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  1. 08-03-2020 03:10 AM #1
    Cilia
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    Trpimir Ratyasch
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    Quote Originally Posted by Rosenstrauch View Post
    All that tells me is that Meracydia was a place where things happened in the distant past. It says nothing about what Meracydia is like now or why we would go there, which was my point.
    Everyone was expecting Garlemald / Ilsabard in the lead-up to Shadowbringers, given it was the last unexplored part of the Three Great Continents and the engine of conflict driving most if not all of the story, in addition to its leader now having an excuse to go on the offensive against the rest of the known world.

    Instead they took an Alliance raid, two raid storylines, an early 4.0 sidequest, and mixed them with the ubiquitous Ascian influence, then shipped us off to an alternate world.

    Nobody has much of an idea as to what's going to happen beyond 5.3 or why at the moment; only the nebulous hints that they will be "go[ing] against players' expectations" and to "get a refresher on Heavensward." Make of those what you will.
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  2. 08-03-2020 03:37 PM #2
    Sonikku
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    Quote Originally Posted by Cilia View Post
    Everyone was expecting Garlemald / Ilsabard in the lead-up to Shadowbringers, given it was the last unexplored part of the Three Great Continents and the engine of conflict driving most if not all of the story, in addition to its leader now having an excuse to go on the offensive against the rest of the known world.

    Instead they took an Alliance raid, two raid storylines, an early 4.0 sidequest, and mixed them with the ubiquitous Ascian influence, then shipped us off to an alternate world.

    Nobody has much of an idea as to what's going to happen beyond 5.3 or why at the moment; only the nebulous hints that they will be "go[ing] against players' expectations" and to "get a refresher on Heavensward." Make of those what you will.
    This Xpack SHOULD have been Garlemald in my opinion. I love ShB, but this storyline really feels like it should have been what they went out on at level 99. The garlean empire was made by Emet Selch just like Allag before it to advance the even bigger stakes we're grappling with now. Going back to what is basically a border dispute without the ascians to back it up just falls flat. And Varis is so casually cast aside... We never got to see him do anything but talk.

    Stormblood was hyping up a war with these guys. How cool would it have been if 5.0 had been the full scale war expansion with the empire only to get to the end and upon confronting Varis, learning just what the true stakes are. Perfect lead into ShB. Oh well...
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