Derplander Update (Heavens Ward Teaser)

It's been awhile since we saw our friend the CG Midlander (also affectionately called Derplander).

While we can't confirm 100% that it's him in the trailer (at least based on what I saw), since it's a fully CG trailer and it's a warrior it seems safe to assume it's our friend.

The big update on old Derplander, he discards his warrior garb and dons Dragoon armor (we are, after all, fighting dragons in the expansion ;>).

Is it just me or is the singing just plain awful? Hope it is not the main theme music ><;

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Originally Posted by Torquil

The big update on old Derplander, he discards his warrior garb and dons Dragoon armor (we are, after all, fighting dragons in the expansion ;>).

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I'm so happy for him, he finally figured-out that Warrior wasn't a DPS class.

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Originally Posted by FJerome

I'm so happy for him, he finally figured-out that Warrior wasn't a DPS class.

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Character development :')

Let the speculation begin! I'll get on it before Anonymoose...

What happened to the rest of his party? Were the Coil lockouts too much for his static to handle? On a serious note, the trailer revealed a new BEEFY Bravua/soon-to-be-named-axe?

Edit: I like the class change, really helps play up the ability in the game. Also another speculation for when we go to Ala Mhigo and he changes to a Monk.

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Originally Posted by Kairobot

Is it just me or is the singing just plain awful? Hope it is not the main theme music ><;

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I like the singing :(

Main theme music or not, this is what I've got out of the theme so far:

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Originally Posted by Heavensward Trailer Theme

Beneath the gazing stars...
Vales deep, and forest dark...
Between my loyal lands of blessed earth!
Out fast; and to your feet...
One path; one good and great...
Yet ever do alighting souls point Heavensward!
Memories and our song...

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Only the last four words of the third line, and first word of the fourth line, do I have any doubts about. I don't think I'll contribute much to guessing at lore from this song, but it certainly sounds very Ishgardian, what with souls going Heavensward (to Halone's Hall), and the talk of only one path.

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Originally Posted by NoloeTazier

What happened to the rest of his party? Were the Coil lockouts too much for his static to handle? On a serious note, the trailer revealed a new BEEFY Bravua/soon-to-be-named-axe?

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I think they all changed into DRGs, even the Lala WHM. >A>

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Originally Posted by Kairobot

Is it just me or is the singing just plain awful? Hope it is not the main theme music ><;

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Sounded awful to me too. Very shrieky :/ like if someone was jabbing Susan Calloway with pointy sticks while she was belting out Answers.

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Originally Posted by Mimilu

I think they all changed into DRGs, even the Lala WHM. >A>

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What I thought... 4 man goonie party.

Sooo..... derplander is now a loldrg?

Does that make him a derpdrg? or a lollander

Considering he stupidly struggled through the blizzard to the Gates of Judgement on foot, rather than ride his Legacy chocobo... yeah... he may be a Warrior of Light but he clearly isn't exactly the brightest candle in the chandelier. ;)

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Originally Posted by Magnesium02

Sooo..... derplander is now a loldrg?

Does that make him a derpdrg? or a lollander

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Neither. He is now a Midlander.
#DRG MASTER RACE

New job loltank needs level 30 loldrg leveled up before it can be unlocked. Also comes with a lolchocobo named Eatme.

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Originally Posted by Mimilu

I think they all changed into DRGs, even the Lala WHM. >A>

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any pics of her? cause honestly I was distracted by the music that the "one-size-fits-all" gautnlet

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Originally Posted by NoloeTazier

Let the speculation begin! I'll get on it before Anonymoose...

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There is a possibility that we, already being in lore-mode when this thing hit, connected some dots that make too much sense to not be moving dangerously close to the "not speculation anymore" border... so we're actually going to bow out of this one, just in case we were on to something. But, uh... there's this other Fan Fest in a week... and I hear you might want to watch that one, too...

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Originally Posted by Anonymoose

There is a possibility that we, already being in lore-mode when this thing hit, connected some dots that make too much sense to not be moving dangerously close to the "not speculation anymore" border... so we're actually going to bow out of this one, just in case we were on to something. But, uh... there's this other Fan Fest in a week... and I hear you might want to watch that one, too...

