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

[CrownySuccubus]

Those other games typically have actual consequences for either the world or the main cast though, so those light hearted moments are somewhat warranted. Whereas literally nothing happens to the main cast and it hasn’t happened in so long. We have the entire moon arc basically taken up by slice of life rabbits wanting us to play dress up. This is then mimicked at the 2nd labyrinthos visit where we spend a huge chunk of time playing tour guide for a bunch of rabbits.

As I've said elsewhere, Endwalker is the "Final Disc" of the FFXIV story. It's the "Hero's Return" portion of the tale where said heroes apply what they've learned into overcoming whatever the final adversary of the plot is. Sure, more dire stakes would have been cool, but it didn't make or break the arc. However, with that said, the reason the problem is so pronounced is because of the constant fake-outs. If you're not going to kill anyone in the main cast, then fine.....but stop trying to pretend that you might.

Having fast food while you are fully aware that in other parts of the world people are getting their souls shredded due to the apocalypse is just bad placement for that kind of scene - it would belong to the very start or the very end when there is no other, highly time-sensitive issue that needs to be addressed.

But that hadn't even happened yet, by that point in the story.