Final Fantasy XIV: Hildibrand – #4 – Victor & Durmin, Gladiators Now I Guess



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1:19 – QUEST: “Eight-armed and Dangerous”

24:59 – QUEST: “What Price Victory”

42:28 – QUEST: “The Trouble with Truffles”

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26 thoughts on “Final Fantasy XIV: Hildibrand – #4 – Victor & Durmin, Gladiators Now I Guess”

  1. You know… I was not prepared for the tentacle comment. At least he said "around"… (Also, I hate to break it to you, it's not a 2010s thing… it goes waaay back, and hasn't gone away)
    25:01 Hildibrand… don't. It might spark out what brain cells you have. In Ulty's defense, he's at least asking… for what that's worth. Which isn't much by the 36 minute mark, and I don't see it getting better.
    Also, I'd love to see Raging Rat make that comment about Ala Mhigans to the General's face.
    Almost feel bad for Avi… but she did this part to herself. Raubahn did it right, and no, it's not easy. I also think Ulty should be disqualified, since he was also part of the scheme.

    I'm loving the absurdity of this quest line, and also the fact that Briardien, for all his overconfidence and arrogance, is just as clueless as Hildibrand.
    I do also agree that both JoCat's seamless posing and fashion are something to behold.

    Wait, WASH does that voice?! I never would have guessed.

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  2. The Desert Bus has stopped. 166 hours driven, and $1,134,580.73 raised for the Child's Play charity. And you were part of that, Playfriends! The Desert Bus has stopped, but generosity carries on. Now let's get on with the spoiler free lore comment.

    Fun fact: until Level 60, this questline has more Gladiators than the Gladiator/Paladin questline. Honestly, it could be argued that this questline has just as much time in the colosseum all of the Paladin quests. It certainly has more details about how the bloodsands of Ul'dah operate than the Paladin quests. This may be a result of the Japanese term for Gladiator, Kenjutsushi, being more akin to "Swordsman", and not directly referencing combat sports.

    Ultros, sometimes known as Orthos, has consistently been a purple tentacled monster in the Final Fantasy series. The depiction referenced here is from FF6, and reappears in FF12 & FF13-2. As his appearance denotes, Tentacle is one of his attacks. And yes, even in other games, Ultros tends to be a terrible sex pest, earning every strike that is inflicted. The name of Orthrus/Orthus is from Greek mythology as a two-headed dog who guarded Geryon's cattle and was killed by Heracles. Obviously, this creature doesn't match its namesake. One interesting note is that, should you happen to be in Japan, you can head to Square Enix's Eorzean Café and order a dish named after him. Unlike Nashu's desires though, Ultros isn't slathered in lemon butter, but the Marinated Orthros ~Genovese style~ seems to actually be a salad? It looks to be a section of red cabbage made to look like Ultros is the centerpiece of the salad.

    Avila is an Ala Mhigan refugee, so a vague Liverpool accent might work for her? I don't know, I think JoCat makes a good attempt. Avila's story shows more details of what we've learned about the plight of Ala Mhigan refugees in Ul'dah. They're frequently the target of prejudice, and some view their only path to success is to replicate the riches won by Raubahn Aldynn on the bloodsands. For those without martial prowess, there is little in opportunities, and this helps fuel the frustrations of the refugees.

    Epicurean [ep-i-kyoo-ree-uhn]: adjective, meaning luxurious tastes/habits, usually describing food or drink.

    "Mythril Cup, brought to you by Amajina & Sons Mineral Concern – Your concern is our concern" still feels better to me than "GalleryFurniture.com Bowl". I'm glad that they got rid of that silly name.

    I do like it when NPCs use the player abilities. The animations are already in the game, and it shows that some of the things the player does isn't unique to them.

    Typhon, sometimes known as Typhoon or Chupon, was introduced in FF6 alongside Ultros, and is the brawn to Ultros'… tentacles? Certainly not brains. The two are usually paired together, although Typhon was a solo summon in FF7. In Greek myth, Typhon was a monster with a hundred serpent heads, and was able to breathe fire. Again, no resemblance here. Typhon tried to usurp Zeus as the king of gods, but failed, and was imprisoned under Mt. Etna, a volcano in Sicily.

    We're going back to Halitali! Again, Halitali has been used as a training grounds for the Immortal Flames, and the last time Durmin was there, he was rescuing Raubahn from the Crystal Braves. And now it's a venue for a gladiator fight! Dour Meadow notes that Typhon is the size of a house, but I say that this is still better than fighting a Hell House.

    Please note, "Let's Get Ready to Rumble" is trademarked in the US by Michael Buffer.

