(6.0 spoiler?) what's the deal with platinum color?

[kaynide]

I wonder if the connection to alchemy itself is the key. That Dynamis and Aether are alchemically joined in the same way matter and energy are in our understanding of science.

That is to say, Aether can neither be created or destroyed, just converted to Dynamis..and vice versa?

[nighttimebunny]

It's related to dynamis-the Elpis flowers that use dynamis are platinum.

Dynamis will probably continue to be important in the story.

[Black_Wing]

It's related to dynamis-the Elpis flowers that use dynamis are platinum.

Dynamis will probably continue to be important in the story.

I wish they wouldn't have used that word...I get flashbacks of Dynamis raiding nights from FFXI.... nothing more infuriating than getting the group all setup and another group comes in, sniping the zone from you and locking you out of the zone your group was going to farm for relic armor and currency for the sponsor who paid for the entry.

[van_arn]

I wish they wouldn't have used that word...I get flashbacks of Dynamis raiding nights from FFXI.... nothing more infuriating than getting the group all setup and another group comes in, sniping the zone from you and locking you out of the zone your group was going to farm for relic armor and currency for the sponsor who paid for the entry.

I whisper byne bill and walk away.

[Theodric]

Whatever it was meant to be doesn't appear to matter much, I suppose. Perhaps it was changed during the delay. Neither Hydaelyn or Zodiark received much focus when finally the story opted to put them into the spotlight and even though Hydaelyn ended up getting slightly more time than Zodiark did, her motives were far less sympathetic and as vague/emotionally abusive as ever.

[Kozh]

Whatever it was meant to be doesn't appear to matter much, I suppose.

Yeah I suppose you're right. Maybe it's on me for expecting some 4d chess plot twist from it lol

[Theodric]

Yeah I suppose you're right. Maybe it's on me for expecting some 4d chess plot twist from it lol

To be fair, I think it's perfectly understandable. A lot of us expected a bit more depth to the finale than what we ended up getting. Ultimately, it's very likely a consequence of the story arc ending in 6.0 when it was originally meant to come to a close in 7.0 instead.

[Exosapien]

So if anyone else remember, Yoshida hyped 3 things before endwalker. First is the platinum color, second is the Amano artwork of hydaelyn and zodiark, and last is "things on eorzea (pre-endwalker) that only Yoshida know, not even foxclon realize it". And he subtly implied those three are important for EW.

After finishing 6.0 though, I still don\\'t understand them. For hydaelyn and zodiark artwork, I guess it about "oh, that\\'s actually how they look like"?. Can\\'t find anything about platinum nor "things only Yoshida know" though.

I wouldn't say he hyped anything about "the platinum color". He explained his process and design goals. He wasn't saying, "Look forward to it!" He even mentioned how he understands that most people wont even understand what he's talking about. That happens a lot with creative type people. There are things that you just can't explain but make perfect sense to you. "Platinum" is his thing for EW. I'm also pretty sure a lot of context was lost in translation. His translators are amazing at what they do, but even the best translator can't always express the more intangible things.

The most obvious tie to this "platinum" theme is what the first person responded to this thread with. The Amano artwork was just something they were all very excited about (rightfully so) - and if you can't find the relevance to that in EW I don't know how to make it more obvious.

And as for things only Yoshi-P would know, how would anyone spot things that only he knows?

[KizuyaKatogami]

I’ve just kind of stopped listening to Yoshi p tbh. A lot of what he says doesn’t seem to come to fruition. Like for example when he was teasing Endwalker way back when and he was saying things like “no one is safe, the scions aren’t safe just because they’re locked behind quests etc.” And yet nothing ever came from that.

[Kozh]

The most obvious tie to this "platinum" theme is what the first person responded to this thread with. The Amano artwork was just something they were all very excited about (rightfully so) - and if you can't find the relevance to that in EW I don't know how to make it more obvious

I knew about that theory since before EW, as I frequently visit the ffxiv discord (lore channel), but the interpretation of platinum isn't really specific to EW. You can even match SB/ShB with it. But anyway,

For amano art, he said "this is hydaelyn and zodiark, please look at this and revisit it again after you finish EW, you might find something interesting" (paraphrasing obviously).

And as for things only Yoshi-P would know, how would anyone spot things that only he knows?

Because he made it sound like a puzzle/challenge for the players to find after EW? So pre-EW obviously only he noticed that things, but after EW players should have been able to noticed it too, assuming those "things" really exist.