Revelations from Patch 5.5 (Part 2)

[LystAP]

So basically everyone in Garlemeld is doomed.

The special instance confirmed that exposure to the tempering increases with time, and some are unable to be saved. Given that everyone in the imperial capital seems to have been the first to be tempered, essentially most of the city's population is unsaveable and will most likely have to be wiped out.

[KageTokage]

So basically everyone in Garlemeld is doomed.

The special instance confirmed that exposure to the tempering increases with time, and some are unable to be saved. Given that everyone in the imperial capital seems to have been the first to be tempered, essentially most of the city's population is unsaveable and will most likely have to be wiped out.

I don't think the losses there will be too terrible, personally.

I think there's a fair chance most of the population had already evacuated as a result of the civil war raging there with the only particularly stubborn folk choosing to remain until the tower shenanigans happened. Though with Fandaniel mentioning that they should rely on resources "closer to home" I have a hunch what folk did escape from the initial disaster are not going to be safe for long.

Considering that we're apparently going to have some here-to-fore unseen method of resisting tempering that enables the Scions to act as trusts for the tower-related dungeons in 6.0, I wouldn't put it off the table that we might end up finding a way to help even those who currently seem too far gone, though I think the world is liable to suffer horrible losses from the Telophoroi regardless.

[Yuella]

On Garlemald:

I expect Maxima and some populares are still alive, and maybe Nerva as well. Maybe it will be picked up in 6.1 and will lead to a Garlemald Restoration weekly quest.

[YianKutku]

On Garlemald:

I expect Maxima and some populares are still alive, and maybe Nerva as well. Maybe it will be picked up in 6.1 and will lead to a Garlemald Restoration weekly quest.

Maxima already evacuated to Eorzea back in 4.x, due to the purge of the Populares. It's entirely possible that he'll go back to Garlemald after it's safe.

[WhiteArchmage]

I think that

Rather than not needing Dalmasca, it's more like Gabranth realized it was a lost cause. His field notes say that after losing Bozja they were getting attacked on all fronts, so I think he knew Dalmasca wasn't going to stay under his control. At that point it's better to cut your losses and get out while you still can, so he faked his death so he could work on his plan with those new weapons without being hunted and assaulted by the resistances.

Also yeah I'm bummed that this stuff was off screen. They could have made it the ending cutscene. Oh well, it's still a cool development.

Inbdeed. It seems...

At that point it was probably better to run off, regroup, and chase the bigger prize. Given the weapons they excavated it'll probably lead to the next relic weapon series, which I'm fine with. There's still a lot of dangling plot threads in there.

[Riastrad]

So. Predictions for the order of where we go starting from here?

Example.

Sharlayan > Labyrinthos > Radz-At-Han > Garlemald > Floating Islands > Moon?

[Bright-Flower]

So. Predictions for the order of where we go starting from here?

Example.

Sharlayan > Labyrinthos > Radz-At-Han > Garlemald > Floating Islands > Moon?

My guess is:

Sharlayan we go to early, then we get two quest chains as per usual sending us to different zones intended to spread people out during the initial rush. It's no coincidence this happens every expansion.

I suspect it will be:
Branch A: Labyrinthos near Sharlayan. Working with Yshtola and Graha and Krile.
Branch B: Thavnair. Going to check in with Uriangr and Thancred.

Things will reconverge and we'll go to Garlemald, then the floaty island place, thavnair part 2, labyrinthos part 2, the moon zone they showed ups, then the finale in the sixth zone also on the moon that they haven't shown us at all yet like the Tempest.

This is of course all just speculation the only bits I'm confident on are that there will be a split in the msq again early on and that thavnair/labyrinthos are probably early level zones at least in their first halves. But I could be way off.

[Ceasaria]

Depending on which way they take this...

I was wondering what name they'd go by if they're (at least for our trip to Sharlayan) officially unable to use Leveilleur, and now that you mention this it would definitely be cool to see Alphinaud pick up the Fortemps surname if he's allowed to do that.

Or they can count on big brother Estinien.

[Yuella]

Zadnor (need to catch up because I was rank 11 before this patch but pre-15 seems to level up rather quickly:

Oboro and Tsubame from Ninja quests are in one of the Skirmishes

[Lium]

So...wow, I'm behind. I intended to post my thoughts on Bozja and YoRHa but I'm only rank 12 so I'll need to grind a bit to catch up.

As for YoRHa, I'm behind on the weekly quests, so I can't progress in the story until next Tuesday. I might be a couple weeks behind. That's what I get for slacking on these two pieces of content. But I just had so little desire to keep doing them because a) the YoRHa raids made no sense to me so I had very little motivation to keep doing the weekly quests, and b) in Bozja, after I hit rank 10 and did Castrum my desire to keep going just flamed out completely.

But I'm working on both now so, I'll finish them when I finish them. I'll admit, I'm having a hard time finding motivation in Bozja again because the weapons I have now are good for Endwalkers and are just going to be replaced by white or green gear anyway

The story is kind of entertaining, though. I disliked Delubrum Reginae immensely, but I'm looking forward to seeing what happens next. Just got into Zadnor last night.