MSQ Speculation

[Argonloris]

So now that we've seen the Eliminator and Cerulian mining and we know about the city of gold is there any thoughts as to what everything could be about.

I'm still thinking that part of this is a thread that picks up on what "Amon" was doing before he decided to help out Zenos.

I would guess that we find Allagan royalty or the like that are now awake and rebuilding the Empire to it's former glory. They would have been stuck in stasis inside the golden city or somewhere nearby. The eliminator may be something similar to the Diabolos machine found under Bozja. They perhaps adapted it to run on cerulium at this point since accessing voidsent is a bit of an issue.

It's not another 10 year story, but a fight against the reborn empire with an empress or the like in charge could definitely span multiple expansions and multiple continents. I still think it will be only a few pure Allagans that rely on cloning tech or powerful mammets to build an army and they will eventually try to find a way to tap the atherial sea for soul batteries.

[WeebAlert]

I would strongly prefer that they develop new lore instead of going back to things like Amon, Allagans, Garlemald. It makes the world feel much smaller to have every single thing be connected back to the same stuff we've been experiencing. The new expansion is a good opportunity to get away from the old lore and introduce new things. Easter eggs & hints, sure. But wouldn't you rather see something completely new?

[Lunaxia]

I don't think they can go back to the Allagans again, it'll literally start becoming a meme at some point.

[Boblawblah]

I don't want it to be about Allagans or Ancients. The decade story is finished, let's move on to something completely different with new antagonists.

[Fyrebrand]

The "city of gold" was Godbert Manderville's failed attempt to build a Gold Saucer franchise in Tural. It's long been abandoned, and is overrun with murderous Senor Sabotender mammets.

[GTK0HLK]

The only way, would be to find remains of what was of the last survivors or abandoned colony that had nothing to do with major players.
Moreso since we know some lived after the collapse but have since faded.

While agreed that certain aspects get tired and used.

it'd be foolish to think that this star scrapping civilization didn't leave Meracydia or the three great continents.

Long as the major players are long gone.
and it's local populations that had grown after the collapse taking advantage of the remains would make absolute sense.

More So, if the city of gold(as some have said) is a reference to gold being something else than literally.
Maybe Even Ceruleum, or whatever those dungeons contain/are about.

[MsMisato]

I don't think they can go back to the Allagans again, it'll literally start becoming a meme at some point.

Lahabread has entered the forum.

[Carin-Eri]

I would strongly prefer that they develop new lore instead of going back to things like Amon, Allagans, Garlemald. It makes the world feel much smaller to have every single thing be connected back to the same stuff we've been experiencing. The new expansion is a good opportunity to get away from the old lore and introduce new things. Easter eggs & hints, sure. But wouldn't you rather see something completely new?

I agree.

As as much as I'd like to see Meracydia, I do hope that the reason we're heading to Tural is to step away from Allagan shenanigans for a time. Which would be difficult to do with Meracydia.

Causes of Problems on Hydaelyn:

[Chasingstars]

If you want a spring board to jump off, try the new world job, Viper. they can actively channel the aether energy from their job stones to empower themselves. Unlike other jobs where its just inert for them except for an occasional twinkle when a move is learned. Job Crystals, aka Soul Crystals, are very ancient tech of the ascians and allagans. This is also in stark contrast to the other new world job, blue mage, who didn't have a job stone until Martyn happen and was introducing eorezans to that style of magic. Which implies that someone, maybe ancient Mamool Jas, got their hands on soul crystals and started storing information with the viper job. As the vipers job crystal is described as very old.

[Atelier-Bagur]

Im hoping that it turns out to be some advanced civilization that kept itself secluded from the rest of the world like Esthar in FFVIII