FFXIV Shadowbringers - 5.0 Dungeon Reactions

[@Beddict]

Garlond Ironworks really stepped up their Kettle game. The Mark CXLIV Thermocoil Boilbuster can boil water and your tank at the same time.

[@craigfunk3453]

Everyone did love the Boilmaster during the Omega raids....

[@xkennyPLx]

Your genuine excitement for this game is really wholesome and it just makes me really happy for you.

[@Sambubdo]

xkennyPLx it makes me happy for me, too, because I play this game and love it too

[@pipoket]

Can't agree more. Your excitement is such a precious one, Tate. :)

[@craigfunk3453]

Here's something you may not realize about Tycoon. The portals in the arena show every raid that Ironworks had a hand in (every one except coils) and he is meant to be Ironworks version of Alex and Omega (time and space) to truly displace the Crystal tower as they did for the Exarch

[@taniacuenca8062]

Oh dear Tate... 9:27 it's not a clone of the crystal tower, it's infact the one crystal tower but from the future, from the timeline in which the calamity did happen

[@1LuvMLPFiM]

So I guess in that future timeline where the Eigth Umbral Calamity happened, the spot where the Crystal Tower was is now a giant hole.

[@jacobb5484]

@@1LuvMLPFiM it went forward and back

[@Alylyx]

Seeing all the work garlond pushed over 200 years added a ton of weight to what we already knew from the discussion between the exarch and Urianger. Even if it wasn't in the MSQ, this dungeon really felt important! I mean, look at the machines! Look at what they did in order to figure out spacetime travel! That last boss! That was for the sake of two worlds, but also in order to save de WoL. Damn, this expansion is so awesome. I really like how he realizes everything is transformed by Garlond Ironworks right at the end. Damnit, open your eyes sooner! This is the product of 200y of work to save your ass that you're exploring right here! :p

[@MMOByte]

Every dungeon in SHB has been beautiful, more difficult than I would've expected, and... just fun. Kudos, Squeenix.

[@Sen-wah]

I don't think a single dungeon so far has ever felt bad to me this expansion. I really hope the quality keeps up

[@Its_an_Eze]

Highly agree!

[@WolvenCarnus]

I would almost agree with you if it weren't for Malikah's Well. Storge is the only saving grace of that dungeon for me; the rest of it, from mobs to gear to bosses, is just bland and irritating to me.

[@Bladehound83]

@@WolvenCarnus Oh I know you ain't talking shit about my man Bucket Boi...

[@Waverse]

@@WolvenCarnus What are you saying about my engineer hat ?

[@daanroelofs119]

They give me a real "dungeon" vibe that i didnt feel in HW nor SB

[@goldentot]

i love ketz a kawtol

[@roflstompin]

Cats a cockle

[@CerberusMalt]

Keks A cookie

[@BlaBlaBla-76]

Heh, I had the same reaction when I noticed the name. My teammate in chat was like...wha? She did not get my excitement at all.😂

[@Sdather]

*Catch a cuddle

[@craigfunk3453]

Quetzacoatl

[@FortunaDraken]

These dungeons are all so gooooood. I love this expansion. Dunno if your chat told you or not, but the first boss of the Twinning is literally a FFXIII Behemoth. They started out on 4 legs, then stood up after you damaged them enough.

[@Metroidguy94]

I thought that model and animation looked familiar!

[@thealphamaggie]

God I love these dungeons. Just punishing enough to be fun. Glad I had a good healer for them

[@SifaDukye]

I feel you :( but don't be sad, there are many of us out there who appreciate the XIII trilogy!

[@goldentot]

Ooh nice! I'm really unfamiliar with 13, so this is cool :D

[@craigfunk3453]

@@iiAteYurCookiiex3 my character on Jenova is Se'rah Farron. You tell me how much i like that game trilogy

[@YuzawaUri]

Considering you sounded really burnt out in 4.5, I'm glad this has got you excited!

[@ncala]

"Oh..." "YUS!" "THE MUSIIIIIC!!" "YESSSSS!" Yeah, that's the reaction I was looking for.

