the ground grid warping was so sick. Really creative way of visualising the mechanic

@lomasj3

2 күн бұрын

Yes, much more of a fan of that type of telegraph vs "obvious orange cone"

@283leis

2 күн бұрын

real talk first time they used it I didnt see it until just before it was too late. Didnt get out in time

@sylviafloof5674

Күн бұрын

I'm the sort of nerd who screamed "IS THAT A FUCKING PENROSE DIAGRAM" when I saw it it's not jsut grid warping, it's using a physics diagram used to show the infinite past and future and infinite space (in 1 dimension anyways) in a finite space the edges are the infinite future she uses a diagram showing the infinite future to kill you, to protect her dream of an infinite future for the endless.

@inspirations365

Күн бұрын

@@sylviafloof5674*pushes up glasses*

@Xv8M4g3r

Күн бұрын

UV Mapping go brrrrrrrt.

> Are you still alive? Activating reserve power. > Are you still alive? Disengaging safeties. > Target area delineated. Commencing erasure. And then chaos ensues...

@godsil11

6 күн бұрын

being the first in my discord to clear, and then joining some others, genuinly enjoyed seeing them react to surprise EX mechanic

@WhiskaAliapoh

6 күн бұрын

As a Scholar, that is the time when I'm like okay Expedience go! Need all the movement. Plus throw on as fat as a shield on everyone as I can just to be safe.

@LuceDGooseVT

6 күн бұрын

@@WhiskaAliapoh can confirm, Expedience is a GODSEND there lmao

@Raya.T

5 күн бұрын

fucking hitting us with prey marks after a spread flare x4 and then an acceleration bomb immediately followed while dodging the entire room for a normal trail was ridiculous and i loved it

@janstraka8674

5 күн бұрын

That entire externination segment was "no thought, just panic" for me. I got sniped by the very last mechanic 😂

Legit the coolest trial they've done yet. Dawntrail has the best dungeons and trials by far

@AresLodin

6 күн бұрын

Still can't get over Emet Selch, Elidibus

@nevy4256

5 күн бұрын

@@AresLodin Hades fight I've kinda soured on, just kinda boring running it now. Seat is still one of the peaks though

@PervertedNovaxc3

5 күн бұрын

They really upped the difficulty of the dungeons this go around. Some real tight checks and new mechanics that I can see reappearing down the line.

@TeemoTheScientist

5 күн бұрын

They definetely amped up regular content difficulty this xpac, and as if that wasnt enough role quests require you to understand and take on multiple mechanics such as tanks needing to mitigate raidwides to save healer, take tank buster towers, intercept tethers and so on. I honestly really like it and look forward to what they are cooking for savage.

@AresLodin

5 күн бұрын

@nevy4256 I'm just talking like pinnacle of hype. Hades, Elidibus, Hydaelyn, and Endsinger. Literally in order of "there's no way they can top this" and they did

I liked how Endwalker was about the fact that pain is inevitable in life, but Dawntrail was about finding the people that make life worth living and remembering the good times we had with them. 7.0 MSQ had some clunky portions but it was the most human story we’ve ever gotten and it was very touching

@UmbreonMessiah

5 күн бұрын

Thank you for just....GETTING IT. All the complaining on the internet is so tiring.

@belowaverage3451

4 күн бұрын

It's also largely about accepting death

@Salt_Mage

4 күн бұрын

Yes, time circles endlessly, the hands of fate trained ahead All things change, drawn to the flame, to rise from the ashes To begin, we first must see the end...

@skyash7566

4 күн бұрын

​@@UmbreonMessiahidea good, but how they write dialogues and script, geez

@Zephhi

4 күн бұрын

@@skyash7566 exactly. People gotta understand the criticisms. I personally enjoyed Dawntrail's main story, but my final ranking for JUST STORY probably goes Shadowbringers > Endwalker > Dawntrail > = Heavensward > Stormblood > ARR

Who thought it would be a good idea to put a young girl's mind into a processor that is designed to turn the souls of the innocent into fuel? Poor Sphene.

@DigitalCoffee08

7 күн бұрын

YEAH I kinda got the suspicion that she wasn’t acting ENTIRELY of her own accord, I feel like Preservation’s scientists could have programmed her to prioritize the Endless above all else.

