Alternative dialogue collection?

Hello! I've looked around and can't seem to find what I'm looking for. I know there are a number of quests with alternate dialogue. I've seen quite a bit of it. What I'm looking for is a list of what all quests have alternate dialogue. I know of some, but I was hoping there was a list somewhere. Does anyone know of one?

Edit: to clarify, I mean dialogue that changes based on what you've already done, like Azure Dragoon references.

I imagine there is no comprehensive listing of such choices. Though I am skeptical as to whether these choices actually change the response of npc. Don't get me wrong I appreciate the chance to chime in once in a while and it's not like the Final Fantasy single player games ever actually granted players extensive dialogue choices.

Though this mmo is so long and winding that any individual effort to map out such choices would likely be hampered by time restraints. Off the top of my head, I don't think I have seen more than 5 such instances where I actually made this choice. Maybe it is just there for flavor and as a pause between long speeches?

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Originally Posted by Kyran-Varlsen

Maybe it is just there for flavor and as a pause between long speeches?

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Most if not all of the alternate dialogue is based on things the character has done, not on the response chosen. Like recognizing the character as an Azure Dragoon. People started pushing for it after around 2.2. There were a few places where it was really weird, like the lvl 50 culinarian quest has you cooking for the Sultana and she has no idea who you are even if you've finished all of ARR.

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Originally Posted by Sagittarian

Most if not all of the alternate dialogue is based on things the character has done, not on the response chosen. Like recognizing the character as an Azure Dragoon. People started pushing for it after around 2.2. There were a few places where it was really weird, like the lvl 50 culinarian quest has you cooking for the Sultana and she has no idea who you are even if you've finished all of ARR.

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Well, that last part is really odd. I suppose I could wear a mask while I do the cooking?

So wait, when you tell Raubahn to get on his feet because he is a gladiator, was that because I was in the Immortal Flames or something?

I hope I can get myself positioned to get all the nice choices in Stormsblood. Maybe I should stroll into the new content as a monk? Us White Mages don't get any love :(

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Originally Posted by Kyran-Varlsen

I hope I can get myself positioned to get all the nice choices in Stormsblood. Maybe I should stroll into the new content as a monk? Us White Mages don't get any love :(

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Yeah, I would suspect that as most of the alternate dialogue in HW was around dragoon that most of Stormsblood would be around monk and Widargelt. Also I agree about white mage.

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Originally Posted by Kyran-Varlsen

So wait, when you tell Raubahn to get on his feet because he is a gladiator, was that because I was in the Immortal Flames or something?

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It was actually referencing Raubahn's own past as a GLA and Colosseum fighter (he actually owns the GLA's Guild and the Colosseum both, which he won in a high-stakes gladiatorial match before the Calamity in the original version of FFXIV, which is how he got a seat on the Syndicate). The dialogue was merely a way of getting through his funk and melancholia by appealing to his fighter instincts, and had nothing to do with your current class or Job.

As for other alternative dialogue throughout the game, apart from minor dialogue choices which don't seem to really affect gameplay at all, the only real alternative storyline dialogue is if you started ARR as a character created in FFXIV version 1.0 and whom had passed a certain point in 1.0's 'Seventh Umbral Era' storyline (namely, the 'Lunar Transmitter' battle). If you satisfied this requirement, upon starting ARR you got a different opening scene where instead of your character arriving at your starting city on a chocobo carriage or ferry with the merchant and Alphinaud and Alisae, you instead teleported in at the Alythk Deity Stone in Snakemolt like the 'New Beginning' video, and then just walk to your starting city.

That character then has slightly altered dialogue at certain points in the game where ultimately the player is revealed to be one of the original Warriors of Light from the Battle of Carteneau, firstly with Minifila remembering them but then asking them to keep their identity secret for now, then Cid remembers ferrying the player to fight Nael van Darnus in 1.0, and eventually during Operation Archon where the amnesia is lifted from Eorzea and their identity is finally remembered by all and the player is acknowledged from then on as the original Warrior of Light who took down van Darnus prior to the Calamity. This alternate dialogue was only available to 1.0 players who satisfied that above requirement though, and is not available for new players, 1.0 players who started a new character in ARR afresh or a 1.0 character where they did not finish the 1.0 story (my character sadly fits into this later category).

