Dawntrail: Hopes, expectations and disappointments.

[DixieBellOCE]

Dawntrail: The start of a new adventure.

First Thoughts:
Setting seems nice, Getting more into the beast tribe lore and getting more in touch with the lesser known races of the game is always a good thing for world building.

Hopes:
1) Being the start of a new adventure, I am really hoping that the game tries something new with the standard 1 dungeon, 1 trial and MSQ patches. After 10 years it really is getting stale when you know exactly what is coming to the game 6-12-24 months from now.
More surprise trials like Memoria Miseria and some side raids would be nice, even if they are just normal mode difficulty.

2) More open world content, we are now on islands that would serve as a great hub for daily questing and exploration, it could even be the replacement for exploratory zones.

3) The two new jobs will not be copypasta of previous jobs. With Reaper/Sage being somewhat unique, i have high hopes that the new jobs will be good.

Expectations:
My main expectation is that this will not stay as a 'happy go lucky' expansion and things will take a turn at some point, possibly with an accidental death of one of the scions. After the high notes in SHB and EW, it feels weird going on a 'summer vacation' expansion.

Disappointments:
Really have nothing to say here so far, since we have no real information other than the basics, I would say not mentioning an Exploratory Zone was a bit of a disappointment, along with the fact that we are STILL travelling with the Scions after they *cough* "DISBANDED", but there is always JP fanfest for that.

Overall expansion looks good, graphical update looks amazing with the fine details.
Can't say anything truely negative other than the vibe being a bit off after everything we have been through.

Can't wait, will definatly be back for 7.0