FULL DAWNTRAIL MSQ REACTIONS SUPERCUT - woops FFXIV Highlights #39

[@woops]

Otis is the best character ever added to this game by the way.

[@Bladehound83]

I like to think a bit of GOATis lives on in us all.

[@rexex345]

I might add to your conclusion of krile being an Azem shard, she's not the first Azem shard we've met either there's the kid in the rising stones too from heavenward, who based on the timeline we know now, after the original Golbez was killed, the next Azem for the 13th ended up too young to stop things. It begs the question, are there more shards of Azem from fallen reflections on the source.

[@OmnicroneRED]

@@rexex345 Krile can't be a shard of Azem because she is a soul from the Source (as all Milallas from the Unlost shard are). She is cited as being as dense in aether as any soul of the Source which means she thus can't be a reflection of any soul from the Source or that wouldn't add up. Though the game doesn't confirm this, I like to think that the original Sphene and Wuk Lamat are sundered shards. In EW we learn that souls have dispositions that they tend to reflect in their personalities even after countless reincarnations and that reflections share these same dispositions. And both the original Sphene and Wuk Lamat have the very similar vibe of having an naive and unconditional love for their people and culture.

[@NekkoBlue]

I only wish we had more of him, cuz outside of the final area I feel like he came and went way too quickly lol

[@Blitzwaffen]

​​@@OmnicroneREDTo expand on this further there is a Millala you can find who mentions his people used to do a hearty greeting to 'Lali-ho!'. Which confirms the dwarves on the first are also Millala. I've been going back double check all the flash backs/glimpses of the pre fallen 13th but I don't think there were any Lalafel on that world. Which confirms all lalafels are from the source but scattered to other shards during the Fifth calamity.

[@SneakyMuffin]

I don't think I'll ever get over how during our fight with Gulool Ja Ja, he was having such a good time that he forgot his brother was dead right there on his shoulder.

[@blueberry1vom1t]

I fucking adore how everyone turns up for the fucking defense of Tural. Thats a very nice army Zaruul Ja. But have you considered, THE ENTIRE NATO ALLIANCE INCLUDING DRAGON AIR SUPPORT PUTTING A BOOT UP YOUR ASS

[@twilightfire93]

This is a beautiful description for that moment, thank you lol

[@Rogsnutle]

Bro wanted a world war and got one, the whole world was against him

[@xAciasx]

It's actually only the dragons.

[@rickkiller2000]

My man thought he'd be able to wage war on Garlemald if he became dawnservant. After 30 years of planning he still got his army taken out by Tuliyollal who had 4 days of prep time. Garlemald would have torn him apart

[@ApexGale]

​@@rickkiller2000as it turns out, if you're just a warmonger... nobody actually wants to fight for you and your chain of command is almost certainly screwed

[@BobsterLord]

- Blue Themed - Extremely Skilled Swordsman - Says "I need more power." - Refuses to Pay child support Zoraal Ja is literally Vergil

[@KilterNazkre09]

He just needs a plastic chair now

[@shadowthehedgehog181]

He even uses Summoned Swords and became Urizen Ja Ja

[@koshilowell9531]

Daddy issues

[@JestaGG]

Krile’s English voice actor was CARRYING and I mean CARRYING the emotional damage in her storyline, the cracking, shaking voice, and the voice when she said farewell to her parents it sounds like someone who’s holding their tears back. She did a FANTASTIC job

[@ShikenAegis]

sorry but i cant stand her english voice sounding like an 80 year old woman on her 4th carton of cigs

[@WMFawn]

"Ascians? Allagans?" No, it's the forbidden third A, ALEXANDRIANS

[@livingreverie5951]

take a shot everytime the new high tech or scientific society is named with the first letter being A and they became a damn problem we'd be down 3 bottles and more cause of the shots in between

[@m.a.dmatt6689]

@@livingreverie5951 Holy shit I actually never noticed that lol

[@acgearsandarms1343]

Aliens too.

[@Wanderingsage7]

No one expects the Alexandrian Inquisition

[@haydarinna631]

Just in time. I had just run out of stuff to watch while farming fates, now I'm good for another 7.5 hours. Props to Jill for putting this out so fast.

[@endergamer4]

Everyone: “Man Endwalker’s dungeons are a bit easy, kinda feels like I’m on auto pilot” Yoshi P: “and I took that personally”

[@lappyappreciator2340]

not even joking i finally got around to doing the disney world dungeon a few days ago and i was flabbergasted at how hard some of the attacks hit even when ur wearing decent gear (ilv710 in my case)

[@oliviacole7068]

I saw somewhere else that Koana is being called g’raha blast. The different flavors of catboy lol

[@Gamemaster-64]

Blame it on them mentioning he was going to be green then we get a new green catboy.

