expansion, we were just following some random girl (Lion, Prishe, Aphmau etc) around for her story. No one I played with ever played XI for the story--most people only progressed as far as they needed to unlock sky/sea/salvage etc. People only went farther when they started offering bis pieces of gear as a completion reward. FFXIV is a very different game so maybe don't take your storytelling cues from XI?

Galool Ja Ja did make me a bit nostalgic for Besieged though, so there it that.

[AnimaAnimus]

I mean in a way this felt like a very XI expansion, we were just following some random girl (Lion, Prishe, Aphmau etc) around for her story. No one I played with ever played XI for the story--most people only progressed as far as they needed to unlock sky/sea/salvage etc. People only went farther when they started offering bis pieces of gear as a completion reward. FFXIV is a very different game so maybe don't take your storytelling queues from XI?

Galool Ja Ja did make me a bit nostalgic for Besieged though, so there it that.

Ummm..... yeah.... no lol idk who you played with, but this was a super unpopular opinion in XI.

So so so many of us loved the story and you never, ever followed some girl around who was constantly in our face and talking and talking and talking like we did with Wuk. They were much better written and only around when it was necessary. We did most of the expacs without them around. Not to mention, this is a controversial take for most ppl who are crazy hateful of XI, but the XI stories were much better than the XIV and many of the single player FF game stories. DT....is not lol.

[HauntedLasagna]

Ummm..... yeah.... no lol idk who you played with, but this was a super unpopular opinion in XI.

So so so many of us loved the story and you never, ever followed some girl around who was constantly in our face and talking and talking and talking like we did with Wuk. They were much better written and only around when it was necessary. We did most of the expacs without them around. Not to mention, this is a controversial take for most ppl who are crazy hateful of XI, but the XI stories were much better than the XIV and many of the single player FF game stories. DT....is not lol.

The stories stick with me the most from XI. Man, Treasures of Aht Urgan and Chains of Promathia were just so good. Prishe was best girl. I really enjoyed adventuring with her and Ulmia. I still hum this song almost every other day.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PxtIXjtV6qw