speaking of this, are there any jumping puzzles of the Kugane type in Shadobobados? I haven't seen any and I hunger for that good bad jumping puzzle content.
There's a few that require wonky jumps in the main cities. Nothing of the level of that Kugane bs.
The costumes being unisex is a welcome change. There’s a bunch of cool outfits my lady can’t wear that’s a super bummer. And who am I to say dudes shouldn’t be able to wear the fancy yorha dresses.
A really small touch just happened in a cut scene and I love it
We are all relaxing at a campfire for the night and not in READY TO BATTLE AT A MOMENT'S NOTICE mode so my character has their helmet off
I have it turned on and in most cut scenes it is there (I only turn it off if it blocks all facial expressions), but because we are in the Chill Zone my dude is letting his hair down and it is a very nice piece of detail
I kinda wish they'd also disabled rezzing. Some people are self-destructing as BLU and then getting Raised further up the tower. I did it all manually, with no Peleton, no Shukuchi, no Raise, just hours of trial and error (mostly error).
I’m less concerned about people getting up via self-destruct than with people sitting on difficult segments of the tower with a whale, car, or elephant summoned so as to block everhone’s view of the next jump.
So thoughts on the HW MSQ post meeting Hraesvalgr and the events in Ul'dah
Meeting Hraesvalgr was fantastic and the further detail on what primals are and can be is suuuuuper interesting.
My two immediate thoughts were A) they name drop King Thordan as the king that led the initial assaults on dragons, and Archbishop Thordan was called that the last time we saw him talking to his honor guard who used a Primal Text Box. And Hraesvalgr mentions that the dragons summoned a primal at some point, I am kiiiiinda curious if Nidhogg is the real Nidhogg or a primal version conjured by dragonkind with their outrage and bloodlust fueling his current incarnation.
As for the Ul'dah stuff I was kinda disappointed
Having Lolorito play the LONG GAME and not actually be as sinister as the end of ARR hinted at was a bit lame and the whole conspiracy ended way too tidily for me, I am hoping there is more they have yet to reveal
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So thoughts on the HW MSQ post meeting Hraesvalgr and the events in Ul'dah
Meeting Hraesvalgr was fantastic and the further detail on what primals are and can be is suuuuuper interesting.
My two immediate thoughts were A) they name drop King Thordan as the king that led the initial assaults on dragons, and Archbishop Thordan was called that the last time we saw him talking to his honor guard who used a Primal Text Box. And Hraesvalgr mentions that the dragons summoned a primal at some point, I am kiiiiinda curious if Nidhogg is the real Nidhogg or a primal version conjured by dragonkind with their outrage and bloodlust fueling his current incarnation.
As for the Ul'dah stuff I was kinda disappointed
Having Lolorito play the LONG GAME and not actually be as sinister as the end of ARR hinted at was a bit lame and the whole conspiracy ended way too tidily for me, I am hoping there is more they have yet to reveal
Ul'dah:
It was anticlimactic but I kind of liked that Lolorito was just like, "yeah this is ideal for me and you can't do anything to hurt me LOL." It felt a lot more grounded than the cartoon villainy of Teledji.
My guess is that stuff (and any other secrets behind it) will play out when we deal with Ala Mhiga or whatever that next thread ends up being.
So thoughts on the HW MSQ post meeting Hraesvalgr and the events in Ul'dah
Meeting Hraesvalgr was fantastic and the further detail on what primals are and can be is suuuuuper interesting.
My two immediate thoughts were A) they name drop King Thordan as the king that led the initial assaults on dragons, and Archbishop Thordan was called that the last time we saw him talking to his honor guard who used a Primal Text Box. And Hraesvalgr mentions that the dragons summoned a primal at some point, I am kiiiiinda curious if Nidhogg is the real Nidhogg or a primal version conjured by dragonkind with their outrage and bloodlust fueling his current incarnation.
As for the Ul'dah stuff I was kinda disappointed
Having Lolorito play the LONG GAME and not actually be as sinister as the end of ARR hinted at was a bit lame and the whole conspiracy ended way too tidily for me, I am hoping there is more they have yet to reveal
Ul'dah:
It was anticlimactic but I kind of liked that Lolorito was just like, "yeah this is ideal for me and you can't do anything to hurt me LOL." It felt a lot more grounded than the cartoon villainy of Teledji.
