How would you improve Dawntrail's writing?

[Carin-Eri]

I think it's safe to say that a lot of people are disappointed with Dawntrail's writing, myself included. Something I've noticed about how people tend to criticize the expansion on here is that a lot of it seems focused on stating what went wrong. There's nothing inherently wrong with this, as identifying the problem is an important step in criticism, but something that I think would benefit discussion is if we talked more about how the writing could be improved. To try to generate this, I have three questions that I'd like to see other players answer:

1. What would you have done differently with Dawntrail's writing and how would you have done it?

2. What are some suggestions you have for how the MSQ could go in the future?

3. What are some parts of the writing that you actually think are good and would like to see more of?

Please try to make suggestions that are actually feasible rather than things like "remove x character."

Good questions.

1: Firstly, I'd place more emphasis on elements that we were led to believe would be important but, sadly, wound up being pretty insignificant. For example, in the pre-release promotional material it was made clear that the Scions would separately ally themselves with the Dawnservant candidates and that there would be some 'internal conflict' (for lack of a better term) as a result. That would've been interesting - but, as we know, nothing actually came of it.
We were also led to believe that Krile would receive some significant character development. And nothing really came of that either.
Both of these scenarios could've have been interesting plot points but they squandered them.

I also think Solution 9 should have been better handled. There was SO much mystery and speculation surrounding it prior to Dawntrail's release. But - for me at least - it ended up being the epitome of an anticlimax. We just.... arrive there. And it was given its name for incredibly boring reasons.

And most of all - lose Wuk Lamat interfering with the Queen Eternal fight. That was utterly unnecessary, almost everyone hates it, and it completely contradicted the preceding dialogue.

2: Honestly? Just better writing really. We need the storyline quality that the likes of Shadowbringers and (for me) Endwalker gave us. I don't feel Dawntrail was as catastrophically bad as some do, but I'll also concede that it's story didn't evoke the emotional highs and lows that some have come to expect from the MSQ.
There was a ton of potential in Dawntrail that better writing could've have used more effectively.

3: The journey to Tural was pretty well written overall. The dungeons and trials were actually really good.