Guess I'm in the minority that I actually enjoyed gladiator and the Stormblood PLD storylines. I will agree the HW plot left very much to be desired. I'm hoping future PLD stories gets more "adventurey" and distance from the whole "Holy Knight for the Sultana". It feels like they wrote themselves in a corner with that. Like a mini Legend of Zelda vibe where you have to fight a dark wizard that just happens to be weak to light.

Pre Stormblood Samurai story was pretty good. Not as good as DRK, but it tugs at the feels a little bit.