What really kills the immersion is how pointless following the story is. After a cs is done all you have to do is follow a map marker anyway so what's the point of reading any of it?

This to me kills the immersion. It feels like all the text is just slapped on a game without being a substantial part of it.

All the nations feel like leve counters because of this because that's what missions are when it boils down to the actual actions you need to do.