>Hoyo realises no one wants to play story quests and hangouts
>Add time sensitive FOMO rewards for doing them when the character's banner is active
>People still don't want to do them
>Add in-game ads on the world map urging players to do their unfinished quests
>People still don't want to do them
>Instead of doing some introspection they decide the only remaining choice is to incorporate the story quests into the archon quest since that's the one quest type most people do, be it willingly or reluctantly
>The same people will continue to just activate autoplay and tab out of the game anyway
If it's not an animated cutscene it's simply not important. No ifs, ands or buts. Hoyoverse is a company with literal billions for both animation and R&D at their disposal. If they're in despair over people not caring about their story they have no one to blame but themselves.