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

[CrownySuccubus]

Mmmm even with the story’s universe though she isn’t objectively right. That’s the problem with the story, it tries to paint that she’s objectively right, but there’s so much that points to that being incorrect. I think the biggest thing that makes me dislike her is how much of a hypocrite she is. She preaches constantly the entire game about having hope, never giving up, making the impossible possible yet doesn’t apply any of these things to her own people, and effectively gives up on them and murders them all. That’s the biggest thing that makes me dislike her greatly. The fact she’s also a liar and hoards secrets doesn’t help either of course.

But being a hypocrite =/= being wrong. If a murderer tells you that murder is a crime, they are objectively correct, even if they're a hypocrite.

The rules of the FFXIV universe as of EW is that "paradise = bad, suffering = good", and Venat "had to" sunder the world in order to beat Meteion. She also knows, via the story's rules about time travel, that if she follows the exact time loop she was warned of, then the people of the future will become armed with the knowledge of what causes the Final Days. She is, again, correct that if she stays the course, that a person capable of defeating Meteion will appear, with her final test being to defeat Hyadaelyn herself.

Again, I don't like that the story bends over backwards to paint this as the objectively correct course to follow, but it does.

I could be easily convinced to purchase an expansion that focuses on zones like the ones you describe here. Corvos and other former imperial territories would be the first logical option for where to place these locations in FFXIV's world, though Meracydia could still be home to similar kingdoms if they take inspiration from FFIX's Mist Continent, which is in a similar geographic location but was not made out to be Australia in that game.

However, I can imagine what the community reaction may be if they did such a thing, with my previous thread outlining a Meracydia expansion revolving around a kingdom roughly analogous to Cornelia or Alexandria being criticized for not having enough "indigenous inspiration" if I remember correctly. There is a massive disconnect between those players and what most FF players seem to gravitate towards in the games they actually purchase.

Again, what basis are you using to state what "most FF players" want? You keep trying to argue that the majority of FF players hold your viewpoint, with nothing to back it up.

And even IF that were correct, creators shouldn't have to pander to the most common denominator. That is the easiest way to stifle creativity.