In a competently-told story, Erenville would be a Bard. I guess not the FF14 type. He would have a reason to know a lot of esoteric things and have insight into a bunch of different cultures, and a performative nature would explain both why he would be narrating the game (remember that he did that? Yeah I don't know why him either) and why he would delve into exposition so often.
I think that's part of the real crime of the bad story telling, there are glimmers of something good in there. It really would have been better if they axed the whole succession thing, and most of the new main cast, while you go around looking for the city of gold and Erenville is there to guide you and use his gleaner knowledge to help out. Instead we got the adventures of Taco Cat followed by a really terrible attempt to be super deep while only doing a surface level, if that, look at the themes they wanted to talk about. Hell, they could even leave in GJJ and your fight with him in some way. Leave it like it was with him, he looks for new challenges and recognizes your strength and HAS to have a fight with you. At most, all the succession stuff should have been background noise to the adventure, maybe even bring it to the forefront for the last bit of the MSQ, maybe the new Dawnservant needs to be put in his place and you need to bloody his nose or something. I really do hate that what few nuggets of gold are in there are buried under a massive pile of shit.
It occurred to me, earlier, that other than the appearance of Vrtra (which is a clear and obvious deus ex machina to get Hiroi out of a tricky situation he thought sounded cool but literally had no way out of, contributed to in part because he wrote the tribes of tural as so retardedly incompetent that they literally could do nothing against a few flying ships and so could have been conquered by just about any other nation in an afternoon and some change)... there is basically no mention of the outside world in Dawntrail's main story.
There's that one guy from Ishgard on the boat, I think. Like, Shadowbringers is a different plane of existence and it spends a lot of time talking about events in the Source, and even has you running around in the source a good bit. There's not a single part of the DT MSQ where you go to anywhere but Tural, right? I don't remember there being. Certainly contributes to the worldbuilding feeling like actual shit. The twins spout shit about "learning how the turali tribes came together might help us with Garlemald," which goes nowhere and feels like someone said "Hiroi, why are they here? Literally why are they here, they have way more important shit to do" and he went UHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH. So many sequences abruptly having no voice-acting (and all of them having such flat camera angles) makes me feel like they ran with a first-draft and did some vigorous editing on-the-go.
Imagine how much more sense it would have made if rather than the Dragons coming to the rescue yet again it was Garlemald sending what remains of its airship fleet to aid Tural, mayube they would have had one of the big ones still available
With this as the accompanying music of course
Imagine how much more sense it would have made if rather than the Dragons coming to the rescue yet again it was Garlemald sending what remains of its airship fleet to aid Tural, mayube they would have had one of the big ones still available View attachment 6302583
With this as the accompanying music of course
If you're ever bored and want some entertainment while you craft or are waiting in queue, go to Ul'dah on Balmung and say something simple like "Wuk Lamat ruined Dawntrail". The fireworks are hilarious and can last hours just from one offhanded comment.
So this is where we're at now. Sena Bryer, forma de Wuk, says that if you're one of those GAMERS who hates the Smile theme, you hate black people because the song has "black gospel vibes":
So this is where we're at now. Sena Bryer, forma de Wuk, says that if you're one of those GAMERS who hates the Smile theme, you hate black people because the song has "black gospel vibes"
i hate it because it is so out of place and legit sounds like The Lion King or My Little Pony in my fucking Final Fantasy. i hate this fucking retarded nigger.
btw people on the FFXIV forums are staggering reports or something because i got banned for less than 24 hours, was free for a day where i posted absolutely nothing, and then now i am banned for like two weeks. pretty poggers. just warning in case anyone here posts there because its a bit of a bloodbath.
i hate it because it is so out of place and legit sounds like The Lion King or My Little Pony in my fucking Final Fantasy. i hate this fucking retarded nigger.
btw people on the FFXIV forums are staggering reports or something because i got banned for less than 24 hours, was free for a day where i posted absolutely nothing, and then now i am banned for like two weeks. pretty poggers. just warning in case anyone here posts there because its a bit of a bloodbath.
