Let us dispense of this distraction, you and I!

A TEST OF YOUR REFLEXES!

Read this comment right when it kicked in, never heard it before. That theme is everywhere, just like Allag's influence

Chicken tendies, right after 16 hours of starvation.

I always thought Uematsu composed this?

@@corpsepatty6730 I don't think uematsu has composed anything for 14 since ARR, and the official spotify release credits soken

@@helenawolfe2107 It uses motifs that Soken wrote but this specifical piece was composed/arranged by Sachiko Miyano. 2nd phase of Shinryu was composed & arranged by Yoshitaka Suzuki, other than the STB motiff. People often credit it all to Soken, but check out VGMDB and you'll be surprised.

worth it

thought about it for a second, then decided I completely agree with you

Server issues last a week. Boss battles are forever.

LOVE the musical transition from Heavensward to Stormblood!

Don't forget Raubahn's Wild Ride, too!

Thiago ™ more like Raubahn's roadblock (looking at you, early access instance limitations)

The servers were SLOPPEH!

I think this fight is why the main Stormblood battle music sucks. They were saving it for the boss fights.

Will it be served cold? :P

Alternatively, it could be like Nidhogg EX where it gets easier!

Oh man. I just finished this fight this morning, I was playing DPS (RDM) so my queues were about a half hour each time. First group, I had to spend the majority of the time learning the mechanics, I'm sure that was the same for others in the party, so eventually we ran out of time and had to abandon. By the second group, I was getting the hang of it, while some parts were still kind of hard to get a feel for. This group as well ran out of time. Third group, I was getting a little salty, (not aggravated at anyone mind you) and the group I was with this time around was a mix of people that weren't sure of themselves, and some very friendly players that had been around a bit (Not one of these people were from the same server as me lol). We failed the first few times, and on our last attempt we had about 13 mins left. For some reason I can't fully understand, this run went flawlessly, I'm not sure if anyone died, mechanics were followed, and people were just on point. When the fight ended, I laughed out loud, and a few of us stated in chat that we loved this party. It was amazing, a really rewarding fight!

where i need to kneel for make a promise for my steel to see this glorious encounter?

SenshuRysakami Honestly, a lot of the mechanics in this fight can be figured out on the spot. Whenever I'm tanking and I see that most of the party is new, I just start the fight without any explanation to see how far we go before wiping. That way, I only have to explain mechanics I know people didn't get on attempt number one. Sometimes, there isn't an attempt number two because we just won. Believing in a party of lv70 adventurers who've beaten all MSQ content to that point goes a long way toward expediting things.

imho it's on the same lv of awesomeness

i thought so too and even the fight blew thordans out the water

Same.

SirthOsiris Shadowbringers: Hey guys, I brought a keg.

Nidhogg was the better fight thematically and had the better ex fight mechanically. Shinryu's easy mode fight was on the harder end for story content but the EX was a disappointment. Music was great tho

​@@snbwz 5.3: The big shelf with barrels housing item.

Tom Norman god was it bugging me for about a half hour I couldn't place that was Azys Lla but I knew it was Heavensward. I can't wait for Ballad version.

Kellen McQueen I don't doubt that a large part of why it stuck out to me so much was because Azys Lla was my favorite zone in Heavensward (really anything Allagan associated I love about this game). Otherwise I might not have been able to place it!

I'm glad I'm not the only one who was feeling the Azys Lla vibes! Especially with all the mechanics thrown in this fight

i've get a feeling about the second theme was a call back into heavensward if you listen closely at 6:56 , you can heard the ending part of 'Heavensward' itself

2 years from the future, shadowbringers ost is even more epic! im so amazed how they can outdo their previous works

at least was kind enough to take us to heaven *wink*

My guess is that it will come out when the Omega fight does, and be a similar difficulty to it.

Hear hear!! We have but a few weeks at most to go!

Gaius wasn't even a bad guy compared to the other shitheads we had to fight. I'm sure he would be proud of us, seeing how he was desagreeing with Zenos.

Daedelous Gaius Van Baelsar was an interesting "villain" in that he technically wanted the same thing as the Scions; Eorzia free of Eikons. The difference is he felt the strong must protect the weak meaning the Empire must protect Eorzians from themselves and their Eikons.

Shadowhunter: gods damn warrior of light what in the seven hells have you been up to WoL: oh you know, the usual world-saving

@@notsoanonymouself WoL: What about you, "Shadowhunter"? Shadowhunter: Oh, killing ascians, collecting masks. Nothing much...

must have been SO COOL to have played in this! Most epic amazing end game rousing battle music :))))))

Not all. Some are metal/rock (such as Fiend) or even rap tracks (such as Rise).

Jacob Kern Don't forget Brute Justice which was basically a fight with a Saturday morning cartoon, complete with theme

I can't wait to see the weapons it yields.

