Final Fantasy 14 Dawntrail - FF11 Alliance Raid #1 Jeuno: The First Walk

[@The8PIT]

As an FFXI player of 21 years who still plays to this day, this made me emotional. I don't really play XIV, but they did Vana'diel good here. I LOVE that you can actually see the Galka in the Shadow Lord's face at 27:43! And Prishe with references to all her moves and dialogue from CoP! And assuming that this raid is actually taking place in the real Walk of the Echoes (the world between worlds), that means Eorzea and Vana'diel aren't that far apart from each other. The two worlds may just be a couple Cavernous Maws away from connecting each other. Although... not sure how I felt about the AA voices haha; they always sounded a lot more sinister/monstrous in my head. Thank you, CGInferno, for uploading without any commentary! I loved going on a ride through the First Walk without any interruptions. 🙂

[@Gohbbugohkyubbu0036]

as a ffxi player myself i know what you mean i was amaze to see this here

[@kaihedgie1747]

It was later revealed that Vana'diel does exist in a far off world, but the area you're in is a recreation of it made by Sareel Ja using a wonder ore called electrope and based off of the visions he saw of it. Right after this, you visit a near perfect recreation of a section of Lower Jeuno, but most of the area's in ruins, floating debris and all

[@jmwlife2k]

As an OG XI player who left in the WoTG era this makes me SUPER happy and emotional lol. 75 era XI will always be my favorite gaming experience of all time.

[@fenrishound5939]

21:56 Reaper gets taken out by OG guillotine Respect

[@qbee3642]

Was good to hear that sound effect again.

[@bearwolfe80]

As a OG 11 player and DRK main…that made my heart smile 😂

[@KylieRos3]

Man they really amped up the difficulty with this raid. I don't think anyone was expecting that.

[@Sol-ct9oe]

I think it's more chaotic than hard, but I will admit if people go down it makes it substantially harder due to a lot of stacking damage

[@maetchiyu8320]

​@Sol-ct9oe I agree, but I love how chaotic it is. Gives me heavy Dun Scaith vibes with how quickly things can go to shit and turn into panic mode. So much fun.

[@gunosaguki1]

i kinda knew that shadow lord would be the main boss since poster status, but i really was expecting AAs to be the final boss as a twist given the plot

[@emanuelporter806]

Yes because the AA defeated the shadow lord.

[@lolnickfox]

omg take me back to vana'diel

[@bojangler9685]

google ffxi horizon

[@Alijaygaming]

I just started a series about returning to vanadiel in 2024 and its surprising how fun it is, despite it being mostly a single player game now.

[@cosmickatamari]

(Tele-Mea) (Do you need it?) (Yes, please) 10,000 Gil.

[@SuperDeluxe80]

i only been on once and its been a forever queue with pld & whm. i like how the ark angels use a real taru-taru.

[@Gohbbugohkyubbu0036]

no pld main tank ?!

[@xangyang2501]

Listening to FFXI battle theme in FFXIV is soo cool...sadly im not far enough into FFXIV to play the raid.

[@FarisBeitar]

Go back to FFXI it's better.

[@jules5660]

@@FarisBeitar bro is spreading misinformation LOL. almost 3 years ago, when ew came out, everyone and their grandma was praising the game. because it was good. but, go herd mentality, right?

[@FarisBeitar]

@@jules5660 you can check my FFXIV account which I made first on V01 of the game, after they killed the game, i've never ever played. I kept playing FFXi. Yes i've watched FFXIV content but never played it after V01 died. Its simply because FFXI is far superior, need skill and communication to play and win.

[@TheRealGenericJeff]

@@jules5660 i think calling one mmo better versus another will always be entirely subjective, i grew up with ffxi, and while i also have played 14 to me 11 is the better mmo, but not because it has better mechanics or classes or whatever, but because the gear matters. i totally get why people love 14, but when i play a game personally i'd really like the gear i obtain to have use months to years down the line. absolutely 14 is a good mmo but people will obviously have their preferences

[@Xael2nd]

@@TheRealGenericJeff i think this kind of sentiment is the same thing that draws people to stuff like classic WoW vs modern WoW or oldschool runescape vs modern runescape. I also really like it when gear matters and isn't just an incremental number go up mechanism, but on the other hand, a lot of the quality of life of modern MMOs is really hard to give up, even if the progression is worse.

