Zantai dropped some bombshells in the latest dev stream. Maximum spoiler warning:
3:32 Zantai_GD: so I’ll give you a spoiler barrage, here you go, some of this might be old to people who’ve been around before
3:32 Zantai_GD: first off
3:32 Zantai_GD: beasts are coming as a hostile faction…you can reach nemesis status with them
3:32 Zantai_GD: second, one of the new hostile factions is called the Aetherial Vanguard, featuring a new aetherial nemesis found in the new expansion areas
3:33 Zantai_GD: third, one of the new friendly factions is called the Coven of Ugdenbog, a sect of witches who once hid from the Inquisitors but now may become powerful allies in your war for Cairn
3:34 Zantai_GD: there is one faction that you can be either friendly or hostile to…but I won’t tell you whati t is
Try to keep talk on this in Spoiler tags or in the Lore thread (which is itself a spoiler thread); respect those not wanting to indulge in teases for the xpac.