Ifrit Fight

[Rinsui]

Can someone who can translate Japanese have a look at the text from the Garleans at 1:37 and 2:00 (right before he first he beam)?

1:37
when the 6th sun / fades / and the seventh moon / glows
out of the clouds / red fire falls / out of the underworld / a black chasm opens
(isn't that part of Thancret's poem?)

2:00
Unimportant Boss-babbling. Translated: I wonder how miserable you all will look in the face of the light of judgement. I hope you will at least prove a worthy diversion for me.

[Xmbei]

Hmm... so that has me wondering if the Ifrit fight is a 2 phase fight.... where you go in to attack Ifrit and then the Empire comes in and trys to take over and doesn't matter who is in the way and Ifrit get's away and in anger Darnus turns his attention onto us the players.... would be interesting...

Edit: Or we go to Ifrit to talk to him, Darnus shows up attacks Ifrit in the middle of our conversation, and ifrit takes us into his realm and thinking we betrayed him to the Empire attacks us.

[AdvancedWind]

Possible reasons for the extra HP

Materia + Removal of physical levels + new gear with HP bonuses + (gamemaster power?)

[ninesunz]

/sh Fire resist <gear> <can i have it?> 50k <each> </tell>

[Payadopa]

And it begins...

[Malakhim]

So I take it nobody else thinks that this entire ordeal is slightly disconnected from the main storyline, which makes the game itself seem that much more disjointed.

[Pulseczar]

So I take it nobody else thinks that this entire ordeal is slightly disconnected from the main storyline, which makes the game itself seem that much more disjointed.

It is part of the storyline. Your highest is only level 31. You'll see it in a main mission soon.

[Malakhim]

It is part of the storyline. Your highest is only level 31. You'll see it in a main mission soon.

I've already seen the rank quest, and the only "battle" you do with Ifrit is one with words. The fact that you can fight Ifrit at rank 30 and 50 is in direct conflict with the main quest. Obviously there's information missing regarding this whole thing, but unless this is a sign of a story revamp(don't know how they'll pull it off if it is), the "main story", and thus the main conflict and one of the pillars of the game, is being turned into a disjointed placeholder.

[viion]

I've already seen the rank quest, and the only "battle" you do with Ifrit is one with words. The fact that you can fight Ifrit at rank 30 and 50 is in direct conflict with the main quest. Obviously there's information missing regarding this whole thing, but unless this is a sign of a story revamp(don't know how they'll pull it off if it is), the "main story", and thus the main conflict and one of the pillars of the game, is being turned into a disjointed placeholder.

You are correct, the story is starting to make absolute no sense XD We fight this guy then we do story and its like we just met him and everythings different, ah well im not to much into story, it was very typical and boring to begin with!

[Krausus]

I've already seen the rank quest, and the only "battle" you do with Ifrit is one with words. The fact that you can fight Ifrit at rank 30 and 50 is in direct conflict with the main quest. Obviously there's information missing regarding this whole thing, but unless this is a sign of a story revamp(don't know how they'll pull it off if it is), the "main story", and thus the main conflict and one of the pillars of the game, is being turned into a disjointed placeholder.

Probably has to do with the poem Yoshi mentioned in a previous letter, as well as the Archanists in the game, notice the moon is eclipsed.