Next Primal for 2.5? Possible Odin or?

I wonder who the next primal is going to be for 2.5? We've got the most common ones, Ifrit, Titan, Shiva, Bahamut, Ramuh, Leviathan and even Garuda. I remember something about the Odin Battle challenge going to be avlible to the public so 2.5 might introduce him as the new primal or will we be seeing a new primal all together? :o oh thoughts and ideas!

The Odin trial will probably be available through some special token you can get in the future, similar to XI's Princess and Hero challenges where you fought notable NPCs from the different storylines. As for next story-based primal I'd imagine Zodiark will definitely be one of them, it's all but a given.

ahh Yes Zodiark! Kinda forgot about him and they did say something big is gona happen before 3.0.

Hard to say. You're right in that most of the common summons have already been included, but Alexander is notably missing. I would love to see him added, but I would hope that he gets a bigger story than the one patch wonders the last few primals have been.

With Bismark being a Primal in 3.0, it looks like some of the lesser known summons are getting their time in the sun. I'm hoping to see some classic but rarely used summons like Kirin, Maduin, and Doom Train,

So many possibilities. (2.4 spoiler ahead)

Not sure if it's time for Zodiark yet, Zodiark seems to be a major enemy in this story, more important than Bahamut (considering Bahamut was used by the Acians to cause enough destruction to summon Zodiark - unless I'm wrong), 2.4 also hints the revival of Midgardsormr, who once revived I guess will bridge the current story to the Dravania - Ishgard war for Heavensward, I wouldn't discard Odin as a regular primal battle either. There's also Omega... not a primal but could serve as a major battle before Heavensward.

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Originally Posted by WellFooled

Hard to say. You're right in that most of the common summons have already been included, but Alexander is notably missing. I would love to see him added, but I would hope that he gets a bigger story than the one patch wonders the last few primals have been.

With Bismark being a Primal in 3.0, it looks like some of the lesser known summons are getting their time in the sun. I'm hoping to see some classic but rarely used summons like Kirin, Maduin, and Doom Train,

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Alexander might not even be a sure thing at this point for an actual primal. Diabolos, Siren and Fenrir were all regulated to throw-away dungeon boss status.

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Originally Posted by Alukah

So many possibilities. (2.4 spoiler ahead)

Not sure if it's time for Zodiark yet, Zodiark seems to be a major enemy in this story, more important than Bahamut (considering Bahamut was used by the Acians to cause enough destruction to summon Zodiark - unless I'm wrong), 2.4 also hints the revival of Midgardsormr, who once revived I guess will bridge the current story to the Dravania - Ishgard war for Heavensward, I wouldn't discard Odin as a regular primal battle either. There's also Omega... not a primal but could serve as a major battle before Heavensward.

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And with that mention of Omega it made me think of shinryu, he would make a good primal.

Didn't the devs want to get away from primals being the focus once 3.0 hits?

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Originally Posted by Prototype909

Alexander might not even be a sure thing at this point for an actual primal. Diabolos, Siren and Fenrir were all regulated to throw-away dungeon boss status.

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Diabolos, Siren, and Fenrir are also not that major when it comes to potential summon status. Siren especially, Diabolos/Fenrir at least have a few more games under their belt. But Alexander is still more important than them. Not saying we'll see Alexander, but it wouldn't surprise me, they just need to find some justification for it.

And I expect we'll see Odin as a Primal fight in 2.5, or maybe something new. But Odin is really the only one that would make much sense at this stage.

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Originally Posted by MilesSaintboroguh

Didn't the devs want to get away from primals being the focus once 3.0 hits?

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And yet we get 2 new Primals announced in Heavensward

Will we even get a 2.5, considering the fact that they want to release the addon in spring 2015?
I don't think so.

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Originally Posted by Granyala

Will we even get a 2.5, considering the fact that they want to release the addon in spring 2015?
I don't think so.

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Considering they said Hildebrand's story isn't going to continue in 3.x without fan input, yes. We still need CT finale as well.

