Wow, Wuk Lamat is really single-handedly ruining the DT story...

[Alchemii]

Rushing Garlemald is one of the biggest tragedies in FFXIV's storytelling pre-DT. Spending 8 years hating Garleans and working towards finally wiping them out only for them to rush the story beat of us being a part of a contingent that goes over there for humanitarian aid. I couldn't, and still can't, swallow that. It basically expects you to 180 your opinion on Garleans immediately while still beating you over the head with how much they despise you and see you as less than human. I often have people go "omg you have no empathy, they're all brainwashed by propaganda." and it's like, no duh. Anyone that's done Highschool reading has seen this theme done to death. Not to mention that they are still actively attacking us in some zones, like the Weapons storyline. Issue is that the change from wanting to kill them all for invading my home and killing my friends & family to "we need to help them" was handled horrendously. All the interesting Garlean stuff happened offscreen where we couldn't see it. Now it's a singular zone and all the true parts of Garlemald are 'destroyed' and inaccessible.

What a waste. I wanted to be the one to lay waste to Garlemald. lol So many years of hating their faction and nada to show for it in the end.

I do hope that in the future we get to go back to Garlemald, and properly see it. Multiple zones surrounding an actual city. Not what was essentially a small town that's in ruins that we got.

[Carin-Eri]

you think you want another stormblood, but you dont.

I don't know - I still look back very fondly on 'A Requiem for Heroes'. I really enjoyed that part of it.

[Alchemii]

you think you want another stormblood, but you dont.

Still better than DT.

[lolnotacat]

you think you want another stormblood, but you dont.

OK J. Allen Brack.

[Midare]

Still better than DT.

SB at least had Doma.

The more I think about DT, the worse it gets.

[AlienDiplomat]

I am convinced dawntrail was written by AI and the devs were told to just make it work.

That was literally my first take I posted on Reddit about a week after it released. The story complexity and depth is SO far beneath all previous chapters and just lacks basic human feeling. I literally imagined it was an attempt at setting up MMO Generator GPT 9000.

[sylphlands]

I am convinced dawntrail was written by AI and the devs were told to just make it work.

I had this same thought at numerous points in the story. The scene where Wuk comes to your room all flustered and takes you to the balcony to tell you that she's decided to fight for peace, after umpteen other scenes where she told us the exact same thing, really had me scratching my head re: DT possibly being AI-written.

[Kuroka]

Endwalker should have been two expansions. I will die on this hill.

Absolutely, the very VERY least whould have been using 6.0 for one part and the patches for the rest...

And a real trial for Varis... anything more, having a proper city, outskirts and then the ruins with the tower. Rebels that side with us and help us... filling all those gabs below the clouds....

[AnimaAnimus]

Endwalker should have been two expansions. I will die on this hill.

And on that note Anima should have been the expac big boss like Yoshida said was planned when they were in the planning stages before it was split into two. Anima of all bosses, being wasted as a leveling dungeon boss is just criminal. Magus sisters too, but Anima to a much higher degree. I literally took off my headset, dropped it down on my desk and uttered quite a few obscenities over that. Esp since they took to the time actually reveal the fact she was added during the EW promotion like she was going to be a bigger deal. Hell, Anima would have made more sense than sad bird girl and likely better recieved as the big bad.

[Oizen]

you think you want another stormblood, but you dont.

I like Kugane
I like Gosetsu
I like Yugiri
I like Yotsuyu
I like the Azim Steppe
I̶ l̶i̶k̶e̶ t̶h̶e̶ f̶a̶c̶t̶ t̶h̶a̶t̶ Y̶s̶h̶t̶o̶l̶a̶ i̶s̶ i̶n̶ a̶ c̶o̶m̶a̶ t̶h̶e̶ e̶n̶t̶i̶r̶e̶ e̶x̶p̶a̶n̶s̶i̶o̶n̶
I even like the ending

I cant list that many things I like about Dawntrail