February 5th Announcement, Realistic Expectations Thread

[Aniya_Estlihn]

i'm betting there'll be zero acknowledgement of current healer suffering, and no mentions of healers whatsoever in any slides relating to class or combat changes.

Considering this is exactly why they didn't introduce a new healer so that they could address them in 6.0... bit weird to think this will be the case when we've known since ShB launched they'd be doing exactly the opposite of what you're saying?

I'm hoping that, at the very least, it's set on the Source.

Taking into account the towers being built by house Brutus—which is why Fandaniel flaunts his wealth as the "very much alive" "sole heir" of House Brutus in 5.2 to Zenos and says he would "proceed with the plan"— and thus being of Garlean origin, as well as the fact that 5.4 literally spells out that Zenos is going to recreate the final days on the source. I think we can safely say that next expansion, and finale of this arc, is set on the Source exclusively. Which means it'll be Garlemald as they've been the antagonists since 1.0. The Motherland and the Provinces of Garlemald, to be exact, as that's how Islabard is divided.

[Fredco191]

- Male races get better beards

* angry sobbing *

[Burningskull]

I expect the name of the expansion.
Where we are going in game.
The name and role of the 2, maybe 1, new job(s). Probably Geomancer and Time Mage.
The name of the 8 man and 24 man raid.
Beastmaster as a limited job for 5.55. Even tho I really don't want more limited jobs.

[ItMe]

God what if we finally get more Egi Glamour news...

[Shougun]

God what if we finally get more Egi Glamour news...

Woah, slow down there. We said we should have reasonable expectations!

:3

[Edax]

Oh they might announce ishgard housing at last.

I expect this is going to happen.

[ReiMakoto]

God what if we finally get more Egi Glamour news...

Im actually expecting them to just yeet egi's out of SMN at this point. They always complain about how annoying pets are to balance/program, so moving smn over to be entirely demi's would be cooler and easier for them.

[Iscah]

Apparently everything is solved with the "It can't be done currently" and people will just simply buy it. I wish I could solve every problem like that too.

The thing with half your examples is that they spun them as positives.

"We're doing less dungeons per patch but it's because we're working on an exciting new content format. It'll be great! You'll love it!"

"Hrothgar and Viera won't have hats but they'll have their own unique customisations we couldn't achieve otherwise. You'll love it!"

Unlock gear restrictions? "Nah, it'd be confusing. You'd hate it. It's good how it is."

Removing the genderlock (ie. building another two character models that do not currently exist)... "We are sorry. We might not ever be able to add more character models to the game. We want to be clear that it might never happen."

It's that definite, apologetic tone that tells me this isn't something to keep pursuing or believing that it'll come if you just keep asking hard enough so they don't forget about it. I don't think they would talk about never being able to more races to the game if that wasn't a genuine problem that they face. Doubly so when they say they made the decision to split the races specifically as a "last chance to squeeze in two things that the players wanted".

[Clover_Blake]

Character creation improvement and graphics update would make me very happy in the heart, but I don't want to get my hopes up like I did back in Stormblood. The only realistic expectation I have is for them to release the teaser trailer and reveal the expansion's name.

I'm sure that whatever it is they reveal will have us daydreaming until the next announcement, hahaha.

[Equitable_Remedy]

Given the general level of ignorance about Square Enix's finances displayed in this thread, it's interesting that so many expectations purport to be informed by Square Enix's finances.

That's the internet, I guess.