Quote Originally Posted by SeverianLyonesse View Post
The trial series has never been part of the MSQ. I think the fact that Golbez and the Void appear in the MSQ highly suggests that we will NOT be going there for the trial series, but somewhere else entirely.
Technically the Primals in post ARR filled the same role. In an effort to cutdown post game msq length they made the decision to move trials out of the MSQ. If they continued with the ARR model, the MSQ would keep stopping to go deal with the Warring Triad/Auspices/weapons, much like ARR would often advance the city states story and then stop and shift over to a primal. There were at least two storylines going on in ARR.

If this time there isn't another MSQ plot thread to divert from the Golbez story they won't have the same issue so it they can keep the trials to MSQ. The lack of extra trial side story may be why we're getting sidequests like the Tataru one and Omega stuff and whatever else comes our way from the freed up resources.

While it's just speculation on my part I do feel that the delivery may vary a little since this has been the first time the .1 patch has been a new story rather than a continuation of .0.