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[Cach]

Sorry Meracydia bros

[Fawkes]

Sorry borger bros

[ReynTime]

Thancred and Urianger still around despite having their development resolved... Twins still around... The complete hivemind squad is staying... Yay...

Hopefully that doesn't stop them from adding more than 1 NEW character to the Duty Support cast...

[Payotz]

Setting's interesting. Hopefully the MSQ goes back to the ARR roots rather than even bigger stakes.
Pretty disappointed that it's the Scions yet again, but it is what it is.
Battle systems changes (or lack thereof) will determine if I take this game seriously or I treat this as a VRChat/Gmod sandbox for 4 more years.

[CNitsah]

Disbanding the scions was so useless...

[Karious]

They done bamboozled me again... T_T

[Mimilu]

They're saying that while the rest of the Scions will be there, it will divide them into two rival groups. So there's some hope. (ﾉ´ヮ´)ﾉ*:･ﾟ✧
The plot will supposedly be a contest for succession of the crown for the land of Tural (the New World) that we and the Scions have been drawn into.

[Jeeqbit]

So the hint I noticed from Gubal Library was it https://forum.square-enix.com/ffxiv/...=1#post6258104

Y'shtola: Is that a treatise on the New World I spy?
Alphinaud: Ah yes, I've read that one. I can recommend it.
Over the Horizon: Though there is some debate as to whether or not Merlwyb Bloefhiswyn and her League of Lost Bastards were the first Eorzeans to discover the western continent, there is no denying that their navigational charts were instrumental in establishing the major trade routes of today.

Moreover, the accounts from their expedition are widely regarded as both informative and entertaining. Of particular note is their first encounter with the Mamool Ja, as well as other indigenous peoples and creatures which seemed curiously intent on their demise.

These travel journals have since inspired a legion of explorers and treasure hunters to retrace the League's journey. Yet in spite of their numbers, the existence of “a bleedin' city o' gold” remains unconfirmed...

[Fawkes]

Pretty disappointed that it's the Scions yet again, but it is what it is.

Looks like they're all still wearing their Shadowbringers outfits too.

[Payotz]

They're saying that while the rest of the Scions will be there, it will divide them into two rival groups. So there's some hope. (ﾉ´ヮ´)ﾉ*:･ﾟ✧

I really REALLY hope this presents actual choice in the MSQ. Like a Path A or a Path B. Gives more incentive to redo the MSQ just to see what the other path is.
Hopefully also leads into a different side of the MSQ and ending all throughout the expansion, but I recognize that's close to impossible for FF14.