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

[NanaWiloh]

This thread is no longer beating a dead horse nope. Thread has dug a hole half to China now.

[KageTokage]

This thread is no longer beating a dead horse nope. Thread has dug a hole half to China now.

Why do you even care, though.

It's like the mere existence of this topic offends some people, but they keep sticking their hands into the proverbial fire and looking it at anyways when the only thing they can offer are sarcastic quips and snark.

It does have a tendency to retread subject matter, but it's usually because of someone new offering their opinions which more often then not echo sentiments that have been voiced previously.

[Jagick]

This thread is no longer beating a dead horse nope. Thread has dug a hole half to China now.

As new players (or at least those new to this particular expansion) come in and experience it, some of us find it nice to have a place to express our personal grievances even if others have expressed them before us. It's cathartic, and at least it's mostly kept to this one thread made specifically for that purpose.

This just seems like choosing to be offended for the sake of it.

Why see it as "emotionally manipulative" over "having faith in the power of friendship reaching through time to bring together the people who can save the universe"?

Because that is god awful writing and something I'd expect out of a VERY bad and tropey shonen anime or Nomura and his Kingdom Hearts games (at least by the end of KH3.)