does anyone else hate this generation?

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.