I prefer impactul stories too, which is why I can't feel too attached to the FFXIV story. I can't "complain" because I understand this is a MMORPG played by many kinds of people, and I guess that the devs want Eorzea to keep feeling like home for everyone. I don't feel they have complete freedom in that regard, so I simply don't expect the story to impact me too much. Making things too disney has never been my cup of tea.

(It also doesn't help that I can't sympathize with the Scions as a whole. They keep acting like useful tools who always do "the right thing", and nothing more).