I Finished this Video A Week Ago after I finished the story and have given about 2 Weeks to see when i should post this. ( MIGHT BE A TAD EARLY) I WAS STUCK BETWEEN WANTING TO BE THE FIRST DO THIS TYPE OF VIDEO AND WAITING FOR PEOPLE TO FINISH! AAAHHH! anyways... As many people will agree, the story is very straightforward and predictable. The Characters / Scenarios had so much potential to be interesting and ALOT more fun to follow. Towards the end of the expansion, I was like.... "wtf i thought it was going end. WHEN WILL IT END?" if it gets to that point it MEANS YOU AIN'T HOOKED ENOUGH. SO WHY NOT CHANGE IT A BIT! I have Tiktok brain and can't pay attention to dialogue so this video will not be 100% accurate. also I used a bunch of One Piece Music because this expansion gave off similar vibes. I was going to turn off revenue for this video anyways due to the amount of cutscenes used for this video. I did get copyrighted and I'm fine with that! because IT HITS DIFFERENT WITH THIS KIND OF MUSIC YKNOW! There are a bunch of subscription based sites that allow me to use certain music + effects that i really would like to use but cannot afford to use them right now. LIKE IMAGINE I COULD USE ALL OF KONOSUBA MUSIC, okay maybe i still can. So if you would like to support I have a Patreon! Thank You! www.patreon.com/wheattee
I agree that at some points the story drag on quite a bit, and some were quite rushed. I personally think that the A plot of the expansion being the trial for the next dawnservant should've lasted a couple more levels and should've ended at late 96/ early 97 instead of ending at mid-95 and the B plot of the Alexandria questline could've been trimmed a bit, especially the last area. I wish we had some more solo instances like letting us go into a fps shooter bit for the train ride similar to air force one or had us play as more characters other than wuk lamat. But overall, while I liked the story of DT, i just think the story could have had better pacing especially for the second half.
If it makes you feel better, I literally had the credits rolling when someone shared this link with me, 11 hours after you posted it, so I'd say your timing is about right. I lost four days to unexpected family BS so most of the midcore crew is finishing up about now.
@@Machu456I 100% agree with your points and some more interactive instances would've made it so much more enjoyable. I liked the story and idea as well, but they just tried fitting two stories into one. Like the Dawnservant could've been an expansion and Alexandria Questline as Post.
@@WheatTee I didn't think about it like that, but if it was structured like that where the trial was the whole expansion and the Alexandria plotline was the patch quests, I think I may have enjoyed it a bit more. That being said, I wonder how they'll take the story with the patch quests, as that may adjust my enjoyment with the expansion. I also wish we got to see more of zoraal ja and interact with him a bit more.
How can this only have 10k views? I think its the best video, which summaries the story of dawntrail perfectly. Everytime I want to remember some Dawntrail, i come back to this video and get sentimental. Its so good done, with the scenes and music, it captures every memory! I send this video to everybody who I know plays ffxiv and they all say the same!
THANK YOU FOR THE APPRECIATION! I have the same feelings too whenever i come back to re-watch this video so im glad its the same for you! In my personal opinion, i think its just mainly due to a few things. 1. People would rather see people talk about how bad it was rather than just re-watch the actually story themselves. Like you would rather watch Asmon react to this because of the extra stuff he woulds say along with the story. 2.Dawntrail story just didn't hit as hard for most people. Even i think this story had alot wasted potential and i definitely am not an expert in storytelling. 3. Alot of people commented on how the saturation / shader for this video was really bad for their eyes. So it would make the video a bit unwatchable. The problem with this is that my eyes have adjusted to this high saturation shader xD. Anyways thank youuu for the nice words. MAKE SURE TO LOOK OUT FOR THE POST- DAWNTRAIL VIDEO HEHE
I love how Einstein just loves to show up only to leave seconds later because he apparently has better things to do than help us save the world. (or at least a large country in this instance).
I appreciate this. I've played since 1.0 and this is the only story that I couldn't bring myself to get through. I started skipping cutscenes a few hours in. Now I can say I know what happened, lol.
Oddly enough, while I wasn’t a fan of the first half of the story, the second half of DT was my favorite part of the whole game- and I think the first half of DT was pretty helpful in juxtaposing what happened in that second half which made it so impactful
@@scubarubanzaii I've been trying to watch some cutscenes when I have time. But I think I hate the second half even more. It's just too "but then suddenly..." and all over the place.
Yeah whilst going through it, i was like damn........this story really gives anime vibes and One Piece INSTANTLY came to mind when they mentioned the "Golden City" along with the Boat Riding at the start. I even called Bakool Ja Ja "Blackbeard" as cope that he will be similar to him LOL.