*pats back * you can do it Champ.

Cometdance honestly the most fun ive had with a QTE in any game ive ever played

Well isnt it the only Fight where Crystalmum DOESNT Godmode our Asses?

Artenuga stfu fool

We first Scale & Steel it in a cutscene at the end of Heavensward so it made it onto that soundtrack instead of the Stormblood one

Lady Cotton i am with you

Edo Fullmetal What server are you on? I'm on Odin, the biggest Europe server, and I don't think anyone here is stuck at that anymore. At least I didn't see anyone there when I last checked.

AleXwern I'm on Excalibur. Thankfully they fixed it, so I got past him :) everything's good now!

Raubahn (Savage) was the true superboss of the game xD

Raublock*

Yeah, I was expecting Rhalgr to be summoned when things went even more tits up for the Ala Mhigans.

I also was hoping that Shinryu is the final boss of the new raid, as he has always been a superboss.

Well Shinryu is technically Rhalgr. It is what you get when you use Nidhogg's eyes to summon a primal instead good old crystals.

Um... they were under occupation for 20+ years experiencing intermittent torture, enslavement, and genocide by the Empire's hand during those years, and not just insurgents or "rebels" but just ordinary people under the Empire's rule not classified as "citizens" under their rule. Your character and the Scions are literally the sole tipping point for what were actually harshly won "victories" (if they could even called that in certain cases) and taking advantage of a stretched thin Empire forces (in the case of Doma enabling its liberation). I'm not certain where you're getting any of this "it was easy" b.s. as for anyone who paid attention to the narrations, dialogue, and descriptors for what was happening throughout the storyline, nothing was "easy". Maybe it was in your head, but not in the narrative sense for the characters by a long shot.

Phase 1's theme is ripped straight from the Omega vs Shinryu fight of patch 3.56, making it kind of obvious who the boss is to anyone that was paying attention. As for leitmotifs, Azys Lla's main melody is incorporated into this theme along with many other tracks in Heavensward.

Ah, thanks. Didn't have the particular music of that scene in mind (well I watched more for the visuals there XD). Thanks! :D

Well it's Shinryu we're talking about. Thordan is nothing compared to one of Final Fantasy's most powerful creatures.

this has nothing to do with previous final fantasy see thordan trial and shinryu and tell me which ones feels which one is better.

Thordan normal is laughably easy compared to most normal trials. The real judgement will come when Shinryu EX comes out

Sorry but Shinryu is better. I've never been fond of Thordan(found him to be a disappointment to be honest). And oh dear Shinryu EX...

Trevor Williams How is shinryu a bahamut copy? he originated in Final Fantasy 5 as one of the strongest bosses in the game... 😑😑

Allagan Demon Sure !!

Allagan Demon Coral Ring save the day

The same guy who did the music for this game since 2.0. Sokken.

you forgot Nidhogg's Rage

Also Stormblood is shaping up to be a pretty healing intensive expansion. Tons of fun mechanics for us healers to enjoy, and also tons of fun mechanics for dps to find creative ways to fuck up so we have to clean the mess XD.

Sad that our 70 scholar skill is so weak and has incredibly short range

+Coffera As an Astrologian myself i cant help but chuckle; )

Never really felt that Union was strong, but it definitely helped tide the tank over while I handled raising peeps or party heals. Much prefer Excogitation+Adlo if I have to choose though

Motif from the Azys Lla zone theme. Used a few times throughout the Heavensward soundtrack, like in the Thordan (EX?) theme. No clue if it appears in FFV, I've never played it.

Thats the big question, with this guy out of the picture, who iwll stand as the final boss of the interdimencional rift? ex dead ?

Gameshunter92 Maybe Enuo will make an appearance?

So can we get Gilgamesh showing up randomly during fights ? That would be amazing.

Chris Clark Oh god I hope so!

I imagine that since this all takes place within Omega's domain, that Omega (most likely called Omega Prime) would be the final boss in the Interdimensional Rift raid.

Not quite, but his eyes _were_ a part of Shinryu's "recipe".

It's Nidhogg + Sloppeh + Zenos

Allagan Demon "need to be revived" *1000% Agree*

Yuri Stormeye I have doubts about his death as well, it's possible someone snatched his body away and healed him (my bets on the scientist/doctor). Though, if he comes back he'd be a wild card since his purpose as a villain has ended. He fulfilled his goal in life, had his last great battle so he's at peace. But he still has his weird obsession about the WoL which could have potential.

You kill the scientist/doctor before fighting him in Ala Migho, no?

hahhaha....

You probably missed or forgot about Louisoix becoming Phoenix or Ysayle becoming Shiva and How Zenos is explain you just before the fight how actually he is trying to make it happen in an artificial way, with the Resonant.

They are now lost in the Rift forever ;-;

Scale and Steel