FINAL FANTASY XIV: A Realm Reborn Opening Movie Now Live! (01/07/2013)

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Originally Posted by Catapult

Keep in mind that white coloured objects (in this case hair) reflect what ever light falls on them, in this case a room lit by candles and other earthy glows. If Thancred now had brown hair, this lighting would make it look even darker again, which it doesn't, which means his hair is still ash-white.

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Wow they went all out for the realism then...

Square Enix has made me leak.....

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Originally Posted by Eijii

Square Enix has made me leak.....

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Eiji, you *******, why are you still on Rabanastre? D: -misses you-

good video, mostly from the end of the world video, they just added a continuation

All my feels!

is good to see that some of the important npc's from 1.0 have survived. I have a feeling that Yoshi p will be doing more vids showing more npc's that lived.

Anyway I guess ill be dual boxing in the beta since im a legacy member. we still have to apply if we wanted to play the console version. I guess that's fair

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Originally Posted by Catapult

Keep in mind that white coloured objects (in this case hair) reflect what ever light falls on them, in this case a room lit by candles and other earthy glows. If Thancred now had brown hair, this lighting would make it look even darker again, which it doesn't, which means his hair is still ash-white.

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Why, how intriguing! Thank you for this illuminating indication. ^.^ I are have luverzez thou for you.

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Originally Posted by Mamba

Hmm, I was actually a bit disappointed.
To me the 1st (old) bit is epic and I loved it already before, but the new bit just seems a bit "just put a bit of everything to it" to me. It should have made me go "OMG NOW I REALLY WANT TO SEE WHAT HAPPENS NEXT" but it didn't do that.

As a "opening movie" I don't think this play its role very well, but that's just my opinnion (and as we know everyone is a critic)

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I don't respond to you to disagree with you. You certainly have the rights to your critique. I, myself, wondered for a moment why the video moved here and there. But I considered that they called this a prologue, which often sets up the events in the bulk of a (let's say) "novel", but doesn't necessarily have to be a clear image of said events to be had in the novel. It's a rather sneaky way for an author to bring together some of the highlights of the story to catch reader's interest early without having to work for it later (Oh dear, I'm not selling this very well, am I?). I also considered the title sequence of Japanese animes and the rest of the video (after the End of the Era portion) reminds me of the way said title sequences are put together (I'm displaying ethnocentrism here, I fear).

What are your thoughts on what I have said? I sincerely hope I didn't make a weak analogy...I loathe having to read through one of those...I doth apologize if you had to suffer one at my hand! :o

EDIT: Would someone be so kind as to provide various screenshots of the suspected Survival Mark? I keep missing it in the video. I'm so sorry.

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Originally Posted by Aminore

is good to see that some of the important npc's from 1.0 have survived. I have a feeling that Yoshi p will be doing more vids showing more npc's that lived.

Anyway I guess ill be dual boxing in the beta since im a legacy member. we still have to apply if we wanted to play the console version. I guess that's fair

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Not if you already applied for 1.0 ps3 beta... and I just want to see wandering minstrel again... he really deserves to be in some cutscenes...

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Originally Posted by Magnesium02

But interesting new things is @6:15, 6:22 and 6:35 Y'shtola, Papylamo and Thancred have odd steampunk necklaces/armbands.
http://i50.tinypic.com/1fvbrm.png

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They look like something too look through. Maybe some kind of Aether flow measuring device to find aether instabilities?

x____X someone help me I've fallen and I can't get up ... amazing... still wondering what happened with during Bahumuts destruction : < I guess that's the story for 2.0 though =p woooo just what i needed to wake up too

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Originally Posted by Hestern_Nestern

Would someone be so kind as to provide various screenshots of the suspected Survival Mark? I keep missing it in the video. I'm so sorry.

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http://static2.finalfantasyxiv.com/a...WPFv4sZXUw.png :)

They all have this mark on their clothes. I'm guessing that's the one ^^

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Originally Posted by TenraiNagi

http://static2.finalfantasyxiv.com/a...WPFv4sZXUw.png :)

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Yes we do get marks on our clothes!!!!

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Originally Posted by Kirito

Yes we do get marks on our clothes!!!!

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lol i wish they said we get one on our body that we can turn of and on. It be cool if free company have a way to put there logo on cloths i know they said we could on shields and such.

The mark is only visible on costumes for members of the circle of knowing.

Devs have confirmed that plot-centric characters are getting costume improvements.

Ergo, the argument that this eye is the survival mark is exceedingly weak.

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Originally Posted by Zenaku

lol i wish they said we get one on our body that we can turn of and on. It be cool if free company have a way to put there logo on cloths i know they said we could on shields and such.

