Spoiler!! So the new msq

[SamsaraTrickstar]

Spoilers don't read if you don't want my new wind cutting spoilers.

So the story go to the void now. I really like it. Looks like the next big bad guy is chaos?
What you think ? Like it ? Hate it? Where you think they take the story to.

[Donoman]

I was so glad when they mentioned Cyella and Unukalhai. That questline was one of my favorites from shadowbringers and I am so so excited to see the void being the main focus of the MSQ now. The story is giving me everything I need so far and I'm loving it! Can't wait to see what we'll find over there.

[KageTokage]

I'm honestly not expecting this whole "void" story arc to last past 6.3 and think it's mostly just there remind us that the 13th is a thing that should probably be dealt with in lasting capacity at some point.

It feels a bit soon to have shard-hopping be the crux of another expansion and think we'll most likely end up building up to a journey to Ilsabard or Meracydia after the business with Azdaja and Zenos' avatar is finished.

[Tsukino]

I'm honestly not expecting this whole "void" story arc to last past 6.3 and think it's mostly just there remind us that the 13th is a thing that should probably be dealt with in lasting capacity at some point.

It feels a bit soon to have shard-hopping be the crux of another expansion and think we'll most likely end up building up to a journey to Ilsabard or Meracydia after the business with Azdaja and Zenos' avatar is finished.

Yep, obviously it has to be this way because of the completely fixed patterns of how they release content. Patches cannot have new outdoor exploration areas, so they can't take us to another continent or to the rest of Ilsabard or Othard, etc. The 13th is easy to confine to trials and dungeons since the whole thing is just a hostile wasteland, and then have it all be wrapped up before the next expansion can have whole new areas.

And though they said it wouldn't continue the same main story directly, your guess would be spot-on with their previous patterns - follow-ups for the first three patches, then two that act as a prelude to the expansion.

[Arkfrost]

Patches cannot have new outdoor exploration areas, so they can't take us to another continent or to the rest of Ilsabard or Othard, etc.

Why can't they though? The 4 Eureka zones are each just as large as any other overworld zone. Bozja and Zadnor are just slightly smaller. The Diadem is as big as 4 expansion sized maps. So there's no reason they "cannot" add new outdoor exploration areas. They simply just did not, and stuck to their usual pattern, but there's nothing preventing them from doing it.

[Tsukino]

Why can't they though? The 4 Eureka zones are each just as large as any other overworld zone. Bozja and Zadnor are just slightly smaller. The Diadem is as big as 4 expansion sized maps. So there's no reason they "cannot" add new outdoor exploration areas. They simply just did not, and stuck to their usual pattern, but there's nothing preventing them from doing it.

None of these are the same as what I was talking about, they have completely different rules and are instanced content, not regular areas. But mentioning them brings up a good point I missed when I wrote "trials and dungeons" - they could give us another "Field Operation" that takes place on the 13th, and that would be pretty cool! None of the others came in x.1 anyway, so it could definitely still fit with their established content patterns.

[Alleo]

I'm honestly not expecting this whole "void" story arc to last past 6.3 and think it's mostly just there remind us that the 13th is a thing that should probably be dealt with in lasting capacity at some point.

It feels a bit soon to have shard-hopping be the crux of another expansion and think we'll most likely end up building up to a journey to Ilsabard or Meracydia after the business with Azdaja and Zenos' avatar is finished.

I really hope that is the way to go. We still have to see so much on our own planet first before we should even think about going to other shards or even trying to reconstruct the void.

[Espon]

Is that Chaos? I thought that looked more like Golbez. It even played FF4 music during that scene.

[Quor]

Is that Chaos? I thought that looked more like Golbez. It even played FF4 music during that scene.

I'm thinking you're right. He even spoke to the Four Fiends, complete with their expected speech patterns (which really is just Milon and maybe Cagnazzo if we're talking via text). Really can't wait to see their Barbariccia design.

[Haruka_R]

I've been wanting to visit the shard of darkness for a while now so I'm all for it.