Wuk Sucks

[Nucah]

I'm still thinkin about how that one guy knew that the Hanu's crops were failing because the float was broken and the parade wasn't being done correctly, and instead of telling them directly so they don't starve to death he just sat on that information just so that revelation could potentially be apart of this vanity competition for the tuliyollan royalty.

What's even more appalling is that there was not one Hanu that knew this information either. A festival that you hold every year and you don't know? The writing was terrible on so many levels.

[Striker44]

What's even more appalling is that there was not one Hanu that knew this information either. A festival that you hold every year and you don't know? The writing was terrible on so many levels.

It's interesting when you take a step back and think about reality. It's sad to say, but you could probably quite easily find entire towns of Americans that don't know important aspects of American history, and even moreso the specific history of their particular town. The whole "we go through the motions because it's tradition, but we've long since forgotten where it came from" is disappointingly common in the world.

[ZXN]

- Wuk wants them all to do Ihih'hana so they can be happy. BUT SURPRISE! That was the cure to their famine all along!...and Wuk Evu and The Hanu Elder knew the whole time and just apparently never bothered to care enough to tell any of the other Hanu in the village why doing Ihih'hana properly was so important to their food supply and way of life.
- With the power of friendship and some different plant seeds:Wuk ended a several centuries long eugenics project instantly.
- A child overhears you're going to kill their father? Just tell them you want to get to know them and be friends with them and watch as suddenly they don't really care anymore about you wanting to kill their dad and instead want to also become best friends with you and you share a feast together.

The writers wrote Wuk to be WAY too perfect of a character, whose one-dimensional "I REALLY love peace and happiness and want to understand everyone!" trait gets her the perfect resolutions to situations every single time.

"Wuk's character grew from the contest though!!!" Great, show me. Not tell, SHOW, because not once did I really see during the entire MSQ her mindset get even remotely challenged by anything that was put in front of her as she ultimately ALWAYS got her way through the power of peace and happiness and understanding. KOANA grew from the contest, from someone who didn't really care about his people and their cultures, to someone who understood their importance...and the writers decided it'd be a real cool way to cap his character growth by making him quit at the finish line and proudly declare Wuk Lamat is the only one worthy to of the title of Dawnservant. The rite was literally said by Gulool Ja Ja that it was being done to cultivate a leader for their nation. Koana learned and grew from beginning to end of the rite to a Dawnservant people could respect. Wuk Lamat barely needed any cultivating because she was already made by the writers to be perfect for the role to begin with.

It's ultimately the writers' fault that Wuk Lamat was made this divisive among players, given Dawntrail looks like a fanfiction involving someone's fursona OC that got the greenlight.

[Themarvin]

I like Wuk, I don't get the hate.

[Vensaval]

I like Wuk, I don't get the hate.

If you want to understand, there's dozens of threads and hundreds of posts that can inform you of what people don't like about the character. A lot of it can get heated because there's a lot of venting from frustration and disappointment, but there's more than enough well-written and thought out posts that are worth reading through.

Even if you disagree, you can still understand.

[Astronema]

I like Wuk, I don't get the hate.

https://youtu.be/EdS2kCUGvfo

[Rayplicant]

It just can't be said enough.

If Wuk Lamat could read she would be very upset by this post.

[Astronema]

"SPLEEEEN"

[Naoki34]

Yeah, but...
https://forum.square-enix.com/ffxiv/...g-the-DT-story...