Anyone else feeling disappointed by Endwalker MSQ? MAJOR MSQ SPOILERS!

[Elysidelphi]

Warning: I'll be mentioning/discussing MAJOR MSQ SPOILERS for ALL of the Endwalker expansion and quite possibly the entire MSQ! Please do not read if you want to avoid Endwalker spoilers, especially and above all MSQ spoilers!

With that out of the way...How to start this?...

I guess I'll start by saying that I'm a huge, HUGE Final Fantasy fan, especially FFXIV fan and I've been playing FFXIV since 2.0 Open Beta in 2013. I love and adore this game, particularly its story. I honestly did enjoy A Realm Reborn back in 2013 and I remember being blown away by Heavensward and then being destroyed by Shadowbringers. I even loved Stormblood, especially because we got to meet Zenos and Emet-Selch in that expansion.
Personally, I am HUGE into story and lore so FFXIV and FF in general are perfect for someone like me.

Needless to say, I waited for Endwalker excitedly and a bit nervously too. After Shadowbringers and the experiences offered in that expansion, I really really hoped Endwalker would be equal to Shadowbringers or even better. However...

I just finished Endwalker, I finished the whole MSQ and I can't help but feel quite disappointed. I honestly didn't expect to feel this way, I certainly didn't feel this way for any other FFXIV expansion. I've been trying to tell myself that maybe I just hyped it up too much and it's my fault entirely. And yeah, maybe I did hype it up more than I should have, but after Shadowbringers, it was hard not to. However, even if I did hype it up, certain things that happened or didn't happen in the MSQ do not sit well with me at all. It's painful for me to write this as I love this game and the story in general but I want to see what other people think. Maybe you could even change my mind, I would love that!

I want to say that overall, I did like Endwalker and consider it to be a good expansion and story. I loved the music, the gameplay, the new areas and their designs, the new features added to the game such as NPCs following you and talking to you giving you new lore bits, I definitely loved the dungeons and even the solo duties and the trials. The story had quite a few shocking/unexpected scenes and also many very emotional scenes which I absolutely loved even if they made me cry like a baby.

But I cannot help feeling this lingering feeling of disappointment. Like it could have been more, better. Like some characters and plot lines could have been done in a better way.

I will list a few things that happened or did not happen in the Endwalker MSQ that really let me down for various reasons: