Quote Originally Posted by KageTokage View Post
They might take the XI approach to things and have us working with different people every expansion due to them seemingly wanting to switch to self-contained stories instead of another lengthy story arc.
This is what I figured may happen as well. If 6.x really finishes explaining and dealing with everything they set up from the start - ascians, Hydaelyn/Zodiark, the Scions, the Echo, and primals - then it would be just like XI was at the end of its second expansion, and from there we can go to new parts of the world, spending an entire expansion there meeting people and working with them on whatever it is they have going on. This would be especially true if the conclusion in either 6.3 or 6.5 results in the removal of any or all of those key elements; i.e. if the Echo stops happening and summoning primals becomes impossible, then the Scions have no reason to still exist as a group.

It would also be a welcome change IMO, as the cracks from straining to maintain this single cohesive storyline really show with things like the Diablo Armament (because it has to be Allag, Garlemald, ascians, or all of them at once!) or adding in some new story about how they wanted Estinien to join the Scions for a long time (because everyone has to be a member to join the PC and be a trust!).