Frequently the Nier raids get called out for not really being connected to FF14 lore, which I can certainly understand and agree with. But what I find funny is that, outside of the Nier raids, it feels to me like most of the other side content we've received in ShB had been notably more lore connected than similar bits of extra content were in the past. Things like Bozja with Castrum and Delubrum, the Ishgard Restoration, the Eden trials, Sorrow of Werlyt series, etc. are all very hooked into the world and lore. So, intentionally or otherwise, we may have exchanged directly lore connected 24 man raid content for a bunch of directly lore connected other stuff.. yet everyone just loves to call out the Nier raids without acknowledging the rest.