Only talking up to and including the final 77 quest here, just as a heads up!
Goddammit, this expansion is actually making me feel sympathy for a fucking Ascian of all people! It's dwindling a bit after some of his comments but man... Emet-Selch is arguably my favourite villain of the game so far. Just... He's sassy as fuck, he's got a fantastic backstory and a completely understandable motivation even though it's absolute fucking insanity to want to do what he's trying to do and just so well written. No wonder y'all fucking simp over him so much! I get it now. I mean, I'm not simping over him but I totally get the love for him as a character. Don't appreciate him saying he'd cut us all down given the chance though... Almost wanted to punch his lights out for that comment. We're doing you a favour by letting you tag along, Emet... Don't make us regret it!
Like... It definitely feels like he's hiding things from us but I completely understand a lot of why the Ascians are doing what they're doing. They were happy, they were peaceful and they were thriving... Then Hydaelyn was summoned. If there was a way to rejoin the worlds without all the destruction and death, I'd do it in a heartbeat but... There's just no way the Ascians can be allowed to do what they have planned. So much death and destruction would come if they got their way... The writers really did an incredible job here with how easy it is to sympathise with the Ascians while still not condoning their actions whatsoever.
I really love all these roleplaying moments we've gotten too. Finally got to play as Thancred! That was a lot of fun fighting Ran'jit and getting a small taste of Gunbreaker gameplay, even with how simplified it was. Probably gonna leave Gunbreaker until last for tanks though because I have seen how busy that tank is and uh... Yeah, I'm way too much of a rookie to learn that one right now. Start out simple (with Summoner as you can guess) and work my way up over time.
What happened after with Minfilia and the Oracle of Light though... Fuck, that hurt! I've said before there wasn't really much attachment for people who started after 2.0 in regards to Minfilia but... Ah, it was so good to see her again even just one last time before she faded away and gave her powers to Min- Well, Ryne. And to learn that Ardbert was still wandering the world because the Oracle of Light had other plans for him... SOMETHING PAINFUL IS COMING AND I DON'T LIKE IT! ;-;
What I genuinely wasn't expecting was all the shit that went down in Eulmore though. Holy fuck, that got dark SO FAST! Learning that meol was actually sin eater flesh and that Vauthry was basically tricking people into cannibalism by no doubt turning those who couldn't serve as slaves into sin eaters and making them into meol was... Fucking hell, I nearly threw up. That was probably the darkest this game has gotten so far and it caught me and my partner completely off guard. I've been saying I want to kill that motherfucker this entire time since we first met him and that feeling was amplified tenfold after that reveal. Jabba the Hutt lookin' motherfucker just HAD to escape after it was revealed he's the last Lightwarden (something my partner was very happy about because they suspected it for a long time... They're way too fucking good at predicting things that'll happen... That's film students for you XD).
They name dropped Mount Gulg as well... I've heard about that dungeon. Nothing of the contents of it but just that has a reputation for kicking everyone's ass. That's gonna be fun... Especially because the fourth Lightwarden fight was a confusing one! Seriously, we went in blind and we sort of learned some of it but at the same time that fight is fucking tough when doing it blind. We got it down to like 10% before three of us died and only our WAR was left standing. They finished it off though.
I just have a bad feeling about what's coming our way in the last chunk of Shadowbringers base story... We might not finish it this week and it probably won't be until like August that we do due to various personal reasons but I just have a bad feeling that a lot of shit is going to go down. I'm scared...
Fucking love this game XD
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Goddammit, this expansion is actually making me feel sympathy for a fucking Ascian of all people! It's dwindling a bit after some of his comments but man... Emet-Selch is arguably my favourite villain of the game so far. Just... He's sassy as fuck, he's got a fantastic backstory and a completely understandable motivation even though it's absolute fucking insanity to want to do what he's trying to do and just so well written. No wonder y'all fucking simp over him so much! I get it now. I mean, I'm not simping over him but I totally get the love for him as a character. Don't appreciate him saying he'd cut us all down given the chance though... Almost wanted to punch his lights out for that comment. We're doing you a favour by letting you tag along, Emet... Don't make us regret it!
Like... It definitely feels like he's hiding things from us but I completely understand a lot of why the Ascians are doing what they're doing. They were happy, they were peaceful and they were thriving... Then Hydaelyn was summoned. If there was a way to rejoin the worlds without all the destruction and death, I'd do it in a heartbeat but... There's just no way the Ascians can be allowed to do what they have planned. So much death and destruction would come if they got their way... The writers really did an incredible job here with how easy it is to sympathise with the Ascians while still not condoning their actions whatsoever.
I really love all these roleplaying moments we've gotten too. Finally got to play as Thancred! That was a lot of fun fighting Ran'jit and getting a small taste of Gunbreaker gameplay, even with how simplified it was. Probably gonna leave Gunbreaker until last for tanks though because I have seen how busy that tank is and uh... Yeah, I'm way too much of a rookie to learn that one right now. Start out simple (with Summoner as you can guess) and work my way up over time.
What happened after with Minfilia and the Oracle of Light though... Fuck, that hurt! I've said before there wasn't really much attachment for people who started after 2.0 in regards to Minfilia but... Ah, it was so good to see her again even just one last time before she faded away and gave her powers to Min- Well, Ryne. And to learn that Ardbert was still wandering the world because the Oracle of Light had other plans for him... SOMETHING PAINFUL IS COMING AND I DON'T LIKE IT! ;-;
What I genuinely wasn't expecting was all the shit that went down in Eulmore though. Holy fuck, that got dark SO FAST! Learning that meol was actually sin eater flesh and that Vauthry was basically tricking people into cannibalism by no doubt turning those who couldn't serve as slaves into sin eaters and making them into meol was... Fucking hell, I nearly threw up. That was probably the darkest this game has gotten so far and it caught me and my partner completely off guard. I've been saying I want to kill that motherfucker this entire time since we first met him and that feeling was amplified tenfold after that reveal. Jabba the Hutt lookin' motherfucker just HAD to escape after it was revealed he's the last Lightwarden (something my partner was very happy about because they suspected it for a long time... They're way too fucking good at predicting things that'll happen... That's film students for you XD).
They name dropped Mount Gulg as well... I've heard about that dungeon. Nothing of the contents of it but just that has a reputation for kicking everyone's ass. That's gonna be fun... Especially because the fourth Lightwarden fight was a confusing one! Seriously, we went in blind and we sort of learned some of it but at the same time that fight is fucking tough when doing it blind. We got it down to like 10% before three of us died and only our WAR was left standing. They finished it off though.
I just have a bad feeling about what's coming our way in the last chunk of Shadowbringers base story... We might not finish it this week and it probably won't be until like August that we do due to various personal reasons but I just have a bad feeling that a lot of shit is going to go down. I'm scared...
Fucking love this game XD
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