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

[Erendis]

I found it in October PLL, thanks!

[YianKutku]

Maybe it's just because PSO2 Episode 6 hit global and I've been fighting the Photoner Armada way too much lately but... I woke up early today with a really stupid thought in my head.

The Crystal Tower is a literal "beacon" of hope.

Reactivating it on the Source will call back the Allagan fleet, and give them something they can lock onto in order to return. They weren't necessarily warp-capable before, but it's been long enough that they could have developed it.

This seems to tick all the boxes: Salina's wish, Doga and Unei's "destiny" speech, our recent field trip to Azys Lla, and most importantly: the friendly reminder that G'raha's royal blood still has a timer. Also, it would give us a way to the moon.

To be honest, given what the Allagan Empire were up to, "Allagan fleet" sounds more like a raid-level threat than something to be hopeful for. Like the Garlean Empire in the present day, it does seem like the "good people" of Allag were sidelined on purpose by those in power.

[Fenral]

To be honest, given what the Allagan Empire were up to, "Allagan fleet" sounds more like a raid-level threat than something to be hopeful for. Like the Garlean Empire in the present day, it does seem like the "good people" of Allag were sidelined on purpose by those in power.

Oh, I totally meant that ironically. If it were to happen, it would be very bad news, because they'd be descended from probably the worst elites of Allagan society, returning to a world they'd probably consider their "birthright" but have no real attachment to, and have firepower that completely outclasses, well, everyone. Depending on how they go about colonization, they'd make a suitable stand in for Terra (the planet, not the esper), and coincidentally we have our Zidane already in the form of G'raha.

But if we needed a common enemy to unite against, or even just a threat on a level that Sharlayan couldn't stay neutral, that's about the best I can come up with off of established lore.

[Wrestlefire769]

I'm not gonna be popular with this prediction:

The Eighth Umbral Calamity happens first.

[Rosenstrauch]

I'm not gonna be popular with this prediction:

The Eighth Umbral Calamity happens first.

I'd say that's unlikely for two reasons. The first is that it would reflect pretty poorly on Shadowbringers' plot. It's already a bit silly that the ageless, undying Ascians were so heavily committed to their current plans that they wouldn't just back off until the WoL and friends left the picture. Things would get downright ridiculous if it turned out Emet-Selch and Elidibus had another reflection already prepped for a rejoining, but went all-in on the First instead. And obviously they're not going to remove access to the First, nor are they going to undermine the writing for Eden and the Void Quests by erasing everyone's hard work out of nowhere.

The second reason is a bit more on the technical side of things. They already spent an ample amount of time and resources updating the 2.0/ARR zones to accommodate flying. The 8th Umbral Calamity ought to have a substantial impact on the game world, which would mean updating those zones—and more—yet again. I don't see that happening until 7.0 at the earliest.

[ReynTime]

I would kind of prefer whole new regions, we already have around 30 zones in Eorzea and somewhat similar zones in Norvandt and the area surrounding the towers are similar to what is around it, I want to move on to Islabard already. So i really hope that the ones at home are wrapped up in 5.5 and we have to stop their manufacture at the source, which is in Islabard, which might also include the possibility that there are even more of them in Islabard, or that they are hard to destroy so we have to stop the broadcasting at the source, which is again in Islabard.

They never fully reintegrated Eorzea since the transition to 1.0. Besides, what difference does it make if some of the new areas are in an existing region? They will be new maps regardless. It would also mean giving Eorzea post 3.0 sized maps for once.

[Cilia]

The one hint I saw in 5.4 points to Werlyt and Bozja, as the Imperial capital is "half reduced to rubble" and we're unlikely to fully explore either region before the ending of Shadowbringers (or rather 5.X; Shadowbringers' story arc was 4.4 - 5.3).

Yes, we've gotten a lot of information on the Garlean Empire, and there are ready-made parts of it used in cutscenes... but we know much more about it than the rest of Ilsabard, and with the Empire seemingly collapsing I don't really see the need to go there at the moment, especially given both Zenos and Danny Boy are not resting on their laurels at the capital.

Now, I could be wrong, probably am wrong, and don't know how to make heads or tails of the New Years' hint... but...

(Gotta beat Emerald Weapon EX for the gunblade on my alt 'fore 6.0, cool gunblades are hard to come by and I really don't feel like FATE / Bozja grinding on two characters...)

