Thread: Patch 7.1 Discussions

My thoughts on the 7.1 MSQ:

I thought the ending of it was a fantastic setup for the next patch. The rest of the patch was like "Okay, now we know." We now know the missing answers of both Koana's and Galool Ja's parents. Yes, they could have easily put this into the 7.0 MSQ, but they didn't and it had to be answered otherwise people would have that lingering thought and wonder if it's important. Now we know it isn't really. It just had to be answered lol.

Sphene returning isn't really surprising if we paid attention to the story. We have heard of this shadowy organization called Preservation a few times in the 7.0 MSQ. The Neo-Regulators are obviously flawed from the get, and the artificial scarcity of only 5000 being available for distribution is intended to cause panic among the Alexandrians, who are completely in fear of dying and will desperately try to seek the comfort of not having to worry about it, IE becoming an Endless. We know this means the slaughter of the population and a preservation of their memories in the Cloud. This facsimile of Sphene is a reset version that doesn't have the memories of us or Wuk Lamat. It's the version that worked with Zoraal Ja initially, only a tad bit more insane. The upgrade lol. Preservation is obviously behind this as well, and their goal seemingly for now is to control the population of Solution Nine, and the rest of the Star as well now that they have a gateway to the Source directly. My guess is that these Neo-Regulators are not going to turn people into Endless as we know them, but something more akin to a grotesque monster akin to Sin Eaters/Blasphemies as they lose their souls and their memories warp into an amalgamation of fearful thoughts.

Next patch is shaping up to be insane. x.1 patches have always been the initial setup before the climax of the post story. We'll see what they got. I say let em cook and see what happens. I know people have been very polarizing on this story so far, but I really enjoy it and the implications at play here.

Originally Posted by Dastan

My thoughts on the 7.1 MSQ:

I thought the ending of it was a fantastic setup for the next patch. The rest of the patch was like "Okay, now we know." We now know the missing answers of both Koana's and Galool Ja's parents. Yes, they could have easily put this into the 7.0 MSQ, but they didn't and it had to be answered otherwise people would have that lingering thought and wonder if it's important. Now we know it isn't really. It just had to be answered lol.

A bit of my own thoughts on the 'importance' of those first parts, because I don't think you're wrong, but I do think it's a little more complex.

I think it's interesting in seeing how these two character reveals specifically feel in 'importance'. Because Koana's isn't narratively important, but was deeply personally important; a huge amount of his personal journey came from his relationship to his perception of tradition, and his hatred of what he thought was a culture that left him to die because 'that's just what they do'. If we pick apart Koana's journey as a person in retrospect, I feel like this patch will be the moment for him, that greatly changes how his life goes. ...but Koana and his parents aren't actually important to the core story of the expansion, so as big a character moment as it is for him, it really does feel like it was just necessary cleanup that we had to get to eventually.

Gulool Ja's mom on the other hand I think is exactly the opposite: almost the entire reason Gulool Ja wants to look into this is because it doesn't matter to him, and he feels like it should, like he owes it to his mom to have feelings about her. I don't honestly feel like that part is different afterwards, but I highly suspect this isn't the last we'll hear about Teeshal Ja. This is just predictions and vibes going, but I think that once the book's closed on Dawntrail's patches this will probably be looked back on as a big deal, in a similar way to the first appearance of Fandaniel in 5.1.