I agree 100% with the notion I bolded above and my apologies for not doing so in the post prior, and as for how I approach things, yeah, liking games like FF2, FF13 and Dark Souls 2 has...let's just say it's allowed me to be really damn chill about gaming discussions lol
Shit on the game's writing all you want, as long as you buy your buddy a beer (or equivalent friendly gesture) to tell them you appreciate them (this isn't to imply you don't do so or haven't done so just a genuine reminder)
Tbf you probably have to roll it up and smoke it (please do not do that)
I had completely forgotten about that scene until I saw it again last year. That one is REALLY bad. :D
hey, I've never played this game before, but this cutscene hundreds of hours into the game sucks. I don't know any of the characters or the context for what's happening, but...
what
I gotta say, I do think it's a bit strange that you're posting so much in this thread. I know fuck all about Destiny 2, and I would feel pretty uncomfortable going into a thread criticizing any aspect of it armed only with some YouTube videos I watched.
Funny thing is you'd actually have to experience Destiny 2's story via YouTube videos, because major aspects of the story have been vaulted.
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Not to derail but I go through this in my head so damn much regarding XI's player races and while I do miss XI I'm happy XIV's customization options shit on XI's from a great height and XIV still has a long way to go in many regards on that front as well and I hope the Devs get there cuz certain features are long overdue like Black hairstyles and Hroth in general.
Oh yea I agree Hroth are p fucked, like....I'm convinced they literally grabbed the XI wire frame prototypes from the Ronso-fied Galka prototypes and ported them forward or something to dig that hole so deeply cuz nothing else would explain why they did things the way they did but I'm also p damn ignorant on the subject so maybe it was faster to do what they did.
Yea, I think the thing stopping SE (aside from being cheap which doesn't fly anymore given what YoshiP famously said) is that somehow if said mods were implemented officially they'd show on all clients rather than mods simply being client-side and somehow this would cause the game engine to self-immolate, which is still bullshit and they need to un-fuck those ears and especially fast track that Snow Hairstyle one cuz that's cash shop only nowadays and no other race has to compromise on their vidual identity to use that hairstyle and unless they're gonna program a discount for Hroth players who bought it prior or will buy it post 6.1its wrong that Hroth have to put up with that (and the overall situation more generally)
This is not how 3d character models work. For the server code in this game your character is literally just a pixel, your hitbox, the client pulls out the texture and models from your game folder, nothing goes to the server, this game doesn't have collission of any way.
I'm hoping they do that and also add some of the outfits from SoP cuz while playing that I was just thinking: "Oh hey caster gear that isn't all robes" last time I felt that was when I ran around in XI for a month recently.
I got too used to forgetting that set exists cuz yea shit's fucked and I agree they better get their heads out of their ass whenever we do explore that area. I want non euro centric mythology represented in my RPGs but if the Dev in question isn't interested in doing so respectably then I'd rather they do literally anything else.By the way, I can't believe we've made it this far in a thread about representation in FFXIV without anyone mentioning what is by far the worst example of this in the game. Because good lord:
Never mind that the Whalaqee are a completely tone deaf pastiche of Native Americans—feathered headdresses and spirit totems and all—it's actually a plot point that they've been *ravaged by diseases carried over by explorers from the East.* Which isn't to say they couldn't possibly tell that story well, but the lack of sensitivity around them so far doesn't fill me with hope. Man, whenever we go to the New World it has such potential to be a massive shitshow. I hope they figure this shit out before then.
By the way, I can't believe we've made it this far in a thread about representation in FFXIV without anyone mentioning what is by far the worst example of this in the game. Because good lord:
Never mind that the Whalaqee are a completely tone deaf pastiche of Native Americans—feathered headdresses and spirit totems and all—it's actually a plot point that they've been ravaged by diseases carried over by explorers from the East. Which isn't to say they couldn't possibly tell that story well, but the lack of sensitivity around them so far doesn't fill me with hope. Man, whenever we go to the New World it has such potential to be a massive shitshow. I hope they figure this shit out before then.
They seemed to do Indian representation pretty decently when we went to Thavnair. They used Indian voice actors for all the Thavnairian characters, as far as I know, and the world/city design there seemed to pay respectful homage to appropriate architectural and cultural references. It's still possible for the New World to get a similar treatment when we go there, in terms of respectful Native American representation and cultural homages.By the way, I can't believe we've made it this far in a thread about representation in FFXIV without anyone mentioning what is by far the worst example of this in the game. Because good lord:
Never mind that the Whalaqee are a completely tone deaf pastiche of Native Americans—feathered headdresses and spirit totems and all—it's actually a plot point that they've been ravaged by diseases carried over by explorers from the East. Which isn't to say they couldn't possibly tell that story well, but the lack of sensitivity around them so far doesn't fill me with hope. Man, whenever we go to the New World it has such potential to be a massive shitshow. I hope they figure this shit out before then.