@kohlicoide2258

7 күн бұрын

@@DigitalCoffee08 Tbh i have more the feeling it is some kind of "What happens when you give a KI all of your memories without the emotions?" stuff like using technic to bring someone back "from the dead" She know she must protect her people, but she dont fully understand _why_

@Lyn685

7 күн бұрын

@@DigitalCoffee08 Yeah, it was the program that forced her to endanger the world. But the love for her people was real.

@0332288

6 күн бұрын

​@@DigitalCoffee08I think Krile's parents straight up said that. Preservation manipulated the memory data so Sphene would overly prioritize preserving the Endless.

@ZeronesZG

6 күн бұрын

It is a bit too subtle, but yeah Sphene's prime directive is to sustain the Endless. She can't think of or entertain defying it, at least directly... hence her hinting to use several time to stop her through the MSQ.

The realisation that Queen Eternal looks like a locust... Considering what they do is a big think

@warriorofdawn876

Күн бұрын

Uh, it's... actually supposed to be a huge mechanical dragon, not a locust.

@kllcmd8980

19 сағат бұрын

@@warriorofdawn876 according to whom exactly?

When the countdown hits and you panic, wondering if it's tank LB3 time or not.

@maerto

3 күн бұрын

That was me LOL. I hit LB3 then cotank hit LB3 on next countdown and didn't know whether we were supposed to lol

@omnicbuddy4543

3 күн бұрын

That's why I was glad I had someone in the trial who'd already done it. They said "don't panic," so I didn't LB. Then everyone else panicked and we wiped like four times. Awesome fight!

@steveh1474

3 күн бұрын

The LB is refunded. Let the first timers tank LB, it's a good moment let's not ruin it for sprouts

@omnicbuddy4543

3 күн бұрын

@@steveh1474 Good to know! That was smart of them

@redsteelfox4386

3 күн бұрын

THAT WAS ME I JUST DID IT ANYWAY CAUSE I GOT SCARED

What mechanics do you want in this fight? “Yes”

@ravennesvr8103

5 күн бұрын

When i saw the wall appear... all i could think about was the show Hole in the wall on TV... i loved getting hit by it!

@randogai2915

5 күн бұрын

@@ravennesvr8103 SAME I yell HOLE IN THE WALL watching that show randomly as a child led me to this

@wandregalbjornson1452

4 күн бұрын

The Thordan Extreme experience. Do all mechanics on after another and then do them all at the same time

@BadaBadger

3 күн бұрын

Me, a Scholar Main: YAY EXPEDIENT VALUE

That piano mixed in with the riffs. God tier

@vervvyk

3 күн бұрын

Amen.

We now have a balance in the X.0 final boss category. We now have: - 2 individuals from a warmongering nation with access to deific powers (Gaius, Shinryuu) - 2 old men with a vision (Thordan, Emet-Selch) - 2 girls packing reality-warping firepower (Endsinger, Queen Eternal)

@TenebrisGladius

3 күн бұрын

Don't forget 2 insane lizzards hellbent on killing everyone - Nidhogg and Zoraal Ja

@InnocentGuillotine

2 күн бұрын

@@TenebrisGladiusneither are x.0 final bosses.

It's funny. I finished Dawntrail just 24 hours ago and I did it as dps, which means I sat in this boss room with this music playing while waiting half an hour in the queue, yet here I am coming back and listening to it again already

@daisyaran2084

3 күн бұрын

As someone that did the same because of Picto Brain, I'm in the same boat. Just did the fight last night and waited 40 minutes for the queue, but those opening notes had me HOOKED even before the rest of the song played, and here I am for even more lol

The mechanical storytelling in this fight is so cool. Right after Sphene uses Absolute Authority, the LB bar fills up to max. That attack drained so much Aether from us that were flooding with Dynamis.

@Benji-zf3ee

2 күн бұрын

at first try i thought i need to do tank lb there XD

@lighttheabsol6177

Күн бұрын

That or it's just the busiest mechanic ever put in a normal mode so they just wanted more casual players to have a healer lb in the pocket just in case :P

@kllcmd8980

19 сағат бұрын

@@lighttheabsol6177 you are aware something can have a mechanical and thematic meaning, right?

Meteion and Sphene kinda parallel each other. Meteion was all about killing everyone so that no one needed to suffer anymore, but Sphere was about keeping her people alive forever so no one would have to grieve or be forgotten. Both initially had good intentions, but their ideologies were twisted by circumstances that were put upon them.

@0332288

6 күн бұрын

The last worlds also mirror each other. While we were bringing hope and adding new connections to Ultima Thule, we were quite literally killing the Memory zone and everyone in it. Turning that beautiful golden world into a gray tomb HURT.

