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I have no idea why you want to change FFXIV from its origins as a balanced high fantasy story into that. There are other games that suit those specific tastes better than this one ever could.

Because people have the tendency to expect the games they play to bend to their will. FFXIV players go play WoW and expect FFXIV. WoW players play FFXIV and expect WoW. It's like a bunch of Chess players playing Checkers and demanding that the game be turned into Chess. These people came into the game wanting MCU level trash humor and they want the game to become that. The unfortunate part is that it seems the FFXIV dev team has been willing to abandon what the game was to cater to these people.

How was it sad and depressing though? Nobody in the present died except randos, villains and primals. No kingdom was substantially harmed, no lasting consequences at all. They even managed to sprinkle this whole story with goofiness and slapstick with Loporrits.

It was depressingly bad writing.

But in all seriousness, it's depressing to them because there's still some semblance of the old FFXIV, an actual story with stakes and conflict. They won't be happy until it's a slice of life story where everybody is friends.