I'm pretty sure there was a mention about how we wouldn't see Yugiri's face in 2.4, but maybe in 2.5. Because of that I'd guess we are getting one, or at least it's planned. It'd be the last major update before 3.0 though.

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Originally Posted by Prototype909

Considering they said Hildebrand's story isn't going to continue in 3.x without fan input

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I still find it odd that they needed fan input. I figured it was obvious that the Hildebrand sidequests were generally well liked.

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Originally Posted by Granyala

Will we even get a 2.5, considering the fact that they want to release the addon in spring 2015?
I don't think so.

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New mini-expansions seem to come out every 3 months or so, so 2.5 will hit either in late December or right at the beginning of January, giving us enough time to prepare for the expansion to come.

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Originally Posted by RyuDragnier

New mini-expansions seem to come out every 3 months or so, so 2.5 will hit either in late December or right at the beginning of January, giving us enough time to prepare for the expansion to come.

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I think you mean late January/ early February. They've said Heavensward (3.0) will be in Spring so that's plenty of time. 2.5 might actually sit a bit longer than 3 months before 3.0 since 'Spring' is dev speak for 'very nearly the end of Spring'.

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Originally Posted by Prototype909

Considering they said Hildebrand's story isn't going to continue in 3.x without fan input, yes.

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This is the first I've heard of this, I'd be sad to see Hildebrand end. Do you have a link where you got this informations?

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Originally Posted by WellFooled

This is the first I've heard of this, I'd be sad to see Hildebrand end. Do you have a link where you got this informations?

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It was one of the topics discussed at fanfest, I'm sure one of the threads here or on reddit discusses it

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Originally Posted by Granyala

Will we even get a 2.5, considering the fact that they want to release the addon in spring 2015?
I don't think so.

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Devs have been talking about 2.5 even before 2.4 came out, Gold Saucer was moved to "the second part of 2.5" according to one of the recent live letters.

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Originally Posted by MilesSaintboroguh

Didn't the devs want to get away from primals being the focus once 3.0 hits?

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It means the main story wont focus that much on primals, not that there will be no new primals.

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Originally Posted by WellFooled

...and Doom Train

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Doom Train is actually a magitek train used to carry soldiers between Imperial castrums

I'm pretty sure all of the actual 2.X primals are out and done. I can see an Odin trial being ready, but other than that... all I can think of would be a rematch with Gilgamesh, an EX version of Ultima Weapon with the power of all of the 2.X primals rather than just Ifrit/Garuda/Titan, a fight with Omega Mk. I (the weakest version of Omega) being controlled by Teledji Adeledji, or something related to the Gold Saucer.

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Originally Posted by Granyala

Will we even get a 2.5, considering the fact that they want to release the addon in spring 2015?
I don't think so.

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The devs have stated that there will be a 2.5 at FanFest, and with a recent error in the 2.4 patch notes with items meant for patches 2.45 and 2.5 being included by mistake.

Patch 2.5, afaik, will include the following, but will not be limited to:

-Crystal Tower: The World of Darkness (Final Boss: Cloud of Darkness)
-Free Company Airship Building

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Originally Posted by MilesSaintboroguh

Didn't the devs want to get away from primals being the focus once 3.0 hits?

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lol they have already announced the first 2 primals for 3.0 an their respective beastman tribes. Bismark & Ravana.

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Originally Posted by Morningstar1337

And yet we get 2 new Primals announced in Heavensward

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Doesn't mean Ravana, Bismarck and other primals will be the main focus. Almost the entirety of 2.0's story so far is focusing on stopping the Primal threat to Eorzea. I imagine in the expansion, it'll end up like "Oh, there's another Primal. We have to stop it." then move on with whatever will be the main story focus of Heavensward.

IMO, next primals for 2.5 would be either Omega or Odin. Odin's trail has been shown during fan fests, while Omega is part of the 2.X plot.
I must have missed the part where they were talking about Zodiark ... was it really mentioned in-game?

I'm placing bets on 2.5's story focusing on either Omega Weapon or Midgardsormr (The latter since they mentioned it quite a few times after defeating Shiva in 2.4's story, surely there's a reason for that).

