Thread: 4.4 Trailer!

Originally Posted by NessaWyvern

Fair enough, (I don't play Drg) but of course an Azure Dragoon would be involved with the Azure Dragon :P
But by going with this theme, there could also be a yellow dragon.

That would likely be Koryu.

I just finally got caught up all the way to 4.3 MSQ. I just thought about something that I wanted to share. During that surprise battle at the end of 4.3, you have the buff called 'Roleplaying'. Seriously. It's description sums up as going through an experience as another character. For the sake of spoilers, what if in 4.4, the devs start having us do some instances as members of this party? Maybe Shadowhunter himself? I don't believe for a moment that this buff was made solely for this one instance. Perhaps something with Y'shtola as well?

Originally Posted by KaivaC

I just finally got caught up all the way to 4.3 MSQ. I just thought about something that I wanted to share. During that surprise battle at the end of 4.3, you have the buff called 'Roleplaying'. Seriously. It's description sums up as going through an experience as another character. For the sake of spoilers, what if in 4.4, the devs start having us do some instances as members of this party? Maybe Shadowhunter himself? I don't believe for a moment that this buff was made solely for this one instance. Perhaps something with Y'shtola as well?

Yes, I agree and hope this can be a more regular occurrence in the future. It gives us more immersion and empathy with the NPC character while also making us feel like we are in control of our our decisions.

Originally Posted by Ramesses

Yes, I agree and hope this can be a more regular occurrence in the future. It gives us more immersion and empathy with the NPC character while also making us feel like we are in control of our our decisions.

Going into full blown theory-mode here, but with us going to the Burn, Y'shtola dealing with things in Doma, and Thancred in the western provinces...I can definitely see room for us doing instances as those characters. I was gonna say maybe our Echo has evolved enough for us to see things from their perspectives, which could explain the Echo filter in the CS...but out of the three of them, I think only Alphy, Alisaie and Lyse were present when we shielded them from tempering. WAs gonna say perhaps we gained the ability from shielding them

Originally Posted by Ramesses

Yes, I agree and hope this can be a more regular occurrence in the future. It gives us more immersion and empathy with the NPC character while also making us feel like we are in control of our our decisions.

Me too! I hope there's more "roleplaying" scenarios, there are so many characters I want to learn more about and see things from their perspective, especially the villains (including the former villains).
Perhaps it's something they can use in the future to make the Echo recaps more fun? Instead of having lengthy "this is what happened off-screen" cutscenes, experiencing the more important Echo visions interactively would make me feel more like I'm actually exploring someone's memories and not just watching a movie starring them.

And I just started the game... its a long grind before I get to stormblood.

Originally Posted by NessaWyvern

Well, we have had a Turtle, Tiger, and now a firebird Auspice, which means the final auspice will most likely be the Azure dragon. I think it's pretty neat that they're following the Four Symbols theme

I'm pretty certain they said this would be the finale of the 4 Lord's Storyline.

Which I think is dumb, we need Seiryu as you say here. So unless s/he (I want Seiryu a girl so it's 2 - 2 boy/girl Lords personally) is in a Duty instance, I don't know how they're really going to end this...

Unless they're planning a sequel storyline and they meant "this is the finale of this specific arc."

One can wish.

Originally Posted by Xion136

I'm pretty certain they said this would be the finale of the 4 Lord's Storyline.

Which I think is dumb, we need Seiryu as you say here. So unless s/he (I want Seiryu a girl so it's 2 - 2 boy/girl Lords personally) is in a Duty instance, I don't know how they're really going to end this...

Unless they're planning a sequel storyline and they meant "this is the finale of this specific arc."

One can wish.

I kinda doubt the story of The Four Lords is going to end before the fourth lord shows up. Especially when we have at least one more patch for Stormblood to conclude the Ivalice Raid.

I don't recall them ever saying this would be the finale. Resolving the matters of Suzaku, Seiryu, and Kouryuu all in a single patch would be a bit much.

I feel like it's almost a given we'll have to deal with the latter of the three in some capacity, too, though perhaps not necessarily in a trial.