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A few updates and thoughts since I last played:

Finished the Binding Coils of Bahamut with help from BK (thanks BK) - the story stuff here was good, the area design was cool, and the bosses looked cool too. Glad I did this before finishing Heavensward.

Hildibrand ARR and HW - Both were great stuff. I like them using Hildibrand to add fun references to past games quite a bit, and they somehow manage to be both hilarious and good in the serious parts, too. Most of the characters specific to this questline are excellent. I think the Grand Sers (the old knights) were my favorite part. The first "battle" against them had me rolling.

HW main story - This was consistently great. The story itself was interesting, with it being a big change of pace, switching between different compelling plotlines, and adding excellent characters. Estinien is definitely my favorite character in the game at this point, so having him along with the party was a highlight. The pacing was generally brisk, too. All the new areas here were very good and unique. Ishgard's my favorite of the cities so far. It has a cool atmosphere, the best music, and is easy to get around. No real missteps here.

Post-HW story - Mostly a great followup to HW. Negotiating peace was cool, and while I was disappointed to see them bring back Nidhogg at first, the final battle against him was incredibly epic and awesome, so it was okay. There were a bunch of little fun things, like the battle vs. Raubahn. The concept of the Warriors of Darkness was excellent too, and they're my favorites of the villains so far. The way they were dealt with in the end was a bit rushed I thought, but they were still entertaining. Really hoping we go to the moon at some point...

Post-HW raids - These didn't feel quite as main story related as the post-ARR raids, but they had their own good parts. Alexander had great music, both for the bosses and the dungeons. The story got to have some fun twists in the end, and the best part was the final Alexander fight. I'd say it's my favorite boss in the game so far. The atmosphere of the battle and all the cool moves it used were amazing. The sky pirate raids were more difficult, so they were interesting in that respect, and some of the bosses (like Ozma) had cool designs, but I didn't find the story there to be quite as good.

Think that's most of what I wanted to say. Stuff like the Warring Triad was a lot of fun too, with plot-relevant story and cool bosses with cool music (not sure why it had the Atma Weapon music, but I'm not complaining!). I'm a ways into Stormblood, which is mostly disappointing so far, but hopefully that'll get better.
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