Quote Originally Posted by Voidmage View Post
I don't really have a problem with the comedy and would find it great normaly. With the forced Hildibrand quests in EW and the unfunny comedy in 6.x as well as in DT it's beginning to overstay it's welcome though.
IMO, the problem is exactly that Hildibrand comedy is so great when it's in a separate bubble. Hildibrand quests and characters are tailored for Hildibrand comedy. When you do those quests, you are almost put in a parallel and absurd version of normal Eorzea, where usual laws of physics do not exist and logic is twisted backwards. And these quests can be a breath of fresh air when you step out of the normal MSQ, and step into something completely different.

None of this really works when you just start inserting that comedy into serious MSQ quests. The right characters aren't there. The absurdity feels out of place. Jokes do not land. And you can't get away from them either. You can't say "okay, I've had my fun, I'll take a break with Hildi and go do the main stuff now."

Now, with the role quests, I think it could work, seeing as they are more separate. But this might have been an issue of expectations. People probably didn't start the role quests expecting them to be Hildibrand. Previous expansions were different. And there's still an issue of people not considering them completely optional.