Thread: Post Your 8.0 Story Ideas - Megathread

I think it needs to be another planet, probably best if it's not even a shard. We can't just pal around with the scions while helping the dragons in meracydia learn the power of friendship. We need to fall in a portal and appear in a new world with no reputation or friends. This would also help make a new startpoint. But mostly I just think we need something that can be universally appealing instead of just going through the motions of "well, we've heard about Meracydia/Blindfrost but not been there, so we have to go there".

We finally reach Ilsabard in Endwalker and instead of exploring the region and the fallout of the Garlean collapse in 7.0, we headed in the complete opposite direction to Tural.

So yeah, I feel we're overdue for an Ilsabard expansion. Find out how the power vacuum left by the empire has affected the surrounding regions, and maybe add Dalmasca to the mix.

We go to another shard but instead of it being only one expansion like the first was, it's actually treated like a kind of "mini planet".

Basically only us there, no scions and a return to form, basically a "reborn" version of FF14.
You could have several expansions there, just like we had The city states, Ishgard and Ala Mhigo on the source.

That way we could also have a kind of new starting point of needed and would be an entirely new person without the hero record.
I loved the first, it was a world in the style of ARR with not too much technology, likable characters and actually believable cultures.

Maybe the key forcefully transports us there (and only us).
We meet new companions or maybe only those of other shards could follow us (like Sphene, Zero or Ryne) because of Aether shenigans or something.

Basically a new start. They have the perfect base with the shards already after all.
Make the winterers actually a bit more grey, maybe even let us team up with some of them for a cause or so or because it's the lesser evil.
Make the WoL matter again. I don't need them to be the invincible hero everyone fawns over but they shouldn't be the tree in a child stage play like base DT was.

Simply, I do not want the majority of the scions to join. Make a actual intresting cast of new characters you can meet (maybe can bring some old characters just don't do what DT did, I also don't feel like theirs much growth or to show with old characters).

I don't mind if we go shard hopping or not personally as I liked the first but I don't think they should try to emulate that success if we go to another shard I would like a unique story.