Future leader of Apa Mhigo

[Laerune]

I don't think Garlean's going to get to do too much in the MSQ for the next few patches. 3.3 should focus mostly on the end of the Dragonsong War, which has basically nothing to do with the Empire. And I remember hearing somewhere that the Ascians aren't going to be showing up very much in 4.X, which means that they'll probably be facing a major defeat in the next little bit that forces them to go to ground and lick their wounds for a while. So assuming the same number of patches/progression that 2.X had I figure they'll take a more prominent role around 3.5 or 3.55. Assuming that the next expansion is Empire/Ala Mihgo centric of course.

In the meantime, they'll probably keep showing up in the Warring Triad stuff just so we don't forget about them entirely.

I agree with you, but didnt Yoshida say in a interview that 3.4 is the final HW patch? This makes me think that 3.3 will be 60% Dragonsong War and 40% new storyline. Then in 3.4 we get more information about Alla Mhigo and we enjoy another epic ending.

[Frederick22]

I agree with you, but didnt Yoshida say in a interview that 3.4 is the final HW patch? This makes me think that 3.3 will be 60% Dragonsong War and 40% new storyline. Then in 3.4 we get more information about Alla Mhigo and we enjoy another epic ending.

He never said that.

[Hinoto-no-Ryuji]

I agree with you, but didnt Yoshida say in a interview that 3.4 is the final HW patch?

He said (or implied) somewhere that the 3.x series would be shorter, in some fashion, than 2.x. Some people took that to mean "no 3.5" and it spread around. I've never seen the original quote in context, now that I think about it, but given how much this game loves its patterns and given the pacing of everything thus far, I'd be surprised if there wasn't a 3.5.

Consider how the 3.3 previews are hyping it up as the Dragonsong War finale, as well. I think it's likely that we'll take care of Niddhog (whatever that entails) in 3.3, while 3.4 and 3.5 deal with the lead-up to whatever the next expansion is.