I remember finishing up all my role quests during the moogle event to make sure they were all done so I could do the final role quest on day 1 because it was in Garlemald and the ending they got was not satisfactory in 6.0 and still had a lot of loose ends and boy was I disappointed with the whole wrap up Corvos offscreen and go to the moon bit as well as of course making it another Republic, like seriously don't we have enough at this point. To make it even more disappointing I will remind everyone that they seemed to be building up Garlemald for over 4 years with constantly showing us scenes there that revealed more and more, eventually showing us part of the city in 5.0 and actually letting us control Estinien in the Imperial palace in 5.1, which looked really cool, especially the part with the Chandeliers. All that buildup amounted to 1 ruined zone and a sloppily concluded storyline. That and the whole world working together and holding hands and singing kumbaya as well as them trying to unsuccessfully and sloppily wrap up most of the plot points tied to Garlemald makes the world feel so much less interesting, especially as someone who studies human history. Like I was at least hoping that with the power vacuum there would be a lot of nations competing with each other like in most of real world history but it looks like everyone is super best friends now even though the lack of a bigger threat means they have little reason to work together.

My only hope is that since this role quest did not deal with the twins, Jullus, or anyone in the subway means that they will still get another questline that hopefully lasts 2 patches in the story like Doma got in 4.2-4.3. I also hope that they see the critical reception Garlemald got as a zone, especially its quest, and hear people are upset about how it was rushed and want to see the rest of Ilsabard uncovered and they put are gallivanting about the world storylines on hold to do an Ilsabard expansion, and even if more Garlean content doesn't interest some people hopefully the fact that Ilsabard will be more European in Aesthetic to fit their typical fantasy look will make them go with it. Other then that continue to make our voices heard that we are unsatisfied with this conclusion, when they add the Garlean Glam and housing options be sure to wear it and use it and send pictures of it maybe gathered in a group to let them know there are fans.