Kheldarn posted:

It's because it's a Bonus Item for the ARR 2.0 Collector's Edition. It works exactly the same as the ARR 2.0 Pre-Order Moogle Cap: Increases Earned XP By 20% When Level 10 Or Below.

W.T. Fits posted:

I went into the fight knowing that "Starboard is RIGHT! PORT is left!" from a Calvin and Hobbes comic strip. Since the fight still used the term "starboard," I was able to deduce that "larboard" must mean "left," and was presumably an archaic term that fell out of use for one reason or another.

Blueberry Pancakes posted:

Yeah, I remember it boosting EXP. I'm just not sure why most of the gear is available in-game and then the last piece is a separate item that has to be gotten that way.

Staggy posted:

Which is more impressive: turning a stuffed toy into a nuanced, sympathetic character or doing the same for an ageless robot?

Valentin posted:

Both pale next to the true feat: making Cid into a nuanced, sympathetic character

e: but for real I think one of the biggest accomplishments of the omega raid series is revisiting the previous CT and Alex raids via Cid and recasting them as part of a character arc he's undergone since 2.0. For a guy who's around pretty much all the time, the player hasn't been given many reasons to be invested in Cid beyond his divorce (a powerful meme, tbf), and it's fitting that in this raid series that is partly a tribute to FF as a whole series that the game's Cid finally comes into his own

Kheldarn posted:

Because it was the only piece available at launch. CT didn't come until later, in a post-game patch. That's when they decided to add the rest of the Amano WOL armor to the game.

Sanguinia posted:

Mordiceius posted:

The final Omega form is also basically Amano art in the purest form.

Kwyndig posted:

Isn't Omega upside down in that image, so it's wrong?

dyslexicfaser posted:

That song during the Alpha run gets me every time. I put it on while reading the Sanguinea update, and started tearing up again.

Zanael posted:

On the topic of "trial and errors mechanics" for Midgardsormr or frogmega for example, this is a trend in the modern fights of FFXIV (and especially normal/alliance raids) : they basically expect you to get hit full force the first time, laught it off because worst of all you generally only take a stack of vulnerability, and then not again as you should be able to understand what's going on.
They are usually doing a good job at this, but there are some times where deciphering the tell isn't as obvious, but all in all the dungeons, trials and single duties over the course of 3 or 4 expansions have taught the players how to deal with similar traps (and even more now that they unified some obscure markers in the old expansions).
As you saw for example, the weird beholder in deltascape 2.0 really doesn't success at that job.

Still, the ease of access to normal/alliance raids or optional trials and the limited skill level required to enjoy them works great to elevate the overall "know how things work quickly" of the playerbase. For endwalker I've been able to get into the raids at release day instead of several months later for the first time (I'm not usually subbed for patches) and it's an absolute hilarious clown fiesta with some wipes here and there, and when a mechanic clicks in your head, instead of just following the group, it's super satisfying.

SirPhoebos posted:

Wonderful update, Sang. And I agree that Kheris can use a break right now.

May I suggest a visit to the Azim Steppes?

Craptacular! posted:

You can tell that Omega is a baddie we have to kill because it has Amano-Face, which to this game is like corruption in WoW.

The fact that Omega is a representative of somebody and that Midgardsormr thought that of all the places to go the place where it could have to deal with primals and momma light and occasional global hegemony is perhaps not a shining endorsement of everything else out there. While it isn't clear whether or not Omega is a typical member of it's society or perhaps the "Warrior of Light" among them, after this series people began ranking "Omega's People" as some cosmic level threat like the Beyonder or Galactus, given that just one MIA unit became connected to generations of atrocities involving captured primals and the Weapon program. And to think it wasn't even really trying except to find something that would enable it to leave.

Ran Rannerson posted:

It’s also a little concerning that the stars Omega mentioned passing in its journey didn’t seem to be doing particularly well. Granted the ice world might be doing fine under the glaciers, and who even knows what a vortex star is really.

Anyway I forgot to mention that while I don’t know if Omega is entirely the first instance, eScape starts off a fun little trend of food based misheard lyrics. Granted, I hear “A drifting tender, come ride heroes ride” better than I hear “Chicken tenders are ready to fry,” which is more than I can say of the other notable instance I can think of.

Ran Rannerson posted:

Anyway I forgot to mention that while I don’t know if Omega is entirely the first instance, eScape starts off a fun little trend of food based misheard lyrics. Granted, I hear “A drifting tender, come ride heroes ride” better than I hear “Chicken tenders are ready to fry,” which is more than I can say of the other notable instance I can think of.

Galaga Galaxian posted:

If FFXIV was a single player game and the WoL always looked like Kheris instead of a customizable character, I am convinced Omega would've ended up looking something like this:




But possibly a bit more Amano-esuqe