siren

The music in Pharos is incredible.

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Originally Posted by Yamimarik

HonestlyAs for Siren's look, I don't get why you are trying to think of mermaids. Sirens throughout mythology have been depicted more bird-like than fish-like or "mermaid"-like. So imagining Sirens as "mermaids" really doesn't quite bring up any images I would personally associate as a Siren.

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She just looks bad here. Her best look is this. I was hoping she looked more Elegant...I dunno, just was
very disappointed in her concept in XIV.
http://img1.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb2...VIII_Art_2.png
@Saseal.
You're putting your left leg in and out the entire fight.
Incredibly underwhelming. We could of used like sound barrier
or something where everyone has their own respective barrier to ignore her singing.
Or do something to interrupt her singing, I'd like more environment handeling stuff against bosses like SVHM.

Agreed with the majority here - I love Pharos' BGM. It's one of the few I don't play my own music over (that, and Ramuh/Titan/Shiva/Ultima/Garuda and WoD... but thats about it).
The opera-esk SFX she does in mid-fight is a bit odd to me, but I would think it's hard to sing beautifully for any length when you have a bunch of people smacking and blowing you up... xD;
j/k probably has to do with wanting to keep the sound bytes brief and easy to hear. Make it sound too eerie and it sounds too much like the dungeon BGM's chorus. Which can easily be taken as her haunting singing from the top of the tower, echoing down throughout it.
The pick-up of the melody is the part I love the most - like an epic to get to this dangerous but beautiful creature.

I will agree with the fight itself, though - it is a bit underwhelming compared to the mood of beautiful danger the dungeon music sets. Mechanics-wise, same with Fenrir..... especially Fenrir. There's more pattern to his fight than plaid. ~_~ His mechanics felt lazily or uncreatively planned.
Diablos was at least unique with the doors (that is, before people learned/geared to mechanic-ignore them.... I still mark them when I heal that dungeon, though) the other two..... not so much.

The bird part of her design... yeah, not a fan of her 'hair' (and not particularly a fan of those particular parrots. Too unpredictable for me. I'll take my conures). They would probably be better off designing her after a canary (since they're typically thought of as 'signing like a canary').

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Originally Posted by Yamimarik

As for Siren's look, I don't get why you are trying to think of mermaids.

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Depending on the language (mostly Latin-based ones such as Italian, Spanish or French), the word used for them (Sirena/Sirene/etc.) is applied for both, mermaid the half-fish, AND siren the harpy.
So for anyone who's not a native (English) speaker, I can see why they'd be confused on her account.

As for the music, I found Pharos Sirius to be VERY fitting (enticing voice with a touch a sadness), but eh...different strokes, different folks, I guess...

One of the best things SE ever did in a patch was expanding that music and putting it on a loop.... It's a shame that so many players had moved well past it to ever get to hear it that way. I only discovered this when going back for my Zodiak and was soooo happy. Always thought that awesome intro was too short and basically wasted.

Well I concede on the mermaid thing, I only know English and some Spanish, that's my limit in the area of languages. So I'm sorry, I didn't know.

As for her look, I stand by that I find her look much more appealing here, I enjoy her design here much more than VIII, again my opinion. To each their own.

I also stand by what else I said, her music fits her and her dungeon, and what gorgeous music it is and shall remain! <3 <3

You mean this song?

http://i.imgur.com/Vuedciq.png

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Originally Posted by Gilraen

My only complaint (aside from the absurd difficulty of the original dungeon) is that Siren wasn't a primal. She acts the part in spades and, for a while at least, had the power to back it up (seriously, she was just as strong as Story Ifrit if the fight had been straight strengthened to 50). I still consider her an unofficial primal as, at present, she's still as strong as Story Ifrit. Her dungeon is also the only 4 player dungeon with three scut bosses so she's got alot going for her. You could say Square wanted to give Siren special treatment without making it look like they were.

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I'm not sure I can count the fight before her a 'boss'. It's more like a regular trash monster that drops a chest.

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Originally Posted by Byonka

You mean this song?

http://i.imgur.com/Vuedciq.png

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As a healer myself, I HATE her song so much...

It would've been better if the BGM was also the music for her boss fight.