New Developers Blog - Big Trouble in Little Scholasticate

A new developer's blog was just posted to give a preview on the new Scholasticate scenario coming in 3.15 tomorrow. All well and good, However, one image in particular really stood out to me...

http://img.finalfantasyxiv.com/lds/b...0151215_05.png

I really can't tell if this is one giant red herring or Yoshi-P has been trolling us and this is indeed the new Hildibrand scenario.

To me it almost looks like this is a Hildibrand "equivalent" for 3.x

Please no, dont make it happen ; ;

Thsee are the new Hildibrand quests minus Hildibrand until if and when he makes a appearance.

Hopefully just a cameo.

I honestly can't stand Hildibrand himself and would rather he didn't overshadow the new characters we're getting insight to.

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Originally Posted by AureliusDraconium

Thsee are the new Hildibrand quests minus Hildibrand until if and when he makes a appearance.

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It's a completely new story, as Yoshi-P has already stated in a previous interview:

What kind of content will the Endalim Scholasticate have?
Yoshida: This is a new set of side quests separate from the Hildibrand story. It will be a completely new story, but that doesn't mean familiar characters won't appear.
Source: https://www.bluegartr.com/threads/12...3.1-and-Beyond

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Originally Posted by Bhuni

Hopefully just a cameo.

I honestly can't stand Hildibrand himself and would rather he didn't overshadow the new characters we're getting insight to.

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Likewise. I know we're not alone either - quite a lot of people find Hildibrand to be very tedious. If he's kept as a self contained set of quests then that's fine - but they advertised these side quests as being something new. I'll be very disappointed if it's a bait and switch. :(

If its Hildebrand, well I cant wait. Besides it not like many of these characters are engaging. Hildabrand just happens to stand out with his goofiness which makes things a bit brighter and whimsical. After all the dark tone doesn't really last long in this game, yeah the uldahn princess kinda died, but we're the warriors of light, we dont die, just get knocked out a bit and will eventually prevail anyway. Hildabrand just makes everything fun again, hopefully this will too, has a bit of a Harry Potter esque going on....with elves...and Hormoine Granger as the bad guy lol.

Still no look at relics huh?