Thread: Revelations from Patch 4.56

MY THOUGHTS FOR PATCH 4.56:

MSQ:

I was quite disappointed that Main Scenario was really short, but I still enjoyed it. Role playing as Hien was unexpected and it was pretty fun fighting against Elidizenos as him while my WoL rushes to the battlefield (I was like, "HURRY UP REN!"). The final battle of Stormblood - my WoL vs. Elidizenos - was quite satisfying; I danced around his attacks and defeated him in one shot! XD I kinda freaked out when the Call happened in the middle of the fight and I thought for sure that my WoL may have gotten sliced. Speaking of the Call, that Enigmatic Figure is TOTALLY G'raha Tia, the signs are too obvious, can't change meh mind! I screeched and cried a little tears of joy when I saw Aymeric again (MEH FUTURE HUSBAND, I LOVE HIM!); I screeched even more when I learned that Estinien saved my WoL's life (I wish there was a cutscene for that moment). Elezenos making his little speech kinda sounded motivational if you ask me; it was like he was telling us to enjoy ShB lol. At the very end with Varis, his expression made me feel a little uneasy. Why do I feel that the Varis we see isn't really him, but that's Solus posing as him. I could be wrong, but that was what my intuition was telling me. Some of the things that others have mentioned like how do we become the WoD, what happened to the Scions, etc. all of that will be revealed in ShB mostly. As Yoshi P says, "PLEASE LOOK FORWARD TO IT!!" ;D

HILDEBRAND:

The ending was meh, but I wanna THANK YOU SO MUCH SE for letting us have the Manderville Mambo; seeing my WoL dance with the rest of the Hilde cast was a cherry on top!

Originally Posted by Iscah

At a more mundane level... unless he has a really distinctive voice, I don't think it's unreasonable for the WoL to not connect this ominous voice with that of a friend who they didn't know for all that long, and might not have expected to see again.

And as much as he might be visually obvious to us as observers of a story, our character is most likely in no state to recognise him at the time - running on adrenaline, panicked that they were just (and may still be) about to die, pulled into this bewildering place and realising this is the guy who's been snatching all our friends' souls... well, I'm pretty sure I wouldn't be looking at the shape of the guy's face to try to work out whether I recognise him.

Anger would have also helped to drown out his voice. The WoL was just constantly pissed until something like halfway through the conversation with Aymeric.

On the subject of the Enigmatic Figure, perhaps he's a G'raha Tia, but not our G'raha Tia. We still don't have any actual evidence that there are alternate versions of characters from the Source on the First, but it's not an impossible concept. If this is the case, it could make things a little more coherent for players who may not have yet done the Crystal Tower raids, as this version of G'raha wouldn't know us one way or another, reducing the need for context, but also rewarding those who have cleared the raids with some possible additional dialogue in reference to that storyline. As further conjecture into the possibility, it could also explain some of the trailer as well. Perhaps the Y'shtola of the First was adopted by the Matoya of the First, and carried on the name and teachings of her adoptive mother? Perhaps who we see in the trailer are the alternate versions of the Scions? Or perhaps something ill befalls the versions from the First, and the Scions from the Source are forced to take up their torches and assume their places on the First? There's a lot that could happen.