I know that Golbez is 6.4's trial. It's just people are expecting a Zeromus fight as how close we are following the IV script and some people's theory that Zero will become Zeromus and that we'll have to fight them. Also the theory that the Watcher's name being Fusoya is gaining more weight.Quote:
Originally Posted by RyuDragnier
Edit: Oh and the dungeon shouts Eureka Pagos to me. Not quite sure how I feel about that.
6.4 patch speculation
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04-02-2023, 12:57 AMSannaR
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04-02-2023, 01:01 AMIscahInterestingly, I'm just wrapping up a replay of Endwalker, and in the post-credits conversations at the Rising Stones, Alisaie says that in addition to the main manifestation of the burning skies over Thavnair and Garlemald it also happened in other isolated locations – in particular "an area in the Northern Empty" from which the phenomenon could have spread to Sharlayan if you had taken any longer to stop it.Quote:
Originally Posted by Cleretic
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04-02-2023, 01:48 AMKranel_San
I find it strange that they have decided to reveal the trial instead of keeping it a secret like usual. Moreover, if we're going to fight Golbez's shadow dragon then it's almost guaranteed that the Shadow dragon encounter will be in the Aetherfont dungeon. (It could also be part of Golbez's trial, or not, or fighting the shadow dragon in the dungeon and trial too).
I wonder if the Void story is going to be wrapped up in 6.4, but if it's going to continue to 6.5 then we're probably about to see a major event occurring in 6.4 that's going to be carried into 6.5 and beyond. -
04-02-2023, 02:22 AMRyuDragnier
It's not strange that they aren't keeping it a secret because everybody expects it...and because they never show us something that is going to be a massive spoiler. Meaning they're going to blindside us at some point.
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04-02-2023, 07:40 AMDenishia
Placing bets on which NPC travels with you for lore exploration in Mount Rokkon (which Hingashi/Yanxia honestly lack for representation in various game elements and dungeons unlike other neglected city states- Ishgard and Limsa are the other two that don’t need a Criterion). If it’s Ninja we might get Oboro, the game might remember to do something meaningful with Yugiri (doubtful), and since it looks more Hingashi than Yanxian, I don’t think it’ll be Hien. The front runner, sadly, is Hancock. As a noncombatant with comedic banter and writers’ fondness.
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04-02-2023, 10:24 AMClereticYeah, they only hide the dungoen/trial name when it's actually a spoiler as to who or where it is (or in the case of Alzadaal's Legacy, because it actually wasn't a spoiler at all but they didn't want people to get their hopes up). Remember that trial names outside of English are just straight-up in the structure of '<Cool Synonym For Battle>: <Boss Name>', after all, so they can't even share the instance name when it's a spoiler what we're fighting.Quote:
Originally Posted by RyuDragnier
The Seat of Sacrifice got hidden because the Warrior of Light trial was going to be straight-up a spoiler. Storm's Crown got hidden because 'surprise, it's the Four Fiends' was a spoiler, and Mount Ordeals got hidden because already fighting Rubicante was a spoiler. It's also the same reason they hid all the details about the 6.0 trials, but if you remember 5.0 and the 5.x patches, they weren't nearly as cagey about Titania, or the Weapon trials.
Golbez isn't a spoiler because for people who are up to this point in the MSQ know that of course we're fighting Golbez next. And if you're not up to this point in the MSQ... well, what do you expect, why are you watching this live letter? -
04-02-2023, 11:08 AMCassar
The main thing I'm curious about is what is going to be the effects of Golbez's plan, whatever that may be.
I say this because, of course we're going to fight Golbez, and of course we're going to beat him, but, I'm certain that either A) He won't die and will remain a villain (but not the main villain necessarily) in 7.0 or B) He will die but it doesn't matter because his plan is already in motion, or maybe even his death serves to complete the plan - and the effects of this plan is what we'll have to deal with moving forward to 7.0.
Why am I certain of this? Well, Golbez has been hyped up for so many patches now that I find it absolutely impossible that the writers would simply kill him and boom, void questline is over time to move on to something completely new in 7.0. I think it's absurd to think they would do that.
The key here is to figure out what his plan is and how could it possibly affect the story going forward
Also I really like this, I think it supports my theory and I completely agree... It's time
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04-02-2023, 11:38 AMAlysanneVrannai
The Crystal Tower will be involved, the closing of all other rifts available to the WoL will cause us to use the Tower to get back in, and it will backfire.
My more crackpot continuation of this is that Golbez is a Xande clone, which means he has Royal Allagan blood. This will let him hijack the Tower to cause the Void incursion he so wants. -
04-03-2023, 04:02 PMKesey
What is disconcerting to me is the lack of a villain beyond Golbez. If this is it for Golbez, his final showdown in this trial, we have no rumored or secret villain teased for the upcoming expansion.
This leads me to believe that Golbez is another villain in a mask; meaning that defeating him in combat will only have him reveal his identity and not be the defeat we expect.
As evidence to consider, all of the other void characters have had a well thought out backstory (even if some of it is side content). But we've got nothing on Golbez except he recruited the 4 fiends. I'm going to venture further and say there has to be an association with Golbez and the Countermemoria war. -
04-03-2023, 04:47 PMIscahThat's nothing new. We didn't know most upcoming main-expansion villains by this point in previous patch cycles.Quote:
Originally Posted by Kesey