A lighter note: Susano

With all the queue nonsense still happening and minor frustrations still about, I thought it a good idea to step into a different topic of a lighter note. Namely, one of the best primals I've yet to see in FFXIV: Susano.

A primal not set on destruction, but instead of revelry. Literally a primal for celebrations and booze. His personality during the cutscene when he was summoned had be beaming with excitement. Similarly to Ramuh, Susano wasn't looking to punish the children of man for anything. Instead, it was just a good natured contest between combatants, with no hard feelings.

He is an amazing enemy in combat, having players need to keep on their toes when fighting him. From what I've seen so far, his mechanics force players to keep on alert at all times with the sheer number of things he can throw at you. I like that his phase transitions aren't over exaggerated with camera pannings like Lakshmi and the level 70 trial boss.

His theme is very lively and ranks up there with some of the catchier primal themes I've heard. The only thing I don't like in Susano's OST is that the part where it repeats the same tune 4 times in a row should of had an alternating up note and down note between each tune set like how the beginning of the OST has.

I've found Susano to be the best primal hands down so far. What is everyone else's top primal in FFXIV so far?

I agree. When I first saw him I was expecting a serious, sombre master-swordsman Primal obsessed with skill and fighting or whatever. Instead we basically got a jolly chap who enjoys a bit of sport and has a good time whether he wins or loses, has no interest in tempering people (although he probably can't choose whether he wants to or not), sounds like the only guy having fun 100% of the time with no salt, and has an absolutely epic fight sequence + duelling sequence with the tanks.

Love him! (only played NM - still working up to his EX fight)

When I first saw Susano, the first thought that went through my mind was, "oh crap, it's Mecha Gilgamesh!"

If his mere existence wasn't a threat to the very fabric of the world (all primals are), I would feel bad killing him. He seems like just the chillest dude.

He'll knock your teeth out then buy you a beer. If you knock out his, he buys you two.

Honestly, the way he acts I'd almost expect him and Gilgamesh to be related xD

Thinking about it, one of his relics is a sword and if I remember right one of the devs said Gilgamesh will return in 4.x. Who knows what the future holds?

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Originally Posted by Dualblade

Thinking about it, one of his relics is a sword and if I remember right one of the devs said Gilgamesh will return in 4.x. Who knows what the future holds?

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Wait do you have a source on this? I would love to tell my FC and friends that Greg is coming back if this was the case.

He's a Bro Primal...a Brimal if you will.

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Originally Posted by Yahallo

Wait do you have a source on this? I would love to tell my FC and friends that Greg is coming back if this was the case.

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I don't sadly, though I could have sworn I saw something about it. Hakuro using many of his moves though does have me hopeful.

Put Susano and Gilgamesh in the same cutscene and watch the epicness explode.

He's a fun primal, I really like the running from side to side part of the EX fight. Ravana is still my fav, though.

I'm still not 100% on how he was summoned in the first place.

It is quite interesting that this time around, neither of the new primals are really malicious like many of the previous ones. A god of revelry and a goddess of bliss, both of which seem to have more detail to them than their Heavensward counterparts.