Loved the FFXI references

The Garlemald music was clearly an evolution of the Promyvion music and of course several of the mob types on the moon were from those zones .. I also was reminded of Sea as well there.

The Moon triggered my Promyvion PTSD.

Not to mention the whole

Dynamis

thing, even though it's a totally different concept from FFXI with the same name.

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Originally Posted by Pintsized

The Garlemald music was clearly an evolution of the Promyvion music

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Mmm... No. A remix of Imperial Will does not sound like Faded Memories at all. Not an evolution from FFXI music.

As for the actual FFXI references, yes. Great stuff. I know what you mean by the orange bloom of energy on the moon being reminiscent of the dimensional rift light leading to Al'taieu.

The Empty on the moon being evolved fungi was rather strange, but a common trope from Lovecraftian horror, so I suppose I get another marriage of fictions that I didn't know I needed.

Dynamis felt like an in-joke about wiping a lot. Die-namis, heh.

Vrtra, in name. Though I also sorta saw the skeletal facial features as a nod to XI Vrtra's command over the undead.

The Omicron race having Archaic Gears, Detectors from Sky, and the lower bodies/frames of the Caturae was like a little cherry on top.

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Originally Posted by Enkidoh

Not to mention the whole

Dynamis

thing, even though it's a totally different concept from FFXI with the same name.

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But the Die En Masse nickname still applies.

I appreciated the teleporter with a similar animation to the Sky teleporter.

anyone else get Sky feels with elpis? :3

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anyone else get Sky feels with elpis? :3

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Yeh haha I did think of Sky ^^

I loved FFXI wish there where more references to it :)

If it'd just had a transparent walk way with the energy hexagons trailing behind our feet with that tender sound effect it would have been everything.

Old Sharlayan Night music feels so familiar to FFXI, but I can't place it.

Nobody else remembers the Pandaemonium Warden?

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Nobody else remembers the Pandaemonium Warden?

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The entrance of the raid really looked like Castle Zvahl to me.
I think I might be a little bit upset if we don't have a Shadow Lord boss in this tier hahah.

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Nobody else remembers the Pandaemonium Warden?

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Of course, but they haven't put Dvergrs in the game yet. Though they did put something using the frame of it in as a bishi voidsent. It's the second boss in Weeping City of Mhach, and they later used its model as, "King Goldemar." Which shares the same monster family as PW's default form.

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Originally Posted by Ketsufuma

anyone else get Sky feels with elpis? :3

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Yeah, it took me back. Also the Moon heavy Promyvion Vibes and Garlemald gave me Xarcabrad flashbacks except instead of demons it's rogue magitek.

I'm really excited for when they do the "New World" expansion if they're going to go with the frontiersman motif like with Adoulin. Wood and stone structures, lush jungles and forests (east coast) to sprawling wastelands (west coast)

I liked Shantotto coming into the game in the Thaumaturge quest. Then she goes and styles the hair. lol

Needs more Yagudo.

The moon triggered nothing for me, but going to Garlemald did bring on some CoP memories.

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Originally Posted by Genbe197

Old Sharlayan Night music feels so familiar to FFXI, but I can't place it.

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The closest place this theme reminds me of is Windurst Waters[S].

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Originally Posted by Vyrerus

Mmm... No. A remix of Imperial Will does not sound like Faded Memories at all. Not an evolution from FFXI music.

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I wasn't saying the music was a 'remix', but the tonal structure of the underlying melody is entirely derived from that of the Promy zones, for me the whole 'feel' of the XIV music was immediately reminiscent of the Prommies . .though thankfully the gameplay was less stressful. :D

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anyone else get Sky feels with elpis? :3

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Absolutely.

I hadn't been there when I made my first post but the moment I looked at the zone map and saw those two floating platforms in the NW were arc-shaped I made the connection.

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Absolutely.

I hadn't been there when I made my first post but the moment I looked at the zone map and saw those two floating platforms in the NW were arc-shaped I made the connection.

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If Tu'lia was made of red brick and concrete perhaps.... but definetely Elpis was loosely inspired by Tu'lia at least.

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I wasn't saying the music was a 'remix', but the tonal structure of the underlying melody is entirely derived from that of the Promy zones, for me the whole 'feel' of the XIV music was immediately reminiscent of the Prommies . .though thankfully the gameplay was less stressful. :D

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I didn't say that you said it was a remix. I said that the zone music in Garlemald is a remix of other Garlean based music. Its tonal structure is in no way derived from Faded Memories, but it's fine if it made you think of them. Art's like that sometimes.

The music played on the moon sounds a lot like the music played in sea from FFXI.

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Originally Posted by Genbe197

Old Sharlayan Night music feels so familiar to FFXI, but I can't place it.

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Sanctuary of Zi'tah a little bit?