[FFXIV] PATCH DAY! Mark ya spoilers!

Zay

Javen wrote: »

I don't know if Tenzen was originally intended to be the soul of the WoL in a past life, but if they wanted to go that route it would make sense. Preternaturally strong, with a power to communicate with beings that he didn't know the language

Pretty much this, yeah. I doubt he will ever be brought up again either so it’s just a fun thing to speculate about

Zay

Idea for Eureka 2 that could be fun (massive ShB spoilers tho)

Travel to the doomed timeline at the moment the crystal tower left to try and do what you can to help fix the world. There’s dialog between yshtola and the exarch which to me is meant to directly state the doomed timeline still exists. They also establish we can hop between the first and source because of our aetherial trail... the crystal tower probably has a pretty fuckin big aetherial trail, hey?

This lets them use the same excuse to bring back the magia board and elemental levels. Might be a bit dark for shit content like eureka though

Tcheldor

Miqo'te

Zay wrote: »

Idea for Eureka 2 that could be fun (massive ShB spoilers tho)

Travel to the doomed timeline at the moment the crystal tower left to try and do what you can to help fix the world. There’s dialog between yshtola and the exarch which to me is meant to directly state the doomed timeline still exists. They also establish we can hop between the first and source because of our aetherial trail... the crystal tower probably has a pretty fuckin big aetherial trail, hey?

This lets them use the same excuse to bring back the magia board and elemental levels. Might be a bit dark for shit content like eureka though

This is basically the plot line of Abyssea in FFXI.

turtleant

Roegadyn

Idea for Eureka 2

don't

BahamutZERO

Miqo'te

they said by their internal goals (I assume their internal goal was "give people something time-consuming to stay subscribed for that doesn't take a lot of development effort") eureka was a big success in an interview or letter from the producer at some point, right?

Zay

they will absolutely do a eureka 2

turtleant

Roegadyn

I know, but I ain't happy about it.

SCREECH OF THE FARG

Hyur

my number one eureka tip is that when you die and need to secure a rez fast just start shouting "pwease help im a little baby boyyyy" and the like and refuse to stop

Aldo

Hyur

SCREECH OF THE FARG wrote: »

my number one eureka tip is that when you die and need to secure a rez fast just start shouting "pwease help im a little baby boyyyy" and the like and refuse to stop

I see you have met my toddler.

SCREECH OF THE FARG

Hyur

Aldo wrote: »

SCREECH OF THE FARG wrote: »

my number one eureka tip is that when you die and need to secure a rez fast just start shouting "pwease help im a little baby boyyyy" and the like and refuse to stop

I see you have met my toddler.

Tell them I said thanks for the rez

Zay

Reminds me of the time some dude was spamming shout for a rez and I was nearby so I ran over and raised him. Walked a little bit away and saw him ask for a raise again. I hadn’t even gotten far enough away to deselect him, and could still see my raise pending. Walked back, raised again, still asking for a raise in shout chat. Eventually multiple people were standing on top of him casting raise, as he continued to just spam shout chat asking for a raise

Looking back at it he might have just been a really shitty programmed bot but it was really really funny at the time

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Lalafell

2 rad things happened for me on Monday.

I finally got Eden 1 Savage cleared! Had been to enrage a few times, and got it done thanks to a very nice team who accepted me when I asked the leader if I could join despite their Duty Complete tag.

...and as a result, I’m joining them as a static group. I’m nervous about committing to a schedule, this being my first static, but the times are pretty good for me, and I’ve been wanting to try a consistent party for a while. I have high hopes for this.

SCREECH OF THE FARG

Hyur

Zay wrote: »

Reminds me of the time some dude was spamming shout for a rez and I was nearby so I ran over and raised him. Walked a little bit away and saw him ask for a raise again. I hadn’t even gotten far enough away to deselect him, and could still see my raise pending. Walked back, raised again, still asking for a raise in shout chat. Eventually multiple people were standing on top of him casting raise, as he continued to just spam shout chat asking for a raise

Looking back at it he might have just been a really shitty programmed bot but it was really really funny at the time

Every rez makes him more powerful, you got played

Kevin Crist

Roegadyn

https://twitter.com/maotuiii/status/1162777330390953984

Radius

Miqo'te

Still between Heavensward and Stormblood, but there's been a lot of stuff coming up that has me pondering about stuff that could be in Shadowbringers.

