The future

[RatKing]

That's true. EW is a mixed bag with highs and lows and my post was an exaggeration. But it still pains me that this is how "the saga" concludes with such a disconnect between what came before and how it ends. The lore being trampled over, the characters taking so many stupid pills, the whole final zone. At times I prefer to believe that the story ended in 5.3, that with no more unsundered ascians we no longer have to fear any more rejoinings, Zodiark keeps doing its thing, the galaxy is at peace. The end. Even the final cutscene with the returned scions at Revenant's Toll could have been a fitting conclussion.

More seriously, for the future I also think they should keep things more grounded. In my opinion FF14's story shines the most when it focuses on the people, the relationships they keep, how they find a way to overcome their struggles, how THEY fit within the lore, etc. The things that made Eorzea feel like a living world. And when the lore keeps more grounded too and focuses on "things working". Please no more "mysterious energy sources that encompass all of creation but that we didn't know about in all these years". PLEASE NO MORE TIME SHENANIGANS. The FF14 universe with the "rules" that already exist has plenty of avenues for telling stories. Please remain focused on those and don't try to force new rules if they don't fit with what we already have.

Sounds like you want another stormblood, which was arguably the worst expansion story wise.

[Sicno]

Sounds like you want another stormblood, which was arguably the worst expansion story wise.

I know a lot of people hate Stormblood but I love it. Of the few complains I have about it the biggest is how they shoved in the primals forcefully despite them not fitting with the narrative at the moments they appeared.

[Larirawiel]

Sounds like you want another stormblood, which was arguably the worst expansion story wise.

It is not. I like EW way more than SB. SB has its own problems which are very different to the problems EW has. But yes, EW felt very surreal und not very logical to me in the end.

EW spoiler:

And i have found some errors which can easily happen when you start with time traveling. They should not do that.

Cheers

[kpxmanifesto]

Sounds like you want another stormblood, which was arguably the worst expansion story wise.

I'm gonna disagree with this. Stormblood didn't really have me questioning the story as much as Endwalker did.