Unexplored Locations (6.1 to 7.0 Thread) *Spoilers throughout 6.0 as well"

[PastelGothGuy01]

I would definitely love to see a present Elpis.

[Enkidoh]

I would definitely love to see a present Elpis.

Unfortunately I don't think there would be much left if anything to explore of Elpis in the present day - Elidibus outright stated as much, that "scarcely a trace remains", and thus it could be presumed to have been all but obliterated in the original Final Days, and the constant Calamities would have erased anything of it that did manage to survive on the Source, just like Amaurot.

Having said that, the 'Three Great Continents' map does show a mysterious set of floating islands just north east of Garlemald which has never had any explanation or even name given as to what it is, so....

[RyuDragnier]

Personally I think what is left of Elpis may actually be the current area where the 24 mans are taking place this expansion. Remember, everybody just conveniently forgot we were the WoL in 2.0 (it's canon that we're the character from 1.x), which allowed us to do things under the radar. Since that was done on purpose, it's very likely that a certain memory altering device is in the hands of the Twelve.

[Cleretic]

Remember, everybody just conveniently forgot we were the WoL in 2.0 (it's canon that we're the character from 1.x), which allowed us to do things under the radar.

Actually, that's only canon for characters that were 1.0 imports. For everyone else it's just that we remind people of those people they can't remember.

But also worth recalling that yes, the weird memory issues around the Calamity ARE canon, and were even brought up in Endwalker--even going as far as to mention that we still have no idea what did it or if it was intentional. I know I certainly don't want the Twelve to be hanging out in Elpis--I'd really hate for so much of this expansion's 'postgame' to be linked to a single zone to the exclusion of all else, especially when the expansion includes the somewhat-neglected Thavnair and very-neglected Garlemald (and nearly-100% neglected Labyrinthos, but I'm not sure what you'd put there either). But I admit we don't exactly have evidence to knock that theory off the board right now, and it would make some amount of sense that they flexed something to cause the memory situation, given Louisoix was calling on them at the time.

[KageTokage]

I really hope something comes of Thancred doing recon work over in Ilsabard and the Far East.

I think I'd rather "finish" our exploration of the original three continents before we go gallivanting off to Meracydia or the New World.

[Cassar]

For reference, here's a list of the places Emet-Selch mentioned at the end of Endwalker:

Beneath the waters of the Bounty
The Treasure Islands beyond the frozen waters of Blindfrost, in Othard's North
The Fabled Golden Cities of the New World
The Sacred Sites of the Forgotten People of the South Sea Isles
Meracydia, the Southern Continent

I have a feeling that these will be the next areas we'll be visiting, and I do believe that we could visit both Meracydia and the New World in 7.0, given that historically we have visited two major cities in the same expansion, such as Radz-at-Han and Old Sharlayan in Endwalker.

[Cassar]

I know I certainly don't want the Twelve to be hanging out in Elpis--I'd really hate for so much of this expansion's 'postgame' to be linked to a single zone to the exclusion of all else, especially when the expansion includes the somewhat-neglected Thavnair and very-neglected Garlemald (and nearly-100% neglected Labyrinthos, but I'm not sure what you'd put there either).

I can understand not wanting Elpis to be overused so much but to be honest I'd be fine with it because I see this as potentially the last time we see anything related to the ancients, because I think that moving forward to 7.0 the focus will be shifted completely towards something else. And even if we do talk about the ancients still I strongly doubt we'll ever go back to the past yet again to meet them. So seeing a lot of content based off of the ancients seems fair in my opinion - especially because this content seems to finish off some of the lore that's been left unfinished in Endwalker. Zones like Thavnair and Garlemald seem like they could still be heavily used in the future, especially Garlemald. Either way though, I personally like the direction they're going with the content.

[MikkoAkure]

I do believe that we could visit both Meracydia and the New World in 7.0, given that historically we have visited two major cities in the same expansion, such as Radz-at-Han and Old Sharlayan in Endwalker.

After Stormblood and Endwalker, I just want to visit one single place that has one continuous storyline than have our attentions as well as the narrative split between two completely different continents in the world just to have them checked off as “we did it”.

[Necrotica]

Would love to see more Garlean areas. Still way too much cloud cover on that map.

[Brightamethyst]

I still want to know where the Gardens of Xarakish are.