Quote Originally Posted by KageTokage View Post
A miraculously preserved present day Elpis that told its tales of the past via Echo visions and ancient records could've still fulfilled its needed purpose in the narrative of isolating the source of the Final Days with the only real loss being that we wouldn't have been able to spend any personal time with the Ancients.
Elpis msq part and the quests were very pleasant to me, but it is hard not to have a second look at them and think the whole time travel might have been a mistake altogether. Most of the inconsistencies stem from things happening in Elpis and the time travel concept itself. Closed loops especially, are seldom enjoyable in stories. When using time travel there are so many variables to control in order to make sure it won't leave a lacking impression that you have to know exactly and with extreme precision where you're coming from and where you're going. This bit of Endwalker, although appreciable, didn't seem mastered by the writers. So maybe they should've indeed went with echo visions and not touch time again.