If 3.1 avoided speaking much about the cliffhanger at the end of 3.0, this slowly brings Ishgard once again to the forefront. There is something not very great about its politics—I'm specifically thinking about rulers setting up a fancy match to pass through changes whilst the citizenry is swelling up with national pride and distracted.
Narratively, though, it's nice to return the focus to tying up loose threads instead of the mild meandering confusion of 3.1.
I am also unsure of why the Minfillia storyline was split between 3.1 and 3.2—I guess the writers might have wanted yet another cliffhanger, but surely doing so must have damped the strength of the reveal.
Narratively, though, it's nice to return the focus to tying up loose threads instead of the mild meandering confusion of 3.1.
I am also unsure of why the Minfillia storyline was split between 3.1 and 3.2—I guess the writers might have wanted yet another cliffhanger, but surely doing so must have damped the strength of the reveal.
Surprisingly hefty patch! Really cool dungeon and great story developments. This really should've been 3.1, or at least some of what's here should've been put into that.
Why cause all these political problems and then just pretend that the melee actually could have solved any of it? Its not ever brought up again in any meaningful way...
ty for giving the Ishgardian twink more screen time
Definitely more narrative of a narrative over content patch but they did so many things well. I really just enjoyed the story. So many unexpected things, Minfillia, Estinien, Emmanellain. I was very engaged all the way through even if some parts were a bit iffy like the whole grand company melee somehow fixing the problems but I guess it's just medieval logic, fighting solves everything. But you're still seeing the effects of the war and how people are just so reluctant to give into peace because war is all they've ever known. I just really liked it.
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Finally getting things moving, a lot of solid character development and plot beats in this one. Really excited to see how things shake out next patch with the war in full swing. Rip to Minfilia btw
8/10
8/10
plot is moving again, very solid story content and yeah, overall a pretty great patch
amazing
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So far I'd say this is by far the best piece of FFXIV up to this point. Not by a massive margin but it's defintley felt like the most well structured and well told story XIV has told.
I enjoy dragon politics and again XIV delivers, though before that the stuff with Minfila. It produced a very fun dungeon, showed what has become of Minfilia and gave the cast some questions to think upon. I'm really loving Alphinauds continued development and how he's trying to figure himself out and the relationship he has with the WoL is very cute.
Y'shtola has some cool moments but Thancred is where's it at here in terms of the Scions. He's got some great stuff here and he's defintley my favourite scion after this patch (If you don't include Tataru that is) he's a very funny character and a few lines of his dialogue here are the most funny the game has been to this point. His character is also just given way more depth and his relationship with Minfilia and the scenes he has with (the boy I forget his name) are great. I also never realised Thancred was so old but I'm really invested to seeing where his plot goes. Here already he already got me invested in his character and showed way more of his character in these 5 hours than he has throughout the rest of the game... which uhh probably shows that XIV sucked at character development pre Heavensward, though there were a few exceptions.
Quests were all fun and there were a couple fun onese like the Melee and the Dungeon like I said. Music continues to be stellar, VA work was also amazing, though there were one or two vas that I thought were iffy, especially the (boy who fucks shit up)s manservant, his va was not good. Everyone else though was great.
I'm really enjoying the questions being brought up here and how they're being answered, some cool stuff all round. Again there's alot of stuff that would rely on good payoff but even without the need for payoff this story was great. Really loved this patch. the best XIV has had to offer so far
I enjoy dragon politics and again XIV delivers, though before that the stuff with Minfila. It produced a very fun dungeon, showed what has become of Minfilia and gave the cast some questions to think upon. I'm really loving Alphinauds continued development and how he's trying to figure himself out and the relationship he has with the WoL is very cute.
Y'shtola has some cool moments but Thancred is where's it at here in terms of the Scions. He's got some great stuff here and he's defintley my favourite scion after this patch (If you don't include Tataru that is) he's a very funny character and a few lines of his dialogue here are the most funny the game has been to this point. His character is also just given way more depth and his relationship with Minfilia and the scenes he has with (the boy I forget his name) are great. I also never realised Thancred was so old but I'm really invested to seeing where his plot goes. Here already he already got me invested in his character and showed way more of his character in these 5 hours than he has throughout the rest of the game... which uhh probably shows that XIV sucked at character development pre Heavensward, though there were a few exceptions.
Quests were all fun and there were a couple fun onese like the Melee and the Dungeon like I said. Music continues to be stellar, VA work was also amazing, though there were one or two vas that I thought were iffy, especially the (boy who fucks shit up)s manservant, his va was not good. Everyone else though was great.
I'm really enjoying the questions being brought up here and how they're being answered, some cool stuff all round. Again there's alot of stuff that would rely on good payoff but even without the need for payoff this story was great. Really loved this patch. the best XIV has had to offer so far
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While this patch does feel more narratively focused than the last, with its final moments tying back into the cliffhanger that was set up at the end of HW proper, there was not as much shock value here as the last patch. Hell, Minfilia's death(?) was so anticlimactic that I just rolled my eyes. And the "melee" tournament was honestly not as interesting as I expected.
Still, there's plenty that this patch does to keep the story rolling along, with Nidhogg's rude interruption of the peace conference being quite memorable. The Antitower was also a really solid dungeon, with its final boss taking the form of a giant demonic baby doll come to life; certainly, an image I will not soon forget.
The best scene? Emmanellain getting completely socked in the face by Thancred.
Still, there's plenty that this patch does to keep the story rolling along, with Nidhogg's rude interruption of the peace conference being quite memorable. The Antitower was also a really solid dungeon, with its final boss taking the form of a giant demonic baby doll come to life; certainly, an image I will not soon forget.
The best scene? Emmanellain getting completely socked in the face by Thancred.