Does Square Show too much in their patch trailers?

I mean this is a small thing to a lot of people but i hate seeing absolutely everything a game has to offer in a trailer. Experiencing things blind for the first time is where the best experience lies IMO. But that's not to say the experience isn't good if you know what you're going into, but knowing everything kinda makes things feel bland.

What i'm getting at is. Do you guys think they show too much in the trailers they release for their patches? 8 minutes for something not an expansion is way too much i mean yeah sneak peaks at things like apartments and dueling is cool but end dungeon bosses and end raid bosses? Bit too much. Concept art is cool because you can visualize and perceive yourself. Maybe show one big boss or a snippet of two cool visuals or bosses? I think that'd be neat because it still leaves much to the imagination.

I think its fine as it is, but I do wonder what happend to the EGI-glamour feature? Last time I checked official FFXIV news, they were planning on adding it in 3.4. Yet I did not see it in the trailer, is it still comming?

They show so much because they have to try and get people who left to resub.

I don't think the trailer showed too much necessarily, maybe on the Alexander stuff a little but overall not really... And I do feel it did kinda hype up things a little too much, things shown there probably won't feel quite as epic in-game as they looked on the trailer...

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Originally Posted by FearTheOldBlood

l but end dungeon bosses and end raid bosses

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If there was any buildup or weight to these bosses like Pheonix I'd care about them being "spoiled" but with how much of a faceroll dungeons and story mode are there's no reason to care.

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Originally Posted by Tyrn

If there was any buildup or weight to these bosses like Pheonix I'd care about them being "spoiled" but with how much of a faceroll dungeons and story mode are there's no reason to care.

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I definitely get your sentiment and it's a good point, but i think it's all the more reason to give people more of a surprise. Imagine seeing a behemoth getting summoned randomly out of a book? You'd crap your pants XD But now, we know that's going to happen so... Eh? :(

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Originally Posted by Pomelo

They show so much because they have to try and get people who left to resub.

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Also an excellent point but making it shorter and sweeter with a little more epic feel would go a long way for those unsubbed. Showing maybe 1 or 2 bosses like alexander himself as just quick glimpses would get people very hyped!

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Originally Posted by Laerune

I think its fine as it is, but I do wonder what happend to the EGI-glamour feature? Last time I checked official FFXIV news, they were planning on adding it in 3.4. Yet I did not see it in the trailer, is it still comming?

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Trailers didn't show Wondrous Tails either so don't worry. Not everything goes into the trailer.

I think it's good that FFXIV content updates are substantial enough for an 8-10 minute trailer. Other MMOs I've played in the past would struggle to put togther a trailer half as long.

Kinda like the spoiler story to the "story dungeon", my guess looks like it's right, the Ixali look like they didn't perform an actual summoning but potentially doing a Trance like Summoner but with the added ability to also call the primal. I am intrigued where the story will go with the other Primals and why they are being shown again, but in the case of hyping less would be more.

rather than showcasing the bosses that are going to appear in the dungeons it would make more sense to do something like.


-A threat reemerges- Just show snippets of the Primals and then

-The Warrior's of Dark make their move- show the WoD in Ifrit's fire ring

-Alexander Awakened?!- show Alexander's barrier breaking down

-A tasty dessert??- The library (since side stories can be goofy at times it would help balance the seriousness with something lighthearted)

-Hildibrand's ready to fight!- Just show him in armor, which is good, they didn't showcase much with him so the story around him is a mystery

In all honesty, the trailers should limit the amount they show to how much they show off with his quest. The right amount of hype without giving up to much. Cause it is true, you pretty much spoil it once you show off the bosses involved, it's like, ah, cool. But SE should focus more on the story around them rather than the fights within them.

Nothing in the trailer impresses me beside Sophia and Type-0 hairstyles.

I think it's good, because when i stop subbing to this game cuz the endgame is frickin terrible, i can stay up to date by watching the trailers.

Nope. Just like movie trailers, if I don't want to be spoiled I don't watch them. There's always that option you know.

I've always been somewhere in between. I'm too excited not to watch them but at the same time I hope they don't show too much. For example, in the Heavensward trailer:

...was it really necessary to show Raubahn safe and sound in your company? I naturally figured we'd end up rescuing him but I cared a lot about that character so the lack of certainty had me on edge, albeit excited. That and Y'shtola's voice in the background.

((Someone remind me how to do spoiler tags on here please ; ))

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Originally Posted by Knahli

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No, they don't. Considering that the biggest MMO on the market has official and unofficial sites that spoil every last little detail well in advance I think FFXIV is in a very good place where revealing information is concerned.

Yes, they do. Hence I haven't seen this patch's nor FFXV's.

Hardly. They tease just enough.

Very little/out of context VO dialog
Small/Short song clips
Small snip of mechanics just to show off
Short highlights of new content

Most trailers just slap the whole thing in your face.

Disagree, XIV team does trailers just fine.

Then dont' watch the trailers, easy solution. I do not watch them myself, I want to experience the new changes first hand and think they do show too much.

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Originally Posted by Evangela

Nothing in the trailer impresses me beside Sophia and Type-0 hairstyles.

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Considering you complain about everything i'm not surprised.

Eh, I think it's good because it gets you all hyped and ready to play the new stuff when it's released. It's just like watching a movie trailer, they get you motivated to go see the film because it shows some parts that got you thinking, "OMG! Are they gonna be okay? What's going to happen next?!"

When it comes to the dungeons/trials, yeah, they show the mechanics, but we have to figure how it works once the content is released.

Basically, if you don't want to be spoiled, then don't watch the trailers. With this in mind, they don't reveal everything on what happens in the dungeons, trials, MSQ, or the extra content that is coming in the patch; some things are kept secret.

If you think they show too much, you have option to not watch it.

I have to say I think they do show too much in the patch trailer. It leaves nothing to be surprised about when they show every single boss and bit of the mechanics because just from looking at the trailer I can tell what your already have to do. I would rather they not show every single boss in the dungeon/raid because then the surprise factor really goes down because you already know what lies ahead. Think of it this way I'm sure most people would feel more excited if they didn't show Alex Prime in the trailer because then people wouldn't know what to expect.

You can build excitement in a trailer but I think the way they do it over time it begins to go down fast when you actually reach the content.

They showed a lot. If you pay attention to each of the characters gear you'd notice the new weapons they're carrying in each dungeon. Cant wait for the glowing Ravana weapon. Hive Forewing skyrocketed in price. Glad I bought some when they where only 10k. Now they're 1mil a piece.

Honestly I think the only thing that may have been too much was showing A12. We already knew we'd be facing Alexander himself in some form this patch so I'm not sure if that was necessary. That said we don't actually know how much they revealed. There may be more to things that we didn't see. The Sophia fight, for example, showed nothing of any ultimate. We saw the arena change but didn't see the actual attack so I'm assuming they deliberately didn't show that.