@ArcaneStardust Vurmyk loves Alisaie like a little sister, but Alphinaud... It's complicated.
He sees how much he has grown, but... Vurmyk can't simply forgive and forget the Crystal Braves mess. He doesn't want to kill him (like he did in HW), but he still has nightmares about Raubahn dying.
Alisaie hugs him randomly to make sure he's doing well emotionally. She somehow “knows” he can't fully hind behind the “stoic hero” facade when he's in a hug.
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But, man, the whole blessed siblings thing hit him like a truck.
@ragnvaldrtoejob@sailorcollars + Alexander
Shadowbringers doesn't make sense without Alexander (and Crystal Tower, but that's already mandatory to finish ARR).
@bakla_ffxiv I found it quite useful to help me level up and I find the AI of the squadron members a little better than the NPCs from Duty Support, but it's kinda sad they abandoned the Grand Companies at lvl 50.
As I said, there isn't much more to it. Some mats for Relics I think?
@bakla_ffxiv as someone who maxed that content, there's no much to it. You can lead them in some dungeons (a few of them aren't available in duty support, so... that can be useful if you dread the mmo part of the game like me).
It's a requirement to max the rank in the Grand Company, tho.