Quote Originally Posted by Ixon View Post
Translated Famitsu interview with Yoshida, Ishikawa, and Oda on the development of Endwalker's story. Plans to release a EW-related side story confirmed.

https://www.reddit.com/r/ffxiv/comme..._with_yoshida/
My takeaway is that the FFXIV team had no idea what they were doing with their story until ShB, and it shows. Makes tons of sense and now I can stop listening to people gushing about how "they've been planning this for a decade".