Patch 3.4 - Soul Surrender

**Caitlyn** · 09-20-2016 05:18 PM

Did someone noticed a specific skill from Whitemage of Darkness? Its an unnamed skill where you can apply fire on an arrow. You can see it here: Patch 3.4 Trailer

This skill was never implemented in FFXIV 2.X. But it was performed in the official Trailer of FFXIV 1.0 a few years ago: FFXIV 1.0 Trailer

Anyone knows, what this skill actual do? Is it an old skill from 1.0?

**Anonymoose** · 09-20-2016 05:32 PM

Originally Posted by Caitlyn

Anyone knows, what this skill actual do? Is it an old skill from 1.0?

Nope; they're just lampshading the old "nonexistent skills" from the CGs. It was a nice little touch, imho.

I assume, in the 1.0 Opening CG, the spell was supposed to be Enfire.
Conjurers originally used all six elements, while thaumaturges used only the two polarities.

**Dualblade** · 09-20-2016 09:31 AM

Alexander Prime is also a possibility.

Edit: And Ninja'd

**Theodric** · 09-20-2016 12:28 PM

Well, realistically Ilberd doesn't have a shred of hope rallying a bunch of rag-tag Ala Mhigans to his side and then throwing them at his homeland to reclaim it. That would require Garlemald to be portrayed in a highly incompetent manner. We also know that Ilberd is willing to go to great lengths - his brand of 'righteousness' involves murdering his own allies and scheming to harm a foreign monarch along with various other dubious decisions. So, to me, if the masked man is Ilberd then I believe it safe to assume that he has outside help and will resort to something horrible in an attempt to liberate his nation.

3.4 should provide some solid answers though. Yet any attempt to reclaim Ala Mhigo isn't going to be clean or justified - it's going to be messy. One could say it'd be a storm of blood, even. Yet with all the talk of cycles and history repeating itself Ilberd's actions could be the very thing that ends up forging peace and stable bonds between Eorzea and Garlemald's more moderate elements.

**Hinoto-no-Ryuji** · 09-20-2016 03:52 PM

Originally Posted by Theodric

Well, realistically Ilberd doesn't have a shred of hope rallying a bunch of rag-tag Ala Mhigans to his side and then throwing them at his homeland to reclaim it. That would require Garlemald to be portrayed in a highly incompetent manner.

One way around that - Ala Mhigo could only have a token force present within it, with most of Garlemald's military having been pulled out/re-assigned until a solution to the primal problem presents itself. We don't know much about the current Garlean military presence in Eorzea, do we? Two of its leaders have been lost, now. I could see Varys (or even the previous Emperor) cutting his losses and leaving only a skeleton force behind. It could very easily have been anywhere from 1 to 5 years since that happened, too, so get a complacent enough regiment and tenacious or sneaky enough refugees...

In fact, the more I think about it, the more I like the idea. Let's say Ilberd breaks in and takes the token force stationed there unawares, installing himself as ruler. This gives Garlemald reason to start committing troops to Eorzea again, causing both a reason to work together as well as political strife about doing so. We could then work towards taking the city back from Ilberd over the course of the expansion while conflict with Garlemald bubbles and builds as that goal comes closer to becoming a reality; by the end, our alliance of convenience would be at an end (a la the Allies at the end of WWII), but we'd have then spent enough time working alongside Garleans so as to muddy the waters of upcoming war with them.

Of course, that all works with the Primal idea too, but I kind of like the idea of street-level combat. Plus, it means Primals can take a backseat finally, since Ilberd taking the city with a Primal would almost certainly mean that we'd be contending with that Primal would then be a major focus of the story. And although that would give the narrative cause to bring Omega back in, no Primal means Garlemald would be more likely to get into the thick of it from the outset. We need, at this point, something that forces us to work with them or at least bring them back into the main thrust of the narrative, and right now any anti-Primal means that we have don't require or involve them at all (and if they had something, they'd almost certainly act autonomously, without bothering to consult with Eorzea).

