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It kinda rubs the wrong way the way Zepla uses her background in creative writing to seemingly elevate her take on the MSQ as if it somehow makes it more objective in nature. Speaking as an English Lit major myself, the issues with the story that she brings up are ultimately extremely subjective, as the writing still follows conventions that fit widely accepted standards. It's okay if she doesn't like the story this time around, but saying it hits her more because she's done creative writing courses feels, in this instance, as if she's saying "my learned perspective allows me to see what someone else might not" which, again does not track given how personal and subjective her takes are.
I had a friend in college who got motion sick all the time. She'd get motion sick on long car rides, on planes (even with no turbulence), and I'm sure boats would be even worse but i never saw her go on one. Some people just get motion sick easily.
Girl please stop uploading these thumbnails with you smiling in them xD There are so many more interesting faces you make during these ms streams.. face palms, yawning, and just absolute stank faces that crack me up I love them so much.
This isnt about the warrior of light making the decisions to forgive etc, it's to witness the growth of Wuk lamat and her fitness of a leader. Bakool is part of the leadership of the mammal's, if there is a way to unite them and follow her, then she has to consider this. Also Mamaals aren't "human", they dont follow a "prescribed human" mindset, if it's slightly off and doesn't make sense, it may do to their kind. Also this is the point where I needed to be dragged along in the storyline, there's a bit more but what I consider "Act II" from there on it gets really really good. I might pass the next episode or two if Zep is still struggling (she entitled to) but its starting to annoy me a little.
I started to enjoy the story a lot more around the mamool area and onwards. The start was rough but deffo got better for me and as much as I can accept other people’s criticisms about it I’m just glad I enjoyed it in the end 🙂💚
Is it just me or is Koana just way more interesting than Wuk Lamat? I dont hate her but seeing Wuk overcome his shortcomings is far more interesting
This was hard to watch. I'll definitely agree on the pacing issues at the beginning. However its like Zepla has the mentality of a train thats been in constant motion since the last saga of expansions that she has trouble slowing down and really appreciating whats within the story and flavor text. Harping on and on about not getting tacos during the feat of rapast and not even realizing she got her tacos!! It's akin to putting a book in a child's hands after all they've been entertaining themselves on lately is YouTube.
Despite Zepla saying that experiencing the story during her stream is what makes it "more fun" i feel like it's also further enhancing the moments of slow pacing done in order to flesh out the story elements during said feats.
i can’t take the english VA, the japanese VA do such a better job
Just finished msq. I’ll give it 7/10. It’s awesome to explore the new zones and some good battle content. But the story is just ok, it’s not that captivating.
I don't think it's fair to pit this story against EW and ShB, those two were the payoffs of a decade of story. The emmet selch cave paintings scene would have felt just as bland as an ARR reveal, but because we had so long to marinate with the idea of Zodiark = BBEG god, it was a complete mindfuck "this was the savior of the realm?!" I won't say there aren't improvements that could be made, but we're setting up the basis for a new decade of storytelling. I would like it to be better than ARR story but we may need to rely on the patch story for that.
I feel like u need stop reading your chat op about negativity on the story enjoy reading because there's a lot and you eventually get another date with erenville so just push on
very large respect and love to everyone who loves the dawntrail story it's a great game, best one of the year
but i agree 100% with zepla
I agree with pretty much everything Zepla has been saying, however I don’t think there was anything particularly egregious in this part of the story. It seems to me that she got a bad taste in her mouth and now she’s getting tilted about silly things.
I enjoyed this first half of DT, but it definitely gets much better in the second half. After the MSQ, I listened to a lot of people's criticisms, and I see what they're saying. I think I enjoyed this part of the story in the same way that I would enjoy watching a good kid cartoon with my son when he was 10 or so. It's really written for a much younger audience.
every time machinations plays Zepla loses a bit of her sanity
i don't fault anyone who like dawntrail's story for not wanting to watch people drag their feet through it, but don't try to gaslight people into thinking they're being unfair for not liking something. where is all this defense and concern for fairness and finding positives in things when zepla makes fun of world of warcraft?
The msq was shockingly bad. I’m out of this is the quality of msq we can expect going forward.
I love the skip button on the top left side of the screen so much its insane.
As an adopted child i really appreciated "Wuk Lamat's father's" views as Galool Ja Ja is her father. He loves her enough to let her go and do what was best for her. Its a complicated situation but as someone who has no knowledge of my biological parents and doesnt really wish to find out I appreciate the stance the story took. I am also a parent and understand why he made the decision that he made. It took my bio parent 4 months to make the decision to put me up for adoption. She gave me to people who could take care of me better than she could. I dont want to find my bio parents and have a positive image of them in my head that i dont want changed by reality.
Thank you for your service, Zepla.