@strontium9041

6 күн бұрын

@@0332288both are lessons about how to deal with loss. UT is about having hopes for the future, while LM is about how to let go of the past and move on. Both teaches us that life is beautiful because it is fleeting, just because it may end or doesn’t last forever doesn’t make life not worth living

@TheImaggine

6 күн бұрын

its reflected on the final map too. As in Ultima Thule for instance, the music, is quiet and distorded but as we progress it gets lively and loud. In Living Memory the music is there , 'alive' and we , as we progress, shut it down, into the silent tomb that it is

@pointdowguy9359

6 күн бұрын

Sphere is literally just emet selch. Her plan is to kill everyone else to save her people

@75skyloftmexican

6 күн бұрын

living memory literally is Emet’s last words manifested “Remember us, Remember we once lived”

>Goes to corner with flare marker >Nearest safespot is 2 circles away > "Fuck"

There's something very tragic about it all. We just had the ancients and their utopia, but the Alexandrians' artificial world isn't that. It's a decaying unsustainable digital world filled with tacky attractions and inhabitants that are just recordings of when the place had real people in it. Also just to really make it obvious, the final zone's music is playing on dead mall speakers. The unlost world is a dead mall and your quest is to turn the lights off and close up shop.

@meoth966

6 күн бұрын

It's so disturbing and beautiful yet sadness everywhere. The final area is like hitting the weakness of humanity.

@Soooooooooooonicable

6 күн бұрын

Emet Selch: "Yet you claim I recreated Amaurot and populated it with phantoms of our people. A bizarre indulgence that would be insulting to their memory."

@ZeronesZG

6 күн бұрын

​@@SoooooooooooonicableLiving Memory is somehow even more sad. The illusionary Amaurot served a purpose for Emet; to remind him what he is fighting for and to show us his people's way of life. Living Memory is not a means to the end, it is the goal. An eternal mural of what was painted with the blood of all that lived.

@AmnesiacDoe

6 күн бұрын

Living Memory may have been unsustainable, but it wasn't a twisted/empty heaven!! IDK where people keep getting this from. They had no right to juice all of reality to fuel it, but the people we killed were happy. They were real. Children who never were happy in life, lovers who never got to be together. We don't get to pretend we just emptied the recycling bin to save ourselves the trauma.

@MrKanooe

6 күн бұрын

We "wiped" an entire shard, the only survivors are the ones who merged in the source...that's, gruesome to say the least, tragic at best...

Okay guess Yoko Shimomura barged into the recording booth for this as MY CHRIST THE PIANO

@Taxmt

Күн бұрын

I was thinking more along the lines of xi or taishi, but either way every aspect of this song SLAPS

PEAAAAAAAAK ALSO THIS IS THE BEST NORMAL TRIAL IN THE GAME

Sphene is definitely an alternate take on Garnet/Dagger if she never met Zidane (Wuk Lamat being the Zidane of this expansion). Instead we get alternate version of Kuja being Zoraal Ja coming in contact with her first. She ends up becoming a mix of Garland and Brahne now.

@jjc101

5 күн бұрын

I love when the writers for FFXIV remix the characters and themes of previous FF entries. It feels great when you notice a similarity but get to think about it in a whole new way.

@david90906

3 күн бұрын

Heartening to see others out there noticing this too! It's unfortunate that it's kind of so specific that only the acquainted stand a chance of realising it

@Zephhi

2 күн бұрын

it's cool af

@Roojinald

Күн бұрын

And incidentally, a Steiner in the form of Otis. Both are very rusty.

My only singular complaint about this boss is that we have to wait until 7.1 for the EX version of this trail.

@muchhorrorsuchwow

4 күн бұрын

Oh we wiped again? Darn, I guess we got to keep listening to this!

2:13 why did my eyes become watery!!!!!!

@vapv3656

6 күн бұрын

This motif is one of the best in the series. It's so fucking good.

The more I hear this I'm pretty sure this is a "happy" necron theme. Fitting. Well played.

@emigohome

6 күн бұрын

I think you've scratched that familiar itch of mine! There's a bit of "Unforgettable Sorrow"/"Fleeting Life" in there from the dungeon and zone, too.

@petratyraanderson

6 күн бұрын

I honestly don't hear any of them though I'm sure I would if pointed out ​@@emigohome

@IianaDRK

5 күн бұрын

When it started I thought necron as well

Funny story, when I fought her for the first time, there were two separate instances where 3/4 of the party got wiped out… but both times, one of the healers survived and we somehow managed to bounce back. We won first try.

