1.23b/c Speculation

[Alerith]

That earring white raven pretty much says that we will have a hard mode.

You kinda missed the point.

I'm talking about Nael Van Darnus being involved beyond the "To Kill a Raven" fights, regular or hard. I'm speculating that we'll see him again before this 7th Umbral Event comes to it's conclusion, and I mean we'll see him in a storyline capacity, not just a Hard mode fight.

[Valmonte]

You kinda missed the point.

I'm talking about Nael Van Darnus being involved beyond the "To Kill a Raven" fights, regular or hard. I'm speculating that we'll see him again before this 7th Umbral Event comes to it's conclusion, and I mean we'll see him in a storyline capacity, not just a Hard mode fight.

yep its that cut scene where the players finds his Gun halberd stuck in a tree in grid and has to return it to him.....in a very personal way .

[Jynx]

That earring white raven pretty much says that we will have a hard mode.

Who knows maybe they are giving the items out at the end of the game as a sort of "Promethia ring" reward. Nothing is set in stone.

[Arkine]

Who knows maybe they are giving the items out at the end of the game as a sort of "Promethia ring" reward. Nothing is set in stone.

I wonder... our usual fights come with 7 weapons as rewards, but for this one we only get 1 earring.

It would be weird to have his battle be just about the earring, but it would be even weirder to have 7 white raven weapons.

[Alerith]

I wonder... our usual fights come with 7 weapons as rewards, but for this one we only get 1 earring.

It would be weird to have his battle be just about the earring, but it would be even weirder to have 7 white raven weapons.

The earring has stats on it for just about everyone. It isn't out of the question for it to be a single drop, perhaps a chest that awards it to everyone in the party upon victory.

[Arkine]

The earring has stats on it for just about everyone. It isn't out of the question for it to be a single drop, perhaps a chest that awards it to everyone in the party upon victory.

The reason primal battles lasted so long is because most people are after the full set, if we're going to fight the guy just for 1 item then the window to complete the battle and actually obtain the earring would be very small.

I'm guessing they'll make it a shared chest.

Though, I would rather it just be a reward for completing the 7th era quests.

[Sylkis]

For the hard fight , its probably unrelated to the plot. Just a harder fight for fun.

I think that he got absorbed into Dalamud which causes Dalamud to crash down anyway, but none of the NPCs know that yet. (Or Dalamud was going to crash regardless . Think FF7 Aerith)


Later, Louisoux sees this then you get the 2.0 trailer.

[Starlord]

When should 1.23a come out?

[Ferth]

This whole situation just reminds me a lot of ff6 before Kefka ruins the world. It wouldn't surprise me at all if Nael Van Darnus survives in a more sinister form.

But then I haven't even made it to the last fight yet so I haven't seen the final cut-scenes. So my input is purely speculation.

[Azurymber]

you are all over thinking this....
there is a giant meteor being pulled towards a planet....

have your friend drop a ball off the roof of a condo, and then shoot him dead.... is the ball going to stop?