So I guess the Echo starts manifesting in people when an Umbral Calamity approaches, and what I know about Umbral Calamities is that they seem to be caused almost universally by weapons that have grown beyond the control of their creators. Xande and the Crystal Tower, The War of the Magi's abuse of aether, and Bahamut being called down by the Garleans.

And now here I am, kicking the butt of every primal that shows up, routinely routing ancient superweapons, and slaying the first brood of Midgardsormr who is now my bestie. Prompting lines from self-declared God-Kings such as "who... what are you?"

Am I the Eighth Umbral Calamity?

BahamutZERO

Miqo'te

Radius wrote: »

Still between Heavensward and Stormblood, but there's been a lot of stuff coming up that has me pondering about stuff that could be in Shadowbringers.

So I guess the Echo starts manifesting in people when an Umbral Calamity approaches, and what I know about Umbral Calamities is that they seem to be caused almost universally by weapons that have grown beyond the control of their creators. Xande and the Crystal Tower, The War of the Magi's abuse of aether, and Bahamut being called down by the Garleans.

And now here I am, kicking the butt of every primal that shows up, routinely routing ancient superweapons, and slaying the first brood of Midgardsormr who is now my bestie. Prompting lines from self-declared God-Kings such as "who... what are you?"

Am I the Eighth Umbral Calamity?

thought related to that but later on, but don't read until after shadowbringers I guess

I wonder what the deal was with the pope seeing the WoL as a weird shadow being moments before he died? has anything else connected to that or is it a weird forgotten plot point

TheySlashThem

Roegadyn

he might have just been scared, we don't actually have any reason to think there was anything special about that guy

Radius

Miqo'te

Also

Heavensward "A Little Slow, A Little Late"

I already knew this was happening, but the Warriors of Darkness just being the generic adventurers from all of the intros is such an incredible power move.

BlankZoe

Au'Ra

Just had my first experience with the Trust system

maaaan this seems rad as hell

BlankZoe

Au'Ra

ShB, Warrior of Darkness

Oh jesus Estinien and Gaius teaming up is too much anger for one video game to contain

Skeith

Miqo'te

Blankzilla wrote: »

Just had my first experience with the Trust system

maaaan this seems rad as hell

It's a good system, especially if you're leveling a DPS and the queue is awful. The flavor text is fun too.

TheySlashThem

Roegadyn

be forewarned that once you beat the MSQ the trust NPCs will reset to level 71, and you'll have to run trusts to level them back up to 80

AshtonDragon

Miqo'te

ThatDudeOverThere wrote: »

be forewarned that once you beat the MSQ the trust NPCs will reset to level 71, and you'll have to run trusts to level them back up to 80

I'm still not a fan of this system, but at least they level up at a decent rate now. I leveled Astro from 71-80 almost purely off trusts and they had no issues keeping up. Planning to do the same with BLM once I get up there.

I needed anime to post.

i think it's a neat way to add a different System to the process of leveling, but the fact that the only reward (other than "getting to do MSQ dungeons of any level") is just a title is a downer

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Lalafell

I needed a gnome to post. wrote: »

i think it's a neat way to add a different System to the process of leveling, but the fact that the only reward (other than "getting to do MSQ dungeons of any level") is just a title is a downer

Don’t you also get a costume option for each Scion by leveling them to 80?

TheySlashThem

Roegadyn

Yeah. I suspect the trusts level because they're basically replacing squadrons and the devs still want some kind of progression with ai companions

TheySlashThem

Roegadyn

shitposting with a spoiler warning for basically everything

https://youtu.be/pCvvliHrW4Y

BlankZoe

Au'Ra

I got up to the intro quest to the Fae lands in ShB

I really like the emphasis on the Exarch (who rules, love that dude) making sure that the citizens of The First are actively fighting for their world and pulling their own weight versus just leaning on the Scions to get shit done.

