Bast: "I think I'll play my character today."
me: "Yeah, go for i--"
Bast: "Wait."
me: "?"
Bast: "I'd have to do MSQ."
me: "D: You'd have to do MSQ."
Bast: "...Maybe you can play--"
me: "No no nono, this is how we got here in the first place--"
To be clear, this isn't a dunk on the writing - it's just that ALL OF US are afflicted with the un-esuna-able ADHD Brain debuff, and can sit through FFXIV's "go here, click on that, go there" questing structure approximately as well as a five-year-old can sit through a tooth extraction. Even with the story finally grabbing us in Heavensward, it's a miracle that we got this far to begin with! (I... still have not unlocked the newest trial.)
At least Bast's char is in Endwalker, and not all the way back in Shadowbringers like Lark's. What we would give for progression to be shared across characters...
(fallen london stamps by