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

[Rulakir]

I don't and never did expect them to walk back the elements that bothered me in 6.0, in that respect I was pleasantly surprised by the Omega quest chain. These are the same people who know Minfilia isn't a popular character and yet there's not a single dialog option that will elicit a negative response to her, even "..." is positive. My hope is that they simply don't do this again in the future. My continuing to be a paid subscriber is tentative now based on whether I'm going to feel like I'm not ethically on the same page as the writers, which includes the continued glorification of Venat and condemnation of the Ancients.

I would've had a lot less issues with the narrative if 1) there had been actual nuance surrounding Venat and 2) they hadn't portrayed the Ancients as having somehow deserving of being sundered, like that was a kindness or favor to them. It's what sits most at ill with me.

The way they handle Pandemonium, considering I'd argue Elidibus is probably the most tragic character in the game (followed closely by Emet), and the troubling implication that Azem is aware of their sundered self from the future are also points of concern. I've said before, I consider Azem working with Venat in any knowing capacity to be character breaking to me as it's antithetical to the characterization of the Azem soul up until the point of trying to portray Venat as all things great and wonderful.

So, I'm basically in 'wait and see' mode. It's unfortunate because as a WoW refugee and relatively new player I thought I'd found a new home with FFXIV and, all things considered, I don't have gripes with the rest of the game which is why my posts are predominantly all story/lore related. However, the MSQ being a big part of it and being as immersive as it is it's definitely problematic if I continue to feel this disconnected from the story and character I'm playing, which only started in 6.0.