#ff dawntrail

[starspaceace]

pictomancer tweets im stealing

[tragerfcks]

FINAL FANTASY XIV: Dawntrail Benchmark

[renasy]

omg.

[artalfons]

Be Estinien

Show up randomly

Be cool (and hot)

Leave

this is him the whole expansion and i think its very funny

[yemaema]

How long has it been since last I met a soul so... grossly incandescent ~ ?

[inorheona]

also erenville!

[misswarrioroflight]

A gift to my fellow Haurchefant enjoyers

[eriyu]

a day later than I'd hoped, but the Dawntrail 7.0 script is complete!

and it's the first section of the MSQ to be complete with not only optional dialogue, but also WoL gender differences. \o/

[celestefox13]

So..... can we talk about how Sphene is a foil to Shadowbringers G'raha?

Like, under slightly different circumstances, or if he started to doubt his plan having a chance at success, he could've distressingly easily become like Sphene.

He admits to how he tried everything he could think of to save the WoL on the gondola ride. And the unspoken part, that perhaps even he doesn't consciously realize or want to acknowledge, is that he did everything he could think of without violating his morals. He held onto lines he wouldn't cross.

But what if he hadn't? What if his poor heart finally broke and he decided the means were justified if it meant saving the one person he wanted to save?

Or what if Emet got to him and figured him out sooner and managed to get the idea in his head that an umbral calamity would be a small price to pay if it meant saving the WoL?

The scale is arguably smaller, and much more intimate and close to the heart, than Sphene, but the steps to lead to that alternate timeline where our precious G'raha Tia burns the world and beyond if it means saving us was probably a lot closer than we ever dare consider.

The fact that he managed to endure and save everything that he did while going through all of the research about what leads up to the WoL's death in the world he woke up to, and didn't lose his morals in the pursuit of saving the WoL is an impressive display of mental and emotional fortitude.

But his poor heart. All those years of stress and frustration whenever a wall was hit, or an idea didn't work out when applied even in theory.

Their desperation levels even reach similar points. Because on every try to pull the WoL to the First, there IS desperation in his voice, increasingly so with each attempt. The try that finally works, he rushes to where they land because he has to be sure. He has to see with his own eyes to confirm that this plan that he finally landed on after YEARS of hard work and research is at least working on step 1. That he's finally gained a foothold on his goal.

And what a blessing that that plan didn't end up like Sphene's. That he never hit a point where the thought of "by any means necessary" truly meant by ANY means necessary. But now I wonder and worry about how close he may have been to that edge.

"This tragedy, even greater than the Seventh Umbral Calamity, must be undone. If history must be unwritten, let it be unwritten." - G'raha Tia about his goal to save the WoL

"For them I will do anything. If bloodshed will save my subjects, I will become history's most brutal Queen." - Sphene about her goal to save the Endless

[agui-chart]

Asteria journey on Tural was... a bit chaotic...

[finalfantasymusicdaily]

Bee My Honey Composed by Masayoshi Soken

[diadoesart]

I humbly offer my ideas on how the Pictomancer LB3 might flashbang the Alliance raid in Dawntrail (Bonus blank one so you can make your own, but please tag me if you do I'd love to see them)

[lionraeart]

[wisteriaphyte]

This one might make for a worthy opponent.

[artalfons]

love the cat siblings in dawntrail. i got this stupid idea becous it is just litrely them.

[aotopmha]

Small Dawntrail thoughts:

Spoilers for all of the MSQ!

I do not get the complaint that the Warrior of Light is "just standing there" for "all of MSQ" I've seen around.

We get plenty of moments to be cool.

When we do hold back it is either for the purpose of teaching or... we don't.

We step up immediately when things do get more serious.

But the entire first half is about letting Wuk Lamat learn. We are here to be support.

And the thing is, I remember there being two very prevailing complaints around all the way from 6.0 to 6.5:

1) People were tired of the WoL being at the center of attention and this special Chosen One.

2) People wanted a break from the Scions and for the story to do "new stuff". SO MANY actually did want them dead, gone.

So they gave people exactly what they wanted and now they're unhappy.

0bviously, I do not know of the overlap of people in this. But it's all of the "very smart and critical" people that are here to tell you how much this thing you like is bad, just like a certain subset of people criticizing Endwalker.

And I think they struck such a good balance! I like the WoL being the mysterious, cool, strong teacher and adventurer. It's one of the strongest aspects of this expansion because it is new and a logical progression.

We haven't had an actual role switch since ARR.

But this is one of the criticisms I feel misses the point of the story the most.