[@Metaspark350]

It's always fun hearing woops call basically every single plot point hours before the MSQ even starts to address them

[@TarossBlackburn]

I loved hearing that phone ring myself when going through MSQ.

[@ChrisMorray]

Personally I had just that experience this expansion, it's been fairly predictable for the most part :C

[@Metaspark350]

@@ChrisMorray Eh, I don’t think that’s necessarily a bad thing. Sometimes a predictable story is just good fun

[@zadayaz]

@@Metaspark350 yeah i agree, we just had two expansions that totally uprooted a lot of what we thought we used to know about how the world of the game works, i understand some ppl are disappointed that it wasnt another shadowbringers or endwalker, but those came after years of buildup. A more straightforward story is still enjoyable if stuff like the characters are interesting, which i think they were here

[@kuronaialtani]

@@zadayaz So far the consensus seems to be we're in for another Stormblood Solid enough story, has its ups and downs, fairly if not a little too straightforward, but the fights and content are the real winner

[@verdantnekomoya7965]

I appreciate that my WoL sleeps exactly like how I sleep. On top of my sheets, flat on my back, mouth open, and fully clothed in what i was wearing the day before 😊

[@MetroidFission]

Ain't no way you said "thirty years" out of nowhere 3 seconds before they said it

[@DoortoTwilight777]

Kinda surprised there wasn't a bigger reaction to the symbol of Azem showing up on the artifact, and in response to the Crystal of Azem being used... How much you wanna bet that Azem's flaky ass was like, "Wait, the world's gonna be sundered into 14? Meaning I got 14 worlds I could explore?! Hell yeah!" then makes a goofy ass planet hoping tool for sundered Azem to goof around with

[@RoninOCE]

I'm actually thinking that they were created post shattering? Maybe Emet decided to coin a smart af shard of Azem in on the Ascian plan, they went "Hmmm, nah I'm good" and created the key to hop to the source, then created a crapload of gates to other reflections. By the sounds of it, there's one on Aloalo Island where the Milalla come from, and now one under Yak Tel. This could end up being the way Y'shtola goes back to the First?

[@DemonLordSparda]

@@RoninOCE I'm of the opinion that a shard of Azem created the device. I don't think there was any ascian input, especially since the gate doesn't look like nor operate like anything they made. It'd be funny if this arc was setting up a shard of Azem to be the antagonist.

[@MoXfy_Milling]

Knowing how Emet and Hyph talked about Azem, I can 100% see them do that.

[@RoninOCE]

@@DemonLordSparda I don't think there was any Ascian input with the device itself, but I do think Azem may have learned about what they plan to do thanks to Emet and Azem's memory crystal. He also seemingly left it with the Milalla so that feels like a good thing?

[@MissKashira]

Or maybe Venat informed Azem of her plans and they were tasked with coming up with a way to put the remaining shards back together after Meteion was dealt with.

[@Yormunzumr]

What I loved about Living Memory was the contrast it has to Endwalker's dinal zone. Instead of inhabitants all struggling to regain the happiness they once knew in life, everyone is content to the point that they've accepted their end, and don't fight the WoL and crew when they go around unplugging the place. Fear of the unknown end vs. acceptance of the inevitable. Don't get me wrong, Living Memory made me tear up just as much (if not more) than Ultima Thule, essentially going around pulling the plug on centuries-old life supports. Having lost multiple family members to illness, including my mother to cancer, I related all too well to the pain of having to figuratively pull the plug on mothers, which WoL and crew do not once, not twice, but *thrice*. I was *not* okay by the time I unlocked Alexandria. All that oversharing and rambling to say, I really liked this expansion and can't wait to see where they go with it.

[@Shadethewolfy]

I'm a transhumanist, so to me the AI of Living Memory had every right to life and existence as a being flesh and blood. So I had to wrestle with the thought that I was murdering innocent people. It fucking hurt, but one of my partners helped me to find a justification and rationalization that didn't feel hollow...

[@aboundedsumo7984]

The scene with Namikka in Living memory what the one that broke me. Because it reminded me of my grandmother. She died of cancer just over 10 years ago. I always visited her after school since the hospital was on the way home. But i still remember how i was unable to see her just before she passed. I was told that she was having trouble remembering things and people, and that it would be better if i stopped visiting. she passed maybe a week or two later. Wuk Lamat meeting Namikka in heritage found, only able to share in her company for a moment before it was time for her to pass on was hard enough. But then, when wuk lamat was able to talk to her one more time thanks to her being an Endless got me thinking about what i wouldn't do to talk to my grandmother one more time before she passed. And that broke me. Namikka may not have played a super important role in the msq, but she's by far the most impactful character for me in this expansion.

