Where do we go from here? (3.4+ Speculation)

[Velhart]

But Ala Mhigo isn't a desert area at all...




It's an area filled with mountains. I'm eager to visit this place!

Its design is -similar- to Ul'Dah's. I hope we get new unique looking areas.

[Frederick22]

About the "sky or sea" thing. I think this was a misunderstanding to be honest.

They never said that "ohh lets choose one of this options for the coming expansion and with the one we havent pick will use it on the next one"
They were only desiding what main theme to use on heavensward, nothing says that sea will be used on 4.0

[Lone-wolfe-02]

Hopefully this place far from Eorzea so i can bomb these Yo-kai out of existance.

[ADVSS]

Thats also my take on it i mean sea would be cool, but totally unnecessary sea travel would probably be more beneficial to be added either for invading garlemald or to bypass it to go to the near east, if flying over garlemald is most likely prohibited, or not an option*though could still technically fly over the sea so idk)

[dinnertime]

But Ala Mhigo isn't a desert area at all...




It's an area filled with mountains. I'm eager to visit this place!

Gyr Abania being a desert is a common misconception about it, probably since Ala Mhigans are mostly dark-skinned (maybe because of living in Thanalan for 2 decades) and being in Thanalan in general. The only Ala Mhigans i've seen that weren't so dark skinned were probably a few like Widargelt and Minfilia.

More concept art for it:


Third image does scream "Ul'dah", doesn't it?

[Alexander_Dragonfang]

I doubt we are going to see Ala Mhigo before 5.0...

We are probably turning our direction to Meracydia, if i were to bet, the Warriors of Darkness are going to absolutely defeat us "as individuals", since even if we have lost companions and all, as the warrior of light, even when taken the echo from us, we were never defeated in our role of savior and bringer of light. I dare say 3.55 will end with the Warriors of Darkness beating us on a 1 on 1, probably the derplander beating the shit out of us, and after that, while the rest of our "crew" focus on the upcoming Garlean advance with the new hyperpowered Hydrus at its head, they buy us time to flee Eorzea and look for the key to beat the united power of the Warring Triad on their homeland, where also everything began for the Allagan Empire. Meracydia.

Bet we will go flying on the back of Hraelsverg even, neverending journey much.

[dinnertime]

I dare say 3.55 will end with the Warriors of Darkness beating us on a 1 on 1, probably the derplander beating the shit out of us

I'd like to see the Warrior of Light defeated for once. It's getting cliché that we always win, and we're always portrayed as being so powerful, even without the blessing. Just my personal tastes though.

Also yeah, I doubt Ala Mhigo will be accessible anytime soon. I don't see much build up in the story for us to liberate it yet and the MSQs have been so short for it to even pull that off right now.

[Sparktacus]

I'd like to see the Warrior of Light defeated for once. It's getting cliché that we always win, and we're always portrayed as being so powerful, even without the blessing. Just my personal tastes though.

Also yeah, I doubt Ala Mhigo will be accessible anytime soon. I don't see much build up in the story for us to liberate it yet and the MSQs have been so short for it to even pull that off right now.

The should fight you 1v1 and if you lose your character gets deleted.

[dinnertime]

The should fight you 1v1 and if you lose your character gets deleted.

80% of the playerbase's characters will get deleted if that happens.

[Alberel]

Also yeah, I doubt Ala Mhigo will be accessible anytime soon. I don't see much build up in the story for us to liberate it yet and the MSQs have been so short for it to even pull that off right now.

I'm not sure how you can say there's been no build up to Ala Mhigo. A whole segment of the 3.0 story was dedicated to Ilberd guilt tripping Raubahn over not liberating it sooner and Ida and Papalymo are both currently infiltrating the Ala Mhigan resistance. There's also the fact that Ishgard has rejoined the Eorzean alliance, which the GCs were waiting on in order to prepare a counter attack on Garlemald, and the only way to Garlemald is through Ala Mhigo.

Absolutely everything in the story thus far points to Ala Mhigo being the next arc of the story. All that has to happen is for the GCs to announce it in either 3.4 or 3.5. It's the only location of pressing concern right now. Anywhere else just wouldn't make sense unless we get some bizarre curve-ball to sidetrack us (in which case the expansion would just feel like filler).