does anyone else hate this generation?

it's so f'ing frustrating when you accidentally start this generation because for some weird reason characters at level 20 can start it and once you do, you can't back out. i just completed it and i ended up having a breakdown over the stupid protect eirawen battle.

Oh, just about everyone, as far as I can tell.

The whole Divine Knights arc (G19 - G21) is a disaster. Poorly explained quests with confusing requirements whose completion depends on the whims of fate, nothing but story beats recycled from earlier generations and given a new coat of paint, and tons of infuriating, time wasting filter "content" with a party half made up of obnoxious, unlikable characters that feel like cringy fanfiction self-inserts.

And then they've gone and made Divine Link (and thus G19 & 20) nearly mandatory for large portions of the new content.

I'm late with this considering the date of this thread's creation. However, it's not a good idea to start this Chapter at all when you're still early in the game, especially seeing as this Gen is already 19 in. No idea why it's handed to characters at such a low level, but that's the way it's been since as long as I started playing again (and I assume since it's been released).

Just don't attempt to fulfill any of the quests/objectives for the next Gen for now. Focus on developing your character and any other Gens preceding it, if you haven't already.