The fact they can't reference or outright include characters and events from side content in the main story severely limits their options and just leads to bizarre moments like
only getting the option to tell Zero about Cylva long after we've left the First
, it sucks.
Unfortunately, making the Crystal Tower Raids mandatory back in 5.3 was (apparently) so badly received (not to mention made the Alliance Raid Roulette borderline unusable) that they swore they'd never do it again, so what are their options at this point?
I can only really come up with either A) continue ignoring side content, to the detriment of the story, or B) assume it's all been done, even if it hasn't (and glossing over things that would be impossible if it hasn't e.g.
Gaia being the verifiably non-haunted person she is post-Eden, or Unukalhai being in the First etc.
).
They could just include a pop-up (akin to the several cutscenes one) that says something like, idk, "The following quest assumes the events of [insert side content here] have already occurred, if you'd like to experience that storyline for yourself this is your chance to back out"... not that i think many would choose to do that, but it would be... courteous. An attempt.
i don't know, i just think they need to do something, it's a huge shame to let interesting characters and story beats languish in side content jail forever...
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only getting the option to tell Zero about Cylva long after we've left the First
, it sucks.
Unfortunately, making the Crystal Tower Raids mandatory back in 5.3 was (apparently) so badly received (not to mention made the Alliance Raid Roulette borderline unusable) that they swore they'd never do it again, so what are their options at this point?
I can only really come up with either A) continue ignoring side content, to the detriment of the story, or B) assume it's all been done, even if it hasn't (and glossing over things that would be impossible if it hasn't e.g.
Gaia being the verifiably non-haunted person she is post-Eden, or Unukalhai being in the First etc.
).
They could just include a pop-up (akin to the several cutscenes one) that says something like, idk, "The following quest assumes the events of [insert side content here] have already occurred, if you'd like to experience that storyline for yourself this is your chance to back out"... not that i think many would choose to do that, but it would be... courteous. An attempt.
i don't know, i just think they need to do something, it's a huge shame to let interesting characters and story beats languish in side content jail forever...
Continue reading...