The smaller boat is probably a ferry for riders from larger ship to port with water not deep enough for the large ship.

...Please let this be a normal field trip...

I would like to make a case for Limit Break lore: They *are* aether. Pure, unadulterated, collected aether, focused forwards into a single burst of power. At the same time, I don't think the Endsinger going "Dynamis?!" is exclusively because of the location we fought her in. What if they are mutual forces? Think of a laser. Aether, is the light. The raw power behind it all. Without the light, nothing much can be done at all. Dynamis is merely a focusing lens - a resilient element at the heart of it all. The omicrons muse over the fact that organic beings the universe over garner an untold amount of strength from adversity, drawing strength of untold proportions when you kill their loved ones (which leads to the whole "My Beloved" experiment). So what if Dynamis is merely something that gives the aether direction and focus - and therefore *impact*, much like how a red mage focuses their conjury and thaumaturgy into precise rapier combat for maximum impact? Going back to the laser analogy: You can achieve the same result as a focused beam by giving the unfocused beam more energy - or more aether. You cannot, however, make a laser work by creating the best focusing lens ever made and stuffing it in a dark box.

"Dark Knight better get some love this expansion" YES KING PREACH

The most astounding thing I like is the fact cutscenes have characters show actual items in hands more frequently instead of handing over nothing or reading nothing. Also I wasn’t all that aware we even had a skin full of water. Though in hindsight, that’s an adventurer’s common item. We just never see it being used on our person. Same with the item bag. There’s no physical bag, just like… a waist pouch. Edit: I’m starting to feel people are focusing on the later half of my statement rather than the main point.

YoshiP once said MCH lunchbox contains all his love for the players.

- That chocobo for the WoL is specifically a legacy chocobo, which is a neat nod. - I'm probably gonna have to take a look at Dragoon for my Summoner Main's "canon" kit due to Nidhogg bursting out of the ground now lol - Summoner looks like it has a lightning skill but consensus is still in waiting whether we're getting strong enough to summon Ramuh or if that's just Fester II. - That "Chain Saw II" is SO JUICY.

I am calling it now. The map, compass, and drinking pouch are going to be emotes.

I did not expect to be told to pet my lunchbox when I clicked on this video but here we are

2:22 Am I that predictable? 10:45 I'm that predictable :(

One problem with jobs continuing to expand is that that can't continue forever, PLD is already rather bloated in button count at 90, and eventually all jobs would get too complex to play effectively. The exception to that is swapping out old abilities for new ones, which then leads losing buttons at lower levels entirely unless it is just an upgrade like you're worried about.

It would be funny if the colibri (the tucan like bird) came from tural and was brought from the first expedition there as bird pets, escaped and became a plague on lanoscea since then (kinda like parrots became a plague in my city that is on a desert wasteland)

I don't want the lunchbox gone from a lore/class design perspective, just the option to hide it from a looks/glamour perspective.

i agree with you with the new skills being "an upgrade" is a bit of a problem. The excitement i had leveling a job and getting new things to use was unmatched. Getting upgrades just doesnt feel the same

>well, fruitysnacks is going to break that down they picked it apart, cleaned out its bones, and deveined it.

For the dragoon point - I'm going to revive this one story point from WAAAAAAAAAAY back in 3.3: we have one of Hraesvalgr's eyes inside of us. Most likely that wyrm shade could (as you said) be a tiny portion of the eye of nidhogg resurfacing OR another feaory and this is what I'm going with, it could be Hraesvalgr's strength coming to fruition. I could be wrong but just felt like that little plot point was worth mentioning again :)

Something I never see anyone mention about the new chainsaw is how edgar in FFVI has two separate chainsaw animations. One is the real life chainsaw with the jason mask (instant kill) and one is him spinning with a buzzsaw. Having two chainsaw animations kind of seems like a reference to that.

the day they give summoner the other 3 primals for pheonix phase ill be so happy

Aha! I know what job you mean When you said "Dark Knight better get some love in this expansion I swear" I thought your main job was like scholar or Sage Since your character is a traveling storyteller and knows a lot about the science and magic of final fantasy 14 Apparently he has a secret Emo dark side hehehe😈

it seems like whm will go back to it’s cnj roots in dawntrail! the weapon is very nature-themed, and the, what i’m assuming is upgraded medica II, with the petal effects is very pretty.

I would strongly assume that the ability of flight is completely unavailable to Spoken without the use of transformative magic like Shiva's or a mount that can do so. I base this around the fact that even Hermes, head researcher of avian creatures in Elpis, was unable to fly without assuming his transformed mantle. As a rule of thumb, if the Ancients could not do it, our shards don't stand a chance of doing it either. (Also, phenomenon for the singular, phenomena for the plural, or Montichaigne will dock you points on a correct answer.)