**RobinMalvin** · 09-20-2016 04:04 PM

Originally Posted by Theodric

Well, realistically Ilberd doesn't have a shred of hope rallying a bunch of rag-tag Ala Mhigans to his side and then throwing them at his homeland to reclaim it. That would require Garlemald to be portrayed in a highly incompetent manner. We also know that Ilberd is willing to go to great lengths - his brand of 'righteousness' involves murdering his own allies and scheming to harm a foreign monarch along with various other dubious decisions. So, to me, if the masked man is Ilberd then I believe it safe to assume that he has outside help and will resort to something horrible in an attempt to liberate his nation.

This is one of the reason I doubt that our masked man is actually Ilberd. He and the rest of the Braves are wanted men now, so revealing himself publicly and drawing attention, even masked, this early will only risk himself captured. He also has no way to be able to persuade the people of Little Ala Mhigo, not after his betrayal also caused Wildred's death, something everyone there seems to be aware of. Given his elaborate outfit, and the people behind him look to me like those of Corpse Brigade, I'm starting to think that the masked guy is actually the leader of the Brigade.

As much as I want Ilberd to come back just so I can cut off his arm, it's too early and too sloppy for him to resurface again, especially in that manner. If the masked guy is truly someone from the Corpse Brigade aka former Royal Guards of Ala Mhigo, in my opinion it'll make for more interesting narrative.

Originally Posted by ToppeHatte

Yay, The Manipulator 3.0 xD

**Kusanagi7** · 09-20-2016 05:35 PM

I want masked guy to be Gaius but chances are slim to none.

**Daemius** · 09-21-2016 12:31 AM

I'm Camp Masked Guy Is Ilberd for sure. It's either him or some completely new character but I don't know why he would be masked if it wasn't Ilberd.

Sophia looks really cool. Makes me want to fantasia to Azeyma as my chosen deity. If the patron deity is going to have little to no effect on my character I may as well pick one that has a cool looking primal associated with it.

So far I like the look of the final phase Alexander. It's looks like the story will finally get serious and I can stop making fun of the bad steampunk robots and cheese empire goblins.

The scene with Tupsimati doesn't look like a flashback to me. Is there any reason it has to be? Couldn't Papalymo just be hanging on to a piece of it for something or other?

Garuda is definitely either an attack or an add. You can see the final boss of Xelphatol behind her when she shows up in the trailer.

**Balipu** · 09-21-2016 01:45 AM

Originally Posted by Daemius

I'm Camp Masked Guy Is Ilberd for sure. It's either him or some completely new character but I don't know why he would be masked if it wasn't Ilberd.

For the same reason everyone who isn't Ilberd is wearing a mask. Funny thing is, just because the masked guy is new to us, he might not be new to everyone else. He is hiding his looks from the crowd, not the player.
Also, Ysayle was introduced in 2.4 so this is the right time to get us aquainted with a new anti-hero/villain/anti-villain/hero for the pre expansion + early expansion storyline.

Yes, I'm Camp Newguy. In fact I am Camp Stormblood.

**Daemius** · 09-21-2016 07:28 AM

Originally Posted by Balipu

For the same reason everyone who isn't Ilberd is wearing a mask. Funny thing is, just because the masked guy is new to us, he might not be new to everyone else. He is hiding his looks from the crowd, not the player.
Also, Ysayle was introduced in 2.4 so this is the right time to get us aquainted with a new anti-hero/villain/anti-villain/hero for the pre expansion + early expansion storyline.

Yes, I'm Camp Newguy. In fact I am Camp Stormblood.

That's if they want the story to be as repetitive as the patch cycle currently. Just because content releases are predictable doesn't mean the story has to be. I'd rather not be able to go like "Oh it's the final patch of the expansion time for a betrayal and revelation of new race" every time >.> I'm not opposed to having a new character but getting a new Ysayle-like character just because this is 3.4 is not a great idea to me.

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