Generally, do you like the lore/story so far?

[Naoki34]

I liked the story of Shadownbringer and the fact that the Scions have become friends who can really rely on the system trust.

Up until now they seemed to let us do all the work and I am the hero, ...

SE manages to make it +/- coherent, and there are western RPGs that do frankly worse, even AAA.

But what I really don't like is the tendency to bring back dead characters like Zenos, so he artificially transcends the blessing of light through technology? And then, this buffoon as a future antagonist who borrows Asahi's body? It's a bit like the return of Stormblood's useless antagonist, why SE ? Fortunately Haurchefant can rest in peace, well I hope...

Bringing Arbert's body back under Edilibus' control is still going on, it's a habit to occupy the bodies for the Ascians, but I would have liked to be an enemy again for the next extension, not these two clowns... I know that Kefka's presence causes orgasms in some FF fans, but that's not my case.

Otherwise, I had a really good time on Shadowbringer during the MSQ. But the scene in Garlemald made me think... it's going to be so rotten. Right now, I'm not at all hype by 6.0, if it's to fight those two again.

[BlitzAceRush]

I really love it, loved it since ARR and have only grown to enjoy it more, even Stormblood which some did not I enjoyed, though I agree with many that it suffered by trying to tell two whole stories in the same space reserved for one.
5.3 pretty much gave me everything I dared hope for, save one but threes still time for that to happen too.

I'm even very happy Ardbert is potentially sticking around, more of him please, didn't think I'd be saying that when we met him back in Heavensward, but he really came into his own during Shadowbringers.