Well, we don’t know when we’re getting shadow lords mode, which Adam confirmed is where the season 3 story will be told. If we get it with Gargos, there’s a fairly good chance that Eyedol’s not in the story.
If that’s the case, then I think the prevailing theory would be that the 8th slot is not Eyedol or a shadow version of an existing character or a new KI character, but rather a guest. If I were a gambler, I’d put money on Joanna Dark.
However, if shadow lords isn’t coming until the end of the season, then I think Eyedol might be a safe bet.
I mean, I’m probably reading too much in to this, but notice that the mode is called shadow lords with an “s” at the end. That would imply that Gargos isn’t the only shadow lord and since Shago and Omen aren’t shadow lords, it could very well be a case of Eyedol vs Gargos. Green versus purple.
So yeah, I think that we’ll be able to theorize a little better once we know more on when we might get the story mode.
If Eyedol is in season 3, then I sort of don’t see a season 4 coming.
If Eyedol isn’t in this season, I think S4 is inevitable.
But yeah, I want new characters…new lore…just new stuff in general, for the rest of S3, and onto S4. MS and IG have been doing great with the content thus far, and I just want to see the universe expand as much as it can.
Could that second shadow lord be Eyedol though? Maybe.
I love new characters as well, so I kinda hope they go down that road too.
I don’t know if I’d go as far as to say “inevitable” given how much certain people have stated their dislike of the character.
That said, I hope it means that there’s a 4th season and that he’s the major antagonist for it. Maybe have that old guy from KI gold as a sort of “old sage” guide for the heroes, maybe use a variation of Kara from the comics and have a female Ultratech suit/assassin. Otherwise, any completely new and unique ideas from IG are more than welcome, but I’m getting more than just a little ahead of myself.
Really curious to see who that 8th character winds up being!
That is just my feeling. I feel as though they will use nostalgia (just have they have been with these past/present seasons) to anchor the content if there is an S4.
I like the way you think! I never even considered the sage dude in the KI Gold dojo as a character, lol! But yeah, an old Sage come it to train / lead/ mentor the heroes against the onslaught of Astral demons. Could be fun!
One thing we learned in S2 with having the boss be the last character built is that it’s hard to get your story done… when the boss isn’t done as a character. Makes working in parallel on the story and the gameplay a bit difficult.
So this season our villain Gargos arrives earlier so we can get more done on Shadow Lords and the story we’re telling around his invasion of Earth.
Technically, if the last two characters’ models are done, they can appear in the story portions of Shadow Lords when it releases, even if SL comes out before they do. Although, I suppose it’s dependent on whether they plan to reveal the characters early, in that case.
I’d suspect a reveal of the 7th character before Gargos releases, just because of how they revealed new characters in Season 2 and in the Season 3 trailer. Which means we’d know before Shadow Lords releases.
It would be pretty surprising for them to add Eyedol so late, especially after making everyone think he wasn’t coming. All of the haters would piss themselves when he was revealed.
