Now that the MSQ is done, I think it'd be fun to haphazardly speculate on what the patch story is going to be like.
I think some low hanging fruit is that it'll probably delve into some of the shadier or more complicated politics of new Tuliyollal. SE's often spent X.1-X.3 patch notes delving into the politics that come after. ARR had the sultana's plan to step down, HW had Ishgard's transition to a republic, SB had the creation of the Ala Mhigan parliament and Doman relations with Garlemald, even EW had a large focus on rebuilding Garlemald.
There are also a number of unresolved issues or potential hooks:
So if I had to speculate, I'm guessing that 7.1-.3 will somehow focus on the difficulties around working with Alexandria. Making a wild guess, I could see Sharlayan coming in as a political rival, trying to get access to Alexandrian tech by pushing some anti-Tuliyollal faction that pops up and revealing something unknown about Gulool Ja. Wuk Lamat will still get a good amount of focus, but will probably go through some further loss of idealism/naivety. Koana could take more time in the spotlight as well.
Then 7.4-7.5 is probably going to focus on the interdimensional tech setting up the next expansion (as usual).
What do y'all think? Any big hooks or unresolved issues I've missed?
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I think some low hanging fruit is that it'll probably delve into some of the shadier or more complicated politics of new Tuliyollal. SE's often spent X.1-X.3 patch notes delving into the politics that come after. ARR had the sultana's plan to step down, HW had Ishgard's transition to a republic, SB had the creation of the Ala Mhigan parliament and Doman relations with Garlemald, even EW had a large focus on rebuilding Garlemald.
There are also a number of unresolved issues or potential hooks:
- Sphene's regulator headband seems to still be active
- Gulool Ja's exact parentage is still unclear
- Gulool Ja's status as new leader of Alexandria seemed to make people unhappy
- Separatist faction of Yok Huy still active
- The twins want to rebuild Garlemald
- We now have a key to interdimensional travel (maybe?)
- Alexandrian tech is now out in the world
So if I had to speculate, I'm guessing that 7.1-.3 will somehow focus on the difficulties around working with Alexandria. Making a wild guess, I could see Sharlayan coming in as a political rival, trying to get access to Alexandrian tech by pushing some anti-Tuliyollal faction that pops up and revealing something unknown about Gulool Ja. Wuk Lamat will still get a good amount of focus, but will probably go through some further loss of idealism/naivety. Koana could take more time in the spotlight as well.
Then 7.4-7.5 is probably going to focus on the interdimensional tech setting up the next expansion (as usual).
What do y'all think? Any big hooks or unresolved issues I've missed?
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