Thread: The 2.5 (Part 1 & 2) speculation thread

@Bloody and @Kaiser-Ace:

Sorry for the Long hit to the FF senses. When I got started I couldn't stop. I am sure I that some (or most) is very over reaching, and you guys will get the laugh on it.

Thanks for the quote props, I agree on the crash@Kaiser-Ace, but that was also the end of it too.

@Bloody, I am waiting on it too, it is shaping up to be really interesting. Also really hoping my predictions on the Machinist Job actually are true.

I am curious if you guys have any thoughts on the original WOL breakup I had at the end of it...or did you even make it that far?

I might derail this thread a little, but I just cleared Titan Ex for the first time and in the following cutscene ascian said something along those lines "The brighter the light, the greater the shadows" and that this is works well for them. However, there is no light anymore, so...? Do ascians get stalled, or maybe it is too late?

Going by the tragic pattern they've fallen into with this patch pertaining to new arrivals, I highly suspect F'lhammin will be the next of our comrades to fall, if not in Part 2, than early in the expansion. Her only purpose in the entire plot was to canonize the "Minfilia is Ascilia" bit of loremongering from 1.0, and with that accomplished, there is no real point to her sticking around except to treat Minfilia like a child, in a time when more than ever we need her to be an adult.

Minfilia needs to grow up, woman up, and stand up on her own. She's supposed to be our leader, but all she does is rely on others to do the many things she can't. Losing her surrogate mother would be hard for her, and may even break her for a time, but it's obvious that she can't go on like she is now.

Originally Posted by Fenral

Going by the tragic pattern they've fallen into with this patch pertaining to new arrivals, I highly suspect F'lhammin will be the next of our comrades to fall, if not in Part 2, than early in the expansion. Her only purpose in the entire plot was to canonize the "Minfilia is Ascilia" bit of loremongering from 1.0, and with that accomplished, there is no real point to her sticking around except to treat Minfilia like a child, in a time when more than ever we need her to be an adult.

Crazy theory, but I wonder if she is going to betray us. Last we saw of her she was going to Ul'dah, and we know things are going to go from bad to worse there...

Originally Posted by PArcher

Crazy theory, but I wonder if she is going to betray us. Last we saw of her she was going to Ul'dah, and we know things are going to go from bad to worse there...

Originally Posted by Anonymoose

I suspect that this is not quite true. A long time ago, Yoshi-P said that one of the very, very few plot points that would be carried over from 1.X was the fate of Niellefresne, which he very much wanted to clear up. F'lhaminn was Nielle's lover, and the first thing she did when she got back was tell us all about him. I'm actually wondering if that's why she went to Ul'dah.

Given the state he was/is in... I could easily see Teledji getting to him, leading to F'lhaminn betraying the Braves...

The incident which puts Ilberd in suspicion? Exactly as he described it, the missing weapons being a result of F'lhaminn informing Teledji to protect Niellefresne.

I hope so at least, because tying into 1.0 and have Ilberd be innocent is a lot more interesting than the obvious cliché we'd have if Ilberd is a traitor, considering he was introduced solely to deal with a traitor plotline...

Anybody body know how Yuyuhasa's role back in 1.0? After doing some google searches he was an NPC in Ul'Dah and seems to be a bronze blade member at that.

Somebody speculated that Ilberd is working with Raubhan in order to "flush out" some of the syndicate members to make it easier/safer for Nanamo's plan. I kinda like that better than Ilberd betraying us and it'll explain why he's been so fishy this patch

With the finale fast approaching, has anyone got any new speculations, given what we saw at PAX?

I'm wondering if the Battle of Ishgard will actually take us into Ishgard itself.