@Amethystplaysgames

2 күн бұрын

In my first time going through this I had to use the healer LB3 after seeing me and the tank survive after Absolute Authority had finished - very satisfying considering I died to the very first mechanic lol!

Has anyone else noticed something similar to the Azem Symbol at the top of the Key to the Dimensions?

@paiz3505

6 күн бұрын

its probably a relic made by azem pre-sundering

@Scarletglaceon1

6 күн бұрын

Good eye, I saw it too. Definitely connected to Azem somehow. Probably.

@CMReina

5 күн бұрын

Yeah probably the next big setup, who is Azem and what have they been doing? They knew of the WoL arriving to help Elidibus in Panda, they're seemingly involved with this new shard travel tech that's unlike anything the Ascians have done and would have ever done.

@system6bro

5 күн бұрын

Correct me if im wrong. Milalas used the azem key (lets just call it this wat) to escape the 5th rejoining calamity of ice into the shard that was already destroyed from the sources point by the 2nd calamity - lightning? I know they can explain this by shard havung different time flows most of the time. But if not then isnt it technically possible to move across time and spac to go back to Alexandria and save their ppl by taking them to another shard? This opens the nasty can of time travel worms tho. Also another thing lalas originate from southern isles... last time azem was mentioned pre sundering was saving an island from a volcano eruption so they key can be OG Azems.

@CMReina

5 күн бұрын

​@@system6bro ShB showed us that time travel with shard travel is possible but until that's covered up fully and we're told time travel was involved I'm going to assume this is the timeline of events Alexandria's shard gets fucked by Levin and the world dies Alexandria figures out a way to save their kingdom and region with the stone technology Lalafells from 5th Calamity arrive some time after rejoining and integrate into the new kingdom, Alexandria starts to suffer from lack of resources to sustain their eternal life system, start to look into shard travel artifact to harvest life elsewhere Lalafells hide the relics away in order to prevent Alexandria from causing harm to others Sphene reaches out to someone for help, events of game happen.

Theres a million good and cool things to say about the trial and Dawntrail. But my biggest joy was that the Azem Crystal was saved for a special occasion. EW patchs really overplayed that hand but its special and cool again, so thank you writers.

ABSOLUTE AUTHORITY

'Are you still alive?' me bleeding from the eyes and spitting out a tooth: yeah, hit it again, this time with feeling

The giant Infinity symb9ol being the wheels on the Mech is a really nice touch.

i really dig them using parts of the alexandria theme from the prior dungeon, really hits that feeling of melancholy and loss

God this theme is so good

I've seen people calling Sphene a "copy/paste Emet" already but I feel like you'd have to be painting in pretty broad strokes to think that way. The biggest difference between the two being just how remorseful Sphene is about what she's doing. Emet didn't feel bad about his actions to the very end. He said so just before he poofed for the second time. Sphene on the other hand declares her hatred of the queen she was based on because it turns out being created from a kind woman's memories makes large-scale genocide harder to do. She even goes so far as to delete those memories and reduce herself to the unfeeling Queen Eternal just so that inherited kindness won't stop her from doing what she needs to anymore.

@christianrodriguez8577

6 күн бұрын

Considering the exp's theming on tradition, I feel like there's something more to it.

@emigohome

6 күн бұрын

I can see how people might see her as a "copy" of Emet-Selch but, really, the Alexandria situation and Sphene herself are heavily borrowing from FFIX's end of disc 3 reveals and threats. It's an interesting way to open the gates to future MSQ involving crossing the rift, too! I know that post-EW was heavy handed with the FFIV and DT with the FFIX but... I think it's fun that there's shards that are like alternative universes of FF stories.

@crowolf3862

5 күн бұрын

If sphene is similar to anyone, it’s Eldi, not Emet. She’s been programmed to be a primal like entity guarding her entire people. I actually found the similarities really poignant as a further exploration of Zodiark and how people reach the point where they find soul sacrifice ok.

@MrKanooe

5 күн бұрын

And what if it's Emet who put that idea of saving memories in their minds, hm? It's still unclear of the Ascien influence on this doomed Shard.

