Revelations from Patch 6.1

[JeanneOrnitier]

If the Omicrons were conquering other planets then it'd make sense they'd impose a unified language for the peoples of their various colonized worlds to communicate with each other.

[EdwinLi]

I actually doubt this very much because the two Shards we have seen were both neo-medievial society wise (the First only has had some technological development due to G'raha providing Allagan and magitek devices from the Crystal Tower he brought with him from the Source), and when Elidibus summoned "other Shards' Warriors of Light", they resembled adventurers from the Source.

I'm pretty confident to say that the four remaining Shards (other than the First and Thirteenth), aren't much different (remember, each Shard is a reflection of the Source where things went slightly differently, but still ultimately follow similar paths (such as Ancient humanity splitting into the same basic races biologically as those on the Source).

The closest you're going to get to 'modern/futuristic' worlds here in FFXIV will be Garlemald which has/had cars, trains, advanced airships/air travel, electric light, mass-produced consumer items, advanced metallurgy and material synthesis, computers and skyscrapers, and the ancient Allag which was full on Tron-level cyberpunk with high-tech computerisation, mechanization and space travel. Some of that is progessively trickling down into Eorzean society, but it's never going to be more than a few curiosities the Ironworks and their contempories make.

it is a bit too early to tell how any civilization for Season 2 will have developed technology wise. As of now mostly everything is a assumption since Season 2 is about exploring the Unknown regions of FF14 that we have little amount of lore about such as the remaining shards, the New World (still mostly unexplored certain civilizations have yet to make contact with Eorzea exploration teams yet), and etc.

Garlean Empire may not be the only civilization that developed into modern day technology in the Source and we still know very little about the remaining shard to be certain how their civilizations have developed both magic and science wise. The smallest of details in a civilizations development can greatly affect what path they follow in technology advancement and how fast they advance after all.

We also have to keep in mind Garlean Empire did establish influence in regions beyond current regions as well so their technology advancements may have also affected certain regions we have yet to explore located in the Unknown Regions we will go to once we can enter the New World which we know had been under Garlean control far longer than the regions we currently have access to. This can lead to a new civilization that have intergrated Garlean technology into their own society more than the current civilizations we can go to due to longer exposure to Garlean control over their region before Garlemald fell.

Only thing certain is that we will eventually get there at some point in Season 2 due to the Spoilers that Emet gave us at the end of Endwalker. Emet's message is clear being that we should prepare for both the unexpected and the expected when it comes to the new civilizations we will explore in Season 2 for both on the Source and the remaining Shards.

[Iscah]

If the Omicrons were conquering other planets then it'd make sense they'd impose a unified language for the peoples of their various colonized worlds to communicate with each other.

I feel like Omega should talk about it differently if it is Omega's people's own language versus a generic one shared by multiple societies. We know that the proto-Omicrons feared being conquered and that's why they turned around to be the conquerors instead, so they must have been in communication with other planets worth fearing.

On a side note, curious news that Omega is mentally no different to the humanoid Omicrons. Seems an odd thing to frame it that way instead of it being a special war machine thing created by them.

And on a side note to that side note, it is a strange sort of mental effort to remember to refer to Omega as "it" and not default to "he". "It" just isn't a pronoun we use with a sentient being and it sounds wrong, plus – I keep struggling even as I write this – we use it (the word) as a placeholder for so many intangible things as we write about them. But Omega has no gender and the quests are using "it" for ...it. I just defaulted to "him" again there even as I drafted the sentence in my head.

[SilverArrow20XX]

Omega Quest

So Omega is M-017.
Interesting that it clearly sees Sir as a separate entity.
M-017 was basically an AI fragment of Sigma-1 I thought.
Or maybe it was just "infected" by Sir and is it's own entity.

[Cleretic]

The Omega story was easily my favorite of it all, but there is one thing that strikes me as weird.

If Omega was M-017, then... uhm, how was M-017 also in Ultima Thule? I thought that Ultima Thule was full of souls trapped in a negative-dynamis-battery by Meteion, so... how is this one in two places at once?

[Lieri]

If the Omicrons were conquering.

They already did. In the real world.

[Vyrerus]

The Omega story was easily my favorite of it all, but there is one thing that strikes me as weird.

If Omega was M-017, then... uhm, how was M-017 also in Ultima Thule? I thought that Ultima Thule was full of souls trapped in a negative-dynamis-battery by Meteion, so... how is this one in two places at once?

Ours is the entity, having taken on its designation as a personality quirk, and perhaps the one in Ultima Thule is merely a reproduction or frame.

Either that or it's a similar reasoning to the reason there's two Ragnaroks now.

[EdwinLi]

The Omega story was easily my favorite of it all, but there is one thing that strikes me as weird.

If Omega was M-017, then... uhm, how was M-017 also in Ultima Thule? I thought that Ultima Thule was full of souls trapped in a negative-dynamis-battery by Meteion, so... how is this one in two places at once?

Since Omega's mind had already been transfered into his Omega body, it is maybe a copy of his personality or just a shadow copy of who Omega once was before their civilization died.

Remember everything in Ultima Thule are just reflections of civilizations that have all already died and we are seeing their final days before their planet became completely wiped out through how Meteion saw things. When we changed things in Ultima Thule we basically gave them their own will to continue living even though they are just shadows of those that have already passed.

[SannaR]

The Garleans hadn't reached the New World that we know of. Or we probably wouldn't have the 1-50 story of Blue Mage be about how there's supposedly a cerulean gold mine waiting to be tapped into. Even though it would disrupt and most likely ruin the simple way of life of those who live there.

I wonder if the custom delivery storyline will cause some character growth for Rowena or not. I know she's not the focus, but I doubt the opening quest will be the last we see of her. I love the fact that we could ask Tataru if our teleportation costs would be reimbursed was an option.

I uh guess we know what kind of animations they seem to be working on from the Hildibrand gets himself unstuck scenes. If we don't get a Pu TT card, minion or the new song as an orchestrion roll I'll be a little disappointed. Volleyball mini game when Yoshida?

[JeanneOrnitier]

The Omega story was easily my favorite of it all, but there is one thing that strikes me as weird.

If Omega was M-017, then... uhm, how was M-017 also in Ultima Thule? I thought that Ultima Thule was full of souls trapped in a negative-dynamis-battery by Meteion, so... how is this one in two places at once?

Everyone in Ultima Thule was a recreation. No one there was "real".

I dunno how I feel about

Omega just being a normal Omicron just given an upgraded body. It makes him feel less special, I guess? Ive never particularly cared for his character or storyline but even so I'm a bit iffy on this.