Either way, this is the only example I know of alternate dialogue actually affecting the storyline, but the differences are trivial at best (the patch 3.4 story also has a scene where there is alternate dialogue depending on if you finished the entire Coil raid storyline, but it's again just a few extra lines of dialogue and nothing particularly unique, so most players probably wouldn't even notice.).

I suspected as much about Raubahn, as I knew the man's history. I was just wondering if it was affected by being in the Immortal Flames (which it's not).

Also, damn shame about missing out on being a bona fide Original Warrior of Light. That said, new players like us still get plenty of praise heaped on our heads and even before HW. By contrast, it took until the Warlords of Draenor expansion in World of Warcraft for players to get some noted respect from the npc.

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Originally Posted by Kyran-Varlsen

Us White Mages don't get any love

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That's not strictly true, though perhaps only in a tiny way. E-Sumi-Yan appears to acknowledge the WoL's friendship with Sylphie during the closing scene of the Urth Font trial versus Odin.

While I can't confirm that there will be a different dialogue if the WoL hasn't levelled up as CNJ (the trial happens so late into A Realm Reborn, it's unlikely that any PC would go through it without CNJ fully levelled), the dialogue does suggest some recognition, at least, of the WoL's involvement in Gridanian affairs.

To be sure, it's not as though most other jobs/classes get that much more recognition. The dragoon's starring role in Heavensward is a one-off that won't likely be repeated in Stormblood.

I know that Yugiri will mention your Ninja skills around the battle to capture The Ivy, although I don't know what the requirements are (I did that fight as a Ninja). Also, if you go to most Guilds and ask the What is an X? question after you finish the level 30 class quest you'll get a different response than you would have earlier.

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Originally Posted by SuperFlorinjin

I know that Yugiri will mention your Ninja skills around the battle to capture The Ivy, although I don't know what the requirements are (I did that fight as a Ninja). Also, if you go to most Guilds and ask the What is an X? question after you finish the level 30 class quest you'll get a different response than you would have earlier.

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Actually, I did that part not too long ago and she compliments your skills as a possible addition to her Shinobi no matter your class (I was a White Mage).

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Originally Posted by Kyran-Varlsen

Actually, I did that part not too long ago and she compliments your skills as a possible addition to her Shinobi no matter your class (I was a White Mage).

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If you haven't unlocked NIN (not ROG) by the time of the quest she'd comment about your potential in ninjutsu and encourage you to try learning it. I've leveled ROG and unlock NIN before going in for that quest but did the quest as SMN to check the difference. Sure did, she noticed my character's movement as proof I've studied ninjutsus and was happy that I studied her homeland's art.

If you've leveled WHM to at least 50 (mine was 52 iirc) when you do HW quest "Lost in the Lifestream", Raya-O and A-Ruhn will recognize you as a fellow White Mage. Likewise, when you unlock Amdapor City dungeon both NM & HM they determine that as someone's been entrusted with the soul crystal of A-Towa-Cant you are qualified and obligated to check the unrest within the old city.

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Originally Posted by Kyran-Varlsen

Actually, I did that part not too long ago and she compliments your skills as a possible addition to her Shinobi no matter your class (I was a White Mage).

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Alternative dialogue doesn't care about what class you're ON, it cares about what classes you have available, GC ranks obtained, sidequests done, etc. Technically you are still a ninja when playing a white mage... you just have drastically inappropriate equipment for the job.

I'd like a collection of these too, I'm very sad that I didn't have drg at 50 during that cutscene where Ser Aymeric presents Estinien to you. I heard about your character having a startled reaction, but Estinien assures you that he comes as an ally instead of a foe as he'd suppressed the power of the eye, or something along those lines.

During the quest "Lost in the Lifestream", if you have Summoner unlocked, when you speak to Tataru she says this:

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Originally Posted by Tataru

If memory serves, Y'shtola's sister is named Y'mhitra.
...Oh, you know her, do you? Well then, that ought to make things easier!

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Though I don't remember if Y'mhitra herself shows any indication she recognizes you when you go talk to her (I don't have screenies of it, at any rate).