Just a heads up, what may initially appear like a standard ban may suddenly be elevated to a perma for no reason whatsoever. If you get two 10 day bans in a lifetime, the second will ALWAYS become permanent at the last second. And you will never be given a reason why.
Speaking of bans, I just noticed that the creator of the "Apologies to Sena Bryer" thread (the one crying about the fake death threats) got banned, so -1 troon defender over there at least.
You can tell by the lack of medals under their name, which 100% of the time means they're banned, so if you wanna know who is banned there for absolute certainty see if they have medals or not. Though sometimes you can be banned but still have medals, not having medals always = banned.
So this is where we're at now. Sena Bryer, forma de Wuk, says that if you're one of those GAMERS who hates the Smile theme, you hate black people because the song has "black gospel vibes":
I mean, you could say that about the Borderlands movie. Of course, if you zoom out and look at it from a hundred miles in the air, you can identify very, very broad strokes that could be done well. Dawntrail also makes the classic mistake of "peanut butter and mayonnaise," wherein it tries to slap two things that could have been interesting on their own together onto the same sandwich.
Imagine how much more sense it would have made if rather than the Dragons coming to the rescue yet again it was Garlemald sending what remains of its airship fleet to aid Tural, mayube they would have had one of the big ones still available
It would've made just as little sense if implemented the same way. My issue isn't so much that Vrtra saves the day - it's that there's fucking zero mention of Tural being in the midst of opening up negotiations with the rest of the world in the story. It feels like there's about a two-days' gap between the coronation and the attack on the capitol, which is nowhere near enough time for an isolated nation to enter into complicated trade agreements with a multitude of different powers, Radz-at-Han being infamous for being a mercantile powerhouse in particular. Was Tural even closed off to the rest of the world? Was it mentioned offhand in a throwaway line of dialogue? And... why?
All they needed to make it work was to introduce earlier the idea that Koana was entreating wider diplomacy with the outside world. Something like "bringing an end to a period of isolation, welcoming in tomorrow's dawn: as part of the wider world," blah blah blah. Bring in representatives of the different powers - and that's enough breadcrumbs for it to make sense when Vrtra shows up out of nowhere. Hell, they could've even just had A&A leave the capitol after the attack, only to return in the nick of time with one of those Garlean warships. There's no setup, and so whatever payoff they use would be shit.
'Smile' is to black gospel as Dawntrail is to Latin America. Utterly ridiculous to claim that such a poppy song has "black gospel vibes"... because it has black people singing in a chorus? lmao
Weird how a delusional, mentally ill man can sit there and tell everyone he's a woman when he's 100% not a woman no matter how much estro he shoots up and regardless if he chopped up his dick or not.
It doesn't help that it's goofy and tone deaf when played during a cheesy scene where people get together to build a bomb.
Morever, if the theme for Tural was supposed to be mostly based on latin, native american cultures, why the fuck would there be a "black gospel" song used?
I woulda preferred they just played Dawntrail again as the ending.
Fun fact, Kate has had her twitter on lockdown for the past 2+ weeks, in the midst of massive backlash towards the first expansion she had a leading managerial-type role in (as lead localizer and lore consultant, and also apparently responsible for choosing the english VAs) so you can make of this what you will.
It doesn't help that it's goofy and tone deaf when played during a cheesy scene where people get together to build a bomb.
Morever, if the theme for Tural was supposed to be mostly based on latin, native american cultures, why the fuck would there be a "black gospel" song used?
I woulda preferred they just played Dawntrail again as the ending.
Black Gospel is a-okay for tourists and i dont think there is actually a particularly rich history of Mesoamerican music, if they used traditional modern South American or Mexican motifs people would've thrown a gasket considering the reaction to Mariachi Mario and that one time the Kamen Riders once wore elaborate Mariachi Outfits
Fun fact, Kate has had her twitter on lockdown for the past 2+ weeks, in the midst of massive backlash towards the first expansion she had a leading managerial-type role in (as lead localizer and lore consultant, and also apparently responsible for choosing the english VAs) so you can make of this what you will.
