Apyaahi was right. Role Quest Spoilers Inside

These Role Quests kinda blew but the finale was so bad it hurt.

It ends with an absolutely tone deaf clown music playing over the 'it sucks you got kicked out of your society, and then when you were faced with customs you didn't understand (paying for room and board as opposed to working for it) you were homeless and THEN the cops stole your tent and your possessions but LAW IS THE WAY TO BE HAPPY ACTUALLY!'

Like the villain calls out the racism of Gridania, the financial domination of Ul'dahs monetarists, Limsas subjugation of people, Ishgards religious fanaticism causing untold sorrow, Doma's obsession with conservative traditions and morals... and when she says she didn't understand that paying for room and board was a thing as opposed to working for it, it plays cartoon goofy time music and everyone is like 'wow what a stupid savage she is!' and they get all babying like 'awwww you lost your last posession that must have been hard... but you're being selfish'

'but muh stability and return to normal is more important than ever addressing the problems at the root of villainy'-ass storylines suck so much

And then it ends with more people at the tavern expressing that they agree with her and they want to continue her legacy to re-write society, not eve nactually DOING anyting yet, and the guards get called on them in a big cartoon cat and mouse chase around the tables, arrested for just thinking things out loud. Not even a 'hey why do you feel this way' from the savior of Eorzea and Eitherys, the Big Damn Hero.

This expansion has made our WoL into such a Government-Owned Weapon it feels so stupid.

I miss the feeling I had at the end of EW where I thought 'surely we will go back to being a free adventurer now, and not essentially a PMC for whatever government figure we befriend'.