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So seeing as this leak (seems) to be gaining more ground due to original Episode Ignis plan and potentially some of the leaks found in the Royal Edition (not confirmed though), I decided to play ball with it and give it the benefit of the doubt. I'm going to assume 2 things though:
1. Everything, even the extra year of content development (Royal Edition) is not thanks to the fans, it was pre-planned (conspiracy theory- thanking the fans is a good PR save)
2. As a result of the above , this was a VERY early plan/schedule of updates they wanted to hit on, starting with the Chapter 13 problems.
Anyway, just giving my thoughts on everything below:
1.06- Pretty sure at the time of this leak, Chapter 13 v 2 was entirely known already, so no comment here.
Booster Pack- Same as the above
Episode Gladio (March)- Not entirely sure if this was known prior to the leak (the leak was from February last year and EPG released in March) but if it didn't then it guessed Gilgamesh. It also guessed the new dungeon actually being part of the map (its not accessable by any means, but there is clear geography for it on the map).
1.07 (May)- This is where it gets interesting. Months ago I would have said nothing significant was getting added from this leak, but we got the Bestiary much later than May (in August actually), so its safe to say even if this leak guesses things right, it may not happen when it specifies. I'm assuming they removed the requirement to use Promto's pic skill as that would have forced EVERYONE to go back and find even the weakest monsters and take pictures (and if you were too strong, your characters would kill them too fast if I had to guess). This would have caused a lot of frustration.
1.08 (June)- Regalia Type-D. I think it was known that it was coming even back in February, but I'm pretty sure this came in June, same as this leaks timeframe, but as I said before, timeframe may not have anything to do with it. There has so far been no Prompto sequence. Its possible they just scrapped it (I have an observation on that later)
Episode Promto- The time to beat is wrong (its more like 1.5/2 hours) but dev's like bloating their playtimes. It doesn't start in a village (rather a facility/prison) but does seem to get a decent amount of the rest right. Anything with Iedolas was scrapped, but all of Verstael's stuff is there, as well as Lucis and his connection. Overall, most of it was guessed by the leak.
1.09 (July)- this has not happened yet. Unknown if it will, but like the Bestiary, perhaps its a feature to be included later on. Maybe they are waiting for all of the DLC to release (with every monster) to incorporate a Dungeon like this.
1.10 (September)- again nothing, maybe in the future, maybe not
1.11 (October)- Like adding a sequence to Chapter 13 for Prompto, one with Ignis was scrapped as well. This one specifically talks about escaping Niflheim (again, I'll get more on this later). The most important thing about this update was that Character Switching was an idea, and would have been made available the same month as Episode Ignis would have released. This right here made me believe in the leak more than anything. Not only did character switching come in december, it came only a few days before Episode Ignis released.
Episode Ignis (October)- This released after Comrades but it looks like it was supposed to be for this and the October update to release prior to the multiplayer expansion. Now that we know they had plans for the RTS gameplay, this is yet thing going for this leak. It was obviously scrapped, but the devs addressed that, so this leak was actually right in retrospect!
The only thing gotten wrong here was that Gladio and Prompto were part of the story and Ultros (hey, at least Cerberus is back!) appeared. Though it guessed Ravus and Caligo being present. Honestly, this is either an insane guess or the leaker knew that they had to have story addressed here.
1.12/1.13/Expansion DLC (December 2017/January 2018)- Firstly, it looks like the expansion was able to release earlier than planned, but I think this was because a lot changed during development. Perhaps they had planned to make this a simultaneous story in Niflheim, but after the poor reception of Niflheim in the base game, they (and this is complete speculation) decided to scrap that and fill in the gap between chapters 13 and 14 in Lucis. It was much easier to do, since they already had the assets for Lucis to begin with.
I personally think Niflhiem development now is actually being done to fix Chapters 10-13 (paid or free, idk), with the Multiplayer expansion staying in Lucis. With this, playable sections with Prompto and Ignis are more possible after Noct disappears into the crystal. Who knows.
1.14 (Feb 2018)- WoR is probably happening at some point, its just a matter of when. It is currently not happening as of yet (and likely not with the Royal edition. However, current leaks for the Royal Edition suggest that
1.15 (March 2018)- Like the above, its a matter of when.
Episode Ardyn and Luna- We know are happening (this leak specifies it months in advance, even if it may have been obvious that these were probably most wanted). Their contents are unknown but I'm excited by the potential in each.
2 Unknown DLC- This is what will make or break the leak. These seam major but nothing has been said about them yet. Unsure what they could be as a result.
All in all, a lot of this has actually come true! And a lot of it still waits to be seen (WoR, Niflheim, hidden Insomnian dungeon, 100 floor dungeon, Episode Ardyn and Luna), but I think it's still interesting to look at this leak.
Its gotten a crap ton of stuff right.