@Noah-uo8zb

5 күн бұрын

Saying Emet-Selch didn't feel bad is also a lack of understanding tbh, one of the very reasons he even approaches you in shb is his underlying guilt about the bloody path his kind has taken. It's even mentioned by Y'Shtola how the illusions in amaurot treat you as children, unlike the ancients who treat you as a familiar, because Emet subconsciously recognized modern humans as people, but very immature ones, which added to the guilt. The "not truly living" speech is clearly shown as something he *needs* to tell himself to continue, which is also cemented by the side stories. Yes, he does not regret having fought for his people and won't change his mind on that, but saying he absolutely had no regrets or empathy about the way they chose to do it is a very gross misunderstanding of his whole character.

I don’t know why but when this started playing and the boss revealed herself I couldn’t help but smile, this game is fun.

This song really hits a form melancholy that I love.

"Are you still alive?"「まだ生きていますか？」でportalを思い出した そもそもエターナルクイーンとGLaDOSって共通点多いんだよな、人格のコピーってところとか良心消してるところとか

@elinfini

6 күн бұрын

The only difference is that Queen Eternal is sincere while GlaDOS is (very) sarcastic/snarky.

Something I love about this is that Sphene doesn't have a proper boss name. She's just the Queen Eternal.

@hiiragi_nata

Күн бұрын

I think this might be a reference to Necron, known as "Eternal Darkness" (永遠の闇) in Japanese, from FF9

i like how this was structured this time every dungeon and trial except this had the option of trust NPC'S and for the final trial its 8 warriors of light story wise it makes you think WoL 2: wait i thought you were on vacati- WHAT THE HELL IS THAT me: i dunno trouble somehow always finds me basically at least thats how i did it

i had to tank this as a machinist for 3 minutes straight

man i love ffxiv so much

If the final dungeon theme was Sphene's normal battle music, then THIS is her Theme Music Power-Up! Also: gives me major Phantasy Star Online 2 vibes.

@TheWallacemartin

7 күн бұрын

it really does. Even one of the attacks is similar to a Dark Falz fight

@bellgems4091

7 күн бұрын

I begin think they temporarily hired pso2 composer lol

@zeehero7280

7 күн бұрын

@@TheWallacemartin The wall isnt it

@zeehero7280

7 күн бұрын

@@bellgems4091 pso2 is a bit different in music style. but it still has bangers. and I love the glorious engrish. like in Battle Stars

@diargoa7942

6 күн бұрын

​@zeehero7280 uhh, Dark Falz Double?

Hoping that this is the mount theme when the extreme comes out, I love her phase 1 theme and will gladly suffer for the mount to hear it in the overworld

Watching this boss vore 5 of my duty members was horrifying ngl

That "Random Bullshit, Go" attack during the final phase got me every time. idk if i somehow trigger the acceleration bomb (I've delt with them enough), but I always eat a 1-2 hit knockout.

This fight really resonated with me once you realize that Sphene and Wuk Lamat are two sides of the same coin. They want to do right boy their people, for their people. But go about it 2 completely different ways

Gotta love how Absolute Authority was as close to a savage mech that normal can get 3 Flares Triangle Stack markers 2 Gazes on top of only have 2 safe spots for others. Actually goated

This fight and story reminded me of a Lostbelt from FGO, a reality that should not exist nor deserve to exist so we need to delete it for the sake of the living...

@kurokan13

2 күн бұрын

FGOのLostbelt思い出した人いて安心した

This was the most JRPG Boss ending to an FFXIV expansion and I'm fucking here for it.

I'm kind of impressed by how much better of a final boss this was then EW's overall. The only thing Endsinger did better was the final burn phase.

@BlaizeTheDragon

3 күн бұрын

Yeah the final phase of this fight was a forced reminder that this isn't your characters story then the attack patterns are heavily simplified to the point you'd swear it's a realm reborn trial

@Karatarari

3 күн бұрын

Last part truly is the cute thematic bow on the fight but they really gave us the boss with the ungodly layered Absolute Authority and couldnt have given us a little spice at the end that maybe couldve been extra thematic with Wuk blocking mechanics from hitting us or something, either way its one poor mark against one of my favorite fights in the game.

