Green Light in Praetorium?

Now that I've had to run Prae a billion times over the last few days, I couldn't help but notice that green light ball in the Ultima cutscenes again. Have we ever managed to figure out what that is? Seems important.

Pics for reference:

https://i.imgur.com/KQC3Yer.jpg

https://i.imgur.com/BqlYLsR.jpg

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Vid referenced in later post: https://youtu.be/wYVN_WpSTu0?t=707

^ It comes into frame at 11:52. And again at 12:14.

I don't think I've ever noticed that myself.
Could it just be a recurring visual glitch?

I've noticed it, but I've never really thought about it. Some vague clue that Hydaelyn is watching? Irradiated butterfly? Random shiny to see who's still awake?

Oh it's Frank the green glitch orb, a good friend of the Phantom Sword of Thordan.

So yeh, just a bug that's been around for a very long time.

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Originally Posted by Canadane

I don't think I've ever noticed that myself.
Could it just be a recurring visual glitch?

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wYVN_WpSTu0

^ It comes into frame at 11:52. And again at 12:14.

As for whether its a glitch, I mean, possibly? It does seem to have its speed change depending on the how quickly the cam is rotating, but I don't know if that means anything. If its a glitch, its been in the game since launch.

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Originally Posted by Vulcwen

Oh it's Frank the green glitch orb, a good friend of the Phantom Sword of Thordan.

So yeh, just a bug that's been around for a very long time.

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Do we have some kind of official confirmation of that? I've seen people claim its a glitch, but there's nothing else anywhere in the scene like it. Not the same color. It doesn't move in relation to Lahabrea's teleport cloud, which is the only thing it remotely resembles.

I'll flip if it's the Heart of Sabik

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Originally Posted by Gula

I'll flip if it's the Heart of Sabik

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Wouldn't that be inside UW at that time?

On reddit the other day, someone explained it's a visual glitch caused by the camera and all. It's the glow effect that is supposed to be displayed on Ultima's chest, inside the Heart of Sabik. Apparently, it hasn't always been this way, but started after some patch.

I just say its corrupted Aether when people ask in the instance.. i mean the polluted Aether from Bahamut's attack started as energy an crystallized into the structures we have now..
So why would an attack that caused "Such Devistation!" Corrupt Aether around it too!

Huh, literally never seen it myself.

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Originally Posted by RicaRuin

On reddit the other day, someone explained it's a visual glitch caused by the camera and all. It's the glow effect that is supposed to be displayed on Ultima's chest, inside the Heart of Sabik. Apparently, it hasn't always been this way, but started after some patch.

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That would explain it. It's very noticeable and I spot it every time I watch the scene - infrequently enough that I've forgotten about seeing it last time - but I hadn't noticed it in the past despite it being very conspicuous. So it makes sense that it wasn't originally there!

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Originally Posted by RicaRuin

On reddit the other day, someone explained it's a visual glitch caused by the camera and all. It's the glow effect that is supposed to be displayed on Ultima's chest, inside the Heart of Sabik. Apparently, it hasn't always been this way, but started after some patch.

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The video I linked was uploaded in Sept 20, 2013, though. The game launched on August 24th. I'm about 99% sure there wouldn't have been anything than a set of hotfixes that first month. And the light is there.

If it's not a glitch, I'd assume that it is aetheric residue as a result of cerelium exploding. The Garleans are heavily reliant on the resource, so naturally any machine they use would have some in it's system. Getting blown up by Ultima and some of the resource would result in unusual density of aether in the air, at least I'd think it would.

Otherwise, more than likely a glitch that can be overspeculated by the lore forms asking "what does it mean!??"

At the risk of throwing a spanner in the works of the glitch theory, it's always been there. At least, it has been there as far back as the first time I ran Prae on the 22nd September, 2013 (so, I presume it was there from the get go). It sometimes pays to take 300k+ FF14 screenshots...

Honestly, I've always just assumed it was part of the Ultima animation.

I saw it when I first ran Praetorium.

I believed it was just a sign Hydaelyn was watching over you in that fight.

I've always been curious about it myself, though whenever I point it out to other people, they just shrug or go "Whaddoya mean, I didn't see anything."

It seems to circle the arena while Gaius is monologuing so I doubt it's just a visual glitch tied to Ultima Weapon?

Lately I've just assumed it was a dummy NPC they added to have Hydaelyn speak her lines during the fight. Would love some dev confirmation or something though, since there would have been no need to make it visible if that was true.

It's the sprite asset for the the one orb attack. I believe a developer put it below the floor under the assumption the camera would never pan to that specific spot (it's quite common in games for developers to stick assets off-screen, inside walls, etc to keep them out of sight until needed).

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Originally Posted by TheMightyMollusk

I've noticed it, but I've never really thought about it. Some vague clue that Hydaelyn is watching? Irradiated butterfly? Random shiny to see who's still awake?

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I always thought it was Hydaelyn scurrying to a safe distance after using so much of her power to shield us.