#ff15 comrades

[acecaelumizunia]

Cid having the spear and Weskham having the guns will always throw me off because for so long I imagined it was the other way around.

Then I played King's tale and tried to convince myself that that game wasn't canon (which I'm still not sure if it is because... where was Cor???) until I finally played comrades and it got confirmed there too.

[ffxvglitchedup]

It's not just NPCs that t-post. The chocobos in Comrades do it too!

All images copyright Square Enix Co Ltd.

[ship-garbage-pile]

very old comic of Noctis meeting my Kingsglaive OC Sagitta

[lillenshivari]

My icon at the moment is FFXV OC Lillen Shivari as seen in Final Fantasy XV - Comrades. I eventually need to get a better icon, as Lillen's hair should look far different than in the icon, but the game would never be able to let me create the hairstyle I want for the character and I couldn't get the right shade of orange in the character creator, either. I have several people in mind that I want to commission for artwork, so eventually I'll have something more fitting.

hello I’ve been thinking about this a lot lately. The anonymity of tumblr means that I associate my idea/image of you with your icon and sometimes I look at people’s icons and I’m like ‘hmmm….what is that and why?’ 

so pls reblog this and comment in the tags the meaning behind your icon and why you chose it. this is a social experiment. do it for science pls.

[mai-han]

Remember when FFXV Comrades came out and I made my character look like me? I think I want to make people with the character creators for Elden Ring, Monster Hunter, and Dragon Age just for fun.

[lillenshivari]

Some photos of my bro, Gutsco. He was one of King Regis' Kingsglaive before the fall of Insomnia. I met him at Lestallum. I got separated from Prompto and suffered amnesia after we encountered a group of particularly strong Red Giants. Gutsco found me wandering and introduced me to Libertus. He looked out for me and always had my back as I helped the Kingsglaive restore power. When Prompto first found me in Lestallum I couldn't remember who he was, but Gutsco could tell by the way Prompto acted that we must have known each other before, and helped ensure Prompto didn't leave town again until I started getting my memories back. He stayed one of my best bros all through the Long Night after that.

[theshenami]

On the remarkably consistent childhood friends to lovers romantic trope in the Final Fantasy series

Following my playthrough for FF7 Rebirth, I have been thinking about romantic tropes in the FF series more broadly. The stories that have romantic relationships that develop between the main cast (or at least guest party members) seem to all follow the childhood friends (or, at least, childhood/family connections) to lovers trope. Just wanted to list the examples I can think of that follow this paradigm. (Disclaimer, I have never completed FF6, so cannot speak to that game).

FF3: Ingus and Sara grow up together in Sasune castle, and become a couple at the end, with Ingus declaring that he will follow her anywhere and stay by her side. This is the well-known trope of the knight and princess falling in love.

FF4: Cecil and Rosa grow up together along with Kain, with whom they are in a love triangle. Kain sort of runs off in the end because he can't deal with the other two being together at the story's end.

FF7: I know, it's really the only debatable one due to the narrative and affection mechanics of the OG, but the plot clearly shows that Cloud and Tifa have harbored romantic feelings since childhood, and they are obviously a couple raising a family together in AC and DoC. ToTP and OTWTAS delve further into their feelings, but are really just the devs clearing up things they did/could not get into in the OG. The remake trilogy adds more depth to the relationship as well, since Square couldn't really use tone of voice or body language in the OG to express the clear romantic chemistry and tension between them in the first two trilogy entries. In fact, it is so obvious that other characters and party members actively bring it up (Marle, Johnny, Yuffie, Barrett, even Aerith at times).

FF8: This one is a childhood/family connection one, as Squall and Rinoa's parents had a unresolved love story. It's a bit of stretch, I know, but it does loosely fit in with the other couples' arcs.

FF10: Similar to FF8, this one involves Tidus and Yuna having a connection through their fathers' having been comrades during Yuna's father's pilgrimage 10 years prior to the main story. Yuna even goes so far as to state that it must be fate that brought them together, during their voyage from Besaid to Kilika. It is worth noting that this one is a two-fer, since Wakka and Lulu are also childhood friends who become lovers, especially if you incorporate the 10-2 subplot in which Lulu is literally pregnant with Wakka's child.

