Sadly, this is what happens when your writers get tired/steer the narrative away from your vision. Shadowbringers moved the narrative in a direction Yoshi-P wasn't really ready for, hence all of the tomfoolery and chicanery around Venat/Hydaelyn (Yeah I'm still willing to beat that horse).

This is also a big part of the reason why they pitched Endwalker as a conclusion. Its actual purpose was to conclude this direction that Yoshi-P doesn't like.

Of course, they'd brought enough Chekhov's Guns to the table that they really have to commit to getting rid of them/they didn't really setup the narrative to have its major antagonists rug pulled. They rug pulled the Garleans in 5.0, turning towards the long awaited truth of the Ascians. All the narrative drives towards them in an all consuming way, and they had the audacity to end their arc by 6.0 base conclusion.

Now there's just the guns and no table. All that's left is to integrate/explain away the guns one by one while trying to setup something new.

Where we've hit is a point where we were deeply, grossly invested but they took away everything we were invested in. It's now even happening to the good guy cast with the Scion cardboard cut outs. They really expect us to eat our food off the floor in this restaurant.

Kinda makes me want them to kill them all off so they stop debasing them.