This week in Final Fantasy XIV we’re finally checking out Mount Rokkon – the second variant / criterion dungeon from Endwalker. There are loads of achievements tied to these things, and even some mounts and glams, so it’s sure to be a fun time… probably.
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You're definitely getting a lot of mileage out of smile. Not sure how to feel about that.
I never completely finished Rokkon. The Shishio fight was just too miserable.
Enenra uses the rig from swallows' compass, the monkey king boss. It shares the body doubling mechanic with him too. Qitian Dasheng?
man that WKUK refference
I am archer, emissary of the gorgonites
The idea of object gaining spirits is part of Japanese folklore. The Tsukumogami Emaki describes how an object would become occupied by a spirit after one hundred years, so people would throw out old objects before they became a hundred years old, which was called the "susu-harai".
Patiently waiting for Blue Mage content.
I can't imagine how Mad Baby felt getting turned into a squirrel, he's probably never been that large before.
"Desecrating relics for profit"!
Sounds like every Uncharted game.
Rather interesting that he comments about the scenery in this dungeon and wanting to go down there. You actually do go down there, that is the building on the middle path.
I've seen the third boss, the Nue, described as "Fck you black mages, the boss"
When I was fostering kittens over the past 3 months, every time a kitten jumped up onto my desk I'd say "hi". Because of how I'd say it, I would have to say "I'm Cider Spider"
Bro that evil voice with a lala character lmao
We noticed that there is a little trick with the exp to level any job you want without playing it. The job you enter the variant dungoen with will get any exp you get from the dungeon, even when changing to warrior or other good solo jobs. We enter the dungeon with the job we want the exp for, switch to the job we want to play and then take the 30% exp earrings on that job.
Cider's points about the lack of reward or fun in fighting trash mobs is honestly the main reason I liked FFXIV over the other MMOs I've played because they have Trials allowing me to just skip straight into boss fights with mechanics
Any chance the rig is Amon? The ST version 😅
I wanna say Rat dude's rig is the same as Genbu? the turtle boss from the stormblood trial series
God, this episode almost destroyed me XD Did not expect a Small Soldiers reference!
"sword dog from eden" she has a NAME!
A small soldiers reference? That game alongside abes exodus and odyssey gave me nightmares as a child
W reference
He said Bionicle
I said "Each set sold separately"
😂
object permanence lol
LIGHTNING SPEAR!
I surprising like doing the Variant dungeons solo, it allows me to get rotation practice vs mechanics and not a static training dummy and I find the bosses somewhat difficult at times.
I've had Honey B. Lovely stuck in my brain for several days, and I'm not even a raider! I nearly spit out my water at the reference
If shojou had fell cleave and primal rend, Ouran Host Club would've been far better!
The lore about very old objects acquiring souls is already introduced to the player in Stormblood. This is Susano's schtick: he's a valuable sword that's been around so long he's got himself a soul, and if you stuff enough aether into him he'll made a little body to hold it.
This is more about Japanese spirituality and oni type of lore then FFXIV lore. That's why if you look at Japanese demons / oni allot of them are objects or cursed items turned into monsters. Don't think there is any in game real connection to any of this.
I did the exact same thing with the lanterns 😆
The Turtles teach you about this stuff
didnt susano also exist because of the whole "objects kept long enough and being cared for get souls" thing?
the final boss music is just an excerpt from the stormblood trailer which hadnt been in game until mount rokkon
I hope the next set of variant dungeons get betting implementation so they don't die faster than a fist out of water. Have yet to the criterion dungeons as no one is doing them; there's no reason to.
Enera uses the beserker rig from Shadowbringers dungeon with hot necromancer mommy second boss.
WAS THAT A FUCKING WHITEST KIDS U KNOW REFERENCE
5:38 the rat shares a rig with the tortoise auspice. I'm fairly sure Silky does too, it's the big rotund models that it fits nicely
I'm just. Playin my horse game. Listening and I hear "Like a knife through buttah!"
And then just…. "Buttah!" and "BUTTAH" and then quieter…. "buttah."
Dammit I crashed my horse. He's fine.
11:00 so Cider thinks you're an idiot if you're a street orphan? Huh :p (kidding)
I saw someone had made a Link character using the hat and dyed it green
Not sure how obscure of a connection this is, but isn't Odin also one of these soulful objects?
In ffxiv's case it (the sword, shin-zantetsuken?) possesses whoever touches it
Make sure you clean up blood after you kill possessed monsters with a pitch fork made by a legendary smith? Is that our lesson?
Zlatan looks like he is banned from even Kugane.
It's 810NICLE Day so fitting to watch this, heh. I'd love it if mine came alive x3
BUTAH!