Revelations from Patch 5.5 (Part 2)

**Erendis** · 05-27-2021 06:02 AM

It is really amazing how all servers sided almost identically... I chose Konogg myself.

**Vyrerus** · 05-27-2021 06:06 AM

I think it has more to do with most most people not caring and choosing the first pick, maybe? I can't remember who the cursor is on to pick by default.

**KizuyaKatogami** · 05-27-2021 07:03 AM

a bit of an overall opinion

It seems like a lot of stuff in this patch was really rushed. Between no expansion scion outfit, Fandaniel lines missing from the trailer, Bozja story being just...oof. It seems like so many things were cut which is really unfortunate for the last majorish patch before the next expansion.

**Tanker4444** · 05-29-2021 04:56 PM

Originally Posted by KizuyaKatogami

a bit of an overall opinion

It seems like a lot of stuff in this patch was really rushed. Between no expansion scion outfit, Fandaniel lines missing from the trailer, Bozja story being just...oof. It seems like so many things were cut which is really unfortunate for the last majorish patch before the next expansion.

For some reason I was sure the end of expansion Scion outfit was going to be the 1.0 adventurer outfit we see the WoL use at the beginning of the Shadowbringers trailer. You even see it again worn by NPCs during the Chrystarium part of the trailer. I recall Yohi-P saying he was surprised that outfit was never made available to players so I figured this was the perfect time. Guess not. But its weird, a single outfit shouldnt be that time consuming, and its also a tradition.

**thegreatonemal** · 05-30-2021 11:22 AM

Originally Posted by Tanker4444

For some reason I was sure the end of expansion Scion outfit was going to be the 1.0 adventurer outfit we see the WoL use at the beginning of the Shadowbringers trailer. You even see it again worn by NPCs during the Chrystarium part of the trailer. I recall Yohi-P saying he was surprised that outfit was never made available to players so I figured this was the perfect time. Guess not. But its weird, a single outfit shouldnt be that time consuming, and its also a tradition.

It's not a tradition, they just happened to do it twice. I suppose this is the consequence of this game's patch cycles, if they introduce one thing in an expansion then the playerbase expects a version of that thing in every single following expansion.

**ThanZinTay** · 05-27-2021 09:57 AM

MSQ is looking good for 6

**TaleraRistain** · 05-27-2021 10:34 AM

Yorha stuff and 10 characters

Nani what in the hell was that?? My expectation floor was already pretty low and they managed to go under it.

**JeanneOrnitier** · 05-27-2021 11:05 AM

Holy crap Bozja was amazing. I loved everything about it from start to finish

But

I don't see why the stuff with Gabranth faking his death and Dalmasca/Nagxia being liberated had to be in the field notes instead of a cutscene. That's pretty major stuff to do off-screen.

Curious what those swords Sicinius brought him at the end were. They looked like they had auracite in them too.

**JeanneOrnitier** · 05-27-2021 01:44 PM

Regarding post-Zadnor stuff

You can get a second field notes for Lyon saying that some time after Dalmasca's liberation he suddenly appeared with Sicinius, dropped him off in Valnain for the Dalmascans to arrest, and then left before anyone could grab him. He also had Pagaga with him. So for whatever reason Lyon and Pagaga are rounding up the IVth's other on-the-run officers and turning them over to the authorities.

With this, Fran saying "Maybe next time you can help us in Dalmasca" to the WoL at the end, the reveal with Ashe's deal in Fran's field notes, the weapons Sicinius delivered to Gabranth in the last scene, and Gabranth very obviously faking his death, this doesn't feel like a "maybe we'll come to this, maybe we won't." Square very much seems to have set plans for continuing this story.

**WhiteArchmage** · 05-27-2021 01:50 PM

Finally finished Bozja and I have THOUGHTS.

First of all, I HOPED Gabranth would escape to form part of a further Matsuno scenario in XIV. So it seems I guessed semi-correctly; in a Matsuno scenario, if someone is not 100% confirmed to be dead, they're not. And even when they are, that doesn't mean they won't show up somewhere (looking at YOU, spoiler character from Let Us Cling Together).

Ogre Battle/Tactics Ogre references come back, with Ganpp (showing up in Pagaga's Field Notes) being a Griffin Tamer from Tactics Ogre: Let Us Cling Together. His backstory is practically the same as in that game, except for the end, and his griffins Obda and Berda also show up as part of Pagaga's Skirmishes). Also, the final Bozja Quest, The March of the Bloody Queen, is also a direct reference to Ogre Battle: The March of the Black Queen. I'll probably point more OB/TO references when I catch them. EDIT: Gannp's actual class is BEAST Tamer, not GRIFFIN Tamer, but he always shows up with Obda and Berda so I got confused.

Misija's sacrifice, I think could have been foreshadowed better. I understand where it came from but still feel it was kind of rushed. Gunhildr HAD stayed her hand in DR, but I think it should have been more blatant that she was stopping her out of still thinking of the Bozjans as her subjects instead of her murderers.

Confirmation of what we already knew: Fran's "Princess" is actually Princess Ashe, although having Fran be an elite-spymaster/assassin was an interesting twist. Also this means that our Princess Ashelia is at the very least in her 40s, unless the "deep sleep" ALSO halted her aging. I'm not even sure if it's a retcon because the tease that Ashe was alive happened all the way in RtI, this just opens it up for later appearances.

I am... not going to lie, greatly disappointed that Dalmasca's independence happens off-screen. Although ANOTHER liberation plot would have felt stale, I guess... It does leave Gabranth's fate very up in the air, as I'm sure the scene with Gabranth receiving the weapons is supposed to be a tease of things to come, but WHAT his angle is, I don't know. Especially seeing his motivation seemed to be retaining Dalmasca...or so I thought, at least.

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