Endwalker was "meh" (for reasons other than technical issues)

[DoH]

Put differently, “Endwalker” was to the FFXIV franchise what “Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull” was to the Indiana Jones franchise.

[RyuDragnier]

Put differently, “Endwalker” was to the FFXIV franchise what “Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull” was to the Indiana Jones franchise.

You don't know what constitutes a good story if you call Endwalker bad.

Btw, just going to say the reason why we couldn't attune to the Aetheryte at Radz-at-Han here for everybody thinking it's dumb. They are dealing with people who kidnap and temper others, who can look like anybody else. The Aetheryte was shut off because they don't want a group or ARMY of these tempered thralls suddenly appearing in the middle of their capital city to kidnap/temper others. This leaves the front gate, which was at that moment under heavy guard, making it near impossible for a tempered individual to get in.