AntiTower Speculation

[Fenral]

Was hoping for more advancement with the Garleans or whatever, they've just been camping out on Azys Lla for a while now.

Garleans exist to be downplayed, up until one of them drops a moon on us and we go, "Holy carp, we should have been paying more attention to those guys after all!" Rinse and repeat.

Good to see some forward movement on the Sharlayan front, I guess. And they've outright announced Minfilia will be involved, which axes my theory that they'd be saving her for last.

Am I looking forward to it? Reluctantly.

[Kaiser-Ace]

Garleans exist to be downplayed, up until one of them drops a moon on us and we go, "Holy carp, we should have been paying more attention to those guys after all!" Rinse and repeat.

Good to see some forward movement on the Sharlayan front, I guess. And they've outright announced Minfilia will be involved, which axes my theory that they'd be saving her for last.

Am I looking forward to it? Reluctantly.

One, that means since I started 2.0 in Gridania then I'll officially relocate the scions in reverse order which I was introduced to them.
Two, The Garlens are almost unjustly one uped constantly by the Warrior of Light's Deus Ex Machina ability, or worse Cid Ex Machina. So sadly unless the Warriors of Darkness or Ascians team up with them again it's possible they will never be in a winning position so long as they seek Eorzea. Real world conquerors has similar problems trying to conquer Russia and India way back when. It never ended well.
Finally, I wonder if this will lead up to Sharlyon Proper becoming an antagonistic force? I don't like them simply because they hoard knowledge and refuse to use it for anyone's benefit save possibly their own. And allegedly their powers over magic rival if not surpassed Garlemauld's mastery of technology.

[Morningstar1337]

Finally, I wonder if this will lead up to Sharlyon Proper becoming an antagonistic force? I don't like them simply because they hoard knowledge and refuse to use it for anyone's benefit save possibly their own. And allegedly their powers over magic rival if not surpassed Garlemauld's mastery of technology.

It might be possible that some of the Shalayans might want omniscence. And they have shown some disdain to Eorzea (see the "Savages" comment in the AST quests). It's also possible that they might seek the same power and prestige the Allagans (an empire noted for being nigh utopian on the surface, and likely seen as an example of a perfect Technocratic society) and seeks to emulate them like Garlemald, which might be why the CT plot (headed on the Sons of Saint Coinach) played out they way it did. And Sharlayan might have their own lot of mad scientists. SO its possible that they might be an antagonist. (though whether or they they seek to bring back Allag's "Glory Days" like Garlemald is still unknown)

[Frederick22]

WTF is that thing????? O.o

I didnt see that coming..

[Shikiseki]

Not what I expected but I'm very pleasantly surprised about this "knightly/fantasy" theme. Kinda reminds me of Kingdom Hearts/Disney but with a more FF-Flair. It did had hints of the Hinterlands BGM so a certain Witch might have the entrance in her Cave.. maybe in a book?.. Who knows

[Belhi]

So we have a Shalayan structure dedicated to studying the Mothercrystal. This might actually be the first time we see an actual scholarly assessment of the nature of the Mothercrystal.

[Theodric]

Interesting. It's very clearly inspired by Ipsen's Tower from FFIX...which just so happens to be my favourite FF game after FFXII. I'm quite pleased!

[Februs]

Interesting. It's very clearly inspired by Ipsen's Tower from FFIX...which just so happens to be my favourite FF game after FFXII. I'm quite pleased!

Right? I was super happy to see that design. It looks so cool. It would be neat if they included some version of the "reverse mechanic" that was in the original Ipsen's Castle. They obviously couldn't do the gear reversal (since you couldn't expect people to Q up for Ex roulette with a lvl 1 weapon, just in case they get the Anti-Tower), but it would be cool if there was some kind of homage to it in the boss mechanics or something. Either way, it is definitely a cool design.

[Morningstar1337]

Right? I was super happy to see that design. It looks so cool. It would be neat if they included some version of the "reverse mechanic" that was in the original Ipsen's Castle. They obviously couldn't do the gear reversal (since you couldn't expect people to Q up for Ex roulette with a lvl 1 weapon, just in case they get the Anti-Tower), but it would be cool if there was some kind of homage to it in the boss mechanics or something. Either way, it is definitely a cool design.

They could have an Undertalesque boss to fulfill that mechanic (have to be spared rather than Killed), maybe make like the guildleves that have you trying to /soothe mobs

[Methos76]

Antitower leading to world of Darkness? Warriors of Darkness? New class...dwarf? Maybe the warriors of darkness arent that bad after all. If the opposite is happening in their world as we save ours. By that I mean, for every instance that we save our world and do good, bad stuff happens there. and vice versa...So maybe they came through the antitower to the world above to stop us from destroying their world?