This was a pretty powerful expansion and was akin to a cold drink after walking through 500 miles of the desert of A Realm Reborn. Maybe that biases my opinion but it's still a wonderful expansion and I think this was the best XIV ever got to great narrative cohesion.

All characters are likable, the dungeons are sprawling, massive, and take on enemies 15 times your size through unique mechanics like defending a bridge or fighting a dragon while defending an NPC through epic boss battles. This really was the peak experience I had with XIV, and while it didn't really blow me away, it left me craving more, despite heading back to that 500 mile desert for Stormblood.