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I still don't understand why they just didn't go with that first, instead of making all this light crystal thing that doesn't seem to work correctly, it's not like killing a primal would be an issue.
Do you mean Auracite? I believe it's a focus because it will trap the Ascians temporarily and allow us to hit them with a burst of Aether to defeat them permanently. Lahabrea managed to escape remember.

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Still I wonder if the secret trial will be Halone, considering how religious the Ishgardians are and with the recent return of primals, the summoning of Shiva by the heretics and ascians having a plan regarding summoning primals while using someone as a catalyst.
I wonder... Currently I'm assuming the mystery trial will just be another Ultima Ballad style thing, I recall mention of a Gaius rematch being mentioned a few times so I assume it'll be that. I can't quite see it being story related when it's in 2.5, not 2.51 onwards.