(01-22-2015, 07:00 PM)Telluride Wrote:I still just think they made her like that so we'd feel it when she died.(01-22-2015, 06:12 PM)Aldotsk Wrote: It felt like it was intentional to kill a femroe in the story.Â
*senses discrimination coming from the FFXIV scriptwriter*
Thing is, to me, Moony wasn't just a Femroe - she was the most engaging and interesting of her race offered to us in these quests. Â I mean, come on - smart, good with her axe, willing to get her hands dirty in a fight, flirty yet loyal (to an Elezen who was cold to her, even) , cool in demeanor with a touch of sass, and good at what she did. Â She was THE Femroe.
Frankly, I think they killed her because nobody at SE is a good enough or smart enough writer to properly use a character like that, so they had to kill her before she took over the Scions simply because she was vastly more COMPETENT AT EVERYTHING than any of them save maybe Papalymo or Y'shtola at their best. Â (I don't include Cid and crew in this comparison, but let's be honest - Biggs and Wedge would never get anything done with her around)
I would bet you a lot of gil that Moenbryda would never develop sudden leg cramps in Little Solace....
I just realized that I'm picturing replacing old Chuck Norris memes with Moenbryda memes, so... I am stepping away from the keyboard.
Not to mention, all the newer characters they've introduced seem to have more life than the old. Keep in mind that the MSQ has actually been getting -better- as it goes along, even by a little. It's reasonable that a character introduced in one of the best story patches is more engaging than the ones who were already there. Moenbryda's death was written long before she entered the stage as well. Stepping back and looking at it from a storyboard perspective (and the perspective of someone who -wants- the players to feel loss instead of just saying, 'oh, so and so died'), yeah, I think it's actually fine for the most part.