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Exactly. I never recall them saying the mark is going to be on our bodies. And that is the only mark shared by NPC's who survived the calamity like us, hence my assumption..

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Originally Posted by TenraiNagi

Exactly. I never recall them saying the mark is going to be on our bodies. And that is the only mark shared by NPC's who survived the calamity like us, hence my assumption..

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I kind of don't care about any marks on the NPCs that were not banished to the timeless rift alongside us.

I care about the PC representations (the five heros). What have they got?

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Originally Posted by Catapult

I care about the PC representations (the five heros). What have they got?

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Evidently a need for speed... and Derplander had some new Barding. That's about it lol

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Originally Posted by Catapult

The mark is only visible on costumes for members of the circle of knowing.

Devs have confirmed that plot-centric characters are getting costume improvements.

Ergo, the argument that this eye is the survival mark is exceedingly weak.

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http://static2.finalfantasyxiv.com/a...WPGX-gT_5g.png
He has the same mark...

SE needs to enable comments on the video. I can't see how -anyone- can say anything negative about this. They have out-drama'd FFXI, which honestly had one of the best and most emotional openings of any game out there.

It's like they did everything perfectly. I couldn't be happier.

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Originally Posted by Catapult

I kind of don't care about any marks on the NPCs that were not banished to the timeless rift alongside us.

I care about the PC representations (the five heros). What have they got?

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Maybe that mark is on our underwear! That's why it doesn't show :p

Or they all turned it off xD

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Originally Posted by TenraiNagi

Exactly. I never recall them saying the mark is going to be on our bodies. And that is the only mark shared by NPC's who survived the calamity like us, hence my assumption..

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Not sure what you mean by body? you mean cloth or our skin? if you mean it's not going to be on our skin then that wrong Yoshi-p said it going to be a tattoo we can turn off and on whenever we like.

yoshi-p said he wont release how the tattoo look just yet once we closer to release he would show it or maybe sometime around beta.

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Originally Posted by TenraiNagi

Maybe that mark is on our underwear! That's why it doesn't show :p

Or they all turned it off xD

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Well two of the heroes have the mark and that clock thing already... so we probably need to see if any more of them have them on the next videos...

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Originally Posted by Zenaku

Not sure what you mean by body? you mean cloth or our skin? if you mean it's not going to be on our skin then that wrong Yoshi-p said it going to be a tattoo we can turn off and on whenever we like.

yoshi-p said he wont release how the tattoo look just yet once we closer to release he would show it or maybe sometime around beta.

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And since two npc's have the mark on their clothes... I think we could assume we may have a choice of placement of the mark....

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Originally Posted by Kirito

http://static2.finalfantasyxiv.com/a...WPGX-gT_5g.png
He has the same mark...

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Yes. And that is Thancred, sexiest member of the circle of knowing.
The argument remains weak.

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Originally Posted by Catapult

I kind of don't care about any marks on the NPCs that were not banished to the timeless rift alongside us.

I care about the PC representations (the five heros). What have they got?

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A set of dirty, battle-worn AF and chocobos? :p (Not to mention Derplander left his Bravura behind so if anything he comes into ARR with less. ;)).

As for that eye mark on Y'shtola's outfit, perhaps it's meant to represent the Echo/Path of the Twelve? (although from what I was aware it was never stated directly in 1.0 that the members of the Circle have the Echo, during the Gridania storyline in one cutscene Papalymo actually mentions 'the Echo has sounded', suggesting that he at least knows of it's existence - not to mention he and Yda actually shared an Echo-vision with the player during that mission, viewing Khrimm torching the Hedgetree, so it's highly likely they too are Echo-users). The image of an open eye does seem to hint at the power of the Echo and those 'awakened' to it.

Or maybe I'm just reading far too much into something that Square Enix Visual Works probably just threw into that video to troll us. :P

I am so excited for FFXIV ARR. :D
I got goosebumps from watching the trailer ^.^

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Originally Posted by Enkidoh

A set of dirty, battle-worn AF and chocobos? :p (Not to mention Derplander left his Bravura behind so if anything he comes into ARR with less. ;)).

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/display main off
Maybe? :P

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Originally Posted by Zenaku

Not sure what you mean by body? you mean cloth or our skin? if you mean it's not going to be on our skin then that wrong Yoshi-p said it going to be a tattoo we can turn off and on whenever we like.

yoshi-p said he wont release how the tattoo look just yet once we closer to release he would show it or maybe sometime around beta.

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This is the only thing I read related to it tbh, and it doesn't say it's a tattoo... Only some kind of mark.

