Creating a Compelling World

[Altaeiu]

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Their biggest problem is they don't apply what little lore they have. In gridania, there is this invisible threat called wood sin and then the somewhat abusive protectors called elementals. Considering how terrified the entire city was on them you'd think the elementals themselves would seem threatening. They arent. They are tiny little fairy things, just ordinary mobs. Eventually they become easily killable. The story makes them sound like all powerful gods and you'd think with that strange agreement they would be passive and un-attack-able in gridania. No threat. Then the woodsin. I don't see any wild lings or people who look afflicted, at all. In gridania. They talk about them all the time but I dont see any crazy people except the poachers down in the cellars. No threat again. The garleans "oh my they are attacking and patrolling the area!". What Garleans. I don't see any outside, I dont see any gates being pounded on. Just in the cutscenes. No threat. The forest is apparently deadly. I don't see any vines comming out to attack me. Its just annoyingly labyrinth like. Maybe some of the monsters would be the "threat" but Uldah has those and I don't see the pugilist guild getting their undies in a twist about the terrifying desert. The forest, is about as deadly as my grandmother during her nap time. Once again, No threat. This made the storyline hard to believe and the entire town seem like a large group of cultists. It was uncomfortable going through for a storyline, at least for me. But its my fault for choosing that one. Point being. I don't see caravans being raided in Uldah, or pirates in the open seas attack the ferry in limsa (if that's what those stories entail I haven't gone through those). Point being, not only are the stories hard to get into when they barely apply to the world around them, but the areas themselves just seem like areas instead of places. Atleast in Sarutabaruta the towers were applicable later on through the stories. The beast men were there and they were the threat. In the past there were monsters attacking since it was a WAR. If there is this threat, where is it?. There arent even any potholes or burnt down trees or resemblance of garleans being there. That is all. /end angry rant.