JP Official Forums are also criticizing the Dawntrail MSQ.

[Batthosai]

Left in ARR,
Friend convinced me to give it a shot in EW,
Fell in love with MSQ,
Was hyped and looking forward to joining a my first FFXIV expansion launch and Dawntrail MSQ,
Got hit in the marble sack by whoever the hell wrote the story and got Wuk Lamat shoved down my throat the entire MSQ with monotone voice acting.
my thoughts: *Insert jokers ball drop off meme*

[SirShady]

Left in ARR,
Friend convinced me to give it a shot in EW,
Fell in love with MSQ,
Was hyped and looking forward to joining a my first FFXIV expansion launch and Dawntrail MSQ,
Got hit in the marble sack by whoever the hell wrote the story and got Wuk Lamat shoved down my throat the entire MSQ with monotone voice acting.
my thoughts: *Insert jokers ball drop off meme*

Yeah this expansion makes me so damn grateful I came back from my ARR hiatus at the end of Shadowbringers. It really was the perfect time to start playing the game again and catch up to the MSQ right before Endwalker.

I'm disappointed as hell with Dawntrail, but it would be so much worse if this was my first "current" expansion experience. I'm sorry buddy.