Quote Originally Posted by Jeeqbit View Post
Most of what you said makes sense to complain about, but...

This is just a lack of understanding of what SE was trying to do. You were going to a land of despair and they wanted you to feel despair. The problem is you were feeling happy and confident. In order to change that, they had to kill the scions. Once you had made progress through the area, in order to make you feel hope and like there was a light at the end of the tunnel, they had to introduce the possibility they would come back.
Wished you'd have quoted what I said before that as well " What has been the general complaints of the forum posters about Endwalker? excl. the troll posts " to give it some context since I sifted through posts to just compile a quick list on what I saw general posters complaining about.

I'm not misunderstanding anything either? Endwalker story felt underwhelming to me personally and liking a story is very subjective.
  • Scions going through plot armor again is becoming old
  • Garlemald being another ruined City feels underwhelming
  • I liked nothing about how Fandaniel was written
  • Disliked how Zodiark story-wise was a incomplete pushover
  • Body-swapping? really felt like there's a plot-hole here
Unironically, " The Final Days " a calamity feels less intense then " Zadnor " to me. Oh to which also everyone important survived the Final days cause big surprise there. To much " Plot Armor " sprinkled all over the place for me to enjoy Endwalker's story aside from realizing that I was beating up " In-game Twitter " with the " power-of-friendship " no less...

What we like and do not like about Endwalker varies per player and is subjective. Clearly there's a big portion of players that do not like Endwalker, otherwise it wouldn't be getting so much negativity vs say the previous expansion Shadowbringers.

The thread is about " confidence " and there's very little in how Endwalker was handled beyond just the story? that gives me confidence going forward. If you're unfazed on how XIV goes forward? well done you. The only " Despair " I experienced from Endwalker were the Job Changes. And just so we're clear? personal opinion, it's subjective. We don't want more misunderstandings I hope, mhm.