JP Official Forums are also criticizing the Dawntrail MSQ.

[ThorneDynasty]

I mean it isn't that hard to salvage the story of Dawntrail. Just put wuk lamat on a chair in tuliolal, and let her sit there for the rest of eternity and never speak again. Then for whatever plot comes next let my character actually do something alone sometimes, no erenville, no scions, just me doing something alone. Then stop giving me a dialog with 3 choices that are all saying the same thing in slightly different ways, and make the npcs do more than stare at me, blink, then continue their conversation as if I didn't speak at all when I pick my option.

Honestly it's bordering on them needing to do the first proper MSQ overhaul patch since ARR content.

I know it's impossible to rewrite the whole thing, but it would go a long way if they just slightly altered the scenes so WoL and the Scions aren't just hapless wallflowers. Like have it be a conscious choice to let Wuk Lamat prove herself - Have WoL cross their arms and stare at her expectantly instead of pulling out their weapon and then being told to sit down like a dog. Don't have the Scions sit around doing nothing when a suspicious stranger obviously just lured away a high value political target. Don't zoom in on a "defeated" villain clearly about to resurrect on go super-sayan while our characters are few feet away standing like idiots not seeing it coming - make the second wind look more surprising and maybe have something preoccupying our heroes, like simple distance at least.

So much of what feels so bad about the story could be hugely mitigated by better story boarding. It wouldn't fix everything, but it would help.

Heck, they even do a similar "villain is right there but WoL can't act because civilians/hostages" scene in the role quests - And it feels perfectly fine because it's actually WoL who uses body language to stop the more hot-headed younger warrior from escalating. Almost like the mentor we are supposed to be in the MSQ.