6.0 Story Speculations

[Mansion]

On that note, though... 6.0 (Endwalker) is supposedly going to have more story than the usual expansion (up though what would usually be the X.3 patch) so I suspect there might be a little more combat content to match - 2 or 3 more dungeons, maybe a trial or two.

I don't think it's "more story" in that sense, I believe Yoshi P said something along the lines that we have now more Scions than ever, which implies giving each of them more screen time for writing / development. So 6.0's MSQ will be longer in terms of quests and cutscenes, but I find it very difficult to believe this means more actual gameplay content. I'm sure they will go for 5 leveling dungeons, 3 max level dungeons, 3 trials (2 extremes), because that will be major additions in terms of use of resources, and I'm sure they would have used that in the promotion. (But I'd love to be wrong and see them shaking the habitual for once!)
What could make things blurry in the trailer is that it can show solo instances where we fight along the Scions for instance, making it look dungeon-y. Or have dungeons with very distinct parts.

[MrThinker]

I don't think it's "more story" in that sense, I believe Yoshi P said something along the lines that we have now more Scions than ever, which implies giving each of them more screen time for writing / development. So 6.0's MSQ will be longer in terms of quests and cutscenes, but I find it very difficult to believe this means more actual gameplay content. I'm sure they will go for 5 leveling dungeons, 3 max level dungeons, 3 trials (2 extremes), because that will be major additions in terms of use of resources, and I'm sure they would have used that in the promotion. (But I'd love to be wrong and see them shaking the habitual for once!)
What could make things blurry in the trailer is that it can show solo instances where we fight along the Scions for instance, making it look dungeon-y. Or have dungeons with very distinct parts.

I think Cilia meant that instead of having 2 optional level cap dungeons like in previous expansions, they would instead include those dungeons as part of the story for an extended max level msq sequence.

Unfortunately I have some reason to believe this is not the case in that I may have identified one of the optional dungeons in the launch trailer. Like you, I would also love to be wrong about it, and hopefully its just the camera making things hard to decipher. But we should indeed temper our expectations on the gameplay front.

This is the dungeon in question. And yes it is a dungeon; solo instances dont have treasure chests, and there is too much activity in the background for it to be an overworld FATE (which also dont have treasure chests now that i think about it). The reason I feel it is optional is because they don't show trusts fighting/running alongside us as in the other probable dungeons. Again, hopefully just the camera.

But if not, it might be to that Omega 2.0 enemy from the benchmark, what Akademia Anyder was to Archaeotania in ShB.

[YianKutku]

I think Cilia meant that instead of having 2 optional level cap dungeons like in previous expansions, they would instead include those dungeons as part of the story for an extended max level msq sequence.

Oh, good point. I was wondering how they'd squeeze in all the story from the usual x.1 to x.3 into the x.0 expansion, while still keeping to the standard levelling pace. It hadn't occurred to me that they could simply append the quests onto the end, after max level.

I'm still going to follow your advice to temper my expectations, but honestly even if there's no actual increase in gameplay content like duties and dungeons, I'd still be happy with more dialogue to pore through later.

(Completely unrelated: is anyone else having issues with giving Likes on the forum? I click the button and it doesn't seem to react, until I click it a few more times, and by that time I forget if I've actually put in a Like or if I've inadvertently cancelled that Like.)

[MrThinker]

(Completely unrelated: is anyone else having issues with giving Likes on the forum? I click the button and it doesn't seem to react, until I click it a few more times, and by that time I forget if I've actually put in a Like or if I've inadvertently cancelled that Like.)

If this is on mobile, usually a refresh helps me with that issue. Otherwise the desktop version seems to be working fine.

[Vyrerus]

(Completely unrelated: is anyone else having issues with giving Likes on the forum? I click the button and it doesn't seem to react, until I click it a few more times, and by that time I forget if I've actually put in a Like or if I've inadvertently cancelled that Like.)

A little bit. I've noticed that the Like recently on PC is turning grey as I've given one, but the number won't increase on my end until I refresh the page.

[MrThinker]

A little bit. I've noticed that the Like recently on PC is turning grey as I've given one, but the number won't increase on my end until I refresh the page.

I experimented with it just now on your comment and you are correct.

[RyuDragnier]

A little bit. I've noticed that the Like recently on PC is turning grey as I've given one, but the number won't increase on my end until I refresh the page.

It has been like that for a few weeks. I noticed it almost immediately.