I am escorting a friend through the story who returned recently, it has been miserable and it this point they are willing to skip cutscenes just to be caught up and then go play WoW with a friend and myself. It took too long to get to the first dungeon and at no point is Wuk Lamat making a good case for all her screen time. We all collectively broke out the liquor at "We will solve their problems with a festival" and no one stopping such a stupid idea that worked because Wuk Lamat can't be wrong with her dumb idea. You could even fix that scene with Alphinaud or Alisaie catching it may have been a aetherial focus for the reeds but nope.

Needless to say replaying this due to a friend has not been a great look for the game in general and reminds me how bad this is to play through. The friend is also getting sick of half the electors pulling challenges that would have been nice to have the option to offer to craft the item and be turned down. Hey we need to make a saddle, no you can't mention you are a leatherworker. Hey we need to repair a float, no you can't mention you are a carpenter. Oh hey look we need to find a goldsmith...You get the idea. Having options that led to being turned down would have been nice to acknowledge people that did have advanced crafters.