Revelations from Keynote II

[ObsidianFire]

The forest in the cutscenes is in the Rak'tika Greatwood and they specifically mentioned the forest looking very similar to a forest we had already seen. Probably they were referring to the forest in the Osborn Monestary zone. The tree designs do look very similar to those...

[Vanitas]

WELCOME TO YOKO TARO'S WILD RIDE

[Mieck]

My initial reaction while standing in the Hall (number of seats, SE? What's that about?), was that perhaps "Matoya" is a title, and that is the reason for her close relationship with Y'shtola all these years. She wasn't simply training her, but training a replacement or successor?


And on Gunbreaker, I wondered if the abilities mentioned might not be the old Weapon Break / Armour Break etc from previous games.



Lastly, at the risk of stirring the pot, the robed figure on the right of the artwork, with the straps and ornate bangles on the wrist... well, it's a little like the original Bard AF hands, and Bard is all about performance, which is.... maybe a bit like... dancing?

[Crushnight]

Anyone else remember when before SB Yoshi mentioned stuff abut Thavnair that ultimately never had a single appearance in SB outside of oh hey they have an embassy i'd like to go there one day same with sharlayen but i doubt we will for a long time

[Mansion]

Anyone else remember when before SB Yoshi mentioned stuff abut Thavnair that ultimately never had a single appearance in SB outside of oh hey they have an embassy i'd like to go there one day same with sharlayen but i doubt we will for a long time

Wasn't that about the Uznair Canals in treasure maps ?

What bugs me is how the areas are not known. Surely before heavensward we had heard of Dravania, Isle of Val, Ala Mhigo, these kind of things. And we knew about Othard / Doma.
But here it is plain unknown.

If it is on Ilsabard, do we really know so little about it?
If it is from another continent, that could be hydaelyn. (Do we know where did the Miqotes come from when they crossed the frozen seas during the Xth Umbral Era ?)
If it is in another shard, then it's ok I guess...

These areas look Light aspected (at least Ahm Araeng, Il Mehg and that pinkish area we have an artwork for). I'm in the side of "We are going in a Light imbalanced shard, and we'll learn from it so we can change things in Hydaelyn"

[Crushnight]

Wasn't that about the Uznair Canals in treasure maps ?

What bugs me is how the areas are not known. Surely before heavensward we had heard of Dravania, Isle of Val, Ala Mhigo, these kind of things. And we knew about Othard / Doma.
But here it is plain unknown.

If it is on Ilsabard, do we really know so little about it?
If it is from another continent, that could be hydaelyn. (Do we know where did the Miqotes come from when they crossed the frozen seas during the Xth Umbral Era ?)
If it is in another shard, then it's ok I guess...

These areas look Light aspected (at least Ahm Araeng, Il Mehg and that pinkish area we have an artwork for). I'm in the side of "We are going in a Light imbalanced shard, and we'll learn from it so we can change things in Hydaelyn"

we've known about Thavnir since ARR with the relic npc before Othard was even mentioned Thavnir's location is South of Ilsabard big island below Ilsabard on map it's unclouded like Sharlayan so my hope back before 4.0 was that 5.0 we visit these two or Thavnir on our way to Othard but ofc that never happened Yoshi could've just meant the canals pretty disappointing that was all we got

[Neophyte]

[*]Preview of the TRUST system showed Thancred tanking, Urianger healing, and Y'shtola on DPS in a forest dungeon

What job was Yoshi-Ps character in that screenshot?
http://www.novacrystallis.com/wp-con...9_PARIS_13.png

Usually he's BLM, but I really can't tell what a weapon he is holding there.. doesn't really look like a staff, MNK would be 2 weapons, MCH would have an aethet condensator...

[Crushnight]

What job was Yoshi-Ps character in that screenshot?
http://www.novacrystallis.com/wp-con...9_PARIS_13.png

Usually he's BLM, but I really can't tell what a weapon he is holding there.. doesn't really look like a staff, MNK would be 2 weapons, MCH would have an aethet condensator...

looks like stardust rod can't tell if atma version or base

[Neophyte]

looks like stardust rod can't tell if atma version or base

Indeed it does a bit... just a bit short, but that might be the perspective.. I'll ask one of my lala blm friends to get the i80 replica and try to do a similar screenshot for proof.

[Lauront]

I still haven't got my head round the Alexander lore, but isn't the idea that the characters were trapped in a time loop (where the later events put in motion the earlier events required for them in the first place) and that due to Alexander being benevolent, he would not interfere?

Isn't this exactly where a being like Zodiark could differ? That is, putting aside whether he is benevolent, malevolent, or neither. Potentially sitting outside such a loop, given that he appears to have power over time.

Let's go a step further and say he can see past, present and future all at once, would he not then be able to speak of changing history, as in changing the course of actions you are engaged in now? In which case, there is no time travel, as we would usually understand it.

To me, Alexander sounded a lot like an entity overseeing a simulation and capable of interfering with what was going on inside the simulation.

I'll have to admit, I'm not a huge fan of such narratives (the Harry Potter type plot turn you mentioned) and it would potentially interest me even less than straight up time travel. It's the kind of thing I don't mind reading about in a book or the occasional game but it'd be pretty meh for me if this is what they have in store.