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Interview with Yoshi-P and Matsuno. More detail in the link, but as far as the future of this storyline:
-The field records at the end were not hastily changed like some fans believed, they were always written that way.
-Matsuno didn't want to tell a story of Dalmasca's liberation, he wants to tell a story of what comes afterward.
-A next stage of the Ivalice story is not currently in planning stages but is still on the table for someday.
-Fran and the WoL will meet again some day in the future to discuss Ashe and Lyon.
Praise the father, Faram! So from what I'm reading the "third act" of the story (Matsuno tends to work in 4 acts, btw, and even then tends to leave some things open just in case he wants to revisit settings: such as what happened with Tactics Ogre: LUCT, and his ideas for the scrapped Vagrant Story 2) isn't confirmed but isn't outright cancelled, either. Makes Matsuno's comment about it more... understanding? or at least more neutral.

Matsuno had no involvement in having so many references to his past game like Palace of the Dead and the HW gear sets (all from tactics ogre), he actually was against references to non-FF games, but when the Yokai Watch collaboration dropped, that's when he decided he doesn't care anymore.
This is... kind of funny, really. Initially Vagrant Story was supposed to be a stand-alone game and the references to Agrias and Orlandeu weren't meant to be taken seriously; but when people kept asking if it meant Valendia and Ivalice were connected he ended up rolling with it. I'd love to see more stuff from the Ogre Saga, though it seems Matsuno-san isn't involved when they reference THAT.

The point about Matsuno specifically requesting Zadnor because the Southern Front was too bleak and dreary also makes sense. Matsuno does write some BLEAK settings (The Necrohol of Nabudis, for example-and omg now I want the Necrohol in the Third Act), but he's also fond of lush forests and vast oceans.

I'd be very intrigued to see Stormblood written by Matsuno, those stories of Revolution and Civil War are his style.