1. Everything, even the extra year of content development (Royal Edition) is not thanks to the fans, it was pre-planned (conspiracy theory- thanking the fans is a good PR save)
2. As a result of the above , this was a VERY early plan/schedule of updates they wanted to hit on, starting with the Chapter 13 problems.
Anyway, just giving my thoughts on everything below:
1.06- Pretty sure at the time of this leak, Chapter 13 v 2 was entirely known already, so no comment here.
Booster Pack- Same as the above
Episode Gladio (March)- Not entirely sure if this was known prior to the leak (the leak was from February last year and EPG released in March) but if it didn't then it guessed Gilgamesh. It also guessed the new dungeon actually being part of the map (its not accessable by any means, but there is clear geography for it on the map).
1.07 (May)- This is where it gets interesting. Months ago I would have said nothing significant was getting added from this leak, but we got the Bestiary much later than May (in August actually), so its safe to say even if this leak guesses things right, it may not happen when it specifies. I'm assuming they removed the requirement to use Promto's pic skill as that would have forced EVERYONE to go back and find even the weakest monsters and take pictures (and if you were too strong, your characters would kill them too fast if I had to guess). This would have caused a lot of frustration.
1.08 (June)- Regalia Type-D. I think it was known that it was coming even back in February, but I'm pretty sure this came in June, same as this leaks timeframe, but as I said before, timeframe may not have anything to do with it. There has so far been no Prompto sequence. Its possible they just scrapped it (I have an observation on that later)
Episode Promto- The time to beat is wrong (its more like 1.5/2 hours) but dev's like bloating their playtimes. It doesn't start in a village (rather a facility/prison) but does seem to get a decent amount of the rest right. Anything with Iedolas was scrapped, but all of Verstael's stuff is there, as well as Lucis and his connection. Overall, most of it was guessed by the leak.
1.09 (July)- this has not happened yet. Unknown if it will, but like the Bestiary, perhaps its a feature to be included later on. Maybe they are waiting for all of the DLC to release (with every monster) to incorporate a Dungeon like this.
1.10 (September)- again nothing, maybe in the future, maybe not
1.11 (October)- Like adding a sequence to Chapter 13 for Prompto, one with Ignis was scrapped as well. This one specifically talks about escaping Niflheim (again, I'll get more on this later). The most important thing about this update was that Character Switching was an idea, and would have been made available the same month as Episode Ignis would have released. This right here made me believe in the leak more than anything. Not only did character switching come in december, it came only a few days before Episode Ignis released.
Episode Ignis (October)- This released after Comrades but it looks like it was supposed to be for this and the October update to release prior to the multiplayer expansion. Now that we know they had plans for the RTS gameplay, this is yet thing going for this leak. It was obviously scrapped, but the devs addressed that, so this leak was actually right in retrospect!
The only thing gotten wrong here was that Gladio and Prompto were part of the story and Ultros (hey, at least Cerberus is back!) appeared. Though it guessed Ravus and Caligo being present. Honestly, this is either an insane guess or the leaker knew that they had to have story addressed here.
1.12/1.13/Expansion DLC (December 2017/January 2018)- Firstly, it looks like the expansion was able to release earlier than planned, but I think this was because a lot changed during development. Perhaps they had planned to make this a simultaneous story in Niflheim, but after the poor reception of Niflheim in the base game, they (and this is complete speculation) decided to scrap that and fill in the gap between chapters 13 and 14 in Lucis. It was much easier to do, since they already had the assets for Lucis to begin with.
I personally think Niflhiem development now is actually being done to fix Chapters 10-13 (paid or free, idk), with the Multiplayer expansion staying in Lucis. With this, playable sections with Prompto and Ignis are more possible after Noct disappears into the crystal. Who knows.
1.14 (Feb 2018)- WoR is probably happening at some point, its just a matter of when. It is currently not happening as of yet (and likely not with the Royal edition. However, current leaks for the Royal Edition suggest that
That a new Replica Regalia will given to Noct and the bros, and be used to either travel directly to Insomnia and/or Drive around in the city itself. Its possible that that specific dungeon near the Insomnian entrance still exists as a side quest as RE leaks also found 2 new dungeon names (The Cradle and Aeretylian Furnace). But we'll see
1.15 (March 2018)- Like the above, its a matter of when.
Episode Ardyn and Luna- We know are happening (this leak specifies it months in advance, even if it may have been obvious that these were probably most wanted). Their contents are unknown but I'm excited by the potential in each.
2 Unknown DLC- This is what will make or break the leak. These seam major but nothing has been said about them yet. Unsure what they could be as a result.
All in all, a lot of this has actually come true! And a lot of it still waits to be seen (WoR, Niflheim, hidden Insomnian dungeon, 100 floor dungeon, Episode Ardyn and Luna), but I think it's still interesting to look at this leak.
Its gotten a crap ton of stuff right.
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