[EdwinLi]

Nah, we're getting two reveal events, this one, and one in May.
Considering that they're running a static 2 months behind their usual schedule, this is like 1.5 Fanfests. We might get more than we usually would in a 1st Fanfest, but we're not getting everything and they're gonna want to save some significant reveals to May.

We might be getting another dual zone expansion like SB (Sharlayan and Garlemald for example) and so we'll likely only see one of those, and will have no confirmation of the other one until May.
Probably only get one Job reveal as well.

It will still heavily based on if they can expect to reveal 50/50 during both of them. If developers believe they won't have time to split the reveal they may focus splitting information instead.

For example, the first stage could be full reveal of what expect through the new Cinematic trailer of 6.0 and 2nd stage in the next event may focus on going into detail of these things due to a lot of questions needing to be answered after the big reveal in 1st stage.

A lot of plans had to rearranged after all just to compensate for a lot of restrictions on workplaces.

The one hint I saw in 5.4 points to Werlyt and Bozja, as the Imperial capital is "half reduced to rubble" and we're unlikely to fully explore either region before the ending of Shadowbringers (or rather 5.X; Shadowbringers' story arc was 4.4 - 5.3).

Yes, we've gotten a lot of information on the Garlean Empire, and there are ready-made parts of it used in cutscenes... but we know much more about it than the rest of Ilsabard, and with the Empire seemingly collapsing I don't really see the need to go there at the moment, especially given both Zenos and Danny Boy are not resting on their laurels at the capital.

Now, I could be wrong, probably am wrong, and don't know how to make heads or tails of the New Years' hint... but...

(Gotta beat Emerald Weapon EX for the gunblade on my alt 'fore 6.0, cool gunblades are hard to come by and I really don't feel like FATE / Bozja grinding on two characters...)

I have a feeling Garlemald is still going to be a part of 6.0 but just not as big as people expect due to the destruction that happened during 5.X era storyline and potential focus on maybe a 2nd or 3rd location.

We may only get half or 1/3 of the Garlean Capital as explorable while the other part maybe used for 6.X era contents such as new reconstruction contents to replace Ishgard reconstruction for 6.X era or side storyline.

[Wrestlefire769]

I'd say that's unlikely for two reasons. The first is that it would reflect pretty poorly on Shadowbringers' plot. It's already a bit silly that the ageless, undying Ascians were so heavily committed to their current plans that they wouldn't just back off until the WoL and friends left the picture. Things would get downright ridiculous if it turned out Emet-Selch and Elidibus had another reflection already prepped for a rejoining, but went all-in on the First instead. And obviously they're not going to remove access to the First, nor are they going to undermine the writing for Eden and the Void Quests by erasing everyone's hard work out of nowhere.

There's a problem with that. There's no reason to believe that Emet-Selch and Elidibus are even functionally involved. Because now you've got a guy out there who is... I'm not sure I can go much further without a spoiler function here, as it's in the end of 5.4.

The second reason is a bit more on the technical side of things. They already spent an ample amount of time and resources updating the 2.0/ARR zones to accommodate flying. The 8th Umbral Calamity ought to have a substantial impact on the game world, which would mean updating those zones—and more—yet again. I don't see that happening until 7.0 at the earliest.

That makes a bit more sense, but I do wonder if you're out of options otherwise. You would probably have to do Garlemald if you were right, since haven't we already been to Sharlayan -- as in what is now Idyllshire?

[Rosenstrauch]

There's a problem with that. There's no reason to believe that Emet-Selch and Elidibus are even functionally involved. Because now you've got a guy out there who is... I'm not sure I can go much further without a spoiler function here, as it's in the end of 5.4.

We're closing in on two months since the patch dropped. I don't think anyone cares about hiding spoilers anymore—if they even bother, it's probably just for readability's sake. Giant walls of text have a habit of making posts annoying to read.

The spoiler function is [ HB ](Your text here)[ /HB ], but without the spaces.

That makes a bit more sense, but I do wonder if you're out of options otherwise. You would probably have to do Garlemald if you were right, since haven't we already been to Sharlayan -- as in what is now Idyllshire?

The Hinterlands colony was abandoned, as the people of Sharlayan sought to avoid the Garlean Empire's invasion rather than defend their land or unite with the rest of Eorzea to repel them. But the Sharlayan mainland is where they retreated to. It's in the upper-left section of the map of the Source.