Your predictions for 4.0!

[yoshikwalla]

Throwing my crap ideas out there.

Also, spoilers for 3.5 and whatnot.

PLOT

• Yda is the lady in red. She leaves the Scions after revealing her true name: Anastasia, rightful heir to the throne of Ala Mhigo.
• Rhalgr breaks from his moon prism as the shade of the Griffin.
• Princess Yatsurugi no Yuki appears outside of the Ninja questline in the game's burgeoning attempt to begin foreshadowing for 5.0's Doma/Rabanastre.

New Areas

• The isles of Thavnair and Radz-at-Han. Lots of feral, native Adamantoises and onion farms. New Giantsgall weapons and armor. Thavnair also marks the beginning of FFXIV's story eventually leading to Othard.
• Paglth'an, the great desert east of Thanalan. Before the ruins of Sil'dih was uncovered by the calamity, the ancient city-state could be seen as a mirage to the east. Desert nomads?
• O'Ghomoro (not to be confused with U'Ghomoro Mines). The ancient homeland of the Kobolds, players could traverse this volcano and learn more about the fate of Nym, the War of the Magi, and the creation of La Noscea. Or it could be relegated to Xelphatol status because reasons.

Real Things That Are Definitely Going To Happen

• The Golden Saucer is burned to the ground and is replaced with the Golden Shower, a gay bathhouse.
• Hildibrand will give birth to a healthy baby girl. She will become the main antagonist of Final Fantasy XIV: Bubby's Magic Pot.
• Uwe Boll directs a FFXIV movie.

[Vexander]

Princess Yatsurugi no Yuki appears outside of the Ninja questline in the game's burgeoning attempt to begin foreshadowing for 5.0's Doma/Rabanastre.

In one of the letters they stated that 3.0-5.0 are telling the story about the rebuilding of the Eorzean Alliance, of the Six Nations. 3.0 dealt with Ishgard. 4.0 brings us to Ala Mhigo. 5.0 is more likely going to bring us to the Sharlayan Homeland than it would be to take us out of Eorzea. We're not due to start a new set of storylines through expansions until 6.0, which is heavily rumored to be about dealing with Garlemald, and likely to take far longer than 3 expansions.

[Shurrikhan]

<illustration of likelihoods, minus the villain tropes>

I just really hope it's not terribly one-sided. I'm still of the hope that the Black Wolf was, in essence, a dutiful and righteous commander. Now, I'd be fine with whoever replaced him after his death being someone truly worth killing, but I don't want to see the entire occupation presented as unilaterally bad. I frankly want to see some of the newer generation rebels (though this would be a lot easier if the Garleans had held control for about a generation more) making use of Garlean technology, mentalties, and education, to try to bring about a reiteration of Ala Mhigan tradition in a stronger, smarter embodiment.

[RaijinSupreme]

Omg outdoor kiddie pools that you can swim in for houses would be extra cute.

[Khalithar]

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Nope, I'm afraid you misinterpreted my post. My point is that I believe SE is going to stick to the same formula as before and while I will fully admit I'm not exactly thrilled, I DO acknowledge that the formula works that doesn't mean it can't be improved nor should be it improved. You're right in that it is the core of the game, but should we really settle for it as it is now? I believe it's better to want improvements. But this isn't really the thread to suggest improvements, this is a thread about predictions and those are mine. I really don't think their formula is "perfect" either, not by any stretch of the imagination.

Edit: But I will add two changes that would (in my opinion) drastically improve the formula.

1. For the weekly tomestone cap, have it either be a per role cap (tank, healer, or dps) or have the cap apply to all jobs but you can only gear up two, i.e. you can get 900 tomestones a week but only 450 for one job and 450 for another or something like that.

2. More than two dungeons in the Ex roulette. I don't think it's unreasonable to say that having 5-6 versus just two is a better option.

[Powe]

Minfilla coming back, slapping alph, take control, and start sending me on errands

[Bourne_Endeavor]

• Cleric Stance will be removed and damaged based spells (Holy, Gravity and etc.) will be calcuated through Mind.
• Sword/Shield Oath and Deliverance/Defiance will become one ability.
• Blitzball will be announced at EU fanfest.
• Accuracy will be removed entirely
• Parry will be reworked into some sort of damaging stat.
• Gear progression will remain largely unchanged.
• Tomestones will also remain the primary currency.

Not necessarily decisions I agree with. Just some I wouldn't be surprised with.

[MicahZerrshia]

I predict they will make 100 promises and only deliver 78 then never speak of the remaining 22 ever again no matter how many times they are asked about it.

[Skeltal-Bons]

HA!

Scion - "we're freeing you from tyranny"
WoL <nods>
Ala Mhigan - "Are you insane? We have indoor plumbing now, aren't starving, and can vote for local leaders"

This is why I headcanon my character secretly supporting the empire
I just wish we had the option to join the empire, because their leaders aren't inept

[Vhailor]

Prediction #1: A near-certain case of server instability for at least a week upon release.

Prediction #2: A screwed-up combat system that increases homogenization and penalizes people even more for not having several jobs leveled. I'm hoping I'm wrong here, but "role-based skills" sends a shiver down my spine.