LogFAQs > #981340933

I know nothing about the individual writers or their contributions, so I can't talk to whether this Hiroi person should be on MSQ duty or not, but for the most part, I found the expansion's MSQ to be written fine. It's not competeing with the highest of highs like ShB, but still better than a lot of minor arcs throughout the years.

I could surely nitpick some smaller stuff -- like how most of the Scions are pointless (esp Alisaie, like you said) and are only there to have familiar faces around -- but the important beats all worked for me. The themes of family, and responsibility, and purpose, and death, etc all came across like how they should've imo.

Lamaty'i's character arc served as a sort of vehicle for these themes, and because of that she was definitely there a lot. But I never minded her, cuz I felt they wrote her to be an endearing character that I enjoyed being mentor and "big brother" to. This was her story, and I was fully on board with that.

Add that in with the heavy focus on culture and history -- a part of FF14's world building I've always enjoyed and thought they've been great at -- wrapped into a story marketed as a sort of vacation with your friends through Fantasy Latin America, and you've got an expansion that appeals to me greatly.