@Zephhi

2 күн бұрын

Yeah thinking about it, the Endsinger fight was mid af except for the story part at the and

1:49 PEAK

@Jhgff170

5 күн бұрын

Man that bit is peak af. It’s by far the best part

@brokenQuins

2 күн бұрын

Can you guys think of any specific song using similar instruments-genre like when this one pops off at your timestamp? I need more of this in my life 🥺

When I set out to go help a cute lion woman be king, shutting down an interdimensional block chain that feeds on planets was not on my bingo sheet Edit: A part of me wonders how this fight would go if we had our G-Warrior mech from ShB

Remember, people wanted that difficulty spike…

That final quest did not want me to live, neither the dungeon bosses nor the trial

I like that this fight is a culmination of Wuk Lamat's journey. She develops and grows a lot over the course of the story, and while she's a tad naive and overly idealistic at times, she still manages to connect with people through her empathy. Sphene and her plan is Wuk Lamat's idealism and empathy if it was taken to the absolute most horrific extreme, showing Wuk Lamat how she herself could potentially stray if she doesn't lean on the support of her allies.

@christianrodriguez8577

6 күн бұрын

I remember the scene of Lamat trying to give a corpse medicine to get better after the first attack from Alexandria. That was raw. And given Sphene's story, makes the paralels clearer in my opinion.

@koopa299

6 күн бұрын

I would also assume the real Sphene is a reflection of Wuk Lamat.

@misanthropiclusion

Күн бұрын

yeah the entire point is her idealism is hitting a wall against two opponents that are not willing nor will be willing to concede and following the WoL steps of confronting an enemy on opposite ideals while also learning about them (what happens with Emet and then eventually Metion) If anything the problem being the game's writing did not try to be subtle enough about this so they do spell it very VERY often

I didn't expect GRAND CROSS OMEGA in a normal trial. That's a new one.

What a spectacular fight and song!

Gotta be my favorite fight in the game. The visuals, music, mechanics and story are all so damn good. I am actually tempted to learn the Extreme once it comes out. Still never done any besides trying and falling at one in ShB.

@4mb127

2 күн бұрын

Yeah, until phase 2.

@RoyalCrustle

2 күн бұрын

@@4mb127 Naw, phase 2 is what nicely completes it at the end to make it the best fight in the game.

@plainsalt

2 күн бұрын

@@RoyalCrustle FR

Man i finally made it and finished story, and its hurts. Yoshida, you said it was going to be a chill vacation, damn it T_T

First glance at this boss and I was reminded of the final boss of Xenogears

@mje71103

6 күн бұрын

It does have strong Deus vibes, true.

@bradyonetta

3 күн бұрын

yeah the mecha design is very Xeno-core

This is the theme that plays when there's only one thing left to do and all doubts about the sacrifices you made are gone. The path only goes forward Warriors of Light. March onward to the future!

I wonder if those Wind and Earth bits are meant to be visions of the 1st and 4th rejoinings given the bigger focus on showing us more of the calamities this time such as the survivors of the Levin infested shard and then descendants of those who escaped the 5th calamity on the source.

Let Soken cook with electronic stuff more, the Solution 9 theme with its 808s and the breakcore drums in this theme got me so hyped on first listen.

@Seshpai

6 күн бұрын

To me this sounds more like Saya Yasaki than Soken. It feels stylistically quite similar to Fleeting Moment from P11.

@rallivsalado6806

4 күн бұрын

Could've also been Takafumi Imamura, I need the song credits and I need them now to properly thank the composers

@Seshpai

4 күн бұрын

@@rallivsalado6806 It might be! I'm just going off feeling here haha. I do wish they'd hurry up with releasing the soundtrack disc, but it's most likely going to be a few more months still.

Thank you for making this spoiler friendly with the thumbnail and title. I've already done this trial, but it's a nice gesture for those who haven't. :)

I love how as soon as we left yeehaw land it was PSO2 PSO2 PSO2 PSO2 PSO2 PSO2 all the way to the end

@celesyn

5 күн бұрын

the most Dark Falz ass ending sequence and bgm and i wouldn't have it any other way

@xicision2533

4 күн бұрын

HONESTLY!!! Got more PSO2 energy than NGS ever made! I was so happy for the ENTIRETY of the second half of dawntrail. So good

@xRenuarbx

4 күн бұрын

Zoraal Ja literally turns into Dark Falz Hunar too...

I'm not the only one thinking that during the fight , she briefly brought us to the Third and Fifth right? Those were the shards ravaged by Earth and Wind if y'all remember

@YouTubeExecsTouchChildren

2 күн бұрын

I'm not sure, because while she does absorb the key with Azem's energy from our invocation before the fight starts, the move is all called Virtual X, and we're supposed to be inside the central processor for Everkeep, though maybe it ends up ringing true because of Wuk Lamat commenting on her breaking reality. Very curious thought

@omnicbuddy4543

Күн бұрын

It would have to be simulations. The Third and Fifth are gone. Once a Reflection has been rejoined to the source, it no longer exists. You'd need to time travel, like G'raha did with the Crystal Tower, which is a different function than the weird time dilation stuff between Reflections.

