Hello all,
Here is something that I haven't seen much discussed before (or at least not from that point of view).
One of the thing that really bothered me during the whole first part of Dawntrail is the lack of use of the scions.
The first and most obvious thing is, of course, the actual lack of competition between them, contrary to what was initially advertised. If anything, we spend more time collaborating with Thancred and Urianger than act against each other.
But then come the scions that are with us : Alphinaud, Alisae and Krile. Why these 3 ? I actually quickly felt it would make a lot of sense because, if we take a quick look at Wuk and her quest to become the new ruler she is :
- Trying to keep various tribes united despite some conflicting opinions and tensions.
- An adopted child that doesn’t know her true parents
- Competing against her two brothers.
Ok, now, when we take a look at our crew we got :
- Alphi who tried to unite all the nations of Eorzea under one banner to fight against Garlemald with both successes and failures.
- Krile who is adopted and has no idea who her true parents are.
- Ali who had conflicts with her brother in the past despite chasing a similar goal.
So, the parallels are obvious. It’s perfect to both make Wuk grow as a person and to create some strong bonds with all of the scions that are with her.
Except none of this happens. Not once. She spends all her time with us, the WoL who, in retrospect, is maybe the less apt of the crew to mentor her, and to share things with her. The one person that is “silent” most of the time.
It’s a true waste of potential to :
-Truly develop Wuk as a character based on everything else we experienced before in the game
-Have an interesting reminder/summary of what actually happened in the game so far for newer players
-Further developing the scions that we’ve know for so long.
Continue reading...
Here is something that I haven't seen much discussed before (or at least not from that point of view).
One of the thing that really bothered me during the whole first part of Dawntrail is the lack of use of the scions.
The first and most obvious thing is, of course, the actual lack of competition between them, contrary to what was initially advertised. If anything, we spend more time collaborating with Thancred and Urianger than act against each other.
But then come the scions that are with us : Alphinaud, Alisae and Krile. Why these 3 ? I actually quickly felt it would make a lot of sense because, if we take a quick look at Wuk and her quest to become the new ruler she is :
- Trying to keep various tribes united despite some conflicting opinions and tensions.
- An adopted child that doesn’t know her true parents
- Competing against her two brothers.
Ok, now, when we take a look at our crew we got :
- Alphi who tried to unite all the nations of Eorzea under one banner to fight against Garlemald with both successes and failures.
- Krile who is adopted and has no idea who her true parents are.
- Ali who had conflicts with her brother in the past despite chasing a similar goal.
So, the parallels are obvious. It’s perfect to both make Wuk grow as a person and to create some strong bonds with all of the scions that are with her.
Except none of this happens. Not once. She spends all her time with us, the WoL who, in retrospect, is maybe the less apt of the crew to mentor her, and to share things with her. The one person that is “silent” most of the time.
It’s a true waste of potential to :
-Truly develop Wuk as a character based on everything else we experienced before in the game
-Have an interesting reminder/summary of what actually happened in the game so far for newer players
-Further developing the scions that we’ve know for so long.
Continue reading...