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  1. 03-16-2026 09:49 AM #1
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    Hate to double post, but this is important stuff.

    Live Letter XCI dropped the first hints at 7.5 and beyond.

    Patch 7.5 will be titled Trail to the Heavens. The first part (7.5) is scheduled to release April 28, while the second part is slated for early September. There are two pieces of patch key art: one showing Endless Sphene (eyes closed) holding real Sphene's hand, with Calyx to the left of Endless Sphene and the WoL to the right of real Sphene; and another showing Krile, Y'shtola, Alphinaud, the WoL, Estinien, Alisae, and G'raha arranged clockwise with the moon in the background. Released screenshots so far include Shale looking back over her shoulder at a screen, Urianger kneeling down and talking to a loporrit, the WoL speaking to Calyx in his new Mica plush vessel, and the WoL looking up at the moon.

    The new dungeon is "The Clyteum," which appears to be a bombed-out district of the Garlean capital. I guess we were never gonna be without Alphinaud and Alisae's company for very long, huh.

    The new trial is Enuo, a background character (superboss in updated rereleases) from V who learned to wield the Void. This is a very interesting choice, since we don't have any context regarding his appearance. Is he just a side trial unrelated to the MSQ that's accessible through the Occult Crescent story (as Varis EX was part of Bozja)? If not, why is a big V homage showing up, and what role could he have to play (other than, after being beat into submission, serving as a conduit to other reflections)? I suppose he's a natural fit for a story that increasingly looks to be about hopping across alternate realities, but it still feels odd in light of Occult Crescent already being a V homage vehicle in the same expack. Oddly, he has some kind of sigil hovering behind him his V incarnation lacks... I tried to compare it to the esper glyphs from XII since Ascian glyphs are parts of those flipped upside down, but I can't figure out which it is if any. Maybe Chaos or Zeromus.

    There's a lot more coming up (Windurst: The Third Walk capping off Echos of Vana'diel, Occult Crescent: North Horn and Forked Tower: Magic concluding the Occult Crescent and Phantom Weapons, an Allied Society capstone quest, the conclusion of Dawntrail's Hildibrand questline, the final Cosmic Exploration planet Auxesia, which appears to be an urban area that's been heavily reclaimed by nature, Beastmaster finally being added, and other bells and whistles like a new PvP arena and housing updates), but those are the big "What's happening in 8.0?" tidbits so far which is to say... without context, a whole lotta nothing.
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  2. 03-16-2026 07:52 PM #2
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    Quote Originally Posted by Cilia View Post
    The new dungeon is "The Clyteum," which appears to be a bombed-out district of the Garlean capital. I guess we were never gonna be without Alphinaud and Alisae's company for very long, huh.
    The interesting thing to note here is that, despite looking very Garlean in structure, style and climate, and Yoshi-P specifically pointing out that it's Garlean, there's not a single reused Garlean asset. Even the street lamps are a different design. Which is a weird amount of effort to go to; if it's part of Garlemald, either the city or the nation, why not reuse a building or two? Why rebuild everything from scratch? I don't have an answer for that, but I do think the elephant in the room for answering that is 'maybe it isn't Garlemald'.


    And personally, I had Enuo pegged for the Occult Crescent ever since we learned about the Forked Tower; he's damn near the only FFV thing they haven't touched yet. I suspect this is just a trial outside the main story path, and is just part of the Occult Crescent; something similar to Asura in Endwalker, or even Delubrum Reginae.

    And no, the symbol behind his head isn't an Ascian thing, honestly doesn't look that much like one anyway, and I'm really hopeful that theory goes nowhere fast. If this fanbase has a worst habit when speculating, it's finding the first answer that lets them say 'Ascians' and then never accepting any other theory until that one is COMPLETELY dead; we saw it with the Arcadion's symbol, we saw it with Endless Sphene's crest, and I really hope we don't see it a third time soon.
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