"One More Night in Amdapor", the quest to unlock the hardmode version of Lost City of Amdapor, when you talk to Raya-O-Senna, if you did the lv50 White Mage job quest:

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Originally Posted by Raya-O-Senna

Ah, Master A-Towa's successor is come! To no other would I entrust this task!

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Much earlier in the MSQ, when Tataru disappeared to study arcanima, if you have Arcanist at 30(?):

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Originally Posted by Thubyrgeim

...So you are acquainted with our newest member. <sigh> An arcanist of your experience must see that her potential is somewhat lacking.

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During your pilgrimage after the Dragonsong war is over, when you go to Ul'dah and find servants searching for Nanamo, if you're a Lalafell they comment that they're looking for "someone your height".

Similarly if you're a Lalafell during a certain part of the HW Hildibrand quests:
http://i.imgur.com/en2Ryiy.png

Severin recognizes you as his able assistant when he shows up in this years Christmas event. Not sure how far you need to have gone in the Alchemist story though (I've done the level 50 quest)

During one of 3.2 MSQs members of the Immortal Flames are referred to by their current rank in the GC. Members of other GCs are given generic text.

A side-quest in Forgotten Springs called "The Eyes Have It" has you driving peeping toms away from some female Miqo'te bathers. Once you return to the quest-giver, she gives you a once-over and says...

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Originally Posted by U'rahtalo

Ah, marvelous! Not an ogler in sight! You have my gratitude, adventurer. Though...having a good look at you...I suppose I wouldn't mind if you stole a peek now and then.

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and adds, if you're female yourself...

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Originally Posted by U'rahtalo

Bet you didn't think my tastes ran that way, hmmm?

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Yeah, I remember CNJ/WHM get extra dialogue in Urth's Fount quests

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Originally Posted by Vele

Similarly if you're a Lalafell during a certain part of the HW Hildibrand quests:
http://i.imgur.com/en2Ryiy.png

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This brings me nothing but eternal joy.

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Originally Posted by SuperFlorinjin

Severin recognizes you as his able assistant when he shows up in this years Christmas event. Not sure how far you need to have gone in the Alchemist story though (I've done the level 50 quest)

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Well, I've only unlocked ALC and never actually levelled it or done any further quests and Severin was downright dismissive of me, stating I was "unfamiliar" to him, so I am going to assume you need at least the level 50 ALC quest complete for him to recognize you in that scene.

Speaking of the current Christmas event, someone mentioned it in another thread but another possible alternate dialogue occurs if you do the event with a character that was originally created in version 1.0 (apparently regardless if you had the 'Legacy' story or not) -

when the 'ward registrar' is identified as Damielliot he reveals that he was a sick child hospitalized in that same ward before the Calamity, only to be helped by a mysterious man/woman (determined by your character's gender) whose face he can no longer remember, and that the player seems "familiar" to him, as if "that same person returned to help him again" (paraphrased.). This is a reference to the 1.0 Ul'dah main scenario quest 'Calamity Cometh' where he appeared in (ironically in an Echo scene from my understanding), where the player indeed helped him.

My 1.0 character had this dialogue in the Christmas event so I assume this is not the same for new characters (it wouldn't make sense in any event), although ironically, my 1.0 character actually never actually met him in 1.0, given his quest was (from my understanding) an Ul'dah main scenario quest (I started in Gridania in 1.0 like I did in ARR as well), and so I never encountered him.

So that shows that the requirements for this scene is simply having a 1.0 character and is not determined by other parameters like having Legacy status, gaining the Legacy storyline or originally starting 1.0 in Ul'dah. Clarification from a new player (or rather, a player who did the event with a character created in ARR) about whether the dialogue was different in that scene or not would be most welcome though. :)

My characters were all created in ARR.

In the scene Damielliot says something like as a sick child he was saved by the kindness of those around him and doesn't say anything about not being able to remember their faces or you reminding him of them.

Severian actually has 3 different dialogue in the event.

Haven't unlocked ALC at all:

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Originally Posted by Severian

What's this? Your face is unfamiliar to me--and I am not particularly inclined to waste my time in getting to know you--but whoever you are, it would appear that you're more competent at my erstwhile apprentice's job than he is. Heh heh heh. Mwahahahahaha!

