The feeling of beeing Home ...

[AwesomeJr44]

Am I the only one who has no feelings for the Story of this Game anymore?

No, not in the least. There are a lot of people who were unsatisfied with Endwalker, me being among them. I personally feel that everything past the Zodiark trial was a complete mess. I honestly believe that Yoshi and the other devs just wanted the Zodi-arc to be over in 5.3 so they killed him off early and threw in a last minute villain to merit an expansion. Venat is literally a genocidal maniac who gets told she was good for doing it by literally every other character, and none of the scions are particularly likeable anymore as they're all already had their story arcs and are still around for... reasons?

There is a certain subcommunity of particularly... unintelligent people on the official forums (I could name names but I'm not gonna) who will tell you that you're weird or an outlier for disliking the glorious, amazing story that was Endwalker and that you must respect their majoritah. Don't listen to these people. There is nothing wrong with not liking it, especially with how poorly the expansion handled itself. You are not alone in not liking it, despite what they will tell you.

[Deveryn]

Those character evaluations at the start read like someone who didn't really pay attention to the story past a certain point or just got hyper-focused on the one negative trait, which by now is a thing of the past. People likely agree, but here we are seeking validation.

As for Zenos, there's further confirmation of death in 6.1 and likely more in 6.2

[Theodric]

Those character evaluations at the start read like someone who didn't really pay attention to the story past a certain point or just got hyper-focused on the one negative trait, which by now is a thing of the past. People likely agree, but here we are seeking validation.

As for Zenos, there's further confirmation of death in 6.1 and likely more in 6.2

It's always strange to me that so many trot out this - quite frankly - tiresome line. Most of the people who criticise the story do pay attention to how it plays out over time. When the lead developer comes out expressing surprise that people are paying attention to the story in a game that desperately seeks to advertise itself absolutely everywhere as a 'story driven' game then something is going awry.

[Cach]

Am I the only one who has no feelings for the Story of this Game anymore?

Nope, not the only one.

There's a lot to enjoy in the game, that's why I'm subbed right now. But I'm checked out of the story/characters and I'm pretty uninterested in future developments.

[DrWho2010]

Some people just can't handle endings because.... well because they end things. even more so when the ending doesn't agree with their own headcannon of what they thought should have happened instead.

the solution is to just move on and GET OVER YOURSELF. you'll feel much better when you do. stop pining over something that didn't agree with you cause there ain't jack you can do about it.

it's that or either just sit there and cry harder.

[AwesomeJr44]

Those character evaluations at the start read like someone who didn't really pay attention to the story past a certain point

Gotta love how not liking the characters means you didn't read anything about them. God forbid someone read the story and not absolutely love it or the characters in it. Ugh, can we stop using this excuse? It's as overplayed as "you don't pay my sub".

People likely agree, but here we are seeking validation.

If you go to r/ffxiv, there's nothing but praise for the game unless you're specifically looking for a negative post and then you'll find one with a thousand dislikes. The official forums is the only place where negative opinions can actually exist without being purged by the GCBTW. It's very easy to think you're an outlier if you don't frequent the forums.

[Theodric]

Some people just can't handle endings because.... well because they end things. even more so when the ending doesn't agree with their own headcannon of what they thought should have happened instead.

the solution is to just move on and GET OVER YOURSELF. you'll feel much better when you do. stop pining over something that didn't agree with you cause there ain't jack you can do about it.

it's that or either just sit there and cry harder.

Perhaps those attempting to gatekeep feedback and criticism towards the game are, in fact, the ones who need to 'get over themselves' instead of making utterly bizarre judgements about people they do not even know.

[XiRon]

I really really wish to god they'd stop making solo instances, especially those where you have to control another character.
I do not like these people, I loath every character in the msq and do not want to pretend a gimped toolbar. Like solo instances are not worth a crap to begin with and playing as a character with a staggering 3 abilities is not worthwhile gameplay!
Remember how freaking long Thancred sucking a 90 year old Gundam cosplayer was? That was not fun. It was a colossal waste of my time, that crap shouldve been a cutscene for godsake.

[SannaR]

If you haven't done all of the role quests, then I suggest doing that because Garlemald is involved and it's possible it was involved enough that they won't return to it in the MSQ.

I have done the capstone quest. Not everyone chose to go to the moon or even leave Garlemald. If not the MSQ then what would you use to tie in going back to check in on the twins and thus what is going on in Garlemald? I highly doubt they'd just leave the twins and Julius at the train station in a holding pattern of doing what they can to help those who stayed or had been too scattered to send people out to search for until now.

[XiRon]

It's always strange to me that so many trot out this - quite frankly - tiresome line. Most of the people who criticise the story do pay attention to how it plays out over time. When the lead developer comes out expressing surprise that people are paying attention to the story in a game that desperately seeks to advertise itself absolutely everywhere as a 'story driven' game then something is going awry.

no no the story is so perfect idk why anyone would hate hearing Alphinaud say to a room of Bozjans, Dalmascans, Domans and Ala Mhigans that "None suffered more than Garlemald" as if Garlemald were not responsible for their own suffering because the second the Emperor dies they start bombing each other.
Or listening to Emet-Selch explain why you were his bestie in a past life, thereby robbing YOUR CHARACTER of agency, and whether or not you find Giga Hitler a likable character or not because you're forced to watch your character look somber over the death of a man who nuked 7 Shards because he cant move on.
No the story is perfect and you hate Ishikawa if you disagree.