[@MiqiMiwi]

The second dungeon is 100% FF13 or more specificly FF13-2 inspired. The behemoths standing on 2 legs are 1:1 in design with FF13, The Flans flailing their arms are also a core ff13 enemy unit. The 2nd boss is a Fal'cie which is a lore unit from FF13. And the entire dungeon design itself is extremely alike to what A character named Hope in ff13-2 designed for his constructions. It's a amazing dungeon.

[@weissanima8978]

The first boss in The Twinning is Proto-Behemoth from FF13 and the sword attack from its head is known as "Sunder" in game ^.^ they didn't only bring FF8 back but monsters from FF13 as well (Flanborgs are also in 13) along with the Cie'th Mithridates (Undying Cie'th Hidden Boss)

[@Roymoney1998]

Crystal Tower 2 Electric Boogaloo was great

[@TheDaxter11]

It was only at the Twinnings final boss that I realised that "bootleg Ironworks" symbol at the start of the expansion WASN'T Daedalus Stoneworks, but the future Ironworks symbol from that timeline.

[@RealKuro]

Just the Detail the thought of when making the last boos for Twinning is amazing. Garlond Ironworks managed to do the timejump by recreating Alexander. I didn't even think of how they managed to give the Crystal Exarch the power to do so, but this explains everything.

[@HanabiraKage]

According to the Exarch, the energy required for the jump was taken from the crystal tower itself. Cid provided the theory for which something like that could be achieved, and the Ironworks continued to work on bringing his theory into reality after his death.

[@mystyxiii]

I' m so happy I'm not the only one who freaked the fuck out at Guardian Force Quetzacotl.. I am looking even more forward to Eden now

[@MsDark93]

And we STILL have 2 more years worth of content incoming. What a time to be alive.

[@FrayLethy]

Yeah the callback to the Alex raids was fucking awesome with the Ironworks A12 with the images of moments from the raids. Was just amazing

[@Unholychinchilla]

During the last boss of Twinning I was thinking that the time-stop stuff was cool but easy to dodge AND THEN IT KEPT ADDING MORE!

[@voledae]

your excitement is incredibly contagious

[@ryuichiro.sakuraba]

OMG the FF8 and FFXIII + FFXIII-2 vibe ish stronk, the summoning animation of Quetz is on point, and the areas kinda reminded me of a Garden and some location in Cocoon.

[@DoortoTwilight777]

The first dungeon you did has jazzy music with a modern twist, takes place in a city under the ocean, and all hell has broken loose in it... Welcome to Rapture!

[@cyborg98]

Tate not recognizing all the FF13 goodness :( I was freaking out so much in this place, from the behemoths to the cieth both to the flanborgs to the FUCKING ANIMA/ALEXANDER HYBRID?! OMG

[@tango7974]

Thank you! This validates so much of the excitement and discovery I felt going through these the first time.

[@DarcSagewhisker]

I never noticed the Ceith like boss and the flans before. But they are definitely from 13. Now I'm excited to see what other. Oh and even the first boss which is a behemoth from 13 too

[@Rinwr]

It might be obvious to a lot, but since some might have missed it, I'd like to point that the Twinning is very significant plot wise: Cid used his experience with time travel from his encounter with Alexander to design his Crystal Tower time travel device, hence the magitek flavoured Alexander mechanics, and the portals on the walls, showing some of your previous fights.

[@koitnurme7021]

Ikr, my mind was completely blown after reading the data logs and seeing the final boss

[@craigfunk3453]

A lot of this came to be after Cid passed. The message indicated the 3rd Biggs finished everything using notes from Cid's experiences with Alex and Omega (Time and Space)

[@ArsisKytori]

Most of those monsters came from FFXIII. In the Twinning Dungeon

[@GlizzyMan445]

I genuinely enjoy this expansion and I loved everything in it. Writing is excellent, art is amazing, your character development majorly grew within MSQ. It’s fair to say that Shadowbringers is better than Heavensward(though I love Heavensward story). I’m glad you’re enjoying the expansion and seeing your genuine excitement makes me happy.

[@gundor15]

I freaked out the same way when Tate saw quetzalcoatl omg the ff8 nostalgia

[@itsaredvine]

I was playing Anyder with my FC who've never played FF8 and were so offput when I began squealing throughout the entire fight

[@GothBoyUK]

Finally able to watch this as I'm at the end part of the MSQ. Epicness is epic.

