Revelations from the Announcement Showcase

[KageTokage]

I'm curious as to what the relation between Mhach and Fandaniel/the Telophoroi is, since the trailer seemed to remove any doubt that he was taking from their designs with the "renovating" he did to the royal palace.

Looking back on the Void Ark, there is something of a "death" aesthetic they have going on there with coffins they used to imprison the voidsent as power sources.

I'm also curious about that dungeon design that blends the Mhachi-style archtecture with unsettling flesh-like material. We've previously seen similar back at the Neurolink in the Aetherochemical Research Facility where it looked as though the Allagans were using a bio-mechanical system to regulate the facility somehow. Perhaps it's the central control system for the towers planted around Aldenard...?

[Lauront]

I'm curious as to what the relation between Mhach and Fandaniel/the Telophoroi is, since the trailer seemed to remove any doubt that he was taking from their designs with the "renovating" he did to the royal palace.

Looking back on the Void Ark, there is something of a "death" aesthetic they have going on there with coffins they used to imprison the voidsent as power sources.

I'm also curious about that dungeon design that blends the Mhachi-style archtecture with unsettling flesh-like material. We've previously seen similar back at the Neurolink in the Aetherochemical Research Facility where it looked as though the Allagans were using a bio-mechanical system to regulate the facility somehow. Perhaps it's the central control system for the towers planted around Aldenard...?

The boy liked his Mhachi robes - tbf the Diabolic healer set is one of the best. I'm wondering if he has just been observing/taking notes, or whether he's had a more active hand in things. Emet brought an Allagan flair to the Garleans, so perhaps he's bringing a project of his own to it.

The Warrior of Light's appearance usually changes in such a way as to show him with a new hairstyle which is in turn added to the game. He doesn't look terribly different in the cinematic, other than his armour - which makes me suspect he'll change to a different job and hairstyle when the full cinematic is released.

Overall, my opinions are mixed - it's really just looking to be more of the same in different locations. So far, nothing is really unexpected to me.

I guess we'll have to wait until May to see if they plan to add the missing genders for Viera and Hrothgar as well as touch up the character customisation options for the older playable races.

I'm expecting another job swap, although some people think it'll just be DRK Zenos for thematic reasons... I hope it's a bit more interesting than that. I'm guessing they'll just mirror whatever job he does, as they did with SAM, albeit in 5.0's trailer, where it was Zenodibus.

Maybe a mix o that with this.

Perhaps. There's many things people are reading into his shirt which leads some to think it'll be Necromancer-inspired. I suspect they'll lean more strongly towards the Templar style due to demand for Mystic Knight, and perhaps do Necromancer later when they're at a bit more liberty to be flexible with the lore for new jobs and have ideas on how to do it in a way that isn't seen as stereotypically "evil".