Originally Posted by
RyuDragnier
That's actually brilliant if you think about it. How long does it take us to travel from Limsa to Kugane by ship? 3-4 months. Where will we be likely traveling from ship in Endwalker? To Sharlayan, and Thauvnair, which combined may take 3-4 months (since we're covering half the distance towards both destinations). Assuming there's a time skip of some kind at the end of 6.0, this basically lets them write the IVth Legion out of the story for when we come back, with Tataru or somebody else explaining to us what has happened in our absence.
Are they chilling? Or are they fighting the Terminus nearby while also fighting the Resistance the reason why this faked death happens? If they lost far too much manpower and supplies against the Terminus, it could be the only way out that Noah sees. Plus our minds will be elsewhere, we won't give a damn about the IVth Legion, we're literally dealing with an End of the World scenario, they play second fiddle to this.