Preferences for a new world in 6.x, 7.x and beyond

[tinythinker]

In a world that was free of:

• Zodiark and Hydaelyn
• Ascians and Scions
• Serious threats from Primals
• the Garlean Empire
• major conflicts with Beast Tribes

what kind of adventure would you want to have next

What kind of new lore and challenges would you like to see introduced?


[Replies on or after Page 11 may contain 6.0 story spoilers]

[ItMe]

First I'd like confirmation that the world in 6.x and beyond will be free of:

• Zodiark and Hydaelyn
• Ascians and Scions
• Serious threats from Primals
• the Garlean Empire
• major conflicts with Beast Tribes

Until then it's hard to get my wheels spinning.

[RyuDragnier]

First I'd like confirmation that the world in 6.x and beyond will be free of:


Until then it's hard to get my wheels spinning.

Yoshi-P confirmed the Hydaelyn/Zodiark story ends in 6.0. Assuming how things go with that, all of the above may mostly be gone. I say mostly because Pandaemonium confirms there will be SOMETHING to do with Lahabrea, the Garlean Empire's home territory is literally destroyed from how things look in the EW trailers and the benchmark, we've cured minor Tempering (meaning non-transformative), and the Beast Tribes of Eorzea as of now look to be starting to regain standing with the City-States. It's likely there won't be much left to do in Eorzea after 6.0 is done outside of the 24-man (confirmed to deal with the Twelve).

Which leaves only new territories to explore. Ilsaberd, a "middle of rebuilding" Bozja and Dalmasca, Meracydia, the New World itself (home of the Blue Mages), the lands north of Kugane, etc etc. We've got a lot of the world left to explore.

[ItMe]

Yoshi-P confirmed the Hydaelyn/Zodiark story ends in 6.0. Assuming how things go with that, all of the above may mostly be gone.

Right.
Assuming how things go with that, all of the above may mostly be gone.
Just because a story "about" Hydaelyn is wrapping up doesn't necessitate getting rid of Hydaelyn, let alone dissolving the Garlean Empire or rendering primals not a threat.

[tinythinker]

First I'd like confirmation that the world in 6.x and beyond will be free of:


Until then it's hard to get my wheels spinning.

Why? Speculation doesn't require confirmation. If these things are wrapped up and you had a chance to suggest where locales and stories should go next, isn't there something you would like to see, either in general terms or specific?

[Anvaire]

I kinda want to keep some of the things we've had around, but for it to be reconcilled. So maybe a Zodiark and Hydealyn that were in balance so the focs on them is very minor if they still exist at all. But i do think moving away from Eorzea and going instead to the new world or perhaps one of the other shards would be a good thing. For the scions i would like to keep a couple but maybe lose the ones weve had all along. I.e keep gra'ha, krile and Estinien as they are the ones werev argably interacted with the least. Maybe even some of the side characters like Hoary boulder.

I guess ultimately it depends on ho 6.0 ends. I have a feeling it might end in a way that forces separation. At least for the WOL.

[GoldStarz]

I have a personal wishlist in my head that I know will never happen but it's still nice to have hopes so.

7.0 - Ilsabard Expansion dealing with the fall of Garlemald and dissolution of the empire/helping newly independent territories re-establish themself before the power vacuum implodes
8.0 - Return to Eorzea expac, go to several new high-level areas back in mainland Eorzea such as O'Ghomorro, the Coerthan Lowlands, Cape Deadwind, West Shroud etc; mostly helping to deal with Eorzea's own political issue post-war.

[Tracewood]

I have a personal wishlist in my head that I know will never happen but it's still nice to have hopes so.

7.0 - Ilsabard Expansion dealing with the fall of Garlemald and dissolution of the empire/helping newly independent territories re-establish themself before the power vacuum implodes
8.0 - Return to Eorzea expac, go to several new high-level areas back in mainland Eorzea such as O'Ghomorro, the Coerthan Lowlands, Cape Deadwind, West Shroud etc; mostly helping to deal with Eorzea's own political issue post-war.

Actually second this. Maybe some areas that were inaccessible since 1.0 (West Shroud, Corth. Lowlands, expanding on Nym + Mhach).

Not sure why, but I get the feeling that after we finish EndWalker, we might get to see some form of Bahamut take to the skies and eventually leads us to the new world, a full on frontier themed expansion. Where instead of traveling by boat, it's by a giant adamantoise from waaaay back in the ARR benchmark trailer. Yes, I'm still going to bring that up! Also Rune Fencer. Needs more Rune Fencer.

[Enkidoh]

Right, even if 6.0's story ends with Zodiark and Hydaelyn destroying each other (and Zenos and Fanforced), there are still four named Ascians unaccounted for, so I'm fully expecting them to make some kind of appearence causing trouble for the world, especially as the cycle of rejoinings is broken and their 'one true god' is destroyed.

Not to mention the ability to create new Primals would functionally still be possible, so that would not automatically change. And we've also got the now alternate timeline 'post 8th Calamity' world still existing but now cast off, so that could potentially figure into it (SE after all did that very thing in FFXI with Wings of the Goddess and the Abyssea expansions), so maybe we travel to that forsaken timeline to help bring a bit of hope to them.

Or maybe I'm just grasping at straws here...

[Lauront]

Right, even if 6.0's story ends with Zodiark and Hydaelyn destroying each other (and Zenos and Fanforced), there are still four named Ascians unaccounted for, so I'm fully expecting them to make some kind of appearence causing trouble for the world, especially as the cycle of rejoinings is broken and their 'one true god' is destroyed.

At this point it's getting a bit tired, in all honesty. Zodiark was created to salvage the world. I doubt they will even align with Fandaniel given that singular point. Once Zodiark is gone and they're potentially untempered (I'm not really convinced it's all that relevant but perhaps it will be depending on how Zodiark wakes up; in any case, it's feasible), it makes very little sense for them to run around causing trouble, because otherwise it's going to raise questions in my mind about how original/creative the XIV team is willing to be. Rehashing the same antagonists for expansions after 6.0, after their heavy hitters are gone, after their core motivation is no longer in place, is just going to be rather weak - and I say that as an Ascian fan. My exhortation to them would be to find something new.

The fact that Yoshi-P dropped "time travel" and "other shards" as places we could go in the future terrifies me, lol. I don't actually want ever-bigger-and-better. I don't want to become a god. I want to explore the rest of my home and retire proud, lol.

^This. Particularly time travel, I have little interest in it and SHB did very little to change my view on it. Travel to other worlds? If it's other stars, that could be a fertile avenue, but I'd rather they explored more of the current star before doing that. Shards? Not awfully interested.