[@arikies3695]

i had the exact same thought. my grandmother passed away earlier this year, and namikka really reminded me of her. sorry for your loss, may we both take solace in their memories 🥲

[@acgearsandarms1343]

In Living Memory she was a younger woman, but until meeting Wuk Lamat, again, she returned to the age she was when she was last with her. Your current form in LM reflects that of your happiest moments in life despite your actual age of passing. So remember that fact when considering what her appearance was before shutting down the Hydro Terminal.

[@MediocreMiddie]

I wont lie. Seeing Erenvilles mom tear up followed with "Youre my pride and joy" i fucking lost it. That is a punch in the emotions i didnt see coming. After the CS ended i spammed /embrace and /hug to make myself feel better T-T

[@SuperSpells]

Same! I took screenshots with both of them before I turned that part off Y.Y

[@BufferMental]

Can you imagine waking up every day... looking over and seeing your dead brother... again and again...

[@ShikenAegis]

i feel like the reaction to that information was rather... subdued when it was revealed. can you imagine that for 3 years?

[@NeroLucifarious]

Can you imagine waking up and knowing your brother passed in his sleep

[@Dragonpit]

Honestly? I was wondering how the dead head wasn't rotting and decomposing. Sure, it's still attached to a living body with a living head, but then, so are arms infected with gangrene.

[@BatsAndNights]

@@Dragonpit I'd assume it's closer to brain death than full fledged physical passing. Garool's body still sustains the physical matter of the Voice of Reason's head, but the brain's basically had its on switch flicked off.

[@acgearsandarms1343]

@@BatsAndNightsDon’t forget his soul is gone too.

[@cooperdooper8245]

Im glad someone else thinks they showed too much in the promo content. I can see why they showed stuff but the later content would have been so shocking had they showed none of it ahead of time.

[@victormenjivar3632]

I didn’t watch the launch trailer for DT and I think it improved my experience by a landslide

[@Mantis47]

I feel like they feared that some people would not be interested if they assumed that the entire expansion was just going to be "Wol tours through South America". And considering that a lot of people are very vocal about how they didn't enjoy that part of the expansion, I think the team probably did the right thing.

[@serisothikos]

I think the thing that took me the most by surprise is that Aloalo Island lore was not just relevant, it was *important* to 7.0. I could never have predicted that.

[@leafgreenbeast]

love that koana just opens the encounter with a fucking headshot, like oh he'd be immediately disqualified if that hadnt been deflected

[@twilightfire93]

Koana is the goat for that. He had nothing left to give and everything to get back by rescuing his sister. And I feel like Koana'd get away with it since Bakool Ja Ja started it by kidnapping Wuk Lamat and being a general menace!

[@Bipolerdragon2]

i would say he gets a pass on it given at this point of the story bakool ja ja basically summoned a primal that if it werent for the WoL would have actually genocided a race of people.

[@leafgreenbeast]

@@Bipolerdragon2 i mean i'm still shocked that everyone just sorta glosses that over after an incredibly light slap on the wrist for his sad backstory excuse (that while you even get to call out, has zero consequences for him)

[@PaulaVieira]

@@leafgreenbeast some friends of mine have brought up the fact that Mamook is located in a place Valigarmanda would have never had reason to attack. Weird aether, thick foliage covering any signs of living beings, and the Xbraal right over there. It's likely that the people of Mamook don't have an oral history of Valigarmanda's horror, and thus no reason to take it seriously-- hence Bakool Ja Ja being so blithe about breaking the seal.

[@bestofyosuke]

I have been WAITING for the supercut, absolutely love these and have watched your Endwalker one multiple times, Woops. Thank you for these supercuts of expansions/patch content, they're such a joy to watch.

[@Nobrev]

That Wuk Evu bit is funny EVERY TIME

[@Natsuu]

Alternative title: woops guesses major plot points for almost 8 hours straight

[@Iymarra]

ShB : Loss EW : Nihilism, grief, existential dread DT : Saying goodbye.

[@TarossBlackburn]

For a note: The Silverscales were the unfortunate warband of Mamool Ja who tried to take over the Wanderers Palace...

[@MissLilianae]

I vaguely remembered the name from a long, almost forgotten memory. Then when my character reacted to their two-headed leader being named-dropped I was like "Wait... no..." Then I paused to google them >.>

[@MH4wheel]

I appreciate how every time the Silverscales were named they'd have a brief camera pan to the WoL being like "oh... them... Yup."

[@1LuvMLPFiM]

I remember fighting a two-headed Mamool Ja as a dungeon boss. Wanderer's Palace (Hard) I think it was?

