Is this entire expansion a bait-and-switch?

[Gumbercules]

Look, this game is great. We all agree or we wouldn't be here. These community based worries and fears cropped up before and everytime Yoshi takes care of us. This is a good game with a great story. How about this once instead of "worrying" about it why don't we trust the man to entertain us like he always does.

Honestly its a little self absorbed to think that just because we can think of how it could be done that it can't. If we had all the answers we would have jobs as DEVs. Let's just wait for all the info before we do like this community loves so much to do and jumps to the wrong conclusions because a videogame made us panic.

Some discussion is fine and so far this thread is prety civil hehe. To add to my previous comment, Ala Migho has been occupied like 20-30 ish years now and Doma is considerably more recent? That could lead to an interesting look into how any ppl would react to being occupied =D Man the more I think about it the more this "split" is starting to get my attention =D

[Naria]

Some discussion is fine and so far this thread is prety civil hehe. To add to my previous comment, Ala Migho has been occupied like 20-30 ish years now and Doma is considerably more recent? That could lead to an interesting look into how any ppl would react to being occupied =D Man the more I think about it the more this "split" is starting to get my attention =D

Actually, according to the Encyclopedia Eorzea Doma was annexed by Garlemald in 1553 Sixth Astral. Ala Mhigo was annexed in 1557. The Calamity happened in 1572. So Doma has been occupied for approximately half quarter of a century, Ala Mhigo a bit less. There was a recent uprising in Doma during ARR, however, which was brutally put down and that is the reason that Yugiri and her group fled to Eorzea. Supposedly Doma was "destroyed" as a result but the city looks intact to me so /shrug.

EDIT:
Up late watching the keynote, can no longer count.

[Gumbercules]

Actually, according to the Encyclopedia Eorzea Doma was annexed by Garlemald in 1553 Sixth Astral. Ala Mhigo was annexed in 1557. The Calamity happened in 1572. So Doma has been occupied for approximately half a century, Ala Mhigo a bit less. There was a recent uprising in Doma during ARR, however, which was brutally put down and it the reason that Yugiri and her group fled to Eorzea.

Ahh kk nice! So much for some of my takes on it hehe guess the situations on both fronts are probably similar then :P Ahh yeah I just seen stills but I guess the structures on one of the zones is supposed to be Doma? Yeah guessing Doma is the name of the city state, so the destroyed Doma thing is weird XD ...or not this has the city state to liberate as Yanxia XD.....

[Atoli]

Supposedly Doma was "destroyed" as a result but the city looks intact to me so /shrug.

We have yet to see the city of Doma. What we saw in the trailer and gameplay footage during the keynote was Kugane, a port town on a chain of islands off the coast of Doma.
Basically, they are as far apart as Vylbrand with Limsa and, say, Gridania. Gridania can totally get destroyed and Limsa will still be completely fine, so Doma could be in pretty much any state and it would not affect Kugane