Berseria starts out really, really dark from the get-go.
Berseria starts out really, really dark from the get-go.
That probably comes down to the rushed development of ARR. You're being told a lot more than you're being shown, but once you start hitting the patch quests after the end of the base ARR story it kind of flips the other way around.And I guess that's my criticism so far. Is that I'm not really gelling with how the story is being told.
Like the Empire is dangerous apparently but I've just seen a couple of canon fodder guys in silly outfits.
Regarding the stories in each expansion, I think 2.0 is the most vanilla (obviously). Maybe it's because you're going from level 1-50 and you're simply growing into becoming THE Warrior of Light. I think the subsequent expansions are smart in treating the WoL as a legitimate force after the events of 2.0. I also like how each expansions adds more to their reputation and significance that the game's world is aware and reminds you about.
Like the Empire is dangerous apparently but I've just seen a couple of canon fodder guys in silly outfits.
But also so far the seriousness feels clumsy.
Like there's also that weird skit earlier where an adventurer party has a member carrying around the head of their dead companion. Like it's strange.
From what I've played that particular type of thing hasn't come up since that I can recall.
The Arcanist class questline deals with sex trafficking and the NPC you partner up with (as is done for every class quest story arc) is a survivor of sexual assault and it morphs into a quest about bringing the person running the trafficking ring down. A class that uses books and summons a friendly furball. It definitely wasn't what I expected it to be but it was handled rather well (in my view but maybe I'm misremembering really hard) as the quest partner felt really fleshed out and I saw myself in her.
Stormblood is all about stuff like this in the context of war and colonization. I think it's my favorite of the expansions because it doesn't shy away, not that the show anything, but they heavily imply it. Even gets in to the economics of it all.
Jesus I really need to go and revisit that then cuz it's close to 8 years since I did the quest. However I very much will stand by the fact that I saw a lot of myself in her, her fear especially as it did bring up some past experiences when I played thru it.she jumps off a boat and you become the top dps that can move and you become the best healer in the game >.>
I completed the arcanist quests up to level 30 earlier this week and you are remembering correctly, I also thought they did it really wellThe Arcanist class questline deals with sex trafficking and the NPC you partner up with (as is done for every class quest story arc) is a survivor of sexual assault and it morphs into a quest about bringing the person running the trafficking ring down. A class that uses books and summons a friendly furball. It definitely wasn't what I expected it to be but it was handled rather well (in my view but maybe I'm misremembering really hard) as the quest partner felt really fleshed out and I saw myself in her.
This guild is associated with a city state that steals lands from the native Kobolds on the regular and the game doesn't delude you into thinking that the people you help save aren't problematic on a government level and I enjoy that they kept that from XI (which dealt with racism in the city state of Bastok and how that racism reared it ugly head in the Crystal war years before you begin your adventures in Vanadiel)
So I'll agree that with other saying you interpreted the quest correctly but not it's tone but it's understandable that such a sudden tonal shift can make anyone go "Wait wtf why is this a thing?"
I probably should have mentioned that I'm in Heavensward at the moment.
I'm on the quest: Big Trouble in Little Ala Mhigo which is a Level 27 main quest early into the game...
I started playing at the same time Trump was focused on the migrant caravan. I still don't have very high opinion of any of the city state leaders.
the whole DRK quest is wild out of pocket and that's why its one of the best questlines in the gamehaha, OP is just starting out (I'm in the same boat) and this thread is chock full of spoilers for future content.
I agree with you OP in that it's absolutely a whiplash because no other quest casually flings such content out and I agree with others in that there are a lot of background details that already set somber context. Even Little Ala Mhigo, the second you learn about it and it's rather blunt circumstances I think a rather grounded tone is set.
Try leveling Alchemist. Its storyline is pretty messed up too.Holy fuck I don't remember that in game. I mean I wasn't paying too much attention to the story because I mainly played to craft things, but ummmm....holy fuck.
Stormblood is all about stuff like this in the context of war and colonization. I think it's my favorite of the expansions because it doesn't shy away, not that the show anything, but they heavily imply it. Even gets in to the economics of it all.
One of the Little Ladies Day events featuring idol girls had an optional quest some distance from the main stage from a girl in the crowd. It turned out she was the ghost of a girl who got snatched up at the event many years earlier and sold off to sex traffickers. The game does go pretty dark at unexpected times.
I do distinctly recall the scene you mentioned being rather clumsily written.
FFXIV story always presents you as alone though. And when cutscenes load, your character disappear from view on the field. This isn't like SWTOR or WoW.The plot is so clunky in MMO's because everyone is running around as the main character of their own instance with like 50 other people crowding around NPCs, yet also taking a backseat to the preset story characters because its too hard to give everyones character voiced dialogue etc.
Not to mention DRK quests dealing with the toll it takes.The Warrior of Light kills plenty of people, and this fact is stated definitively multiple times in the game.
Heck an NPC later got demolished verbally by Yshtola because he misinterpreted WoL's heroism as a "pure" thing, saying that WoL is and has done things that needs to be done during their journey.
Some of most fuck up shit are in the side-quests though like the Wood Wailers (essentially Gridania's police) go around raping miqotes to the point that they turned to criminals to help protecting them from the these rapist police. Or the whole thing about people taking advantage of Little Ladies Day to kidnap children and sold them as sex slave.Side-quests & optional content is often on the lighter side of tones, but the main story is generally all kinds less light stuff from somewhat less political "monsters are wrecking havoc, could you take care of this" to tackling migrant crisises, coups & all kinds of more serious topics.
The game can get dark, there's even several events you missed that so I'm not even sure this particular event came out of now where. There's the "party" you come across that falls apart in Gridania that's tied to a dungeon post-ARR (one of my favorites). The discrimination of the beast tribes is foreshadowed. Tempered victims etc.
It doesn't?
I guess people forgot about poorArenvald and his existence
That's true as well.Some of most fuck up shit are in the side-quests though like the Wood Wailers (essentially Gridania's police) go around raping miqotes to the point that they turned to criminals to help protecting them from the these rapist police. Or the whole thing about people taking advantage of Little Ladies Day to kidnap children and sold them as sex slave.
Uhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh, and
Yotsuyu
I'm surprised you didn't mention it considering it's a large part of her background.
The Tam Tara Deepcroft (Hard) story fucks me up badly if you reached there. It's optional but in a sense I regret taking it because I felt I messed up the life of one person, lol.
FFXIV story always presents you as alone though. And when cutscenes load, your character disappear from view on the field. This isn't like SWTOR or WoW.
It starts out light hearted, and then it's going to get fucking dark, and it's going to stay fucking dark.