MSQ - what's next? [spoilers]

[Daralii]

I think it's underneath Gyr Abania. The Ultima Weapon was excavated beneath Ala Mhigo, and one of the Resistance members mentioned "treasure" beneath Gyr Abania. Plus, there's something really odd about the Peaks....floating crystals of curious shape, a suspicious rock wall in Coldhearth, strange chasms not filled with water, and that weird tan pool up on that one plateau.

I assumed that the weird crystals in the Peaks were part of how the Ziggurat was supposed to stabilize aether.

[Alleo]

You guys need to go easy on Laurentius.

You don't pay his sub.

:'D
B-but he also does not pay his sub!

[Lutefisk]

From the scenery surrounding the Lochs and the lorebook's description of it I sort of got the impression that latitude wise Ala Mhigo was located somewhere in the middle of the region and there's still a chunk of Gyr Abania further up north that we haven't seen yet. The ruins where Ultima Weapon was found could be located there.

On the topic of future plot developments, I hope we'll see at least some people who are opposed to whatever the Eorzean Alliance plans to do in Ala Mhigo that aren't just cackling maniacs or sore losers that we had to deal with in the Heavensward patches. Normal, nice people who appreciate what we did for them but don't want a bunch of foreigners telling them what to do, no matter how good their intentions may be.

[Yuella]

Varis counterattacks immediately, recaptures Ala Mhigo and Doma, and we have to do it all over again.

[Okamimaru]

I can definitely see varis striking back with an unheard of show of force maybe taking out an entire city.... probably using their newest magitek weapons to show the superiority of science over magic...

[Kyran-Varlsen]

I don't know about the MSQ, but this game could definitely use more additions to the side content. For instance, I was under the impression that there would be fixes to the inventory in Stormsblood but all I saw was an increase.

Also, I was hoping for an expansion of the Adventure Squadron system and more Grand Company Content. There are many ranks between First Lieutenant and Champion, and it seemed plausible they would open them up in light of this expansion's push against the Garleans. But so far nothing. I would like more utility in the Squadron System, like the ability to que multiple adventurer paperworks so we can more easily make our ideal team and a less random manner with which to acquire new chemistry skills. And finally more rewarding endeavors because the current end goal scrolls & manuels we can get in the level 50 range are pretty useless unless you are not in an active company and don't have an aetherwheel at an apartment. And of course let us customize our adventurers, it is our squadron after all we should be able to dictate uniform glamours.

Lastly the Companion System - what has to date dealt only with Chocobos. Frankly I don't see why Square Enix has been so slow to move on this matter considering it could add another layer of utility and variety to the game itself. Perhaps we could tie it into the retainer and adventure squadron system so we can have access to more than just our chocobo in a fight (useful though they are). And of course, we should also be able to use some of the other mounts as companions in a fight, many of which are animals or machines that already have combat animations in the game.

[Cilia]

And of course, we should also be able to use some of the other mounts as companions in a fight, many of which are animals or machines that already have combat animations in the game.

Unfortunately all the usable magitek armors in-game have their weapons systems disabled or removed. The normal ones (black, Gilded, White Devil, and Red Baron) are just SFX versions, while the Magitek Predator specifically notes that its weapons systems were removed and replaced with an experimental propulsion engine (i.e. giving it flight capability, something no other Predator is known to be able to do). The Gobwalker there is much less excuse for, and I don't have an Arrhidaeus so I don't know what its mount version is stated to be capable of.

Some of the organic mounts... yeah. Wolves and elbst and behemoth and all that...

[Kyran-Varlsen]

Unfortunately all the usable magitek armors in-game have their weapons systems disabled or removed. The normal ones (black, Gilded, White Devil, and Red Baron) are just SFX versions, while the Magitek Predator specifically notes that its weapons systems were removed and replaced with an experimental propulsion engine (i.e. giving it flight capability, something no other Predator is known to be able to do). The Gobwalker there is much less excuse for, and I don't have an Arrhidaeus so I don't know what its mount version is stated to be capable of.

Some of the organic mounts... yeah. Wolves and elbst and behemoth and all that...

The Magitek Armors are a bit too big to use as companions, a few players with those guys out would block a substantial portion of the screen. But things like floating orbs are sizeable enough.

The only problem with implementing them would be how to reconcile the inbuilt system for leveling chocobos. Would Free Companies need a new building for training beasts? Would they need to be painstakingly leveled like chocobos or would they be easier to level but more limited?

[YianKutku]

I can definitely see varis striking back with an unheard of show of force maybe taking out an entire city.... probably using their newest magitek weapons to show the superiority of science over magic...

On one memorable occasion when the Empire had the superiority of science demonstrated, it was over science, and now there is no Bozja Citadel anymore.

On the one hand, Varis demonstrably does not like his grandfather, which may include how his grandfather ruled, so it's unlikely he'll endorse another Meteor Project.

On the other hand, Varis also explicitly called for the genocide of any Primal-summon-capable Beast Tribe, which now implicitly includes all Eorzeans (thanks to Shinryu). So I don't know if he cares whether Eorzea is turned into a wasteland devoid of people to be ruled over, unlike Gaius.

[Neophyte]

On the other hand, Varis also explicitly called for the genocide of any Primal-summon-capable Beast Tribe, which now implicitly includes all Eorzeans (thanks to Shinryu). So I don't know if he cares whether Eorzea is turned into a wasteland devoid of people to be ruled over, unlike Gaius.

I don't know if Garlemald can stick to this rule.

As by now we have seen primals getting summoned by objects (Susano) without summoning rituals and in the SMN quest line we saw

devices which summmon summoners capable of summoning egis. 0o

They propably will never get rid of that primal issue, as long as aether is around.