I thought Dawntrail was going to be a grand adventure surrounded by friends

[SirShady]

She goes from mildly annoying but a bit endearing to an absolute blackhole that everything revolves around. A blackhole that sucks up all the potentially interesting writing and churns out childish comedy gags and preachy life lessons like "friends are important" and "understanding others is important" and "be yourself". I go from "I think I'll like Wuk Lamat" to "They must be setting up Wuk Lamat for a more dynamic change later" to "Wuk Lamat is hurting my enjoyment of the story" to "I hate Wuk Lamat's affect on everything I'm experiencing".

I hate it. I can't tell you how disappointed I am. I beat the MSQ last night and I'm still reeling. That's it. The credits rolled. What I experienced was Dawntrail. I don't think my expectations were too high going in, but they were absolutely stomped into the dirt. I'm glad for those of you who are enjoying the story and characters, but for me, this will be the last time I pre-order an expansion. Next time I'll be waiting, because the gameplay sure as hell doesn't carry this game, and neither does the writing anymore apparently. Final Fantasy XIV's characters have made me feel things, even brought me close to tears on a few occasions, and for someone as jaded and hard to impress as I am that's a big deal.

This has been incredibly disheartening.