I'm glad that I'm not the only one that's completely repelled by the quality of the story. I actually started resenting the graphical updates: "Oh, I'm so glad they spent all that time making sure the grass looks pretty… who cares if the story is terrible… at least, the grass looks pretty!" In a way, they are repeating the problems they had in 1.0.
I don't believe Wuk Evu just happened to be there. I think he knew where the claimants were going and was tasked with delivering the history lesson to any and all claimants. This is necessary as the the banana leaves were hidden away from the village, so I believe that's the intended path for everyone, though it's speculation.
On New Game Plus, every time you hear "peace", take a sip of Water/Powerade/anything non-alcoholic. Caution for alcoholic, for you may not clear the story.
I can forgive Zenos, meteion, gaius, elidibus, and emet selch, but I draw the line at a teenaged bully who stepped on my tacos
While I agree with many of your criticisms, trawling through the forums looking for fellow dislikers and surrounding yourself with negativity before you've even finished playing it yourself is only going to poison the vibes – and with them, any potential enjoyment you may experience. It feels like you've been less forgiving than you otherwise would be, and have been with previous expansions' stories which have shared many of the same tropes you've taken issue with. Even if (imo) you are right about them in a vacuum.
There is a crowd of people who have made it their mission to hate Dawntrail's MSQ and seek validation by constantly telling everyone it's bad, while shouting down anyone who enjoys it and pointing at mixed critic scores. They've been doing this since like day 2, before they could've even conceivably finished the whole thing. I'm not saying you should turn your brain off or stop thinking about it, of course – you shouldn't have to do that. Just don't let the opinions of others kill your mood. It'll be more enjoyable without a bitch in your ear constantly telling you it sucks.
While it would be great if everyone enjoyed the story, it is refreshing to see at least one of the big FFXIV creators feeling the same way I felt throughout MSQ. It can be disheartening to see nothing but positivity from the content creators when I just was not feeling that in my playthrough
"Okay but, did you have to smash my tacos" LOL
Please don't let yourself be silenced. So far you mirror my thoughts EXACTLY.
I felt like Wuk Lamat was intentionally written to be cringe, naïve, sheltered, and inexperienced from the start. Her journey of personal growth through the story was meant to be flawed and full of bumps. That’s all I’ll say, to avoid spoilers.
Hrothgar are not matriarchal in Tural, guys.
Yeah the character development of Bakool Jaja was too fast from nonsense evil to being good. I don't wanna say lazy writing, but it's just doesn't feel like a good pace — feels rushed. If he showed some hesitation when doing evil, that would show some remorse and I would be more convinced that he's now "good" after being liberated of his guilt
DT is a peak example of "I had no expectations but I'm still disappointed."
HW already largely existed in a plot void aside from the token Ascian involvement, so the excuse that it's a "new beginning" doesn't work for me and it should not have taken 70% of the story for me to start feeling remotely invested in it.
Does zelpa pay attention to you tube comments any more geez i wish she see my comments i have commented ever stream just love it in your own way
This dialogue is some serious DEI, ESG score crap. I have a feeling SE caved to their agenda.
This was a massive downgrade in the msq story quality. I completely understand why anyone would get bored/annoyed/angry over this story. It's important to be critical towards these things, and not just gloss over it. Dawntrail is completely worth criticizing, and your mixed feelings are completely valid.
Sad, iv played for 12 hours now, and im officially done playing FF14, this is the first time since ARR that i was SO Bored through the MSQ, so much that I skipped almost all the disloge as soon as i saw it was Wuk. I play FF14 for the story, WTF is this? Im going back to Elden Ring DLC.
I noticed chat saying it gets better in the second half – You'll of course have your opinion as we all do but after hearing your afterthoughts at the end of this particular video, I am waiting with baited breath for what you have to say about the supposed better half of the MSQ. I eagerly await your video essay Zepla, rest up and recharge. Hope you enjoy your weekend! Take care of yourself.
As much as I am sad that the story just… isn't what I was wanting to say the least, its nice to see others feeling the same way…. Take care of yourself and hope your recovery is restful.
Honestly, the amount of nitpicking, disregarding any story beats and constant complaining is hilarious. TOP seriously broke something inside Zepla that she's never been able to recover from.
Some people need 5 Olympic swimming pools with blood and combat to make a story good lol
look at it this way writing and story telling as a whole is extremely subjective but so want to know if something is good or not you have look to those who actually consume the content. Because a majority of people dislike the story and take issue with the direction it means that something IS wrong with the story telling in this expansion. ive seem alot people say "this is the same EW or ShB" but if that's the case were was the out cry? EW and ShB was met with overwhelmingly positive reviews but DT is sitting firmly in mixed. Im sorry but that speaks for itself.