[@MissLilianae]

@@1LuvMLPFiM Yep! That's the one they refer to in the cutscene. If you've done that dungeon there's a quick cut to your character being surprised

[@1LuvMLPFiM]

@@MissLilianae I noticed my WoL reacting like "Yikes..."

[@MrLucBot]

Damn you figured out Cahciua instantly lol. Rewatching that moment, when Pepoane doesn't recognize her, my brain exploded.

[@hmgirlpopuri5819]

I'll never recover from the way the warrior of light sleeps.

[@LihoShammy]

Watching the whole MSQ again in this summary really makes me realise just how incredibly overblown people's negative opinions about Wuk Lamat's voice acting are. Really the only thing that stood out to me was the poor delivery during the final Trial, but everything else seems just fine to me.

[@skipx]

Agreed. There are some pacing and structural issues. But to call this story bad is way overblown. I hope Wuk Lamat joins us for another journey down the line.

[@Mantis47]

@@skipx Given that she's now the ruler of her nation, I think that she won't be joining through whole expansions, but will show up at certain crucial moments, like Lyse does.

[@skipx]

@@Mantis47 Yeah I understand that's most likely the case. But don't forget Koana is there as well to run the logistical stuff in case she has to leave. It's just wishful thinking on my end but they made Vtra our companion for most of the EW post patches. Not mention we still have a lot Tural to explore based on the current map.

[@hideharu-xiii8852]

I genuinely don’t understand the hate. It’s at the point where they’re honestly just wrong. Not a different opinion, just wrong.

[@Sanodi21]

I'll put it under a read more as spoilers. I was talking with a friend over how much Zoraal Ja did so that he could finally defeat his father, but none of it was natural. He'd rather go through inhuman technological advancements, to the point of using other peoples' souls, and how did it end? He still *died* *in* *a* *straight* *fight* . After everything, he couldn't surpass his father without aid/a literal second chance at life. Dawntrail would've finished with his father slaying a son turned evil that tried to destroy the people he helped. Then the minute Wuk Lamat broke his regulator, he instantly tried to raze Tuliyollal and when that falied, he tried to raze Solution Nine and use his son as a shield. He had 30 years to train and better himself personally. He was in a unique position and could've unlocked who knows what abilities unique to him, refined his skill, literally anything, but he didn't. He just used his raw, natural strength to brute force things and take advantage.

[@deinhien7296]

the scene where they show the wol conked the fuck out took me out so bad just something about the way they make you lay on the bed completely planked mouth wide open like ik that snoring was loud AF...... incredible....

[@jacobybarra907]

It makes me so happy that I wasn't the only one who went through the story in the Gleaner's outfit, this graphics update is amazing ❤

[@nigruskaja]

The two last zones killed me. The soul recycling was disturbing, and the Living Memory was so sad. Maybe because I lost my father when is was 6 years old.

[@twilightfire93]

Sorry for your loss. Those zones were rough.

[@nigruskaja]

@@twilightfire93Thanks friend! :) It was a long time ago, I am 42 now but I would like to meet him again.

[@twilightfire93]

@@nigruskaja I hope you can ☺️

[@Clayvman07]

My Father died the day before Fathers day this year, so, it REALLY hit that this was like...a few weeks later

[@KilterNazkre09]

I dont think this was recycling with what they were doing because the souls were sappose to go back to the etherial sea but eventualy that too will dry out if it continued

[@TrashyDork]

I don't have many social media accounts but my friends do, so I've been hearing second hand that there's been some pretty negative reactions to the story this expac. I'm really glad that you were as charmed as I was Woops, I really loved the characters this expansion and it's made me sad hearing people think otherwise :D Cheers for being my fav XIV creator man

[@voistar5387]

A reoccuring pattern I am noticing with Dawntrail is that people in-game, streamers, and most of the people on KZbin have a positive view/reception of Dawntrail. Meanwhile on reddit and twitter its more mixed. Personally I trust the people I can actually see play the game more then the randoms on reddit and twitter, for multiple reasons (such as people on twitter and reddit not being know for meaningfull discussions). Especially with the current review bombing going on in Metacritic (they aren't even trying to hide that they are review bombing), and the fact that 80% of the "complaints" I've seen on reddit and twitter boil down to: -The person not paying attention to the story -the person outright lying about story events, characters, or other aspects of the game -confusing personal perference/issues with objectivity -media illiteracy -straight up being an idiot (this part is exclusively reserved for the people saying it is worse then ARR or (and this next part is a real thing a few people are doing on Metacritic) saying its worse then the Lord of the Rings Gollum game -mild transphobia (luckly this isn't too prevalent in most discussions, but there is still some there, more noticable in the review bombs) Like seriously, either there are a lot of trolls or new people in the community, or part lf the community severally mental regrassed and are now stupider then before.

