Thoughts on Siren?

I've heard some people say that Sirens were just regular monsters. What's your take on it? We've seen that Primals can split into multiple forms and take control of people's mind. I don't know to me it seems very likely that Siren could be a primal. Granted even then aren't some monsters formed from Aether?

References to the siren in-game seem to identify a singular entity from a larger group - implying that there are many sirens and we've encountered only this one.

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I'd bet me bum ear a siren's behind all this. Nay, not one o' the Sanguine variety, 'nitiate. I speak o' the other kind─them what's got feathers, an' lure sailors to a watery grave with their sweet, sweet song. Ohhh, but it don't end there... No, drownin's just the start. See, even in death, a man stays bound to the beast, forced to do her biddin' 'til his corpse can't do it no more.

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How we'd classify them... dunno! Siren isn't very consistent in her FF appearances, but it seems that sirens are a species and not a primal in XIV, at first glance. She may even be a fresh incarnation entirely, aimed at staying close to classical tradition, as Eorzea is based on Ancient Greece (birthplace of the siren myth).

I could see her being ashkin (undead) as a spirit of the sea... perhaps a soulkin (cursed) attached to a shipwreck or the ocean itself...

Hmmm...

there is a mission where you get to meet siren

siren will probably be a daily quest.

but man! they look amazing!

I think she is a Ashkin, you get to fight her for a mission, you v Siren+minions. I think in most of the games she's been a Boss type mob but in some she was actual summon but I dont know atm she is just a boss type mob.

the concept art

http://gametaffy.com/wp-content/uplo...nstersiren.jpg

I think Siren is a Mission or Quest (althought can't remember the name or the like). I've had to fight her, she wasn't hard. I thought it was Garuda for a moment and before my state of confusion was over the fight finished.

Well, I know that Good King Moogle is a Moogle story come to life. Siren might be a case of the same thing. Enough sailors believing in the tale, bring it to life. The world is flooded with aether right now just begging to be shaped.

I think she'll be the boss of the pharos when it comes out next patch.

You didn't get to directly fight her in the story, it was more of a teaser battle. You fight her minions while she hangs out in the background. That just screams 'future content' to me, especially with how much effort they put in her design.

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Originally Posted by Gethyn

I think she'll be the boss of the pharos when it comes out next patch.

You didn't get to directly fight her in the story, it was more of a teaser battle. You fight her minions while she hangs out in the background. That just screams 'future content' to me, especially with how much effort they put in her design.

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You might be on to something there.