So we know so little about the Ronkan lore as is... I accept that as the story teller not wanting to throw out all the details too fast as it gives them room to adjust and push out things here and there as this expansion continues. But the Qitari "choose your own adventure" is kinda... "meh" to me.
I went all in that the beginning history was not great. After all early empires tend to make the most mistakes and it's not unlikely that the Qitari suffered from "Excuse me sir, do you have a flag? No? Oh dear me your now a colony!" levels of empire building. But that doesn't mean that things didn't improve over time. So I went with the father's idea. And the quest affirmed my choice. I figured I'd chosen right.
Then the Viis subject came up and I figured once more that things did not go well, and the quest affirmed I'd been right, but it also tossed out that it was the Qitari that showed compassion that spared the Viis in the end. And that made me think about it a bit... that in the end the Qitari had turned the other cheek which is interesting.
Then came stage three and the new player hit the field with the "fishmen" which are the Namazu. I was presented with two choices... one they played nice and shared in a time of hardship, or they went murder hobo. A deep part of me thought it was very possible the Qitari, out of desperation, massacred the Namazu much like what nearly happened with the Xaela in the steppe's through the cut-scene's the player gets to see. But it nagged at me that the Qitari showed compassion to the Viis when their kind were being slaughtered and eaten by amazon bunnies and I figured that would have stuck with them if I was right about the second stella. So for the first time I choose the boy's view. Which jeebus my OCD hit when the new stone was blue rather then red.
But out of curiosity I looked up a few things and it seems that even the quest log dump doesn't really elude to it one way or another. In one source it seems it always affirms whatever you chose. And as someone that respects history and what it can tell I'm actually really frustrated with how this quest line works. Yeah it's a game, but should they really just be "restoring" these works on the whim of the warrior of darkness's call? Yeah they are short lived, but this is their history.... more care should be put into it! Not "Well we can't decide so this random stranger that saved our bacon shall cast the deciding vote!" I just wish there was more of a "research" phase to determine this bit of game lore. Make it feel more like an impact and choices matter and not like the most recent seasonal event where you just choose whatever to dispense your rewards. sigh. I don't know I'm just a lore nerd that likes to learn about the game. Maybe I'm just over thinking all this.
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I went all in that the beginning history was not great. After all early empires tend to make the most mistakes and it's not unlikely that the Qitari suffered from "Excuse me sir, do you have a flag? No? Oh dear me your now a colony!" levels of empire building. But that doesn't mean that things didn't improve over time. So I went with the father's idea. And the quest affirmed my choice. I figured I'd chosen right.
Then the Viis subject came up and I figured once more that things did not go well, and the quest affirmed I'd been right, but it also tossed out that it was the Qitari that showed compassion that spared the Viis in the end. And that made me think about it a bit... that in the end the Qitari had turned the other cheek which is interesting.
Then came stage three and the new player hit the field with the "fishmen" which are the Namazu. I was presented with two choices... one they played nice and shared in a time of hardship, or they went murder hobo. A deep part of me thought it was very possible the Qitari, out of desperation, massacred the Namazu much like what nearly happened with the Xaela in the steppe's through the cut-scene's the player gets to see. But it nagged at me that the Qitari showed compassion to the Viis when their kind were being slaughtered and eaten by amazon bunnies and I figured that would have stuck with them if I was right about the second stella. So for the first time I choose the boy's view. Which jeebus my OCD hit when the new stone was blue rather then red.
But out of curiosity I looked up a few things and it seems that even the quest log dump doesn't really elude to it one way or another. In one source it seems it always affirms whatever you chose. And as someone that respects history and what it can tell I'm actually really frustrated with how this quest line works. Yeah it's a game, but should they really just be "restoring" these works on the whim of the warrior of darkness's call? Yeah they are short lived, but this is their history.... more care should be put into it! Not "Well we can't decide so this random stranger that saved our bacon shall cast the deciding vote!" I just wish there was more of a "research" phase to determine this bit of game lore. Make it feel more like an impact and choices matter and not like the most recent seasonal event where you just choose whatever to dispense your rewards. sigh. I don't know I'm just a lore nerd that likes to learn about the game. Maybe I'm just over thinking all this.
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