[@CelerisXIV]

@@voistar5387 There were moments of distaste, but there were also many enjoyable moments from the story. I sometimes worry I'm just easy to please though since I do kind of understand some of the complaints about some pivotal moments and voice actor direction. I do also think the story focusing on a different culture and beliefs causes some friction with the players. If our cultures/personal beliefs differ it tends to make people... be a bit dismissive? I don't know if my words make sense but I've been feeling conflicted with my personal experience and the negativity.

[@masterplusmargarita]

@@voistar5387 I think I needed to read this comment, because I've been feeling like I've gone insane. All the negativity online seems to legitimately be coming from people who I don't understand. Like, it's not even "Oh, I see those flaws, but they didn't affect me enjoyment", it's legitimately just stuff that seems like they didn't play the same expansion I did. Realizing that none of that negativity has been in game (other than the incredibly clever Gunbreaker who typed "save us Woke Lamat" when she showed up in the final trial. Good one, dude, you're a master wordsmith) or from anyone I've actually seen in the process of playing through the expansion really makes me feel better. Like, I do think it's a flawed expansion and far from the strongest story they've put out, but it's still really good, and being online has actually been sort of stressful because I just keep encountering people being very wrong about the expansion and often being like... vitriolic in a way that feels very personal? I don't know, I'm incredibly confused by the reaction online.

[@voistar5387]

@@masterplusmargarita I had conversations with many people in game and almost everyone agrees it has some flaws but isn't anywhere as bad as some are trying to make it out to be. As discussed when casually talking with a tank in Alexandria while waiting for new healer, anyone that legit thinks this expansion deserves the 6.4 User score it has now Metacritic (most of the the negative reviews are review bombs, big suprise) are insane. At absolute worst this expansion is a 7/10 because MSQ aside, this expansions has had some of the best zones they have ever made, and hands down has the best dungeon and trial content out of any expansion (haven't gotten to the raids yet so cannot judge but hear they are also some of the best in the game).

[@shirou27]

With how strongly aggressive the negative side is in voicing their hate for the expansion, it's a breath of fresh air to find people who not only enjoyed the expansion, but found flaws in it, and didn't see that as a reason to completely dunk hate on it. Never understood the mindset that every media we consume must be a masterpiece. Sometimes it is good to consume mid, 7/10 stuff to even further appreciate when something really gets cooking! And while story is a large part of FF, combat is the other side of it and this expansion is high in quality for it!

[@TheProud1]

I always enjoy the supercuts. Entertaining as always. I'm also so glad someone else got so hung up on Ketennram. Every time I saw him, I would just scream "how is this guy still alive? and why is no one questioning it?"

[@maallos334mi8]

To be fair, he makes it plain in his cutscene that he just didn’t bother telling people that he was alive, and as evidence with Wuk Lamat, most only knew him under a different name.

[@TheProud1]

That's all well and good. My issue is more the timeline. He was already a well established explorer at the time he went to Tural, which was 80 years prior to this current story. So he would in theory be like 100-120 years old? I tried finding anything on how old typical Roes live to, but it doesn't seem to be anything specifically detailed. Him laying low wasn't really the rub for me, it was just surprising that given the amount of years, that he was still alive at all.

[@maallos334mi8]

@@TheProud1 With how’s he’s talking about his age, I think he’s also surprised to have lived as long too.

[@Wanderingsage7]

How does he still look in his prime?

[@hjt091]

>blue, needs power, ambitious, bitter rivalry with red themed sibling, fought on top of a tower, turns into big monster, deadbeat dad Zoraal Ja is literally Vergil

[@MugginsHere]

Second thing he says during his trial is "I need more power" DMC3trail is real

[@Jet_Ink]

You'll not forget this Mamool Ja's power. SCHUM!

[@herebejamz]

Oh god he used his Devil Trigger and everything!

[@CorpusInsanus]

Words cannot express how much I want to see an edit of Zoraal Ja sitting in a white plastic lawn chair on top of Everkeep

[@cat55198]

his first phase also looks like DMC 1 Vergil, like, a lot

[@helmlessknight]

I don't know if this has been said yet but shoutout to Jill for going through vods to put this video together. She do be the goat for doing a good job with editing an we all love her

[@Sofia_Sif]

"You pose the single greatest threat" "What if there were seven more of me though"

[@TwilightWolf2508]

Koana also being given the title didn't surprise me at all. The entire msq up to that point I was constantly saying "why don't these two just rule together, they'd be perfecr" and I'm so glad that's how it went? 6:00:16 wow I just realized, this scene of him walking towards the gang mirrors the scene in Shadowbringers where you stumble towards Emet Selch as you slowly die from absorbing too much light. It's the same wide shot, but rather than the hero stumbling towards the villain, it's reversed. 6:03:45 so fun fact, my second time running, I died and was rez'd right as this cs triggered. Rather than being at the edge of the arena, I was next to the boss AND instead of having a cutscene, I watched the still models in-game awkwardly move around lmao

[@bumplaygames4989]

Errenville is the moisturized man in all of the source

[@Blitzwaffen]

Howdy woops, not sure if you ever revisited this little detail, but after the reveal that the head of wisdom died three years ago... There's a line back at the start when Wuk is talking about the benefits Koana brought such as the dirigibles and train and mentions that her father had loved them so much and had them implemented... three years ago.