FF12: This one only hints at two childhood-friends-to-lovers couples. Basch and Ashe have history as it seems he was a knight in the Dalmascan military when they were both younger, and their history is hinted at rather than directly addressed as in other games. It is suggested that they may develop romantic feelings some time after the main story ends, but are both bound by duty to be apart. Vaan and Penelo fit the childhood friends to lovers trope much better, but their relationship is only ever implied: Balthier constantly teases Vaan about Penelo by calling her "your girl" multiple times (which Vaan never refutes), and the final scene of the game is literally Vaan returning to her as he says "I'm coming Penelo".

FF13: Snow and Serah are the childhood friends to lovers couple here, and they do end up together in the end if you ignore the two sequel storylines.

FF15: Noctis and Luna start off as childhood friends destined to have an arranged marriage, but they develop strong romantic feelings for each other despite being apart for several years (yet again, by tragedies befalling their families/homes), and are reunited in their love both in adulthood and in the afterlife.

FF16: This one is another two-fer, with the obvious pairing of Clive and Jill growing up together and having romantic feelings as children, then being forced apart due to tragic circumstances (anyone sensing a theme here?), only to be reunited and fall in love as adults. This one mirrors FF7 quite a bit, complete with the memory loss narrative elements where Clive and Cloud both forget about the key roles they played in their respective childhood tragedies, only to rediscover the truth while on a journey of self-discovery where they battle with their own subconscious to rediscover their true pasts, with their childhood love interests at their sides. As a bonus, Jill also goes through her own journey of self-discovery at Drake's Breath with Clive at her side, much like Tifa does together with Cloud in the Lifestream. The less prominent pairing is Dion and Terence, who mirror the FF3 arc of Ingus and Sara, with the knight and prince (rather than princess, bold move SE) declaring their mutual love by story's end.

Please let me know if I missed/misrepresented anything, and I hope you find this remarkable consistency in the childhood-friends-to-lovers trope in the FF series as interesting as I do.

[stoopidnightcrawler]

Hey there again. Not too long time, this time.

Today I'm gonna talk about DLC of Elden Ring. In particular, about "progression".

It's no secret that the developers decided to "equalize" players within the expansion. Subjectively, for me, they did a poor job of it. In any case, a player at level 20 and 220 will differ greatly in damage and survivability. With the help of scadutree pieces, they only got rid of the survivability problem. And the further into the forest, the worse their solution works. As a result, the gap in damage and survivability becomes even greater.

In my opinion, this problem could not be solved adequately in any case. The only solution that comes to mind is to adapt the level to Mogh and only then build on this base.

Then I could have gone for something more fun. And now I'll probably be torn to pieces. But since I've started, I think I'll have to push until the end. Namely, the game should have introduced a "skill tree". More precisely, not like that.. I'll explain now.

In the game we can take great runes and activate them, receiving certain abilities. We also know that pieces of great runes can be recreated independently. For example, as "sidequest characters" did to add their runes to the main one. And Radagon made his own rune and introduced it into Elden Ring.

Now the question is. If they can create rune pieces and even enter them into Elden Ring, what's stopping US from making our own rune, opening up a new ending (which was kind of promised) and, more importantly, creating our own gameplay backbones?

Yes, of course. Fiya, the Eater, the Golden Mask created their runes for a long time, perhaps they were not quite perfect. But who said that runes could be created from scratch?

And now I come to my thought. Why couldn't we find "rune blanks" of those who wanted to change Elden Ring but died tragically instead of Scadutree pieces?

At the same time, yes, it will be difficult to come up with 20 gameplay innovations. But why not add, for example, 4 and make the remaining pieces of runes an appendage for the main 4 and leave a couple of pieces for the general growth of the character?

Thus, it would be possible to develop the gameplay in different directions.

