Will the grand finale be carried out as a live event?

[Fievel]

Serket is that NM's name.

[Valmonte]

Well it does kind of contradict the whole reasoning for them wanting people to actually continuing to play 1.0. The Umbral Era story is that "one time story you can only experience if you play now" they went on about, so having our ending which is the new player's intro be told in a new game for example doesn't make sense in that manner.

Late post is late. XI's intro was interesting in the fact that it felt like something came before it, but never did.
to be honest when i saw the trailer of ARR it immediately reminded me of XI's intro. a massive battle between the Garleans(beatmen) and City States, Garleans Gaining the upper hand do to Magitec(Beastmen Contraptions) which allows them to break the line and wreak hovic, it ends with Lousius Sending us Away(girl pushing her brother out of a window) only to end with Lousius being overrun and presumably killed(much like the girl), followed by use awakening(returning) to our place of origin (much the boy in Xi who grew up and returned to the site of the battle.)

as sad as i am to say it, i don't think where going to get this grand finally we were told was going to happen.

[Inaaca]

Late post is late. XI's intro was interesting in the fact that it felt like something came before it, but never did.
to be honest when i saw the trailer of ARR it immediately reminded me of XI's intro. a massive battle between the Garleans(beatmen) and City States, Garleans Gaining the upper hand do to Magitec(Beastmen Contraptions) which allows them to break the line and wreak hovic, it ends with Lousius Sending us Away(girl pushing her brother out of a window) only to end with Lousius being overrun and presumably killed(much like the girl), followed by use awakening(returning) to our place of origin (much the boy in Xi who grew up and returned to the site of the battle.)

as sad as i am to say it, i don't think where going to get this grand finally we were told was going to happen.

The AAR intro is just a short recap to give new player's a little context without actually telling the whole story. It's like the "last time on FFXIV" type recaps that you get with ongoing tv shows. That intro contains zero details about how any of the 1.0 issues get resolved. The Twelve Summoning? Dalamud? Garlean invasion? Atomos? These things have yet to be answered, and these are the things that will be dealt with 1.0's climax.

This should be clear with all the buildup we've been given in the missions, assuming you've finished them all. We're at the precipice of the final confrontation. To expect that Yoshi plans to make us wait for the ending of the Dalamud story for months after 1.0 finishes service? Be realistic. We're gonna see the story conclude in the last days of 1.0 in some way/shape/form.

When? Take a look at those 10 days the game stays live after the final save happens. What better time to have a final doomsday event?