What is your biggest wish for endwalker that you know probably won't happen?

[ReynTime]

Yeah honestly this is why i’m just probably going to leave after 6.0. I came for the story and to see them just not really respect it and throw things away is immensely frustrating. Along with the fact that content just seems to keep downgrading over time. A lot of the things people are asking in here really shouldn’t be so difficult to implement but for SE it is.

Same here. Ever since Stormblood XIV has been feeling less and less like Japanese rpgs I enjoy and more like Eorzean Second Life unless you're into savage and ultimate content. I want to see the plot I care about wrap up first hand but once that's done Im not planning on staying. After all, the writing was the one thing I would absolutely agree they were doing very well. But then 5.1~5.55 happened.

[Lauront]

Keep the Ascians, get rid of the empire. It feels like the Ascians JUST become a really cool villain and now the Hydaelyn/Zodiark arc is already ending? I'm not ready to let go.

Honestly, I'm still hoping Emet-Selch, Lahabrea, Elidibus, Mitros and Minfilia get reborn. Maybe on the first or a different shard where time runs faster, so we can meet them as adults and they're all untempered but still as powerful as Amaurotines and still want to rejoin the souls of the living but without death and destruction. I want Amaurotines back. I want to bring them back to life.

I know the game won't have us help the Ascians. Instead we are forced to murder them which makes me really hate the WoL, Alphinaud and Aliasae. It just feels like moral injury to murder Ascians. And the WoL is showing no remorse.

Although I'll echo Theodric's desire to keep Garlemald around, I agree with this mostly. I'd even be keen on keeping Zodiark and, I suppose, Hydaelyn around, e.g. if they were to be merged and continued to be useful.

Same here. Ever since Stormblood XIV has been feeling less and less like Japanese rpgs I enjoy and more like Eorzean Second Life unless you're into savage and ultimate content. I want to see the plot I care about wrap up first hand but once that's done Im not planning on staying. After all, the writing was the one thing I would absolutely agree they were doing very well. But then 5.1~5.55 happened.

It also depends on how they handle it for me. If it's done poorly, it could serve as a bellwether of what to expect of future writing.

[TheMightyMollusk]

Let us unlock job trainers as Trust partners. Maybe once we complete the job quests for the expansion that job was introduced in. So, a level 50 warrior could recruit Curious Gorge, a level 60 dark knight could recruit Sidurgu, a level 70 red mage could recruit X'rhun Tia, and so on.

Or maybe just some Trust partners that aren't elezen, miqo'te, or Thancred. Or just some who aren't fair-skinned and pale-haired.

[Tsiron]

Let us unlock job trainers as Trust partners. Maybe once we complete the job quests for the expansion that job was introduced in. So, a level 50 warrior could recruit Curious Gorge, a level 60 dark knight could recruit Sidurgu, a level 70 red mage could recruit X'rhun Tia, and so on.

Or maybe just some Trust partners that aren't elezen, miqo'te, or Thancred. Or just some who aren't fair-skinned and pale-haired.

... now here's an idea! Agree with your second point also, the Scions having so many design traits in common has always been a bit off-putting to me. I normally wouldn't think twice (okay, slight exaggeration) about giving my characters white hair, but I felt I had to in this case just because... they've all got white hair (or close enough)

We know they'll (supposedly) be retiring the Scions as our constant companions once Endwalker wraps up, so here's hoping we get some less homogeneous character designs after that...

[Payadopa]

Guildhest (Ultimate)

Guildhests were/are the worst system in 1.0 and beyond and need to die in a fire. At least the over world has story to go along with it.

[Shurrikhan]

Guildhests were/are the worst system in 1.0 and beyond and need to die in a fire. At least the over world has story to go along with it.

Guildhests weren't even a thing in 1.x, though? You had Behests (essentially, patrol FATEs) and Guild Leves.

Guildhests are effectively just Hall of the Novice exercises, but with a unique setting and scenario each time.

[Elladie]

Emet-Selch back, please

[Jettinson]

Let us unlock job trainers as Trust partners. Maybe once we complete the job quests for the expansion that job was introduced in. So, a level 50 warrior could recruit Curious Gorge, a level 60 dark knight could recruit Sidurgu, a level 70 red mage could recruit X'rhun Tia, and so on.

Or maybe just some Trust partners that aren't elezen, miqo'te, or Thancred. Or just some who aren't fair-skinned and pale-haired.

Would love having Hamon, Chuchuto, Rurukuta from Pugilist or Radovan\Sophie from Gunbreaker quests (as the latter already fill a tank and healer role too!)
Generally speaking, i think they could use more npcs and stuff for Trusts.

[Elladie]

I'd like to get some more personal side quests with the Scions and maybe a few other npcs, where we learn more about them and strengthen their friendship with the WOL.

Also, more glamour dresser space and plates, and ability to apply plates anywhere.

Elai is really NOT friends with any of the Scions except - now - Estinien. She doesn't mind doing stuff with Estinien. And she'll let Alisaie tag along, but she cannot stand the rest of them. She thinks they just see her as a weapon to point and fire.

[Colt47]

Hrothgar getting modern aesthetics support.