Thread: 3.4 speculation

I probably shouldn't be doing this after people indulged me in my "Regula - Kefka" theory (though I don't think anyone really bit) but...

Pretty sure we're "done" done with Heavensward as a storyline; we won't be revisiting 3.0 areas to learn more details about the Dragonsong War and such since we already know the whole truth. Instead we'll be revisiting 2.0 areas probably, since if 4.0 is going to take us to Ala Mhigo and the only route there through Ishgard is via Xelphatol, I doubt it's going to be our primary entry point. Capturing Castrum Oriens and then using it as a staging ground for the war seems most likely...

... though if Alisae is going to take the protagonist role from Alphinaud for 4.0, whether or not we'll be working closely with the GCs remains up in the air.

(Don't think she's going to be revealed to have SMN arts, Phoenix-egi, and the Echo. Don't get greedy now!)

It was either Lahabrea or Nabriales who taught Ysayle to summon - just further proof we probably won't ever do it ourselves, since we know better than to trust the Ascians.

Ramuh's conjecture on light and darkness was just that - conjecture. He's only a few centuries old (~1,500 years tops) so unless he has access to Hydaelyn's memories he doesn't really know the truth behind it all. He was basically doing as we do here - "theorizing."

I remain unconvinced the WoDs and the people from Unukalhai's tale are one and the same. Their MOs are vastly different and we've not seen the WoDs do anything but kill Ravana, rough us up, and then observe from a safe distance. My hypothesis is that they're extra-continual WoLs from a "reflection" whose world was destroyed - in the 7th Umbral Calamity, no less - brought here and observed by Elidibus to get revenge on Hydaelyn by striking at an opportune moment to make bad go worse. Somehow. Somewhere. Sometime. Eventually. Possibly.

Originally Posted by Cilia

(Don't think she's going to be revealed to have SMN arts, Phoenix-egi, and the Echo. Don't get greedy now!)

She was present at the slaying of two Primals; Phoenix and Bahamut. Phoenix-egi makes much more sense than Bahamut-egi.

As for the Echo, Ive thought she's had it since 2.55; her foresight there is too uncanny to be just intuition.

As an aside, I also feel Alph has it as well...he's just not awoken to it at all yet.

Well, seeing Darklander in the East Shroud was a bit of a dead giveaway, looks like they were standing near that spot where the fallen garlean ship things were. So perhaps my Sylphlands dungeon theory might hold up if Thancred and the girl run in that direction only to get cornered by the Twelveswoods and abducted or something.

Also, since I got around to finishing Midas over the weekend (first saw the fight and said "nope" but realized that I might want a second job and would rather not do a second anima) and now we see the Illuminati gained control of Alex and reversing time around it... so could it mean the barrier might eventually fade and Alex will crawl up and start walking? Or maybe float in mid air like the fortress from Chrono Trigger. Hopefully the final boss of Alexander would be some form of himself, where we take on the larger left arm, right arm, then it's face all outdoors but in some instance. That would be a nice change of scenery.

Originally Posted by Tracewood

Well, seeing Darklander in the East Shroud was a bit of a dead giveaway, looks like they were standing near that spot where the fallen garlean ship things were. So perhaps my Sylphlands dungeon theory might hold up if Thancred and the girl run in that direction only to get cornered by the Twelveswoods and abducted or something.

Also, since I got around to finishing Midas over the weekend (first saw the fight and said "nope" but realized that I might want a second job and would rather not do a second anima) and now we see the Illuminati gained control of Alex and reversing time around it... so could it mean the barrier might eventually fade and Alex will crawl up and start walking? Or maybe float in mid air like the fortress from Chrono Trigger. Hopefully the final boss of Alexander would be some form of himself, where we take on the larger left arm, right arm, then it's face all outdoors but in some instance. That would be a nice change of scenery.

Based on the rocks hovering above the dome that conveniently resemble the shape of Alexander's head I think it's a safe bet that he'll merely rear up to full height but the dome will remain. The rock formations around that entire area are being used as placeholder colliders. They can change his pose based on story progression so it will look different but the actual traversable area is identical no matter which stage you're on. This ensures that players don't see each other flying through things if they aren't on the same stage of the story.

As for the fight itself, I'm expecting an Alexander-Prime battle along the lines of Bahamut-Prime when we breach the final core. The time magic concept creates the opportunity for some really creative mechanics though and I'm hoping SE fully capitalises on that. I'd really like to see party members getting sent forward and backward in time to fight in parallel with the different time periods affecting each other. So much potential.