Super General Discussion 2.0 - Always offering a happy, fun time~!

[Kyan]

I'm very cautious about the materia discussions as well. I'm slightly disappointed with the cash-shop gear and hairstyles, too...

I am very glad about primal minions, however! They look super cute. But, in regards to primals, I wish they would complete the chocobo barding sets with ALL primals. We start at Leviathan all the way through to Bismarck, but we have yet to see barding for Ifrit, Titan and Garuda! That frustrates me a little.

[Savagelf]

i like suggest nique make tonberry pie. it pie with tonberry hiding in the pie wait ambush those planning to eat it

an art or comic as she well know to make

[Magnesium02]

Okay, so I had another FFXIV-related dream. I was looking at the official website for something and I noticed that there had been an update to the Primals page. There was a section for "future primals preview" I clicked on it and there were 3 types. A new set of 6 elemental primals, an Elder Primal and a ???? Primal.

The elemental primals were ...... ponies. Like cartoony-toy ponies .... riding hobby horses ..... They were all the same styles with the only differences being the head of the hobby horse changing and the colours of their hide changing. The lightning one was Ixion and he had Zebra stripes with an ombre coloured coat starting with white at the top fading into purple halfway down his body and then gold on his legs. I told Thal in TS about the preview saying that Ixion was there (cause Thal has a pet theory about the dual-element primal series) and he got SOOOOOO MAAAAAAAAD and was just yelling in TS that SE was stupid and they ruined everything and the new primals were dumb. Oh and the primal battles dropped the hobby horse as a mount and it could fly if you rode it like a broom.

The Elder Primal was a dude called "Pain". He was an old Ramuh-like guy with a staff but in green/sepia tones. For some reason I remembered him from an older game cause the dream had a flashback to a FFVII/FFVIII-graphic style animation of his summon attack. He standing there with his staff and two other versions of himself appeared on either side - one of him was a young man and the other was like waaaay older. The other two also reached out a hand to grab the staff along with the original and then all 3 slammed the staff down and explosion boom-boom things happened. I recall there was supposed to be some kind of metaphor with pain being different for people at different times in their life but most people didn't really get it.

The ??? Primal was a young kid with short, pale hair in a very anime-esque oversized and multilayered kimono thing. He was holding up a white mask (like Nora from Noragami) but the mask had 3 sets of eyes drawn on it and 6 red eyes glowed from behind the holes. I had no idea who he was or what he did.

[Rubieus]

So I was looking for this thread while on my phone in the shopping center and thought I would do some reading and found a post about character Bios and I thought it was pretty cool that we were talking about our character backgrounds but then Nii reminded me that we did that in 1.0 and that the thread I was reading was the Archived version. So since it's been awhile I want to share what's happened to myself.

~Cue wavy remembering scene~
It all began in an old beat up Choco-wagon heading towards Ul'dah... Little did I know that this Highlander Refugee from Ala Mhigo would trade in his farmer's clothes for a suit of armor.

After joining the Adventurer's Guild and defeating Ifrit and Garuda I thought I had a real handle on what my life had become. But everything changed when the Garlean Nation attacked (again!) With the help of the reunited Eorzean Alliance we were able to defeat the White Raven and hold of Garlean Forces. That was until Dalamud exploded, unleashing a terrible unspeakable force upon us all.

You'd think with all the firepower at Garlea's disposal and the joined might of Limsa, Gridania and Ul'dah we would have been able to defeat Bahamut, but he caught us off guard and destroyed most of our military might before we even knew what to do.. It was by sheer force of will that our friend Louisoix was able to hold him back and with his final breath... We were saved.. But even with all of his might and all of his power. The old man could not save us all.. I do not blame him for not being able to save me. There were plenty of others who died that day. I am only thankful that the Miqo'te of my dreams was saved that night. I am happy to have died to know she survived.


When I first met Hydaelyn I was but a youth, she told me that I was special and that I had an important task. When I died. I saw her again, I thought she would greet me with open arms and tell me I had done a fine job.. "Your fight is not yet over Warrior of Light..."
So I awoke in the body of another poor soldier who had died from Bahamut's wrath. I crawled out of my shallow grave only to find out I was no longer a Highlander but I was in the body of a Miqo'te. He
was shorter and though he was muscular, he was lithe and agile. It took me months to master this new body.