[@cold_ay_]

4:45 iirc TBN takes damage before other shields, so i think it was just the Soil and those mobs not hitting super hard? also that reaction to the Twinning's ABSOLUTE BANGER was basically exactly what I felt too lmao

[@stonex3077]

tbn does hit before other shields, my crit aldos were hit after every time on dark knights

[@cold_ay_]

@@stonex3077 yeah, though on a related note i think Galvanize gets hit before Catalyze which makes spreading those shields weaker, so i hope SE fixes that

[@FryedCalamari]

16:05 the gordon ramsay of ffxiv

[@unknownfate1985]

Î love how the two dungeons are based around VIII and XIII. That Puddings you see all over the First are actually models from XIII, so you know where teh flinching punches come from :3

[@mateusgus]

The Behemoth, 1st boss at Twinnig, is a same behemoth on FF13, who drags the sword the same way.

[@ChouhouinNeko]

i'm happy thunder birb finally got put into a 2nd game :3

[@KonDragon008]

An add with a tankbuster...as a WHM, I was wondering why the tank always took so much damage there. Ahh...yea, Rescue is actually coming in handy. Thus far, I've pulled one dps out of the way of death (against Batsquatch's pillars) and another over to a stack marker since they didn't seem keen to stack with the rest of us. XD

[@TRONgirl_EXE]

I was running the Twinning with my buddy not long after he got through the MSQ, and he pulled the Tycoon before I could spread shields with Deployment Tactics. His response to my panic: “Too late, this thing has to die NOW!” But that sort of behavior is to be expected when you’re friends with a DRK main who has a similar mindset to Corey.

[@Shadethewolfy]

Something I found out while running Amaurot one of the previous times I ran Expert roulette: Even if you let your Darkside timer run out, you can still hold your Dark Arts proc. afaik there's no timer on it. I could be wrong though.

[@Vudreya]

Awesome! You can keep your Dark Arts even if Darkside expires though; found out the hard way.

[@GoodGuyNeji]

THAT'S how this game is supposed to be played: with excitement and curiosity :D This video made me so happy~

[@fluffles4714]

The behemoth (first boss) and second boss from The Twinning are actually FF13 bosses/enemies, for those of you who didn't know.

[@omgwtfbbqkitty]

Such lore implications in these two dungeons. Love it.

[@IosLocarth]

The behemoths in FF13 are were the whole standing up and ripping the horn out comes from. Normally once they do that you die

[@FiendMatadorSlayerOfNoobs]

I didn't ntoice it was the FF8 Quetzacoatl. I was too busy having flashbacks to Ramuh EX.

[@marajango]

My exact same reaction with Quetzalcoatl! FF8 love all the way!

[@f.s.967]

dude the two sharks are tank switching against you lol

[@MsJJ147]

SHARK SHIRK

[@Gamemaster-64]

Shark wrestling.

[@Styrnlona]

When I did the Twinning for the first time, I got partied with others who were doing it for the first time as well and we were freaking out over the music and stopped at all the little lore bits. We had thought that we wee going to see Omega but seeing Alexander again was a real treat.

[@craigfunk3453]

That is Ironworks version of Alex and Omega. Using notes from Cid/Biggs/Wedge experience from those. And the 3rd Biggs finished everything for Tycoon's creation the core of the CT's travel systems)

[@VelvetNova]

I found the Eden raid reaction first and went back to find this. Color me subscribed to this channel~

[@RaxiazRedux]

i kinda wish they had put different music in for Quetzacoatl. I know they used the FF8 boss theme for eden raid but it would have been cool to get that, or maybe Premonition. Or just the regular random encounter theme from FF8. But I digress!

[@wolfdragonsxiii5192]

Wish I could get excited as about familiar bosses from other ff games, ive only played 15 and the half of 13 so the twinning behemoths were vaguely familiar

[@aqj2014]

It never occurred to me that quetz was an ff8 thing cause I've never played 8...as for 12:36 that's a thing they used way back in the 13 crossover

[@atoli16]

The behemoth that stood up taking its horn off is from FF13. My favorite enemy from that game next to Cie'th

[@craigfunk3453]

But this is the 1st time a ff13 behemoth (after ripping the blade from their spine) put the blade back

[@ShivaServer2009]

I called t3 in chat too lol. Final boss had me so happy. I was told to check the walls before engaging.