My guess is that stuff (and any other secrets behind it) will play out when we deal with Ala Mhiga or whatever that next thread ends up being.
Yeah I guess anticlimatic is my real complaint
It was this huge, thrilling emotional climax of ARR with betrayal and chaos and then gets wrapped up in a neat little bow with Ilberd and the betrayer braves dying and Lolorito going BOY WORKED OUT WELL FOR ME HUH like half or a third of the way through the expansion and it was kind of a let down
So thoughts on the HW MSQ post meeting Hraesvalgr and the events in Ul'dah
Meeting Hraesvalgr was fantastic and the further detail on what primals are and can be is suuuuuper interesting.
My two immediate thoughts were A) they name drop King Thordan as the king that led the initial assaults on dragons, and Archbishop Thordan was called that the last time we saw him talking to his honor guard who used a Primal Text Box. And Hraesvalgr mentions that the dragons summoned a primal at some point, I am kiiiiinda curious if Nidhogg is the real Nidhogg or a primal version conjured by dragonkind with their outrage and bloodlust fueling his current incarnation.
As for the Ul'dah stuff I was kinda disappointed
Having Lolorito play the LONG GAME and not actually be as sinister as the end of ARR hinted at was a bit lame and the whole conspiracy ended way too tidily for me, I am hoping there is more they have yet to reveal
Ul'dah:
It was anticlimactic but I kind of liked that Lolorito was just like, "yeah this is ideal for me and you can't do anything to hurt me LOL." It felt a lot more grounded than the cartoon villainy of Teledji.
My guess is that stuff (and any other secrets behind it) will play out when we deal with Ala Mhiga or whatever that next thread ends up being.
Yeah I guess anticlimatic is my real complaint
It was this huge, thrilling emotional climax of ARR with betrayal and chaos and then gets wrapped up in a neat little bow with Ilberd and the betrayer braves dying and Lolorito going BOY WORKED OUT WELL FOR ME HUH like half or a third of the way through the expansion and it was kind of a let down
in fairness they couldn't have the scions on the lam forever, just practically speaking, but yeah, it's a bit of a bummer
we do at least get one lasting plot development from the whole thing: an uneasy alliance with lord lolorito, who has proven himself useful to the scions' cause, provided he stands to profit in the process
we're going to be making deals with that particular devil for some time
I think they definitely drop the whole 'Monetarists=Bad' arc. There's kind of an acknowledgement that they can't be beaten, so Nanamo just tries to work with them instead.
I think they definitely drop the whole 'Monetarists=Bad' arc. There's kind of an acknowledgement that they can't be beaten, so Nanamo just tries to work with them instead.
I don't think it's been dropped so much as it's on the backburner for now
every time it comes up, the game makes it pretty clear that the wol is not happy about this arrangement
I get the sense that wrt Ul'Dah all you can do as the WoL is put in enough checks and balances to prevent the really bad stuff from happening. Late Stage Capitalism is no fun, but as long as they're not destroying a star it kind of falls in the hands of normal society to stand up to MegaCorp assholes. The Sultana seems to be coming to terms with the reality of her state.
Particularly after Heavensward, the WoL has a difficult time maneuvering politically due to their association with the noble houses of Ishgard. They have to sort of sit back and let others handle things in order to avoid causing a political incident.
Particularly after Heavensward, the WoL has a difficult time maneuvering politically due to their association with the noble houses of Ishgard. They have to sort of sit back and let others handle things in order to avoid causing a political incident.
Particularly after Heavensward, the WoL has a difficult time maneuvering politically due to their association with the noble houses of Ishgard. They have to sort of sit back and let others handle things in order to avoid causing a political incident.
I don't remember this ever being stated or implied in the game. It felt to me much more like the WoL is just not a very proactive political force because of the limitations of the story medium rather than for some kind of in-game reason.
Yeah I play MMOs to escape from the awful parts of reality, dammit.
