In the Expansion Main Story..

[Dark-Saviour]

I read the Costa del Sol part as: "Ok, you wanna fight Titus like us? Well, rather than see if you know which part of your sword to fight with by sending you out to kill this beasty that's been terrorizing the resort, I'll send you out to get ingredients...for a feast....that isn't physically demanding or shows us your martial skill. We could just give you the strat that worked for us but instead, you're gonna make us sammiches cause we're hungry!"

The biggest annoyance to me was that they tell me, "You'll understand why we did this when we tell you the strategy." and, IIRC, the only strategy you get is, "Go attune to a beastman aetheryte and you can finally face him!"...

>:-(

[Violyre]

The biggest annoyance to me was that they tell me, "You'll understand why we did this when we tell you the strategy." and, IIRC, the only strategy you get is, "Go attune to a beastman aetheryte and you can finally face him!"...

>:-(

I like think that maybe they had you do all of the things they did to train for the fight. The banquet stuff was just an excuse plot.