I'm trying to get over how contrived and rushed the story always is to fit the patch structure. The scion kids routinely come up with historic breakthroughs in science based on mere moments of pondering, and all wild theories immediately produce the desired outcomes neatly. The full-time scholars of the world must really suck compared to our gang. Cid and the Ironworks are the equivalent paragons of the technology side of things, able to reverse engineer and build anything that's needed in a heartbeat.

Putting aside how convenient and immersion-breaking it is, I did quite enjoy certain parts of this patch. The depraved antagonist in the werlyt trial series made me care about kicking his ass some day. The ryne and gaia friendship in the raid series is pretty nice too. I liked both of those more than the MSQ this time. I actually like Zenos as an antagonist but he sure is patient, spending most patches sitting in a chair waiting for us to get around to fighting him.