What happened to SB (story)?

[Sylvina]

Zenos defeating you can really only be explained by him using Shinryu's power, which you haven't become strong enough to overcome yet at that point. He's a resonant and can do that.

Really what bothered me is how SE basically jokes around about how you supposedly cannot defeat primals alone, while according to the ARR and HW story you do all the time without any help.

I definitely think Heavensward was hands down the better expansion, but I think Stormblood is at least "OK"