The stakes of Endwalker were incredibly high. It was positioned as the end of the Hydaelan/Zodiark saga that began in . While it wouldn't be the end of the MMO, it did signal the end of an era. That means a lot of story threads had to be tied up in Endwalker, and not all of them are done so cleanly.
The slog is what held me back from completing Endwalker until only recently. After the high of Elpis, players are forced into an extensive marathon in Sharlyan that amounts to the most mundane fetch quests. Elpis ends with a high-adrenaline cascade of story reveals and emotional moments and the player then has to put that on the shelf to go carry boxes.
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