I have learned that the quickest way into my heart, for a story, is to have it cut away from the heroes to show the villains discussing their plans with some manner of disagreement, such that you can make some degree of conjecture as to the true nature of their goals, but not to any meaningful degree, while also recognizing that it will be incredibly satisfying to revisit the cutscene later on, after you've finished.
Anyways the back half of Dawntrail is also turning me around on it quite impressively, and I'm very excited for where things are going in these last two dungeons and trials (And I think the raid series is supposed to also be more involved with the second half of the story? that's gonna be a riot, can't wait)