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

[OhNooo]

I'm at the point where my interest has just drained and I will probably just check in each patch to see if it's improving and if not, focus on other stuff.

All the characters I liked were killed off and I've never liked the Scions except for Estinien. The HW style of storytelling I enjoyed doesn't seem to be coming back. So what incentive do I really have to stay invested in the story? Being forced to travel with what I consider to be bland party members is pretty frustrating. So pretty much the moment one of them opens their mouth I'm like SKIP

To be honest my favorite content in the game are the 8 man and 24 man raids and trying out different classes. So in my case, it's better for me to just focus on that and play other games when I've finished the content.

[Theodric]

All the characters I liked were killed off and I've never liked the Scions except for Estinien. The HW style of storytelling I enjoyed doesn't seem to be coming back. So what incentive do I really have to stay invested in the story? Being forced to travel with what I consider to be bland party members is pretty frustrating. So pretty much the moment one of them opens their mouth I'm like SKIP

I was always under the impression that a mature story acknowledged varied personal tastes. The developers certainly talk up the differences in perspective but at this point anyone who isn't fully aligned with the Scions is killed off, usually in a very undignified manner that ignores any positive aspects of their being. This isn't the game I enjoyed throughout ARR and HW and it's clearly only going to get worse from here on out.

Which sucks, but it is what it is - WoW went in the exact same direction. I could stick around for the PvE and PvP stuff but...to be honest, there's other options on the market that do both better from my perspective. I was excited about the new PvP mode but I can't queue for it with friends which killed my interest altogether - and I say that as one of the rare players who unironically enjoyed playing Frontlines.

[OhNooo]

I was always under the impression that a mature story acknowledged varied personal tastes. The developers certainly talk up the differences in perspective but at this point anyone who isn't fully aligned with the Scions is killed off, usually in a very undignified manner that ignores any positive aspects of their being. This isn't the game I enjoyed throughout ARR and HW and it's clearly only going to get worse from here on out.

Which sucks, but it is what it is - WoW went in the exact same direction. I could stick around for the PvE and PvP stuff but...to be honest, there's other options on the market that do both better from my perspective. I was excited about the new PvP mode but I can't queue for it with friends which killed my interest altogether - and I say that as one of the rare players who unironically enjoyed playing Frontlines.

Yeah I’ve noticed a trend of them killing off anyone remotely interesting to me and by the end of 5.0 I was getting close to fed up with it. EW was the final nail in the coffin.

Looks like I’m already done with the content I resubbed for…and it only took a day and a half lol. I was working on The Necromancer title but when you put in so much work just to get to floor 187 and dc, it’s just not worth the time investment. So now I’m out of content til the next patch.

[Theodric]

Yeah I’ve noticed a trend of them killing off anyone remotely interesting to me and by the end of 5.0 I was getting close to fed up with it. EW was the final nail in the coffin.

Looks like I’m already done with the content I resubbed for…and it only took a day and a half lol. I was working on The Necromancer title but when you put in so much work just to get to floor 187 and dc, it’s just not worth the time investment. So now I’m out of content til the next patch.

Mm. If they're not killed off they're hidden away in side content and largely left irrelevant.

Since 6.1 didn't really add anything to justify me sticking around, I'm just going to take a break and play something else. Most of the core features advertised as new aren't going to be added until 6.2 or 6.3 which is a real shame. I do wish I could just skip cutscenes and not think about stuff but much like yourself, I'm sorely lacking for goals to pursue that aren't just a massive time sink or painful grind.