Dawntrail Launch Trailer

[KageTokage]

It's absolutely the case. They needed to reassure people that an actual story was to be found beyond the initial "vacation" premise.

I feel like they could've done this more subtly by having a cryptic aside with the mysterious girl (Who I really get the impression is the actual villain of DT) at the end of 6.55 that suggests there's something brewing under the outwardly shallow premise of DT.

They've had similar moments at the end of all the prior expansions and I don't think the story "starting fresh" was any reason to exclude such.

[Carin-Eri]

I feel like they could've done this more subtly by having a cryptic aside with the mysterious girl (Who I really get the impression is the actual villain of DT) at the end of 6.55 that suggests there's something brewing under the outwardly shallow premise of DT.

They've had similar moments at the end of all the prior expansions and I don't think the story "starting fresh" was any reason to exclude such.

I got that impression too, and glad I wasn't alone! Eitherway, it's clear she's going to a key element to the story.

[Kranel_San]

Maybe it could have been toned down immensely while keeping the same effect, but then they wouldn't have a lot to show in the LL/Keynotes.

Honestly, we don't need that many Live letters and streams for a single expansion. Most other MMOs just announce their upcoming expansion in a single or a maximum of two events. Meanwhile, FFXIV team split the announcement into 5 or 6, with lots of repetitive information. For example: "Level cap up to 100!" like tell me something I don't know. Not the same tidbit of information you said in every single previous event.

It's a personal opinion nonetheless, but this feels more like a desperate attempt at PR & Marketing that you need to do the expansion announcement multiple time, each time with the same information but added with a very little more information.

[Carin-Eri]

Guessing those two Lalafell who entered the 'portal' were Krile's parents

[MagiusNecros]

Final Fantasy Borderlands

Dawnservant Successor Arc

Find the City of G- I mean the Great Vault

Rita Repulsa from Power Rangers who most definitely isn't the Ascian they forgot invades with her Purple ships and armies of Putty Minions with Guns

Will be interesting to see play out.

I think they revealed too much in this trailer but we will see.

[Jeeqbit]

I think they revealed too much in this trailer but we will see.

The launch trailer is always quite spoilery. The Shadowbringers one had the biggest one ever.

[KageTokage]

The launch trailer is always quite spoilery. The Shadowbringers one had the biggest one ever.

It's funny because come the actual story, that spoiler (Which many had already predicted) ended up being a fairly minor twist compared to what came later.

[Ryvick]

The descendants from Neo Los Angeles in Xenoblade Chronicles X have decided to invade Eorzea.

[OlafQuintessa]

The descendants from Neo Los Angeles in Xenoblade Chronicles X have decided to invade Eorzea.

I'm glad I'm not the only person who got XCX vibes from that bit of the trailer! (Here's hoping for a remake on the Switch 2!).

[Rekh]

The only scene that got a notice out of me was the "cactuar fate" which actually looked like some gameplay fun in some kind of an open world. We all know that it'll be a fate you can complete in under 1 minute though, as is ffxiv's design of "respecting your time."