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No no no no absolutely no novels. How do you think World of Warcraft got into the position that is in. The Side Stories should really be in the game if possible. Content that just couldn't make it into the game that's fine. Overall every bit of Storytelling should be in the game.
My cat sings the song of despair at about 4:30 am
YES oh my god the Hermes vegan connection is SO real!! so glad you also felt that
Locking yourselves in a hotel is TIGHT!
the difference bewteen Emet's Judgement and Hermes is that Emet judged like dictators do, to numbers, "en-masse" so he did a lot of bad, but we never saw him do it, and he used roundabout ways to do it, while Hermes, did it personally, using a loved one, albeit unknowingly, but incredibly ruthless none the less.
We as humans cannot comprehend the Pol Pots or Genghis Khan's of history, that killed millions, so our judgement of them is impartial, but what do we think of the Ed Kempers and Ted Bundys? that is the difference, it is easier to empathize with someone like Emet, as horrible as it sounds, because his deeds where impersonal, difficult to relate to, so we end up trying to put ourselves in his shoes to understand him, meanwhile Hermes, we can all understand a moron when we see one.
P.S. Meteion did nothing wrong T_T
Ishikawa is the Primal of Tears.
With every tear shed, she gets stronger. No surprise it was barely an inconvenience.
Also, I've seen what extra-game media content did to Warcraft.
I DO NOT want novels. NO.
People always talk trash about Stormblood but I loved it
I had strong initial impressions of Endwalker that didn't hold up after I thought back on the story and heard criticisms voiced by others that resonated with me, which honestly was not the case with any of the other expansions where my opinion largely stayed the same if not improved after rather exhaustive discussion and analysis.
I didn't hate it, but I ultimately enjoyed Shadowbringers more and would only put it as equal to HW at the absolute best.
I did however, curb my expectations as I lacked confidence they'd be able to deliver a completely satisfying conclusion with how many things they needed to resolve over the course of a single expansion, and as I expected it I feel like it mostly suffered from pacing issues both with things happening too quickly and other parts being really slow.
That point about the story being always on her mind is really important. Most game and movie writers write as part of a corporate punch card. It's not art to them. But I'm so thankful it's meaningful for these writers who actually care. There's so little media today that's made with real love, and it's all that's important when telling a story. Everything else falls in to place when the writer really, genuinely cares about it and wants it to resonate with people.
Ive been saying the same thing on my discord. I want either an entire anime season about the ancients or a manga
You have the best smile in tha world it makes me happy to see u happy much luv from Bismarck us lalas send u hugs
I am Lala Supreme on Bismarck my fc number 37 ialsohave a charecteron Phoenix Lazy Lala if u want another friend
The ONLY reasonable thing to do with Twitter is deleting it.
Oh your fc house is pretty house is pretty in tha mist
The most encouraging thing about this interview is Ishikawa and Oda being transparent that XIV WASN’T all planned. It feels like the a story where all the pieces fit together in the way they were always intended but that’s not the case! They were making the rebooted XIV with scraps and playing things by ear, so they made the script broad and added those crucial details as they went along.
It goes to show that all the media that falls apart because of supposed “story meddling” or rewrites—it’s not damned to be a disaster! It just the difference between teams that CAN build confident visions out of the tools they have.
Want to join your fc on Phoenix lazy lala I'll happily clean your fc chocolate stalls lol
The writers treat the story like a dungeon master who's really into their homebrew, and I love it.
Hermes is like social media in that he left the question he was interested up to a social experiment. He encouraged a forum to decide what was a personal philosophical question, in the same way that social media leaves the morality of the opinions expressed on their platform up to users, when every other type of organization is clear on the type of values they project.
But that's a great point on absorbing the emotions of others through reading all these different opinions.
I really wasn't a fan of Moenbryda getting fridged for Urianger's character development, but boy howdy did they make me cry like nothing else over it.
No, absolutely not novels or books. If you want more lore or stories put it in the game whether it be in the MSQ, Side Quests or events etc. How do you think WoW got to the point where it is now? And I don't even want the chance of FF14 story turning into the same thing.
How are her graphics this clean looking !!???😲🔥
Omg Asmongolds insight into Alphinaud being a redditor whos sub reddit goes rogue is accurate? Fuck me.
Hermes asks the meaning of life on Twitter and decides humanity has to end after reading the feed.
Yeah, checks out.
Hermes = Hermit person living on the interweb that doesn't going out much because he think different and people close to him don't understand. So he seek others he could talk with online.
Meteions sisters = Twitter
The Meteion = Hermes account's algorithm, Try choosing subject specifically to pleased him. Spy on him and the others a lot even thought he said don't because it rude, She can't help herself.
Other planets that has been found = Popular opinion just because people engage with it but not the only true. While the other fact exist but doesn't got much engagement so you won't see it.
I like how blizzard has the gall to pretend they've had a story plan going since vanilla, but yoshi and ishi and like, nah we figured it all out at the end 😅😅😅
Yup. Crying again. Just the mention of other people crying at that Urianger scene gets me. Poor Yoshi.
Imagine if the next arc finale is the Emptiness from FFXI.
Please no novels. The last thing we need is a cross media nightmare like WoW or ff15
This was fantastic! Thanks for your input as well!
If you have a good idea and you know it's good. Fight for it.
I would totally buy a FFXIV novel. The Devs should go for it.
2 days before it's due
"here is how the story should go"
Ishikawa: "no"
While I did expect to fight Zodiark first, I didn't expect it to be at lv.83, I was expecting it around lv.85
Can we stop having the villain narrate the last dungeon? Fingers crossed moving forward they do something different
Makes sense, I deleted my Twitter couple years back because whenever I was there I’d get depressed
I appreciate the Japanese levels of humor in this interview
They ask three separate times "Was it worth it?" In Endwalker.
I feel for Hermes. He's a relatable character. I think Hermes was more sympathetic than Emet. Even though he's the odd one out in his society.
Elpis was just a smile from ear to ear.
as a trekkie like oda san, I purge my emotions to fully embrace logic like vulcans do…
The Ascians just being a generic background villain until post shadowbringer is kinda obvious when rewatching/replaying the older expansions after beating EW.
It is quite interesting to spot all the differences in communication between Sqenix and other studios (cough…Actiblizz…).
It's a whole lot of good info and not a simple "Oh we are so great! We were planning this since 1965! I bet you did not expect that one eh?"
Twitter is and always be twitter
I think just small sidestories about characters we already know is a better idea than introducing new characters. Especially since those new characters would inevitably show up in the games at some point meaning you'll have to have read the books to understand everything.
I didnt really like that Hydealyn wanted to fight in the first place. I mean yes, her mission was over but the fight itself fight was so unnecessary. As if she didnt know already that the WOL is the chad.
How have 15,000+ people watched this, and only 700-ish people clicked the Like button?
I was convinced for the entire time that we were fighting Chaos (FF1) and later the plot twist would drop that that wasn't really Zodiark.