2.5 - Before the Fall

[CGMidlander]

Zodiark? Nah, probably 7.0 at the earliest. I mean where would you go after a dark god?

The same place they went after coil; other powerful monsters/evil stuff/ancient stuff

[Balipu]

The same place they went after coil; other powerful monsters/evil stuff/ancient stuff

True, but Zodiark is pretty much the Dark Hydaelyn. To create a credible threat after him would require us to leave the planet.


"As I mentioned during my 19th LIVE letter, we’re planning to break up the spectacular conclusion of the current story into three updates."

This could be interpreted several way. Either a three part patch, or a two part patch and an expansion launch event.

[Nalien]

It can't be Zodiark because I think that is going into somewhere in 3.0.

Zodiark is technically just another Primal, 2.0 is meant to conclude the Primal threat storyline, so it's likely the Ascians/Zodiark will be dealt with by the end. They could always return though, I kind of get the feeling that Lahabrea is making his own plans...

That said, I doubt the Mystery Trial will be anything significant to the story, considering it is in 2.5 not 2.51+ where the story concludes... I find it far more likely it will be another Ultima Ballad style fight, perhaps with Gaius van Baelsar and his team of utter weaklings.

I mean where would you go after a dark god?

East, then to the past, then west, if Final Fantasy XI is anything to go off. Who's to say Zodiark is even the only dark god? They've got plenty they can do given XIVs fanservice nature.

[WellFooled]

Zodiark is technically just another Primal, 2.0 is meant to conclude the Primal threat

I don't think we should be so sure of this, seeing as how two new Primals have already been announced for Heavensward. Maybe there will be less of a focus on them than before, but I don't think the concept is going away any time soon.

[Naraku_Diabolos]

The mystery trial is Odin, I believe.

[DragonSlayer45]

The mystery trial is Odin, I believe.

They have already said we are fighting an instanced Odin in 2.5. Not much of a mystery if the secrets out.

[Nestama]

The mystery trial is Odin, I believe.

Urth's Fount is Odin...

[DarkStar]

There is a decent chance that this "Mystery Trial" will be Gilgamesh Extreme. Since Greg is still hanging around, and is obviously unhappy at us for defeating him way back in the first case, he'll probably send us a challenge to face him at his full power (IE, all 8 arms) at some point during or after the Hildibrand questline.

At least, that's my hope anyway. And I also hope he drops joke weapons, like Excalipoor, or Nragarok!

[Nalien]

Maybe there will be less of a focus on them than before, but I don't think the concept is going away any time soon.

I believe that's exactly what Yoshida said; they wont be the focus anymore, though Alexander is a thing now, so as usual I'm getting mixed messages from the guy...

I could actually see the Mystery Trial being Zodiark, since all the pieces for us defeating the Ascians are already in place save one, and I'm thinking the 2.51 story content is marking the return of Nidhogg, with "The Battle for Ishgard" being the dragons first assault, which we help repel resulting in Ishgard welcoming us in come 3.0. So 2.5 could resolve the Ascians storyline with 2.51 setting up the expansion. I'd still put my money on Ultima Ballad 2.0, though.

The mystery trial is Odin, I believe.

There is a decent chance that this "Mystery Trial" will be Gilgamesh Extreme.

I was under the impression "Urth's Fount" and "Revenge of Gilgamesh" were self explanatory.

[DarkStar]

I was under the impression "Urth's Fount" and "Revenge of Gilgamesh" were self explanatory.

To be fair, I had skimmed over most of the stuff from the last Live Letter, since I was really only interested in information on the new jobs. Still, good to see that Gilgamesh is definitely getting an Extreme Mode.

...Still hoping that he drops joke weapons. >w>