Can't wait for Dawktrail (I'm sorry, i had to do it).

Some of the animals we are seeing that look near identical to animals from the three great continents could be products of Convergent Evolution

Hehe, you literally lol'd at the WoL's new face! 🤣🤣 It does look spooky 😳😳🤦‍♂️

Did not know about Fruity Snacks until now so went and gave a quick follow ^^/ We support our video teachers! Alsp "Pet the lunchbox, now and then" Needs to be on a SHIRT!!!!

I'd guess the smaller boat is probably a landing vessel meant to take you from a larger ship anchored in deep water to get you through the shallows to the shore.

No real machinist hates the Lunchbox. It's where we keep the war crimes.

My case for why the endsinger said that is because not because of Limit Break is that but the act of suddenly getting the limit break bar to full and casting it was what she was shocked by and attributes dynamis to which makes a bit more sense to me with that it just gave us to the PUSH to get limit break not that IT IS the limit break if that makes sense

Are you suggesting that the mounts are a magic feather? We believe the mount is necessary for flight, so it is, and if we were able to go beyond that, and believe that we are capable of flight without a mount, we would simply fly?

12:00 I'm almost willing to bet that some of the few seafarers and pirates just brought those birds with them as typical "pirate parrot" stereotype. and form there they just spread througout parts of Eorzea. Captain Madison also has a small colibri to fit the stereotype lol

Remember how Gostetsu went from Othard to Thanalan in a rowboat?

As I was examining the trailer myself at 1/4 speed, I counted 4-5 different people wielding what appear to be The Ogre, Zidane's thief sword formed by synthesizing two Mage Mashers together. Now they *could* have been in the hands of Dragoons, as none that I spotted were shown using any techniques, but I find it more feasible to be Vipers. Can we talk about the bow that the Bard was using in the Autarch battle?! It's a literal electric guitar strapped to a bow frame! GIMME! Also I am in love with in-game hair down Wuk Lamat and her waving with both hands after our meeting with the big-eyed person. So cute!

Speaking from the lore we know, the map COULD be from a past Autarch hopeful in a time before the arrival of Ketenramm the Blue. As the lore has stated, it is a matter of performance that determines a new autarch. So it would be reasonable to think that, the autarch hopeful found the city of gold, but for some reason could not make it back to prove their worth. The points that are check marked look like landmarks. The arch in the bottom right of the map could stand to indicate a gateway, fort, or bridge. The pillar looking icon near the lake/pond could indicate a temple or religiously significant structure (like the Mesoamerican pyramids in South America) or a seat of power of some sort. The closely cross-sectioned roads next to the lake is very likely some sort of city due to its layout and the fact that one of the roads (assumably the main road through the town/city) leads to the pyramid-like icon., which, irl was a very popular design for towns/cities at one point in history. The icon with the big x at its base is probably a significant structure to the MSQ and the arrow pointing at its left side on the map could be an indication of an ingress point on the west side of the structure. The broken up lin going from road to structure could be an indicator of a hidden or unpaved path. On most modern irl maps, a broken up line normally indicates a badly paved or unpaved road. Since this is a fantasy game, I'm putting my money on "a secret path that leads into the structure from the western road."

I always wonder whether or not Machinist weaponry is enchanted or happen to be extremely light but durable or even foldable, explaining why we have all these machines on our person all at once. Perhaps their aetheric density is manipulated in a way where they're with you but only materialize once the aetherotransformer gets activated for the purpose of using them? It's a bit off-topic perhaps but when you mentioned the lunchbox™, I was starting to think again. Mostly because I'm a roleplayer and loopholes or even outside-the-box solutions are just my absolute favourite things to speculate on.

the animal migration happened on the boat "Nyunkrepf's Hope" 2 by 2

Maybe you should make a video about how they could improve job skills without ruining balance?

Hey! I was wondering if you have any content or a video coming up related to the wandering minstrel if there are any lore implications on his identity?

11:33 we had a mass migration/diaspora of species (especially birds) after our own world flood irl. tho it happened over a much longer span of time in our world, as the waters receded, certain species made their way to new lands. i pretty much assume that a mix of animal trade and a mass diaspora of species after the 6th Umbral Calamatiy are the lore reasons for the model recycling people are referring to. how did parrots end up in England? why are there finches in alpine Rocky Mountain states, but also in the tropical Galapagos Islands? ice froze and thawed, water rose and fell. landscapes changed. creatures adapted or moved. i did not think it was a huge mystery.

I can't be the only one who thought derplander looks even more derpy now in the benchmark.

