Shiva, the last hostile primal? Maybe not.

[coldreactive]

Me and a friend were discussing some things... and it got me thinking. 2.4 will be the next main story portion I'm sure, and we're closing in fast on patch 2.5 right after that as such (Which is a major milestone version.) So, we were thinking of things that could happen:

1. Ishgarde could be sitting atop Alexander, an elder primal being controlled by the Archbishop / Holy See. It could awaken at the end of 2.5 in a major cutscene akin to the quality of the end of 1.0 (Due to 2.5 being a milestone patch to 3.0)

2. At the end of Patch 2.9, we could have an ascian be killed for the first time, its ashes unlock the power of flight in a chocobo, which then breeds with others to make more.

3. Square Enix likes to do things in 8s (According to my friend) So we'd have 6 primals under our belts after Shiva... which would mean 2 more. See number one above.

[SDaemon]

The Alexander bit seems interesting. We won't get to 2.9 however and the bit about the ascian's ashes seems odds and goes against what we know of them. Very unlikely to have 6 primals between now and expansion, but considering how many were shown released in the 1.0 video I'm guessing we'll have primals to spare for the future

[Airget]

It is possible that the Ascians are planning to start a war using Ishgarde and through that maybe they are hoping to awaken the "first" mechanical/primal based hybrid Alexander. Seeing as Ultima was a hybrid in the sense that it was a mechanical creature which drew it power from Ifrit/Titan/Garuda. It's possible that the tecnology of Ultima was discovered through the primal Alexander which could sleep beneath Ishgarde.

[Ryans]

2.5 is supposed to be the last major patch before the expansion and I believe Yoshida said he wanted to get away from the primal theme. Shiva is supposed to be the last that we fight.

[Rufalus]

2.5 could be the end of the 2.x series, and 3.0 follows. I am ready for new type of content.

[Mugiawara]

2.5 could be the end of the 2.x series, and 3.0 follows. I am ready for new type of content.

Same.
Kinda tired of
--
Coil.
CT.
Primal.
--
Every other update.

[Crimson-Falcon]

Same.
Kinda tired of
--
Coil.
CT.
Primal.
--
Every other update.

expansion wont be different

forbidden land of Eureka

something like CT

Primal

[Empressia]

Same.
Kinda tired of
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Coil RNG DROPS.
CT RNG DROPS.
Primal RNG DROPS.
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Every other update.

Fixed it fer ya

[Mahri]

Can't wait until they release the Eden primal, except it's not a boss fight or anything; Eden is an entire zone that we quest in to earn the favor of.

And then Eden and Alexander-Ishgard fight. World is reshuffled again. Bahamut shows up only long enough to go "HAH" at the chaos before flying off to wherever he's been.

[Chiramu]

Alexander would be pretty hard to do for a battle like the other primals. He is more like Bahamut. He will be involved in the story, but it would be hard to call him a primal battle, especially since he is not evil or dangerous.

Looking at the summons from FFIV and FFVI would be best, as Rydia collects a lot of them and there is an Esper village in VI. FFVII though has majority of all the primals already in game.