The big spoiler in the Heavensward opening/trailer was a huge mistake. (spoilers obv)

[Wildsprite]

We actually don't know this. Even 13 years after launch, FFXI still only plays the base game's opening video when the game launches. Even though cinematics for nearly every expansion exist, none of them are played at that time. There's good reason for XIV to follow suit with this practice, especially since YouTube is a thing.

you're right we don't actually know it, however the info from the live letter gave the impression it would. I guess we will have to wait and see.

[kyuven]

you're right we don't actually know it, however the info from the live letter gave the impression it would. I guess we will have to wait and see.

It could also very well be something that locks behind content. Remember how literally everything behind HW requires completing the main story? Changing the cutscene would actually be something rather dynamic to go with it.

I'm done with this discussion because it's completely pointless trying to talk sense into the OF, but I'd just like to point out for those that are saying that the context of the scene will make no sense to someone who hasn't played the game and won't ruin it for them at all, you meet Nanamo at like level 15. She dies in the preview. That's pretty much the climax of the entire story. The warning is there for a reason, but the scene didn't need to be there at all. People didn't need context, they just needed hype for Ishgard. It was unnecessary and stupid to put something in that completely cut off an entire portion of the game's audience from seeing it. There are other trailers, sure, but this is the full CGI one, the one that's supposed to grab people (thus the name "screen grab") which anybody new can now not see because they will get spoiled if they do. I'm amazed people are just fine with that, I guess because you're not in their shoes so it's fine whatever they do. Who cares though, they put a warning there, I hope Heavensward bombs in sales so SE finally gets a wake up call that copying WoW won't last them forever. Feel free to defend all their decisions to the death, it's really telling just how often this happens.

1) Again, this is the opening for the expansion, a new player won't likely see it because the HW opening cinematic is not intended for them.
2) The warning is there for current players who haven't finished the 2.55 content at this time but are still invested in the story, because they are the target audience.
3) Once again, it's an expansion cinema. These are meant to grab people who already played the first part, not new players. New players get the "End of an Era" cinema.
4) I can say with absolute 100% certainty that HW is not going to bomb, and I read nearly this exact sentence every time a popular MMO comes out with an expansion. It rarely happens.