Quote Originally Posted by Tethan View Post
Can we stop pretending like this is somehow special or unique to DT?

Every. Single. Expansion. Had this. And did it better.

HW? You learn about Ishgard, their faith, their politics, their social issues. You learn about the Dravanians, how they differ from other races, the truth behind the Dragonsong War. You learn about the Vath, the Vanu, even the moogles get their lore expanded.

SB? You learn about Ala Mhigo, about how the people are tired from war, about their views on Rhalgr, about the Ananta. You learn about the factions of the Far East, pirates, undersea cities, cutthroat merchants, ninja turtles. You meet the Xaela tribes of the Azim Steppe, how they all have different beliefs and cultural traditions.

ShB? Hello? Whole new world? I don't even know where to start. I could go on. DT did exactly nothing new, nothing better and set up nothing but give us a random McGuffin we could have acquired in all sorts of other ways. My god what a waste of time.
Yeah the so called theme of Dawntrail has never been exclusive to the expansion. It's been part of XIV from the beginning. The MSQ was more than just a chosen champion saving the world, it was about getting different nations and races joining together as an alliance against coming threats.
Learning about each race, government, spiritualism, their problems, origins is part of world building 101. Dawntrail didn't invent that. It's funny how they want to sell Tural as this diverse nation when Eorzea already started off with at least 5 races co-existing, embracing even more different ones by the start of Endwalker. Did people forget Limsa Lominsa since 2.0 already accepted "beast tribes" walking in city grounds?

The whole "Tural is so much more diverse than Eorzea!!" is just another case of tell don't show from this terrible writing.