Quote Originally Posted by Vickii View Post
I could be wrong but i think the expansion stuff will be quite small and fast and don’t expect too much more than a reveal trailer.

I think they’ll go into 5.5 and show off the nier raid and new Bozja personally.
Random bump, but in the Gamerescape interview posted today Yoshida said that the Showcase is for a major announcement and will reveal a "significant amount of information." Encouraging us to have high expectations.

While further stating they have one more information event planned in May in the form of a digital fanfest. We can take this to mean that the showcase is going to likely be everything we would have seen from the cancelled fanfests thus far; hence it's length.

Gamer Escape: In February you’ll be hosting the Final Fantasy XIV Showcase, and of course we’re expecting something special. Given that Fan Fest was not able to happen, should we expect something similar to that in terms of announcements? Might we see three Fan Fests worth of new information, or might we see things a bit more spread out? Additionally, how many shirts can we expect you to wear?

Naoki Yoshida: Shirts!! Come to think of it, I don’t think I wore very many T-shirts this year…

The Announcement Showcase is meant to be a platform for a large announcement, so feel free to have high expectations. Although we will be revealing a significant amount of information at the Announcement Showcase, we do have a digital Fan Festival planned in May, where we’ll have even more information to announce.

In any case, I didn’t realize my T-shirts were a topic of discussion for players. Guess I should start thinking about my wardrobe early… (laughs)
Anyone thinking its just the name, trailer and a CGI opening is probably underestimating what they have planned, especially those who think 5.5 will be involved with the 5.5 reveal live letter being 4.5 hours after the showcase—there's no point in showcasing 5.5 at all before then.