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Originally Posted by Triairy

こんばんは。Good evening,

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Originally Posted by Kouga

いつのかは忘れましたが、プロデューサーレターにて『第七霊災を生き抜いた証が冒険者に刻まれる』との発言があったと記憶しています。Forgot when but I remember there was a statement in one of the producer letters stating that there will be something engraved onto the adventurers that shows they lived through the 7th Umbral Era.

当時の発表では実際に目に見える形で体に刻印されるのか、称号が付与されるのかは検討中だったはずですが、もうそろそろ仕様が確定していてもおかしくない時期ですね。
『暁の戦士』という称号は確かに雰囲気も良いし賛成ですが、開発側も考えているでしょうし今後の発表を待っても良いのではないかと思います。At that time they were looking into it being something that can be seen visibile or just a title but I think it should be around the timing this information is confirmed. I agree with the title but I think the development side is also thinking about this so I think it's good to wait for the announcement.

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以前プロデューサーレターLIVEで、現在プレイしている方には、「今を生きて戦った証としてキャラクターの外見的な特徴がつくようになる」とお伝えしていますが、身体に何かしらの証が入る予定です。証がキャラクターに刻まれてしまうのは、ちょっと......という方もいらっしゃると思いますので、表示にON/OFFはつける予定です。In previous producer letter LIVE we mentioned to those currently playing we are planning to have some type of feature that shows that you lived and fought through. There may be those that don't want the mark to be shown on the character so we are planning to have an option to have display ON/OFF.

どんなカタチの証が入ることやら……:cool:
What kind of mark will this be........ :cool:

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I might be wrong though, where did you read that it's a tattoo? :eek:

EDIT: Translation is done by the ultimate subligar king Reinheart

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Originally Posted by Kirito

Well two of the heroes have the mark and that clock thing already... so we probably need to see if any more of them have them on the next videos...




And since two npc's have the mark on their clothes... I think we could assume we may have a choice of placement of the mark....

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Do you know how hard it would be to put the logo on every cloth in eorzea and make sure it fit and you can see it? I don't think the tattoo would be on your cloths i think it going to be on your skin that more easy to do them make sure every gear from ARR too day that ffxiv look good with the logo. If it going to be on the cloth it would be the starting gear and that it you wont see it on every gear in the game that just make no sense.

I think there just on them because they don't change cloth and they have a tattoo showing from circle of knowing. Not saying your wrong just very unlikely to be on every cloth in the game.

For the strange steam-punk like clock and goggles devices the Circle have, maybe it's to measure distortions in the aether? From all the gobbledeegook that Erik used it seems possible to me anyway. Hell, maybe they are even awaiting Derplander and his team of adventurer's (the players) return by hoping to find a distortion large enough to return us back from the rift.

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Originally Posted by Catapult

/display main off
Maybe? :P

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No, the video clearly showed his Bravura lying on the ground next to him with it's blade sharp end down towards the end of the End of an Era part - you can still see it lying there with it's handle sticking up after Lou teleports him into the Rift just as Megaflare swamps the area.

So yeah, he kind of violated the fundamentals of the Armoury System with that one. ;)

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Originally Posted by Punainen

That wasn't a nod to the meme...... The meme CAME FROM this movie... >.> Jeez, I really hope you're trolling.

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Ah, not trolling. Only watched the Aug '12 video once when it was released, so just remembered from back then. Didn't register that this is the same video with the extended scenes in a different order to form a continuous narrative.

Damn me for expecting something new^^

That was good, and yes it just makes the anticipation that much more, and NO there not gonna tell you everything about every question you have about what happened in one video.

man the days just seem to get longer as we get closer

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Originally Posted by TenraiNagi

This is the only thing I read related to it tbh, and it doesn't say it's a tattoo... Only some kind of mark.



I might be wrong though, where did you read that it's a tattoo? :eek:

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i remember reading it somewhere that yoshi-p said it it's going to be a mark what else would it be? you think it be easy to add a mark to every cloth in the game to make sure every Legacy can see it somewhere that pick on there cloth? I remember people asking for logo to be put on cloth for there free company and yoshi-p said they think about it that be a lot of data to store so they be only do it for a few item like shields.

What else could it be beside a simple tattoo they may have it on there cloth because they don't change gear and they have circle of knowing tattoo already on them. People really need to stop looking into it so much it simple fact that reason they have it on there cloth is due to there other tattoo they just can't put it somewhere else on there body so people can see it there cloth make the most sense and that only for the NPC that got saved. Us players could pick it on our skin anywhere that make the most sense and seeing how i know i read that somewhere i'm sure it be just that a tattoo on your body that you can pick.

