Opinion: Shadowbringers Plot

[SenorPatty]

My money is on freeing Garlemard from Ascian influence, siding in it's civil war with the anti-ascian faction, Zenos-in a new body-assumes control of Garlemard under a new name that only the scions know and he joins the alliance not because it's right but because he thinks how hilarious the whole thing is and can't wait to openly skewer you like a bunny in heat in broad daylight when the time is right.

[TabrisOmbrelame]

As we can see in the trailer, Thancred? will get his second eye back, but he don't use dual wield style in combat anymore. So, from this, we can put few Theory :

1) We well go back in the past because the balance between Light and Darkness is crumbling. We are constantly growing stronger and stronger. So for preventing the world to be consumed in the Light, someone summoned us back in the past to become the Warrior of Darkness and retablish the balance. But, by doing so, we'll change the futur. Like a Futur where Thancred wasn't send in the Aether and was able to keep his two eyes and even got a gunblader combat style.

2) We are send in an alternative world, where Thancred is clearly different from the one we know, even to the very basic of the character. And in this World, we see a world, who's about to be swallowed by the Light. And for saving it, we must become Warrior of Darkness.

That's my opinion of the plot.

[Edax]

I'm not confident in FFXIV writing, so I think we're going to end up with a lame plot that mimics Urianger's. Where we work with the Ascians briefly as a reverse mole until we backstab them because their obviously evil and not a real faction that can be sided with.
As for the Empire...ugh, I think we'll have to fight for them, even though their an obviously evil faction that can't really be sided with. I think SE is going to give the WoL the idiot ball and have him/her trust the Empire until getting backstabbed by them again.

[KageTokage]

I feel like we're going to end up going to the shard that was consumed by light for whatever reason.

We already know the Ascians might be up to some mischief there because Elidibus said they'd be keeping an eye on Minfilia/Hydaelyn's activity (I'm thinking that's who the girl in the trailer and the collector's boxart is, personally).

[Linadae]

As we can see in the trailer, Thancred? will get his second eye back, but he don't use dual wield style in combat anymore. So, from this, we can put few Theory :

1) We well go back in the past because the balance between Light and Darkness is crumbling. We are constantly growing stronger and stronger. So for preventing the world to be consumed in the Light, someone summoned us back in the past to become the Warrior of Darkness and retablish the balance. But, by doing so, we'll change the futur. Like a Futur where Thancred wasn't send in the Aether and was able to keep his two eyes and even got a gunblader combat style.

2) We are send in an alternative world, where Thancred is clearly different from the one we know, even to the very basic of the character. And in this World, we see a world, who's about to be swallowed by the Light. And for saving it, we must become Warrior of Darkness.

That's my opinion of the plot.

It's a good idea except for one thing. During a conversation in heavensward, Thancred admitted nothing was wrong with his eye. He kept it covered to try to get women.

[Ramesses]

To the OP...opinion on Shadowbringers Plot?

Get your Dark Knight job class leveled to 70.

True story.

[Iscah]

It's a good idea except for one thing. During a conversation in heavensward, Thancred admitted nothing was wrong with his eye. He kept it covered to try to get women.

Not quite.

At least, not if this is the quote you're thinking of, shortly after we are reunited with him (and you're most likely thinking "what happened to your eye?").

THANCRED
I know what you're thinking, but really, you needn't worry. It will only lend credence to my tales of heroism. Besides, battle scars are to maidens what loose morals are to gentlemen. A definite bonus.

The game seems to tease 'not giving you an answer' several times, but then there's a scene with Thancred and Krile sneaking into Castrum Meridanum - and Thancred isn't wearing his eyepatch. Instead you can see his left eye is intact but seems to have turned pale blue. (Or at least it looks blue in the scene - though his character data indicates that it's white. Either way, very clearly changed from his normal hazel colour.)

We still don't have an explanation for that.

[DracotheDragon]

i can see us going back in time for an aspect. using the power of the echo with zodiarks help rather then the mother crystal (i can never spell her name) to restore balance but also damage or stop the asians from corrupting garlamald, turning it into a uneasy ally the idea of the time travel though would be to only stop the 8th calamity by stopping what set it into motion and not undoing any of the previous calamities.


tho time travel is messy plot wise, and writing wise.

[Vahlnir]

It's probably horrible of me, but I kinda hope that Thancred is the only one to wake up and survive...which is actually a shift from my earlier opinion that none of them should wake up at all. He had me at "omg gunblade".

[Gun-Cat]

It's probably horrible of me

How right you are on that.

But in all seriousness, I expect another plot that makes our character do things we have very little input about, trundling along to whatever other characters point us towards and killing what is deemed most evil at the time. It will be more or less just a change to a cooler job description and instead of VOID we will be fighting RADIANCE. The girl Thancred is protecting is some incarnation of Minfillia and if they wanted to throw us a curveball he is protecting her from us.