FINAL FANTASY XIV FAN FEST 2024 REACTION / TIMESTAMPED

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Chapters:
00:00 – Final Dawntrail Cinematic
06:15 – Yoshi-P Appears
12:05 – The New Job
25:32 – The Story
32:28 – New Areas
42:40 – New Allies
47:38 – New Jobs
49:18 – Core Battle Content
52:02 – New Threats
54:33 – New Gear
57:30 – New Lifestyle Content
1:00:48 – New Alliance Raid
1:02:48 – New 8-Player Raid… WTF?!
1:06:00 – New Ultimate
1:10:15 – New Field Operation
1:12:22 – New Limited Job
1:14:24 – Graphics Update
1:41:52 – Hrothgar
1:47:00 – Key Art Reveal
1:48:34 – Theories & Investigating Clues

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29 thoughts on “FINAL FANTASY XIV FAN FEST 2024 REACTION / TIMESTAMPED”

  4. I’m blown away by all the things coming in. I joined FFXIV when Endwalker dropped so I know this is one of the few FEW games I feel comfortable pre-ordering. Can’t wait to see the new graphic updates and the GODDAMN FUTURE CITY

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  5. OK I just want to make sure – I didn't miss this live, right? YOu're reacting purely on this Vid? Cuz I DO NOT remember this on Twitch… Am I going mad? EDIT: OK the phrase "WHAT IS THIS EXPANSION?" seems to be on everyone's lips. Seriously WHAT IS THIS EXPANSION?

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  9. My theory is that Solution 9 is from the Twelfth reflection, which would explain the lightning aspected area since Second Calamity (the calamity that rejoined the Twelfth) was also lightning aspected. We know from Crystal Tower that entire structures can be sent to different shards, so maybe the people of Twelfth tried to find a way to either send Solution 9 to the Source, or survive the rejoining.

    Maybe they teleported the city, but they still somehow got rejoined and died. That would explain why there are two different civilization in Heritage Found: people of the New World discovered the city and somehow found a way to "activate" the city. Perhaps inhabitants of the city died, but the city can still run without a problem with A.I. and stuff (like an old Allagan ruin)? Or maybe there is a time dilation from the teleportation, and the city only just recently arrived?

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  10. not as hyped as I was for ShB and EW….but i'm slowly coming around.

    I'm not too keen on the aesthetics of Pictomancer….really bright and pastel in comparison to everything else. But….Krile's happy and that makes me happy so I'm fine with it for now.

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  12. I'll admit I didn't watch all of this, forwarded through a bit, and I can't stop myself from replying before I'm done with the whole video. My theories go along two paths.
    1. The first path is much like yours, that it's a remnant of a pre-sundered civilization. The proto-alphabet signs and such are certainly indicative of such. My only argument against this path is that Etheirys pre-sundering was heavily focused on… well, aether, as the primary driver of EVERYTHING, just because it was so replete with it. There was no reason to evolve technologically, because aether (read: creation magic) could do *everything*. This is very clearly a technological city, not a magical one (this becomes even clearer with the images from the raid series, which are clearly connected to this somehow).
    2. The second path isn't as interesting, as it's basically "aliens". If we rule out that this place existed prior to the sundering, and it was created post-sundering, then the only option (I believe) is extraterrestrial in nature. We have a pretty good understanding of what happened post-sundering; Hydaelyn lays it out in stark colors in the infamous cutscene. She created a world of plague and suffering – medieval times, worse even – then we have the history of like the second or third age onwards; magic developed and we gradually got the world we live in today. There was little room there for technological advancements, I think – Allagans and Garleans are the best examples we have, and they had Ascian help.