[@DoctorPlato]

Wow, didn't notice this. Along with that, while fighting the WoL, he's having such a nostolgic time that for a second he forgets about the passing of his brother and attempts to use the reason/resolve move.

[@bips1757]

I love how many times woops theorizes on something in the writing and then the dialogue proves his point like 2 lines later

[@kat-rau.]

Bro dropped the 7 hour video on a Sunday. The rest of my day just got cancelled.

[@Raizearche]

Probably figured it out by now, but for the people who care Ambrose is a familiar name because its the Oblivion twins' father who was taken away EDIT: Idk if it was my graphics settings or just straight up bugged but I legit never actually saw the void gate, every time it panned up to the sky it was just the blue color and nothing else, I was so fking confused.

[@MissKashira]

I never figured that out. Thank you. That's so awful and sad.

[@tiombetaylor]

Oh my god I had the same exact bug happen to me, I was so confused during that cutscene and the person I was in call doing msq together sent me a shot of what it was to supposed to look like 😭 the entire time i was like “y’shtola, WHAT are you talking about, there’s nothing there”

[@VesperOfRoses]

Love how the reactions to Bakool Ja Ja shoulder checking Lamat'yi and stomping on her taco bell takeout bag is "MY TACOS!!"

[@eridanuskelpi3908]

Gosh the voice acting, the visuals, the story arc.... This was such a dope journey 🎉

[@skylarsimes8]

Its nice to see someone who understands a slow buildup does not mean bad pacing. So many people with inswear 1st grade reading comprehension saying the story is poorly paced at the start when its building the people and areas. Thats whole point, you cant tell a brand new story without those foundations

[@vvinterfiower]

7 and a half hours of woops final fantasy content? just what my day needed, and the perfect thing to do some shiny hunting to. thanks!

[@GoodnightMoon4]

I loved during the Bakool Ja Ja duel, after he does his Big Laser and Wuk Lamat blocks it, he hits you with the -same- "But that was everything I had" line that she uses when she attacked him earlier

[@suamingvt]

im glad i finished msq just in time to watch this! i really watching your reactions for msq. props to you and your team \o/

[@Acubavix]

I was stoic throughout this whole story, but when Galool Ja started crying so did I.

[@xicision2533]

Damn, Jill working off of multiple cans of red bull!

[@Pintsize_Phoenix]

"Come" "yes sir" That's a damn mood!

[@catierambles]

This very much followed the ARR format of lighthearted adventure into the shit has truly hit the fan. Ya know, wandering around, helping people, getting back to the Waking Sands after Titan and all our friends are dead or captured. This was Rite of Succession, wandering around, helping people, getting back and everyone is being killed

[@BBrawler101]

Yeah! Which honestly makes it even more confusing people are comparing this expansion to Stormblood. This feels a lot more like ARR, especially with this expansion (hopefully) leading to another major story arc like Hydaelyn and Zodiark

[@alexvandal4094]

@@BBrawler101I guess comparison is mostly to the plot being a lot weaker than HW, ShB or EW, and introduced characters being not as interesting as characters in said expansions (compare blond monk girl from Stormblood, Lyse I think, and on the other hand Ryne, Emet, Hythlo, Hermes and Meteion), so people probably compare expansions in that sense, as plot is not very captivating or important and all hope is for Savage and Ultimates, plus new Relic zone possibly

[@alexvandal4094]

@@EatTheMarxists I’d say only saving feature would be hardcore content (extremes/savages/ultimates), but then again it’s not for everyone

[@catierambles]

@@EatTheMarxists someone's salty they're not the center of attention this expansion. not everything has to be OMG THE WORLD IS ENDING. Remember, the last story arc went from "okay we liberated a country. sweet." to "whatdoyoumeantheirsoulswererippedfromtheirbodies." over the course of a single patch. and seeing as there's always a queue to log in and the queue number is going up, people are not "unsubbing in droves" sooooo source? the fact that the WoL was a supporting character in this expansion was a welcome change. So I dunno....be salty over there somewhere. not here. I'll be here enjoying the content.

