Patch 5.5: Death Unto Dawn (April 13th 2021)

[Corrderio]

I said the same thing on discord.

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That hopefully they make this quest line mandatory for Endwalker because I’d love to see more of Gaius continuing his redemption arc as part of the MSQ.

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Would they have to make it mandatory? My memory is a bit fuzzy but wasn't his introduction and storyline in Stormblood loose enough where they could fit him back into the MSQ without having to do anything?

[Lucavi]

That's more Japanese storytelling. The bad guy who's a genocidal maniac can be forgiven so long as he says sorry and fights for the good guys.

Unfortunately it worked on me this time.

I guess that explains some of their hand-waving of acknowledging wartime atrocities. "We said sorry and repented, so lets not speak of it ever again. Its like it never happened because it won't happen again."

That aside, I dug the storyline. XIV does a fantastic job of making you absolutely despise some of its villains, and I appreciate that.

[Anoat]

Did the NieR raid and was thoroughly confused but it was alright. As usual, the third boss is more difficult than the final boss. Actually, I think the final boss was the easiest of the four this time around with clearly understandable mechanics and telegraphs, unlike boss #3 which was like welp good luck first timer.

I died a lot to that one if you couldn't tell.

[Corrderio]

Also obligatory "I need my Hildibrand fix" complaint.

[Dotsudoku]

MSQ was great as usual, the Weapon saga did an excellent job of putting some weight behind the tragedies of very new faces, but I'm incredibly disappointed that they failed to really incorporate Nier into the world. It was entertaining on its own, and it piqued my interest enough to learn entirely too much about the Nier/DG universe(to which I don't regret at all), but it still left me feeling like I was playing another game inside of this one

Nier and Eden are definitely big 'ol stains on an otherwise masterpiece of an expansion

[Xno Kappa]

What exactly is the big complaint about the Eden raids? I enjoyed them other than the...

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lolAscians did it

[Anoat]

I enjoyed all the Eden raids except the last one. Suffers from terrible pacing at the phase change.

[Xno Kappa]

I enjoyed all the Eden raids except the last one. Suffers from terrible pacing at the phase change.

Yeah this reasonable. Especially when I kept waiting for The Extreme to start up with some final form phase lmao.

Yes I now know after the fact it’s in the savage version.

[Vaspinne]

The final Eden fight just didn't draw me in compared to how intense the previous ones were. Bahamut Prime, Alex Prime, Omega M/F were all great (normy filty casual level of course) and Eden's Promise was just kinda meh. The summons mechanic is fun, but the platform jumping, preserve the memories bit is just meh

[Dotsudoku]

oh the fights are fine, I just thought the story was hot garbage

[Kachiko]

That's more Japanese storytelling. The bad guy who's a genocidal maniac can be forgiven so long as he says sorry and fights for the good guys.

Unfortunately it worked on me this time.

So, Vegeta'd?

[Xno Kappa]

When is the next storyline update?

[Gokulo]

End of May

[Anoat]

The date will be announced at fan fest but it’s projected for the end of May.

[Corrderio]

Isn't fanfest mid May?

[Gokulo]

14-15 so yeah, they'll probably announce the patch for 25th then

[Xno Kappa]

Caught up with the story in early April. It’s starting to feel like a monthly manga now where I need more story! Lol

[AoE]

So, Vegeta'd?

Actually that's a great example.

[Abandon]

show me where vegeta apologized lol

[Corrderio]

But it wasn't Vegeta's fault. Freeza was a big meanie that made the Sayians do all that bad stuff. You're blaming the victim.

Okay joking aside I did a bit of a lookup on Diamond Weapon EX and is it me or does this fight seem quite easy as long as you don't fuck up platform jumping?