Am I the only one disappointed with nier ending? (spoilers)

[Iscah]

But is it because of Yorha?

Whether we can directly blame YoRHa for the loss of the allied beast tribe quest or not, it's undeniable that in a year where resources have been stretched thin and regular scheduled content has been cut, this alliance raid has had not just the regular three chapters but two interludes, weekly quests and now an epilogue.

Somewhere, whether by choice or by obligation after signing up to host the crossover, they have had to spend resources on this instead of something and haven't gotten much return for the investment.

[linayar]

Somewhere, whether by choice or by obligation after signing up to host the crossover, they have had to spend resources on this instead of something and haven't gotten much return for the investment.

I think the return in investment is they get to focus on Garlean-related stories, not just in the MSQ, but also in the trial series and the relic series leading up to Endwalker while leaving the alliance raid series to outside sources for its story and the normal raid series being the only non-collaborative side story they focused on for the First. And I think Yoshida has said he picked his collaborations for fun, where he just wanted to work with someone.

In the end, I don't think the weekly quests were necessary as a lead in to the ending (though I can understand if it's meant to convey a passage of time), but when it's all said and done, it's just another raid series added to the roulette and whether people like it or not, we'll be moving on to the next one, as always.

Also, I don't have any thought on whether this was supposed to be an advertisement for the Nier games as I never went into this thinking I would need to know Nier to enjoy it, and I still don't think that's the case, having finished it.