#i'm also not talking about the scions being your party members but real players helping in duties

[eorzeashan]

unpopular opinion but i'm gonna admit that I don't quite get the need for ffxiv to treat you as the hero of All Time every time all day. like you can say you're the savior of the star over and over and people will either fall down at your feet groveling or treat you like a common sellsword and the game makes no intention of deciding which it's going to be at any point in time, that's just how it's always been. not only that you're not the sole hero (even though you can act like it) when the credit goes to your party members that help so it doesn't make sense to be the sole superhuman chosen one because you didn't do it alone, ever. it's not even a central conceit, you literally need others to beat the game, and it's a little strange that it acts as if it were done solo. I like the idea of the WoL as a savior, but it feels much more downplayed in the game than how it's made out to be sometimes