What even was that capstone questline?

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Firstly, the positives: the instanced fight was fun

Gods I hated the finale of the instanced fight. I was doing it as a tank, cause my power fantasy involves being the one on the front in an epic sword clashing duel. Why was i not allowed to keep aggro on the enemies? Its such a small thing, and I am legit mad about it.

Where did the wires get crossed? How does "Lighthearted" mean "absolutely devoid of charm, intelligence or quality"? I get that the concept was to make them comedic villains, but do you know who pulled that off? Hildibrand! I laughed out loud so many times at the utter insanity of the Hildibrand questlines, and that's not even limiting it to the animations!

The wires got crossed somewhere after 6.1. Really, the decline started before that, but 6.1 was a noticeable drop in writing quality imho. I had that chalked up to CS3 putting all their eggs in the basket that is Dawntrail, to be honest.

Did they really have to narrow down our dialogue choices to

“People like you don’t deserve to be free”
And
“I will never be on your side”

Yes they did. Not even an empathic option of "you are doing it wrong for the right reasons", or a challenging "you are not seeking freedom". The entire premise had so much potential, and it was all squandered.