6.0 Hopes and Fears?

[FrightfulNight]

Hopes:

AST is returned to more of how it worked in SB

Actually Healing in general is returned to that phase

We get a new Healing Job

We finally go to Islabard and remove the clouds on the world map

They keep the interesting story direction and nuance of ShB and it is not just SB 2.0 even with Zenos being present

More Hairstyle options for Viera and more hats being made available to wear

An increase in storage space, both inventory, saddle bag, and retainer space

Also an increase in the number of glamour items you can store and the number of glamour plates you can have

Garlean style glamour and gear, we got Ascian style gear for Hereos gauntlet, this has been a feature many have wanted for years.

Some more Alt friendly system, some of us do have alternate characters to see things as a different race, gender, roleplay experience, be on a different server etc.

Maybe some more customization options for existing races

That we go back to how dungeons were released in SB with 2 one patch and 1 another, allowing more diversity in the expert roulette

It hopefully still releasing in summer, maybe July, and shortening the gap between 5.5 and 6.0 that we usually see with the X.5 patches and the new expansion with maybe them delaying the first raid series by a bit longer to get it out though I am more understanding of delays here due to our current situation

Fears:

No new healer again

Healing is butchered even more

That it is not Islabard even though they have been hinting at it for 2 expansions now and all the recent story points heavily imply it, nothing else makes narrative sense right now. I am not ruling out Sharlyan i just feel it will be a single hub like Hingashi but with the story prominence of Ishgard.

That all of the nuance and storytelling genius present with ShB is gone and it is just SB 2.0

That Zenos absorbs Zodiark's power and becomes the final boss instead of it being Zodiark who we know has the original Elidibus as his heart.

That the Capitol of Garlemald is just Ala Mhigo 2.0 (never forget Ala Mhigo just being a dungeon) and also dungeon with it never being explorable again despite its prominence in the story and looks as boring as it did in the cutscenes. you can make parts of it rich and gaudy and more like the Prima Vista and still explain away that those areas that we saw where poorer districts, Victorian London had different districts with more poorer smog ridden districts on one side and more gaudy well kept richer districts on another

No new hairstyles for Viera or no new headgear being made to work with them

Another expansion with no Inventory size increases, SB did it and I was disappointed ShB did not

No new Glamour storage and plate number increases as well

That we stay at one dungeon per patch (Amnesis Anyder became really annoying on expert roulete)

[Eloah]

Hopes:We finally go to Islabard and remove the clouds on the world map

We are already on Ilsabard. Gangos and Bozja are on Ilsabard. Granted we still have the map covered by clouds, but we have already set food on Ilsabard.

I think Terncliff is on Ilsabard as well. But I've seen both that and Gyr Albania. The regions are linked there so the confusion makes sense, but I think Ilsabard is more likely.

[FrightfulNight]

We are already on Ilsabard. Gangos and Bozja are on Ilsabard. Granted we still have the map covered by clouds, but we have already set food on Ilsabard.

I think Terncliff is on Ilsabard as well. But I've seen both that and Gyr Albania. The regions are linked there so the confusion makes sense, but I think Ilsabard is more likely.

Bojza I believe is in Orthard, and yes i believe Ternclif is in it but mainly what I mean is in Islabard but I mean full on explorable zones there and for the clouds to finally be removed, this would also be adding the Dalmascus map we saw at the end of the Ivalice raid series as well as seeing where Bojza and Ternclif are, mainly finally seeing the completed map of the three continents ever since we saw Islabard covered in clouds leading up to SB i knew it would be very important, that is why i want it to be the location for 6.0, i really cant agree with anything else at this point.

[Eloah]

Bojza I believe is in Orthard, and yes i believe Ternclif is in it but mainly what I mean is in Islabard but I mean full on explorable zones there and for the clouds to finally be removed, this would also be adding the Dalmascus map we saw at the end of the Ivalice raid series as well as seeing where Bojza and Ternclif are, mainly finally seeing the completed map of the three continents ever since we saw Islabard covered in clouds leading up to SB i knew it would be very important, that is why i want it to be the location for 6.0, i really cant agree with anything else at this point.

No Bozja is in Ilsabard. The only part of Othard we haven't really explored is the northern section. So the Bozjan "Southern" Front, which we know is along a coast doesn't make much sense otherwise. That and the storyline states it on the southern eastern tip of Ilsabard. It is relatively close to Dalmasca, which is on Othard though.

Also to add to what you have said there are 5 continents. The 3 main, and then the "new world" and Meracydia.

[FrightfulNight]

No Bozja is in Ilsabard. The only part of Othard we haven't really explored is the northern section. So the Bozjan "Southern" Front, which we know is along a coast doesn't make much sense otherwise. That and the storyline states it on the southern eastern tip of Ilsabard. It is relatively close to Dalmasca, which is on Othard though.

Also to add to what you have said there are 5 continents. The 3 main, and then the "new world" and Meracydia.

I know but i figured both of those would come in to play in season 2 and 3, where as for the season 1 finale they will wrap up the story of the 3 great continents (where the story takes place now) by having us go to the last one of the three.