The pacing in that place felt so off. We're going in with the intention of shutting it all down, but then we're also forced to get to know the locals and help them with their problems (which won't matter 5 minutes later because they're all dead). We have no idea how long the central terminal will take to complete its task and start the invasion of our world, but instead of shutting down the 4 outer terminals as fast as possible we take time to take care of trivial problems for people we're about to kill.
Family this is so perfect. I’ve played ff on and off for 10 years now. As someone who enjoys the gameplay much more than the story, this abbreviated version really is so good for me. Loved what you did here.
Great editing, lovely work, i loved it!!!!!!!! If i may try to give constructive critisism on the quanity of saturation, contrast and bloom it sort of distracting, but i understand that's your personal preference and thats okay. I advocate a little more for the intended visual expression by the original artists, so perhaps a balance? Anyway that will always be your choice, keep doing what you do! And count me as subscribed!
THANK YOU! I greatly appreciate this feedback as i am so used to this shader and adding more to it look fine to me. My Videos usually reflect this shader fine but this was a video that gave off a different vibe. So it would have been better to use a different shader, one that is more subtle. For the more “emotional moments” i tried adding more to it by stacking colours together which i feel could’ve been toned down a bit more as well. Although it did look fine to me before u mentioned it. APPRECIATE IT DOOD I WILL KEEP A LOOK OUT FOR COLOURS ALOT MORE YALL EYES - so you can enjoy the moment alot more!
So at first I felt like the story was lacking until I started to just take it as face value and a jumping off point, ARR 2.0 in my mind and I slowed right down and took my time having just completed it 2 days ago, IT was actually not that bad, hoping we get some more goodies in the post MSQ patches, whats funny is watching your video makes it seem like a bonkers story that goes from adventure to saving the world in a single Episode of a Cartoon on a Saturday Morning, Regardless of what people think of the story so far, your video was 10/10!
I genuinely enjoyed the following the story on the my play through, especially some of the big moments were pretty hype for me personally. After watching it through again i ended up realizing that it was just an average but NOT BAD story. Like general structure of the story was very well done, like there aren't any BIG holes. ( except some of the baby makin )The story brings one a plot point in and it leads into the next part of the story. "Like OHHH that makes sense!" also Thank You for Compliments of the Video! I wanted to focus on creating a video that would allow people to follow t he story in more lighthearted and fun way.
My biggest concern was that Estinien had enough money to last him for a good while, but knowing his spending habits, it'd only last him for a week at most with the Pelupelu. No wonder we never saw him up there. My honest thoughts? I liked Wuk Lamat when I didn't know her, I got tired of hearing 'peace and happiness' for the umpteenth time, I'm sad that the villainous claimants weren't fleshed out more carefully, and I'd really like my vacation to start in the next patch and have nothing to do with that furball ever again. Wuk Lamat may be the one and only character in this series that I hate AND will never forget. 😆
I lowkey wanted to see Einstein get robbed again, it would’ve been so funny regardless xD. Yeah if she was just a bit more selfish and less stereotypical i feel people could relate to her a bit more. I definitely agree that there is definitely a problem with the lack of fleshed out villains this time around.
@@WheatTee They could have fleshed out the other claimants, like the First and Fourth, so much more but it felt like that content got cut and they inserted Wuk Lamat into it. Their dilemma, their issues they were dealing with internally, didn't come to light until the latter portions of the MSQ. Bakool Ja Ja felt rushed and tossed aside when he could have been one of the most sympathetic ones in that expansion.
I finished the MSQ other day and it really felt like this should have been two separate expansions. I was ready for things to be done when Wuk Lamat became Dawnservant. Don't get me wrong, I enjoyed part two, but it seems like it was a completely different story.
Yeah honestly expected to end with Wuk Lamat as Dawnservant but they squeezed all the extra character development and interactions into the first part. Then added the second half out of nowhere it felt like.
7 trials?! Sheeh. No wonder that half of the story felt so long. It probably would have flowed better if it was just a simple 3 to 4 trials. Great video regardless, and great use of the one piece orchestral themes. (and I agree Erenville's mom was quite hot)
Yeah 100% TOO MANY TRIALS! not enuff STORY / CHARACTER DEVELOPMENT. Also Thank You 🙏 I love using music to tell a story and one piece felt perfect! and Erenvilles Hot Mum do be bussin
i know you recapped the story nicely here but.. what was the story now again..? be around wuk lamat, get stones with wuk lamat, fight evil gecko man with wuk lamat?
I love that you have one piece music backing this video. I always think of this game as the one piece of video games. Haha that comes from someone who refused one piece for decades haha
It's weird.. I just played through Dawntrail and the only 2 names I really remember is Wuk Lamat and Sphene.. the rest is all Shukyapukya and Jojo LOLOL
@@Fepifavi My Videos have always been about flowing with the music and as short as possible. Which is why i needed to make those text parts go by fast. I intended for those parts to be paused if you would like to read through them thoroughly. BIG TEXT FOR PLAYTHROUGH AND SMALL FOR PAUSED. BUT….. i will keep that in mind for the next video similar to this. As I do want you to enjoy it fully without problems. Thank You! o7
@@WheatTee Sure! I tried hard to read because all the texts are really funny, but even with the video in 0,75x and pausing it was hard to get them ahahaha in any case, thank your for resuming it!
