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

[Lauront]

By the way when I say lives in XIV, I'm referring to the people who sent death threats to the devs. There's other aspects of it but that's the big one that removes all doubt.

Yes, unfortunately there are elements of this community which do such things. On that note though, I've observed that Yoshi will sometimes address an incident, asking people to be a little more respectful to their devs, and immediately you'll find members of the English speaking community take it as free rein to shut down any criticism, not realising he is usually addressing rather more serious, specific incidents within the JP community. However, these situations also occurred in scenarios where for example contingents of the community took it upon themselves to address death threats at streamers (e.g. Scottzone) who were critical of aspects of the game. This game has got problems with players who become too fanatical towards it.

I think it should be obvious though that most of us here are just venting and discussing what we disliked about the story. I have other complaints with the game, so my current position is very borderline as to whether I stick with it. If I continue to dislike what I see, there's other games to play. I alongside others offer my feedback on the forum - if there is no marked improvement, or at least I find it deviates too much from what I enjoy, it's a shame, but at least it brings some closure. Sending death threats is puerile and serves no one well.

In your case I'd just say that if you want to have a discussion, people would appreciate it a lot more if you engaged the way you do with Theodric now, rather than fly by comments like the ancients are dead, get over it. We know that. They're fictional characters at the end of the day - it's more the comparative treatment of them in the story. Stories have to include some characters you enjoy at the end of the day, and while I don't speak for everyone here, I prefer the ancients to the main cast.

[EgilTheStressedMage]

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I...have had little interest in logging in. As far as I'm concerned, the story ends with 6.0. Unless the next villain is basically Lord Arktivus Brevon from Freedom Planet, I doubt I'll be sticking around beyond helping my FC clear Extremes.

I've read a post about how good this game would be if it was a single player, and I agree, that final mcguffin to keep the avatars alive was pure garbage, but it is what it is.

Could have made the spell temporary and they'd disappear after defeating Endsinger, WoL included as to pave the way for a new adventurer. Maybe FFXIV-II of some kind but written by the HW team entirely and with top players of each role as job designers.