Dawntrail Launch Trailer

[Unholychinchilla]

I wonder if this is the English localization going off the rails again like our first chat with Midgarsormr or if they just picked a different line for the English trailer.

They've used entirely different lines in the English trailers before so I suspect that may be the case as they may have done another trick they've done before by having and entirely different characters voice line play over a scene they're not even in. I say this as in the English version, the voice we hear when Enigmatic maiden is seen speaking sounds like Krile to me. It would be a bit of a troll move but it's the sort of thing they've pulled in patch and launch trailers before. They like to throw in red herrings.

[Turtledeluxe]

I have no problem with Solution 9 because I have turned off any footage of it since the first screenshot they showed of it. I barely watched the last live letter because it seemed expansion Ruining. I want it to all feel fresh when I play it.

[Kranel_San]

I have no problem with Solution 9 because I have turned off any footage of it since the first screenshot they showed of it. I barely watched the last live letter because it seemed expansion Ruining. I want it to all feel fresh when I play it.

I wish they kept it a secret the same way they did to Elpis

[Voidmage]

I‘ll be honest.
It took a few watches but I kinda like the trailer. It’s not on the level of Shb or EW but they did a good job with no former quests that lead into it much.
It was nice not seeing the scions in every scene and even solution 9 looks interesting here.

That said what I didn‘t like was Wuk Lamat going on and on about being dawnservant and to be quit honest it all felt a bit too distanced from our WoL.

Just my personal opinion about it.

The music was also nice.

[Carin-Eri]

I‘ll be honest.
It took a few watches but I kinda like the trailer. It’s not on the level of Shb or EW but they did a good job with no former quests that lead into it much.
It was nice not seeing the scions in every scene and even solution 9 looks interesting here.

That said what I didn‘t like was Wuk Lamat going on and on about being dawnservant and to be quit honest it all felt a bit too distanced from our WoL.

Just my personal opinion about it.

The music was also nice.

Worth noting that we didn't really see the likes of Y'shtola, the twins, or G'raha at all - at least not outside of brief glimpses.

[Dastan]

I rewatched the Endwalker launch trailer and yeah, they did show some stuff in that one too. Even played the music for the final zone. However, without context it's not really spoilers. I really only see it as a tease of what is to come in the expansion. Like they did show Zodiark, but never showed the context of how we got there and what happened. You hear the main antagonist's voice in the trailer even but you don't know who they are.

Without context of what we see in these trailers, we know absolutely nothing. We won't know until we play it.

[Carin-Eri]

To be honest, my opinion of all of this is influenced by the fact that I didn't starting playing until very shortly after Endwalker launched. I was therefore not exposed to pre-release material of any previous expansion and hadn't experienced how it must feel to wait for one whilst being exposed to all the promotional build up to it.
I'll also note that I came to FFXIV from a game which was rubbish at promoting new content - they didn't reveal much at all until at least a week before launch due to paranoia around angry players.

However, the cinematic and pre-release trailer have impressed me and, for me, did the job they should - it left me curious to find out where the story is going to take us.

I will admit, though, that this trailer presented itself better from the 'second half' than the first. I'm more intrigued about the 'technologically advanced civilization coming in guns blazing' aspect than anything else and I'd assume that element of the story will occur quite late into the expansion. Which isn't a problem per-se, but I feel it will leave me anticipating that part of the story and it may sometimes feel a bit difficult to avoid the temptation to 'rush' content in the hopes of getting to that part. And that's something I resolved to NOT do, since I'm keen to digest the story and enjoy it and have little interest in sprinting to the endgame.

Aside from that, I definitely enjoyed the music (particularly from 2:38) which will no doubt feature in the game at some point.

[weebtext]

It's almost impressive how unhyped I am. Oh gosh oh golly gee I sure can't wait for the wall boss with the hitbox half the size of the arena!!!!1!!

[Laerune]

Second half of the trailer would have been soo much better, if we didnt know about Solution 9.

Still Endwalker suprised us with Elpis and the characters there.

I am hyped and cant wait for launch.

[Carin-Eri]

Second half of the trailer would have been soo much better, if we didnt know about Solution 9.

Still Endwalker suprised us with Elpis and the characters there.

I am hyped and cant wait for launch.

In a way, I wish they'd kept that element of the story under wraps, though I do understand why they didn't.

Eitherway, I'm anticipating the invasion (or what appears to be one) from the technologically advanced civilization element of the story moreso than the 'succession'.