In The Tempest. It's part of a fate chain.
Join a hunt ls even if you don't care for hunts, they call special fates too.
In The Tempest. It's part of a fate chain.
I hope the empire business is done quickly, make Gaius the emperor so we don't have to deal with them anymore, never was a fan of them, give me more Ascians or something new.
With that said, we have no clue what the next expansion will be about, the majority of threats introduced since the beginning of the game are already dealt with or we are about to.
Considering Ilsabard is the last of the Three Great Continents we haven't been to, I would have to hazard that we'll be spending most of the next two years gearing up for a Garlemald expansion, certainly heading deep into the provinces.
That's what it appears to be, anyway. I'm pleasantly surprised how much the direction of the story defies expectations -- I don't think anyone could have predicted we would be going to The First until 4.4. I personally want to go to Sharlayan and Thavnair so bad...
I know everyone loves The Twinning music but honestly I think the Amaurot dungeon has the best music. It just hits you on an emotional level. The way it works with the visuals. The way the music really sells how this world is ending.
Their interpretation of Warriors of Darkness was certainly different than the Scions' interpretation.Going back and watching the 3.x storylines right now that's a precursor to this expansion. Kinda easy to forget how much of an asshole Ardbert and his crew were. I mean the bard nearly killed Alisaie
It would be pretty weird with there bodies just chillin in back in the Rising Stones or where ever their bodies are being held.Also I'm curious if any of the Scions (mainly Thancred and Y'shtola) will elect to instead stay in the FIrst instead of returning to the Source, largely since Thancred has Ryne to care of, and Y'shtola seems rather attached to the Blessed.
Their interpretation of Warriors of Darkness was certainly different than the Scions' interpretation.
Also I'm curious if any of the Scions (mainly Thancred and Y'shtola) will elect to instead stay in the FIrst instead of returning to the Source, largely since Thancred has Ryne to care of, and Y'shtola seems rather attached to the Blessed.
Unclear if that was the ultimate cause, but "hell" vomiting forth legions of nigh unstoppable horrors was certainly a direct consequence of creation magic suffering from interrupted focus. Was the noise something else? Or was it one of their own people stumbling upon the mental atom bomb that unraveled their world in a cascading failure of compromised creation?I still have to wonder what exactly happened.
Like did reality begin to break down due to their magic or was there some other ethereal force that caused it to happen?
I would love some War of the Roses intrigue and civil war, with the Eozean/Doma alliance playing the part of a sizable but outgunned intervention force trying to help the provinces (Dalmasca, etc) throw off the imperial yoke.A Succession arc could be interesting.
Like there would no doubt be someone aiming for the throne who wants peace with the Eorzean Alliance and those that want the war to continue.
Call me crazy, but I got the impression that they were all reflections of us too.Not for Tank at least.
I see what you mean
Another question: what did the Exarch do by summoning the pillars of light in the final fight? Did it summon a call for adventurers or something more grand in nature? Are they from other timelines or shards?
edit: huh, the duty finder says this. 7 heroes from stars that aren't even related to the source
I wonder how many reflections of us are still out there waiting to be met... I don't recall offhand how many shards remain extant other than the 13th being essentially to stable darkness.Yup. Originally Ascians were just tall bois and girls who made whatever they wanted out of thin air and had a grand old time and then something happened which eventually caused their downfall. Could've been an actual thing, could've been they were actually draining their planet and not just using their own aether could be one of them somewhere got spooked and made a monster and it was a chain reaction of mass hysteria affecting the creations of everyone.
But yeah, things went south and the council decided to use their power of creation (summoning) to give the planet a will of its own (Zodiark) so it could fight back and fix the problem. They sacrificed half their people (willing volunteers) to make Zodiark and likely, after doing so became tempered and so the remaining who weren't tempered decided to summon their own being (Hydaelyn) to try and fix things but instead it ended up sundering the world.
And the Ascians that survived and were left whole just want to rejoin the shards, call back Zodiark and try and undo everything and bring everyone back. And it seems that the WoL was the 14th member of the council and knew Emet-Selch and the other Ascians but doesn't remember as they were sundered and would need to be made whole to remember but currently we are 8 times rejoined (7 happened with previous rejoinings, 8th with Ardbert). It explains why we are so godly, because we are (part of) a complete Ascian.
I'm still pulling for a "soft rejoining" of the shard to the Source. Nothing to cause a calamity, but enough to establish a channel wider than the Exarch's portal and to facilitate the gradual meeting of worlds.Their interpretation of Warriors of Darkness was certainly different than the Scions' interpretation.
