PROS
+ A cohesive and focused story with decent pacing
+ Great themed dungeons & trials with amazing setpieces
+ Fair share of lovable characters to keep the spirits high
+ Lots of dragons & the new beast tribes are great. Moogles!
+ Fun new classes. Machinist & Astrologian played so far; will try out Dark Knight at a later time
CONS
- Aether Currents unlocking is incredibly tedious
- A handful of fetch and "go to this point @ the other end of the world and afterwards come back right here, actually" quests remain; it can't quite shake the old MMORPG habit yet
- More aristocrat, bourgeoisie bootlicking and disdain for the lower class; it's undeniably baked in the core story and is simply more apparent here, but it gets particularly offputting in the beginning of the post-HW story
- Post-HW story feels a bit aimless at times and has a worse pacing
+ A cohesive and focused story with decent pacing
+ Great themed dungeons & trials with amazing setpieces
+ Fair share of lovable characters to keep the spirits high
+ Lots of dragons & the new beast tribes are great. Moogles!
+ Fun new classes. Machinist & Astrologian played so far; will try out Dark Knight at a later time
CONS
- Aether Currents unlocking is incredibly tedious
- A handful of fetch and "go to this point @ the other end of the world and afterwards come back right here, actually" quests remain; it can't quite shake the old MMORPG habit yet
- More aristocrat, bourgeoisie bootlicking and disdain for the lower class; it's undeniably baked in the core story and is simply more apparent here, but it gets particularly offputting in the beginning of the post-HW story
- Post-HW story feels a bit aimless at times and has a worse pacing