It is a nice change from a lot of the OH NO A PRIMAL/IMPERIAL INVASION/DRAGON, GET IN THERE WOL formula and also a good way to present the long-term hopes he has for the world crawling back from the brink.

Also I am sure they handle it well from folks speaking about his arc in a positive manner but YIKES Thancred does not make a great impression here

I needed anime to post.

Thancred fucking sucks

BlankZoe

Au'Ra

I have mostly liked him up until this latest development

Like he's no Y'shtola but I had no real problems with the guy

TheySlashThem

Roegadyn

the charitable read for thancred going into shadowbringers, and the one I subscribe to is

the dude has gone through some truly wretched stuff, perhaps moreso than any other scion

he went through some shit in 1.0 that saddled him with a lot of (mostly minfillia related) guilt

he gets possesed by an ascian, and while possessed, watches his body get a shitload of his friends killed

after the bloody banquet he gets thrown into the lifestream, and then dumped naked into the wilderness with no more access to magic

then he learns minfillia is gone, and he retreats further into his role as the lone espionage expert

all this time, swallowing his suffering, maintaining his cool guy facade

and then he gets thrown into another dimension for five years, longer than anyone else, and he finds a new minfillia, kind of, it's complicated

the dude is an absolute fucking mess by the time we meet him on the first, and while that doesn't excuse his shit, I at least understand it

BlankZoe

Au'Ra

ThatDudeOverThere wrote: »

the charitable read for thancred going into shadowbringers, and the one I subscribe to is

the dude has gone through some truly wretched stuff, perhaps moreso than any other scion

he went through some shit in 1.0 that saddled him with a lot of (mostly minfillia related) guilt

he gets possesed by an ascian, and while possessed, watches his body get a shitload of his friends killed

after the bloody banquet he gets thrown into the lifestream, and then dumped naked into the wilderness with no more access to magic

then he learns minfillia is gone, and he retreats further into his role as the lone espionage expert

all this time, swallowing his suffering, maintaining his cool guy facade

and then he gets thrown into another dimension for five years, longer than anyone else, and he finds a new minfillia, kind of, it's complicated

the dude is an absolute fucking mess by the time we meet him on the first, and while that doesn't excuse his shit, I at least understand it

Oh yeah I get he has had a pretty raw deal pretty consistently

But the way Minfilia was looking straight at the ground 80% of the time and her voice when she talked to Thancred and mentioned him not letting her do things set off every alarm in my head at once

H0b0man

Au'Ra

Ya Thancred does not deal with his problems in a healthy way at all. That being said he does have one of the largest character arcs of the scions.

I went from wanting to punch his face every time he showed up to appreciating who he became and the lessons he learned over the course of the story. YMMV of course.

SabreMau

H0b0man wrote: »

YMMV of course.

Indeed. The only time in the entire game where I actually got annoyed with Thancred is that one point in ShB (level 77 Amh Araeng?) where

I have to fight as him and his damage is low and his stealth walk speed slow and this solo duty is taking way too long whyyyyy.

On the other hand, that could just be Ran'jit's fault.

H0b0man

Au'Ra

Spoilers for the second time you go to Amh Araeng. (Sorry Blank)

Ya that entire sequence was straight garbage. It was about 5 times as long as it needed to be.

BlankZoe

Au'Ra

Hey y'all could you maybe include where in the game the spoiler is occuring

Just saying the expansion is a super wide net considering how much they cover and there have been a few cases where someone replied with a very vague tag and it was for stuff I hadn't hit yet so I have to panic close it

SabreMau

Blankzilla wrote: »

Hey y'all could you maybe include where in the game the spoiler is occuring

Just saying the expansion is a super wide net considering how much they cover

I'd actually forgotten where it was, had to look it up.

BlankZoe

Au'Ra

Its no biggie! Didnt see anything crazy, and it is appreciated

Tcheldor

Miqo'te

H0b0man wrote: »

Spoilers for the second time you go to Amh Araeng. (Sorry Blank)

Ya that entire sequence was straight garbage. It was about 5 times as long as it needed to be.

it's a very cool sequence except it's way too long.

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Lalafell

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=96WX35MMg8g