What's the point with that quite lackluster story in Endwalker?

[redheadturk]

Agreed.

To me at least, it feels like they had intended to do something more with regard to the moon. There was a lot of emphasis on it in the Endwalker trailer and cinematic:
- The implication that there were Blasphemy's on the moon.
- The 'flier' which shows what I assume became the Ragnarok
- The Watcher's Palace feels very underutilized - possibly because they'd intended for us to have more to do there?
- Personally, it feels as the Loporrit's delaying tactics had some basis in reality

And overall it feels as if there was supposed to be more for us to do there.

This. I wanted us to be going to the moon to defend Zodiark from Fandaniel and Zenos. I personally would have preferred us beating Fandaniel to mantling Him.