Thread: So that 7.1 msq...

I have absolutely no idea whatsoever what they were thinking when they gave us this story segment.

I didn't skip it, but I was very close to throwing in the towel.

Originally Posted by Nero-Voidstails

the only good part of the patch is the alliance raid story so fair and the new dungeon because I feel they used something with so many potential yet wasted

As someone not familiar with FFXI's world, and so cannot really feel nostalgic and/or identify what is and isn't references and such, is the Raid story really that good or ..?

Because from my PoV, it was essentially "Portal to another world opens randomly, villain that died off-screen is thus not dead and comes back with mysterious power (all while acting cartoonishly evil), go fight a bunch of bosses in random areas". I want to be wrong on this since I'm missing a lot of context, but yeah.

Originally Posted by LisseyCrowe

As someone not familiar with FFXI's world, and so cannot really feel nostalgic and/or identify what is and isn't references and such, is the Raid story really that good or ..?

Because from my PoV, it was essentially "Portal to another world opens randomly, villain that died off-screen is thus not dead and comes back with mysterious power (all while acting cartoonishly evil), go fight a bunch of bosses in random areas". I want to be wrong on this since I'm missing a lot of context, but yeah.

Stupid lizard aside, it's a glorious nod to XI. The portal you take into the raid is via a voidwatch portal. The Walk if Echoes was mentioned by said boring lizard, which is neat how it ties Eorzea to Vana'diel.
With WoE being integral to Voidwatch and Wings of the he Goddess, I wouldn't be surprised if Lady Lilith is the big bad at some point.

liked the 7.1 story. sure it isnt perfect but its not bad.

i've been rather critical of the 7.0 story so maybe 7.1 is just better and not good, but yeah i liked it.

i'm not a friend of the whole childking thing. a CHILD nobody knows and son of a murderous king? yeah no... and this isnt something they can just change in the patches... but this carried over from 7.0. everything around that was good.

wuk said her stuff but she was far from taking over the whole patch.

now the reaction of the people is too one sided.... like... nobody wants to remember their parents and carry that feeling over to this situation? nobody wants to keep rememberung the good times with sphene?

the second thing i didnt really like is how koana met a rroneek and one quest later he is rdy to die for one (not even the same rroneek). aside from that... i really like to get more lore about the world especially when its about indigenous tribes.

the ending... i dont really get the people who are blind blown. isnt it (at least apparently) just another zenos situation? she dies and then we have a fake one / copy / someone else who is pretending to be the real one.... and the real one who is somewhere else.

dungeons in DT are all great over all. a challenge for the weaker players and not

so all in all i rather liked this patch story.

Originally Posted by Lollerblades

Stupid lizard aside, it's a glorious nod to XI. The portal you take into the raid is via a voidwatch portal. The Walk if Echoes was mentioned by said boring lizard, which is neat how it ties Eorzea to Vana'diel.
With WoE being integral to Voidwatch and Wings of the he Goddess, I wouldn't be surprised if Lady Lilith is the big bad at some point.

Just like with previous raids, a person's enjoyment out of it's story will depend entirely on their familiarity with the original material. I never played FFXI so I have no understanding or attachment to it's world. The fights are okay, but I just kind of tuned out with the story.

I still haven't managed to force myself through 7.1.

Got to the scene of Wuk trying to comfort a brain-dead child about coping with sphenes loss..........YOU LITERALLY KILLED HER, WHY DOES NOBODY ACKNOWLEDGE THE PLOT?

Part of the appeal to me has always been that they go into detail showing how the common folk in almost every culture in eorzea react to the events our protagonists cause and those repercussions. This is a key element of FFXIV's storytelling and to deny it seems disrespectful to writers and fans alike.

So we still not acknowledging Wuk is an invading oppressor who has installed a child-puppet to rule? This isn't the reality of course but the idea that an entire culture and civilization just seem to accept this as totally fine breaks my suspension of disbelief (among many other parts of DT), why ever care about the story again when nothing matters? Anything can be explained away with magical sharlyan bullshit. Consequences do not exist. Characters are little mouth puppets that will act however the plot convenience demands.

7.1 MSQ was thrash

Alliance Raid story is where my MSQ is right now as even though it was flawed it kept me engaged in its story and makes me questioned what will happen next.

I nearly wished they turned them around as the alliance raid story could have easily worked as MSQ.