[@--baphomet]

He should’ve did dark nova on our asses tbh.

[@morehmal3837]

AAGK having only one swing animation is a bit disheartening. They could have put a bit more effort into it...

[@fenrishound5939]

Modding community in shambles

[@cosmickatamari]

They really should have the original Jeuno music playing instead.

[@kaihedgie1747]

It plays in the instanced area you walk in later on after this

[@tonyosorio7306]

She keep charging like Donkey Kong from smash brothers lol.

[@tehjet69]

Was anyone else hoping for a spike flail

[@shinboshichi]

dungeon battle #3 !!!!!

[@Ratix24]

The crab song

[@maxkid6446]

Best part about this raid we get bakool ja ja

[@MisteRRYouTuby]

Dear Goddess…They ruined XI.

[@treyenma5206]

Not really a fan of Prishe's voice or accent. Ill never understand why everything in Eorzea has to be heavy British.

[@kaihedgie1747]

She's not from Eorzea

[@Anonymous-qo4so]

Prishe was the main protagonist for FF11's expansion, Chains of Promathia. Which released in 2004 in Japan, 2006 worldwide. Lol. That's Prishe's voice.

[@treyenma5206]

@@Anonymous-qo4so Prishe was featured in Dissidia, where she had a completely different voice, without the cockney accent. The push to make everything sound so British takes me out of the characters. Not only does Prishe sound terrible, but The Shadow Lord sounds like Capt Barbossa, which doesn't fit at all.

[@Anonymous-qo4so]

@treyenma5206 True. I didn't care much for the Shadow Lord's voice either. Did not fit at all.

[@kaihedgie1747]

@@treyenma5206 "The push to make everything sound so British" In the new expansion where people speak with distinctly American accents and one of the main characters has an Icelandic accent. Uh huh. The reason Prishe had an American accent is because the voice cast in Dissidia were mostly American/Canadian. FFXIV's English voice cast from Heavensward to now casts people based on ethnicity. Everyone from Eorzea is British because that's what Eorzea is based off of. Tural similarly is America, so everyone has American accents there.

[@GCJACK83]

Bakool Ja Ja is just Gulool Ja Ja under a different name. How very XI of SE to pull a palette swap and rename to make a new character.

[@warriorofdawn876]

Sorry, but he's not actually new. He was already present during 7.0 as a major character.

[@Cohlbee]

???

[@CancunMimosa]

How very FF you mean. Color swaps since the beginning.

[@bojangler9685]

This is it? I think ill just stick with ffxi.

[@shouheiakagi2583]

It is the first part of the raids, I think there is going to be like 3 more....

[@bojangler9685]

@@shouheiakagi2583 Yeah i know how the formula goes. Still glad i left this game in ShB to go play xi. Im def not missing anything.

[@kaihedgie1747]

@@bojangler9685 Then why did you come here at all? For attention?

[@bojangler9685]

@@kaihedgie1747 because im a XI fan and i wanna see how out of touch or lessons the yosheep and team learned from researching the greatest mmorpg of all time. I also thought he was gonna make ffxiv a real mmorpg again or focus on making content stresfull again to see if its actually worth coming back... cus id assume this expasnion would finally be different.

[@kaihedgie1747]

@@bojangler9685 So for attention then

[@elbandito2990]

Never played FF11 but this feels so...meh? Previous raids based on other FF titles had some cool things for people unfamiliar but this isnt very exciting looking. Will play it in a few weeks when I log back in to see how it plays but not really excited. It does look like it comes from an older MMO so I guess they nailed it.

[@xHiyami]

lmao how does it look like it comes from an older mmorpg? It is from FFXI, but it looks nothing like FFXI when the graphics modernized to FFXIV graphics.

[@yousufl6624]

The boss mechanics are rather disappointing... I expected more when Yoshi-P said they'd be changing things up this expansion.

[@dekusylveon]

its a step up from endwalkers alliance raids imo. mind you the endwalker ones were as easy as they get imo

[@UndeadSoulOfPopeBenedict]

I dunno, maybe not everything is totally new but they force you to keep moving and fight for your uptime. For content that needs to be completed by those who aren't hardcore raiders it feels like a pretty good step up.