So, anyone feel like this should have been a bigger deal...? (SPOILERS!!!)

[Theodric]

Also, when was it said that this was their time to shine? All I can remember is that this will conclude their saga, which it did.

I don't think it's an unreasonable expectation to assume more would be done with a pair of characters that were built up for roughly a decade. Especially in a game that spends an excessive amount of time elsewhere focusing on certain details even at the cost of repetition.

Each to their own, though.

[linayar]

I don't think it's an unreasonable expectation to assume more would be done with a pair of characters that were built up for roughly a decade. Especially in a game that spends an excessive amount of time elsewhere focusing on certain details even at the cost of repetition.

Each to their own, though.

After their respective introduction, in what way were they built up prior to Shadowbringers as characters? They were always distant figures, Zodiark even more so than Hydaelyn.

And after Shadowbringers, when we finally know more about their true natures and when we finally defeated the remaining major Ascians, even the supposed "heart" of Zodiark, without even encountering Zodiark, I'm not sure what else you were expecting. Endwalker is a great payoff for what Shadowbringers (and by extension the previous expansions) had setup with respect to the two figures.

Then again, I remember people were saying they wanted their expectations subverted. Maybe yours was?