Tenzen out of 10: The Four Lords meets The Wall of Trials. Well, 3/4 Lords ranked. We completed the trials min-lvl and look forward to our EXTREME future.
0:00 – The Four Lords
6:29 – Story
12:51 – The Jade Stoa
19:58 – Hells’ Kier
28:55 – Wreath of Snakes
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Four Lords is basically "I'm not a furry… but…"
Can't wait to see their take on the Shadowbringer trials.
Seiryu in Chinese or Japanese culture is a guardian deity that's connected with the color blue or green ("sei" in seiryu is for blue/green) and controls the rain, so it's often associated with water. in fengshui it's associated with mountains and long rivers, that's why the arena is designed the way it is.
Suzaku was the first ex trial I evr farmed for weapons and the mount. But damn, Seiryu. I loved the fight. Until I had to run it 200 times and never won the mount as a drop. It kinda lost it's shine after that lol. Still a banger trial don't get me wrong, but… yeah. I have some beef with that snake. Aramitama got a hold on me.
Also, DO THE EXTREMES. DO THEM. ALL.
I like the 68 second intro where Garrett explored his sexuality. Should open with that every episode.
On the subject of snakes in Florida: YES. I get it. When I was like… 10 or so, we had a rattlesnake INSIDE the house. And I've had days at the river for camping trips or 4th of July when we couldn't swim because someone saw a snake and we were waiting for it to leave.
Fun fact. The Four Lords are a direct reference to an ancient Chinese myth derived from four Chinese constellations.
These creatures were the guardians of the cardinal directions and also represented the Chinese five elements.
The Azure Dragon of the East, Qing Long or Seiryu in Japanese. The guardian of Wood
The Vermilion Bird of the South, Zhu Que or Suzaku. The guardian of Fire
The White Tiger of the West, Bai Hu or Byakko. The guardian of Metal
And The Black Turtle of the North, Xuan Wu or Genbu. The guardian of Water
With Earth at it's center.
They also represented times of day and seasons.
Another fun fact is that the beast that represents the Earth in Chinese legend is also represented in the form of the Kirin mount you can get in ARR
Face it, you like Suzaku cause she's hot! =D
I'll see myself out now…..
I'm just waiting for you guys to hit the Savages and the Ultimates.
Fun fact, but if you are a lalafell when Byakko grabs you, instead of seeing your head just out of the grab, you see your legs just swinging around.
Maybe you should just add another cathegory above epic!
I mean you're only about halfways through the game xD.
Only dislike people have is the transtions. They look cool yeah but doing them often for farms and the like it just mildly irritating. The devs made a note of this and was told to tone down the length in future fights
Here’s an idea: a new category called Yes
It might be time to set up a Wall of Trials for the Extreme versions. Of course this means they need to do the extreme trials. >;3
20:40 Suzaku is a peahen that just happened to be born orange, IIRC.
The air phase reminded me of the classic 80s video game tempest. IMO I agree it was epic.
The second was my favorite, mostly because of the music, and I love the constant motion of that fight. (I Main Black Mage and love the predictable nature of the movement.)
Sea snakes are a thing. Nasty poisonous too
"Diet Australia" Quilty line 🤣
Seiryu is a snek in FFXIV because dragons are aliens, and auspices are native to Hydaelyn. Also, on the subject of Seiryu, shoutout to the English writers for all the dumb shit that the adds say. "I rock" and "I also rock" is something that genuinely puts a smile on my face.
Ah yes if you die during the skydiving part of Jade Stoa, your body just spins as you spiral down towards the ground with a huge thud. It’s pretty funny to watch
Also that part of the fight gives me epic MM Power Rangers skydiving to Higher by the RHCP vibes, so good
Byako is hated because many of us had to farm the fight for mounts and materials.
Having to do the skydive every single run, it gets incredibly dull
You called it right. Suzaku EX is a nightmare with how fucky her mechanics get. Hydelyn speed lads, you'll need her blessing
0:01 "I understand furries now."
seiryu is definitely peak thematics of the three
I’m really excited to see them do some savages raiding
Seiryu EX will drown you. You can very much drown by being pushed off and not swimming back fast enough. Also if you die in the sky-dodging section yes, your body does flips in the air until your corpse smacks the ground with the rest of the party, and your friends laugh at you <3 cuz you look 100% stupid flipping like that LOL
It will be interesting to see if later expansion fights start kicking things down the Epic tier.