Thread: 5.0 Speculation !

Originally Posted by TabrisOmbrelame

As we've see in Heavensward and Stormblood, the main Primal (Ravana/Bismark and Susanoo/Lakshmi) Doesn't appear in the FF Series as summon (Except for Lakshmi that is an actual summon in Final Fantasy Brave Exvius).

Bismarck and Lakshmi are summons from FFVI.

So, we might expect one completely new Primal and one existing one. We know we'll have the Nu Mou beast tribe and they also mentionned Dwarves, but I'm not sure what existing Summon you could really tie to them, especially since Ultima (The Nu Mou Totema) is not available anymore.

Originally Posted by Reynhart

Bismarck and Lakshmi are summons from FFVI.

You are right, after some investigation I've founded it too. Sorry for my bad culture.

I'd be happy to change a bit from the "beast-tribe" summonings mandatory trials.

Knowing where we will go in 5.0 should help. Because if we really go to Garlemald, there are less chances that we will meet primals. I would enjoy a fight against a major antagonist in the form of a trial (like Nidhogg for instance, or the Chrysalis with today's trial standards).

Raid-wise it's the same. Alexander and Omega where pretty well introduced in their respective expansions. I'd like raids brought closer to MSQ, see a real implication for what I do in side content in the world. The pattern of content in separate bubbles is certainly useful from a practical point of view but it sacrifices a lot of immersion.

Originally Posted by Mansion

I'd be happy to change a bit from the "beast-tribe" summonings mandatory trials.

Knowing where we will go in 5.0 should help. Because if we really go to Garlemald, there are less chances that we will meet primals. I would enjoy a fight against a major antagonist in the form of a trial (like Nidhogg for instance, or the Chrysalis with today's trial standards). .

I don't think we will go to Garlemald. If you remember the story from the 4.5 actually... (WARNING SPOILER !!!) Solus say something strange about an other world submerged by the Light. And maybe my speculation are in the total wrong way, and we are going to a New world. Solus is going in this "World" Again, he sayed it.

Originally Posted by TabrisOmbrelame

I don't think we will go to Garlemald. If you remember the story from the 4.5 actually... (WARNING SPOILER !!!) Solus say something strange about an other world submerged by the Light. And maybe my speculation are in the total wrong way, and we are going to a New world. Solus is going in this "World" Again, he sayed it.

I might not have been specific enough. I'm referring to Fanfest keynote saying 5.0 is "time to take down the Garlean Empire", whether it's from within or outside.

As a lore enthusiast, I'm kind of tired of primals. We'll definitely be getting at least 2 with the Nu Mou and Dwarf tribes, maybe one with the "fairy" tribe? The Auspices were a cool take on trial fights, but as the above poster has said, as side content it doesn't feel all that immersive or impactful.

More trials akin to Cape Westwind, where we fight against a high ranking military official would be my preference, and we're no doubt getting at least one ascian fight if the current direction of the story is anything to go by.

In terms of raids, I would like to see something akin to a raid on a particularly beefy and well fortified castrum, lots of magitek.

Originally Posted by TabrisOmbrelame

I don't think we will go to Garlemald. If you remember the story from the 4.5 actually... (WARNING SPOILER !!!) Solus say something strange about an other world submerged by the Light. And maybe my speculation are in the total wrong way, and we are going to a New world. Solus is going in this "World" Again, he sayed it.

I've been suspecting since 4.4. revealed that a flood of light is going to cause the next calamity that the first shard is somehow involved in this mess and all the clues in 4.5 seem to just be suggesting that further.

That said, if we're getting another situation like SB where the plot is split between two distinct locations/regions (I suspect it's going to be Ilsabard and the first shard this time), I really doubt they're going actually wrap up the Garlean conflict in 5.x. I'm expecting a push into their southern territories further from the capital to establish a foothold before the alliance makes their move to put an end to their threat once and for all, whilst we also go and clean up whatever mess is happening at the first after taking up the mantle of the WoD to ensure that the calamity doesn't occur.

Originally Posted by CorbinDallas

As a lore enthusiast, I'm kind of tired of primals.

Got to agree here. They've basically become 'monster of the week' type deals.

Hopefully we get more military stuff like you say, with the Garlean angle we've got a lot of room for fights against big mechanical creations and horrible biological abominations of science.

Originally Posted by CorbinDallas

As a lore enthusiast, I'm kind of tired of primals. We'll definitely be getting at least 2 with the Nu Mou and Dwarf tribes, maybe one with the "fairy" tribe? The Auspices were a cool take on trial fights, but as the above poster has said, as side content it doesn't feel all that immersive or impactful.

More trials akin to Cape Westwind, where we fight against a high ranking military official would be my preference, and we're no doubt getting at least one ascian fight if the current direction of the story is anything to go by.

In terms of raids, I would like to see something akin to a raid on a particularly beefy and well fortified castrum, lots of magitek.

Remember that the Red Kojin used to fight FOR the Imperial. So can we say that Susano was on Imperial Side from the beginning ? True they have Mecha-type monster and Biological Horror, but what if they use the beast tribe magic for their own purpose ?