Thread: 6.0 Predictions: Will it be Garlemald, Sharlayan, or Meracydia?

to tell the truth this kind of worries me, i would like for the world map we have now to be completed first before we head to any new continents and the way ShB seemed to set up that we were heading for the finale of all the first season so to speak, i would rather 6.0 just take us to Islabard and wrap everything up then afterwards when we can have new threats and stories we go to Mercadia and The New World. besides we already have locations developed in Garlemald, I seriously hope this subvert expectation is either a red herring or perhaps something like them being defeated in 5.5 and 6.0 still takes us to Islabard for the final part of the Zodiark arc as well as a clean up job from 5.5. To be honest i think Islabard needs to be the location for 6.0 with an updated World map and possibly Sharlyan as the main city like Kugane as it has been a long time coming.

Plus if there is a big war between superpowers where one is taken out or both exhausted it can lead to other powers rising. One example i can think of would be the Byzantine and Sasanian empires (later iterations of the Roman and Persian empires) exausted each other with a large series of conflicts and wars only to be weakened just in time for the rise of a new power the Rashidun Caliphate which was able to completely conquer the Persians and limit the Roman influence and territory to a single peninsula.

Also i feel Islabard has been a long time coming and i would appreciate no more delays especially since my alt is a Veena Viera and going there could help adapt her backstory just like going to Orthard helped me better adapt my main's backstory