Pretty underwhelming for me as well, considering Shadowbringers' premise made it sound like we were going to be in a much more dire situation than what we're left with.
Positives:
-The solo instance was fun, with a good sense of tension since they could've easily offed someone at the end of the storyline.
-Estinien confirms DRGs are best heroes.
-No Elezen deaths.
-Making Crystal Tower relevant again, this time in the MSQ.
-My DPS is at least better than Hien's.
Negatives
-Pre-credits ending with the Emperor's face suggests...nothing other than the Emperor can make a creepy face when told about manufacturing death gas.
-We're left with "we'll look for the thing the mysterious guy told you about" instead of looking for and finding it, a process that has no reason to take long.
-The issues going on with the The First seem to be detached from the Empire. So we built up all this tension with the Ascian + Empire connection, only to be sidetracked because someone wants to make use of us out of nowhere for reasons he won't divulge. Aymeric all but says "Let the NPCs take care of the Empire while you do your thing." I'm sure it won't hold, but it sounds like there's gonna be one hell of a detour before we get to any semblance of a conclusion there.
-No Gaius anywhere to be seen.
-Zenos bodyswaps with an Elezen, so when we eventually kill him, the Elezen death count will climb yet again.
-Ultimately, whole thing felt like just another patch rather than a conclusion to a storyline.


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