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

[Midareyukki]

But when you turn the relic into a joke after chasing out the fleshed out plotline we had going for it in Bozja that we didn't even get to finish

We did technically finish Bozja's story... in post-it notes.

Bozja being free was something Gabranth expected bc he wanted someone who liked the Garlean rule to make a constitution.
Sicinius gets arrested in Dalmasca, blabs about what he did to Dabog Invisch and several other Hrothgar, then he's busted out by Pagaga and Lyon.
Gabranth dies and Lyon is blamed for it (at least publicly).
Thanks to Sicinius realizing he can transfer memories to another Hyur's body and disfigure it to look like him, Gabranth is being spotted all across Dalmasca despite being "dead".

The next thing we need to know is what Gabranth wants to do after. Which ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ is up in the air. Yasumi Matsuno's gone, so we don't really know if they will or won't do the next chapter in Dalmasca.

I for one would certainly prefer the game take on a more serious tone. I would like to see lasting consequences, tangible losses, and removal of the plot armor protecting the primary cast. I'm not saying I believe they should start killing characters just to kill them, but I do find the knowledge none of main cast are ever in any real danger detracts from my ability to enjoy the story. Throwing Hildebrand in on top of this was not something I particularly enjoyed. Perhaps the humor would've been more welcome had there been a darker overall tone for it to contrast.

That they chose to forgo the usual means of acquiring relic weapons in favor of something so asinine was just the icing on the cake, I suppose. Not to mention the relics being virtually worthless.

Last time we had a thread asking for that, people started complaining that the story being edgy, angsty or too serious made it boring and they couldn't focus :s