It always annoyed me when people said end of an era was just a cut scene, if that's all they took from it, they were obv on holiday.
It was the immersion of it, standing with long time friends and saying goodbye, all the while someone gave a running count down, and that haunting music, I just wish for the rising they used the full version not one verse.
I found myself just sitting in limsa a few nights ago for about an hour or so just listening to it