Thank you! I can't wait for everyone to see them - especially the ShB one, which is really turning into something I can be proud of. By the way, is that a Link to the Past-inspired profile pic? That's my favourite Zelda game!

@@DynaChris It's an original female link art from around when the NES games came out. But seriously keep up the work

It was ALWAYS having to tell his father that destroyed me...

I always cry. And then I have to go tell Edmont and wind up crying even harder. The scene is so beautifully written and acted, it breaks my heart. It has echoes of Bernard Hill's excellent 'No parent should have to bury their child' moment in Lord of the Rings.

​@@Tolly7249 Seeing this man, who is usually so calm and dignified, just crumble and fall on his knees, is so painful to witness. While my heart hurt after Haurchefant's death, it bled for Edmont in that moment.

It was extremely important to keep that bit in there, okay? :p

@@DynaChris I agree! I feel seen!

@@Morvelaira hes not a daddy i swear under that armor hes wearing fishnets and a miniskirt lol

@@desryntelvanni3105 Who says daddy can't slay in fishnets?

@@desryntelvanni3105 Aymeric is daddy and babygirl at the same time. He is absolutely a service switch and that's why we love him so much.

I'll never understand why the Warrior of Light doesn't bring a servant with them to taste these things...

It's the echo.

I had the same reaction to this moment…was just waiting for something to fall through. Glad it went the way it did but the tension was magnificent !

I legit don't know why the WoL doesn't have a taster following them around after getting drugged like that.

Thanks! I'm actually dreading the Shadowbringers video because I was a little harsh on the whole "time flows differently" stuff. It's still the best expansion IMO but there's still a bunch of awkward contrivances.

Yeah it's brought up a couple of times in Shadowbringers but almost immediately forgotten about again lol

Okay, see, THAT makes more sense. Goofy localizers.

Properly speaking, Matoya never says it's going to cause some long-term deterioration, even in the localization. The full line is: "I need not tell you that it consumes your very life force to see by sensing the aether around you. Take care of yourself, do you hear me?" People who want to complain about plot holes are quick to claim that it means she's shortening her life span, but that's not how Matoya delivers the line. There's no "Oh, no, my prize student is going die before she gets as old and magnificently cranky as me. We need to do something about this." The air is more, "You're relying on coffee and all-nighters too much to get through your exams. Make sure to get enough sleep and don't try to live on cup noodles." And that's because the "Y'shtola is doomed" take isn't how things work in the world of FFXIV. Life force, magic, even the soul--it's _all_ aether, and living beings replenish it constantly. It's closer to the way teleportation worked in FFXIV 1.0--people had a limited amount of a specific kind of aether referred to as "anima" that protected them while teleporting, and once it was used up, they couldn't teleport until their anima had time to replenish itself. Y'shtola is using her anima (or something akin to it) to see, in addition to whatever the usual load is, and she needs to be careful not to fall afoul of side effects...but the side effects are likely to be things like becoming tired more easily, or a shortened teleportation range, or needing to eat more than she's used to. (Hm...is this the point where she starts indulging her sweet tooth? 🍰)

@@DynaChrisIt’s brought up multiple times in Endwalker too cmon

@@forcesinbalance5685 why would they specifically say, in a somber tone, "you know it uses your life force right?" if it wasnt implying it would kill her? The other localizations saying it differently makes the weird non-issue it is more digestable if it was just an explanation.

Yeah I figured that would annoy some people 😅 His ShB and EW outfits suit him much better IMO. As you said, everyone has their own opinion. I'm sure there's plenty of other things we'd disagree on as well, but hey, it'd be boring if we all liked the same things!

Thancred in this expansion down to his look and how much he contributes to the story made him my second favorite characters in the entire game.

I'm loving these videos but yeah, there's nothing wrong with having a "ditzy character" even though Yda was never ditzy, she was carefree. My man literally called Yuffie and Rikku "one note" despite the fact they had SO much more going on for their characters *while also being* goofy and carefree. Like did he see Rikku after Home? Has he seen Yuffie in the FF7 Remake Project? I do not agree with that statement at all. Lyse is a downgrade in every way from Yda, and Stormblood just makes that even worse as the story tries to force her where she doesn't belong.

Yeah a lot of the Ishgardians were stubborn idiots in ARR - except for Haurchefant, of course. And dadd- uh... I mean, Aymeric.

I could have sworn Alisaie was in base Heavensward before I played through it again. It's so weird you get introduced to her in ARR then she drops off the face of the earth for around 50 hours or so xD

I think it's a lot better than Heavensward in some aspects, but I can still see why a lot of people don't think so highly of it. Of course, Shadowbringers ends up blowing it out of the water, but that doesn't make Stormblood bad by any stretch of the imagination.

@@DynaChris the steppes alone and shtolas biggest critical hit, the kami storyline and the sky pirates made it a true highlight.

@@larskoenig6021 Magnai never truly recovered...

The playlist is in the description :) I wouldn't say this is a deep dive into the lore, but I do try to be pretty thorough!

​@@DynaChris I appreciate the effort and you getting on the main point of the story.. people can forget about this after a year so it's good to have your video story telling on the internet.. It's a hard work revisiting the story , cut-scenes and making a video and editing it that can be easily digest by casual players . I know the hardwork you put on the video..I basically skip most of the part of AAR and HW because of the non-voiced dialouges.

That's why I started making these videos. There was a ton I'd forgotten about and it's been so much fun revisiting the story. And speaking of inserting your character into the cutscenes, I had planned to change to a femroe for Dawntrail, but now I'm worried I'll look back on these videos and miss my silly little catgirl!

