A worry/rant about storylines till now (very very minor spoiler warning)

[Lemuria]

I really hated the ending. It didn't feel satisfying in the least bit, and was just a shock trigger to give us a blank slate for the expansion. It somehow feels like we were cheated out of a proper resolution to events and just throws the world into anarchy for the sake of giving us something to do later on.

It didn't help that the events leading up to the conclusion could have EASILY been avoided had the 'Hero of Light' not been a completely and utterly useless tool. I put two and two together before I'd even returned to Ul'dah and spoke to Momodi. Even Momodi herself seemed utterly clueless, something totally out of character for her unless she was somehow in on the plan.

The Scions also seem to forget that they have with them the Warrior of Light. The same 'hero' who charged into battle against Primals, Ultima Weapon and even mighty dragons and survived. Yet they suddenly fear for YOUR safety when a couple of turncoats come for you. Let us live up to that name and fight our way out gods damn it.

Cliffhangers can work but only if you still have a satisfying conclusion to the core story you've been working through. Otherwise they're just a cheap hook to get you to buy the expansion. Sadly, this one is closer to the latter.

[kyuven]

The Scions also seem to forget that they have with them the Warrior of Light. The same 'hero' who charged into battle against Primals, Ultima Weapon and even mighty dragons and survived. Yet they suddenly fear for YOUR safety when a couple of turncoats come for you. Let us live up to that name and fight our way out gods damn it.

This is the part that cheesed me off.
Otherwise, meh. It works.

[Sanne]

I really hated the ending.

It is sad you felt like that.

To me it did make sense for my character to act as she did, while I did at times wanted to fight too, I knew this thing was too big for my char in this situation.
I really felt one with my char, while I did see some things my char didn't see. I can see it separated.

But my char isn't the hero type while the story puts her in that to me she always was a normal person with some special traits, but my char did well because of all the friends around her.

This is an ending and a beginning to me. To me the story was great and exciting while it did make sense to me.

But I guess if you really felt the hero it was annoying to watch things going like it did in this story.

[Erudain]

Cliffhangers can work but only if you still have a satisfying conclusion to the core story you've been working through. Otherwise they're just a cheap hook to get you to buy the expansion. Sadly, this one is closer to the latter.

Agree is not that cliffhanger endings are bad, but the narrative and story cohesion has to lead to that cliffhanger.
There a serious lack of logic in the actions before and during the ending.

Spoilers ahead, read at your own risk:

-You are the Warrior of Light, you've killed primals, gods, empires, ancient machines....but you are captured by 3 random guards. Unless your toon is a complete idiot, you can figure out a set up and carve your way out with your sword/axe/lance.
- Not only that, every other Scion, Merlwyb, Kan-E, Raubahn are useless kids threatened by 5 armed guards and Teledji.
- Merlwyb and Kan-E watch Raubahn arm getting chopped and "they leave", that completely against their character, specially Merlwyb.
- Minfilia saying "Haydelin told to stay"....it's a big deux ex machina, or "we didn't had any idea" to make Minfilia dissapear.
- For this ending to also work, you shoudn't be able to enter Ul'dha or Mor Dhona freely again, or some guards should at least do something....but if you go there and talk to the NPCs everyone says they don't believe the story about you, so why are you looking for asylum in Ishgard then?

And also lets not forget the time paradox with Alberic, Ishgard Azure Dragoon and champion.....the same guy who hated you, fought you, pleaded to Nidhogg for power and you kill in the final DGN quest.
Now you find he's still alive, he doesn't hate you anymore and ohh yeah, fights against Nidhogg after asking him for power

Those are the things that make the ending not work, not the fact that it ends in a cliffhager