Quote Originally Posted by Tizzy_Tormentor View Post
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What you've said is a lot like how I feel in regard the story.
I don't view Dawntrail as bad, nor do I dislike Wuk Lamat. To me, both are alright. Could it have been better? Absolutely, but I don't think it's as terrible as people are making it out to be

Regarding the Scions specifically, I'm also disappointed of how little of a role they played. When the expansion was first announced and the story was teased, we were told that we would see the Scion's divided. Of course I never expected it to be an actual break with them, but we really only go against two of the members and even then it doesn't feel like much of a competition. The only thing that got in our way because of them was when Thancred dropped rocks on us to block our path

I think the writers really hurt themselves when it came to the claimaints specifically, because it didn't allow for much diversity in ideals. From the start, the only good claimaints were Wuk Lamat herself, and Koana - though as was shown had he continued on the path he was on he would have essentially erased Tural's culture and their history even though he had good intentions

Zoraal Ja from the get go was very clearly evil, and Bakool Ja Ja, as comedic as he is, was also seen as a villain - wanting to subjucate the other races and put the mamool ja on top. I cannot see any of the other scions not accounted for supporting either of them.

It would have been really cool to actually be against them idealogically and come to arms whether it be in dungeons or a solo duty.

Another part I personally took issue with is how half the continent of Tural was excluded from the competition. I don't think it was intentionally the case, or at least I can't recall why they weren't involved, but it always struck me as weird that the Shetona or the Hhetsarro didn't have the opporunity to test the claimaints and give some history about the area.

If anything, I really had the impression at the start that the contest was going to take place over the entire main expansion

There's probably a lot more I could say, but I think I'll leave it there
I know Yoshi-P has acknowledged the reception Dawntrail has gotten, so we'll have to see what happens in the next expansion and if the team truly has learned anything that was stated