I hope SE knows how badly they fucked up by letting this dumb bitch take the reigns.
She's shit all over Koji's hard work and legacy.
Interestingly, someone in the reddit sub mentioned that they hoped that Kate and Sena were Jessica Price'd and urged people to look it up which I did because I got curious. Turns out Jessica Price was a writer for GW2 who picked fights with people over twitter because someone publicly disagreed with her about her viewpoint on writing narratives. She had a conniption and started complaining about people being against her because she was a woman and just generally being a nasty piece of work. She was drawing so much negative attention that she was fired literally the next day. Some guy who white knighted for her was also kicked to the curb. The president basically told everyone that they were canned because they don't know how to conduct themselves professionally. But it goes to show that it's possible for someone to get the boot because they act very unprofessionally and they make the people they work for look unprofessional by association.
Turns out Jessica Price was a writer for GW2 who picked fights with people over twitter because someone publicly disagreed with her about her viewpoint on writing narratives.
It's worth pointing out that GW2 was also about twenty-thousand times more pozzed than FF14 will ever be. Its first batch of "postgame" content, their "Living Story," introduced a replacement band for the base-game's cast of characters (because these characters had actual VA talent working with them, like Felicia Day iirc, who absolutely refused to reprise the role). The replacement gang was: an effeminate momma's boy who was probably bi, two lesbians, an autistic cripple supergenius, and a furry with anime eyes.
I know what you're thinking. "Anime eyes?"
That team went on to make shit even more obnoxious. Price actually had a lot of rope to make her comments but the absolute fucking retard clearly didn't know how to quit when she was ahead, and even after she was fired she shook up such a shitstorm for the company.
While Sena's direct employer will likely give him as much rope as he wants (and he seems to be into autoerotic asphyxiation), I don't really think that SE will be so kind. I just don't see the company renewing its contract with the US VA studio - not when it provided such downright awful quality recordings, performances, and now a basket-case who has become synonymous with the expansion's mascot character.
It's worth pointing out that GW2 was also about twenty-thousand times more pozzed than FF14 will ever be. Its first batch of "postgame" content, their "Living Story," introduced a replacement band for the base-game's cast of characters (because these characters had actual VA talent working with them, like Felicia Day iirc, who absolutely refused to reprise the role). The replacement gang was: an effeminate momma's boy who was probably bi, two lesbians, an autistic cripple supergenius, and a furry with anime eyes.
I know what you're thinking. "Anime eyes?"
That team went on to make shit even more obnoxious. Price actually had a lot of rope to make her comments but the absolute fucking retard clearly didn't know how to quit when she was ahead, and even after she was fired she shook up such a shitstorm for the company.
While Sena's direct employer will likely give him as much rope as he wants (and he seems to be into autoerotic asphyxiation), I don't really think that SE will be so kind. I just don't see the company renewing its contract with the US VA studio - not when it provided such downright awful quality recordings, performances, and now a basket-case who has become synonymous with the expansion's mascot character.
No, thankfully Rox's role is limited to having her myriad of tamed animals track shit.
Ironically one of the characters that, depending on the content does get quite a few lines is an anti-social asshole of a wood elf with a penchant for blowing shit up.
GW2s story is still utter arse but at least Canach being an utter sociopath can make some segments tolerable. Like how during path of fire he becomes a multimillionaire by betting for you on your every story fight at the local desert-casinos. He then shows up wearing a white and gold pimp suit instead of his usual armor.
XIV desperately needs a Canach to wash away the taste of Wook Lameass.
The silver lining in all this is that the tranny probably won't be getting any new roles after the strike ends because even though he ticks all the DEI boxes, his inability to shut the fuck up means no one will touch him in order to prevent another outburst like this.
Why he feels like he needs to defend the song is a fucking mystery, it's not like he composed it. Kate's probably having a good cry over her moment being ruined by chuds and he needs to lash out on her behalf I guess.
