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The Warring Triad:At least Regula died a hero, I guess. It was pretty great to see a more moderate, honourable and pragmatic approach to Garlemald's cause. I do wish he would have stuck around for longer but hopefully it will not be the last time we end up teaming up with a Garlean for the sake of the greater good whilst they remain loyal to their homeland and people in the same breath.
If nothing else it's simply further proof that my own character doesn't break canon despite there being some very vocal individuals who try to make it seem like every Garlean that isn't a defector is somehow evil and without any redeeming qualities.
Kinda disappointed that Zurvan didn't get his own lyrics for a song. He got the short end of the stick, I guess. Not that his two music themes were bad...I guess I just expected the trend to come full circle.Â
If nothing else it's simply further proof that my own character doesn't break canon despite there being some very vocal individuals who try to make it seem like every Garlean that isn't a defector is somehow evil and without any redeeming qualities.
Kinda disappointed that Zurvan didn't get his own lyrics for a song. He got the short end of the stick, I guess. Not that his two music themes were bad...I guess I just expected the trend to come full circle.Â
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Ilberd being behind the mask wasn't much of a surprise. Him sacrificing his own people in the name of 'MAH MIHGO' wasn't unexpected either. I like that if we go to war with Garlemald it will be because they have been provoked directly - it isn't due to Garlemald simply being the aggressor and breaching the current status quo themselves.
Papalymo dying was a little sad, I guess. Though after Nanamo and Estinien I expect him to return somehow. I'll be very pleased if this ends up with the story removing the plot armour on some of the main characters to the point where they can die and stay dead. Otherwise only secondary characters actually end up dying which becomes stale quickly.
It's a shame that the story stopped where it did. I personally found that 3.5 had flaws but was satisfying albeit very, very short. We get the rest of the story quests in March, correct? I guess we'll see another major escalation at that point which sets us up perfectly for the expansion to start a few months later.
I'll admit that I'm pretty biased but I really just want Garlemald to end up playing a similar role to The Archadian Empire in FFXII. I don't want to see it destroyed, humbled completely or dismantled. Get rid of the extremist elements, certainly, and make Garlean rule more satisfying for those under the Empire's wing without completely eroding away Garlemald's culture, pragmatism, power, influence and ferocity.
That's all I want in the long term, really.
Aymeric's also pretty stupid. Seriously, why is he apologising for Ishgard not lending its aid to the rest of Eorzea when it was locked in a bitter, brutal war with Nidhogg and his servants?
Ilberd being behind the mask wasn't much of a surprise. Him sacrificing his own people in the name of 'MAH MIHGO' wasn't unexpected either. I like that if we go to war with Garlemald it will be because they have been provoked directly - it isn't due to Garlemald simply being the aggressor and breaching the current status quo themselves.
Papalymo dying was a little sad, I guess. Though after Nanamo and Estinien I expect him to return somehow. I'll be very pleased if this ends up with the story removing the plot armour on some of the main characters to the point where they can die and stay dead. Otherwise only secondary characters actually end up dying which becomes stale quickly.
It's a shame that the story stopped where it did. I personally found that 3.5 had flaws but was satisfying albeit very, very short. We get the rest of the story quests in March, correct? I guess we'll see another major escalation at that point which sets us up perfectly for the expansion to start a few months later.
I'll admit that I'm pretty biased but I really just want Garlemald to end up playing a similar role to The Archadian Empire in FFXII. I don't want to see it destroyed, humbled completely or dismantled. Get rid of the extremist elements, certainly, and make Garlean rule more satisfying for those under the Empire's wing without completely eroding away Garlemald's culture, pragmatism, power, influence and ferocity.
That's all I want in the long term, really.
Aymeric's also pretty stupid. Seriously, why is he apologising for Ishgard not lending its aid to the rest of Eorzea when it was locked in a bitter, brutal war with Nidhogg and his servants?