Thank you a lot for making this, every time Wuk Lamat appeared on screen I lost all drive to keep reading. I'm sure there's a good story in there but I can't bring myself to care about it with the way it's presented
i honestly didnt read that much at first because i’ve only focused on the main parts of the story. Hopefully they can make the story more enjoyable in the future for us.
THANK YOU FOR SUMMARY FROGGY OF LIGHT 🐸✨ I've reached breaking point at lv.98 and plan to skip the rest bc this mediocre writing is just unbearable 😭 i'm so baffled?? At least the zones, dungeons and fights have been fantastic! 🎶 So many creative new mechanics to eat!! :D 🚑
GOTCHU! also yes at least the rest of the expansion is pre good! i feel we will appreciate this expansion later down the line for all the other things they added.
A Combination of Old Shaders from ReShade + New Graphics just not meshing well together. Also my eyes were very used to high vibrance. :3 (A lot of people were mentioning this so i've been trying to fix it for future vids) :)
Dawntrail desperately needs a serious rewrite. But because of how MMO’s work, that will never happen. But what bothers me the most is who was the quality control for Dawntrail? I know Natsuo Ishikawa stepped down, but she stepped down to a more managerial role, did she not read through what her “pupils” wrote? Did Yoshi P read through it? And they both said “ship it”??? Yoshi P, I thought this was your life’s work? Did you lie about this being your passion after all? Do you long to be free from this MMO after so long?
Buddy, you're asking questions as to whether Yoshi-P lied or longs to be free from this when he's already apparently got the rest of the story planned out all the way into 10.0 lmao and let's not forget that ARR and Stormblood exists,and I rank DT above both lmao this isn't the first time an unpopular expansion had appeared every game has a rough patch, stop being a drama queen and acting as if its the end of the world 😂😊 Not every expansion is gonna be perfect, I'm sure people said the same thing when they went through Stormblood after the amazing journey of HW and even EW after going through SHB. And Yoshi-P said in an interview that this is the beginning of a brand new journey, basically a new ARR beginning and arc. Just because this wasn't your favourite doesn't mean Yoshi-P is quitting or that we won't see anything better, chill lol
@ Oh, I’m being my most reasonable self. Because the story of DT is WAY worse than SB or even ARR. ARR was a slog, yes, but at least it built everything up properly. DT has SO MANY writing mistakes I’m amazed more people don’t notice. But it’s ok. Since you’re obviously one of the people who didn’t notice. And since you didn’t notice, you think you’re in the right when you say such things to me. But you’re not. And it’s ok to be awfully wrong right now. You’ll get better… or you will die stupid, either or.
@@pumpkingamebox Or perhaps more people did notice writing mistakes and enjoyed it regardless? I certainly did desite its flaws. Maybe other people don't assume the end of the world is nigh just because an expansion didn't meet their expectations and were perhaps even disappointed in it, but understand that there will be more to this story in the upcoming future and have something to look forward too. If this was the final expansion of the entire series, I would agree it was not a fitting end and inevitably frustrating, but this is just the beginning. And although, yes, this means waiting years, the feedback from players will then lead to a better story. Look at SHB after the slog that SB for example. But of course, you're incapable of recognising this, giving that your 'most reasonable self' consists of acting as if yours is the only opinion that is the justifiable one. Others aren't allowed to disagree with you. Otherwise, they're just so 'awfully wrong', right? because the idea that someone might enjoy something you didn't is so foreign that your immediate reaction is "You are wrong and I am right. And if you disagree, then you need help." It is indeed OK to be awfully wrong right now, as you're a prime example. I could've easily said the same thing about you rating DT lower than either ARR or SB amd yet I didn't because others are allowed to have a different opinion. Imagine that 🤯 Let's hope you understand that in time and hopefully don't die stupid, yeah? 🤷
@ Wow, how riveting. You have anything of actual substance to say? Or are you so enamored with DT that you’re willing to stoop to its level of rationality? Go ahead, I’m not your boss. Nor am I your savior to make you recognize your mistakes. If you think eating shit is enjoyable, who am I to tell you that you’re wrong. But, I, will avoid pretending that DT is better than it is. Just the beginning? Lol. What a convenient excuse.
