Sub lapsed first time in 5 years

[Istaru]

That would be a start for sure. Best time i had in ARR was progressing in Coils. I havn't felt same satisfaction with Alex or Omega, sadly.

Personally, I found the story of Alexander and Omega to be very lacking when compared to Coil. We also had the ARR intro movie to add to the mystique of the fights. You would see that movie at the title screen, which was epic to many people and coils tied right into that.

Alexander and Omega have tried to stand on their own and to me at least, I found both to be bland and boring. I usually like story content which makes the miss even more glaring to me.

[Theodric]

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They've played it pretty safe with both Alexander and Omega. Coil worked well because it had a lot of story and character development. Some of the bosses also had a lot of emotional weight to them and there's a couple of major deaths involved that serves to make the stakes rather high. Heavenward's and Stormblood's raid stories just feel like they were more about inserting cool references than actually telling a cohesive story. I'm also tired of Cid and his lackeys being injected into raid content, especially when we know they're immune to lasting injuries/deaths.