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Unlocked ALC:

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Originally Posted by Severian

Well, well--if it isn't that lackey of mine! I know not the details--and am not particularly inclined to waste my time in hearing them--but it would appear that you're more competent at my erstwhile apprentice's job than he is. Heh heh heh. Mwahahahahaha!

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Have ALC at 50 (or 60?), I think this is the only cutscene he actually doubles in up laughter, but it's also possible I wasn't paying attention when I did this quest on my alts:

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Originally Posted by Severian

Well, well--if it isn't my able assistant! I must say, it's good to see that at least one person in this room hasn't let my esteemed tutelage go entirely to waste like my erstwhile apprentice here. Heh heh heh. Mwahahahahaha!

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"Erstwhile" and "apprentice" don't look like real words anymore, and I don't know why I didn't copy/paste his laugh after the first time I typed it out, but there you go.

You get the last possibility if you have ALC at 50, at least. (I haven't kept up with crafting classes in Heavensward because the barrier is steep from 2.0 - 3.0 if you didn't get deep into endgame crafting then... which I didn't because I just wanted the freedom to make my own glamour prisms for every class.)

There are actually 3 dialogues when you meet Estinien in the MSQ:
- Haven't unlocked DRG: Estinien doesn't recognize you.
- Unlocked DRG but haven't sone the level 50 quest: Estinien recognizes you but says nothing else.
- Cleared DRG level 50 quest: Estinien calls you an Azure Dragoon.

The gifts you get from the 2016 Starlight Celebration are one of three possibilities:

1. Allagan Bronze Piece x3 (300 gil)
2. Allagan Silver Piece (500 gil)
3. Clear Demimateria I x2

Eh? I guess if you wanted all the possible interactions for Starlight I can save you the trouble (you missed the cutest part of Alphinaud's visit!):

Of fun and games at the Gold Saucer.
Godbert:

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Ho ho ho! I say, it is good to see you again, my friend─ah, we have met before, have we not? It is I, the wandering pilgrim known far and wide for gifting gifts to assiduous adventurers such as yourself!
In truth, I had a mind to wield my hammer of legend and forge for you a masterwork of goldsmithery worthy of your efforts, but I fear that my attention was required...elsewhere. But worry not, for I have procured a present which should more than suffice as a substitute!
Ah, but it would seem dawn is nigh, and so I must return and do what only a Man─ah, a wandering pilgrim-man can. Until we meet again...and do remember to look under the tree!

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Of beasts wondrous and rare.

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Creepy paissa in a Dream cap.

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Of your adventures in Limsa Lominsa.
Y'shtola:

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'Twould seem you have done some good this year. And so I come, bearing a gift from the Spinner. Do not ask why She chose me─surely this gaudy frock would better suit Yda, or Tataru...
Still, it calls to mind one Starlight many summers ago, when I awoke to find a small ribbon beside my pillow. Master Matoya took me to task when I suggested she was the one who had placed it there. Still, I knew the truth, and was rather moved by the gesture.
...But l have dwelt on the past long enough.
The dawn comes, and I am summoned elsewhere. Be well, friend─and do not neglect to look beneath the tree when you awaken.

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Of your adventures in Gridania.
Yda & Papalymo:

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Papalymo: Ah, [name]. Fancy meeting you here. I trust you have been a good adventurer this year?
Yda: [S/he] sure has! That's why I brought gifts! Well, a gift, at least. I'm sorry, Papalymo─I forgot to bring something for you!
Papalymo: Well, then it is fortunate I am not a child, isn't it? If anything, it is I who should be gifting little trinkets to you...not that I have the slightest intention of doing so.
Yda: O-Of course, silly me! Sometimes I forget that you're so much older than me! Was it forty summers now? Fifty?
Papalymo: Do you see the sun coming up on the horizon, Yda? That's our cue to leave...now.
Yda: Awww, and just when I was starting to have fun! Well, see you around, [name]! And don't forget to peek under the tree when you wake up!

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Of your adventures in Ul'dah.
Thancred:

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Ah, [name]. Sleeping like a babe, I see. Why the puzzled look? 'Tis I, the saint's little helper. Mayhap you were expecting another?
Curious, is it not? Not once did I have occasion to celebrate Starlight as a child, but now, as a man grown, I celebrate it with you─at least, in a manner of speaking.
Ah, but dawn is nigh, and I must bid you a fond farewell. May your dreams be sweet, and do remember to peek under the tree when you awake. Till we meet again!