    We now have the connecting thread of the heists: Belah'dian artifacts. For a refresher, Belah'dia was a precursor state (founded by survivors of Mhach) that would eventually go on to found two cities: Ul'dah and the now destroyed Sil'dih.

    Next time: Belah'dia's treasures uncover something far more interesting…

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  3. I've played ff6 recently and Ultros isn't really a pervert there, more like a very annoying, foul mouthed, misunderstood jerk. Seems to show a bit of its old self later. I like that they put it in the colosseum again though.

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  4. 22:22 they somehow fused the ugly bastard and the horny tentacle monster tropes into the ultimate creep
    24:24 Galician way is better; in and out 3 or 4 times of a big pot of boiling water, medium heat for 40 minutes (it has to be firm) once its done boil in that same water some peled potatoes, slice the potatoes and the tentacles, take a woden plate make a layer of potatoes, on top of it a layer of octopus, some thick salt or scales, paprica and a swirl of olive oil.

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  5. I legitimately don't actually remember how the actual mechanic of The Dragon's Neck is supposed to work. I think that it's as follows:
    1. All DPS will get transformed into Imps (Kappa) at certain points of the fight.
    2. They have to get hit by as many of Ultros' water spray attacks as possible.
    3. When Typhon moves to the center and starts to cast, they move over to it and use their attack move. This transforms them back to normal, and (I think) reduces the stacks of a newly-appeared status effect on Typhon.
    4. When Typhon's cast resolves, the attack pushes you away an amount proportional to the number of stacks. Max was supposed to be an instant KO, but they've probably reduced it since the fight was introduced.

    I don't actually remember if the stacks were visible initially. I do remember that, if you had enough stacks on your DPS, you could interrupt his cast and he'd just resume doing regular things.

    They haven't done similar fights since this and Alexander's second fight just because of how jarring it is to be forced to use a different skillset, and how awkward it can feel to have to handle some of these things suddenly. Somewhat of a shame, but understandable.

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  6. 14:15 If I remember correctly, Dan said that he uses the Durami name for any character that he's forced to give a surname to. Based on that fact, I would assume that the Durami clan is mostly adopted. Therefore, I doubt that it is possible to "look like a Durami".

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  7. It occurs that Briardien is jumping to conclusions here. Why, pray tell, would this thief of a thousand faces go through all the trouble of fighting in the tourney, when they can simply replace whoever is the prizewinner and snatch the prize that way? This strange winnowing of the combatants might even be their doing, to minimize the number of faces they'd potentially need to copy at the end of the process.

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  8. Tbh while I loathe irl sex pests, for some reason the behavior coming form Ultros reads as more endearing? I guess it’s bc he’s fictional on multiple levels, not unlike popular fascination with villain characters, no matter how heinous (and god knows I’m not immune lmao /brick’d). And hell, at least Ultros gets punished in a fashion, which is more than I can say for most irl jerkwads like him.

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  9. hi! non FFXIV player here, watching for the good story,
    this is the first episode i watch on the day of release since the end of the Realm Reborn part of the playthrough, after that first finale i went and took the time to rewatch that entire first season, to really see how much the writing changed throughout the whole thing. i've now just finished catching up and finished the whole havensward expansion part of the playthrough, Dan was right when he said the story would get real good after all that setup!

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  10. – in today's episode Durmin faces his greatest foe: basic navigation in crowded cities!!
    – i think pervy Uncle Ultros works better in this one due to how much comeuppenance he gets, so it's still painted as a bad thing
    – i love that reachingg something resemble Common Sense by complete accident is the theme of this quest
    – roasted Shrooms of any kind is delicious
    – I love that Nashu is constantly living in her own little bubble of nonsense, inside this already nonsensical bubble that is this quest LMAO
    members of a multicultural nation that established themselves as the Capitalist nexus of the continent being bigoted towards a nation of refuges… now where have i heard that before

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  11. So I’m about 1 award winning Heavensward expansion behind Durmin but I’d like to thank you for getting me through the endless back and forth cutscenes that is ARR patch content
    As much as I love some parts of it (namely helping Tataru and the dungeons, raids, and trials) but it is really a slog at times
    So thank you for getting me to the edginess and greatsword portion of the game!

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  12. Fun fact: Hildibrand will one day own and run the Golden Saucer. though it's likely to be decades(if not centuries) before that happens, given how healthy his father Godbert is.

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  13. I love how Ultros just starts accumulating cartoon-style bruises as his misadventures continue! And I love how Ultros also gets Greg's name wrong! Also, hot damn JoCat got the pronunciation of epicurean right first try!

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