Thread: Revelations from Patch 4.56

Stealing Moose's thunder (just this once, I swear) to keep the time-honored tradition of post-patch freakout thread going. Also, I woke up at 4AM on accident, so yeah...

For newcomers and old hands alike, the format is to preface all commentary with the name of the questline (i.e. Main Scenario), followed by a [ HB] [/ HB] block containing your thoughts. Also be sure to preserve spoiler tags for any quotes, as they tend to get trimmed by the reply button.

Example:

That was nuts, kupo!

So, without further ado:

Main Scenario:

Still no new clues as to the identity of the Mysterious Enigmatic Figure, to which I can only say: could anyone else be the perpetrator of such a head-against-wall anticlimax? I think not. It seems we're on our way to finding Nero's scanner, at long last, but that's about it on that front.

I think the "extra scene" Ishihara was referring to was the post-post credits stinger, with the WoL staring pensively at the Crystal Tower. Nice to see some acknowledgement that that questline is Vault-tier baggage for a lot of people, but I would have liked more actual revelations before the expac, y'know?

Ha! Thanks! I "slept in."


MSQ

And, maybe it's the whole "took 3 hours of sleep so I could accomplish both coursework and FFXIV" thing, but I'm looking at 2.55 and 3.56, and this feels unexpectedly brief and uneventful. A quick catch-up with Maxima and Cid, no change in the situation at Ghimlyt, and Elidibus!Zenos's ominous arrival was for a brief encounter with no closure or change in the status quo. We've still got friends in Ishgard, though Estinien is used as a plot coupon, sight unseen, to reset the stage act. We catch a glimpse of the man behind The Voice, who offers little beyond mentioning Crystal Tower and the First.

Was this two separate patches three months apart for any reason but to serve Fan Festival flow and keep us subbed between January and July?

A side dish of confusion for me is Actual!Zenos. He had a perfectly cromulent death in 4.0 and I really thought that by now he'd have done something to inspire confidence in that undoing it was a good idea. Even if he's going to do something only he could do in 5.x, it'll be two Earth years later. For the time being, it appears he'll be an incidentally helpful wildcard in purging of Ascians / Varis from the Empire before we have one last climactic battle and put him away for good.

At least Tataru is still a cinnamon bun. You can always count on Tataru.

I was waiting for so much more but all I got was some (admittedly nice-looking) clothes

MSQ

It was dissapointingly short, and while we have a higher likelihood of this Enigmatic Figure being G'raha Tia, I still see no reason not to reveal that... unless they reveal that rather than the crystal tower being a one off acknowledgement, they REALLY want everyone to go through it.

Also the Varis face before the credits is gonna give me nightmares. And also gives me concerns for how things are gonna go while we are on the First

Hildibrand

The trial was hilarious and the antics of Hildy never cease to amuse me either, though I'm a bit miffed that the Thavnairian consulate just got a small side-role in side-content. I'm not certain how people will react to Jimmy = Greg but I found it amusing in the moment, and that dance is a great addition to the emotes. It also seems that thanks to Greg's dimensional warping powers, we may see the inspector in Norvrandt?

I must admit... the MSQ this time around felt pretty underwhelming. I honestly feel the patch should have come before Fanfest and it really feels like that.

MSQ

After seeing this patch I am starting to wonder if they should split the story content if it's going to be like this. It was short and hardly gave us anything. This patch story was supposed to show/tell us why we are becoming the WoD but it didn't really show that... we even get an outfit which is more dark themed but I still feel it didn't fit in that situation like at all. It was nice seeing everyone trying to beat Zenos until we arrive but everything outside that... idk just felt lacking. Like I said above it really feels like this was supposed to release before fanfest and then they show us the full trailer.

The part where they mention Estinien saving us, they should have shown that instead of just basically telling us and put a screenshot. The fight we have with Zenos was good as well. If I have to compare this ending to the others I would call this one the weakest of them and it's very below the others.

Also by the way speak with Unukalhai he has extra dialogue if you pick tell me about yourself.