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

[Brinne]

I mean, to be completely fair, cultural appropriation is definitely a problem in FFXIV, but it's kind of a drop in the bucket. But between appropriation and exclusion, the former is the lesser of two evils.

I actually have a lot of unease about the possibility of a focus on the New World, because how they've handled elements of it, or elements adjacent to it so far, do not fill me with a lot of reassurance about being respectful or avoiding caricatures - but then again, I did really enjoy Thavnair and thought it was handled well, so who knows?