Thread: *SPOILERS* So, what's next in 6.1 and beyond?

we are gonna get our beach episode filler OVA then build up to Mercydia expansion.

For the 6.X series I suspect we might be tying up a little of the plot surrounding the remaining Ascians. Their order is also disbanded so they act like a great mirror while we deal with what the nations of the world will do next. We'll also probably visit Corvos in some way since it was mentioned so much.

Originally Posted by Roda

God, hopefully it'll be some good godsdamn moonkeeper and duskwight lore.

Preach, sister!


I haven't gone through all of the side or role quests, but what little I have indicates that 6.X content will likely be about restoration of Garlemald and stabilization of the nations of Eorzea. Raids concerning more the metaphysical threats of Pandaemonium and the Twelve will tie up current story threads, fill in missing story, and set things up for the future. I'm very much hoping they keep the scope of future expansions to something like Heavensward or Stormblood. With so many undiscovered lands on Etheryis, we've got plenty to keep us busy. The last thing we need is a continuing increase in existential threats as that never goes well.

I was really hoping to see the end of Scion characters as significant story actors, but it seems that won't be the case.

Aren't we getting a farm in 6.1?

Originally Posted by Dragoforge

Personally I feel like 6.1-6.5 will be tying up some hanging story threads (i.e. what's next for Garlemald, the current state of the Eorzean city states/Thavnair/Eastern Alliance, etc) along with setting up the next story thread.

Going off what Yoshida has said, I'm not sure I would expect this. They made Endwalker an extra 20-30 quests longer than its counterparts (Heavensward/Stormblood/Shadowbringers) so that they would wrap everything up. He's stated that 6.1-6.3 wouldn't follow the usual method of concluding all the story with then 6.4 and 6.5 being the setup for the next expansion, but that Endwalker concludes the entire thing, and starting in 6.1 though to 7.0 we will be seeing the setup for the next major, multi-expansion story arc.

Sure there might be references to Garlemald, but I would expect that to be a minor part of one quest as opposed to something like 5.1 being almost wholly devoted to settling the political situation in Eulemore post Vauthry.

Emmet gave us a lot of options, though, so any of them are on the table. But I think for now, The New World or Mericydia seem the most likely candidates, though not till the later expansion. The next 50 or so quests could involve things such as helping Krile rebuilding the Students of Baldesion, then the students hearing word of troubles in one of those lands, and then working out our method of getting there, maybe making contact with someone involved in whatever situation is playing out (which could have a callback to the blue mage quests if it ends up being the New World) and then actually traveling there in 7.0

More Garlemald for a while, figuring out it's future similarly to Ala Mhigo back in the day with Jullus taking up a bigger role. As for beyond, I think Endwalker more or less charted out the plan so Mercydia is my guess as to where the next expansion will go.

Traditionally, almost nothing at all happens in the x.1 patches. We'll probably mostly just see people recovering from the Final Days, with just a few hints of the big things to come. A good chance we'll check in with all the scattered ex-Scions.

I'd guess the 24-man raid is going to be much more relevant to the main plot of 6.1-6.5, and we'll be finding out much about the Twelve. Considering Azem (well, Azemya) is one of them, I'm expecting a wild ride.

There haven't been any major clues on the 6.x trials yet, have there? I almost HAVE to think it's the Elemental Fiends, given the heavy FF4 influence... with one relegated to a dungeon boss or solo instance. Again.

At some point, we're definitely doing something about the Void / the Thirteenth; and Y'shtola is busy trying to work out how to travel to other shards. I can't see this being handled solely through cutscenes and dungeons, so it'll probably have to wait until 7.0 at least.

If you do all the crafter quests, there's some long-term hints beyond what was in Emet's speech. Sharlayan really wants to explore the stars. And there's a weird prophecy about the Lifestream - a snake eating its own tail, shedding its skin, causing all sorts of calamities, and sealed by 7 brands.

I would actually be surprised if any of what Emet says comes into play. I think it's going to be more like, here's a list of places we could take you, but here are robots from outer space instead!

I'd love it if each new expansion starting with 7.0 was a non-linear tangent, so that if a players starts at say 9.0, they can play ARR through to EW, then choose whether to start at 7.0, 8.0 or 9.0
Maybe with a different MSQ logo, so the meteor symbol for just be the ARR-EW arc, and you could run them all in tandem if you wanted to.

Each one would come with level 91-99 content, plus prestige levels (or Dynamis levels) on top of that.