Revelations from Patch 5.2

[smartazjb0y]

Rampant Speculation

Eden

Not a whole lot to say here; though that final quest after the MSQ seems ... out of place? Thancred and Urianger *aren't* able to leave for the Source yet.

You're the 2nd person I just saw mention that, glad to see I'm not alone haha.

It really does feel out of place. Thancred and Urianger leaving Ryne and going back to the Source very much feels like it belongs in the MSQ (and will undoubtedly be a big part of the 5.3 MSQ finale), and 5.3 is 3.5 months away. That doesn't necessarily translate to 3.5 months in-game, but you're right, they can't go back to the Source yet so it feels very...out of nowhere to have this farewell. I'm honestly not even 100% sure what the necessity of the quest is, maybe just them laying the groundwork really far in advance that the third wing of Eden won't have Urianger and Thancred?

[Ultimatecalibur]

You're the 2nd person I just saw mention that, glad to see I'm not alone haha.

It really does feel out of place. Thancred and Urianger leaving Ryne and going back to the Source very much feels like it belongs in the MSQ (and will undoubtedly be a big part of the 5.3 MSQ finale), and 5.3 is 3.5 months away. That doesn't necessarily translate to 3.5 months in-game, but you're right, they can't go back to the Source yet so it feels very...out of nowhere to have this farewell. I'm honestly not even 100% sure what the necessity of the quest is, maybe just them laying the groundwork really far in advance that the third wing of Eden won't have Urianger and Thancred?

It likely ties in with the cutscene in that previews that wasn't in 5.2 yet. We could get some more MSQ with 5.25 leading into Save the Queen.

[smartazjb0y]

It likely ties in with the cutscene in that previews that wasn't in 5.2 yet. We could get some more MSQ with 5.25 leading into Save the Queen.

I think we know that the normal mode is solo but the EX mode is 8man, so my personal guess is that when you run it normally solo it's with like "simulations" or whatever and that the cutscene isn't actually showing all of those people back on the Source. We did get semi-faked out with the scenes of

Zenos in Amaurot (was just a dream) and the starshower (was just an illusion)