[@KwehKwehKweh]

i rmb and it fked me up the whole time. I was looking at the outer walls and was like IS THERE GONNA BE A BIG BLAST? ye that fked me up good.

[@mikereyes4338]

I love The Twinning, so much FF13 references :D Behmoths, and Winged Cie'th

[@Shiirow]

Sadly my first experience with Twinning is a group in progress that was on the last boss. the music playing my first thought was, did I accidentally queue for Alexander?

[@EverfreeFire]

This is exactly why I turned off "Join in Progress" for my first run of everything this expansion. I wanted everything. I was not disappointed.

[@arachineatzeer7478]

What happened with me: First boss of Akademia Anyder: "Cool double boss idea." Second boss: "PURGE IT WITH FIRE!!" Final boss: O.O' *cackles in power of 3 stacks of Damage Up as a DRK* First boss of The Twinning: "I think he's going to" *boss rips the sword out of his head* "****ing called it!" Second Boss: "I don't know who you are!" *party healer tells me* "Ooooh...." Final boss: PTSD of Alexander Prime, gets more scared after the first Temporal Stasis

[@lavenderrain3379]

First time I ran the Twinning was with some of my fc mates and I fucking lost my shit in party chat at the last boss; Alexander is my fav raid series ever in the entire game so I was all sorts of excited xD

[@KegorianRune]

I started playing FFVIII last week and when I saw that boss, and even the raid series I was almost as giddy as you Tate XD Listening to you Geek out made my heart swell with joy. it was wonderful ^__^

[@Ateia22]

The ff8 content on this expansion has my inner fanboy screaming at everything.

[@Hikariinu124]

i bought the song for The twinning on the marketboard. ive been listening to it on youtube while i run other stuff. this song is amazing and i love it.

[@KaneEnyo]

Dude that dungeon is so much fun. I know a lot of people don't like FFXIII, but damn that game had amazing monster designs and the worlds and lands of FFXIII, FFXIII-2, FFXIII Lighting's Return was amazing and the musics were very well done!

[@sakura_frosting]

Im gonna cry, i love ffxiii... im so glad they have the curse that is the cieth bc they are exactly what i would have expected happen in this expansion.

[@charlesvalentine8961]

Hey Tate! Love the content you put out and can't wait to see more! I don't know if your chat peeps have told you or if you had found out but you can hold Dark Arts indefinitely even after the 60 second timer runs dry. Also, it looks as though Blood Weapon doesn't affect Fray at all in the same way his Abyssal Drain doesn't give you HP back. I think it would be wicked if either of those two things came to pass, but right now, sadly, Fray is independent of you.

[@goldentot]

Thanks for the info!

[@erekshigarn4022]

i like that the Twining dungeon is FF 13 themed :o

[@agidyne9676]

I'm almost to this dungeon. The NPCs in the area are so cute to talk to. lol. Misunderstandings always make me lol. I'm also trying hard not to read comments, so I don't spoil myself. I also have to watch that other video too, from Tot.

[@FlippyMcGiantDad]

Shoulda used Force Your Way for Quetz, just sayin' SE.

[@TheWally02]

They are probably saving it for Eden

[@craigfunk3453]

Agreed. Let us have the FF8 boss theme

[@renouille85]

Eden it is!

[@JaffaArchfiend]

So... Did the Twinnings music drop on that last boss or what? :P

[@craigfunk3453]

It can

[@crazyjavi88]

You missed out on the thermocoil boilblaster being the most recent version of the thermocoil boil kettle that cid made in omegascape

[@TheSlammurai]

That was Wedge that made it, iirc. He made it to impress Tataru.

[@Unyubaby]

I'm so glad I wasn't the only one who immediately thought of street sharks.

[@josephsnyder6401]

I know I am late lmfao but like, Tate being excited about the 13 styled mobs, like the first boss being a behemoth from 13. And he's so blown away. I wonder if he's played 13 haha.

