The 3.1 preview looks ominous...

[Alisa180]

I know the 'Against the Dying of the Light' quest name is a reference to the poem. What worries me is what happened to warrant that reference. After all, you can't make a reference to a poem about fighting the end and the inevitable, without the implication that something despair-inducing enough occurred in the first place. The fact Lucia gives out the quest, after Alphinaud had served as the primary quest giver up until that point, doesn't help and makes me somewhat worried something is going to happen to the latter. (Which is why the original OP included me begging SE not to do anything to Alphinaud. The kid has been through enough for now.)

[PArcher]

I know the 'Against the Dying of the Light' quest name is a reference to the poem. What worries me is what happened to warrant that reference. After all, you can't make a reference to a poem about fighting the end and the inevitable, without the implication that something despair-inducing enough occurred in the first place. The fact Lucia gives out the quest, after Alphinaud had served as the primary quest giver up until that point, doesn't help and makes me somewhat worried something is going to happen to the latter. (Which is why the original OP included me begging SE not to do anything to Alphinaud. The kid has been through enough for now.)

Similar to how I felt after accepting the quest after Titan...and my mind automatically finished the thought...and I knew something bad was about to happen.

[Morningstar1337]

Similar to how I felt after accepting the quest after Titan...and my mind automatically finished the thought...and I knew something bad was about to happen.

And 2.5's last quest was called "Before the Dawn"