Encyclopaedia Eorzea III due soon?

[glitteringcosmos]

I recently got my hands on copies of Encyclopaedia Eorzea I and II in English (they're still in print, just, you can't get them outside of Japan). Reading through their summaries of the MSQ, I noticed EEI leaves off at the end of 3.3, and EEII leaves off at the end of 4.3. If the same pattern holds we should be due for a third installation soon(ish), seeing as we're coming to the end of the expansion, aka past 5.3.

I'm assuming any production on it has been delayed due to COVID. I'm not sure when exactly in the production cycle the first two volumes came out as I only got into the game in 5.1, so I thought I'd pose the question to you all. What are your thoughts? What else, other than the MSQ summaries of 4.4, 4.5, and Shadowbringers, do you think they'll include? I'm very curious to know your opinions!

[ItMe]

Deleted.
I was a fool and mistook the Encyclopedia for another book.

[glitteringcosmos]

No, production was actually delayed due to SQEX screwing over the people compiling the Encyclopedia and so they're not making any more.

Wait, what? Where did you hear this? :O

[Valkyrie_Lenneth]

Wait, what? Where did you hear this? :O

Yeah I'm curious too.

The encyclopedia is kojis project so....

[ItMe]

Oop, my bad.
I was thinking of something else and got mixed up.
The drama I was thinking of was about a different book.

But yeah, for the collection when asked about an Eorzea Encyclopedia, Koji jokingly said "you want us to die?"
So while I'd love to see it... I don't know when it could happen. Hopefully sooner while the workload is more feasible lol

[MicahZerrshia]

An Encyclopedia Norvradt would be amazing

But they are an incredible amount of work according to Koji and are still riddled with errors and inconstancies, so much so they even pulled in some players who are knee deep in lore all the time to help with vol.2, like Moose and then added the disclaimer that they are "how the people of Eorzea see things, so they are bound to be flawed" to cover any mistakes or retcons lol.

We still have the SE event coming up and live letters, so if anything they would announce it in one of them I am sure. But with as far behind as they were, I am assuming they are skipping this one for the time being. Would be cool, though.

[glitteringcosmos]

An Encyclopedia Norvradt would be amazing

But they are an incredible amount of work according to Koji and are still riddled with errors and inconstancies, so much so they even pulled in some players who are knee deep in lore all the time to help with vol.2, like Moose and then added the disclaimer that they are "how the people of Eorzea see things, so they are bound to be flawed" to cover any mistakes or retcons lol.

We still have the SE event coming up and live letters, so if anything they would announce it in one of them I am sure. But with as far behind as they were, I am assuming they are skipping this one for the time being. Would be cool, though.

Yeah I can definitely see it being low on the priority list. I don't mind being patient, I just hope it's not off the table entirely.

[linayar]

Oop, my bad.
I was thinking of something else and got mixed up.
The drama I was thinking of was about a different book.

I hope you're not talking about the side stories collection, because I still want that book, but it doesn't seem to be currently available in the SE store.