Hmmm 🤔, im still surprised that the shader i’ve been using for almost a year now. Is NOW just getting problems with saturation. ( I think it might be the graphics update.) ILL NEED TO TINKER A BIT WITH IT and turn down the colours down a bit. tyytyty o7
I feel like praising Dawntrail in any way is spitting on all the hardwork the previous devteams poured into the earlier expansions. Some are even saying it's not "as bad" as ARR. Which I played launchday by the way. ARR had not only better world building tenfold, a better story tenfold, better voice acting across the board tenfold, better class quests (Role Quests are Hildabrand without the Hildabrand). The entire expansion of Dawntrail really feels like a humiliation ritual to Square. Like someone is being blackmailed. The voicework was phoned in across the board too, I had to switch to Japanese for the first time and that is just a bandaid to the problem. Characters don't even act like themselves, specifically the twins. None of the writing makes sense start to finish. The 14 cultists will defend it at every turn as well, as if they want more mediocrity. Stormblood wasn't even remotely this bad, in fact Stormblood was not that bad at all, it was a good 7. This isn't even close to a 7 it feels like a 5. I miss the Stormblood launchday fun of being stuck in line at the Raubauhn boss even. My only positive is the music and dungeons are pretty solid. That is about it. If the raid tier doesn't show anything significant I think they should cut this one short and rush the next expansion out.
Yes I 100% agree with alot of your points of mediocrity with this expansion. It feels like they got complacent with the MSQ which is like THE MAIN THING YKNOW. This story could've still been Straightforward but HYPE. It's crazy that my favourite character from this Expansion was a Simpleton Knight who's only goal was to protect the kween. ( except the fact that she didn't need to be saved LOL.) I haven't done the New Roles Quests yet but apparently its good? I do believe tho that writing did make sense as a story in itself as the plot points flowed through each other enough to make sense. BUT it didn't feel like it connected to the previous expansions enough to make it a valid FFXIV Story that we all have come to love. I was tuned out most of the story ngl. ( WHICH ISN'T A GOOD THING IMO ) Music and dungeons are good tho i agree.
Im one of the 14 cultist and i have to agree with the worst is how the Wol is put low as Wuk Lamats Cheerleader as best sch stole every Moment in this Expansion if IT is not our Story why Arena we even there
I Finished this Video A Week Ago after I finished the story and have given about 2 Weeks to see when i should post this. ( MIGHT BE A TAD EARLY)
I WAS STUCK BETWEEN WANTING TO BE THE FIRST DO THIS TYPE OF VIDEO AND WAITING FOR PEOPLE TO FINISH! AAAHHH!
anyways...
As many people will agree, the story is very straightforward and predictable. The Characters / Scenarios had so much potential to be interesting and ALOT more fun to follow. Towards the end of the expansion, I was like.... "wtf i thought it was going end. WHEN WILL IT END?" if it gets to that point it MEANS YOU AIN'T HOOKED ENOUGH.
SO WHY NOT CHANGE IT A BIT!
I have Tiktok brain and can't pay attention to dialogue so this video will not be 100% accurate.
also I used a bunch of One Piece Music because this expansion gave off similar vibes. I was going to turn off revenue for this video anyways due to the amount of cutscenes used for this video. I did get copyrighted and I'm fine with that! because IT HITS DIFFERENT WITH THIS KIND OF MUSIC YKNOW!
There are a bunch of subscription based sites that allow me to use certain music + effects that i really would like to use but cannot afford to use them right now. LIKE IMAGINE I COULD USE ALL OF KONOSUBA MUSIC, okay maybe i still can. So if you would like to support I have a Patreon!
Thank You!
www.patreon.com/wheattee
I agree that at some points the story drag on quite a bit, and some were quite rushed. I personally think that the A plot of the expansion being the trial for the next dawnservant should've lasted a couple more levels and should've ended at late 96/ early 97 instead of ending at mid-95 and the B plot of the Alexandria questline could've been trimmed a bit, especially the last area. I wish we had some more solo instances like letting us go into a fps shooter bit for the train ride similar to air force one or had us play as more characters other than wuk lamat. But overall, while I liked the story of DT, i just think the story could have had better pacing especially for the second half.
If it makes you feel better, I literally had the credits rolling when someone shared this link with me, 11 hours after you posted it, so I'd say your timing is about right. I lost four days to unexpected family BS so most of the midcore crew is finishing up about now.
@@Machu456I 100% agree with your points and some more interactive instances would've made it so much more enjoyable. I liked the story and idea as well, but they just tried fitting two stories into one. Like the Dawnservant could've been an expansion and Alexandria Questline as Post.
@@katarh I'm glad that the timing was almost perfect for you and your squad xD. Regardless of any BS that came your way.
@@WheatTee I didn't think about it like that, but if it was structured like that where the trial was the whole expansion and the Alexandria plotline was the patch quests, I think I may have enjoyed it a bit more. That being said, I wonder how they'll take the story with the patch quests, as that may adjust my enjoyment with the expansion. I also wish we got to see more of zoraal ja and interact with him a bit more.
How can this only have 10k views?