"Boss, we already killed gods, what do we do now?" "MECHAGODDESS"

remember that time in FF14 when we became NetNavis and had to defeat a powerful virus? WoL.EXE! Battle routine, set! Execute!

@omnicbuddy4543

Күн бұрын

I'm glad I wasn't the only person who had some serious MMBN vibes. Loved it!

Absolute banger.

Thanks for using a no spoiler thumbnail. For that alone your channel as my support

Me and my friends did this raid , the 8 of us got chills doing content like this , can’t wait for extreme

this song had me at tears the more i hear it.

Can't blame her for fighting us...

So. How do we all feel about the story? I personally liked it. If you didn't? That's alright. We can all agree that the music for this expansions' great, at least? EMERGENCY CODE: DUEL

@cryonixFrost

7 күн бұрын

I like it the story was kind of mah but the dungeon were awesome ^_^ love the expansion 😊

@MyFeuerFrey

7 күн бұрын

Great final stretch abysmal first half. Stuff turns real good once it all goes cyberpunk

@Dharsi

6 күн бұрын

​@@MyFeuerFreyI really disliked the way all the cyber stuff is introduced and explored, personally :c I feel like it would have been a blast in its own expansion, with more time to meet the Alexandrians and get to know them. Instead I felt kind of... forced to care?

@BadaBadger

6 күн бұрын

@@Dharsi We'll most likely learn much more about then in the future patches. I do like how they took Medieval and mixed it with Future Tech, a concept I don't see much in media o:

@BadaBadger

6 күн бұрын

Not to mention we got to saw what the current state of the Third and the Fifth Reflections after their calamities. Nothing but Wind and Earth. :(

Loved this theme, loved this fight, loved the whole expansion front to back. This was exactly how I hoped they'd bring the story down a couple levels of intensity while still presenting a real threat through their antagonists and giving us *so many* breadcrumbs for new stories. That key is going to take us so far.

@katomamundara8106

6 күн бұрын

That Key had the Symbol for Azem. Which opens a WHOLE different can of worms I am scared about. The fuck was Azem doing after the Sundering!?

@ohwriting

5 күн бұрын

​@@katomamundara8106 omg this! I saw the symbol pop up over that certain item and I did a double take. I was like hold up, why is that there?

@katomamundara8106

5 күн бұрын

@@ohwriting The thing makes bridges between Reflections. This means Azem was active somehow (and cognizant) after the sundering, or had prepared it knowing the Sundering was coming (but Venat didn't tell him if I remember). That or it 'stole' the power from Azem's Crystal but that seems less likely. Maybe he got sundered after the fact. Regardless, it's almost definite he made that Key.

@Loyd64

4 күн бұрын

Correct me if I am wrong...but I thought endwalker flat out confirmed we are a sundered Azem. Hades and Hypho say you had practically the same color/aether, and assumed you were a familiar of theirs. If anything. I am thinking maybe Venat told Azem near the end, and maybe Azem had this made so maybe someday, his sundered self could explore the refelctions

@katomamundara8106

4 күн бұрын

@@Loyd64 And who's to say Azem didn't pull an Ascian and somehow got his memories to one of his Sundered early on?

This boss reminds me amix between Esca Falz Mother and Dark Falz Aegis from PSO2

The boss gave me Megaman Battle Network vibes.

Sokken once more popping out bangers like a factory

We have Xenoblade Chronicles 4 at home.

GOAT

Sphene: I am a God who reaps souls to recreate my dead people WoL: I see your mistake there

D E P L O Y I N G D R O N E S

BEST SONGG

🔥🔥🔥🔥

I've always wanted a more artcore sound for a battle in xiv and soken absolutely delivered BLESS

I can't believe they're finally adding artcore into FFXIV

I loved this fight. I got so hype the moment I heard this theme. Definitely a fantastic finale trial. Looking forward to EX

Man, while I know it would never happen, I would LOVE to see the FF14 collab come back to PSO and this to be added as a fight in ngs lol. Absolute pipe dream, but man setting aside my massive bias towards robots, this genuinely might be my favorite trial in the game. A lot of really fun and cool looking mechanics.

@Sir.Cavalcante

6 күн бұрын

PSO is kinda dead right now. If Sega took the PSO seriously, it would be an excellent collaboration.

