Quote Originally Posted by Absimiliard View Post
Have to admit, I am curious what they're going to do now after having mostly stripping away the world's greatest mysteries - the afterlife, the Twelve, the world's history and pre-history, the ancients, Hydaelyn and Zodiark, and how all these things tie into the modern world as we know it. I don't mean in terms of new NPCs and challenges. I mean like... the world itself, one of the greatest mysteries any game can present you with, has been almost completely demystified.
I might be wrong, but I think Meracydia/ the New World is one of, if not the last part of Hydaelyn left to be explored? If so, then perhaps with Dawntrail they're doing a clear sweep of Hydaelyn itself and then, having made shard and and space travel a relatively trivial affair, we'd be going to other reflections/ stars that would presumably have their own cultures and whatnot to fill in the sense of mystery that's been taken away.

...I'm not sure how effective it would be given that anything we'd hear on the other shards would just be their own interpretation of our history with Hydaelyn and a ShB rip, but maybe that's what they're going for. Come up with new zones and locations and stories less history-focused, but throw in a wink-wink-nudge-nudge moment about the Ancients to tickle the fans now and then.