The vast majority of players hate this character and this type of story. The player numbers reflect this, so let's give them more of the same.
It's honestly a genius idea if the goal is to kill the game.
People saying the story beats were already set in motion and they were unchangeable, I say that they should have foreseen this possible reaction when people didn't like Wuk Lamat and gave feedback back in 6.55 and prepared accordingly. This is the end result of not listening to criticism and only allowing toxic positivity to fester.
These interviews are from after 6.55 and there were already plenty of criticism about the story direction and Wuk Lamat then. This current situation was completely predictable and should have been course corrected for 7.1.
https://www.pcgamesn.com/final-fanta...rail-wuk-lamat
https://www.pcgamesn.com/final-fanta...ew-kate-cwynar