(10-13-2016, 10:15 AM)Nero Wrote: Heavensward writing was a mess. The pacing was shitty and the focus was terrible. I have no hope that Ala Mhigo will be any better in the slightest.
In general, I liked the Heavensward stuff, it had a nice story about the Dragonsong War, but I have to agree with you that the pacing is shitty. One minute we're about to go fight Nidhogg and then suddenly "QUICK GO TO UL'DAH" >_>
I also wish they went into more detail about certain aspects of the story.
(10-13-2016, 10:15 AM)Nero Wrote: Aymeric is cool. Estinien was great. Ysayle was really good. Lucia was interesting. Those fucking Fortemps brats were more compelling as characters and had better character arcs than the Scooby-Doo Gang of the Seventh Dawn bopping around the world and killing primals.
Can we just hang out with Aymeric for now on? Because I don't like the idea of  staying with Seventh Dawn peeps forever and ever. It's getting old, like you mentioned, it's the same stuff over and over again except new people and new places. Don't get me wrong, I don't mind that they're alive and well, but let them do their own thing.
(10-13-2016, 10:15 AM)Nero Wrote: Pulling the rug out from under them by revealing the war should have caused more mass chaos, more conflict than Aymeric getting stabbed by a fruit knife and one crazy lady on a rooftop getting shot with an arrow. In no setting can you get me to believe that a militant, zealous theocracy centred around the waging of a genocidal war can smoothly transition to a two house democratic republic with no issues.
I'm probably wrong in saying this since I hardly ever do sidequests unless it unlocks something, but wasn't more of the conflict found within side quests and talking to NPCs?
I agree that the two house thing happened way too smoothly and realistically, that shit never happens. Can we think of one time in History where the breaking down of a government that has been around for years has ever worked out smoothly? I can't think of anything on the top of my head.
The issues of the two houses was just disregarded, it was likely there if you really wanted to believe it, but the quests never went into detail and it is fairly disappointing. I would've loved to see what conflicts would arise from it and who knows maybe we will in future patches.
(10-13-2016, 10:15 AM)Nero Wrote: Here's how we handle the Ascians: we sit on our happy asses and wait for them to do something, then react. And maybe we'll save Ishgard on the side if we feel like it.
Back in the 2.x MSQ, we did try to take charge and not wait for the Ascians and that was when Moenbryda was around. Maybe if she wasn't dead, we would get more shit done instead of waiting for trouble.