Quote Originally Posted by Absurdity View Post
And it's exactly because, as many predicted back in 6.0, they didn't know how to up the "stakes" after we killed god and uber-god in Endwalker.
So they needed to invent some new mcguffin so they can go "oh no, the villain has somehow powered up enough to compete with the universe-ending godkiller that is the WoL."
When they did not even have to, to be honest.
Looking at Arcadion, its an engaging storyline without a world ending threat.
We could have had nations trying to woo the WoL on their side, because of the implied political power of housing the WoL.
We could have had people forming a cult about the WoL's existence, threatening to overturn the administration of their nation in a pseudo-religious zeal that we could possibly intervene with.
There could be a new rival on the block that tries to one up us.
There are ways to portray issues in the world that are not world ending and still interesting.