Thematic issues. Why all the sci fi.

[Sheriyana]

The amount of copium here trying to justify the sudden BLITZ of scifi entering into the mix. Sharlayan is to blame for all, they can figure everything out that others can't. Same with the Loporrit.

Allagan tech used to be this ancient mysterious technology that was hard to recreate and was LOST for a reason, now it seems that the plot farts out tech and modern things on a whim. THERE IS NO REASON IN THIS GAME TO HAVE MIDDLE-AGE VILLAGE TYPE SOCIETIES IF THIS IS THE CASE. Can't any of you people understand world building and how decisions like this affect it in the story and in the world they are supposedly trying to portray us?

In other FF's the infusion of tech was done elegantly and with purpose. This is the equivalent of shoving a rusty spoon in your eye.

They are killing the FANTASY in Final Fantasy XIV.

I made a thread about the hyper advanced civilizations getting ridiculous a little while back too. I'm glad more people are voicing their opinions. Very much agreed with OP and Hallarem here. At this point it feels like ARR took place like a millennia ago with how much the tech and civilizations we encounter have advanced. It hardly even feels like the same game anymore to me. Solution 9 is such a blatant "Cyberpunk was popular, let's just do that and make it a FFIX reference". It feels so jarring and out of place, so shallow and vapid. I like the music and some parts of the zone are pretty but I hate everything it represents. Like genuinely I think Dawntrail has ruined some aspects of the worldbuilding forever for me, like with the regulators and messing with the mysticism of souls and turning them into products and a commodity...

Also, after all that hyper advanced cyberpunk roboid blasting in the MSQ, the first level 100 gear sets are like medieval fantasy and tribal inspired? The raid gear is like leather gladiator gear (don't get me wrong, I like how they looked), who in this city would actually use that when you have glowy neon tech outfits? The tournament is clearly meant for people from Solution 9. Just for the whole thing, what even is a tone? I've always felt they should tie gear you get in an expansion better into the expansion's theme, it's always been a huge issue with gear in this game, one time you get hyper advanced Allagan gear and the next you're in like platemail or some clown outfit or other. I think genuinely the last tome sets I liked were the shadowkeeper ones in Shadowbringers, because they were thematic, and looked great.