Zepla: Endwalker is the Worst FFXIV Expansion I have played

[ZephyrMenodora]

The crux of the situation ultimately seems to be a perceived lack of 'timesink' content, which is the inevitable result of Field Zones like Eureka and Bozja being heavily criticised for two expansions in a row.

The devs took this criticism to heart, and decided that allowing players to create their own form of grind for relic weapons was the safest option.

I believe the main issue is that whilst these relics ARE an actual grind if you happen to do multiple of them (which it appears a significant number of people do), if you only do a single relic and don't happen to be an endgame crafter (which is a fair few people), then each individual step so far would seem trivial.

To me they feel trivial even if I get a bunch of them. I don’t like them being tied to the bizarre comedy of Hildebrand and it’s absurdity, and thereafter just buying things from Rowena’s assistant like any other tomestone gear. None of this feels interesting or epic. And what little story behind the relics is just dumb. (My personal opinion / bias of course.

Also to me the relics had some prestige they no longer have. A sign someone put a lot of effort into the journey in a given expansion. I’m still impressed by older completed relics because I know the effort they took. These new ones just feel like tome vendor gear.