Stormblood 2
Having finished the game in early access, this expansion is going to polarize people on the story. While this may be a bit strange after two greatly received story expansions, longtime players and fans will remember the game existed before Shadowbringers, and and harkens back to the critically underrated Stormblood expansion.
That expansion is remembered for being fun first and badly written second. Stormblood's bipartiasan reception will most likely be the experience Dawntrail receives as well, where the first half of the story is primarily Warhammer, while the latter half of the story is more akin to Warhammer 40000.
However, the most important part of any mmo is the gameplay, which is where dawntrail eclipses Shadowbringers and Endwalker by a significant margin. there's no denying that if they keep up their trajectory, this will be the best expansion the game has ever had. The job balance is finally good again, the dungeons are fast and tricky, the current EX trials are the best starting duo the game has ever had, and the upcoming Arcadion raids will be the best raid series the game has ever had. It's clear that whoever they have hired to design mechanics will thrive this time around, and the upcoming deep dungeon, criterion, AND field zone content will perpetuate this success. We are in good hands.
Since story is a vehicle to gameplay this time around, this expansion is easily the best of the bunch.
Having finished the game in early access, this expansion is going to polarize people on the story. While this may be a bit strange after two greatly received story expansions, longtime players and fans will remember the game existed before Shadowbringers, and and harkens back to the critically underrated Stormblood expansion.
That expansion is remembered for being fun first and badly written second. Stormblood's bipartiasan reception will most likely be the experience Dawntrail receives as well, where the first half of the story is primarily Warhammer, while the latter half of the story is more akin to Warhammer 40000.
However, the most important part of any mmo is the gameplay, which is where dawntrail eclipses Shadowbringers and Endwalker by a significant margin. there's no denying that if they keep up their trajectory, this will be the best expansion the game has ever had. The job balance is finally good again, the dungeons are fast and tricky, the current EX trials are the best starting duo the game has ever had, and the upcoming Arcadion raids will be the best raid series the game has ever had. It's clear that whoever they have hired to design mechanics will thrive this time around, and the upcoming deep dungeon, criterion, AND field zone content will perpetuate this success. We are in good hands.
Since story is a vehicle to gameplay this time around, this expansion is easily the best of the bunch.