Quote Originally Posted by Cleretic View Post
Nah, we had literally no idea where 8.0 was going before Dawntrail got revealed. We had a few suspects, but we had no actual information. Similarly, we've got some relatively solid guesses at this stage, I think everyone's correctly identified that there are a few threads they're setting up, it's just that nothing's concrete and we won't know who guessed right until later this month.
I don't know... The letter Krile received at the end of 6.4 post credits was a pretty clear indicator we'd be going to the New World. I remember I personally thought it would be both Meracydia and the New World, because there was also a scene where a dragon in the distance was responding to Azdaja's roar, and I thought it was somehow connected to Meracydia, but the New World part was always pretty evident

I do agree that Stormblood 4.4 was equally as mysterious, but since I wasn't really a part of the community back then I can't speak for the reaction.

This time around we truly have nothing. Based on 7.4 post credits alone, my best guess was that wherever we're going it won't be in the Ninth, and given that we have the key as a massive unexplored plot thread it would make sense that it would be in a different reflection(s). But nothing nearly as obvious as Krile's letter in 6.4.