All in all, I was neither particularly impressed nor disappointed by the conclusion to Heavensward. The Yda-is-really-Lyse thing didn't stir up any emotions, since we never knew the "real" Yda. As far as I was concerned, it was no more dramatic than if she'd decided to get a name change. If she turns out to have a majorly different personality, now - that she was pretending to be ditzy and silly simply because her sister was - that might be one thing, but we haven't seen enough of the true Lyse yet to know for sure. If we go into Stormblood, and Lyse is a very different individual, perhaps then I'll feel a twinge of loss for Yda.

Still don't know for sure whether to accept that Papalymo is dead. We're being beaten over the head again and again with evidence to the fact (the cocoon's dispersal, Yda's tattoos, etc), but years of history with comic books, other Final Fantasy games, and even THIS VERY Final Fantasy game (specifically, Nanamo) prevents me from being fully convinced unless we see his dead body, or at least see his body disperse into Aether (as did Moenbryda's).

While not technically part of this patch, I loved Ilberd's false flag operation. It was executed perfectly, and did a lot to display how cunning the guy could be. His fanaticism earlier on had already given a lot of promise to him as a villain, and this action delivered in spades. I can definitely appreciate how the Alliance grudgingly commits to fulfilling Ilberd's dream because now they have little alternative. Even if the Garleans were keen on diplomacy, it'd be awfully hard to convince them this wasn't a deliberate attack.

The one thing that bugs me about it, though, is that attacking Castrums is old hat. The Alliance attacked, like, five of them all at once during the conclusion of the 2.0 Main Scenario quests - with actual Alliance soldiers, in uniform - and there wasn't any angsting about, "Oh no, now we're doomed to go to war!" It's true that this time around a Primal was summoned at the conclusion which would definitely make the Garleans sit up and take notice, but this moaning and groaning happened BEFORE that Primal was born, before we even knew that that was Ilberd's plan. Is it because this particular Castrum is a gateway to Garlean-controlled territory, whereas the others were just outposts planted at various spots in Eorzea? I suppose that could make a difference...

Gosetsu was amusing, and I definitely loved Yugiri's interactions with Nero (and how he seemed ever-so-slightly unnerved by her, even through his constant arrogant boasting).