Endwalker is the lowest point of this game since 1.0

[ForteNightshade]

Endwalker is definitely a low point in the game for me.

The story is good but hardly great. For every high point there is some considerable drag. It was always going to be hard topping Shadowbringers but I feel Endwalker is much closer to Stormblood... which is not exactly a complicate even if I do feel Stormblood's MSQ gets too much criticism. What really damns Endwalker is the severe lack of content longevity. Almost nothing lasts this expansion either due to paltry rewards or simply there being no actual reason to continue doing whatever releases beyond a few days/weeks. The two major selling points of this expansion were Island Sanctuary and Criterion which... haven't exactly gone over well for the precise reasons I just said. What's frustrating is they both have so much potential but we keep cycling back to the utter lack of longevity. Island Sanctuary becomes nothing more than a glorified retainer venture you visit ten minutes a day or once a week. There's literally nothing else you can do with it once you get the ball rolling.

Say what you will about Eureka or Bozja. They may have been flawed but they gave you a reason to keep playing. The same cannot be said for almost anything Endwalker has offered.

[IkaraGreydancer]

Endwalker is definitely a low point in the game for me.

The story is good but hardly great. For every high point there is some considerable drag. It was always going to be hard topping Shadowbringers but I feel Endwalker is much closer to Stormblood... which is not exactly a complicate even if I do feel Stormblood's MSQ gets too much criticism. What really damns Endwalker is the severe lack of content longevity. Almost nothing lasts this expansion either due to paltry rewards or simply there being no actual reason to continue doing whatever releases beyond a few days/weeks. The two major selling points of this expansion were Island Sanctuary and Criterion which... haven't exactly gone over well for the precise reasons I just said. What's frustrating is they both have so much potential but we keep cycling back to the utter lack of longevity. Island Sanctuary becomes nothing more than a glorified retainer venture you visit ten minutes a day or once a week. There's literally nothing else you can do with it once you get the ball rolling.

Say what you will about Eureka or Bozja. They may have been flawed but they gave you a reason to keep playing. The same cannot be said for almost anything Endwalker has offered.

Idk. I'd take EWs drag portions over ShB any day. The Telos section alone is worse than any dragged section in EW imo. I don't to much compare the ShB and EW story because EWs is an extention of ShBs to me. It wouldn't be here without it so I treat it as a full package. (Ik that sounds weird but I hope you get what I mean).
While a valid point content longevity is partially a player made issue. Content a particular person may not like doing would be considered bad. But the next person may like it. Sure I can look back n say "Eureka n Bozja kept you busy" but ik for a fact most of that busy time was not spent having fun. It was a bloated grind for the sake of wasting time n I can't say I fully miss that. Deep Dungeon hits a better sweet spot.

Also a point many skip over, EW has had some amazing QoL improvements andci feel tat should be applauded