Dawntrail was great. More like this, please!

[DaveFishnomer]

Bait or not, I agree with it to the letter. It’s interesting to see how forums always seem to be in direct opposition to what many of us experience in game. So far while in the game, I only met people delighted with the story, pacing and writing.

Really? everywhere I go the shout is full to the brim with people hating on the story

[Mawlzy]

Really? everywhere I go the shout is full to the brim with people hating on the story

I've seen absolutely no negative reactions in chat whatsoever.

[CNitsah]

I've seen absolutely no negative reactions in chat whatsoever.

I mean even on r/ffxiv, which is know to be excessively positive, and where, one year and a half ago, you got downvoted to oblivion for daring say anything negative about the game, the MSQ main thread are mostly negative comments. It's probably the first time r/ffxiv and the forum are aligned. Saying the reception is mixed is an euphemism (at least on the story side).

[Tulvi]

Really? everywhere I go the shout is full to the brim with people hating on the story

I don’t pay much attention to shout chat, but so far I haven’t seen anyone openly complain. And from talking to my friends they really like the story. Two mentioned slow buildup, but otherwise happy with the story and writing. And I don’t play in a social bubble of some Yoshi P cult or whatnot. There’s a lot to criticise in DT (some job design decisions for example), but story wasn’t the one I would see people in the game have problems with.

[ThreadOfFate]

can promise it's all my genuine thoughts. i have many things i would much rather spend my time on that concocting and posting bait for the xiv forums. that's what twitter is for.

[Rekh]

I haven't finished the msq, but so far it's one of my favorites.

It felt like I was playing my favorite rpgs:

1. Had the flavor of adventure and party dynamics found in Grandia II, FFXII, FFX, SKies of Arcadia, etc
2. Dealt with culture, which again, is very important for establishing lore, adventure, and allows the player to understand the location's situations.
3. Reminded me of Thousand Arms, my favorite rpg of all time.

PS. I feel square enix should not care what people have to say about msq and just pursue their heart and grand-vision of the direction they want to go forward with.

PS. Even the scions, whom I didn't want to see return added fun and interesting party and story dynamics. It was a great return to being an rpg, a FF.

[Tsumdere]

Bait or not, I agree with it to the letter. It’s interesting to see how forums always seem to be in direct opposition to what many of us experience in game. So far while in the game, I only met people delighted with the story, pacing and writing.

Just last night in Tuli on our server, I saw someone say in shout they can't wait for DT to be over cuz it was boring and there was a bunch of "same".

[Beatriche]

That's some unlimited baitworks right there!

[Aurumis]

I give the story a 5/10... worst expansion so far. And please no more Wuk Lamat, I've had enough of her and I don't even hate her. We had too much already. Enough is enough.

[Eris249]

I'm only giving it a 3/10 so far story been very boring.