[@jimphoenix494]

As someone who's been playing through ARR 90% blind and just got to the post-Titan section, oh my god that comparison works so well, it really elevated ARR to something I'm gonna remember for a long time lol

[@XieronDraxin]

Square really said "if you're gonna be level 100, you're gonna EARN IT" with these dungeons

[@StelFury]

God damn those expert dungeons absolutely baffled my brain the first couple times I did them 😂

[@RiderAerix]

Bro has Woops been blessed with the gift of prophecy by Apollo? How does he manage to predict everything correctly?

[@ChaosEndInfinity]

The perfect thing to watch while grinding out my crafting classes. Glad to see Woops already making a lot of the same jokes that I did along the way!

[@CyanPhoenix_]

7:08:40 imo showing a picture of this dude isn't really a spoiler, since having that information doesn't tell you anything about who he is, what he does, or why you're fighting him. I think you could argue that showing solution 9 was a minor spoiler, but personally i'm fine with that kind of information since while it tells you that you're going to a futuristic location in the future, how or why you're going there and what happens when you get there is still something you get to deduce yourself. Love seeing your reactions to everything :)

[@Elidan1012]

Agreed. If someone considers such things spoilers, they should not watch promotional material. That is on them.

[@RockR277]

Zoraal Ja's like: "War sucks, we should do that shit!"

[@MeowSkulls]

I'm amazed Jill banged this out it in like less than a week, THANK YOU JILL :D

[@Gildorify]

I can't believe how many predictions bro gets right.

[@RomuloSilva]

thank you... that was a great video... rewatch things and get things i did not when playing was great this is truly a great expansion

[@Starlin23]

Wuk Evu is my spirit animal. I've been waiting to see this video...had to finish up the MSQ before I can finally watch it.

[@SneakyMuffin]

Man, I just got to the 99 dungeon, seeing woops POV is gonna be a great review while I'm at work.

[@SkydreamPony]

I love FF14's story in general, but the dragons coming to defend Tuliyollal later in the MSQ is the only time I've actually cheered and fistpumped in joy. I absolutely love that scene :D

[@LadyDevay]

Otis made me cry a lot because he's basically Steiner from ff9. He has his 'eager to protect' personality towards the Princess at any cost, was the Captain of the Guards and has the emblem of Alexandria on his shield. He's a full on cameo. This whole expansion is a love letter to ff9, and I love every bit of it. Also now I know woops would absolutely love Steiner 😂

[@OmegaOmni1]

I see new woops video, I watch new woops video.

[@Moheeheeko]

I was a little on the fence about the Xpac when I finished it, but re-watching it with some insightful commentary really has boosted my opinion. I also rank it 4th under EW/SB, and HW (I cant pick between Endwalker and Shadowbringers, dont make me pick).

[@anounyoumissed4073]

yo this is out so fast! Super excited to take a look, thanks to both of you for it!

[@KryssyKat]

already watched the vods, watching this in the background while leveling. thanks for this woops!

[@melonkollyNZ]

the whole last and second to last areas i kept saying "oh that's so fucked" repeatedly. it really was fucked lmao

[@ThomasAtlus]

Sometimes I think that Gulool let Bakool get away with so much shit because he saw this upstart kid with a hundred+ dead siblings and was like "alright I'm forcing this kid to go on a journey of self discovery and get bodied by my own kids"

[@RagnarokiaNG]

Other MMOs: New expansion dropped, got to rush to max level to get head start FF14: New expansion dropped, got to get immediately sidetracked with jumping puzzles

[@CrimsonBlade104]

Gulool Ja Ja is such an incredible character

[@ShupekMan]

I JUST finished MSQ, this is a nice surprise.

[@darkprelude3155]

A 7 hour Woops video of his journey in Dawntrail? Looks like this is a video to use for grinding FATEs and non-combat jobs!

[@Yalene108]

I was really hoping for you to give us another supercut. On to enjoy the next 7.5 hours! (Ty for all the hard work btw)

[@Veishan]

Are you Nostradamus, dude? So many predictions just on the money, every time lol

[@ThomasAtlus]

It’s why I like a story I can predict that takes me on a good journey through its plot beats over one that tries to plot twist me unnecessarily

[@limontree476]

4:48 I'm glad Final Fantasy is living up to it's fictional name and letting us explore insane scenarios like AI taking over all of society to the point people can't even tell the difference. Truly a scenario that could only happen in a fictional world...

[@bandi138138]

4:49:31 remember, Viera can live up to hundreds of years

[@MissLilianae]

Some friends and I have gone back and forth on this. As best we can figure. It was most likely old age that killed her. Assuming she was in her 20s when she went on her journey with Galool Ja Ja, that would make her around 100 by the time we arrived in Tural since it's stated Tuliyollal has existed for 80 years. Then she got trapped in the barrier and experienced 30 years in a few hours from the outside putting her at at least 130. The only sources my friends and I could find say Viera live an average of 200 years. Compared to a, generous, human life span of 100 years Cahciua was roughly 65. She's definitely retirement age, but still young enough to be alive and kicking unless something happened. So it's definitely unclear, but for lack of information natural causes would be the most likely answer.

