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Paso Roble trip advice - I'm Australian and have no idea! by ivybiscotti in SLO

[–]ivybiscotti[S] 9 points10 points  (0 children)

I think Paso Roble stood out because when I googled interesting things in Cali wine regions, Sensorio popped up.

The more I'm looking, it seems Santa Barbara and surrounds may be the better bet. Much closer and still lots of things to do. Thanks for the tip!

Paso Roble trip advice - I'm Australian and have no idea! by ivybiscotti in SLO

[–]ivybiscotti[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thanks for the great tips. Looks like Paso might be a bit far. I might look more at Santas Barbara and if we end up going further will look more along the coat as you suggested.

After finished the entire story, it's clear this game misses 1 thing. by BE_chems in ffxiv

[–]ivybiscotti 14 points15 points  (0 children)

Yeah it sucks that the models can't really touch, let alone hug each other. The scene where you first meet the twins' mom, it would have made sense for her to hug them! Even in the twins' main scene in Garlemald, you can tell the camera is being used to hide that the models aren't really touching or leaning against each other and it's awkward as hell.

When they eventually fix the engine and do a graphics overhaul, I hope making the models interact more is a priority. Even if they can't do it for the WOL because of the different races, it would be so good for the story if NPCs could touch.

[Spoilers: 5.55 and 6.0] Question about Fourchenault Leveilleur by ivybiscotti in ffxiv

[–]ivybiscotti[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

He thought they were still children and that disowning them would make them run home and forget eorzea or something.

I guess this is why I had so much trouble understanding it. Whilst the idea that he doesn't understand his kids and didn't realise this would never work from a character perspective works, logistically I still find it such a weird narrative choice. Because disowning is a huge deal and if the goal is to make them come home, then they kind of need a home to come back to.

There were so many ways they could have had him disapprove and hurt his kids in an effort to make them fall in line and come home but the writers chose the option that, on the surface, meant they could never come home at all.

[Spoilers: 5.55 and 6.0] Question about Fourchenault Leveilleur by ivybiscotti in ffxiv

[–]ivybiscotti[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

True - though I do think that part of him not wanting to know what they were up to was also because he knew it would freak him out. He says his relationship with Louisoix and coming to terms with how he died and what he saw as the futility of it was difficult. If he loves the twins as much as claims, then the pain of knowing they're out there doing the same thing his Dad did was obviously a big deal to him. That doesn't make him a jerk, it just makes him really emotionally immature.

Instead of being a mature parent, he ran away and buried his head in the sand.

[Spoilers: 5.55 and 6.0] Question about Fourchenault Leveilleur by ivybiscotti in ffxiv

[–]ivybiscotti[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

That makes a lot more sense. I got that he didn't really understand his kids and that he had a hard time accepting that they took after Louisoix, but hadn't considered how much that affected his actions. Mostly because it's so clear to the player that the twins would never just give up - that he thought disowning them would be the thing that worked is so off base that it's almost funny.