Final Fantasy XIV Hot Takes

[Kolsykol]

Yes, the national anthem at the end of Stormblood was kinda cringe.

But it wasn't any more or less cringe than how people irl sing their national anthem at everything and act overly patriotic and emotional about it ( especially a certain country, even down to the convenient eagle in movies too ).
If anything even if it was a weird moment they at least had sorta '' earned '' their right to sing it, instead of singing it literally everywhere all the time.
I bet a lot of people who complained about it at the end of Stormblood are far worse with this irl themselves lol.

[Midareyukki]

Yes, the national anthem at the end of Stormblood was kinda cringe.

But it wasn't any more or less cringe than how people irl sing their national anthem at everything and act overly patriotic and emotional about it ( especially a certain country, even down to the convenient eagle in movies too ).
If anything even if it was a weird moment they at least had sorta '' earned '' their right to sing it, instead of singing it literally everywhere all the time.
I bet a lot of people who complained about it at the end of Stormblood are far worse with this irl themselves lol.

It's more than blind patriotism. At least in that scene. Keep in mind the original lyrics were twisted during Garlean rule, so they were singing the original song to convey that they were finally free of them.

Just to hammer in the symbolism, I guess.

Measure of His Reach is kind of blah anyway, the cringe would settle one way or another.

[Shibi]

Measure of His Reach is kind of blah anyway, the cringe would settle one way or another.

I'm not sure what it is about the tune, but the first two notes of that song never fails in invoking memories of the old CCCP anthem, for me.

It's weird.

But it wasn't any more or less cringe than how people irl sing their national anthem at everything and act overly patriotic and emotional about it ( especially a certain country, even down to the convenient eagle in movies too ).

I doubt many Aussies even know the words of the first stanza of ours let alone the second stanza. But I do like the French one with it's rather vicious "qu'un sang impur, abreuve nos sillons!"

[Raoabolic]

Here's a hot take. I don't think there is anything wrong with having pride in where a person lives, doubly so in a work of fiction. Garlamand went from an oppressed nation of non magic users in a world of magic users to a force so fierce they make their enemies shirk. No kidding they have fans in their own ranks, lol. Take the rl filter out of works of fiction, it is better for the medium in the long run.

[Hezhi]

Firmament leveling should never have been a thing because it devalues class quests and beast tribes so much.

Making DoH/DoL quests untradeable after level 60 is boring, they should have kept it as craftable recipes that you can sell/buy.

Firmament expert crafting is fun and should be incorporated into classic crafting in some form.

[SamSmoot]

Yes, the crafting system is tedious, and risky in that you can lose your mats if not successful.
On the other hand, in WoW's one-click EZ-mode crafting system, the best gear you can produce is obsoleted by what you can get in the first normal mode dungeon of the expansion, so it's only worthwhile for making consumables. I also found that I could make more gold by selling the raw materials over the crafted goods that I (and everyone else) could make.

[Neoyoshi]

The forums can hurt the user perception of a video game.

[Kolsykol]

It's more than blind patriotism. At least in that scene. Keep in mind the original lyrics were twisted during Garlean rule, so they were singing the original song to convey that they were finally free of them.

Just to hammer in the symbolism, I guess.

Measure of His Reach is kind of blah anyway, the cringe would settle one way or another.

I actually didn't know it was the same song but with twisted lyrics, it makes even more sense then imo.
I think the scene feels a bit too choreographed, it almost feels like a Disney song performance.
But the context in which they sing it itself I think makes perfect sense and it has a lot more meaning than in 99% of the cases people sing it irl lol.

[Lihtleita]

The resources used to make hrothgar and viera could have gone towards making other races more desirable to play. what is a viera if not an upgraded elezen with ears?

[TheMightyMollusk]

Yes, the national anthem at the end of Stormblood was kinda cringe.

But it wasn't any more or less cringe than how people irl sing their national anthem at everything and act overly patriotic and emotional about it ( especially a certain country, even down to the convenient eagle in movies too ).
If anything even if it was a weird moment they at least had sorta '' earned '' their right to sing it, instead of singing it literally everywhere all the time.
I bet a lot of people who complained about it at the end of Stormblood are far worse with this irl themselves lol.

The only part that's really cringey to me is how they blatantly didn't even try to have the lip sync match the singing at all. Honestly, leaving their mouths closed would've looked less awkward. I'm used to not questioning where music is coming from in a video game.