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Wow, now I'm curious... And, I rather liked the song. Looking forward to the full version, since fern sang a dragon verse in the lore panel.

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Originally Posted by Grayve

Wow, now I'm curious... And, I rather liked the song. Looking forward to the full version, since fern sang a dragon verse in the lore panel.

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Hope the dragon portion sounds as good as "Dragonborn"

Here's some wild speculation. I'm thinking the Warrior turned into a Templar, not a Dragoon. The gear may look similar, but there are many key differences, and I'm under the impression that the Warrior wouldn't simply change into gear that WASN'T Artifact Armor of some kind.

Or maybe I just think now is the absolute best possible time to introduce Templar as a job since it makes the most sense for it to be introduced when we're going to a country with a theocratic ruling body protected by a bunch of dudes with spears.

When I initially saw the trailer, I felt that there was some allegorical hints (which are all very broad stretches, I admit). The Warrior removing his armor was allegory for a new Berserker job, the shot where the gauntlet was locking into place looked a bit like Cecil's gauntlet from when he was a Dark Knight, and the way he walked away from the camera in very light-colored armor compared to a traditional Dragoon made me think about Kain's transformation into Holy Dragoon in FFIV: TAS, and the real Job Equivalent of that elsewhere is Templar.

Again, wild speculation, but it's something.

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Originally Posted by HakuroDK

Here's some wild speculation. I'm thinking the Warrior turned into a Templar, not a Dragoon. The gear may look similar, but there are many key differences, and I'm under the impression that the Warrior wouldn't simply change into gear that WASN'T Artifact Armor of some kind.

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The armour the Dragoon is wearing is the "AF2" set that was shown many months ago. The name was "Dragon Knight", adirect translation of "竜騎士", which is Dragoon in Japanese.
http://ffxiv.game-guide.fr/files/201...log-AF2DRG.jpg

So it's highly unlikely it's another job. Especially when it comes to fighting Dragons, why would someone take another job than the one specialized for it.

Listen to my story...
The legend of derplander begins in 1.0 where he fought valiantly to save us from the uncoming Garleans forces. Louisoix sent him and his companions into the future while shield others from the oncoming megaflare. Derplander found himself in a weird new world with his companions! As he realized it was the future he sought to investigate and help the GC(s) fight off Garleans and investigate dungeons, areas, and coil. However... the truth behind Derplander has just been revealed.


He was actually a Dragoon Main with i160 AF + Relic 2. He has been holding back this entire time to challenge himself to be a better adventurer!

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Originally Posted by Alenore

The armour the Dragoon is wearing is the "AF2" set that was shown many months ago. The name was "Dragon Knight", adirect translation of "竜騎士", which is Dragoon in Japanese.
http://ffxiv.game-guide.fr/files/201...log-AF2DRG.jpg

So it's highly unlikely it's another job. Especially when it comes to fighting Dragons, why would someone take another job than the one specialized for it.

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I knew it looked a little different from the AF gear, but I figured that was artistic license at work. Awesome.

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Originally Posted by Mysteltain

Main theme music or not, this is what I've got out of the theme so far:

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Beneath the gazing stars...
Vales deep, and forest dark...
Between my loyal lands of blessed earth!
Out fast; and to your feet...
One path; one good and great...
Yet ever do alighting souls point Heavensward!
Memories and our song...

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Only the last four words of the third line, and first word of the fourth line, do I have any doubts about. I don't think I'll contribute much to guessing at lore from this song, but it certainly sounds very Ishgardian, what with souls going Heavensward (to Halone's Hall), and the talk of only one path.

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Actually it's :

Beneath the gazing stars
vales deep and forest dark
Betrayed by loyal hands
our wrath stir
bound fast unto our fate
One path, one burden great
yet ever do our aching souls point Heavensward
and ever rings out our song

Dragon part ( you can't really hear this correctly ) :
Dis an sô
Rus at hi
Sal'jas afarr'a
ma mor nâ, Eorzea !
Translation :
Our slumber disturbed
My brothers wake
Vengeance will be ours
The saviors must perish !

