Doom train might appear in the future!

For those not in the known and are playing playing Final Fantasy XIV as your first game, Doom Train is quite possibly one of the most ridiculously awesome summon from Final Fantasy VIII.

Wonder what they're going to do with him? A dungeon based on exploring carriages? (Dungeons are linear anyway may as well) a straight up trial boss? Do you think they're reference Final Fantasy VI's Phantom Train with a suplex throwback somewhere?

http://i.imgur.com/QK9m9mo.png

http://www.dualshockers.com/2016/04/...tent-revealed/

Let's enter in a hype train!!! ... Ok i better leave alone

doom train <3.... <3 but if gotta wait til enter garlemaid we talking about 5.0+? ._. and deep dungeon system kinda sound slike a game i played growing up.. azure dreams lol

The deeps dungeons make me think of Persona 3 and its Tower :)

wait wait.. more info about new jobs in expansion will come at fanfest?? so when exactly is the fanfest lol

October for the US one from what I understand, which is the same month the 2013 Fanfests were held (where Heavensward was first announced). So there's a long time to go before we hear anything more.

Also that article mentioned nothing about Doomtrain, so I think you're making a big assumption here (the only reference ever mentioned about Doomtrain was a very vague reference made back during last year's Rising event) - as it is FFVI's Phantom Train is already mentioned in the game as being the nickname for Garlemald's (non undead/summon) railway that runs between Castrum Meridanium and Castrum Centri, so I'm wondering how the lore could add Doomtrain into the game, unless it's a newly created Primal or something... but I guess we'll see.

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Originally Posted by Enkidoh

Also that article mentioned nothing about Doomtrain, so I think you're making a big assumption here (the only reference ever mentioned about Doomtrain was a very vague reference made back during last year's Rising event) - as it is FFVI's Phantom Train is already mentioned in the game as being the nickname for Garlemald's (non undead/summon) railway that runs between Castrum Meridanium and Castrum Centri, so I'm wondering how the lore could add Doomtrain into the game, unless it's a newly created Primal or something... but I guess we'll see.

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During the Pax Panel of yesterday, there was a direct question about the Doomtrain.
YoshiP replied something like "Maaaaybe in the patch 5.0... maaaaaybe when we go in the Garlean Empire [intended as a new location for a new expansion]".

I wouldn't read too much into his comment at this point. They wouldn't have more than a very basic idea of the direction they want to go in 5.0. He seemed more surprised someone asked and also said maybe doomtrain would fly (which would make it a doom plane? Doom Rocket?)

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Originally Posted by Enkidoh

October for the US one from what I understand, which is the same month the 2013 Fanfests were held (where Heavensward was first announced). So there's a long time to go before we hear anything more.

Also that article mentioned nothing about Doomtrain, so I think you're making a big assumption here (the only reference ever mentioned about Doomtrain was a very vague reference made back during last year's Rising event) - as it is FFVI's Phantom Train is already mentioned in the game as being the nickname for Garlemald's (non undead/summon) railway that runs between Castrum Meridanium and Castrum Centri, so I'm wondering how the lore could add Doomtrain into the game, unless it's a newly created Primal or something... but I guess we'll see.

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Doom train might appear in the future, possibly when players might get to go to Garlemald.

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u wot m8, it's right there as a maybe.

2018 is gonna be a good year.

Can't wait to see Godbert suplex the Doomtrain #sabinsuplex

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Originally Posted by Enkidoh

October for the US one from what I understand, which is the same month the 2013 Fanfests were held (where Heavensward was first announced). So there's a long time to go before we hear anything more.

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really not that long xD time flies so will be here in no time ;p

Well, if it's already in the game, and associated with the Castrums.... and we're going to Garlemald in the expansion... I'd bet that Doom train is how we're getting there?

The way I heard his response to the Doomtrain question, it sounded to me as though it is a distinct possibility that it will come when we finally go to Garlemald. His use of "maybe 5.0?" has a certain connotation to me though - that we will NOT be visiting Garlemald in the next expansion, but rather, one coming after that.

It makes me wonder, too - supposedly he was given a choice of themes for 3.0, and he chose Sky instead of Sea. Perhaps 4.0 will be the Sea themed expansion, with 5.0 being when we get to go to Garlemald? Time will tell ...

It still a long way though. :(

We do know the Garleans have those giant trains, the Doomtrain could be a Garlean supply train filled with guards that we have to destroy. That could be a fun dungeon, fighting through a train to stop the Garleans from using it's cargo.

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Originally Posted by Pells

Well, if it's already in the game, and associated with the Castrums.... and we're going to Garlemald in the expansion... I'd bet that Doom train is how we're getting there?

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i had that thought aswell lol

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Can't wait to see Godbert suplex the Doomtrain #sabinsuplex

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Better give the Suplex skill to the Monks when 5.0 gets released.

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Originally Posted by Roth_Trailfinder

The way I heard his response to the Doomtrain question, it sounded to me as though it is a distinct possibility that it will come when we finally go to Garlemald. His use of "maybe 5.0?" has a certain connotation to me though - that we will NOT be visiting Garlemald in the next expansion, but rather, one coming after that.

It makes me wonder, too - supposedly he was given a choice of themes for 3.0, and he chose Sky instead of Sea. Perhaps 4.0 will be the Sea themed expansion, with 5.0 being when we get to go to Garlemald? Time will tell ...

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The hints being given the past patches is that Ala Mhigo will be the next expansion, but what I dont understand is, isnt Ala Mhigo surrounded sand and more sand?

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The hints being given the past patches is that Ala Mhigo will be the next expansion, but what I dont understand is, isnt Ala Mhigo surrounded sand and more sand?

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Well a literal Sea is typically surrounded by land; most Seas in our world could, in a very bad sense, be called giant salt water lakes, although there is a fresh water one somewhere. Has to be water somewhere in Ala Mhigo even if underground.

However in a less literal sense, whilst not scientifically correct, people have and do use Sea to refer to vast bodies that arent neccisarily water. A "Sea" of sand is sort of a thing, and would be vaugely poetic I guess.



On point of Doomtrain, I would hazard a long guess it could be the final dungeon, preluding to the final trial of the "5.0" MSQ much like Aehterochemicalwhatever and Thoridan was for 3.0; I picture it leading into the main Palace for our final encounter, having to fight through the many guards as they remove the rear sections.

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Originally Posted by Roth_Trailfinder

The way I heard his response to the Doomtrain question, it sounded to me as though it is a distinct possibility that it will come when we finally go to Garlemald. His use of "maybe 5.0?" has a certain connotation to me though - that we will NOT be visiting Garlemald in the next expansion, but rather, one coming after that.

It makes me wonder, too - supposedly he was given a choice of themes for 3.0, and he chose Sky instead of Sea. Perhaps 4.0 will be the Sea themed expansion, with 5.0 being when we get to go to Garlemald? Time will tell ...

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Yep, that is what I think too.