Another 4.0 speculation thread

I feel like in the next expansion, we shouldn't just go to one place. I feel like it should involve many places. If they just give us a new city state per expansion, and release the same Mor Dohna type formula again and again, I would get bored of the game.

I agree. In addition to expanding the continent a bit, I hope they add entire new zones to Uldah, Gridania, and La Nocea. I would even love to see the existing zones in those areas expanded upon with new high level content, and the ability to fly or swim, instead of only creating a brand new city state thing and leave the older zones in the dust. It might be nice to new "flying" zones above Uldah and rest, where flying straight down will transfer you to the old zone instead of hitting an invisible wall like Sea of Clouds.

Imagine chilling in the Drowning Wench, heading outside and mounting your Griffon, and flying straight to the Floating City of Nym with nary a loading screen in sight! 4.0 could be an opportunity for the dev team to really remake the early zones how they want to, instead of what they were forced to do because of the 1.0 design and server limitations.

Most people seem to agree we are going to Ala Mhigo (SP?) next expansion which, I believe, is supposed to be off the East Shroud and that way, so Gridania could be a starting point for a while till we manage to liberate it.

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Originally Posted by FaileExperiment

I agree. In addition to expanding the continent a bit, I hope they add entire new zones to Uldah, Gridania, and La Noscea.

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I would like that, too. But I think for a while at least we're gonna be moving onward, not just to the eastern reaches of Eorzea but even beyond that. Comments at PAX strongly suggest we will cross the land bridge to the continent of Ilsabard in the future. But some day when they get time, yes it would be very nice to see the original zones broadened and updated.

I'd really like it if 4.0 isn't an Ala Mhigo expansion... I want a Beast Tribe expansion... They've got whole regions that we've yet to explore; Paglth'an, Mount O'Ghomoro, Xelphatol... That tower in Southern Thanalan has mocked me since beta, it's the gateway to Paglth'an, it has to be... Then you've got pre-2.0 concept art maps for upper La Noscea with "to new volcano zone" marked on it that we still don't have! You can go there and see the blocked pathway, this has literally been driving me nuts for the past few years...

Perhaps have something Ala Mhigo related as a sort of Azys Lla style zone, the final place we reach, the area we liberate (with the help of new Beast Tribe allies, given they would then be the focus of the expansion?) at the end of the expansion to set up 5.0 as a campaign into Garlemald... With Ala Mhigo itself being a Revenant's Toll/Idylshire style restoration project over the course of 4.#s lifecycle...

My guess:

Ala Mihgo -> the Sandsea -> [Sea of Jade] -> the Westersand -> Rabanastre, oh wait...

Ala Mhigo + Viera? Please oh please!

To lead us to Ala Mhigo we'll probably have patch 3.4 work out the last bit of kinks in Ishgard and transfer over to Ul'Dah. 3.5 will be namely about Ul'dah, Gridania and I can see the final trial being us inside the Castrum there for a showdown with the new Legatus who I forget his name.

I'm putting my money on Ala Mhigo as well. They've already released the artwork for it:

http://vignette3.wikia.nocookie.net/...20130901034308

http://vignette1.wikia.nocookie.net/...20130901040705

http://vignette2.wikia.nocookie.net/...20130901040725

http://vignette2.wikia.nocookie.net/...20130901040745

http://vignette4.wikia.nocookie.net/...20130901040801

...and while they probably have artwork for Doma started already too, I think there's just entirely too much leading us to Ala Mhigo right now. I'm like 99% certain that Yda and Papalymo are already there, and their story will transition us into the expansion. Yoshida's mention of Doomtrain, saying we'd see it when we head to the Garlean Empire, along with the not-so-subtle hint that it "might fly" tells me that they're already working on this.

I suspect it will be among the first primal battles released for 4.0, and will serve as a plot device to get us from Ala Mhigo to the Garlean Empire.

I truely hope that when we reach Ala Mhigo we reclaim it fairly quickly only to have the Garleans go full doma on it, reducing it to ashes. If we remove the city we have a chance to see whats beneath it, to see where ultima weapon was stored.