I have a weird question for you guys.

...is there anything you guys liked about Endwalker?

Like, sure, okay, it was a "major let down, end of" and all that jazz. But you guys are still here o: After 3 patches, and I assume it'll continue, yeah? Why? :| Do y'all think a miracle will happen and Square will change the course of their writing which they clearly haven't shown any indication of doing?

Now, I'm not saying "Go play another game if you're so bothered" since that's a stupid thing to say overall. But I don't understand why you guys want to remain in the game, knowing it won't change, knowing Square hasn't heard anyone's voice thus far...

Especially not when so many people have praised the expansion, both within and outside the forums.


I can go first, if you don't believe me. "Do I like FF14's writing?". No. Not by a landslide in Endwalker either. I enjoyed it, I think out of nostalgia and that's it. When I stopped to think, it just sort of crumbled? Venat was meh, Zodiark deserved better, Amon was irritating and I consider the Loporrits easily the worst addition to the entire franchise. I'm on an alt and my reaction to the plot halfway through Elpis was "Wow, this is so dragged out, and none of this is as well-written as other expansions were... Did they rush this?".
I don't even think the side stories leading up to EW were any better either, because I think Bozja's story was a depressing trainwreck, and I call Werylt gratuitous.
But I like it because... well, I personally can give it all a pass. I don't have to enjoy the story alone to find amusement in the game, which I do find loads. And even if the story has been "off" since Stormblood for me (a process me and my friends called the "Disneyfication" of FF14, turning the game too happy-go-lucky, consequence be damned), I figured it was the same cringy whimsical story other FF instalments have. A shame for sure, but nothing I can't swallow. Then again, I liked Dirge of Cerberus, so I'm not the paragon of "good taste in things".
I just ended up swallowing that this is how the game is now, Square certainly doesn't seem invested in changing it. I just accepted it and focused on the stuff I did like.

So what about you guys?