Quote Originally Posted by Balipu View Post
For the same reason everyone who isn't Ilberd is wearing a mask. Funny thing is, just because the masked guy is new to us, he might not be new to everyone else. He is hiding his looks from the crowd, not the player.
Also, Ysayle was introduced in 2.4 so this is the right time to get us aquainted with a new anti-hero/villain/anti-villain/hero for the pre expansion + early expansion storyline.

Yes, I'm Camp Newguy. In fact I am Camp Stormblood.
That's if they want the story to be as repetitive as the patch cycle currently. Just because content releases are predictable doesn't mean the story has to be. I'd rather not be able to go like "Oh it's the final patch of the expansion time for a betrayal and revelation of new race" every time >.> I'm not opposed to having a new character but getting a new Ysayle-like character just because this is 3.4 is not a great idea to me.