Are y'all expecting too much from Dawntrail's story?

[Malthir]

I haven't even started it yet, been catching up on other stuff since I was gone since 6.1.
Now don't get me wrong, i posted on the "endwalker story bad" thread for years on my other account before i decided to come back to the game on this account.

So, I was under the impression that most of us here on the forum were going into this expansion with no expectations after the Endwalker travesty. Why are there so many hate threads right now? Is it really that bad lmao

Yes, it's that bad, the entire expac was written by the same writer that did the 6.x travesty, the pacing is terrible the plot is basically lifted from past expacs bolted together, but without any of the context those plots had or backstory etc. You as the WoL folllow a woman child around that wants to be the hokage, that's not really a spoiler as it's basically quest 1. You then just get taken around I kid you not for at least 10 hours before you do anything, there's probably close to 20 cutscenes for every 2m of actual you playing the game and by playing. I mean there's not really any content inbetween these cutscenes either, just run to spot A do a cutscene, walk with this NPC to spot B do cutscene, and in the cutscenes, nothing happens. Nothing advancing the plot explaining why we are really bothering to do this, just standing there like a plum while other character do 10m dialogues about a whole lot of nothing. Zero player agency zero actual gameplay.

Unless you enjoy other aspects of the game besides the thing you're complaining about... I've seen some people say "just unsub if you're unhappy" in response to complaints about the story, as if The Wuk Lamont Show is the only thing FFXIV has to offer.

To be fair with how terrible the jobs feel it pretty much is all it has to offer and it falls down flat, I'm one of the many that have unsubbed, we will see how things look in the next month I don't think their figures will be good and I'm predicting an apology letter coming out. Even the JP fans are not happy.

I'm still enjoying the slightly slow-paced, light-hearted, and joyous settings that DT brings. The blind run of the first 91 dungeon gave me some surprises.

Wut Lamat is cool, I want to glam her warrior armor.

I've noticed some forum changes over the years, especially after the influx of players from other MMOs. Many are very opinionated and want this game to be tailored to their play style or graphics preferences. I respect the hard work and effort game developers put into creating a good game, although sometimes it's not perfect. The best way to voice your opinions is to unsubscribe.

Nah mate most of us just want a game in our game, not just a walking sim with cutscenes where things happen around us while we stand there doing nothing. I've played since 1.0 quit then came back during ARR. I think you'll find that most of the people who think this expac is pure trash are not the newer players, it's quite the opposite, most of the people who think this is terrible are the OG fanbase that functionally saved both the game and SE as a whole back in the day.