Strictly speaking, you can. You can use the journal called The Unending Journey in any inn room to view cutscenes, many inserting your character as they are unless you change your job/equipment.

@@alannacrystalno shit

Thank you very much! The Stormblood raids are GREAT! Just a shame Ivalice doesn't pop up in the roulettes very often (at least in my experience). Oh, and you're in for a hell of a ride when you get to Shadowbringers!

@@DynaChris Yeah, I've gone through the Delta and Sigmascape so far and the amount of freak-outs that I have had in party chat should've been screenshotted for prosperity. I haven't managed to queue up for the first Ivalice Raid on Dynamis yet, I think I may have to Data Center hop for that one. And I know nothing about Shadowbringers, but my plan this week is to start going through the patch quest MSQ. Far too much to do in this game, though can't say that's a bad thing.

​@@TheXehanorto Ah yes, I've heard about the low population on Dynamis. My condolences! By the way, see if you can get people to join you for the savage raids if you want to REALLY start freaking out in the chat ;)

I got it the other day, as well! 😂

It's just a shame Azys Lla barely gets used in the MSQ until post-Shadowbringers, and even then it's not very much. Biggest HW map, least amount of story content :(

Nah, gotta keep Thancred around for the big reunion with Ryne, whenever it eventually happens. Wouldn't be mad if someone ended up staying there, actually.

@DynaChris Hmm I would agree but Thancred basically said his goodbye to Ryne and if he returned he would be the awkward third wheel (dad) to Ryne and Gaia haha. I'm all for Y'shtola returning to the first for her man Runar though!

Didn't know about his parents! I haven't done all the yellow side quests in EW yet :(

Thank you! I wish I had more time to go a bit more in-depth with it - especially for the ARR vid, which I wasn't too happy with tbh - but yeah there's a lot to talk about. Kinda dreading the Shadowbringers video - it's just over 2 hours and I'm not sure how many people will want to watch/listen to something that long 😅

@@DynaChris I think you'll be pleasantly surprised. Two hour long videos are pretty average in the game analysis and review sphere these days!

@@Tolly7249 Yeah but I'm not confident in the idea of people listening to me waffle on for 2 hours lmao

Yeah a handful of people have pointed that out :) One of a handful of translation errors, from what I've heard.

@@DynaChris Guess I shoulda read comments first lol. Good video tho watched through.

Yeah, I included ARR's raids because they're relevant right the way up through Endwalker. I would've liked to include the Omega raids cos of the Endwalker relevance, but I wanted to do them synced and queues were taking FAR too long.

I'm honestly happy to have hit 500 so quickly, but I'll take that as a compliment! :)

Yeah, they mention the Aetherochemical Research Facility and the Warring Triad as their reasons for heading to Azys Lla. A lot of players don't touch the optional stuff (sadly) so to have the empire turn up only for it to not really go anywhere has got to feel weird. Warring Triad's a great series of trials, though.

True, but his role in the MSQ is pretty underwhelming. I kinda wish they brought the Warring Triad into the MSQ tbh, but maybe that's just the FF6 fan in me talking :p

The amount of times he's brought back up as well :(

Oh that's the Dragonlancer's armour - you get it for completing the level 60 job quest, but if you got rid of it, you can buy it in Ishgard for Centurio Seals at the Forgotten Knight :)

@@DynaChris I think I might have, so I will definitely be buying those back! Thank you so much, and keep up the good work!

If I ever have a friend who's playing XIV for the first time, I might have to do the same!

Never forget! o7

Ah, gotcha. I'm not efficient when it comes to that sorta thing xD

You have no idea how hard it is to make these videos without mentioning the free trial :p

I really do think it's underrated, but I was getting bored of the empire towards the end. I wouldn't say I'm "defending" it, but I do think pretty highly of it - especially after a second run. It's the stuff in the far east that's really interesting IMO.

@@DynaChris I am looking forward to listening to your take! Perhaps it will help me see some things I missed the first time around. By the way, you are doing a phenomenal job with the writing and pacing of these videos.

Thank you very much! Glad to see so many people enjoying these!

Actually the Roegadyn (his name escapes me atm) does refer to him as "Arbert" one time, which Ardbert references in ShB :) And technically Ilberd saved the universe xD

To be fair, I'd probably have one as well, if I had the patience to buy and decorate a house...

True, but if you're just running through the MSQ, that's all he is, and it's honestly pretty disappointing. The Warring Triad was a great questline, though!

Yeah, minor blemish on a fantastic expansion. I'm glad the rest of the expansions take their time with things

SLOPPEH

Well NOW I do! :p

Not in the immediate future, but I'm not gonna rule it out. I wanted to get these videos out in time for Dawntrail and ended up running short on time, so I just stuck to the MSQ. I would've loved to go over the raids/trials, though - especially Warring Triad, Omega, Eden, and Sorrow of Werlyt. Maybe I'll go back to them over the summer when I can take my time with it :)

Naturally!

The critically acclaimed expansion that's also part of a free trial that lets you play all the way through A Realm Reborn, Heavensward, AND Stormblood up to level 70 with no restrictions on playtime, no less!

The abundance of northern English accents did get a bit much! There's a couple of voice actors that were pretty good in ARR, but most of their replacements were better IMO

@@DynaChris yeah, I can agree to that. Pretty much the only voices I wish they hadn't changed were Ilbert and Merlwyb.

Yeah, I heard the raids were pretty rough back then. I first played at some point during Stormblood but only really got hooked on it around Shadowbringers, so I missed a lot of the early stuff :(

Ehm. Shadowbringers?