I wouldn’t say you are wrong neither you are right.

It’s just preferences in the tone of the beast tribes.

I agree though that DT seems to be too much in the more lighthearted direction.
I also agree that some tribes in EW were too much… normal for me.
The game says that the tribes are just normal people but why then have tribe quests instead of something else for a change.

In the beginning they fleshed out what was normally our enemy.
To this day I adore the Ixal quest line.
The Shb ones were also great because it gave a spin on the beast tribe stuff with the dwarfs / Lalafell.
Nowadays they are just normal side quests with normal people.

Anyway I think there is no right or wrong in this regard but I also wished there was a different approach this time.