Where are we heading to next?

[Shookbeast]

Something we didn’t get a lot of in SB (not exactly, as you’ll see) was a sort of “one to one” comparison between the Source and the First. While there were certainly comparisons to be made in the map, characters, and some geographic locations - there wasn’t a real narrative built up around how close or different they were physically. (More could be made about the whole light vs dark storylines, but I’m talking physical locations, not thematics).

Perhaps the next expansion will involve a new location on the Source, Meracydia for example - but also include the same locations in both the Void and a yet to be explored reflection? The gameplay/story could revolve around exploring three different versions of the same zones - and possibly even hopping between them in dungeons/raids/etc…

Maybe you need to cross a chasm in the Void, to get to a Temple in the Source - but the only bridge is in the reflection… if that makes sense?

The secrets to the Void get unlocked by exploring the corresponding locations in the Source - as well as a new reflection…

We get to expand the map on the Source, while also introducing creepy Void stuff - and get a whole new weird Reflection. The new reflection could be all ice themed, for example, while Meracydia is mainly warm - so when you hop from warm Meracydia, to the chilly reflection - the wildlife all become big shaggy prehistoric versions of the Source’s wildlife.

The new gameplay mechanic could be this fast hopping between reflections - which could be what Y’shtola is working toward.

Just a thought.

[SilverArrow20XX]

I'm betting we'll be setting up a camp in the Void like we did in the Empty for Eden, and that it'll be the Trial series through the patches leading up to 7.0.
Corvos will be the new Eureka/Bozja, and hopefully uncover that portion of the map.
7.0 will be Meracydia. A new continent with a full array of zones to explore.

The smaller locations mentioned by Emet will all just be dungeons.
Other shards, I don't think we'll do much with until later. Maybe 7.x patches.