Ok, so ... the story got a lot of complaints already, and no matter how much you like FF14, the writing this time is just bad. I'm perfectly aware that this is supposed to be the start for a new adventure, but come on - my cute little Miquo'te already has a stronger neck than any Mamool Ja from all that nodding while all my weapons are rusty because I never needed them for the most part of the MSQ. Seeing the story in its current state, I have to say that the writers had a chance to make this expansion really epic. What if ...
  • What if we did not go to the new continent with Jar Jar Lamat but with Krile and Estinien to find out about her origins? So much more possibilities to give our hero something to do.
  • What if while the Scions support the Wukie, we explore on our own, which could have given the writers the chance to put come challenges in?
  • What if some factions plot against Wuk and/or Koana, we find out and help out (temporarily joining forces with the other scions)?
  • What if the golden city was a REAL PLACE instead of a portal to another reflection, and the portal/the reflection a plot point for the endboss?
  • What if during our exploration we had to fight Bakool Ja Ja and/or Zarool Ja, maybe in trials? While preventing harm to the Wukie crew?
  • What if the endboss was, I don't know, Steroid-infused Zarool-Ja instead of a little girl-queenie-terminator-AI. I honestly believe this could have been an awesome story without traveling to another reflection (or "fusing" reflections, which I personally considered stupid).
Questions over questions ... ah, well, but I'm not a writer, what do I know. I just believe, even as a "holiday-season-expansion" this should have been more exciting, given the fact that they probably work on this storyline since Endwalker was finished ...