Our passive characters and why the 2.55 story fails (BIG SPOILERS) (rant warning)

[Cailae]

I like how people are forgetting that our PCs are powerless in this point of the story. All i have to say is midgardsormr or have you guys forgotten what happened in the first part of the patch?

If we're powerless why are the Scions and the Crystal Braves still leaning on us to take care of all of their problems?

You couldn't kill him without help. Your power was not strong enough.
And ex primals and CT are optional content, not part of the MSQ.

Help or not, that scene completely debunks any real credibility to the notion I don't have the power to take on these few guards. Losing the blessing has done little to slow my character down storywise. Optional or not my character has still accomplished it, if you want to have lore and a story it needs to be taken into consideration. Writing is hard.