I am a long time WoW veteran taking a break during the current expansion's... let's say "lame duck" phase to be nice... and I hadn't played FFXIV since the launch of ARR When I was on a WoW hiatus. I'm a big "lore guy" in WoW, and I feel almost embarrassed for my "main game" in the shadow of what I just finished while leveling my return reroll character here in XIV.
Heavensward is the greatest MMO expansion I’ve ever experienced (even just passing through it!) on the axis of storytelling, and I can’t imagine any other MMORPG ever touching XIV’s mastery in using this genre as a storytelling medium. Everything from its aesthetic to its music to its themes seemed handcrafted for my enjoyment and I loved everything about it! Now I'm greatly looking forward to shadowbringers, but man... can someone (without spoilers) please give me some hope that Stormblood isn't all "fantasy jewish people hiding in the desert fighting fantasy nazis?"
I have always been uncomfortable with everything Ala Mhigo, (let us not forget the rape quest... ugh) it's just such an ugly story on ugly brown scenery! Looking at the teleport categories I'm seeing the far east alluded to, and a "fantasy japan" in Doma would be so much better... is there hope? Am I stuck in this dirty resistance story until Shadowbringers?
I'm just gonna go cry through another listening of Dragonsong to feel better!
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Heavensward is the greatest MMO expansion I’ve ever experienced (even just passing through it!) on the axis of storytelling, and I can’t imagine any other MMORPG ever touching XIV’s mastery in using this genre as a storytelling medium. Everything from its aesthetic to its music to its themes seemed handcrafted for my enjoyment and I loved everything about it! Now I'm greatly looking forward to shadowbringers, but man... can someone (without spoilers) please give me some hope that Stormblood isn't all "fantasy jewish people hiding in the desert fighting fantasy nazis?"
I have always been uncomfortable with everything Ala Mhigo, (let us not forget the rape quest... ugh) it's just such an ugly story on ugly brown scenery! Looking at the teleport categories I'm seeing the far east alluded to, and a "fantasy japan" in Doma would be so much better... is there hope? Am I stuck in this dirty resistance story until Shadowbringers?
I'm just gonna go cry through another listening of Dragonsong to feel better!
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