Quote Originally Posted by BakoolJaJa View Post
The devs had already solved this issue once. Endwalker room visit. Somebody knocks on WoL's door, you decide who it is you want to speak with. Simple, genius solution with something for everyone.

No need to force a deeply personal conversation with romantic subtext on every player. No need to remove it from the game either. No need to shamefully hide it away in some optional quest line and mess with pacing, etc. If at THIS specific point in the MSQ NPCs might have something to chat about - just let me choose who I will be chatting with and that's it.

Dawntrail even has a perfect spot for this to happen again, the one where Wuk Lamat forces her way into your room (and I stupidly expected a repeat of Endwalker). Why they decided not to use it? No idea.
Yeah I agree, I think the way they handled it in EW was a great solution and I would love more of that. It's still open to interpretation but lets you have an important and personal bonding moment with your favourite npc that can easily be seen as platonic or romantic, depending on your preference.