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Of great nations and those who lead them.
Nanamo:

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Hail, adventurer! By the grace of the Spinner, I, Nanamo Ul Namo, seventeenth of my line, do hereby confer upon you a gift for your most beneficent deeds this Starlight season!
I am reminded of our own festivities at the palace, in the days when Father and Mother yet lived. The sumptuous feasts, the beatific choirs, the majestic tree that stretched up to the ceiling─would that I could take you there to see it all!
Yet alas, dawn breaks...and our time together must draw to a close. Now rise, my champion, and claim your prize!

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Of the menace of an empire.
Alphinaud:

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Well met, [name]! I come bearing a gift from the Spinner Herself as guerdon for your most charitable deeds. That said, just between the two of us, this coat is a tad garish for my liking...
How ironic that Nymeia should choose me of all people to do Her bidding. I was a skeptical child, as you might imagine, and quick to doubt the stories of the saint. Grandfather would spare no effort in concocting elaborate tales to preserve the illusion─yet I would not yield in my pursuit of the truth. Oh, the battles of wit we had!
While I would like nothing more than to stay and reminisce, I fear I must depart with the dawn. I shall leave your present beneath the tree. Till we next meet, friend!

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Of primals and beastmen.
Tataru:

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A happy Starlight to you, <name>. I come bearing a gift and a song, especially for you! Just a moment... Ahem! Trololololo～lololo～♪
On this most high and holy night,♪
The snow without lies crisp and white...♪
But love burns hot within my heart,♪
I pray that we shall never─♪
Oh dear, is that the hour? I'll just have to sing the rest for you another time! Now, what have I forgotten? ...Oh, yes─your present! I'll just leave it under the tree, shall I? Till we meet again!

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Of the Dragonsong War.
Aymeric:

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I trust this Starlight season finds you well, my friend? I, Aymeric de Borel, lord commander of the Temple Knights of Ishgard, have come to bestow upon you a most special gift.
As you well know, the observance of Starlight traces its origins to my homeland, where it remains a much-beloved tradition to this day.
I have always been quite fond of the season myself. Though I must confess that as colors go, I am somewhat partial to blue...
Nonetheless, it is both an honor and a pleasure to celebrate this Starlight with you. So as not to disturb your slumber, I shall leave your gift beneath the tree. Be well, my friend.

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C'MON ALPHINAUD AND LOUISOIX BEING SO CUTE PLS

I also found it adorable the gifts I've gotten so far were such pittances, since y'know, they're from kids.

Way to steal my thunder... >_>

Ah well, I'll keep updating the gift listing at least.

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Originally Posted by Rocl

Eh? I guess if you wanted all the possible interactions for Starlight I can save you the trouble (you missed the cutest part of Alphinaud's visit!):

Of your adventures in Limsa Lominsa.
Y'shtola: 'Twould seem you have done some good this year. And so I come, bearing a gift from the Spinner. Do not ask why She chose me─surely this gaudy frock would better suit Yda, or Tataru... Still, it calls to mind one Starlight many summers ago, when I awoke to find a small ribbon beside my pillow. Master Matoya took me to task when I suggested she was the one who had placed it there. Still, I knew the truth, and was rather moved by the gesture... But l have dwelt on the past long enough. The dawn comes, and I am summoned elsewhere. Be well, friend─and do not neglect to look beneath the tree when you awaken.

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By the way, when it comes to your adventures in Limsa Lominsa, the version of Y'shtola who appears in your dreams will depend on whether your character has reached Heavensward yet.

If yours is a pre-Heavensward character, it will be the Ver2.0 Y'shtola who visits. If your character has already begun Heavensward and got past the point where you save Y'shtola from the Lifestream, you'll see Ver3.0 Y'shtola instead.

In both cases, though, she has the same dialogue. There's still some time left, for those of you who want to confirm this. ;)

If I had to guess the same is true of adventures in Ul'dah and Thancred as well!

I will admit, I had a mild heart attack when I saw a post of G'raha Tia appearing in one of those dream sequences. It was just a really well-done tribute, alas, not the kind of foreshadowing we got with Haurchefant a couple years back.