...And it was when I reached the solo room leading to the Final Steps of Faith where you see Nidhogg on the other side of the bridge while Dragonsong is playing in the background is when everything clicked together for me.This is when XIV became my favorite Final Fantasy game

I could go on with my thoughts on Stormblood but this is getting too long as it is so I'll save it for later.

To reiterate on my opening note earlier,this is heavily personal opinion so I don't expect everyone to share the same feelings as I'm.
Sure the game isn't perfect,not by a long shot and there are some legit complaints that Square Enix absolutely need to address as we transition from Stormblood to the next expansion but,for me at least,I'm enjoying the game way too much that the issues didn't affect me much but as I said I'm relatively new so a veteran's experience might differ a lot more.

From June up until this thread.I put well over 415 hours into the game in less than a year,for some other games it took me years to reach that number but I got so addicted to it I spent my entire summer on it and my free time on the two following months after it.XIV also,if a bit indirectly,helped my mental health a lot this year especially in comparison to last year when my depression was at its highest.

While I trust Yoshi P and his team more than any other in the company,I hope Square Enix gives more support and enough resources to the XIV team as the years go by and I hope they don't horribly mismanage it like the recent non-MMO entries in the Final Fantasy franchise.This game means so much to me and as long as Square Enix gives it the care and polish it deserves then I'll keep supporting it.

Thank you for reading through my very very long rambling if you made it this far.This is something I've been wanting to share with others ever since I was working on my Heavensward review during my free time and I wanted to let it out before the later patches for SB roll out.

Have a good day everyone