What even was that capstone questline?

[Jau]

I'd also like to add to the sentiment here. The conclusion to the quest just came off as weirdly cruel to Apyaahi - and more importantly outright dismissive of her perspective, which feels like it goes counter to the main themes of the whole expansion. Dawntrail is meant to be a story about how its important to try and understand others without judgement, isn't it?

She's not incorrect about class disparity (especially in places like Ul'dah or Hingashi), or that just because something is law doesn't mean that its right. But we're given no option to acknowedge that part of her perspective, instead flatly condeming her in entirety. It feels especially weird considering how most of the main role quests had their associated NPC taking a lesson from the dark reflections of themselves they saw in their respective members of the Unbound - but no, nothing like that here.

I feel like there were a lot of stronger ways to portray her as misguided, too. Instead of exploring the consequences of her goal of "tearing down nations" upon the people she claims to help, or pointing out the hypocrisy of her idolising and empowering people who frequently hamper the freedoms of others, the writer chose "oh she's just lazy and hardheaded" and played it for laughs. Particularly mean-spirited laughs, at that - you're gonna make light of state violence against the homeless? Really?

It feels like a poorly-written strawman argument that refuses to actually address the questions it presents. I think Dawntrail gets disproportionate flak for its problems, but this role quest capstone is some of the most ham-fisted writing in the entire game. Profoundly disappointed.