So just out of curiosity OP is this your first final fantasy game? Cause at this point this is a well known trope of the franchise.

I came into this expansion expecting Zodiark to not be the final boss. All that hype around him at least to me screamed misdirection. Especially when you think of the Shadowbringers reveal that he and Hydaelyn both are primals. There was no way we were going to face a primal for final boss, we’ve demolished so many of them already it would have been a let down for the final boss of the expansion to be a primal, let alone one that didnt have it’s full power and lost it’s original heart