Darkness [Spoiler Warning]

[FallenArisen0990]

If we do get to square off with the WoD, I need this song going off in the background.

https://youtu.be/qzVBqBosf5w

[MilesSaintboroguh]

Really hoping they let players become warriors of darkness.

It would add a lot of depth and player choice to the game, as well as make for some far more interesting PvP lorewise.

Zodiark needs the help anyways, poor Zodiark is getting its butt kicked by the light.

Final Fantasy is a series where the story is on rails and you're never given a choice to switch sides. On a more practical level, Square would cry trying to cram content for two "factions" and they'd probably watered down.

[FallenArisen0990]

They could do it the Star Wars way where you can do w/e action but had no bearing on the story other than your alignment with the force.

[MilesSaintboroguh]

They could do it the Star Wars way where you can do w/e action but had no bearing on the story other than your alignment with the force.

While it could be possible with the whole light vs dark motif, it wouldn't seem to amount to anything other than changing your "occupation"

"Hi! I'm Derplander and I'm with Team Dark! WOO!"

[Gilraen]

We, as the heroes of the game, will never be swayed from our righteous path. This is the nature of the Japanese RPG hero, and as such everyone playing the game. It's the rare series where the Hero can break free of 'destiny'. Mostly Atlus' RPGs. This said, I can't help but think that the Warrior of Darkness is...

Derplander, or at least Mirror Derplander. He appears in cutscenes as us so it stands to reason that, in the Ascian's world there's people just like us, saving the world in the name of Zodiark while the Ascians fulfill the roles of the Scions.

But that's just a theory...

...based on the Wings of the Goddess storyline in XI.

Append: Clarifying myself.

[Kuwagami]

I have only three speculations:

Or, my most farfetched speculation, 3) The Warrior of Darkness represents a faction to and from which we can switch as we wish, giving us the thing many people have been asking for: open world PvP, among other things.

Nope. Open world PvP is a big no-no

[Hypie]

Wow this would be even make sense lorewise!! Imagine we get more into the Zodiark/Hydaelyn Stuff and discover that both need to coexist. The white robe guys says we destroy the balance and there was a ff title where the light was too strong.

Chosing the Light or Dark Side would make logical move. Even so because the Derplander just represents us the Players. Maybe a overworking from the three faction pvp into light/darkness pvp? I would totally ship and buy this shit...and consume it on a daily dose of 20 hours

I dont get why everyone here thinks dark=bad.

[Adire]

Final Fantasy is a series where the story is on rails and you're never given a choice to switch sides. On a more practical level, Square would cry trying to cram content for two "factions" and they'd probably watered down.

We can still dream that they'll maybe broaden their horizon one day

In a game where such a large amount of dialogue is text based, it especially seems like a reasonable dream.

[Dyvid]

Just going to drop these two links here about the "Midlander"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ag2cRTU-Og8

http://forum.square-enix.com/ffxiv/t...626#post898626

[EdwinLi]

We can still dream that they'll maybe broaden their horizon one day

In a game where such a large amount of dialogue is text based, it especially seems like a reasonable dream.

Maybe not a dream since SE can make the storyline linear enough that the only thing affecting the Main storyline as a WoD or WoL is the dialogue.

While dialogue option and choosing where to go first and last has become a thing for 3.0 it does show it may be possible to provide the option of being WoD or WoL.

The only difference in the story may most likely just be the dialogue similar to how 2.0 storyline dialogue was slightly different for Legacy Characters and New Adventurer Characters.

Assuming they follow the concept that the WoD and WoL are guardians of the world just from different side of the same coin with a common enemy for the Main Storyline like they did in FF3.

They can just make the Intro Arc of the storyline different like they did with the City-States for WoL and WoD with the Intro Arc leading to the common enemy for the WoL and WoD.