Thread: The Patch 5.2 Discussion Thread! (Spoilers)

Syricta are also special in that they are one of the forms Ishgardian Elezen take when they drink dragon's blood. So it's not just the dragons in general wanting to help rebuild the Firmament, it's the heretics who were so fanatical they drank dragon's blood who are getting involved.

The Nier raid is getting a few quests to advance the story surrounding it, which is intriguing. So far pretty much everything about the patch looks pretty good and we'll be seeing a lot more story advancement across the board.

This patch does seem absolutely packed with story content, between Eden having a surprising amount of quests on the patch notes, Nier getting quests even without a new raid, Yoshida warning "if you plan to do the MSQ first thing probably don't plan on doing anything else the first day", Ruby Weapon assuredly being tied to the MSQ, and Bozja's introduction being called long and dense in that interview, even if that last one is something we won't see for a couple weeks still.

Originally Posted by Theodric

The Nier raid is getting a few quests to advance the story surrounding it, which is intriguing. So far pretty much everything about the patch looks pretty good and we'll be seeing a lot more story advancement across the board.

Wait a minute....

We're getting the next part of the Neir raid storyline already?!

Guess we will have a Raid every odd number patch and just story quest for the even number patch.

Originally Posted by EdwinLi

Wait a minute....

We're getting the next part of the Neir raid storyline already?!

Guess we will have a Raid every odd number patch and just story quest for the even number patch.

I agree that it is a refreshing change of pace... and also something the Return to Ivalice raid series would have benefited from as well.

Yeah, Yoshida saying that if we want to get all those juicy lore bits from the MSQ then GL on getting anything else new in the game done is very intriguing. This makes me wonder if there's going to be a lot of those make sure you have ample time to sit and watch a CS warnings. Or it could be that there's so many lore bombs big and small that we're going to have to just sit there and try and process it all real slowly to the point it takes all day. It makes you wonder how much of the MSQ they kept out of the trailer because they didn't want our jaws dropping and staying there til patch day only to have them drop again once we're through the msq while our brains just explode with all of the wait excuse me what just happened and how did they just up the bar on what to expect next in the story.

It's called Ruby Weapon because that is what the same mecha-like being is called in FFVII. The other main WEAPONS in FFVII are Sapphire weapon, Emerald weapon and Ultimate weapon...

We see the Rean woman and the Rean man talking to Giaus in some other screenshots. Given the normal Garlean attitude towards non-Garleans, I doubt those two are with Garlemald in particular. It would make more sense for them to be people Gaius knows of since he really does not care about what race or culture people are from so long as they can do their job right.

As it is, we don't even know if Ruby Weapon can be piloted like a mechanical can. The weird Ultima-like Weapon Estinean fought had someone grafted into it practically...