the golden age of final fantasy xiv is officially over.
it's one thing to have crappy writing (this happens a lot; ffxiv is more often one of the most mediocre final fantasies than it is one of the very best ones). it's another thing entirely to not only completely ruin the arc of one of the game's most promising characters but to completely neuter all the mystique, allure and intrigue to a part of the game's lore that has been built up over the past 10+ years of storytelling (while completely neglecting the characters originally entangled in said lore).
i could elucidate my feelings on what it's been like to follow the post-6.0 patch cycle but i think this image sums up capping things off with 6.5 more eloquently than i could ever hope to: https://i.imgur.com/uo6iffw.png
it's one thing to have crappy writing (this happens a lot; ffxiv is more often one of the most mediocre final fantasies than it is one of the very best ones). it's another thing entirely to not only completely ruin the arc of one of the game's most promising characters but to completely neuter all the mystique, allure and intrigue to a part of the game's lore that has been built up over the past 10+ years of storytelling (while completely neglecting the characters originally entangled in said lore).
i could elucidate my feelings on what it's been like to follow the post-6.0 patch cycle but i think this image sums up capping things off with 6.5 more eloquently than i could ever hope to: https://i.imgur.com/uo6iffw.png