I never understood why we were supposed to like Hauchefaunt before he sacrificed himself. Or why he sacrificed himself. Or why the WoL couldn't take the hit in the first place, like the 50 or so we just did a few seconds ago. Or why we couldn't revive him afterwards. Or why the game treats his death as the worst thing that's ever happened to us, like we're up every night crying about Hauchefaunt.
I also couldn't stand the DRK quests. For more or less the same reasons - that the game is telling me I feel a certain way that I just don't. Neither as the player nor in-character.

But I mean, most of the Heavensward story was pretty good; and the mechanics and gameplay were at least as good as FF14 has ever been.