Fister Roboto posted:

Oh, I just realized that the shade who summons you back from the void is probably the shade of Emet-Selch, which is why he's doing his trademark sassy handwave. I thought it was Hydlothaeus for some reason.

Francis posted:

It also got appropriated by the Nazis as the mythical homeland of the Aryan race, so, lol.

Miley Virus posted:

Definitely agree, I think Endwalker should have been two expansions. It still somewhat worked for me as a JRPG-slash-anime-as-gently caress conclusion, there's great character moments and a bunch of spectacle. I just get the impression they rushed the ending, perhaps to subvert expectations? It ended up feeling a little hollow to me because of it.

The linchpin of the whole story, the concept of Dynamis as emotional energy, isn't introduced prior to Endwaker. That's not inherently bad storytelling or anything but it's such a fundamental metaphysical concept to the universe, apparently more present than Aether. It ends up feeling like something they came up with for this expansion ad hoc rather than considered from the start. Square's generally been good at seeding plot beats while also keeping cards close to their chest but didn't here. If it was introduced in 6.0 and paid off in 7.0 I think that would've worked better for me.

6.0 being Ilsabard/Garlemald leading to Fandaniel-piloted Zodiark on the moon is maybe an obvious choice, but I don't think that's a bad thing. There's so much of Ilsabard we've not seen, and the downfall of the Garleans feels quite abrupt. There's a lot of interesting themes you could explore there, expanding on what was in the Garlemald zone we got. Building up to the Final Days gradually over patches as the Dynamis becomes more and more overwhelming could've been a really cool idea, not dissimilar to 1.x but for a much larger audience.

This is sorta tangential but, as much as I enjoyed it in the moment, I think they should've taken a break from Emet-Selch and doing Elpis in 7.0 would've allowed that. He's barely been gone before they bring him back to say goodbye one final time.

Having 7.0 be the finale would also let you finish the story at level 99 which would be cool as hell.

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Thundarr posted:

To be fair, there was that one scene in Ala Mhigo where somebody was starting to transform into a blasphemy but nothing ever came of it. I wouldn't have minded having the Apocalypse weather crop up in other zones based on your progression, even if it had no actual impact on the story side from maybe having terminus beasts randomly spawn and attack you in those zones while the sky was on fire.

ImpAtom posted:

Edit: Also it wasn't "a bad deal" it was that he had seen everything in his life going to poo poo and was desperate to keep it together and this was what he viewed as his last chance. Had the End of Days not happened maybe he could have turned it around but then it came and it destroyed him. The sheer idea of "If you are at your lowest this terrible thing will destroy everything you are instead of allowing you to recover" is prime horror fuel at least to me.

Jetrauben posted:

the Omicron homeworld explicitly sent a signal out saying "live" to all Omicrons in the galaxy.

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FuturePastNow posted:

the Meteor Survivor ring has never been a better fashion accessory than at the very end

Mode 7 posted:

Finished the MSQ. Man what a ride. As an individual expansion in and of itself I don't think it was as good as Shadowbringers but as a culmination of the game up to this point I thought it hit the mark pretty well.

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Urianger got some good character beats in this one. That scene with Moenbryda's parents was so lovely.

Pharohman777 posted:

So the start of the studium faculty of medicine quest has randomized descriptions for the description of the awful food you try.
Here's the various options the game can choose.

https://ffxiv.gamerescape.com/wiki/Perfectly_Awful#Dialogue

Cythereal posted:

That is what I wish we had the option to at least express to Zenos, that I - and my concept of the WoL - will never have a shred of respect for him as long as he thinks strength involves a weapon in hand.

MechaX posted:

If a villain is so over the line that a majority of people don't even want to engage with the story any longer, I hesitate to call that well-written at all.

But I mean, the point is that: 1) Emet is not Hitler-esque, and 2) Even if he was, it's not going to be a handicap if the character is well-written because they can dissociate the villain's philosophies with their own to still engage with and enjoy the story and said villain's role in that story. Which is exactly why Emet is so popular lol

stev posted:

It's a shame it's the only alliance raid series (other than Crystal Tower) with characters and locations that ended up being important. I skipped through most of the cutscenes in both Ivalice and Void Ark because it's the most boring content in the game (other than some of the really inconsequential side stuff) but ended up feeling like I missed some context with Ivalice.

Rexicon1 posted:

Tataru is my canon wife in the source and Giott is my canon wife in the first. There will be no more discussion on this fact.

thetoughestbean posted:

Mitron is probably non-binary. They are deliberately referred to in ungendered terms in many languages and is referred to using female pronouns by a character in French.

TGLT posted:

Mitron's true name is Artemis, and they consistently don't gender them in dialogue.

FuturePastNow posted:

Not wanting to make that many custom models, but also I'm sure no one at S-E wants to discuss or even think about the mechanics of half-Lalafells and I don't blame them

Lord_Magmar posted:

The issue with the Phoinix is that whilst it had the powers of rebirth, it held a burning contempt for all life that made it impossibly destructive to the environment. The Hippocampus and The Vampire Hesperos fused with too have incredible powers worth studying and preserving but would have destroyed the world.