4th Starting City-State in 1st Expansion

[CatholicFan]

Ishgard and Ala Mhigo is most likely the higher level content for 1st Expansion ranging from lvl 51+ content with Ala Mhigo being the Final Story Dungeon for 2.0 Main Story Quest.

Currently 2.1 has set Sharlayan as a important story point that we will need to go to eventually to discover the Fate of the Circle of Knowing and for information about this new White Ascian who could be the Main Antagonist for 1st Expansion Storyline.

If you watched through the final cutscene of the 2.0 main-story, then I'd say what the Ascians reference in that scene is much more likely to be the boss for the first expansion. This White Ascian business comes off as just being a build-up to something much bigger. Sadly, I don't think we're going to get any major storylines until said expansion hits.

Why dont we just worry about 2.2 for now, and not something that isnt even close to being here yet.

Based roughly on Final Fantasy XI's expansion release schedule, coupled with comments by the dev team that they're already working on the expansion, it's reasonable to discuss this. Also, given the major-update schedule, It's likely we'll be seeing it in about a year. I expect we'll get 2.2 in March, 2.3 summer, 2.4 in fall, 2.5 in winter, and then the first expansion will drop roughly in spring of 2015. So, realistically, there's only going to be 4-5 more story content updates before the next major release, and the seeds of what that will be are likely being laid out in the current content.