4.4 Trailer!

[KaivaC]

Yes, I agree and hope this can be a more regular occurrence in the future. It gives us more immersion and empathy with the NPC character while also making us feel like we are in control of our our decisions.

Going into full blown theory-mode here, but with us going to the Burn, Y'shtola dealing with things in Doma, and Thancred in the western provinces...I can definitely see room for us doing instances as those characters. I was gonna say maybe our Echo has evolved enough for us to see things from their perspectives, which could explain the Echo filter in the CS...but out of the three of them, I think only Alphy, Alisaie and Lyse were present when we shielded them from tempering. WAs gonna say perhaps we gained the ability from shielding them

[Bonbori]

Yes, I agree and hope this can be a more regular occurrence in the future. It gives us more immersion and empathy with the NPC character while also making us feel like we are in control of our our decisions.

Me too! I hope there's more "roleplaying" scenarios, there are so many characters I want to learn more about and see things from their perspective, especially the villains (including the former villains).
Perhaps it's something they can use in the future to make the Echo recaps more fun? Instead of having lengthy "this is what happened off-screen" cutscenes, experiencing the more important Echo visions interactively would make me feel more like I'm actually exploring someone's memories and not just watching a movie starring them.

[Berteaux_Braumegain]

Fair enough, (I don't play Drg) but of course an Azure Dragoon would be involved with the Azure Dragon :P
But by going with this theme, there could also be a yellow dragon.

That would likely be Koryu.

[jkjrdn]

And I just started the game... its a long grind before I get to stormblood.

[Xion136]

Well, we have had a Turtle, Tiger, and now a firebird Auspice, which means the final auspice will most likely be the Azure dragon. I think it's pretty neat that they're following the Four Symbols theme

I'm pretty certain they said this would be the finale of the 4 Lord's Storyline.

Which I think is dumb, we need Seiryu as you say here. So unless s/he (I want Seiryu a girl so it's 2 - 2 boy/girl Lords personally) is in a Duty instance, I don't know how they're really going to end this...

Unless they're planning a sequel storyline and they meant "this is the finale of this specific arc."

One can wish.

[KageTokage]

I don't recall them ever saying this would be the finale. Resolving the matters of Suzaku, Seiryu, and Kouryuu all in a single patch would be a bit much.

I feel like it's almost a given we'll have to deal with the latter of the three in some capacity, too, though perhaps not necessarily in a trial.

[Berteaux_Braumegain]

I'm pretty certain they said this would be the finale of the 4 Lord's Storyline.

Which I think is dumb, we need Seiryu as you say here. So unless s/he (I want Seiryu a girl so it's 2 - 2 boy/girl Lords personally) is in a Duty instance, I don't know how they're really going to end this...

Unless they're planning a sequel storyline and they meant "this is the finale of this specific arc."

One can wish.

I kinda doubt the story of The Four Lords is going to end before the fourth lord shows up. Especially when we have at least one more patch for Stormblood to conclude the Ivalice Raid.

[Maero]

I too would not want Alphineaud to die, kind of funny how so many hated the guy and now people are saying i hope he don't die, lol
We have had characters in the past that have had perma death like a certain knight and member of the scions

I honestly had been taking time off from FFXIV as have been bored with SB but this trailer looks great

[kikix12]

I too would not want Alphineaud to die, kind of funny how so many hated the guy and now people are saying i hope he don't die, lol

Death is usually just a cheap way to introduce drama when a more demanding method of doing so doesn't come to mind or is beyond the writers abilities. It's still something with "impact" since normally it is not possible to fix, hence it is a perpetual drama. Hence drama fans love it, while all the rest hates it.

Alphinaud is still a rather irritating character. On one side he's supposed to be very intelligent and eloquent, but at the same time, more often than not, he's doing absolutely idiotic things. His crystal braves are the biggest fail of his life and were a blatant problem, where he seemingly dismissed issues that did pop up from the very inception. Then there's the katana he bought with Scions money without even trying to haggle...even though Warrior of Light offered to buy it...He did it to prevent the hassle for the Warrior deeming it a Scions matter, only to depend on the player for a way more troublesome thing to get that money back...To begin with, how stupid one would need to be to even buy something without first asking for a price! The salesman could ninja-raise the price thinking he's rich after that declaration...

[Listrella]

I gotta give props to the leaker, they called it. Some redditors are throwing up the theory that our WoLs are involved in the final boss fight somehow. I don't think it's coming from the leaker, but that would be interesting that we fight ourselves or something similar. Guess we'll have to wait and see what exactly that final fight entails.

really omega is only the 3rd boss, who's the final boss then?