Also this expansion didnt fail storywise because of Wuk Lamat. It did because of bad pacing, bad writing and cramming two expansions into one again. Because we need to go go go go go. And not stop and have actual moments to breathe.

Endwalker had a lot of similar issues, so Im starting to suspect its a hiring issue and a direction issue.
Endwalker wouldve been a perfectly fine finale for the whole game. But now they are scrambling for a new arc and instead of taking it slow. Its action action action instead of taking time to build us up to care about something / someone.