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Originally Posted by Zenaku

Do you know how hard it would be to put the logo on every cloth in eorzea and make sure it fit and you can see it? I don't think the tattoo would be on your cloths i think it going to be on your skin that more easy to do them make sure every gear from ARR too day that ffxiv look good with the logo. If it going to be on the cloth it would be the starting gear and that it you wont see it on every gear in the game that just make no sense.

I think there just on them because they don't change cloth and they have a tattoo showing from circle of knowing. Not saying your wrong just very unlikely to be on every cloth in the game.

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This makes a lot of sense ^^ but it could still be this mark that's on our skin, no? They already have a mark to prove they are of the circle of knowing, so this mark signifies something else. Them being survivors (like us)? or Echo/ Path of the twelve like Enkidoh mentioned above?

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Originally Posted by Enkidoh

No, the video clearly showed his Bravura lying on the ground next to him with it's blade sharp end down towards the end of the End of an Era part - you can still see it lying there with it's handle sticking up after Lou teleports him into the Rift just as Megaflare swamps the area.

So yeah, he kind of violated the fundamentals of the Armoury System with that one. ;)

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I find it kinda hilarious in one way. Perhaps Midlander found his Bravura underneath his inn room bed just like many of us during the finale 11 days, hence all of us losing the relics that were granted to us by the twelve simply because we dropped the damn thing right before we were cast into the future.

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Originally Posted by Zenaku

i remember reading it somewhere that yoshi-p said it it's going to be a mark what else would it be? you think it be easy to add a mark to every cloth in the game to make sure every Legacy can see it somewhere that pick on there cloth? I remember people asking for logo to be put on cloth for there free company and yoshi-p said they think about it that be a lot of data to store so they be only do it for a few item like shields.

What else could it be beside a simple tattoo they may have it on there cloth because they don't change gear and they have circle of knowing tattoo already on them. People really need to stop looking into it so much it simple fact that reason they have it on there cloth is due to there other tattoo they just can't put it somewhere else on there body so people can see it there cloth make the most sense and that only for the NPC that got saved. Us players could pick it on our skin anywhere that make the most sense and seeing how i know i read that somewhere i'm sure it be just that a tattoo on your body that you can pick.

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I hope that they do release some clothes with those marks then...

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Originally Posted by TenraiNagi

This makes a lot of sense ^^ but it could still be this mark that's on our skin, no? They already have a mark to prove they are of the circle of knowing, so this mark signifies something else. Them being survivors (like us)? or Echo/ Path of the twelve like Enkidoh mentioned above?

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If you played alpha and you saw the tattoo options you can tell that it have a wide range of area you can put the tattoo i hoping they also allow us to put it on our neck or arm i don't really like a tattoo on our face but i'm sure that just what they going to do which make sense.

Maybe the mark they have on there cloth is the tattoo what get to pick which look nice enough on your neck not sure on your face but i'm sure people would pick that and if you get sick of it you can always turn it off on and on when you like.

I think the marked on there cloths is being a survivor but then again it seem like they did not get a time skip like we did they seem like they live there life and only us hero's got the time skip. The mark could still be the survivor mark and we just end up getting it. I mean it's a tattoo right? so i'm guessing they just end up giving us our mark by someone in the game but we just don't get to see it or maybe we do there just not enough information on it.

That best i know it going to be a mark on our body that make more sense then SE working to make sure the mark can be view by every color cloth/armor in the game that would take a lot of time and money and also a lot of memory to store it on there HDDs

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Originally Posted by Kirito

I hope that they do release some clothes with those marks then...

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I hope so too that be pretty cool or maybe the mark is just there free company? i mean it may not even be the same mark we get for being saved we also have to think about that also.

OH sweet cheezus I nearly fainted seeing Than @.@;;;; *plays part over and over again* Soooooo hot ><

Enough said....

http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m7...95k2o1_500.gif

I do have some questions, but those can wait till I hit the story... and here's hoping it's explained... just hope it's not like rift you start year 2000 after everything is to ashes, and get sent back in time to prevent it from happening...

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Originally Posted by Viscount

This cant be all of the opening, it doesnt clear anything up at all.
I think i remember Yoshi saying that legacy players would get an unedited version, is this what he was talking about?
Abit disappointed, Bahamut/Louis not explained and Odin shows up out of nowhere. SE pulling a Lost or something.

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The opening video isn't going to explain anything, really. It's been stated that we will find that out through in game storylines, especially those dealing with the Crystal Tower and Bahamut's Labyrinth.