I think seeing that one trial mob during the Live Letter gave me some hope that we were going to be wrapping up the whole Void/Azdaja thing in this patch, with Golbez as the last obstacle, before setting something up in the 6.5 series to lead up more to whatever the expansion will be. Welp..

I understand they want to hit all the FFIV beats, and Zeromus was an inevitability, I guess, but I'm just exhausted of this story. It really feels needlessly drawn out, to the point where I was just kind of annoyed when we saw Golbez turn Azdaja in front of us, like "Great.. glad this was built up over a year", rather than being invested, motivated, or upset by it.

I was much more intrigued by little details like Erenville's hint of an expedition and 'homecoming', the letter Krile kept glancing at, Thancred and Urianger's hints at there being a need for Archons for something... I guess because it's hinting at new things, and hopefully an end to this whole Thirteenth business.

I really hope Fan Fest can bring some excitement back, cause this has been the most disconnected I've been from the MSQ in ages, and I'm someone who has liked-to-loved most of the story up to and including 6.0.