Dawntrail is a good Story but not a Great Story. (SPOILERS)

[Havenchild]

I don't remember being even half as angry as I am with DT than I was after finishing ARR or SB.

I remember feeling hella whiplash in SB due to two stories not being given time to simmer at all before being sent across the sea to the next area and rinse and repeat the entire starting MSQ. I remember not giving a crap about any character but Yotsuyu or Zenos. I remember these forums grilling the MSQ for terrible pacing (and choppiness of the story) and Lyse with vitriol nonstop. DT definitely handles the two story halves FAR better than SB (pre - postMSQ patches) ever did. It's fascinating that the forums are actually defending SB MSQ and Lyse after all the shit talking that occurred back then.