Quote Originally Posted by Cilia View Post

2. The Scions already took a major backseat in 7.0 to Wuk Lamat. Complaints about the latter aside, I'm not sure how popular pulling them out of the spotlight has been. Also we need NPCs to run Trusts, and they're already there...

3. The whole point of sending us to the other side of the world seems to have been an effort for a fresh start. As such, I do not think we're going to go back and explore "old world" areas except as side content (Stellar Exploration, Deep Dungeons, Custom Deliveries, etc.). The MSQ writers clearly want to break away from preexisting lore and do their own thing; I can't fault them for that, though the results so far have been less than impressive.
the whole point of DT was supposed to be to have a vacation away from eorzea and the disbanded scions but unfortunately they still kept them in anyway an yes i think the trust component might be a factor to it but also the JP an CN communities often have this problem with idol worship.. an it shows with how they keep shoving y'shtola in ads an having the twins advocate for clothing lines etc.
but i think the scions need to go do their own things for at the very least one whole expansion like sure fine use them in sidecontent if they MUST but keep them there do not let them impact the story as whole and let our character for once have the spotlight back on them. this whole excuse of "they need npcs for main scenario" doesnt fly when in the same token the duty support they added adds in random people we've never even met or interacted with before but are allies none the less an i think a majority are okay with that having factions offer their aid to us via proxy representation or hell they could just combine our grand company squad to the duty support system and people would be content with that as well.
it just needs to make logical sense as to why they are there an not be shoe horned in at a whim. (looking at you Estenien )