New Trailer

[KaMuiSouZou]

WHOA, I for one loved that trailer!! So much feels!

-First and foremost, Gaius and his posse!!!

That looks like a Roegadyn on the left? If the Garlean legati are not just humans, I'd really like to see a bad ass evil Lalafell one. Preferably wielding a physical weapon so he/she is a different type of bad ass than Shantoto.
-We all knew the Primals are bad asses too, but the voices do a great job in bringing them to life. It was sweet getting our first look at the Titan fight as well.
-With so much epicness in the primals/Garleans, music and story, I actually really appreciated the flashiness of our abilities in this trailer. It felt like we as heroes have the power to stand up to all of this. It would've sucked if the bad guys talked to us in this large booming voice, and then we came in fighting with these puny abilities.
-Which would bring me to limit breaks which are looking awesomeeee! It seemed strange to me that DRG seemingly has Omnislash, but the abilities themselves look very cool. That black mage pose is pure win lol.
-As others guessed, it looks like that's Ultima Weapon at 2:00???
-By far one of the BEST things I love about this game and am looking forward to is it's story and cutscenes. This is teasing at SO many things. The fact that a legatus comes into the Path of the Twelve HQ and confronts Minfilia... oh man oh man.
-I interpreted the aether part as all the lil swirls represent all of us the players, coming out of the aether and starting our journey. Besides 1.0 players teleported from the last battle, every character comes out of the aether from character creation after all!
-My only guess for the mysterious man at the end is he's an ascian??
-The english va wasn't bad at all imo. That said, I'll probably play JP voices. But hey, thanks again SE for letting us make the choice.

All in all, What I loved most is that for the first time in a long while, we finally get a real glimpse of the story. I had this really special feeling when I saw/heard so many of the characters I've grown to love. Minfilia in her awesome redesign (which imo is A LOT better than her generic 1.0 design), cid with his manly man beard, the three GC leaders... I think it's really starting to hit me - man, we're almost there. Yeah we're trying out the gameplay during beta. But to LIVE and experience the game through it's story... We're almost there.

HEED THE CRYSTAL'S CALL.

[Ramesses]

WHOA, I for one loved that trailer!! So much feels!

-First and foremost, Gaius and his posse!!!

That looks like a Roegadyn on the left? If the Garlean legati are not just humans, I'd really like to see a bad ass evil Lalafell one. Preferably wielding a physical weapon so he/she is a different type of bad ass than Shantoto.

Great idea Kamui and you know what, something that has been bothering me every time I look at the image for the Garlean Emperor (Solus)...

He's standing so confidently that he looks "stout", which begs the question... what race is he exactly? Hyur (not quite)? Roegadyn (Hmmm)? Or...

...is he a Lalafell?

[Alerith]

Does nobody else find the white coloring of the female Legatus on the right...discomforting? A legacy of the White Raven? His apprentice? A lover? A competitor?

I doubt Nael would have been called the White Raven unless he was the only Legatus to wear the white armor...so something about her feels connected by the fact that she is also wearing white Legatus armor.

[Goufunaki]

Does nobody else find the white coloring of the female Legatus on the right...discomforting? A legacy of the White Raven? His apprentice? A lover? A competitor?

I doubt Nael would have been called the White Raven unless he was the only Legatus to wear the white armor...so something about her feels connected by the fact that she is also wearing white Legatus armor.

I doubt there's going to be any real deep connection like that just from the color of their armor. Gaius is called the Black Wolf, but there's a character next to him wearing even more black.

I'm more curious by what animal names they get nick named, assuming that's going to be the case (White Raven, Black Wolf, Red Lobster, ect).

[Alerith]

I doubt there's going to be any real deep connection like that just from the color of their armor. Gaius is called the Black Wolf, but there's a character next to him wearing even more black.

I'm more curious by what animal names they get nick named, assuming that's going to be the case (White Raven, Black Wolf, Red Lobster, ect).

While I agree that you are most likely correct, something still feels like it's being intentionally done. Yes, there are other Legatus in black armor, but this is more in line with the traditional Imperial look. Even the one with more red still seems to fall into this line.

But the white armor was something that made Nael stand out in 1.0 and become something of an iconic look as far as FFXIV villains go. I'm finding it hard to believe that the design team arbitrarily gave this new female Legatus the white color scheme without taking into consideration what it could represent.

Again, you're likely right, but I am a fan of speculation.

[Rowyne]

I'm more curious by what animal names they get nick named, assuming that's going to be the case (White Raven, Black Wolf, Red Lobster, ect).

Red Lobster *giggles*