So the devs said that the Dragonsong War...

[CGMidlander]

...will be resolved within the time span of 3.x, right?

If so, then...





Hopefully Midgardsormr didn't bet any money on this stuff taking generations to fix.

[PArcher]

Just because the war as far as we are concerned (the fighting, taking the fanatics and blind followers out of power, stopping Nidhogg...) is over, doesn't mean its over for the Dravanians and Ishgard.

Racism between man and dragon will continue for ages, as will the classism between highborn and lowborn, and the fanatics on both sides will still work to get back into power and defeat the enemies they see.

THAT is the war that will take generations to end. I mean, look at the real world for examples of this...

[Theodric]

We'll likely stop Nidhogg but I suspect that something will happen to ensure that we don't get anything more than a bittersweet to the storyline. The expansion was, after all, marketed as being 'darker' than ARR. I imagine that the wedge between Ishgard's 'haves' and 'have nots' will persist as well. The High Houses are unlikely to throw away their position. I imagine it's the same for many of the minor nobles as well. Besides, now that they're part of the Eorzean Alliance, why would they? The other nations have exceptionally wealthy individuals too and they're not about to give up their power and status. Nor should they, as far as I'm concerned.

[dragoelete]

We'll likely stop Nidhogg but I suspect that something will happen to ensure that we don't get anything more than a bittersweet to the storyline. The expansion was, after all, marketed as being 'darker' than ARR. I imagine that the wedge between Ishgard's 'haves' and 'have nots' will persist as well. The High Houses are unlikely to throw away their position. I imagine it's the same for many of the minor nobles as well. Besides, now that they're part of the Eorzean Alliance, why would they? The other nations have exceptionally wealthy individuals too and they're not about to give up their power and status. Nor should they, as far as I'm concerned.

saying that the expansion is going to be darker than ARR isn't saying much... considering that we aren't even half way done with the expansion yet and its already been darker than ARR...

[Kaiser-Ace]

Funny, Moenbryda's death was the darkest pert of 2.xx (people were calling BS on Nanamo:s death from the start) and Lord H's death was part of 3.0's MSQ and already WAY more heart wrenching than Moen's death since we knew her for like 2 days but Lord H had fought beside us, stuck his neck out for use, and actually took that kill shot that was aimed AT US.

So it wasn't even the end of the story quests and we got way darker than 2.xx right out of the gate.

[Morningstar1337]

So it wasn't even the end of the story quests and we got way darker than 2.xx right out of the gate.

That dosen't mean it will suddenly be all sunshine and rainbows and Ishgard becomes the Land of Milk and Honey though, especially with all the Game of Thrones references

[MilesSaintboroguh]

The war could end next patch, but the aftermath won't go away for generations to come.

[Belhi]

I think for me the darkest part of HW has been just how messed up a situation we walked into in the Dragonsong war. Its full of awful betrayals and a senseless cycle of pain, lose and hatred that has gone on for a thousand years. Ending the war was less about bring an evil to justice as it was about having to break the cycle by force, even if that means putting down one of those who was a victim of the crime that started it all.

Even compared to the corruption in Ul'dah, Ishgard is full of terrible and horrendous stories of lose and death, from spouses being murdered under the guise of 'heresy' in Ishgard's messed up political manoeuvring, to the carnage on the field's of battle against the Horde, to a young orphan girl freezing to death in the Brume, Ishgard is a dark place in a lot of ways.

[Kaiser-Ace]

That dosen't mean it will suddenly be all sunshine and rainbows and Ishgard becomes the Land of Milk and Honey though, especially with all the Game of Thrones references

Didn't say it was.. Matter of fact, that's not at all what I was suggesting I said that the opening arc of 3.0 was darker than the entire 2.xx plotline.
It is very possible that things are really close to going very wrong extreemly fast. And there may not be anything we can do this time
We've, in the span of a few weeks, compleatly eradicated a thousand year old status quo and now the rising of the peasents may end with a bloody reaconing that even The WoL won't be able to stop.

[WellFooled]

I don't think all fighting will end against villainous dragons for as long as we play the game, otherwise we would have no lore excuse for killing the dragon monsters we find in Heavensward zones.