Feedback on patch trailers

[SummonerSenah]

How can you not tell what's not MSQ and what is MSQ? If you have been playing this game then you would know what characters are apart of the MSQ and those that are in Return to Ivalice so I don't see how that is an issue.

There's overlap where MSQ characters are in other quests. I'm sure you're right, maybe I just didn't pay enough attention. Regardless, I still prefer the older style of trailers, and I'm welcome to that opinion.

[Nestama]

Trailers are supposed to snappy and fast to get you hyped. The music used for the trailer was perfect, the pacing was well done and the editing was great as well.

Precisely. It also didn't show any fluff like flowerpots, new furnishing, new gear and hairstyles (do those really need a segment in a trailer?) and better yet... the Namazu weren't in the trailer at all. I haaaaaaaate those things.

[Vexander]

How can you not tell what's not MSQ and what is MSQ?

Remember the 4.2 Trailer with Krile meeting another Lalafell? I wasn't sure if it was MSQ or something else. Turns out it wasn't MSQ at all, but for a while I was flying all over the place and looking things up, trying to figure out why I had missed part of the MSQ in 4.2.

[Remus]

There's overlap where MSQ characters are in other quests. I'm sure you're right, maybe I just didn't pay enough attention. Regardless, I still prefer the older style of trailers, and I'm welcome to that opinion.

That is correct there is a overlap for MSQ in other quests. I'm not saying you can't like the older ones. To put it simply.. the older ones basically saying "this is housing, this is 24man, this is msq" etc via the corner so you could easily connect it. The new trailers are basically made where those that are already playing should be able to see that "this is msq, this is 24 man" and such while a new player would just look at it and wonder what is going on but still think it looks cool. Also a common complaint for ffxiv is the similar content cycle each release and the old layout highlights this while the new one somewhat covers it up well.

Remember the 4.2 Trailer with Krile meeting another Lalafell? I wasn't sure if it was MSQ or something else. Turns out it wasn't MSQ at all, but for a while I was flying all over the place and looking things up, trying to figure out why I had missed part of the MSQ in 4.2.

Yeah and I didn't think that was MSQ. Do you know why? There is currently no reason for Krile to be in the MSQ right now. They could have used her but they wouldn't be much point because there wasn't a need for her. With that idea in my head that only leads to Eureka also if you look at the 4.2 trailer right after the scene with Krile and the new character it shows Eureka... and we saw Eureka in the previous live letter via images...so you can easily make the connection, so you just need to pay attention.

[Vexander]

Yeah and I didn't think that was MSQ. Do you know why? There is currently no reason for Krile to be in the MSQ right now. They could have used her but they wouldn't be much point because there wasn't a need for her. With that idea in my head that only leads to Eureka also if you look at the 4.2 trailer right after the scene with Krile and the new character it shows Eureka... and we saw Eureka in the previous live letter via images...so you can easily make the connection, so you just need to pay attention.

I didn't see the images from the live letter, so I can't very well make that connection. For all I knew Krile was heading somewhere to help with something. Seemed as likely she was heading to Doma to try and fix Yotsuyu as anything else.

[Rofel]

MSQ is what I'm most looking for on new patches. I am not very happy knowing it ends in less than 1 hour of gameplay and yet they are showing so much, like the Gosetsu fight.

Yeah, I know it lacks context, but yet... it would be better to actually see it playing the msq, wich, again, isn't so long after all.

[Nestama]

Well they didn't show the MSQ Trial (and they said they wouldn't because big spoiler reasons probably), so there's that to look forward to.

[Avatre]

Well they didn't show the MSQ Trial (and they said they wouldn't because big spoiler reasons probably), so there's that to look forward to.

I would argue that they likely did show part of it...I mean just look at the setting for one of those scenes(practically all red - sky, railing, platform...people).

[Remus]

I would argue that they likely did show part of it...I mean just look at the setting for one of those scenes(practically all red - sky, railing, platform...people).

They said they are showing nothing on the trial in the trailer. So that is most likely a solo instance which happens before it. The only people we see during that part is us the WoL and a few other characters I won't name in case some people don't want to see the trailer or know what's in it. Anytime they show a trial they always show different angles being able to see other players and mechanics (look at Byakko and Shinryu extreme in the 4.1/4.2 trailers). We saw no sign of these so we have to assume that wasn't the trial.

[Brightshadow]

omg at 1:05 is that a new job crystal? Doesn't look like any of the other job crystals.