6.0 Predictions: Will it be Garlemald, Sharlayan, or Meracydia?

[EdwinLi]

Well if speculations are true then we should expect to finally confirm what is the next locations on February 5th just 2 weeks from now.

[Seraphor]

Well if speculations are true then we should expect to finally confirm what is the next locations on February 5th just 2 weeks from now.

When Shadowbringers was announced, we didn't know we were going to the First until the third Fanfest. The locations shown were assumed to be in the Source, and the Crystal Tower was only shown for a split second off in the distance of what we thought was a flashback.

When Stormblood was announced, we only got half the trailer, set in Gyr Abania, so we didn't know about Othard until the second? Fanfest.

[Kesey]

When Shadowbringers was announced, we didn't know we were going to the First until the third Fanfest. The locations shown were assumed to be in the Source, and the Crystal Tower was only shown for a split second off in the distance of what we thought was a flashback.

When Stormblood was announced, we only got half the trailer, set in Gyr Abania, so we didn't know about Othard until the second? Fanfest.

These are good points, but if Covid had not canceled the original fanfests, we would have already had two of the three fanfests completed with some information in our hands.

Seeing how everything has been reduced to the this one digital fanfest, we can assume we will get all the information regarding the expansion they are willing to reveal at fanfest in one go. So new classes, new systems, the area of the next expansion, as well as a trailer are all on the table.

[Seraphor]

These are good points, but if Covid had not canceled the original fanfests, we would have already had two of the three fanfests completed with some information in our hands.

Seeing how everything has been reduced to the this one digital fanfest, we can assume we will get all the information regarding the expansion they are willing to reveal at fanfest in one go. So new classes, new systems, the area of the next expansion, as well as a trailer are all on the table.

Nah, we're getting two reveal events, this one, and one in May.
Considering that they're running a static 2 months behind their usual schedule, this is like 1.5 Fanfests. We might get more than we usually would in a 1st Fanfest, but we're not getting everything and they're gonna want to save some significant reveals to May.

We might be getting another dual zone expansion like SB (Sharlayan and Garlemald for example) and so we'll likely only see one of those, and will have no confirmation of the other one until May.
Probably only get one Job reveal as well.

[EdwinLi]

Nah, we're getting two reveal events, this one, and one in May.
Considering that they're running a static 2 months behind their usual schedule, this is like 1.5 Fanfests. We might get more than we usually would in a 1st Fanfest, but we're not getting everything and they're gonna want to save some significant reveals to May.

We might be getting another dual zone expansion like SB (Sharlayan and Garlemald for example) and so we'll likely only see one of those, and will have no confirmation of the other one until May.
Probably only get one Job reveal as well.

It will still heavily based on if they can expect to reveal 50/50 during both of them. If developers believe they won't have time to split the reveal they may focus splitting information instead.

For example, the first stage could be full reveal of what expect through the new Cinematic trailer of 6.0 and 2nd stage in the next event may focus on going into detail of these things due to a lot of questions needing to be answered after the big reveal in 1st stage.

A lot of plans had to rearranged after all just to compensate for a lot of restrictions on workplaces.

The one hint I saw in 5.4 points to Werlyt and Bozja, as the Imperial capital is "half reduced to rubble" and we're unlikely to fully explore either region before the ending of Shadowbringers (or rather 5.X; Shadowbringers' story arc was 4.4 - 5.3).

Yes, we've gotten a lot of information on the Garlean Empire, and there are ready-made parts of it used in cutscenes... but we know much more about it than the rest of Ilsabard, and with the Empire seemingly collapsing I don't really see the need to go there at the moment, especially given both Zenos and Danny Boy are not resting on their laurels at the capital.

Now, I could be wrong, probably am wrong, and don't know how to make heads or tails of the New Years' hint... but...

(Gotta beat Emerald Weapon EX for the gunblade on my alt 'fore 6.0, cool gunblades are hard to come by and I really don't feel like FATE / Bozja grinding on two characters...)

I have a feeling Garlemald is still going to be a part of 6.0 but just not as big as people expect due to the destruction that happened during 5.X era storyline and potential focus on maybe a 2nd or 3rd location.

We may only get half or 1/3 of the Garlean Capital as explorable while the other part maybe used for 6.X era contents such as new reconstruction contents to replace Ishgard reconstruction for 6.X era or side storyline.