I think its the best video, which summaries the story of dawntrail perfectly. Everytime I want to remember some Dawntrail, i come back to this video and get sentimental. Its so good done, with the scenes and music, it captures every memory!
I send this video to everybody who I know plays ffxiv and they all say the same!
THANK YOU FOR THE APPRECIATION!
I have the same feelings too whenever i come back to re-watch this video so im glad its the same for you!
In my personal opinion, i think its just mainly due to a few things.
1. People would rather see people talk about how bad it was rather than just re-watch the actually story themselves. Like you would rather watch Asmon react to this because of the extra stuff he woulds say along with the story.
2.Dawntrail story just didn't hit as hard for most people. Even i think this story had alot wasted potential and i definitely am not an expert in storytelling.
3. Alot of people commented on how the saturation / shader for this video was really bad for their eyes. So it would make the video a bit unwatchable.
The problem with this is that my eyes have adjusted to this high saturation shader xD.
Anyways thank youuu for the nice words. MAKE SURE TO LOOK OUT FOR THE POST- DAWNTRAIL VIDEO HEHE
I love how Einstein just loves to show up only to leave seconds later because he apparently has better things to do than help us save the world. (or at least a large country in this instance).
He is such a Gigachad for that.
Mister “My Work is Done Here”
I would have rather gone on the adventure he was on tbh
I appreciate this. I've played since 1.0 and this is the only story that I couldn't bring myself to get through. I started skipping cutscenes a few hours in. Now I can say I know what happened, lol.
YES! LETS GO! GOAL ACHIEVED! :D:D
tytytytyty
Oddly enough, while I wasn’t a fan of the first half of the story, the second half of DT was my favorite part of the whole game- and I think the first half of DT was pretty helpful in juxtaposing what happened in that second half which made it so impactful
@@scubarubanzaii I've been trying to watch some cutscenes when I have time. But I think I hate the second half even more. It's just too "but then suddenly..." and all over the place.
the alpaca's most dangerous move: HAWK TUAH!
HAWK TUAH, HAWK TUAH!
When you think of it. Common Alpaca can solo kill Ultima Weapon.
This could just be a picture of Wuk Lamat with the caption, "Peace," and it would be just as accurate.
LMAO
Having a Froggie WOL is something I didn't know I needed to make this expansion even more wholesome!
Froggy WOL go zoomies in these expansions
This is way too good of a video and I somehow never saw this channel, wow.
Well, it's nice to have good quick story recap
Thank You!!! LOOKS LIKE I COMPLETED MY MISSION WITH THIS VIDEO xD
Best Choice to use one piece music. Especially with the Golden City involved. It was truly an adventure.
Yeah whilst going through it, i was like damn........this story really gives anime vibes and One Piece INSTANTLY came to mind when they mentioned the "Golden City" along with the Boat Riding at the start.
I even called Bakool Ja Ja "Blackbeard" as cope that he will be similar to him LOL.
This was such an incredible video!
tytytytyty :D
npnpnpnpnpnp
Making the Golden City go dark was the most heart breaking thing they've made you do throughout the whole game personally. 😢
I just wish they fleshed out those characters a bit more AAAAAAA it wouldve been so peakk.
@@WheatTee Wuk was kind of one dimensional. At least her siblings got some character development though.
The pacing in that place felt so off. We're going in with the intention of shutting it all down, but then we're also forced to get to know the locals and help them with their problems (which won't matter 5 minutes later because they're all dead).
We have no idea how long the central terminal will take to complete its task and start the invasion of our world, but instead of shutting down the 4 outer terminals as fast as possible we take time to take care of trivial problems for people we're about to kill.
@@WheatTee yeah right? we could spend a bit more time there really.
Hope 9.0 picks up the pace
/pray /pray /pray
are we giving up on 8.0 already? 😂
@@luretta6704 yes
The biggest improvement for me will be: No Wuk Lamat.
Ever.
Graha crunching on the ice cream made me laugh. 😂😂 The sounds and everything was great.
Ice cream headache if it had any taste or substance.
That moment was so simple and stupid but made my heart smile haha 😂
Family this is so perfect. I’ve played ff on and off for 10 years now. As someone who enjoys the gameplay much more than the story, this abbreviated version really is so good for me. Loved what you did here.
YOU ARE A CREATIVE GENIUS!
THAMK YOU SARAH!! /blush
The vibes are immaculate.
This summary is a much better telling of the story than the story itself.
Thank You! Thank You! i think the fact that a short video can feel so much better to watch, means that pacing was really done dirty LOL.
Great video
tytytytyt
It took awhile before I finished DT, but I wanted to check this out. Some of showing up late to the party following the path of the frog legend.
o7o7o7 Thank you for coming to this video of the frog legend. He will now go back to sleep until next expansion
First expansion where I've ever skipped cutscenes and lost interest in. We were too hard on Lyse...I need a restraining order against Wuk Lamat.
Great editing, lovely work, i loved it!!!!!!!!
