Another casualty of the devs' current obsession with obliterating any and all lingering threads from 2.0 - 6.0, and dealt with in the most slapdash and unsatisfying way possible. Even their designs felt cheap for the most part.

Quote Originally Posted by KageTokage View Post
It actively detracts from the world-building to have the Eorzean pantheon just be yet another work of Hydaelyn who now don't even exist in any capacity.
God, this. Why they couldn't just leave something to the imagination and let an air of mystery surround the true nature of the Twelve and religion in Hydaelyn rather than haphazardly stripping away the last of the intrigue left to the world, I don't know.

Quote Originally Posted by Ephremjlm View Post
Things that were pretty important like the whole Bahamut Calamity situation were literally written off with the Deryk saying "we were busy with our duties"
...please tell me this is hyperbole.