I'm secretly hoping we're getting another Praetorium-esque dungeon in 2.5 though. They did say they plan to make the 2.x series go out with a bang, after all. Not as big as the Calamity however. A man can dream...

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Originally Posted by Andres_Lonegrief

IMO, next primals for 2.5 would be either Omega or Odin. Odin's trail has been shown during fan fests, while Omega is part of the 2.X plot.
I must have missed the part where they were talking about Zodiark ... was it really mentioned in-game?

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Two or three main scenario cutscenes show the ascians talking about their "true god" Zodiark.

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Originally Posted by Muzetta

I'm secretly hoping we're getting another Praetorium-esque dungeon in 2.5 though. They did say they plan to make the 2.x series go out with a bang, after all. Not as big as the Calamity however. A man can dream...

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Please no, only if it's a solo dungeon or it has no cutscenes, the current prae/cm already caused enough heat due to the long added minutes of cutscenes.

Seeing as how 2.5 is the last patch before the expansion, I reckon we will focus more on finishing the current storylines. I think we might not even see a primal battle at all, instead we will fight the current Ascians. Since Zodiark is a known esper in the FF universe, he might be the next primal battle, but I think he will be the final boss of a new dungeon/raid and not a trial battle.

With the way he's built up, he seems like he'd be the "Promathia" of XIV. I can't imagine fighting Zodiark in some random patch, but as the focus of an expansion and the climax of it I can see it happening.

Isn't Zodiark the dark Hydaelin-like crystal we saw in one of the main story quest ?

In 2.5 we should have Gilgamesh "8-arms", the last part of Crystal Tower and the finale of 2.X
Omega could indeed makes its apperance. Could the last dungeon be Agrius with a Midgarsomr prime at the end ? ^^

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Originally Posted by DoubleT

lol they have already announced the first 2 primals for 3.0 an their respective beastman tribes. Bismark & Ravana.

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We still don't know what impact they will have on the story, lore wise all the beastmen worship deities, going by this lore they can add more primals as they add beastmen.

For 2.0 the main story theme is the Garlean threat, then once we get through this story arc the next is the primal threat. the 3.0 storyline is going to focus mostly on the war between Ishgard and Dravania, they can however still have battles with the new primals, it will just not be the main focus of the storyline. All storylines move off the main focus for a bit then go back. So they can add primals and their fights, just not have it the main focus as it has been in the latter half of the 2.0 storylines.

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Originally Posted by Necato

Isn't Zodiark the dark Hydaelin-like crystal we saw in one of the main story quest ?

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http://i.imgur.com/MDToMW6.jpg

The Unending Journey - Seventh Astral Era quests - What Little Gods Are Made Of

Watch cutscene #3, you will see what seems to be a statue of Zodiark.

It differs a lot from XII's version of Zodiark.

2.5 will be different to previous patches seeing as it's the conclusion of the current story arc, we'll likely see some more involved storyline boss fights.

We won't be fighting Zodiark since he's the long term villain and is currently not even revived. We'll fight the majority of the Ascians long before we fight Zodiark and there are thirteen of them!

2.5 will likely have the Odin trial, and we've already had Gilgamesh confirmed in his 8-armed version. The main story will most likely involve a rematch with Lahabrea in Ishgard or something. Based on Louisoix's prophecies Lahabrea is the final boss of the 2.x arc going into 3.0.

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Originally Posted by WellFooled

Hard to say. You're right in that most of the common summons have already been included, but Alexander is notably missing. I would love to see him added, but I would hope that he gets a bigger story than the one patch wonders the last few primals have been.

With Bismark being a Primal in 3.0, it looks like some of the lesser known summons are getting their time in the sun. I'm hoping to see some classic but rarely used summons like Kirin, Maduin, and Doom Train,

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Doom train is in the game already ^^

Next possible Primal or notably called "Trial" would be
-Odin
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-Omega (Theyve been talking about it since 2.3, it should be a thing)