Quote Originally Posted by ZXN View Post

HOWEVER!...They currently are not MSQ quality writers.

Going from writing non-mandatory side stories/smaller-ish content to writing a story that has to carry a whole expansion/post expansion while also building up something for the future of the whole game is a BIG jump from what they are no doubt use to.
That's fair! I think Hiroi was woefully unprepared to write an entire expansion. I have issues with...most of his writing, unfortunately, except for the SHB caster role quest. That was a random high point for him and I genuinely enjoyed that quest. (I actually found out after the fact that he wrote it, which really shocked me lol.) I had a great time in Pandae even if there were some writing decisions that I thought could have been better.

It makes me wonder why he was chosen to do an entire expac right on the heels of Endwalker, especially with such little experience writing something so big. It seems like an extremely risky move for the team to take.