If i may try to give constructive critisism on the quanity of saturation, contrast and bloom it sort of distracting, but i understand that's your personal preference and thats okay.
I advocate a little more for the intended visual expression by the original artists, so perhaps a balance?
Anyway that will always be your choice, keep doing what you do! And count me as subscribed!
THANK YOU!
I greatly appreciate this feedback as i am so used to this shader and adding more to it look fine to me. My Videos usually reflect this shader fine but this was a video that gave off a different vibe. So it would have been better to use a different shader, one that is more subtle.
For the more “emotional moments” i tried adding more to it by stacking colours together which i feel could’ve been toned down a bit more as well. Although it did look fine to me before u mentioned it.
APPRECIATE IT DOOD I WILL KEEP A LOOK OUT FOR COLOURS ALOT MORE YALL EYES - so you can enjoy the moment alot more!
Listening to "We Are" always makes me cry. You magnificent bastard.
“We Are” is so peak even with remixes
So at first I felt like the story was lacking until I started to just take it as face value and a jumping off point, ARR 2.0 in my mind and I slowed right down and took my time having just completed it 2 days ago, IT was actually not that bad, hoping we get some more goodies in the post MSQ patches, whats funny is watching your video makes it seem like a bonkers story that goes from adventure to saving the world in a single Episode of a Cartoon on a Saturday Morning, Regardless of what people think of the story so far, your video was 10/10!
I genuinely enjoyed the following the story on the my play through, especially some of the big moments were pretty hype for me personally. After watching it through again i ended up realizing that it was just an average but NOT BAD story. Like general structure of the story was very well done, like there aren't any BIG holes. ( except some of the baby makin )The story brings one a plot point in and it leads into the next part of the story. "Like OHHH that makes sense!"
also Thank You for Compliments of the Video! I wanted to focus on creating a video that would allow people to follow t he story in more lighthearted and fun way.
God tier stuff.
My Wol's summer vacation was pretty interesting me thinks.
yee a lil interesting i think so too
Excellent utilization of the One Piece soundtrack. Truly a marvelous soundtrack for a marvelous adventure
It really is such an iconic soundtrack. 🥹
My biggest concern was that Estinien had enough money to last him for a good while, but knowing his spending habits, it'd only last him for a week at most with the Pelupelu.
No wonder we never saw him up there.
My honest thoughts? I liked Wuk Lamat when I didn't know her, I got tired of hearing 'peace and happiness' for the umpteenth time, I'm sad that the villainous claimants weren't fleshed out more carefully, and I'd really like my vacation to start in the next patch and have nothing to do with that furball ever again. Wuk Lamat may be the one and only character in this series that I hate AND will never forget. 😆
I lowkey wanted to see Einstein get robbed again, it would’ve been so funny regardless xD.
Yeah if she was just a bit more selfish and less stereotypical i feel people could relate to her a bit more.
I definitely agree that there is definitely a problem with the lack of fleshed out villains this time around.
Yes in i never have to See Wuk Lamat again IT would be to soon
Erenville's mom has got it goin' on..
the update to the frog is amazing look at the detail :)
RIGHT?!?!? LOOK AT THE TEXTURES AND LIGHTING GODAMN.
It's the One Piece soundtrack that does it for me
WOOOOOO we love one piece music around here!
You made it look so much better then it really was.
It was a slog. A borefest with few highlights.
Thank You!!! That was one of main goals of this video!
also ye the story got very STRETCHED AND DRAGGED OUT than it needed to be.
@@WheatTee They could have fleshed out the other claimants, like the First and Fourth, so much more but it felt like that content got cut and they inserted Wuk Lamat into it. Their dilemma, their issues they were dealing with internally, didn't come to light until the latter portions of the MSQ. Bakool Ja Ja felt rushed and tossed aside when he could have been one of the most sympathetic ones in that expansion.
I finished the MSQ other day and it really felt like this should have been two separate expansions. I was ready for things to be done when Wuk Lamat became Dawnservant. Don't get me wrong, I enjoyed part two, but it seems like it was a completely different story.
Yeah honestly expected to end with Wuk Lamat as Dawnservant but they squeezed all the extra character development and interactions into the first part. Then added the second half out of nowhere it felt like.
7 trials?! Sheeh. No wonder that half of the story felt so long. It probably would have flowed better if it was just a simple 3 to 4 trials. Great video regardless, and great use of the one piece orchestral themes. (and I agree Erenville's mom was quite hot)
Yeah 100% TOO MANY TRIALS! not enuff STORY / CHARACTER DEVELOPMENT. Also Thank You 🙏 I love using music to tell a story and one piece felt perfect! and Erenvilles Hot Mum do be bussin
The one piece music is so on point
It really fits in so well :>
i know you recapped the story nicely here but.. what was the story now again..? be around wuk lamat, get stones with wuk lamat, fight evil gecko man with wuk lamat?
