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Does anyone else feel a bit disappointed by the lack of Miss Fortune in Burning Tides?

Melancholy Exile·7/29/2015, 11:59:45 PM·4 votes·1,139 views

In concept, Bilgewater: Burning Tides is Sarah Fortune's story. This is the tale of how she used Twisted Fate and Graves to trick Gangplank into lowering his guard so that she might have her vengeance and bring first him and then 'his' Bilgewater to an end.

It doesn't exactly feel that way.

Miss Fortune appears in two of Burning Tides' twelve Parts and has ten lines of dialogue total, and even her attack on Gangplank is something that takes place off-stage for all intents and purposes. Her motivations have to be spelled out within her two scenes, with the latter summarising her entire backstory, because we honestly aren't given a whole lot of time to get to know her character. What makes it all the more irritating is that Burning Tides isn't exactly the best piece to use to interpret her character in the new lore. Once you move beyond the façade that is her in-game portrayal, we aren't left with a whole lot more than hate, purpose and emptiness - a good prospect for Kalista.

I feel as though Graves and TF got a fantastic showing from this event, Gangplank (RIP) certainly got to display his new character quite well but Miss Fortune ... she seemed at once very important and an afterthought. Her revenge is what drives this event and yet she's a second-stringer in the story whose moment of triumph is only addressed through exposition and glimpses of fire. It doesn't really feel right to me.

After her appearance in the second act I was really looking forward to seeing MF's moment in the spotlight, but instead we cut straight to the dying light of the afterparty with all the excitement behind us. I honestly found myself more than a little disappointed, as good as the story has been on the whole. I feel like you could have pretty much removed her Parts from the story, subbing in a little exposition to explain that she took out GP, and things wouldn't have been massively different once her new bio filled in the gaps.

Anyone else feel the same?

5 Comments

Vera7/30/2015, 12:23:33 AM2 votes

Not even a Miss Fortune icon................

lolipopevelynn7/30/2015, 12:16:26 AM1 votes

the lore guys like to leave out alot of information without ever fully releasing that information. it was the same for ekko and its the same for MF, GP, TF, and graves.

i dont understand why they do it this way, but i dont understand why they are doing a full retcone and replacing it with lore that doesnt make much sense in regards to game tie ins to begin with.

even starcrafts lore tied into the games mechanics.

Garlyle Wilds7/30/2015, 12:35:24 AM1 votes

Her bio's supposed to shed more light on her side of the events, according to dev posts.

It is an interesting way of handling the event, though. At its core, the biggest player in the events is indeed Miss Fortune, but her and Gangplank aren't the only players on the stage. We're just seeing the impact of the things she's done through a different set of eyes, as someone who's seeing from the outside rather than inside.

Shénzhì7/30/2015, 12:38:58 AM1 votes

Not disappointed. In case you've not realized she played many parts in Act 1 and 2, which is explained in Act 3 and now she's shining in Act 3 as the wharfs and docks are set on fire. BOOM!!

Miss Fortune in the spotlight right now got me like: