(06-10-2016, 01:43 AM)Teadrinker Wrote:I think the war allusion was also for something greater then that and we did lose things in the recent conflict. We lost nameless NPCs and some main side characters and in the POV of the story those WERE significant losses. Like, they weren't lying about that. The changes came at a price of their history, their ruling body, their whole way of viewing their culture, and their heritage.(06-09-2016, 08:37 PM)Virella Wrote: Then again, I sort of expected Ishgard to be 'fixed' up, and become a nicer place. The blow wasn't too harsh for me. We saw this redemption plot for Ishgard coming from miles off after all.
Yeah, but at the price of something.
They put up all this bullshit foreshadowing of "A HEAVY PRICE WILL BE PAID." With a big ol ominous close up of husbando's (Aymeric's) face and Matoya was all like "YOU HAVE TO FIGHT AND KILL AND LOSE IN WAR." and we got...
Nothing. Literally nothing of value was lost, peace is effortless, the entire landscape of Ishgard changes in.... a few days? A month? And there is no information or inkling to indicate it's anything BUT hunkey dory.
Puke.
As for the changes in Ishgard, they don't say it outright but it's hinted that everything takes at least a few months. They just don't outright account for actual 'rest' periods like there would be in reality. Because nobody has time for that lol.
I'll be waiting to see how the rest of the coming patches unfold since there's so many other paths they can explore now without Nidhogg being a shitbird. If people think this is the be all end all and find it such a disappointment for Ishgard's story? Cool beans. I'll be over here with aftermath roleplay, social and cultural dissonance, the crazies that still cling to the Church, political strife, and other such potentials.
