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

[aveyond-dreams]

Just finished Endwalker. For me it was by far the worst expansion/story. I thought Shadowbringer was bad, but this was even worse.
Stormblood was my favorite, then Heavensward and ARR was OK. I am so done with this power of friendship crap.

Likewise. While I enjoyed Shadowbringers at the time it was released, the fact that Ishikawa got her foot in the door with a passable story first only to slam us with the atrocity that was Endwalker's writing pretty much retroactively soured me on that expansion and her previous writing. At this point I think Heavensward is my favorite. Oh to see a return to that bygone era even as the people who scream and protest whenever I bring it up suddenly find themselves liking the expansion because it being officially sanctioned as a thing FFXIV fans must like will likely supersede their contrarianism.