(extra spoiler warning for all of 7.0/dawntrail!) Lack of follow-up or satisfying conclusion regarding other character arcs/plot points we'd been introduced to in the story; I think the most noticeable of these being the ramped-up plotlines surrounding Krile and Erenville in the second half, and how I felt like we really weren't there for them in the same way we were with Wuk Lamat - especially in zones 5/6! What I would've given for another one-off conversation with Erenville to ask how he was doing after clearly watching him suffer in silence, or to have been there myself helping to investigate Krile's earring/her origins, rather than being told after the fact. I'm deeply endeared by Wuk Lamat, but I do wish that some other focus characters/storylines just would've recieved as much love as her journey did.

It makes me think a lot of Heavensward, where Alphinaud's journey and coming of age is a huge central focus, and a lot of the time, our character does take a backseat to him - but our moments are him are spliced with also learning about and getting attached to characters like Haurchefant, Ysayle, Estinien, Aymeric, etc. - I'm surprised that I'm pretty sure we get more alone time with Sphene in Dawntrail than we do with Krile. I would've felt so much more attached to the final few zones if we'd learned a little more about Krile's origins from her perspective, or if we got more of a chance to speak with Erenville on his feelings re: what happened to his home village, but instead, we get some pretty quick summaries and/or very convenient areas in zone 6 to speedrun them all, and it doesn't feel satisfying. I think a lot of people take it out on Wuk Lamat, just because she's the one character that I think the story did show a lot of love to, and I definitely enjoyed spending time with her. I think she was the perfect person to introduce ourselves to Tural through her eyes - I just wish the story gave some of the other characters introduced as being important to the story the same love and admiration, too!

(ps, where was our big scion rival fight we were told of........... you could've just let the rest of the scions stay home if we weren't gonna pvp them like you made us think we were squeenix..... they do not have to be here for the mandated 5 minutes of scion screentime, we can let them sleep a bit)

the train scene before going into vanguard, why wasn't that playable in any way, shape, or form? also why would you put your strongest person on cannon duty? the wol should've swapped out with one of the other people fighting on the train instead of wuk lamat imo but they decided to make it a scripted cutscene and didn't want to do animations for every job.

the relic with azem's symbol is very interesting... plus solution nine is very interesting... i want more of that please!!!