STORMBLOOD

[Enkidoh]

Is there any source on this? I mean, SE registers names as trademarks all the time but it doesn't mean they ever actually do anything with them (remember they also registered the name 'Chrono Break' as a trademark years ago and similarly the fan community erupted thinking that it was 'proof' of a third Chrono game.... only to be bitterly disappointed when the anticipated third title was never announced and the name was never used at all.).

All I'm saying is, don't be so quick to assume that just because a name is trademarked that it automatically means that will be the 4.0 expansion title (it could be a whole new game un-releated to FFXIV for that matter).

[Balipu]

Is there any source on this? I mean, SE registers names as trademarks all the time but it doesn't mean they ever actually do anything with them (remember they also registered the name 'Chrono Break' as a trademark years ago and similarly the fan community erupted thinking that it was 'proof' of a third Chrono game.... only to be bitterly disappointed when the anticipated third title was never announced and the name was never used at all.).

All I'm saying is, don't be so quick to assume that just because a name is trademarked that it automatically means that will be the 4.0 expansion title (it could be a whole new game un-releated to FFXIV for that matter).

You are right of course. But it is fun to speculate. So for now let us assume it is STORMBLOOD and go with it.
It really sounds like a title. A very badass title.

[KaitlanKela]

Is there any source on this? I mean, SE registers names as trademarks all the time but it doesn't mean they ever actually do anything with them (remember they also registered the name 'Chrono Break' as a trademark years ago and similarly the fan community erupted thinking that it was 'proof' of a third Chrono game.... only to be bitterly disappointed when the anticipated third title was never announced and the name was never used at all.).

All I'm saying is, don't be so quick to assume that just because a name is trademarked that it automatically means that will be the 4.0 expansion title (it could be a whole new game un-releated to FFXIV for that matter).

The entire thread is speculation.

[Atoli]

Is there any source on this? I mean, SE registers names as trademarks all the time but it doesn't mean they ever actually do anything with them (remember they also registered the name 'Chrono Break' as a trademark years ago and similarly the fan community erupted thinking that it was 'proof' of a third Chrono game.... only to be bitterly disappointed when the anticipated third title was never announced and the name was never used at all.).

Companies usually register trademarks because they plan on doing something with them (or to make sure others don't do something with them). For all we know, SE might have totally planned on doing a third title. Do you know how many games go halfway into development before they get canceled, without them working on it ever even getting announced to the public? It's A LOT.
Maybe they worked on it and realized it would be a flop. Maybe they just didn't want a competitor to make a cheap clone with the name. We'll never know. I'm just saying that registering a trademark very often does mean a game is being developed, just not that it actually gets released.

In the case of Stormblood, well. It could be just about anything, but the timing fits (just before Fanfest), the theme fits with the spoiler poem, and it also fits with the notion that in 2.0 Yoshi said they want a sky or sea expansion but will go for sky first because airships and all that are such a big part of the FF universe (so the second expansion being the sea themed one would make sense). But yeah, it's ofc just speculation^^
Then again, such speculation often turns out to be true, so...I'll just stay hyped for now