2.x storyline end with 2.55
Announced stuff for 2.51 is Gold Saucer and next (and maybe the final?) Zodiac step
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Honestly, if there isn't a trailer by the end of the weekend I'll start getting very nervous about this patch. 2.5 being a 2-part patch gives them the option to push off features and content to the 2nd part if they aren't ready yet. No trailer makes me think things are being delayed and the patch we are getting this month isn't large enough to warrant a trailer. =/
Has it actually been confirmed that is out on the 20th of Jan?
This.
A lot of people are incorrectly assuming that the ending of the current story arc is in the second part (2.55) yet ALL of the major battle content, including the 'mystery' trial which is presumably the final boss of the 2.x story arc, is in the initial 2.5 drop. 2.5 will conclude the 2.x story. The 2.55 content is the introduction to the expansion; essentially the pre-expansion patch that most MMOs have.
Unfortunately, no. Before the fall part 2 contains the "curtain' to the main story (stated by Yoshi in the New Years Letter) or the second arc of the patch 2.5 main scenario, as stated by the devs at fanfest. http://cdn4.dualshockers.com/wp-cont..._22.jpg?eaa32f
You missed my point. The second half of the main scenario in 2.5 is pertaining to Midgardsormr's resurrection which will be the reason Ishgard opens its gates to beg us for help. It is essentially both the epilogue to current arc and prologue to the next.
The first half will be killing our first Ascian (most likely the rematch with Lahabrea that Louisoix's prophecy spoke about). Defeating Lahabrea once and for all will be the end of the 2.x story. Midgradsormr's resurrection is the prelude to the expansion. The second half is being called the 'curtain' because it explains how events so far lead us to Ishgard.
Put it this way: how can the second half be the real ending if the actual final boss of the 2.x story is in the first half?