When does Stormblood get good?[Spoilers?]

[dinnertime]

I'll be honest, I'm glad the entire expansion wasn't all about Ala Mhigo. I don't think they can really achieve the same thing they did with Ishgard and the Dravanians etc. because the Garlean Empire as a plot tool has been overdone at this point wouldn't catch a strong interest for most players. The Far East was a good addition and it had multiple nations/regions, most not even accessible yet. That and we barely know anything about it so I can see why they put more attention on the Far East than Gyr Abania/Ala Mhigo.

[Nucah]

I thought SB was okay, but definitely nowhere near what HW was. Zeno's to me just isn't a very compelling villain. If you enjoyed HW then I think you'll really like ShB. HW is still probably my favorite but ShB for many is either just as good as HW, if not the best.

[Jandor]

Stormblood had a lot of potential IMHO, but the pieces felt like they were put together all wrong.

Should have started in the Far East, everything wrapped up nicely in Eorzea with 3.5 so we sail out with Yugiri to find Hien and see what we can do about Doma.

Far East side of things plays out mostly as it did with the main difference being that somewhere around the middle of the Doma arc we get word from Eorzea that everything is going out control.
The Griffin, ignored by the alliance and scions both has unleashed a primal, without the WoL to slay it the Alliance has panicked and unleashed Omega, the Garleans have not taken a massive primal fighting an allagan super weapon right on their border very well at all, and basically everything is kicking off on the Western Front just as we're gearing up to attack the Empire in the far east and liberate a nation.

Much more drama and tension from that than there was from the way round we actually did things. Do we drop what we're doing and head back? Do we finish what we've started over here? How will the Alliance do without us there? Hien, buddy, can we rush this attack along?