Heavensward Dungeon Crawl video thoughts

Video link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YGcvnNOe34k

I counted 8, possibly 9, new dungeons. I also made some observations of more FF throwbacks...

We already know Heavensward has some FFIX influence, with Ishgard being reminiscent of the city of Alexandria.

But I noticed some of the following reminded me of bosses from FFIX, plus some non-FFIX.

3:20 a library dungeon (there was a library dungeon in FFV)
4:02 Is that Tantarian the book boss from FFIX, or Byblos the book boss from FFV, or a new book boss for FFXIV? Or Demon Wall 3.0? Lol. If it is FFXIV's version of Tantarian/Byblos, I'm disappointed that it recycles Demon Wall's head and arms design. Guess when they release as much content as frequently as they do you have to recycle some stuff to shorten development time, while still making it new in some way.
5:28 This reminds me of Ozma from FFIX even though I doubt it is. It's probably a defense/security node of some type in what is probably one of the new 24 man raids.

Those are some of my observations.

5:20 Oh hey, winged Ixals.

Honestly I hope it is another demon wall, the tears will be delicious when people can't kill it fast enough :P

I can't wait till we raid the Vatican-I mean... no, we raiding the Vatican! /raises the Gridanian flag

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Originally Posted by Gilraen

I can't wait till we raid the Vatican-I mean... no, we raiding the Vatican! /raises the Gridanian flag

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Lol, I really like the cathedral theme of the dungeon. I am not religious, but you don't have to be religious to like certain themes and settings in a fantasy game. I hope we get to fight the Pope and his evil henchmen.

I'm just VERY HYPED UP about the 2 allagan-themed dungeons at the end.

No, they're not Alexander or the 24-man raids. That video is similar to the "Dungeon Reel" they showed before ARR and that one didn't feature any endgame content.
Those are the 4-mens and possibly the ending of the Main Scenario. Or not.

Also, if that boss on the library dungeon is Byblos from FFV I'm gonna splurt love juices all over my underwear. Just saying.

I see only 7 dungeons : Dusk vigil, Great cathedral, Churning mist Dungeon, Ancient library, Weird dungeon with lots of crystals, Floating continent 1, Floating continent 2.

Funny thing is most of those dungeons are probably Main Scenario Dungeons to progress our storyline. :p

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Originally Posted by AlexionSkylark

Also, if that boss on the library dungeon is Byblos from FFV I'm gonna splurt love juices all over my underwear. Just saying.

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Omg, I forgot about Byblos. It could be him too. Also, thanks for the correction. I forgot Library of the Ancients was in V not IV. Got them mixed up. I think your guess is better than mine as it looks closer to Byblos than Tantarian. When I was creating the topic I kept thinking, "Wasn't there a book boss in the old library dungeon?" but then I thought that the boss of that library was Ifrit forgetting that there was more than one boss.

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Originally Posted by lololink

I see only 7 dungeons : Dusk vigil, Great cathedral, Churning mist Dungeon, Ancient library, Weird dungeon with lots of crystals, Floating continent 1, Floating continent 2.

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I just went back and watched video. You were closer than I was compared to my 10-12 estimate. I counted 8 accurately, possibly 9, but I think the allagan dungeons at the end were only 2 dungeons and not 3 even though music and theme changed 3 times with only the allagan style remaining. So if 2 allagan, then it was 8 dungeons I counted.

6:37 Oh hai, Facebook.

Aha looks good hopefully ppl wont jump on the choo choo nerf wagon on month 1 unless if some of the mechanics r a bit messy like t5 pre nerf twisters.
Other than that bring em on lets see how many dungeons will allow us to gather mobs up and zerg em down.

my thoughts? The BGM better loop because it's awesome :D

Very nice dungeon themes overall , I cannot wait to dive into them. The last 2 seem to be 8 man dungeons like Castrum + Prae.

I'm not all that excited for the new dungeons to be honest. They are going to be leveling dungeons so at best, we'll run them twice, maybe 3 times. I fully expect the same exact formula we've had since relaunch of looooong useless trash section > boss > loooong trash section > boss > trash > boss. It'll be pretty boring once the novelty has worn off. Even the ones that aren't leveling dungeons will end up being as exciting as the expert dungeons we get.

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Originally Posted by Kikosho

I'm not all that excited for the new dungeons to be honest. They are going to be leveling dungeons so at best, we'll run them twice, maybe 3 times. I fully expect the same exact formula we've had since relaunch of looooong useless trash section > boss > loooong trash section > boss > trash > boss. It'll be pretty boring once the novelty has worn off. Even the ones that aren't leveling dungeons will end up being as exciting as the expert dungeons we get.

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Your kidding right? long trash sections, a decent group can clear trash in less than 5 minutes. Almost every level 50 dungeon can be cleared in 20 minutes or less.

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Originally Posted by Kikosho

I'm not all that excited for the new dungeons to be honest. They are going to be leveling dungeons so at best, we'll run them twice, maybe 3 times.

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I really doubt this.

Can't wait for them! They all look very unique and engaging! I'm also loving the soundtracks to them.

Really looking forward to the jazz library.

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Originally Posted by h0tNstilettos

Video link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YGcvnNOe34k


Or Demon Wall 3.0? Lol. If it is FFXIV's version of Tantarian/Byblos, I'm disappointed that it recycles Demon Wall's head and arms design.

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If for some reason they decide to call it a Demon Book/Tome then there's a good chance the Localization guys might reference it as a Necronomicon.

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I absolutely love all the bosses! My only critique is that the last dragon seemed to have a really small head in comparison to the rest of it's body, which looked kinda awkward.

Vatican? wut?

If anything, it's Anor Londo :D

still wonder what will happen to our Lv50 dungeons. will they give exp? if so, they feel way to short. if not... well goodbye old dungeons, see you after the revamp

loved the dungeon with the Twisters tho....Riverne site :o

i hope Alex isnt allagan theme , tired of it already

I would be excited about these dungeons if I thought there would be some challenge to them. Sadly I think the community has been trained to expect dungeon = brainless and easy. If even one of these dungeons contained tricky mechanics, puzzles, branching paths, non-scripted bosses... the community would revolt and it would be nerfed inside of a month.

So basically I look forward to running these a handful of times each, then never again.

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Originally Posted by Lovescake

Vatican? wut?

If anything, it's Anor Londo :D

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Thank god me and a friend of mine weren't the only ones thinking of that.

I fell in love with the library dungeon music reminds me of persona 4 also that book boss I wonder if it will play out similar to the book boss in final fantasy IX

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Originally Posted by Lovescake

Vatican? wut?

If anything, it's Anor Londo :D

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Anor Londo doesn't have a Pope, though.

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Originally Posted by Gilraen

Anor Londo doesn't have a Pope, though.

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Anor londo doesnt need a pope when
SPOILERS
all the bosses are like artorias, giant knights, etc. :)