Quote Originally Posted by Morningstar1337 View Post
I kinda wanna more stories about dealing with other villains that either stay relegating to a national level or evolve into the kind of world ending threats that is currently poised by current villains. More self contained stories that cross reference each other, less of a single narrative. Smallmetaplot regarding the Sound that brought forth the original Calamity or the Black Rose future optional.

I'd also want to visit old Sharlayan, Meracydia and maybe a future version of the First or the Source to see how everyone is doing a few decades from now.
This is basically what Heavensward did, even though the Ascians were still involved with that. But the initial cause of the conflict was humans being humans (or more specifically, elezen.) Thordan only turned to Ascian involvement because he wanted to keep the secret and eventually wipe them out. Basically what Gaius and Varis wanted to do.

But the actual story of the Dragonsong War was pretty self-contained and focused on the story of the people of Ishgard, the Dravanians, and their struggles. And it's considered the best, or second best, expansion out of them all.