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

[EmpyreanHelios]

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Omg, where is that picture from? Vegnat and Harmes are gone!

[PawPaw]

Omg, where is that picture from? Vegnat and Harmes are gone!

I made it! I really liked that final credits image and always wanted one with my character in it for myself, but I had to remove those two eyesores first. Took a couple of months of poking but now it is correct.

Given how much story regarding the void is behind side content it makes me wonder how much they can feasibly do with it in the MSQ. People have been saying they need to start making more raids mandatory, but that's the antithesis of their goal to make the game solo friendly (and would frankly be a deal breaker for me). I've never done The Warring Triad or finished the ShB role quests. I, the player, may know the lore, but my character has never met Unukalhai and doesn't know the truth of Cyella either. Given that they're the only two survivors of the 13th that we know of (although, someone said Elidibus could've saved more?), that seems like a big deal.

I had this same thought. I've done all the Role quests from ShB so I know the outcome and expected a visit to the Thirteenth to "fix" it, but I know a lot of people have not finished them and do not know the story of Unukalhai and Cylva at all. They can't make it mandatory that every player levels up 4-5 jobs in order to get that hidden story unlocked so how are they going to make the crux of those role quests known in the msq? They are quite relevant as we saw yesterday.