Thread: Predictions for Patch 4.4

Perhaps they intended the scene as it's dead, but that scene was so clichè that was screaming, it's not over yet.
Let's just say they didn't know what to do with him yet and left it vague to left ppl wondering.
Maybe mid HW they decided where the story was going and added some hints here and there. The problem I see with Gaius is that supposedly they already know how the story would go and how it'll end as such I don't really buy that they didn't know about what to do with Gaius from the start.

Also there to say that they have always dodged the questions about Gaius' status ,from what I remember, with evasive answers and were never really clear on his status

The evidence was inconclusive but the story presented itself as if he was dead! I'm fallible, mmkay?

Originally Posted by Theodric

As for 4.4, I'm hoping that we learn why Varis spat on the coffin of the previous Emperor. He's very much a wildcard at the moment. Varis having met Alphinaud already back in Heavensward makes it likely that the pair will meet again.

Was that the Emperor's coffin though? We had learned about the succession crisis the empire was going through and, as such, I always thought he had spat on his uncle's coffin, whom supposedly was his number one obstacle during those events.
I imagine Varis shared the late Emperor's goals and wishes for the empire, which is why I assumed his disdain was directed at his rival for the crown.

Originally Posted by Iscah

I agree with the rest of what you wrote - I missed a lot of the emotional impact of Ysayle's death because I was still thinking "wait, what, is that all the involvement she gets in the end?" - and then afterwards the story almost rushes onwards to the next thing, no time to mourn.

She was my favorite female character and yet unlike with Haurchefant, I am fine with the way she died. I would have loved to have her survive it but at least her death makes sense. We were in a situation which was highly dangerous and could not be solved by jumping out of the way..we could have teleportet but that takes time in lore and we would have left others to die. In the end even the WoL cant do much about gun fire from ships. And her death also stopped the flagship till even today so she also played a big part in the future story line with that. (The ship could have done quite the damage to Eorzea) So her death was sad but at least felt like it had meaning..unlike the pure tragic and drama one that we got before that..

So as to not be completely off topic:

I know that the shadowhunter got burns on his arms (since he probably does not keep such things for the looks only *looks at Thancred*) but with the amount of fire that went after us while we rode out of the dungeon, one would believe that he should have been completely consumed by it thus more scarred then that.

About the last step of Omega: I really hope that our friend Alpha is not our enemy, that need to be killed. I wish for him to stay with Jessie and the rest of the team and begin a true life at their side. But seeing how SE loves drama..I really have a bad feeling about him.

Originally Posted by Tygiuu

I'll just leave this here.

Anonymoose 02/01/2018
Just to be a d[kupo!]k - awful headcanon:
IF Ascalon only consumed Lahabrea but did not annihilate him on contact, he could conceivably have ridden the blender out a la Y'shtola until anchoring onto Zenos mid-Menagerie and taking over after his death.

(I think if I inadvertently anticipate a legitimate theory one more time, I get a free sub!)

It would almost be a shame, though, right? In my humble opinion, Thordan is far more interesting having technically succeeded in outwitting (albeit due to arrogance) and killing the Ascian overlord of the Source dimension. That said, I 100% agree that the "Resistance Fighter" is being possessed by Zenos, but I think Zenos's body is currently more likely to be possessed by Elidibus just going by his word choices and mannerisms.

Would be a hell of a juke, though.

I don't think it was ever resolved whether Varis was spitting on his recently-deceased uncle, who challenged him and nearly tore the Empire apart, or whether the War of Succession was relatively short and they left Solus hangin' in the throne room on an extended period of mourning until it was resolved, and then he spit on him at the end of it anyway for some reason. (For "letting" this happen in the first place?)