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

[Kisshu]

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If I recall correctly, the darker tone was what they were going for into HW, but the higher ups said it needed to be changed as it was too dark. So parts of the HW plot was given to the retconning of ARR finale.

[YukikoKurosawa]

If I recall correctly, the darker tone was what they were going for into HW, but the higher ups said it needed to be changed as it was too dark. So parts of the HW plot was given to the retconning of ARR finale.

What's worse is that the entire Nanamo subplot didn't even need to happen at all. We already had sufficient setup for HW with the Dragons and Ysale and their conflict with Ishgard. We already HAD the tie in, we already had what we needed as reason to go help Ishgard. The entire Nanamo subplot only bloated an already overly bloated Post-ARR. The fact that they changed their minds on actually following through with any of it only makes it 100 times worse.