Thank you to YoshiP and the devs for the Rising

[FenyxRising]

Who even read the letter forest? They're all so generic it might as well be copied from store bought holiday greeting cards

[ZephyrMenodora]

The version of Answers may have been Answers - Reprise. It played during the final moments of FFXIV, just before Dalamud fell (and a bunch of level 99 Atomos appeared in the
middle of Ul’dah because why not lol)

Thank you! I'll look for this.

Who even read the letter forest? They're all so generic it might as well be copied from store bought holiday greeting cards

I read all of them. And I've never seen a greeting card with messages like this, but why am I even responding to a troll alt?

[Zakuyia]

This years rising hit hard af just wanna say the dev team and yoshi-p really hit the 4th wall with this years rising and the fade the black screen message was happy to be apart of this years rising.

[SieyaM]

So not to rain on anyone's parade, but the song that is played is called Answers Reprise and it plays every year at the rising event, it isn't new. It's a good touch and definitely gives a certain ambiance to the event.

[Vahlnir]

So not to rain on anyone's parade, but the song that is played is called Answers Reprise and it plays every year at the rising event, it isn't new. It's a good touch and definitely gives a certain ambiance to the event.

It also played I think in just about every zone at the end of 1.0 before they had Bahamut nuke it. It's hauntingly beautiful taking that into account, and it was a great tie in for the "End of An Era" trailer that dropped in game as the servers went down.

[Enkidoh]

It also played I think in just about every zone at the end of 1.0 before they had Bahamut nuke it. It's hauntingly beautiful taking that into account, and it was a great tie in for the "End of An Era" trailer that dropped in game as the servers went down.

Actually, it's not quite the same track - the piece that played in every zone of 1.0 just before the 'Calamity' shutdown was actually different to Answers ~ Reprise. The 1.0 track's name has never been stated (and has never been released - it was missing from the FF XIV ~ Before Meteor soundtrack album), but has been fondly and unofficially called 'Dalamud Answers' by players.

The difference is in the structure - although both tracks feature Susan Calloway singing it in a capella, Answers ~ Reprise just repeats the first two or three verses of Answers where as Dalamud Answers is the full song in it's entirety, but Susan's vocals are deliberately distorted and don't just echo (with the benefit of hindsight, it was as if Hydaelyn herself was writhing in pain and despair, which, in a way, she was).

Just wanted to clarify that point as they're not actually exactly the same track.

[Carin-Eri]

Have to admit, I was actually really pleased when I used the new Phoenix 'mount' for the first time and realised that the mount music is:

Prelude - Rebirth

[Vivi_Gray]

Hearing "Answers" play by the decorations made me feel so warm. I loved the cameo as well! A nice homage to 10 years of FFXIV ARR and beyond

[LittleImp]

Too many of the critics aren't expressing any love for the game, though. They're only expressing hate.

I know that has come up before but as I've said before if players only mention what the devs are doing wrong and never mention what they're doing right, they're going to stop paying attention. No one can work effectively if they're stuck in a negative echo chamber.

Why do you keep posting this kind of thing?

You've had it laid out to you pretty explicitly that this isn't how things work, like in Lauront's excellent response in a previous thread: https://forum.square-enix.com/ffxiv/...=1#post6323211

It just feels like you know what you are posting isn't true, and are knowingly misrepresenting reality to appeal to peoples emotions.

[RosaliaDLB]

Why do you keep posting this kind of thing?

You've had it laid out to you pretty explicitly that this isn't how things work, like in Lauront's excellent response in a previous thread: https://forum.square-enix.com/ffxiv/...=1#post6323211

It just feels like you know what you are posting isn't true, and are knowingly misrepresenting reality to appeal to peoples emotions.

That's typical Jojoya though, their signature already says enough