What's the point with that quite lackluster story in Endwalker?

[Rulakir]

I don't think wrapping everything up in 6.0 was the right decision. Despite it being the same main scenario writer, EW didn't flow seamlessly from ShB. There were a surprising amount of inconsistencies. ShB seemed to be laying down a foundation that was discarded in EW for new construction. As a result, my impression is there were too many cooks in the kitchen with EW. I suppose there would be for the finale, but the narrative suffered for it, IMO. The response shouldn't be "it works if you don't think about it", especially with how fandoms love to dissect lore.

Also, as someone relatively new to the game, FFXIV players have a bizarre intolerance of critical feedback. Whenever someone posts something negative people feel compelled to dismiss their arguments and marginalize them as a minority. Nobody's supposed to discuss that they didn't like something or why? It's been a common complaint on Reddit that people can't post their thoughts without being downvoted. I don't engage in Twitter or Discord, but I've heard the same oppressive behavior exists there as well. The forums seem to have enough push back to not put up with that behavior hence people feel more comfortable sharing their thoughts here.

[OhNooo]

Also, as someone relatively new to the game, FFXIV players have a bizarre intolerance of critical feedback. Whenever someone posts something negatively people feel compelled to dismiss their arguments and marginalize them as a minority.

I’ve noticed this too. It’s actually pretty off-putting.

Ik this is unrleated to the topic. But Heavensward is the best written expansion in FFXIV

Completely agree! HW is my favorite expansion in regards to the story and aesthetics. For me, there was a great balance between fantasy and more “grounded” moments.