Patch 3.4 - Soul Surrender

[Tenkuu]

"Soul Surrender" is quite an interesting title since it can be interpreted in that plenty of people have "surrendered" their souls: Dayun (Mide's BF) sucked into Alaxanders core, Ixal's devotion to Garuda,Minfilia giving herself up to Hydaelyn. Wonder if the WoD gave up something similar.

The name of the patch is ominous as well. Soul Surrender...

I'm so excited about this new major patch! I was honestly beginning to fear we might not see it until October. As for the title, it gave me a bad feeling from the moment I first saw it. If you have a look at the Japanese title, or subtitle depending on how you see it, it's 魂を継ぐ者, which translates to something like Soul Inheritors (or Successors), which is incidently how the Scions are referred to, ie Louisoix's successors. The bad feeling didn't go away from seeing that one, in fact it intensified, but now I'm not sure what to make of it. Is it referring to an event from the past, present or future?

Do you really want to pressure yourself to clear the Coil just for a few words changed in the script?

Given that a lot of skilled players can help those who have more difficulty clear such content with the use of the Undersize function, I doubt that it would be that much pressure. I mean I'm not very good at the most difficult content myself but with a lot of help I've managed to clear even T13 a few months back. Plus, you eventually get used to the mechanics from experiencing them yourself. I mean the video guides are helpful for knowing how things should look, but whether or not you can actually make that happen with your character is a whole other story that only your personal experience will speak to. Either way, I would say do it because it's both fun and amazing, not because of any pressure. I always wanted to do Coils, always wanted to have those cutscenes for myself, whereas with Alexander I find the story uninspired and I don't like Mide either. Coils has a greater tie-in to MSQ and so is bound to be more interesting.