    There's two points I'd like to make beyond this.
    1. This civilization is clearly advanced enough to "do something" about a threat looming over the planet – so why didn't they act when Etheirys was threated by the final days, just recently? My theory: they can't, because they're not actually alive. This ties better into the first of the two above options, in that they saw what the original final days were doing, realized the world was ending, and they created… a virtual one. A literal supercomputer capable of hosting a "dream" world, and "everyone" was digitalized (note: some decided not to join them – these became the people that post-sundering repopulated the area around Solution Nine – creating Heritage Found, an apt name). For anyone who's played FFX, you know the connections being made here. I think calling it Zanarkand would've been a bit much, but I don't doubt they considered it for the briefest of moments.
    2. As for why they were as technologically advanced to be capable of such feats, and not reliant on aether/creation magics… may I draw your attention to the half-face on display on the artwork of the street in Solution Nine (the one with the Nexus Bar). That girl (at least I think it's a girl) has a dot in the middle of her forehead. We know of another people who have a dot in the middle of their forehead… it's called a third eye, and they're incapable of using magic. My theory: We're looking at the ancestors of the Garlean race, much like the ancients were our ancestors.

    I'm looking forward to seeing Cid dig into this.

    Oh, and listen to the lyrics during the trailer – the part where they reveal pictomancer, right before the spriggan dives into the ocean and the music changes back to the Dawntrail theme; "on this trail we can't see the end until we close our eyes and…" then it cuts off. Pretty sure that last word is supposed to be "dream".

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  16. I really enjoyed watching your reaction especially the corking on Solution 9! I had exactly the same reaction to you, I was messaging my friends going "WHAT THE HELL IS THIS EXPANSION??"and also immediately dived for the encyclopedia haha

    I anticipated that DT wouldn't be solely a happy fun holiday of course but I did NOT expect the sudden appearance of a cyberpunk city. I'm also on the same train of thought as a lot of people about it being from a different shard, or what you said about the 'city across the sea' from Amaurot, but I'm also curious because I could have sworn I'd seen the eye symbol below 'Nexus Bar' somewhere in Ronka/Qitana Ravel, though I went back through the dungeon and I couldn't see anything. I wonder if that could have anything to do with it, though, since Y'shtola was so heavily involved with Ronka/the Night's Blessed and heavily hinted she would figure out shard travel one day (and Tural architecture reminds me of Ronkan architecture, and Y'shtola was specifically studying the architecture/statues in the trailer). I don't think they'd do the 'illusionary city' thing again like they did with Amaurot so I think it EXISTS there but I don't know how. The electricity symbol on the neon sign of the drink, the levin theme and 'soul supply' has also got me wondering if the people there are artificial but more robotic than illusionary. AAA I'm SO curious and I can't wait to play it!!

    As an artist I'm also hyped for pictomancer, the spell effects look like so much fun!

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  18. So here's my theory: I think Endy is largely correct on the "this city was constructed by ancients as a means to survive the final days" theory. I also think he's right regarding this being the "metropolis" across the sea referred to in Amaurot, or a construct of theirs. But my personal theory: rather than this city being full of ancients, or somehow spanning multiple timelines like Endy was thinking, I think the city is empty.

    I'm thinking that the ancients in this city, when faced with the final days and realizing everything they were trying was failing, sundered their souls from their bodies and placed them in some kind of storage or stasis. Because this part of the world was hit first by the final days, they trusted in the other ancients in Amaurot or elsewhere to find a way to avert the final days, and then come wake them all and create new bodies for them…hence, "soul supply." When the other ancients would arrive as planned to awaken the residents, they'd need to know where the souls were stored at.

    Could be completely off base, but that's my two cents.

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  19. The thing I noticed the most about Solution Nine at first was the Aetherite, of course, but also the aetherite shards! Even the shards are very blocky, very rectangular. I cannot wait to explore Solution Nine (and everything else ofc!!) in the summer. 😀

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  20. Sorry for double dipping on comments but I had to.
    What if Heritage Found is so called because it's ground zero for the place where ancient civilizations found remnants from the time of the Ancients? And thus, took it as inheritance from a time long past?
    And what if Solution Nine is built on top of Heritage Found, on that big structure we saw in the concept art?
    Oh I can't wait for the summer…

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  21. Run animation is very important. I tried playing Elezen at one point and I couldn't stand the way they run and had to change it.

    Playable Loporrits or Riot!

    I knew the distant metropolis had to come up in this video in relation to solution 9!

    Sorry for spamming so many comments I watched the video in sections.

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