Who did you choose? Yarra or Drakka?

[Cyotey]

Personally, I decided on Drakka on multiple factors. Yarra lied to her people and impulsively blamed Drakka even though there was no solid evidence. A liar and someone who impulsively blames others are both big red flags for a person let alone a leader. Drakka seems naive but he's also done his share of hard work and knows how the clan is suffering. If I had known more about Yarra's background maybe I would've chosen her...but Drakka seemed overall a more stable person. Definitely one of my favorite side quests so far. Didn't expect something like this. It wasn't an easy choice.

[Jean Roque de Lartigue]

I was going for Yarra at first, but she lost my confidence in the final cutscene before the choice takes place. It's painfully obvious that she's scapegoating Drakka, even though he ain't perfect by any means as well.

[Grumpy-Granddad]

in the beginning you see Drakka in a disdussion with his Shaman or what ever there name is and that person is urging Draka to stay calm and not to do anything impulsive.

But Drakka is impatient and wants things done his way regardless what happens. That is bad leadership hidden under the wing of "I care for my people". He does not listen to those that are there to advise him. Mandatory fail for leaders. Always listen to your advisers before making decisions.

Yarra on the other hand knows that a revolt will be at hand and the clan will fall apart if she told the truth on what was going on. Instead she hid the truth and tried to find the caus of the problem but was unable at that moment to find the problem and accepted the help of an outlander to find it.
Offcourse she is angry when finding a dead member of Drakka's tribe. Jumping to the conlcusion that Drakka must have know about the actions of that tribe member is a bid short but understandable.

So deciding between a impulsive man (Drakka) or a more thinking clan leader Yarra?
Think that choice is obvious. No clan is helped with impulsive clan leaders. That is a sure way to let a clan fall apart.

[Napalm®]

I was a bit confused - why would you even have a choice if it doesn't affect anything in the game?

[Dad0ne]

Yarra acted like a mature leader (lie to prevent a most likely massacre between tribesmen and women and swallowing her pride aside asking an outsider for help), drakka acted like a petulant spoiled child that only care about power and control not seeing the bigger picture. So i chose yarra. They both ultimately suck if you ask me, but at least one acted like a leader should. So i chose what i considered to be the lesser evil for the wellbeing of the tribe in the long run.

[Shalltear]

first Drakka, then the other one on my second playthrough

[Halliwax]

Drakka has many flaws, but IMO Yarra concealing the water problem is inexcusable. That's the most critical resource for any settlement and if their only source dries up they need to take action to fix it immediately. Wanting to "prevent panic" and waiting to see if some solution turns up is insanely warped priorities.

[Lithurge]

Początkowo opublikowane przez Napalm®:

I was a bit confused - why would you even have a choice if it doesn't affect anything in the game?

Presumably it's supposed to make you feel more engaged. Rather like the dialogue choice points where you can choose heart, brain or whatever the third one is. As far as I remember only the final one of those conversations actually affects the outcome but even that has no impact on anything beyond that immediate point.

[TH3R4BB!T]

I had hoped Aloy would had lines to convince they both needed to work together, but having to choose was a bit harsh. So Yarra felt more suitable to keep going on as a leader, Drakka would sacrifice any one, including himself, when things would go bad. Yarra makes more weighted decisions

[bogn11]

Yarra for me. It feel like Drakka just wanted to do a coup on her.

[Sol3]

Tossed a coin on the first play through and went for Yarra, then chose Drakka on the 2nd because he was more concerned with the tribe

[Mkpa8]

I pick Drakka and like his idea, to bring the tribal leaders together, to create a plan, if Yarra was up front, a lot of the problems would have not happen or could have been quicker to fix it. Yarra is also paranoid as hell and if you pick her, she talks about some one else is comming after her

[upuaut2]

Początkowo opublikowane przez ᑕYᗷEᖇᑕᗩT:

Agreed and is why I also chose him.

i picked Drakka

[MasterZoen]

Początkowo opublikowane przez Grumpy-Granddad:

in the beginning you see Drakka in a disdussion with his Shaman or what ever there name is and that person is urging Draka to stay calm and not to do anything impulsive.

But Drakka is impatient and wants things done his way regardless what happens. That is bad leadership hidden under the wing of "I care for my people". He does not listen to those that are there to advise him. Mandatory fail for leaders. Always listen to your advisers before making decisions.

Yarra on the other hand knows that a revolt will be at hand and the clan will fall apart if she told the truth on what was going on. Instead she hid the truth and tried to find the caus of the problem but was unable at that moment to find the problem and accepted the help of an outlander to find it.
Offcourse she is angry when finding a dead member of Drakka's tribe. Jumping to the conlcusion that Drakka must have know about the actions of that tribe member is a bid short but understandable.

So deciding between a impulsive man (Drakka) or a more thinking clan leader Yarra?
Think that choice is obvious. No clan is helped with impulsive clan leaders. That is a sure way to let a clan fall apart.

I can argue against this easily: In the USA, some advisors to the President have been the same for 50+ years. That's called "being the power behind the throne" or "shadow leadership". Add in the fact that these advisors have recommended some extremely sketchy things, like not closing the airports when COVID 19 was first reported, and suddenly that looks even worse.

More to the point, however, advisors are merely meant to advise, not decide things. A leader is burdened with decision making, which may mean not following the advice of others. Sometimes a snap decision to act is better than no action at all.

[Potato Child]

Yarra on the PS5 version and Drakka on STEAM version lol

[Evilsod]

Początkowo opublikowane przez MasterZoen:

I can argue against this easily: In the USA, some advisors to the President have been the same for 50+ years. That's called "being the power behind the throne" or "shadow leadership". Add in the fact that these advisors have recommended some extremely sketchy things, like not closing the airports when COVID 19 was first reported, and suddenly that looks even worse.

More to the point, however, advisors are merely meant to advise, not decide things. A leader is burdened with decision making, which may mean not following the advice of others. Sometimes a snap decision to act is better than no action at all.

To counter that, an adviser can only advise on things they are knowledgeable about, or have experience in. Anything beyond that is at best an educated guess.
Sure, a lifetime of experience, especially if you had a lot of information from experts to support your decision making process, can make your educated guess extremely good.

Without knowing the detail, wasn't the team that was meant to respond to pandemics disbanded? So these advisers are advising a sociopath of the highest order on something they probably know next to nothing about, without the information they need.

Probably a bit too nuanced compared to what was happening in Arrowhand, but he was clearly refusing to even consider the Chaplain's opinion and went all-in on "coup".
Nothing Drakka did would've helped the clan as a whole. He was impulsive and seemed more interested in being in charge, as if that would magically fix things. Yarra was guilty of being too passive about the problem, and by the time her hand was forced, it would probably have been too late for most people.

Difference is, with Aloy's support to fix the problem, Yarra's calmer more measured approach was what they needed. All Drakka would've done is cause internal conflicts because he wasn't prepared to do what was necessary, just rant about fixing the problem. The death of the hunters is pretty irrelevant in all of this.

The real solution was to have them work together. Yarra was clearly the better leader, and Drakka would've pushed her into making the correct decisions sooner. But that wasn't an option.