@@tylestone4752 LEAVE IT TO THE EXPERTS
I love that you have one piece music backing this video. I always think of this game as the one piece of video games. Haha that comes from someone who refused one piece for decades haha
xD. Thank You! honestly delayed one piece for so long as well. That 1000 ep barrier was ugeee!
Needs more Cornservant.
But yeah nice summary.
Althoguh dunno why people complain about pacing when its the exact same as every prior expac
Yeah it was weird because the pacing did feel very very similar. It was more like they added too many plot points without fleshing them out. 🧐
I love the One Piece music 😂
Thank You.🙏
WAHnderful!!!
WAH WAH!
ONE PIECE MUSIC WERE SO BACK
SO EFFIN BACK
It's weird.. I just played through Dawntrail and the only 2 names I really remember is Wuk Lamat and Sphene.. the rest is all Shukyapukya and Jojo LOLOL
@@ViewTube_Emperor_of_Mankind LMFAO honestly same, i had to go through the recordings again to find their names xD
why is one piece music so fitting?
YEAH?!?! it just works!!!
can you please leave the text like more time in screen? it was so complicated to read it
@@Fepifavi My Videos have always been about flowing with the music and as short as possible. Which is why i needed to make those text parts go by fast. I intended for those parts to be paused if you would like to read through them thoroughly. BIG TEXT FOR PLAYTHROUGH AND SMALL FOR PAUSED. BUT….. i will keep that in mind for the next video similar to this. As I do want you to enjoy it fully without problems. Thank You! o7
@@WheatTee Sure! I tried hard to read because all the texts are really funny, but even with the video in 0,75x and pausing it was hard to get them ahahaha in any case, thank your for resuming it!
Thank you a lot for making this, every time Wuk Lamat appeared on screen I lost all drive to keep reading. I'm sure there's a good story in there but I can't bring myself to care about it with the way it's presented
i honestly didnt read that much at first because i’ve only focused on the main parts of the story. Hopefully they can make the story more enjoyable in the future for us.
Btw, I really, really enjoyed the Point and Click Adventure style stuff they did. Was a breath of fresh air from the usual use a binocular.
LMAO
THANK YOU FOR SUMMARY FROGGY OF LIGHT 🐸✨
I've reached breaking point at lv.98 and plan to skip the rest bc this mediocre writing is just unbearable 😭 i'm so baffled??
At least the zones, dungeons and fights have been fantastic! 🎶 So many creative new mechanics to eat!! :D 🚑
GOTCHU! also yes at least the rest of the expansion is pre good! i feel we will appreciate this expansion later down the line for all the other things they added.
Why is your colors so bright and off my lord
A Combination of Old Shaders from ReShade + New Graphics just not meshing well together.
Also my eyes were very used to high vibrance. :3
(A lot of people were mentioning this so i've been trying to fix it for future vids) :)
MROW!? (SORRY I'M LATE! Wanted to finish MSQ before I watched this one! :D)
MROW?!? ( DW YOU ARE NOT LATE! POSSIBLY MB FOR BEING TOO EARLY xD )
Dawntrail desperately needs a serious rewrite. But because of how MMO’s work, that will never happen.
But what bothers me the most is who was the quality control for Dawntrail? I know Natsuo Ishikawa stepped down, but she stepped down to a more managerial role, did she not read through what her “pupils” wrote? Did Yoshi P read through it? And they both said “ship it”??? Yoshi P, I thought this was your life’s work? Did you lie about this being your passion after all? Do you long to be free from this MMO after so long?
so many questions, so little answers 🙏
Buddy, you're asking questions as to whether Yoshi-P lied or longs to be free from this when he's already apparently got the rest of the story planned out all the way into 10.0 lmao and let's not forget that ARR and Stormblood exists,and I rank DT above both lmao this isn't the first time an unpopular expansion had appeared every game has a rough patch, stop being a drama queen and acting as if its the end of the world 😂😊
Not every expansion is gonna be perfect, I'm sure people said the same thing when they went through Stormblood after the amazing journey of HW and even EW after going through SHB. And Yoshi-P said in an interview that this is the beginning of a brand new journey, basically a new ARR beginning and arc. Just because this wasn't your favourite doesn't mean Yoshi-P is quitting or that we won't see anything better, chill lol
@ Oh, I’m being my most reasonable self. Because the story of DT is WAY worse than SB or even ARR. ARR was a slog, yes, but at least it built everything up properly. DT has SO MANY writing mistakes I’m amazed more people don’t notice.
But it’s ok. Since you’re obviously one of the people who didn’t notice. And since you didn’t notice, you think you’re in the right when you say such things to me. But you’re not. And it’s ok to be awfully wrong right now. You’ll get better… or you will die stupid, either or.
