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[ICountFrom0]

Given that april fools is starting to be rolled out up to a week in advance, I'm taking everything updated with a grain of salt.

Now, even having said that...

Looks mostly like it just confirms cloud deck as the diamond weapon trial name. Course, this means that lunar bahamut is NOT going to be our trial. Unless they pull a "secret trial" like memoria ex.

I'm starting to think that towers are just going to hang over us (the way a brick don't) until october. This isn't nearly enough content, or time, to do things.

[MoofiaBossVal]

I'm starting to think that towers are just going to hang over us (the way a brick don't) until october. This isn't nearly enough content, or time, to do things.

I think the towers will be dealt with before 6.0 releases. We're not going to do 6 dungeons taking each one down. I'm guessing that 5.5 will start with the Alliance leaders deciding to coordinate a simultaneous assault on all of the towers (like Operation Archon in ARR with the simultaneous assault on all Garlean castrums in Eorzea). The 5.5 dungeon will just be us going through the Amal'Jaa village and then taking down the one in Thanalan, while other special forces, heroes, and adventurers take down the other towers.

[RyuDragnier]

I think the towers will be dealt with before 6.0 releases. We're not going to do 6 dungeons taking each one down. I'm guessing that 5.5 will start with the Alliance leaders deciding to coordinate a simultaneous assault on all of the towers (like Operation Archon in ARR with the simultaneous assault on all Garlean castrums in Eorzea). The 5.5 dungeon will just be us going through the Amal'Jaa village and then taking down the one in Thanalan, while other special forces, heroes, and adventurers take down the other towers.

Unlikely. As it was just shown at the end of 5.4, those towers actually Temper people. They'd need actual Echo users to deal with them, and I have a feeling those things will be creating very powerful monsters. If anything, I expect the Eorzean Alliance (along with all other world powers) to be stuck on the defensive, destroying any monsters that pop up while we're off saving the world.

[Yuella]

Unlikely. As it was just shown at the end of 5.4, those towers actually Temper people. They'd need actual Echo users to deal with them, and I have a feeling those things will be creating very powerful monsters. If anything, I expect the Eorzean Alliance (along with all other world powers) to be stuck on the defensive, destroying any monsters that pop up while we're off saving the world.

Arenvald will lead one, Fordola will lead another.

[GoldStarz]

Lunar bahamut will most likely be the dungeon final boss

I'd think it's more likely to be Lunar Ifrit given that the Amal'jaa are involved. I doubt they'll use all the Lunar Eidolons given how many their are, but that one kinda just slots in there really nicely.

Unlikely. As it was just shown at the end of 5.4, those towers actually Temper people. They'd need actual Echo users to deal with them, and I have a feeling those things will be creating very powerful monsters. If anything, I expect the Eorzean Alliance (along with all other world powers) to be stuck on the defensive, destroying any monsters that pop up while we're off saving the world.

Didn't Owen mention in the document that he left behind that they had found a way to prevent tempering? It's entirely possible that Eorzea might temporarily pivot towards focusing on that over developing a full cure for it given that the threat of mass-tempering is in play and threatens their continued operations. I doubt that the towers will be dealt with by the end of 5.5, but I also don't think we'll be focusing on them for too long in 6.0.

[Ceridwenae]

Unlikely. As it was just shown at the end of 5.4, those towers actually Temper people. They'd need actual Echo users to deal with them, and I have a feeling those things will be creating very powerful monsters. If anything, I expect the Eorzean Alliance (along with all other world powers) to be stuck on the defensive, destroying any monsters that pop up while we're off saving the world.

I think those towers have to be "global". And they make me think - in my exceptionally woolly way given I am not a lorehound - that they are taking juice from the air (aether) which causes said tempering. I am thinking this is either a secondary effect or preliminary effect. I think the towers are putting something out which hits against what's effectively an ozone layer, which then pools out whatever their energy is, creating a web or dome effect across the planet. It reaches a certain point where said energy can no longer be contained and everything explodes or something and bye bye star because no ozone is bad (here's where I should point out not only am I no a lore hound, I am also not a scientist! ). When everyone's stuck dealing with lots of tempered people across the entire known area and bits we've not been to, if a general global explosion doesn't take everyone down with tempering fallout, the prior mass tempering effect from a global network of towers may fix the rest of it.

But really, I have no idea, no basis in lore beyond aether being air in this sense (it is in the classical sense, and I certainly refer to things being up in the aether in feeling uncertain or things are unclear), I just decided that's what I'd do with them if I wanted to cause problems. Admittedly, I'd want them constantly playing music that sends people loopy on top of everything else*, but that could be considered a bit too much.


*I'm thinking akin to Mars Attacks!