Those colibri might have a different texture to make them appear like a different breed of the same type. They don't look like flamingos, more of an orange hue to them. Also those trolls (using their FFXI name) are straight up character models they took and upscaled from XI (they tend to do this from the PS2 onward where they reuse a model from other games.) With the 24-man being FFXI themed, I'm hoping to see the original beastmen as well since the Crystal War is a direct story theme for base XI and Wings of the Goddess expansions. Hype for Viper is high up there, my hope is that we get a main and off-hand sword so we can have mixed sword glamours. Probably not going to happen, but I can hope.

I'm of the mind that we didn't see anything new job wise in the trailer aside from reworked VFX of old actions. It is a graphics update so it stands to reason they would touch up old actions. We'll see if my thoughts are accurate next live letter though.

If we were to look at the colibri and where they seem to pop up, it is a species that seem to live in and around tropical jungles and costal spaces. Just like some species of irl tropical birds. So if you want to give a zoological explanation for them, it would be, "these birds are of the same family as the colibri of the isle of Vylbrand but they have lived and evolved in a separate geological location." It is most likely that the original species had migrated to either Tural or Vylbrand and began to grow and adapt in their new home. The color difference is likely caused by the same phenomena flamingos have. The stuff they eat has something in it that their bodies break down and deposit in their feathers.

2:33 i spy my Legacy chocobo, love that they used it for Meteor in this trailer ❤

I feel like people wouldnt mind the Machinist lunchbox so much if its design changed with the gun your weilding

that face is indeed being meme'd on to hell and back

I definitely agree on the jobs feeling very samey for a while now. I think a good solution could be some sort of implementation of the Eureka/Bozja/Variant Dungeon speciall skill system into everyday gameplay or, similarly, made the current cross-job skill system a bit more interesting. Having the ability to choose 3 or 4 extra skills to add to your arsenal would help players differentiate from each other and give them some agency, even if the skills themselves aren't super vital or synergized with the rest of the toolkit. They could even add some Eureka sillyness there weaker versions of Swift, Death or Focus.

I really hope those new abilities are not new buttons... I have no room anymore on my hotbars. Not to mention not enough keybinds on a keyboard for this. I hope they remove some redundant buttons or pack some together for some classes.

The most important lore piece in the trailer is how WoL does NOT save LB3 until his opponent is on a sliver of strength for overkill. He uses it when it's safe to charge (the enemy is winding up a big move that the Warrior can protect him from) and all the damage matters. fwiw I 100% agree with your rant. The visuals are cool, but I'm not jazzed about getting BIGGER CHAINSAW or Armored Hellfrog that Spits BLUE FLAME upgrades and that likely being the majority of the "new abilities".

About 15:00 I have always wanted us to unlock Hgraesvlrg (I don't know how to write it) like skills. I have always liked it more than Nidhogg and we literally had his eye in us, which to me sound like a good excuse

I think that some of these skills are brand new and others are upgrades, stuff like the Thunder spell that the Black Mage uses looks like an upgrade to Thunder IV meanwhile the move that the Red Mage used looks rather unique, perhaps some kind of debuff

Can you elaborate on what you meant by the limit break are not using dynamis? I thought that was the explanation given this very expansion. If anything it can be a bit of a retcon sure, but it’s gotta factor into it somehow.

I understand what mean about how getting bigger badder versions of our current abilities is a bit dull, but at the same time, PLD’s full skill set already takes up three bars. The solution of condescending combo actions into a single button to make room would probably be derided as more dumbing down of the game.

I was thinking maybe the animals are the same because of the sundering? It maybe spread them out.

as a MCH enjoyer i didn't see the queen so i'm hoping we got a mech now

21:27 I can just imagine some WoL just T-posing towards the world boss 😂

The vessel would be appears to be crafts similar to something used by vikings The transporter is on board. with his goods, It is implied he makes this trip enough. He would not be here if it was not viable., All waters can be dangerous, knowing the waters and knowing when to sail is just as important,i

Makes me wish our characters could eventually fly on their own, even if its only a few feet off the ground.

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some of the animals that look the same might well just be people trading, alpacas make fine wool, so perhaps we traded them some alpacas for something else

Pretty sure the big serpent isn't an S-rank Hunt, but a Rare FATE Boss. There's been one in every benchmark so far: Coeurlregina, Tamamo Gozen, Archaeotania, and Chi. And they've largely been at similar points in the benchmark, as an excuse to show off a bunch of characters attacking it. We've never seen an S-rank Hunt in a benchmark to date.

Did anybody else noted that the monster in the first battle scene died like a blasphemy?

