Quote Originally Posted by Garnix View Post
I wanted to say the same thing, but thinking about it further, a major part of the 5.4 Limsa quest is about pirates and how they are impacted by the current situation with Garlemald.
It also provided a bit of character development for Merlwyb, which I am not sure was really needed for the main scenario yet, as much as I liked getting it...
I think this is what made it feel like 'filler' to some people, not the cure for tempering itself.
I'm not sure it's really a "major" part at all.

It uses that small substory to bridge "We have a cure" and "We apply the cure on Kobolds" to make way for the peace between beast tribes and Eorzea. That, and Limsa has always been the aggressor in their particular feuds. It needed to get over that hurdle first. The conflict between how pirates used to live and live now is all of two cutscenes, the rest is spent on how the one pirate crew raided kobolds and how we can use this to our advantage to lure them into a trap.