So in summary: All the city-state questlines are being rewritten to avoid the convulted mess from before, right?

I'm glad the Echo is staying (Minfilia too!). And I can't wait to be able to use my Path Companion.

Which had me wondering, when we chose our Path Companion's name, did it have to be unique from what anyone else chose like a retainer? Or can there be repeats like our GC Chocobo?