Patch 3.4 - Soul Surrender

[Dualblade]

Ice would be unaccounted for because we still have it. We would be put in a situation similar to what Midgarsomr did to us, but both better and worse. Worse in that a known enemy has taking Hydaelyn's power and using it for their own ends, better in that we still have some of it instead of losing all of it this time around.

[myahele]

I think they're in possession of the ice crystal


The only one we can't see is water and earth, mostly because the Lalafell WoD can't be seen in this scene so we can't be sure which crystal she has. I do find it interesting that the crystals they have corresponds to the soul crystal of their respective jobs\

Also, dont we get the water crystal 1st no matter which city state we start in?

[Anonymoose]

I think they're in possession of the ice crystal

Huh, so he does have ice. WHM earth then? Matches the Palace weapon theme, color-wise. Water is missing, then?

Also, dont we get the water crystal 1st no matter which city state we start in?

Yes. I like to joke that it means Limsa Lominsa is canon.

Creepy that your first completes their set, in that hypothetical case... (Also matches the blue DRG stone, interestingly.)

<crinkles his darksteelfoil nervously>

[Theodric]

Ah, good. More fuel for my Warrior of Light x Warrior of Darkness ship. Ngh.

Regula and the Warrior of Darkness have such sexy voices.

(Yes, that is my contribution to this thread for now. Expect something more in-depth later when I'm more awake.)

@Cyril: Art thou pleased? Elidibus!

[Amerida]

So, I've been reading this forum for ages, but I finally decided to enable my account on here so I could post this. Watching the 3.4 trailer, I managed to pause and catch a glimpse at who it is Darklander has chained up. I'm still trying to wrap my head around the implications. It's Derplander.

I took a screencap. Look at his hair. And think about the outline of the armor. It's very much the set Derplander wears post change to DRG, just sans the helmet.

[ZhaneX]

So, I've been reading this forum for ages, but I finally decided to enable my account on here so I could post this. Watching the 3.4 trailer, I managed to pause and catch a glimpse at who it is Darklander has chained up. I'm still trying to wrap my head around the implications. It's Derplander.

I took a screencap. Look at his hair. And think about the outline of the armor. It's very much the set Derplander wears post change to DRG, just sans the helmet.

Well, given that he's generally the stand-in for Players, then that would mean that the one the Darklander chains up in the story is...us?
Hooray for the mighty Warrior of Light, Slayer of Gods and Finder of Truths, being reduced to a helpless damsel in story cutscenes once again!

Dammit, is it really that hard to animate us doing anything really cool in these cutscenes? Must we always sit back and have everyone else do stuff for us?

[RobinMalvin]

WoDs used to be WoLs right? So what if those crystals are actually their own crystals of light, originally given by Hydaelyn to them? And now they use the power of their previous benefactor against her?

And the final boss from Xelphatol; is that another Echo user? He seems to be able to somehow call upon Garuda's power so he MERGED with her?? D:

We know that Sephirot is a life incarnate, and Sophia, from the scale and her ultimate, seems to be justice incarnate? Could she be related to Ramuh then?

[Nestama]

WDammit, is it really that hard to animate us doing anything really cool in these cutscenes? Must we always sit back and have everyone else do stuff for us?

Rather than animate, make it an instanced battle we can't win. They did it before the fight against Ifrit... yet never again.

[Grayve]

Dammit, is it really that hard to animate us doing anything really cool in these cutscenes? Must we always sit back and have everyone else do stuff for us?

Probably, yes. Even games like TOR that had us 'do stuff' in cutscenes resorted to the default weapon... Trooper would always use a pistol, for example, or a jedi a lightsaber instead of a vibroblade. Also, I can't imagining how making it work on both Lala's and Roe's would be easy.

[Theodric]

I mean, honestly, we get plenty of opportunities for the Warrior of Light to do 'cool stuff' in the actual game itself. Those instanced battles in dungeons, raids, trials and the like? They are our 'epic cut-scenes'.