Launch Trailer Hype Thread

[Cilia]

YEEEEEEAHH!!!!! GET HYPE!!!!!

Anyway. Since the Heavensward launch trailer showed to about the end of the first act of the expansion, I'd wager this does as well. It seems quite simple - we go to retake Ala Mhigo, and things are going well... until Zenos and Fordola step onto the field and crush everyone (the former moreso than the latter). Y'shtola will be grievously wounded by Zenos (or die for emotional torque, though that seems unlikely), after which we beat a hasty retreat thanks to him kicking both Lyse and our own asses as well. We then learn we need to go to Doma, perhaps to discover the source of Zenos' monstrous strength and to find a way to combat it, and naturally come into conflict with Yotsuyu before heading to the Azim Steppe and searching for Hien to get his support, then begin the war to liberate Othard in earnest. Beyond that, I can't guess, but since Shisui of the Violet Tides is an Lv63 dungeon, we have to be going to Doma / Kugane pretty early.

Fordola continues to intrigue me. Remember we're fighting the XIIth Legion... and there was a very important character in XII that was falsely accused of being a traitor and kingslayer... I wonder...

Estinien returns!

Was that Righty, Lefty, and Vysage? Will Gargantua make an appearance? (Also Ixion.)

As for the Blessing not powering us up against Zenos... Ysayle lightly implied that unless we're up against a superhuman foe (i.e. Primals, Ascians, superweapons like Ultima Weapon) we don't have it active. That said, we were bereft of said Blessing and still took down the likes of Nabriales (who was able to bend freakin' time), so... yeah, Zenos probably has some monstrous power booster we're going to need to find a way to nullify.

As for the Ascians being involved, it was said they are going to have a background presence this time instead of stepping to the forefront. The entire point of what they do is that with just a little nudge human nature will take care of the rest for them - they probably nudged Solus zos Galvus into the "eternal conquest" mentality Garlemald adopted in its transition to an Empire, then sat back to watch the sparks fly. That's also part of what makes our mission nigh impossible - human nature cannot be changed.