Weird red/green lights in Gridania on big trees.

I was doing the goblin NM 5 mins ago, and after the NM died this started happening to a big tree nearby:
http://dl.dropbox.com/u/6653816/whatisthis.jpg

What exactly is this? I've never seen it before, and none of the people I was with have seen it before either. It's a big green/red flashing explosion light.

Really cool/weird! I wonder what it is o_o

Edit: We figured out it only flashes when someone runs up to the tree and gets near it. The color of the glow changes randomly, sometimes it's red and sometimes its yellow. The tree is at (27,15) in The black shroud.

I've been seeing that since closed beta, but no one could never tell me what it was.

dont lick the dream toads!

Those are the magic trees near Treespeak right? That's why the area is named treespeak.

vid confirm dream toad spawns from it. look it up

I've heard about this since at least the Beta Test, why there aren't any answers is beyond me.

Dats just teh roegadyn named Onihi Hideki he is un da Linkshell Save pOint duh he is not a red a green light he is flesh and blood watcha problem omg!

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Originally Posted by Xzen

Those are the magic trees near Treespeak right? That's why the area is named treespeak.

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Also believe the area is called Whispering Woods in JP. Bad translations are bad. Again the area is named for those trees.

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Originally Posted by Kilta_Firelotus

vid confirm dream toad spawns from it. look it up

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hmmm

If you mean this video:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OK4-IQiKEzQ

That Dreamtoad has nothing to do with the tree. That Dreamtoad is a Treespeak Behest target.
As all other behests, there is a last, boss-like mob, at the end of behests.
After the party shown defeated all the mobs, a Dreamtoad spawned, which is the behest boss.

The case of the Secret of the Tree still remains unknown... XO;

tree secret

that is one funny behest then....... But wasn't behest added to the game after yoshi joined? That vid was posts in december. also noted tree stops freaking out after dream toad pops kinda odd

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Originally Posted by Kilta_Firelotus

that is one funny behest then....... But wasn't behest added to the game after yoshi joined? That vid was posts in december. also noted tree stops freaking out after dream toad pops kinda odd

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Behest was always there.

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Originally Posted by Aizm

Behest was always there.

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ahh still one funny behest then. they stood around a good 5 min at the tree.

Honestly its probably there for content that will be added later, its like the various swirling vortex in XI that were not used for the longest time. Maybe it will warp up to a new zone or be part of a quest not yet added.

yeah, the glowing tree has been there since at least november. that's the first time i sat and camped the goblin for hours and it was there back then.

I noted this near early release when I was scouting Botany areas, no Ryhm or reason for it's existence "I have personally only seen the one tree do this near the far end of treespeak" But like many things in XIV "large elemental crystals sitting in caves or giant statues just chillin" they are just there with no use as of yet.

I think it is an elemental in that tree. It is reminiscent of the Gridania storyline. I would think it will have more content around it at a later date.

its so obvious, its where you get fruit pastels

Its for a Gridania quest or something isn't it?

There's an NPC in the Gridania Adventurer's guild that mentions the trees - has something to do with the Conjurers.