@@pumpkingamebox Or perhaps more people did notice writing mistakes and enjoyed it regardless? I certainly did desite its flaws. Maybe other people don't assume the end of the world is nigh just because an expansion didn't meet their expectations and were perhaps even disappointed in it, but understand that there will be more to this story in the upcoming future and have something to look forward too. If this was the final expansion of the entire series, I would agree it was not a fitting end and inevitably frustrating, but this is just the beginning. And although, yes, this means waiting years, the feedback from players will then lead to a better story. Look at SHB after the slog that SB for example.
But of course, you're incapable of recognising this, giving that your 'most reasonable self' consists of acting as if yours is the only opinion that is the justifiable one. Others aren't allowed to disagree with you. Otherwise, they're just so 'awfully wrong', right? because the idea that someone might enjoy something you didn't is so foreign that your immediate reaction is "You are wrong and I am right. And if you disagree, then you need help." It is indeed OK to be awfully wrong right now, as you're a prime example. I could've easily said the same thing about you rating DT lower than either ARR or SB amd yet I didn't because others are allowed to have a different opinion. Imagine that 🤯 Let's hope you understand that in time and hopefully don't die stupid, yeah? 🤷
@ Wow, how riveting. You have anything of actual substance to say? Or are you so enamored with DT that you’re willing to stoop to its level of rationality? Go ahead, I’m not your boss. Nor am I your savior to make you recognize your mistakes. If you think eating shit is enjoyable, who am I to tell you that you’re wrong. But, I, will avoid pretending that DT is better than it is.
Just the beginning? Lol. What a convenient excuse.
Thanks now I can skip all the cutscenes
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I can't watch this. Whatever filter you used is killer on the eyes.
Hmmm 🤔, im still surprised that the shader i’ve been using for almost a year now. Is NOW just getting problems with saturation. ( I think it might be the graphics update.) ILL NEED TO TINKER A BIT WITH IT and turn down the colours down a bit. tyytyty o7
THE ONE PIECE IS REAAAAL
AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA
So they did cowboy shit and then for no reason suddenly aliens? What a story... I am so skipping.
feels so random at times. 💀
I feel like praising Dawntrail in any way is spitting on all the hardwork the previous devteams poured into the earlier expansions. Some are even saying it's not "as bad" as ARR. Which I played launchday by the way. ARR had not only better world building tenfold, a better story tenfold, better voice acting across the board tenfold, better class quests (Role Quests are Hildabrand without the Hildabrand). The entire expansion of Dawntrail really feels like a humiliation ritual to Square. Like someone is being blackmailed. The voicework was phoned in across the board too, I had to switch to Japanese for the first time and that is just a bandaid to the problem. Characters don't even act like themselves, specifically the twins. None of the writing makes sense start to finish. The 14 cultists will defend it at every turn as well, as if they want more mediocrity. Stormblood wasn't even remotely this bad, in fact Stormblood was not that bad at all, it was a good 7. This isn't even close to a 7 it feels like a 5. I miss the Stormblood launchday fun of being stuck in line at the Raubauhn boss even. My only positive is the music and dungeons are pretty solid. That is about it. If the raid tier doesn't show anything significant I think they should cut this one short and rush the next expansion out.
Yes I 100% agree with alot of your points of mediocrity with this expansion. It feels like they got complacent with the MSQ which is like THE MAIN THING YKNOW. This story could've still been Straightforward but HYPE. It's crazy that my favourite character from this Expansion was a Simpleton Knight who's only goal was to protect the kween. ( except the fact that she didn't need to be saved LOL.) I haven't done the New Roles Quests yet but apparently its good? I do believe tho that writing did make sense as a story in itself as the plot points flowed through each other enough to make sense. BUT it didn't feel like it connected to the previous expansions enough to make it a valid FFXIV Story that we all have come to love. I was tuned out most of the story ngl. ( WHICH ISN'T A GOOD THING IMO )
Music and dungeons are good tho i agree.
Im one of the 14 cultist and i have to agree with the worst is how the Wol is put low as Wuk Lamats Cheerleader as best sch stole every Moment in this Expansion if IT is not our Story why Arena we even there
Everything being saturated and bright is a nice touch.
Thank You! It is my default shader i use for everything Ipsusu Pastel. Although it might’ve been better to tone it down a lil for this vid.
@@WheatTee I thought it was referring to the graphics update!
@@RaviBajnath OH LOL THAT TOO OF CCOURSE!
@@WheatTee It was a shader? I thought you were camera recording PS5 cutscenes or something ;)
@@seonteeaika LOL
What a an unfunny story. Why don't we name the game that no in 800 years would want to play, something like... Yawntrail!
terrible expansion
BUT THE DUNGEONS AND TRIALS GO HARD THO! 😤😤😤
@@WheatTee yeah youre right about that tho
Thank you for this lol, unfortunately the story was lacking for me than the other expansions so I started skipping 🥹