@SuperHexer123

6 күн бұрын

@@Sir.Cavalcante while i might not say *dead* I definitely agree NGS isn't in the best state as of right now. As someone who played before chapter 6 even released on JP servers, it definitely feels like SEGA lost the magic that made PSO work. I come back when we get major story updates and they are finally starting to move in a good direction, but content is still lacking and for a lot it's far too late. Which sucks because PSO base/NGS have some of the best feeling combat for an MMO, and Base had some absolutely amazing boss fights and challenge battles.

Say what you want about dawntrial but this music is so tragic

Ah one of my favorite mechanics - Show us....THE HOLE IN THE WALL 🧱

During the shift phases you enter two dead reflections where calamity struck. The first one was that of wind, there is so much wind ether around that she begins using only Wind themed attacks. The other one is Earth in a similar manner. Both planets are completely destroyed as well, they are beyond saving, but the planes still exist, which really means that only parts of them get reclaimed by Hydaelyn.

My hopes, my dreams, i wont give up on them anymore!

D A R K F A L Z A E G I S

@Sir.Cavalcante

6 күн бұрын

But with good lore.

Peak trial.

The design of this boss is literally from Phantasy Star Online 2

@christopherbailey3547

5 күн бұрын

Congratulations ?

@Albizia-fb7hb

4 күн бұрын

Mother brain....🤔

😭😭😭😭💔 for the ones i love, anything and everything sphene.

having duty support for the first two trials was great and something i wasn't expecting but ngl i popped off once we pulled out our azem cystal here LOL

Dawntrail spoilers/Lore speculating: Oh yeah, inter-shard conflicts and the ramifications of the Ascian's actions are definitely going to be the next major story arc. Given what we know of the Shards as of now, 7 have been Rejoined, 1 more being the Void, and another being the First. With 4 shards unaccounted for, and the known timeline of events thanks to the lore, we can safely assume that Alexandria's Shard (and that of Living Memory) is likely one of the 4 remaining Shards we haven't visited as of yet.

@elinfini

6 күн бұрын

That said, Alexandria/Living Memory's shard is pretty much devoid of _intelligent_ life now.

@MonosEx

6 күн бұрын

That reflection has already been rejoined and is devoid of life due the calamity of lighting, the 2nd rejoining, Alexandria only survived due to their barrier, the remaining survivors now live in the source now that Everkeep got ported in Tural just like the Crystal Tower was ported to the First

@CMReina

5 күн бұрын

We can safely assume that Alexandria's shard (12th) is already rejoined, the tech the Ascians introduced to cause the world to be full of Levin ended up being used by a few people there to survive and thrive after it was all said and done.

@nebula8851

5 күн бұрын

@MonosEx It wasn't outright confirmed to be the 12th, and the timelime wouldn't quite add up with the 5th Calamity, which is why I'm speculating it's a different Shard. The 12th WAS my original guess though.

@RealPendragon

5 күн бұрын

@@nebula8851 Yeah the Milala (South Sea Isle People) fled to Alexandria in the Wake of the 5th Umbral Calamity, and they are very much implied to have arrived there before the Levin War that was compared to an Umbral Calamity. Which can not really be the case if that war was what was used to cause the 2nd Calamity

And I thought Mother from PSO2 had it bad

Its not technically her. She died and its an empty shell thats taken on a copy based on her memories. In reality, she most likely would never go to this extreme. Kinda sorta like a clone/homunculus

@pll3827

7 күн бұрын

Perhaps. Perhaps not. What struck me was how alone she was whether as a princess or AI. Unlike Garnet from FF9 which I think she was partially inspired by or even now, she had no companions or heroes to help her. All she had was her duty. The one time she reached out, she got Zojaal who exploited her. The Beast Tribe quests for Ultima Thule shows that even beings made from memories can have a heart.

@ZeronesZG

6 күн бұрын

​@@pll3827the biggest issue is that she wasn't just an recreation, but a recreation made to run the everkeep and look after the Endless.

@TheDancingBastard

6 күн бұрын

@@pll3827 She's not just inspired by Garnet. But both Garnet and Garland.

@MonosEx

6 күн бұрын

COPY X but done more tragic

This fight be like "How many mechanics will we deal with?" *THAT part* "...Are you still alive?"

イントロでラヴォスコア戦を思い出しちゃう

THEY COOKED

4:50 Finally, all of my Minecraft Hole in the Wall training has paid off.