Originally Posted by
Xeronia
I mean EW in my opinion just never really resonated with me especially on replay. New characters barely had time to grow before becoming plot devices and you can kinda feel the whole "We had planned two expansions but elected to make this all one so enjoy these clearly would be trial bosses as dungeon bosses instead, also Garlemald resolution will not be seen until X.XX." I wouldn't say that view is terribly "wrong" just different then what most seem to have taken from it. That is how literature works after all, we all take different things from the same story. I did find the overall story really lacking the world/character building polish I am used to from FF14 and almost all of the game post-Elpis just didn't land for me as again characters became plot devices far too rapidly to become invested in any of them as characters. I would still say it is my least favorite expansion even after all this time just due to odd narrative choices and pacing issues during the story. I do wonder how time will reflect on the expansion myself but we have to wait to see on that one.
As for the patch content I want to see where it is all going as it seems thus far rather dull to me and I am hoping for some kind of big event in 6.3 to shake up the plot.
I also imagine it shouldn't be a shock those that took bigger issue with the game's story and possibly other aspects of the game did as Yoshi P. says they can and took a break for an extended period of time.