Check the lore/localization panel from the fan fest.

Also is it just me or does Derplander just got at least 5 years old ( he already was older in 2.0's videos than 1.0 )

Oh, thanks! I checked out the GamerEscape podcast, but I didn't have time to watch the panel--too many papers to write, too little time to watch, haha. I'll get on updating things now =D

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Originally Posted by Mardel

Listen to my story...
The legend of derplander begins in 1.0 where he fought valiantly to save us from the uncoming Garleans forces. Louisoix sent him and his companions into the future while shield others from the oncoming megaflare. Derplander found himself in a weird new world with his companions! As he realized it was the future he sought to investigate and help the GC(s) fight off Garleans and investigate dungeons, areas, and coil. However... the truth behind Derplander has just been revealed.


He was actually a Dragoon Main with i160 AF + Relic 2. He has been holding back this entire time to challenge himself to be a better adventurer!

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Cool story, Mardel... ilvl 160 and Relic lvl 8 ("Nebulus?") sounds about right. And yes, under normal circumstances I would totally agree with your speculation.

However, I think he decided to become an "Advanced Dragoon" at Ishgard after his crew ditched him from their Second Coil static... guess they insulted him and mumbled something about WAR not being able to crank out enough DPS.

Heh... whose laughing now?

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Originally Posted by NoloeTazier

What happened to the rest of his party?

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I'm expecting the rest of his party changed into the new jobs and were carefully omitted from the teaser. ;)

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Originally Posted by Ramesses

Cool story, Mardel... ilvl 160 and Relic lvl 8 ("Nebulus?") sounds about right. And yes, under normal circumstances I would totally agree with your speculation.

However, I think he decided to become an "Advanced Dragoon" at Ishgard after his crew ditched him from their Second Coil static... guess they insulted him and mumbled something about WAR not being able to crank out enough DPS.

Heh... whose laughing now?

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Funny enough Derplander ... and the term "Derpgoon". Mabe SE was like you know... we could make this work. Derp Fire Dive!

As to what someone posted earlier, I think the rest of his party is the new jobs too!

In the fanfest panels and a lore train podcast interview Koji said that because of Louisoix, Eorzea was saved from there fate, this being, total destruction and annihilation that is expectable from the end of a era by the cataclysm, like it's proven from previous eras, with only a few survivors from the ones the Archons could save (still a bit misinformed about this part, sorry xD).

What i want to get with this is that because there's a large group of servivors from the Dalamud moon falling,it changed something that needs to be correct... and why i say this?


See the part of the dragon lyrics:
"Our slumber disturbed
My brothers wake
Vengeance will be ours
The saviors must perish !"

Who are the saviours? The people of Ishgard? nope lol xD The Warriors of Light? Most likely...
BUT WHY in the Dranavian language there's this?:
"Dis an sô
Rus at hi
Sal'jas afarr'a
ma mor nâ, Eorzea !"
Why Eorzea?

Yes, I thought it was strange too, either there was a mistake or Eorzea means something in dragon language, if it's the case then I think Eorzea means Savior, as Eorzea is the land "Blessed by gods" and the warriors of lights are blessed by the crystal.

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Originally Posted by Ragnnar_Staalberg

Who are the saviours? The people of Ishgard? nope lol xD The Warriors of Light? Most likely...
BUT WHY in the Dranavian language there's this?:
"Dis an sô
Rus at hi
Sal'jas afarr'a
ma mor nâ, Eorzea !"
Why Eorzea?

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This is what is going through my head. Is the Word Eorzea Dravanian in origin? looking at the syntax of the last line: Saviors is translated from Eorzea. How in the heck this word spread I just don't know. Do Ishgardians scowl when saying this word too?

There's a topic about this exact thing
http://forum.square-enix.com/ffxiv/t...Name-of-Eorzea ;)

not a good move for Derplander. i mean now he is DERPLANDER the LOLDRG!