New Years Poem 2015

[Ooshima]

I personal wonder if the secret trial isn't Omega. 2.5 is getting a new Frontlines mode. And with the Ul'dah story likely coming to a conclusion before 3.0, it seems they'd try to reactivate Omega, as that was part of the villians scheme. .

I thought the new trial will be Odin?

And isn't Omega Weapon a thing of the Allagans? More likely to appear in the Crystal Tower series imo.

[Anonymoose]

I thought the new trial will be Odin?

There are 3 trials planned for 2.5 (Part 1), Urth's Fount, The Revenge of Gilgamesh, and a Mystery Trial which is open to speculation.

Isn't Omega Weapon a thing of the Allagans? More likely to appear in the Crystal Tower series imo.

It is, but the storylines haven't really interwoven all that much so far, and Omega has been referenced only in the events of the Main Scenario as part of Lolorito Teledji's attempt to manipulate the destiny of Ul'dah.

[Enkidoh]

It is, but the storylines haven't really interwoven all that much so far, and Omega has been referenced only in the events of the Main Scenario as part of Lolorito's attempt to manipulate the destiny of Ul'dah.

I thought that was actually

Aledji-Taledji who was really the one wanting to overthrow the Sultana, and was the one responsible for crafting the Carteneau Reclamation Bill simply to unearth the Omega Weapon, and that Lord Lorolito was just a red herring?

But then I haven't finished the 2.4 story yet so feel free to correct me if I'm wrong.

[Wolfandre]

A dark secret, eh?

Had some shower thoughts the other day, so I didn't have my darksteel foil hat on at the time... But I'm starting to think that Halone and Shiva are the saaaaaame person. We don't have specific time period for when they both showed up in history. They're both heavily involved with Ishgard. Both are ice aligned.

Yep. Same person. Dark secret. You heard it here first (unless, of course, you heard it somewhere else first...or thought of that yourself).

[lololink]

A dark secret, eh?

Had some shower thoughts the other day, so I didn't have my darksteel foil hat on at the time... But I'm starting to think that Halone and Shiva are the saaaaaame person. We don't have specific time period for when they both showed up in history. They're both heavily involved with Ishgard. Both are ice aligned.

Yep. Same person. Dark secret. You heard it here first (unless, of course, you heard it somewhere else first...or thought of that yourself).

Halone seemed to exist since the first astral era, they can't be the same.

[Anonymoose]

I thought that was actually...

Nah, you're right. I've got 2.5 material on the brain and Lolorito's most lik-... well, you're right. Thanks for catching that!

<walks away whistling for a few steps, then looks back and sprints>

A dark secret, eh?

Something something something Battle of Silvertear Skies something Ascians something something Dragonsong War...

[Balipu]

I doubt the mistery trial will be Omega. If you remember Omega was inteded by the Allagans to kill Bahamut. As in the city state sized dragon. Omega is likely bigger than Alexander.

[Nalien]

Yes, but he didn't got eat by a primal the same way the sahagin priest was, It seemed to be a good way to send the spirit of the ascian to the sea of stars by linking it to a primal so that once it is defeated it takes the ascian with it same way the sahagin didn't come back after it was eat and leviathan was defeated.

I went back and check the "What little Gods are made of" cutscene, and they explained that the Sahagin was defeated because his "soul" had no place to retreat to, while the Ascians use the Dark Crystals to retreat to their own little pocket dimension. So we need to trap the Ascian (in Auracite) for the Primal to eat them.

Basically I think Auracite is going to become Ascian flavored Pez that we feed to Primals...

[Wolfandre]

Halone seemed to exist since the first astral era, they can't be the same.

Ehhhhhh I suppose I'll apologize for that one. My facetiousness didn't ply out well over the interwebs, and in a serious thread, to boot. My bad, y'all.

Something something something Battle of Silvertear Skies something Ascians something something Dragonsong War...

This is the basket I'm placing my eggs in too. Similar to my joke about Shiva and Halone, though. I'm thinking we'll find that some scandal is what initially sparked the Dragonsong War and that there is waaaaay more to Silvertear Skies than we thought. You know, other than the vast manipulation of the Empire by the Ascians.

[Viridiana]

Is it just me or is the Ascian gear not very mail-like? I mean, it always struck me as being basically a robe. . .

Now, the renewed Garlean threat, on the other hand, I would reference as ebon mail.