Honestly, the hair bun fits Deeplander. Migration, cargo etc. Derplander cliff diving is completely in character

Heya scribe, kind of a fanboy headcannon but maybe you can agree to some of my thought processes. I've noticed that ever since Keeper of the lake (i.e. new expansions after arr) dragoons are getting more and more abilities reflective of the first brood and midgardsormr, and I've always viewed it as mid's interaction with our aether and the blessing of light. My 'evidence' was blood if the dragon being added in hw as well as our lb3 being dragonsong dive (an aetheric manifestation that looks like mid), followed by mirage dive and life of the dragon. Now like I said, this is purely fanboy headcannon, but I'm hoping the changes to drg lean into the aesthetic of channeling mid and the first brood.

My theory on how similar Species can be on completely different Continents - some Ascians did it to cause another Calamity by introducing invasive species. Or trying to. Or jff. I am sure they got bored a lot and they definitely had the means to pull something like that off

The fact I can see the fingers is kinda creepy, not used to it at all.

How did the creatures get there? They fluttered down from Elpis, obvs!

What is a "hunt train"? Is that FF14 specific term or is that an MMO term?

The brows

This is just a thought. But there are many different types of the same animal all over. Do you know how many different types of seagulls there are? And at first glance you can't tell the difference. And don't even get me started on Kittywakes. The seagulls inposters. 😆

I hope that the current benchmark textures and lighting are not the finished product like I keep saying as I don't want egg on my face. However if that's what we get I will still love my fave MMO, it might mean changing my character but it's the higher fidelity environments and equipment I am interested in. I just really hope they sort the lighting out so that peoples characters don't look like ken dolls. Me, I don't care but I see a lot of upset 14 year olds being very vocal about it and I hope they get what they want.

The homies didn't leave to rest in the Ethereal Sea just for WOL's face to look like this.😬 They need to go back and give him a proper beard. 🙏🏽 😔

Awk mentioned ... POST THE DOG!

The face at the beginning was less than inspiring. The majority of the rest of what we saw looked good and the monster textures were incredible. I think the face was missing lighting or a texture layer or something, it looked kind of flat. As far as Nidhogg, it's not too shocking, we got our dragoon abilities. Plus the Dragoon LB creates the head of Midgardsormr. It could be coincidental that these are the two dragons whose aether we have had direct contact with or it could be deliberate. I'm just looking forward to my one more spell tacked onto the end of my RDM combo like the last two expansions. I don't hate the Machinist lunchbox, I just wish it changed appearance along with the weapon we used so it isn't always the same bland look. The tablet Krile had looked like an image of a Mamool Ja talking to a crouching giant and the white plateau they flew off toward, according to the fanfest info, is supposed to be inhabited by giants.

The next limited job will invole making your own fighting style

I had no clue DRK was in a bad place! I’m casual so goes to show what I know lol😂

Oh dear XD

Trolls now ?! Dawntrail of Aht Urhgan is looking great!

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YOU'LL SHOW US WHAT'S UNDER THE MASK ONE OF THESE DAYS! XD

26:00 THAT, YES THAT is my biggest problem with 14's combat. its all so safe and "balanced" that every job within a certain role gets basically the same actions OR they get the same results but with a few different button combinations. i want jobs to take risks, feel unique and even a bit quirky. one of the main reasons i went back to paladin was because of the cover ability, yeah its gimmicky and very much designed for a different type of game, but it FEELS unique. i want more of that. and while im at it. i dont expect them to rebuild the entire combat system or design filosophy but give us some horizontal progression please.

I think the Dawntrail Benchmark releases tomorrow sometime! I agree about the WOL's face! He went from a masculine man to an anime boy! I see people using the Expansion Fantasia to remake their player characters! Some people have already said that this update is horrible & they are massively disappointed! I'm not, I am stoked for everything Dawntrail!

Ah yes... Dawktrail

Why can't the WoL fly tho?

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Dawktrail?

I love my lunch box and so happy dying weapons can dye it. Lore and game play well as the perfect being once said. GIMMIE! GIMMIE GIMMIE GIMMIE! As for the graphic changes. The skin still sets off my uncanny valley. Not to the level it did when we got the first preview but it still feels like a down grade. Yes they move better but they feel more like skin suits then the art style they had. But I still want those upgrades so new people aren't scared off by the age of the game.

Dawktrail is hopefully better than Eldwalker and Shadowblingers.

But didn't the final fight against Meteion specifically confirm Limit Breaks to be dynamis? I mean I'm not going to sit here and write an essay. The scene goes something along the lines of, She drops a planet on you. You LB3 to survive. She comments in disbelief over your use of dynamis. Remember that your sources come from an unreliable narrator, scientists that don't understand there's another power source for mortals to draw on. So they attribute everything to aether. As did the Ancients.

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