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

[jameseoakes]

Frankly, Yoshi-P has the polar opposite personality of mine. I already have issues with Azem being written as some kind of "chaos goblin", as I've seen on Reddit, and now my WoL is apparently a traveler at heart who is always in search of greater challenges. Since when? It feels like Yoshi-P has a certain idea about the typical gamer he wants to superimpose on the WoL that is just not me. I also don't care for Y'shtola, she's one of my least favorite Scions, so if she's going to become the developer mouthpiece it means I'll never have a moment's peace from her.
.

The story really seems to be trying to push a characterisation that's almost come out of nowhere on the player character and I find it really jarring as it just kills my immersion and I am finding the supporting cast friendships increasingly forced, I feel like I am being used by Y'stola and not that we are team mates

[Misplaced_Marbles]

The story really seems to be trying to push a characterisation that's almost come out of nowhere on the player character and I find it really jarring as it just kills my immersion.

EW is like the dark knight story in that regard.

[Theodric]

The story really seems to be trying to push a characterisation that's almost come out of nowhere on the player character and I find it really jarring as it just kills my immersion and I am finding the supporting cast friendships increasingly forced, I feel like I am being used by Y'stola and not that we are team mates

Yep. It happens on two fronts as well.

On one hand, the story itself will insist that the player has to consider G'raha Tia to essentially be their best friend. On the other, there's a portion of vocal players who insist that the player is obligated to dislike certain characters and factions. If they don't? Then they're attacked and accused of all manner of horrid things. It's very bizarre to me.

[YukikoKurosawa]

The story really seems to be trying to push a characterisation that's almost come out of nowhere on the player character and I find it really jarring as it just kills my immersion and I am finding the supporting cast friendships increasingly forced, I feel like I am being used by Y'stola and not that we are team mates

This happened the moment ShB established that "actually the player character (who is supposed to be a blank slate with no official backstory or personality) is the reincarnation of a super awesome and powerful convocation member who was all about adventuring and stuff that's why you're character is became an adventurer", which breaks the entire point of having a blank slate character in an RPG : not having an established backstory or personality.

And now they are quite blatantly forcing this "adventurer at heart" persona onto us , one's own personal RP for their character be damned.