Might be we get to visit the wreckage of the Agrius after all... perhaps as 2.5's new dungeon? Either way, with 2.5 being the last major patch we know of before Heavensward, there are a lot of threads left to be tied up and adressed, unless they're planning to leave them all open to deal with in the expansion. In any case, it's clear the situation in Ul'dah is coming to a head, and that would be my first guess for the focus of 2.5. The Ascians no doubt will continue well into 3.0, perhaps even beyond, as will Garlemald. Iceheart and Shiva also gave us a lot of hints at the war between Dravania and Ishgard, meaning that the conflict is probably not at all as black and white as Ishgard would have us believe. How can it be, after all, with the Ascians influencing the Holy See, as seen at the end of 2.3? The biggest surprise, for me, was the sudden re-emergence of Midgarsorm into the main story. What connection does the Keeper of the Lake have not only with the primals, but with the war between Dravania and Ishgard? Will he truly be resurrected? If so, how? He has been dead for at least a decade, has he not?

So many questions, so little answers. Regardless I feel that this patch was the best we got so far in terms of story content.

As a small side-note, I also found the revelation of Sastasha (Hard) to be very interesting, by which I mean how the pirates were transformed into sea-creatures ala Pirates of the Caribbean by overexposure to water-aspected aether. This puts a whole new light and aspect to the act of tempering. What would happen to tempered thralls of Garuda or Ifrit if they were tempered too much? What would they turn into?

I am very curious to see where it's all headed. It's building up to a climax, that much is certain. Let the countdown to 2.5 begin.