I"ve been speaking with a few people from my line community, many are from NeoGaf, Mognet, Enix forum, and the official FF forums. One of the things noticed was the poor Marketting, ignoring fans on the real gritty questions and lack of attention.
So with that said, here are theories me and this community have found out:
Regis redesign:
The reason why King Regis was redesigned was to resemble closer to Ramuh. One of the many excuses of King Regis wardrobe (alongside his face) was that it was ceremonial, but screenshots show more and more that he was wearing that cloak over. The artwork shows King Regis holding Noctis, while holding a cane. Similar to how Ramuh wields a staff and also has a cloak. In Episode Duscae, when you summon Ramuh, you can see him pick up Noctis (and not the cast) before shooting the lightning down.
We also see hints that Luna has connections to Leviathan.
Luna dies:
this one is actually what most people are hoping for and not just because they hate her. This was done mostly by the creative writing group, but based on her promotion and large focus on brotherly love by the Male cast, Luna resembles strongly Aerith. Able to speak with the gods in similar way how Aerith can speak with the Planet. The romance relationship with Noctis and Luna has felt so forced, and unnatural. They have been promoted so separately, that some have led to believe she was designed to die.
This is also hope that the story is still sad as it was claimed to be.
So with that said, here are theories me and this community have found out:
Regis redesign:
The reason why King Regis was redesigned was to resemble closer to Ramuh. One of the many excuses of King Regis wardrobe (alongside his face) was that it was ceremonial, but screenshots show more and more that he was wearing that cloak over. The artwork shows King Regis holding Noctis, while holding a cane. Similar to how Ramuh wields a staff and also has a cloak. In Episode Duscae, when you summon Ramuh, you can see him pick up Noctis (and not the cast) before shooting the lightning down.
We also see hints that Luna has connections to Leviathan.
Luna dies:
this one is actually what most people are hoping for and not just because they hate her. This was done mostly by the creative writing group, but based on her promotion and large focus on brotherly love by the Male cast, Luna resembles strongly Aerith. Able to speak with the gods in similar way how Aerith can speak with the Planet. The romance relationship with Noctis and Luna has felt so forced, and unnatural. They have been promoted so separately, that some have led to believe she was designed to die.
This is also hope that the story is still sad as it was claimed to be.