NPCs and WoL being super ignorant or out of character for plot to continue frustrates

[ThorneDynasty]

The "let the ruler candidate walk away with a stranger into a van with a puppy and candies" part was perhaps the lowest point in the story for me. How many assassination attempts has WoL witnessed directly or indirectly by now? In many ways it feels like the cutscence/scenario writing regressed all the way back to ARR days in terms of how passive and useless they made WoL out to be.

It does not help that after an entire expansion of WoL not doing anything and the player being forced to stand back, because Wuk Lamat needs to be the main character, even in the final trial it has to be Wuk Lamat who shows up to save the day. We are supposed to be the greatest warrior of the world now - Why has the writing regressed WoL to being a hapless adventurer again? Just having the villain pay lip service to how badass we look doesn't cut it.