Five years I waited, five years I trained and perfected the skills my mind knew but my body was not prepared to perform. Five years I searched for any news of what had happened to those who had survived the Calamity, and yet no one remembered. No one could speak a single name. Perhaps it was an effect of Bahamut's wrath, or of Louisoix spell but I was alone, with no gil and no friends or family. So I stayed under the radar, I worked as a crafter, repairing damages made by the war and doing my part to rebuild. Then it happened.. The realm was reborn!
It was by luck or perhaps Hydaelyn has seen my hard work and wanted to reward me. But I found her! By the Gods I found her again!.. I didn't think she would remember me, and I almost didn't want to tell her I was the one and the same Dragoon who had protected her and helped her. But she saw right through me.. "Those eyes." She had said.. and I knew she loved me too.

So in front of all of our Gods, Family and Friends.. We got married.


With our hearts finally united. We strengthened the bond between ourselves and our love for Eorzea. With this new strength we found the secrets to The Binding Coils and finished what we started so long ago.

With the news of dragons on the horizon, Ishgard opened their doors. As a dragoon. I was on the frontline, even well before the vanguard. This was my place, my purpose.. To slay all dragons.. Or so I thought. Hydaelyn was suppose to protect me, she was suppose to keep me safe from harm. Who was it then that had such power to defeat even her magic? The Lake Keeper.


Midgardsormr.

This place and I, we have a long history. Since the very first time I stepped foot on Eorzea we have always watched each other from a distance. He was there to greet me when I arrived as a farmer, he was there when Bahamut defeated me and I was reborn. Here he is when I lose the protection of Hydaelyn. What did he want from me? Why did he choose to speak to me and not his children?

I see... It was because I was his child, and he was angry that I was killing my brothers.. My punishment?

He transformed me into an Au'Ra. A heretic, an abomination. A visage of what I have always believed to be evil and what was wrong with the world. He did this to show me something, to educate me. But all I could think of was, what would my beloved think? What would she say?

Suffice to say that my beloved was not keen on seeing me as such and ran away.

In time she grew to love this new transformation as she had loved me before. As she had told me once, she told me again. "I love you for who you are, not what you are.." It didn't hurt that I was sexy as well. (Thank you Mother Hydaelyn for not choosing a Roegadyn body.)

In short time I mastered this new body and found it's true potential. I realised the Father of Dragons, my father was giving me a gift. This body was powerful! It gave me new strength and with it.

No foe was my rival.

So continues my story... I pray yours is as wonderful as mine.

[Aldora]

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I... I have only one thing to say to such a story.

[Valan]

I'm thinking to return Elezen for the new patch. The idea to clear thw MSQ with an aurin Meru is... Odd?
She was always an elezen, and I couldn't find any idea for explain her change.

Speacking about the background story of my character, I though about it, but I'm too lazy to write it, even in Italian. :P

Maybe one day...

[Aldora]

I really love the new dance emotes. (^_~ )-b

For those who haven't seen them yet:

Gold Dance


Thavnarian Dance


I've also tested out (some) of the new hairstyles on my character. I like the curls, but still not enough for me to change my current hairstyle. (^_~ )

[Kallera]

I have a question for the fashion buffs, and niqote:

Aftee setting up a look for drk and nin, i have mnk coming up, and between my inventory and the new hairdo, I'm at a loss with what i should try for my bare handed mnk. What do you look for when setting up glamour for your characters?

[Niqote]

oh! Nice dancing gifs Aldora!

That will help people decide on what to buy if they only have enough MGP for one ^^

[Niqote]

I have a question for the fashion buffs, and niqote:

Aftee setting up a look for drk and nin, i have mnk coming up, and between my inventory and the new hairdo, I'm at a loss with what i should try for my bare handed mnk. What do you look for when setting up glamour for your characters?

I am always partial to Pure white and I like to colour co-ordinate from ears to toes. I am very fond of thigh boots and I usually become attached to a single look over a long period of time.

If you first think about what kind of monk your character is, then you can dress them to reflect that personality.

For example, are they more rough and tumble streetwise? Or are they more spiritual and self sacrificing? Are they aligned strongly with the fighting pits of U'ldah or are they professional Primal slayers?

Once you have an idea, perhaps it will help you clothe them ^^