FFXIV Stormblood confirmed

[Roth_Trailfinder]

The only reason I have to doubt that is Yda is .. she does not have that Sharlayan device on her in the clip. You know the one, the lens-thing that all the Scions carry.

[SendohJin]

No idea if it is Yda tho, maybe someone of her family, a twin or sister or someone else...

They already did that with Lucia/Livia please not again.

[Akio_Balg]

hmmm cant see Yda´s tatoo in that teaser ... so maybe not her.

[Zumi]

No neck tattoo either so it can't be her

[ThirdKeyOfSun]

I honestly don't know the lore behind it so could someone help me please D:
ARE the marks tattoos or are they just marks they put on themselves to signify their intentions as a Scion? If they are just marks to be taken off maybe that could still be Yda and her not having it is her signaling she has a greater/different purpose that is important to her now beyond the duties of a Scion.

[myahele]

The no neck tattoo could be a mistake that the cgi team made. Much like how Hraesvalgr was used instead of Nidhogg. That and maybe they're still trying to keep some semblance of mystery before 3.5's reveal.

Tattoos in the real world can be removed, I'm pretty sure they can do something similar with with Sharlayan magic

[Saito_S]

Re: the tattoo, I tend to agree... of course, we can't completely discount the possibility that it's meant to be her, and the people who put this trailer together goofed and forgot it. XD

Exactly this, Thancred's job was never really truely defined until they added rogue/ninja. There is no reason Yda couldn't be the same. Vaguely pugilist/monk until dancer is released then written otherwise.

Except there is nothing vague about Yda. She has consistently, in MSQ battles where she fights with you as an NPC and in cutscenes, been shown to be a PGL/MNK. There's nothing vague or "kinda like a PGL/MNK, ish, sorta" about her fighting style. She's a perfect match to how the actual PGL/MNK player classes play. So for her to be, from 4.0 on, written as "oh yes she's a dancer, she was always a dancer!" would be really weird and a massive retcon.

Now, if in the story, she was a PGL/MNK, and then later learned the (relatively similar) art of combat dancer, then sure, that'd work. But "she was always a dancer, we just couldn't say so because there was no dancer class"? Nah.

As for the trailer and info we've gotten: hot damn, I'm pretty hyped. Yes, it's mostly been system improvement stuff so far (and PS3 support dropped! huzzah!), but some of those are REALLY needed so hey! And what we've seen of Ala Mhigo looks stunning. I'm quite sold; the hype train can count on me being a passenger for the duration of its journey.

[EdwinLi]

The no neck tattoo could be a mistake that the cgi team made. Much like how Hraesvalgr was used instead of Nidhogg. That and maybe they're still trying to keep some semblance of mystery before 3.5's reveal.

Tattoos in the real world can be removed, I'm pretty sure they can do something similar with with Sharlayan magic

At this point I am assuming these CGI trailers/cutscenes are the Warrior of Darkness's story before he became the Warrior of Darkness. Don't forget the world the WoD is from is very similar to the world of FF14 we know but people's life has taken different turns and twist resulting in slightly different events while majority of things we know remained the same.

For example, Hraesvalgr in the First World may have been the one to start the Dragon Song War while Nidhogg remains the Good Dragon. The events still follow similar to our WoL but with the difference that the WoD did not have the Scions as allies but instead the other Warrior of Darkness took the Scion's roles and Hraesvalgr was the final boss of the Dragon Song Arc for the WoD while First World Nidhogg would help bring peace and end the Dragon Song War in the First World.

[Remus]

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They already said that wasn't suppose to be Hraesvalgr in the CG trailer and it was a mistake. It had nothing to do with the First World.

[Mimilu]

Anyone else notice at around 1:15-1:16 on the youtube trailer, the Girl-in-Red uses her sleeve (which has a metal blade attached to it) to attack the derplander?
I think it might be an allusion to the Cloth weapons from Tactics, which could only be used by Dancers and Onion Knights (in the rerelease).
I also think the metal blade is what she is holding on the games logo too.