Instead of a tear for the Sekiro mode, it would be possible to get a separate rune for this matter with targeted buffs.

Or make the air battle not a circus of jumps, but a full-fledged combat mode with jumps in the air like Torrent, while with a successful attack get an additional step in the air (yes, I stole this from ff15).

What about the "Rune of Mastery", which will allow you to develop simple ashes of war and return them to the functionality that was in previous games.

Is it even possible to make a "Pacifist Rune" where the main playstyle is aimed at supporting summoned creatures/players. With the possibility of even saving a comrade from capture.

You will say that these are not souls anymore? Well... in that case the genre really only awaits stagnation and degradation (which is already visible in ER). The genre needs to raise and since now we have something new, we can at least start from this. Like the man-made Great Runes in ER.

But still, what can such an approach lead to? It's simple, the development of bosses in mechanics, and not just dueling. Twin Booba Princess? Works well against air combat and puts pressure on the player with skill. Lion? He already flies and it would be cool to have fun with him in the air. Mesmer? Oh, he's the face of the DLC, he could test you in all directions.

Raddahn? Phew.. well. As for me, they screwed up with Raddan. But what we have is what we have. He can become the strongest test for new mechanics. Parrying?Be kind enough to be on guard, because in addition to normal attacks, he can have "guardbreaks". Are you always on the fly? Don't forget, he is a master of gravity magic, he will knock you down just like birds with a simple Gravitas. Oh, you are a master of all skills? So Raddahn, in fact, defeated Malenia. What? So you are a support that supports your comrades? Well, don't forget that he is not alone either and Mikella can turn your friends against you.

But if you can think of something much better, you are always free to tell it. I would be interested to read it.

[starxedchild]

Some cool FF15 Comrades shots featuring Star, my Kingsglaive Persona

[kaoru-takaida]

I got this cute 3D piece done from @nikashepard for her Ko-fi event. A picture that will be pulled straight from my fanfiction for my FFXV/ Kingsglaive character and her significant other, Prompto. I really love this piece and hope to commission you again in the future! 💛💜💛💜💛💜

[lyglog]

再び剣を握り

マルマレーヌの魔女キミアさんにお会い出来ました。前からここにいらっしゃいましたっけ。ハンターが昔からの習わしで魔法を使わないのはなぜでしょうね。昔は使っていたという意味にもとれますが。某切り捨てられた件と関係あるのでしょうか。

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帝国の人に勘繰られるのはなんとなく釈然としない。まあ。まあまあ。うん。帝国の方々も元気でなによりです。ここにロキが居ればなあ……。

戦友では、メルダシオは旧帝国拠点に、レスタルムはルシス領やアコルドの拠点に、オールドレスタはほどよく閑散として色んな国籍の人がいる……という感じでしょうか。

意外とところが重要拠点になってたりして、15は世界観や地理的なものは本当に上手いと思います。描写不足と商法がやばかっただけで。

[kotapom]

[fattybeagle]

Rare footage of Ravus He's laughing tho 😂 but looks so weird when I cut off the pic 🤣🤣🤣🤣 it is nice to see, right? Hahahahaha

[eirenare]

Me, reading info of Bahamut and Angelgard from FFXV Comrades on Wikia, specifically about a certain thing all but omited in the ENG version: ... wait WHAT

Me, watching a certain scene of FFXV Comrades: ... oh wow okay??

GEEZ there’s now some theories running wild as fuck in my mind and I NEED TO KNOW SO BADLY IF IT COULD TRUE OR NOT?? Q_Q This wait until 2019 is going to kill me I swear... But well, at least this Summer we’re getting Gilgamesh in Comrades as a boss fight and that probably means some more lore? One can only hope... >_<

[amaterasu1306]

❤ My own character from comrades in the ffxv main game ❤

[the-blind-geisha]

Oreana in Eos. ♥ Now to be a nerd and headcanon about this when able, because doing the online stuff is going to take some getting used to as I fumble about and be nervous around people I don’t know. @_@;;