Lore is very important to me in an MMO. It doesn't have to be the best thing ever, but it has to be consistent with the rules it has set up for itself. I ask of an MMO to set up a world for me to immerse myself in, I don't really ask that of other game genres. With that in mind, there are already things that irk me slightly with FFXIV's lore. The seasonal events for instance; I like the concept of seasonal events but the Christmas trees and literal Easter eggs consistently yank me out of Eorzea and back to my dorm room.

For the topic of the thread, of the lore was shaky or outright disregarded for the development of a game mechanic or something, I'd be pretty upset about it.