[@goldentot]

i haven't! :D

[@josephsnyder6401]

GoldenTot you should play it sometime c: 13 is one of my favs. My all time fav is 12, I enjoyed the alliances in stormeblood, the 8 references are making me excited too tho :D

[@jacobmarak7045]

I'm a little surprised to see ff13 behemoths in these dungeons. It's oddly nostalgic

[@ambermcclellan9404]

I enjoyed this video as much as doing the dungeons for the first time.

[@DarthAlphaTheGreat]

Twinning is Alexander+Crystal Tower

[@raiden8919]

I’m pretty sure Savanna LOVED that 2nd boss fight in the Academy

[@ashleyreyland1616]

I'm glad my group isn't the only ones who called them Street Sharks

[@asravalentine]

Akademia is 8, Twinning is 13. It’s so fuckin cool

[@dragonkyn20]

This is one of those times where I don't even care what dungeon I get, they are so well-designed!

[@RockR277]

I like the ffxiii models in the twinning. I think they look cool. Also seeing tate's giddy reaction is great. Love seeing people just get super happy.

[@Nullianak]

that tycoon reaction is mood as fuck

[@koitnurme7021]

I read all the logs in the twinning, and my brain was steaming. Then i saw the final boss and my mind was blown. SO THATS HOW THEY PULLED IT OFF!!!

[@craigfunk3453]

Does this mean we can't use that system Tycoon controlled to get our Scion buddies back to the Source now?

[@ArcaneMana]

All of the ff13 enemies that I've seen through this game has made me happy, since no one appreciates that game as much as they should, it was actually really good.

[@AnimalGirl291]

*sees them flipping out about the first Twinning boss* Me: Did *none* of you ever play XIII? Pretty much everything in that dungeon is reused XIII models... and I love it.

[@KazumiKiguma]

Corrections/Clarifications: You can hold your dark arts forever, period. Darkside being up has nothing to do with it. Blood Weapon does not affect Fray because all it does now is give you mana back and blood gauge (no you don't get those from his attacks with it up), there's no attack speed increase anymore. I'm NOT sure if Darkside affects him, that's worth testing. Those Onions hit for crap, so the sacred soil kept your TBN from breaking, but it always will take damage before any other shields, so Adlo and w/e the crit shield is called dont matter. Surplus Kaliya can be stunned (not interrupted, Low Blow) if you don't wanna deal with that tank buster. :P

[@orangejediman]

Yeah, but its better to stun the Nerve Gas and just cooldown thru the tank buster

[@boundesumo]

monsters from ff 8 and 13?! im sold

[@donmerrittino9897]

Right at the beginning I was like "Final Fantasy Rapture?" as well

[@Zayindjejfj]

Dark arts holds even without darkside active. I'm not sure if it's indefinite, however. But it can proc without it.

[@Sano-san]

The monsters in the Twinning remind me of the monsters in ff13. but yeah, that music.

[@Temperance1594]

Im genuinely sad he didn't recognize the mechabehemoth, flans, and cieth boss from 13, in the twinning. It had so many good enemies from it they keep adding

[@craigfunk3453]

On another comment he says he didn't play 13

[@ExceedProduction]

Why did we have to destroy the Tycoon again? Now the crystal tower is locked on the first.

[@GamersBlogX]

I really wish I got The Twinning more often in Expert Roulette.

[@renxar4739]

I may have to buy shadowbringers now and come back to the game after seeing all of that.

[@theSkyRunner54]

Would have been nice to have your reaction to the lore from the dungeon too :/

[@lebiyooo]

even the music is when you summon him T_T i cried

[@UmbreonMessiah]

2:27 MY THOUGHTS EXACTLY!

[@innocenthate207]

SUPER LATE on this, but that is the Behemoth design from FF13, and all behemoths in the game have 2 stages to them. That Alpha Zaghnal

[@innocenthate207]

Also, the next boss is a l'cie boss you fight pretty far into FF13, another big reference.

[@Zahriel]

What the name of the "addon" that allows you to track DPS/HPS (?) I've been looking for it.

[@omegadeltazx6811]

Best dungeons so far cant wait for more

[@thebigg3416]

This game just keep upping itself!

[@gratuitouslurking8610]

And it all ends with a robotic clone of another robot going ZA WAURDO God this game is wild.

[@rylewolf2671]

Tate that Alpha Zagnal is a reference to ff13s behemoths.