New Trailer

[Coris]

I've watched all four trailers now and only in the German version Minfillia sounds as if she's about to cry.... Why? >_<"
I am really kind of addicted to the French Garuda, Minfillia and Cid.

[Nahaara]

Prepare yourselves, I'm about to go all seiyuu otaku on you.

All this time I thought that the three voice actors Rikiya Koyama, Rie Tanaka, and Miyuki Sawashiro would be voicing Raubahn, Kan-E-Senna, and Merlwyb respectively. It made sense at the time because of the three signatures alone on that one CE box. But watching this trailer, it's very obviously Sawashiro voicing Minfillia, and very obviously NOT Sawashiro voicing Merlwyb. I know she's been in the voice acting game for years, so there's a good chance there are a few different "voices" I've not heard from her, but the deepest she's ever really gone was as Inaba in Kokoro Connect or her character in Strike Witches. In the trailer, when Admiral Bloefhiswyn is speaking and she reaches a lower range in her voice, there's a resonance in it that doesn't exist when Sawashiro is speaking.

Though I'm not at all disappointed (Sawashiro's voice is a touch too high for the Admiral) I unfortunately I don't recognize whoever is voicing Merlwyb. Anyone care to help?

That would be Jean Gilpin voicing Merlwyb.

[LlenCoram]

That would be Jean Gilpin voicing Merlwyb.

I was looking for the Japanese voice actors.

[PEANUT]

I just can't believe how far they have come with this game, I am so proud of Yoshi and the devs and all the people involved with the creation of this new game! They worked hard, listened to the fans, and broke through all the hate and negativity towards 1.0 and even the alpha - beta stages. Once again a new trailer for this game has peaked my excitement, I can't contain it anymore!

[Soco]

HOW DID THAT BLACK MAGE SUMMON METEOR WITH AN ASTAROTH CANE?!

REVEAL YOUR SECRETS, TRAILER!

It's actually a Vicious Gladiator's Staff :0
http://www.wowhead.com/item=61343/vi...ff#screenshots
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HHnxfrvgdqw&t=3m8s (ARR staff video)

Compare and discuss :P.

[Ramesses]

WHOA, I for one loved that trailer!! So much feels!

-First and foremost, Gaius and his posse!!!

That looks like a Roegadyn on the left? If the Garlean legati are not just humans, I'd really like to see a bad ass evil Lalafell one. Preferably wielding a physical weapon so he/she is a different type of bad ass than Shantoto.

Great idea Kamui and you know what, something that has been bothering me every time I look at the image for the Garlean Emperor (Solus)...

He's standing so confidently that he looks "stout", which begs the question... what race is he exactly? Hyur (not quite)? Roegadyn (Hmmm)? Or...

...is he a Lalafell?

[KaiKatzchen]

The English voice acting could have been better... I preferred Gaius' old voice.

Agreed. There is something about his voice it sounds... idk over acted? Forced? But over all it is a very nice trailer and makes me want to have 2.0 here even sooner!

I doubt it highly, but it would be nice if they gave us the options on what language we would like the voices to be in, since everything seems to be subtitled anyway~!

[Alerith]

Does nobody else find the white coloring of the female Legatus on the right...discomforting? A legacy of the White Raven? His apprentice? A lover? A competitor?

I doubt Nael would have been called the White Raven unless he was the only Legatus to wear the white armor...so something about her feels connected by the fact that she is also wearing white Legatus armor.

[Goufunaki]

Does nobody else find the white coloring of the female Legatus on the right...discomforting? A legacy of the White Raven? His apprentice? A lover? A competitor?

I doubt Nael would have been called the White Raven unless he was the only Legatus to wear the white armor...so something about her feels connected by the fact that she is also wearing white Legatus armor.

I doubt there's going to be any real deep connection like that just from the color of their armor. Gaius is called the Black Wolf, but there's a character next to him wearing even more black.

I'm more curious by what animal names they get nick named, assuming that's going to be the case (White Raven, Black Wolf, Red Lobster, ect).

[Alerith]

I doubt there's going to be any real deep connection like that just from the color of their armor. Gaius is called the Black Wolf, but there's a character next to him wearing even more black.

I'm more curious by what animal names they get nick named, assuming that's going to be the case (White Raven, Black Wolf, Red Lobster, ect).

While I agree that you are most likely correct, something still feels like it's being intentionally done. Yes, there are other Legatus in black armor, but this is more in line with the traditional Imperial look. Even the one with more red still seems to fall into this line.

But the white armor was something that made Nael stand out in 1.0 and become something of an iconic look as far as FFXIV villains go. I'm finding it hard to believe that the design team arbitrarily gave this new female Legatus the white color scheme without taking into consideration what it could represent.

Again, you're likely right, but I am a fan of speculation.