[@J-manli]

@@MissLilianae I do think that because Cahciua was 1) part of Gulool Ja ja’s original party and 2) a leader of the resistance, i could also believe Zareel Ja killing her.

[@Salt_Mage]

@@MissLilianae Viera live to approximately 300. It's stated that they live "about three times as long as an Elezen" who can live to about 110 themselves.

[@MissLilianae]

@@Salt_Mage Do you have a reference for that? When we were doing our research my friends and I saw that figure come up once with no reference so we assumed it was misinformarion/outdated info compared to the 200 year average we were seeing in multiple places and being quoted from the Encyclopedia Eorzea.

[@TheMexRAGE]

Heavy Copium: Otis isnt dead, he was left at 1%, he just fainted/shutdown

[@mennekeh6367]

Yoooo its here, cant wait to see your reaction to the hype moments

[@VerfluchtKrieger]

I have a crackpot theory about the regulators being an artificial way to reproduce what the Viper job does naturally. it's burst combo is Reawaken into 1st-4th legacy/generation ending with Ouroboros the self devouring serpent representing a repeating cycle of destruction and rebirth. Consider that Viper's Reawaken is them going sicko mode and when Zoraal Ja and that hunter die and come back they go into a sicko mode as well.

[@Ri_RiRisa]

I love how you kept saying Galuf's name through this whole thing. It made me laugh every time.

[@Ventus1105]

Ah perfect, I was just doing Diadem and Ishgard Restoration, this shall keep me utterly entertained.

[@UmbreonMessiah]

6:15:10 No, Woops. She's talking about something far worse: *Auracite.*

[@ChezBergler]

Wish we spent more time with Krile's parents, the Milala bit of story was some of the most interesting stuff imo

[@Term1nus3st]

I swear at 7:22:23 the next 15 seconds give me LB3 irl. Thanks for the treat

[@MasterLittica]

I know, the entire thing was dumn as bricks, if they wanted to do that they should have had it happen BEFORE the delete/overwrite was complete, have her realise "Yeah I dun goofed" but having no way to stop it

[@skal-tel8077]

Imagine how I felt walking into Living Memory with the title "Living Memory". xD Btw, I'm pretty sure that Otis is a shard of Hildabrand.

[@ecstaticafter4644]

THANK YOU JILL YOU'RE THE BEESTT!!

[@qwerty4123532]

When you find out Krile's origins, I also wondered the same thing... Except it doesn't explain Mikoto (Bozja), who also has Echo but as far as we know, is from the Source and can't be our reflection. The wiki also went on to state that there were others that also had Echo that were also from the Source. Really interesting.

[@roronoa1243]

It's genuinely kind of amazing how they introduced so many new characters and made me care about them just as much as some legacy characters in the space of one expansion like Wuk Lamat, Koana, Bakool Ja Ja, Gulool Ja Ja, and Otis, and also elevated characters who haven't got much like Erenville. Krile especially had one of the strongest sections in MSQ and it's so nice to see her finally get her flowers after being in the game for like a decade.

[@twilightfire93]

All of this!!

[@zerosolis6664]

I'm so happy to be seeing some genuine heartfelt praise from people that truly care. It feels like this expansion pointed out the pessimistic bundles of misery, I swear to god.

[@mhimhi2754]

The ending song "Smile" gives me like feel good 90s-early 2000s family adventure movie feels every time I hear it lmfao.

[@alexisrios4991]

It was a wonderful adventure and I enjoyed every minute of it I’m just sad that it’s over. 😭

[@ebonix678]

I enjoyed the supercut msqs. Straight to the main parts.

[@ReinTenebres]

I knew I wasn't the only one to think Arbiter after seeing Zoraal Ja. lol

[@Paski303]

Love the super cut! Petpatpatpatpetpetpet and petpatpatpetpetpet cats

[@TarossBlackburn]

The quest acceptence jingle fits "Mary had a little lamb"

[@azu6216]

I could not watch the live playthrough, but this is going to be my 2nd chance ! And listening to hyped Woops always make my day better !

[@nexmeles8023]

When I was fighting the final boss, we had one person who did it previously. They announced "I've done this... but I'm not giving you hints. I don't do this to be mean... but to have you experience their vision. Holy -Shit- I'm glad they didn't. It was an experience... hahah

[@darter9000]

Whenever Zoraal Ja talks, the Garlean Empire’s theme plays in my head…