There are sliding scales of people in the world. Some who are stronger, some who are weaker, and some who are in-between. It's easy to recognize that some NPC's are going to be weaker, but there are going to be some who are stronger, and those roles shouldn't be strictly relegated to NPC's.
It takes all kinds to make up the world. I myself have a range of strength in characters. I have one very strong (Glioca), two moderately strong (Aelden, Zehra) and the rest are moderate to mildly skilled, depending on their field of expertise (Dark, Reimu, Ulos'a, Galiena, Liviana), but it stands to reason that there are people who are gifted or skilled enough to battle alongside the WoL, even if not specifically shoulder-to-shoulder with him/her/them, and those should and can also be player characters.Â
I mean, the idea was there were how many dozens at the Steps of Faith to repel the dragons the first time? There's no reason that someone can't play a character who was there, either who came from Ishgard itself to come out and defend, or those from outside the city who came up on the flank of the invasion to try and help pincer them.
And yeah, those ants aren't ants. They're man-sized ants. That's not exactly just little ants. And they 'die' because there's no way to respawn NPC's except grinder, and that gives downtime in the quest of the NPC's vanishing where the players have to fight the mobs in the Fates and such on their own.Â
I mean, you CAN keep them alive with healing. Some NPC's DO heal and such. We see it in the MSQ. They're not all suffering from meatgrinder syndrome, just some of them.
It takes all kinds to make up the world. I myself have a range of strength in characters. I have one very strong (Glioca), two moderately strong (Aelden, Zehra) and the rest are moderate to mildly skilled, depending on their field of expertise (Dark, Reimu, Ulos'a, Galiena, Liviana), but it stands to reason that there are people who are gifted or skilled enough to battle alongside the WoL, even if not specifically shoulder-to-shoulder with him/her/them, and those should and can also be player characters.Â
I mean, the idea was there were how many dozens at the Steps of Faith to repel the dragons the first time? There's no reason that someone can't play a character who was there, either who came from Ishgard itself to come out and defend, or those from outside the city who came up on the flank of the invasion to try and help pincer them.
And yeah, those ants aren't ants. They're man-sized ants. That's not exactly just little ants. And they 'die' because there's no way to respawn NPC's except grinder, and that gives downtime in the quest of the NPC's vanishing where the players have to fight the mobs in the Fates and such on their own.Â
I mean, you CAN keep them alive with healing. Some NPC's DO heal and such. We see it in the MSQ. They're not all suffering from meatgrinder syndrome, just some of them.
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