Also I'm curious if any of the Scions (mainly Thancred and Y'shtola) will elect to instead stay in the FIrst instead of returning to the Source, largely since Thancred has Ryne to care of, and Y'shtola seems rather attached to the Blessed.
For real. I was also shocked at how less racist the First was almost as soon as I made it over there...Coming back to the Source will feel like petty conflicts when all of the First joined hands to save their world
For real. I was also shocked at how less racist the First was almost as soon as I made it over there...
Out of 13 Shards 7 Rejoined, and one is totally gone to the void, so 5 shards remain. So there should be 4 other Warrior of Light souls out there.I don't recall offhand how many shards remain extant other than the 13th being essentially to stable darkness.
I feel like people who didn't do it miss out on some great moments - when you call his name and he starts crying (I assume you don't get that option if you haven't done the raid). And the wasted significance of him talking obliquely about how he wants nothing more than to go adventuring with you.They should have made the Crystal Tower raid mandatory, I've seen a lot of people when they see the Exarch's face for the first time saying "oh he's a cat boy" I'm like wtf..
Lol I'm watching No1Alex stream and he's just finished the Innocence fight and when he got to the G'hria Tia reveal he said he thought the Exarch was a grown Alphinaud from the future. LOL that's an interesting guess.
So I wanted to do a little write up to really dig into why Emet is such a good villain.
First of all, yes, he is evil. In the end he's willing to sacrifice and dehumanize others to accomplish his goals.
Can you really call him evil, though? He readily admitted that he was tempered by Zodiark when they summoned it. He isn't really acting according to his own will. He was tempered by Zodiark and doing whatever it takes to bring it and his people back, just like the Warrior of Light is tempered by Hydaelyn.
Been thinking about this too.Assuming they keep with usual progression, I wonder what the MSQ boss of 5.3 will be. Unlike HW and SB, this one wrapped up pretty well in the base expansion. Yes, the problem of how to get the Scions back to the Source remains, but there doesn't seem to be a remaining threat until we get back to the war against the empire.
I wonder if we'll confront Elidibus before the next expansion.
who said zenos is gonna be the main villain of anything, who says we are gonna even see himBeen thinking about this too.
If I had to take a wild guess as to who it is, it would be either
A) Ardbert, or in general wrapping up the plotline regarding all the light we took in. I know it's said us fusing with Ardbert solved it, but I could see them bringing it back to tug on our heartstrings. Also could relate to what Elidibus mentioned.
B) Zenos, he's a decent villain but getting stale and I don't think he can carry an entire next expansion as the main villain. Wrapping up our rivalry in a patch feels about right.
who said zenos is gonna be the main villain of anything, who says we are gonna even see him
I mean, the ending scene in Garlemald felt like it was setting him back up as a major player in the story. It's pretty obvious we're gonna have to take him out again, it's more a question of when.who said zenos is gonna be the main villain of anything, who says we are gonna even see him
He has the resonance. Shit can hit the fan pretty quick with a man-made power that doesn't have the same rules as the echoI'm honestly not sure if Zenos will work again as a main villain.
Other than his almost erotic feelings towards fighting he doesn't have much else going for him.
Like other than pulling a: "Oh look how sad Zenos' childhood was", I'm not sure what they could actually do to try and give him more depth and by extension more interesting.
I guess it is at least interesting how much of a wild card he is. Like even the Ascians will be fearing him cause they can't reason with him.
Can someone explain Ghar tia's timeline? So he traveled back in time to ARR 2.x to find the CT in order to use its power to get to the first and bring the WoL over?
Crystal Tower raid should be mandatory and part of the MSQ at this point
I understood it to be mostly the latter. Think that was in one of the data logs from The Twinning. Something like "You're the only one who can make the journey across and live"Yup.
Though interesting enough from what I've heard if you didn't play it you don't get the options to say G'raha Tia's name.
Also did he become one with the tower to extend his lifespan or to survive the trip to the First and through time?
I understood it to be mostly the latter. Think that was in one of the data logs from The Twinning. Something like "You're the only one who can make the journey across and live"
Yep you don't. My dumb ass didn't do the Crystal Tower stuff and I had no idea who he was.Yup.
Though interesting enough from what I've heard if you didn't play it you don't get the options to say G'raha Tia's name.
The Exarch did say that he realized his body wouldn't be enough to see his plan to the end during the MSQ. I think it was in end-game Kholusia when he collapsed from exhaustionYup.
Though interesting enough from what I've heard if you didn't play it you don't get the options to say G'raha Tia's name.
Also did he become one with the tower to extend his lifespan or to survive the trip to the First and through time?