So this is my own theory, take it as you will because it's purely my personal opinion. 
I think the Dragoon being involved in Ishgard is because Ishgard has always been one of the main city states in the game, therefore having the job available to play despite the city-state not being accessible.
The water based expansion might happen still. Though I think the logical order of things would be to march towards Ala Mhigo.It would be three years after the launch of ARR by the time the next expansion comes out. That's a long time to me. I couldn't imagine that we wouldn't be moving onto the other two great continents at that point. Ala Mhigo at least.
Eorzea is the smallest great continent. It's by no means the majority of the planet's landmass. That belongs to Ilsabard and consequently, the Garleans. I always thought that first, we would head north, then east, traveling to larger and more 'world-center' locations with each expansion.
If I recall in patch 2.2, Yugiri, while agitated and speaking about Doma's fall, mentioned that Eorzea has no clue what's going on in the world right now, which was a huge thing to say IMO because an entire nation fell and the Garleans went to war with itself and we had no clue.
Said Civil War probably was the main focus of the civilized world outside of Eorzea, which is probably the majority of the civilized world given the landmass comparison. Most of the Garlean Legions are stationed in Ilsabard and Othard, where Doma was. If you combined those two landmasses together, that dwarfs Eorzea completely, and I assume there's a good bit of countries out there, and of course the enormous Empire.
I can compare it to Britain and France going to war in the 1700's, and us being like British Colonials fighting the British in America during the same time. Just like the British, the Garleans only sent a fraction of their army: Two Legions. I don't know how many Legions they exactly have, but they have waaaay more than two.
It took three city states to beat two Legions. Which is merely a fraction of their military and something that Ala Mhigo did all by themselves for a while before they surrendered. Hell, when Ala Mhigo attacked Gridania 100 years ago, it took Gridania, Ishgard, Ul'dah, and Limsa Lominsa combined to fight them off.
So imagine how their continents look like compared to ours?
I bring this up because I think Square Enix started us off with the smallest great continent, so that they could always move the game on to bigger and better things with each expansion. Bigger lands, more impressive landmarks, etc.
I can't see it not heading in that direction unless they send us to an underwater city next. Or an island nation, like Radz-at-Han. They could be deciding to go every single bit of land that isn't touched by the Garlean Empire.
In other words, I think the reason why they're highlighting the Dragoon is because of the coincidence that the Dragoon has always come from Ishgard, which happens to me where we're going now. Whether we go east, or west, or underwater next, it seems a much more solid decision to open up new land/areas rather than return to them.
I think the Dragoon being involved in Ishgard is because Ishgard has always been one of the main city states in the game, therefore having the job available to play despite the city-state not being accessible.
The water based expansion might happen still. Though I think the logical order of things would be to march towards Ala Mhigo.It would be three years after the launch of ARR by the time the next expansion comes out. That's a long time to me. I couldn't imagine that we wouldn't be moving onto the other two great continents at that point. Ala Mhigo at least.
Eorzea is the smallest great continent. It's by no means the majority of the planet's landmass. That belongs to Ilsabard and consequently, the Garleans. I always thought that first, we would head north, then east, traveling to larger and more 'world-center' locations with each expansion.
If I recall in patch 2.2, Yugiri, while agitated and speaking about Doma's fall, mentioned that Eorzea has no clue what's going on in the world right now, which was a huge thing to say IMO because an entire nation fell and the Garleans went to war with itself and we had no clue.
Said Civil War probably was the main focus of the civilized world outside of Eorzea, which is probably the majority of the civilized world given the landmass comparison. Most of the Garlean Legions are stationed in Ilsabard and Othard, where Doma was. If you combined those two landmasses together, that dwarfs Eorzea completely, and I assume there's a good bit of countries out there, and of course the enormous Empire.
I can compare it to Britain and France going to war in the 1700's, and us being like British Colonials fighting the British in America during the same time. Just like the British, the Garleans only sent a fraction of their army: Two Legions. I don't know how many Legions they exactly have, but they have waaaay more than two.
It took three city states to beat two Legions. Which is merely a fraction of their military and something that Ala Mhigo did all by themselves for a while before they surrendered. Hell, when Ala Mhigo attacked Gridania 100 years ago, it took Gridania, Ishgard, Ul'dah, and Limsa Lominsa combined to fight them off.
So imagine how their continents look like compared to ours?
I bring this up because I think Square Enix started us off with the smallest great continent, so that they could always move the game on to bigger and better things with each expansion. Bigger lands, more impressive landmarks, etc.
I can't see it not heading in that direction unless they send us to an underwater city next. Or an island nation, like Radz-at-Han. They could be deciding to go every single bit of land that isn't touched by the Garlean Empire.
In other words, I think the reason why they're highlighting the Dragoon is because of the coincidence that the Dragoon has always come from Ishgard, which happens to me where we're going now. Whether we go east, or west, or underwater next, it seems a much more solid decision to open up new land/areas rather than return to them.
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