The emotional damage....

[BokoToloko]

I'll be honest: I think people would've hated Moenbryda just as much as Wuk Lamat if she had the same amount of screentime during the MSQ.

It's weird how some people are in some kind of PWSD (Post Wuk Stress Disorder) after the MSQ.

[genuine_stranger]

I'll be honest: I think people would've hated Moenbryda just as much as Wuk Lamat if she had the same amount of screentime during the MSQ.

It's weird how some people are in some kind of PWSD (Post Wuk Stress Disorder) after the MSQ.

Highly depends on the character's portrayal and the writing.

Given the level of writing we got with Wuk, people would end up disliking any character if they ended up like that.

[ovIm]

I'll be honest: I think people would've hated Moenbryda just as much as Wuk Lamat if she had the same amount of screentime during the MSQ.

Any character would be pretty much disliked if they were put excessively into the foreground like that, so yeah. The issue is not Wuks personality, its her omnipresence.

[Catwho]

Any character would be pretty much disliked if they were put excessively into the foreground like that, so yeah. The issue is not Wuks personality, its her omnipresence.

DING DING DING

We didn't have enough time to learn to miss her.

NPCs are more popular when they rotate in and out of the ensemble cast. We go whole arcs without Y'shtola, Thancred, Urianger, etc, so that when they finally show up again, we got an "Oh shit it's DADCRED" and we're happy.

The twins tend to be a bit more involved than I like, but even they got put on Garlean duty in Endwalker so they weren't around all the time.

[Themarvin]

It should had been Minfilia taking the Ticket, Monbryeda was to sweet of a character in her own way.

[Basteala]

I'll be honest: I think people would've hated Moenbryda just as much as Wuk Lamat if she had the same amount of screentime during the MSQ.

It's weird how some people are in some kind of PWSD (Post Wuk Stress Disorder) after the MSQ.

Ehhhh Yesn't. It depends on the quality of the writing of such a prominent character, but also who loses screentime because someone's hogging. Any fan of Krile has a bone to pick with Wuk Lamat because her story was deep sixed in favor of yet another monologue about how much the housecat loves peace.

No one seemed to mind when Emet Selch commanded every scene he was in and some people even invited it.

[GrizzlyTank]

The random ishgardian kid we accidentally kill had more emotional impact than the Wukkinator.

[Vandi]

still dont know why people even like her, I laughed when she gets killed

…and yet you flail your tiny little arms in annoyance when we femroes accidentally deliberately step on your tiny speed bump selves.

[BokoToloko]

Ehhhh Yesn't. It depends on the quality of the writing of such a prominent character, but also who loses screentime because someone's hogging. Any fan of Krile has a bone to pick with Wuk Lamat because her story was deep sixed in favor of yet another monologue about how much the housecat loves peace.

No one seemed to mind when Emet Selch commanded every scene he was in and some people even invited it.

Emet Selch hogged nowhere as much screentime as Wuk did (each Scion got a fair amount of time at each zone they were assigned at, plus Ardbert and g'raha) and, on top of that, the expansions overall story was well received.

I would argue that Wuk, by herself, is simple enough to be just average, rather than bad. However, being on the spotlight for so long and the story being frankly half-cooked, she was bound to get the heat-

[CaptainLagbeard]

Any character would be pretty much disliked if they were put excessively into the foreground like that, so yeah. The issue is not Wuks personality, its her omnipresence.

I'd say it's both. With both issues compounding onto each other.
We got one of the worst written characters in FFXIV, and the MSQ also solely focuses on her.