Crazy yet somewhat plausible theories... Thread

[Keever]

The user /u/drolra on the FFXIV subreddit just posted a jokey comment about Krile, Calofisteri and Sophia, the magical orbs they all hold, and how this is surely a hint at the introduction of Blitzball in the next expansion. But it actually got me thinking....

What if there is a connection between the ancient Crystal of Light that was in Matoya's keeping, and the shiny rocks held by these magical giant women? A wish-granting stone, and a stone that negates voidsent — is it beyond the realm of possibility that these could be Crystals of Light?

This line of thought is curtailed fairly quickly by the fact that the Cintamani seemed to dissipate along with Sophia herself when we vanquished her, but it could always just have been a summoning based on a legend of a Crystal. It also occurs to me that a Crystal of Light's supply of aether might negate the need to draw aether from the [surrounding environment/Allagan aether-supply mechanisms] and something like that would probably be somehow noticed by our team of Scions (or the Allagans), but on the other hand we don't really know if the Warring Triad even consume much aether while dormant. We also don't know whether a Crystal of Light's power is infinite, or how easy it is to access, or... much of anything, about them, really. When the Warriors of Darkness were going to use their Crystals of Light to escape, I somehow got the impression that they were going to spend them, or partially spend them. What are the Crystals of Light?

Of, course, this is all probably a very stupid idea. But I guess a thread about "crazy theories" is the best place it could possibly go!

EDIT: character limit

[TinyRedLeaf]

FFXIV subreddit just posted a jokey comment about Krile, Calofisteri and Sophia...

And from the same reddit thread, here are a couple of suggestions which aren't that crazy, and are actually quite plausible:

You'll be deploying your recruits into battlefields with Garlean forces to retake MuscleHyur country. Far Easterners will show up as Jade Sea pirates who privateer Garlean fleets and supply the Doma resistance. There will be an elite ninja clan that defected to the Garleans you will encounter multiple times. Airship combat/boarding actions will be a thing. There will be a raid centered around boarding a Garlean capital ship. There will be an NPC with a Great Katana that gives us all jobprediction boners.

The story setting will reply heavily on traversing between the important points on the eastern edge of Eorzea. We'll be building sea-bound vessels in the FC workshops, apts will get an added community workshop where you can build a solo boat like a long raft... This will be a long term goal you work towards and upgrade like how you had to gradually beef up your chocobo companion. Larger/more dedicated FC's will be able to build galleons and other bigger ships. We'll get more exposure to Thavnair and some snippets on Doma's geography...