Maybe it’s just my slanted view, but don’t put me in a room with the mustache twirling orchestrator of the Bad Times for the WoL and have my character just kinda clench his fists and pout a bit. He’s killed literally thousands of people for much less compelling reasons. Just because the guy’s not swinging a sword at you doesn’t make him a constant threat.
Yeah I play MMOs to escape from the awful parts of reality, dammit.
Maybe it’s just my slanted view, but don’t put me in a room with the mustache twirling orchestrator of the Bad Times for the WoL and have my character just kinda clench his fists and pout a bit. He’s killed literally thousands of people for much less compelling reasons. Just because the guy’s not swinging a sword at you doesn’t make him a constant threat.
“No one can accuse you of not giving the man a chance. Fortunately, he was foolish enough not to take it. Do be sure to wipe the blood from your boots before meeting Sid.”
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Ul'dah stuff, let's go with full game spoilers to be safe
I will be VERY surprised if we dont throw hands with Lolorito's private forces at some point and help take him out of power.
Maybe not this xpac, since we'll probably be doing stuff on the First for most of the patch MSQ, but eventually.
At some point, a guard or someone told me that Laurentius and Yuyuhase had been captured by Ala Mhigo forces and asked me what should be done with those two. I told him to execute those assholes. Don't think we ever heard what happens to them after that.
At some point, a guard or someone told me that Laurentius and Yuyuhase had been captured by Ala Mhigo forces and asked me what should be done with those two. I told him to execute those assholes. Don't think we ever heard what happens to them after that.
IIRC, it’s actually Raubahn asking what we’d do if we found them on the battlefield.
I said I wouldn’t execute them on the spot, but not because I’m feeling merciful to them. More because I figured at the time “well, I’d want to know what they know before punishing them for ALL THOSE DEATHS”, but Raubahn took it as me showing mercy. And in hindsight, what would those two really know at this point? The conspiracy kinda died with Ilberd.
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There's a few that require wonky jumps in the main cities. Nothing of the level of that Kugane bs.
We are all relaxing at a campfire for the night and not in READY TO BATTLE AT A MOMENT'S NOTICE mode so my character has their helmet off
I have it turned on and in most cut scenes it is there (I only turn it off if it blocks all facial expressions), but because we are in the Chill Zone my dude is letting his hair down and it is a very nice piece of detail
And now to never have to do that again.
My two immediate thoughts were A) they name drop King Thordan as the king that led the initial assaults on dragons, and Archbishop Thordan was called that the last time we saw him talking to his honor guard who used a Primal Text Box. And
As for the Ul'dah stuff I was kinda disappointed
Ul'dah:
My guess is that stuff (and any other secrets behind it) will play out when we deal with Ala Mhiga or whatever that next thread ends up being.
we do at least get one lasting plot development from the whole thing: an uneasy alliance with lord lolorito, who has proven himself useful to the scions' cause, provided he stands to profit in the process
we're going to be making deals with that particular devil for some time
I don't think it's been dropped so much as it's on the backburner for now
every time it comes up, the game makes it pretty clear that the wol is not happy about this arrangement
I kill gods. Back the fuck off
I don't remember this ever being stated or implied in the game. It felt to me much more like the WoL is just not a very proactive political force because of the limitations of the story medium rather than for some kind of in-game reason.
That's pretty accurate to how I view my own WoL.
She tries to be nice to everyone, unless and until they prove they're beyond redemption. Then it's on.
Except she teases Alphinaud (and Alisaie) every chance she gets, because come on.
“No one can accuse you of not giving the man a chance. Fortunately, he was foolish enough not to take it. Do be sure to wipe the blood from your boots before meeting Sid.”
Maybe not this xpac, since we'll probably be doing stuff on the First for most of the patch MSQ, but eventually.
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I said I wouldn’t execute them on the spot, but not because I’m feeling merciful to them. More because I figured at the time “well, I’d want to know what they know before punishing them for ALL THOSE DEATHS”, but Raubahn took it as me showing mercy. And in hindsight, what would those two really know at this point? The conspiracy kinda died with Ilberd.
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There’s a mechanic in Titania EX that forces everyone to swap a tether in order to share damage.
Now, imagine the party was super into it.
Titania has an lightning attack that you rotate between DPS/healers so no one dies.
and by the looks of it Titania is also very into it.