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

[Rulakir]

How did we understand the Ancients fluently when we went to Elpis?

I think the Echo allows us to understand them.

Reading about Zepla's reaction really makes me wish we'd get at least ONE content creator who'd openly criticize some aspects of the game like the writing.

The problem is this community is vicious. Rich Campbell was having his sponsorships threatened because he agreed with Emet in 5.0. I'm disappointed Zepla didn't stick to her guns, but I understand why. She doesn't stream anything else but FFXIV and is in good standing with SE to where she gets to interview Yoshi-P. Why would she jeopardize that? However, I do wish she wouldn't insult the people who think differently, that makes her part of the problem.

What amazes me is the gaslighting surrounding Venat ended in 6.0. Not only did the NieR crossover make her look like a villain, but the Omega quest chain also walked back a lot of the positive narrative surrounding her. Both of which were exclusively written by Ishikawa. Yet, you've still got ardent defenders of Venat who insist she made the best and only choice.