[Request] Zombie Apocalypse!

Hello,

I would like to request that, at some point, a zombie apocalypse of some kind occurs. I think it'd be a pretty cool story to explore, especially if the protagonists find themselves faced with the hard decision of putting down the infected.

I am a fan of undead enemies - especially in RPG's - as they have the potential to be very creepy. Looking back, all of my favourite RPG's (Vagrant Story, Shadow Hearts and the early Resident Evil games) each had the undead as prominent enemies.

Necromancy exists as a concept in FFXIV and has played a part in some dungeons, though I'd love to see an entire zone consist of a creepy city full of undead.

The Sin Eaters were pretty creepy throughout Shadowbringers but the writers played them very safe and didn't have them take out any of the major characters. I think it'd be really cool and touching if we had to put a bullet in the head of Alisae or Nanamo to prevent them turning into a zombie.

As a survivor of both the corrupted blood plague and the Wrath launch event trust me when I say it will bring the game to a halt unless they give players immunity. And it's no fun if they do that...

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Originally Posted by Theodric

I think it'd be really cool and touching if we had to put a bullet in the head of Alisae or Nanamo to prevent them turning into a zombie.

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Funny that you picked only female characters for that. Put a bullet in Thancred or something and I'm in.

Also no. The zombie craze kinda came and went like a decade ago. We don't need to make everything zombies anymore.

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Originally Posted by Doozer

Funny that you picked only female characters for that. Put a bullet in Thancred or something and I'm in.

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Thancred's hot, though.

People already don't aoe in dungeons, they wouldn't aoe in this either for the hordes of zombies. :)

https://vignette.wikia.nocookie.net/...20190924172817

I mean, we're currently dealing with the fallout from an apocalypse. Taking out a major character is something they're generally very cautious about, though I'd be fine with them doing that where it makes sense, and Thancred had one of those moments that they avoided it. Heck they nullified Zenos' death and made his whole touching end-scene meaningless. Honestly, if they explored a zombie apocalypse scenario then I don't think it'd make a difference. And we had the opportunity to try and stop a character (though not a major one) from turning and had the whole tragedy to go with it when we failed.

But zombie apocalypses and the undead is something that's been done to death (pun intended) and if anything, something like Sin Eaters, like they did here, for an apocalypse scenario was fresh. At least, it's not something I'd be behind, especially as it'd be an arbitrary direction to take that doesn't seem to relate to any threads the story has going. And we've already had our own undead story arc, as rightly highlighted by the post above mine, and it was a really good one that started out in early game, got its own HM dungeon and expanded into PoTD.

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Originally Posted by Theodric

Thancred's hot, though.

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No he ain't. His personality doesn't make up for it either.

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Originally Posted by Doozer

His personality doesn't make up for it either.

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I feel that way about Nanamo and Alisae. Especially the latter.

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Originally Posted by Doozer

No he ain't. His personality doesn't make up for it either.

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He's better than the two picks Theodric put in, that's for sure... in all facets.

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Originally Posted by Theodric

I feel that way about Nanamo and Alisae. Especially the latter.

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Well she's a teenager, you're not supposed to think she's hot.

Honestly, any enemy that functions by turning anything they kill or critically injure into more of themselves are pretty darn close to zombies already.

I call it the "Zombie Effect" when you swell your ranks by turning your victims into more of yourself.

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Originally Posted by Doozer

Well she's a teenager, you're not supposed to think she's hot.

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Nor did I ever imply as much. I was referring to her personality.

I think the game would be a lot better if it cut down on characters that largely just screech and whine.

Obvious bait thread is obvious. And y'all swallowed.

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Originally Posted by Theodric

I think the game would be a lot better if it cut down on characters that largely just screech and whine.

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Funny, that's how I feel about Thancred. I don't think Alisaie 'screeches and whines', but maybe it's because I'm not oversensitive to a person expressing emotions just because they're a woman. You should probably think about that.

Random opinion - We have too many white haired characters.
Reynn a breathe of fresh hair.

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Originally Posted by Doozer

Funny, that's how I feel about Thancred. I don't think Alisaie 'screeches and whines', but maybe it's because I'm not oversensitive to a person expressing emotions just because they're a woman. You should probably think about that.

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Why are you making it about gender? I'm very confused. I think you just have a chip on your shoulder for whatever reason and are misinterpreting what is being said.

Some of my favourite characters in this game are women after all. Yotsuyu, Livia and Julia/Annia to name a handful.

If this turns into another "humans are the real monsters" shitfest like The Walking Dead, I'm locking everyone in and burning the whole place down.

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Originally Posted by TheMightyMollusk

If this turns into another "humans are the real monsters" shitfest like The Walking Dead, I'm locking everyone in and burning the whole place down.

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I liked the first season. I stopped watching it after it started revolving around psychopaths instead of zombies. I don't even think that the zombie genre has run its course, either. We just need more zombie shows that revolve around the early stages of the outbreak, with each new season set in a different city or some such.

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Originally Posted by Theodric

Nor did I ever imply as much. I was referring to her personality.

I think the game would be a lot better if it cut down on characters that largely just screech and whine.

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1. Where does alisaie screech and whine, shes like the opposite of a screeching and whining chatacter. Even so, shes a teen, shes allowed to screech and whine.

2. So much for 'it would be so touching' lmao.
But u also writing it would be 'cool' to 'put a bullet' in them kinda got away u just want to Kill off Chars u dont like. Why not say it right away?

I just brought her up as an example. It's a bit weird how defensive some people get about her!

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Originally Posted by Theodric

Why are you making it about gender? I'm very confused. I think you just have a chip on your shoulder for whatever reason and are misinterpreting what is being said.

Some of my favourite characters in this game are women after all. Yotsuyu, Livia and Julia/Annia to name a handful.

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And of course, Igeyorhm.

That Halicarnassus lass in Deltascape wasn't bad at all, either. Y'shtola, Krile and Ryne, decent... Minfilia... semi-decent. It is largely an Alisaie thing.

Oh, could we throw in Lyse with her? She has that chick that dies first in horror movies look to her. If we need a male character to throw in with them, I nominate Asahi.

This is not Black ops Zombie mode

I'm glad to see the some of the game's very mentally stable and great community on Twitter is taking this well.

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Originally Posted by Lauront

I'm glad to see the some of the game's very mentally stable and great community on Twitter is taking this well.

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Whoever runs that twitter has a clear bias, but that's twitter for you.

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Originally Posted by Keridwyn

As a survivor of both the corrupted blood plague and the Wrath launch event trust me when I say it will bring the game to a halt unless they give players immunity. And it's no fun if they do that...

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I didn't see the corrupted blood thing, but the zombie plague was the most fun I ever had in WoW..

We already went through that. They were called 'Sin Eaters' this time around.

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Originally Posted by SamSmoot

I didn't see the corrupted blood thing, but the zombie plague was the most fun I ever had in WoW..

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Corrupted_Blood_incident

There are videos on Youtube, as well. The Scourge Invasion was basically a streamlined version of it.