Remnants of a Realm | Episode X | Wineport, Red Rooster Stead, Shposhae & Path Companion

Thanks for watching this episode of Remnants of a Realm! Today we're looking at Wineport, Red Rooster Stead, Shposhae and Path Companions!
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[@SpeakersNetwork]

Shposhae... Not Sphoshae. Gods that name is killing me.

[@luc1ferous]

Shp.... Sphooo.... SHLOPPEH!

[@followingtheapocalypsesson4337]

Shoap shpoon.... there is no shpoon :p

[@Soveia]

Considering the dialogue file for the yellowjacket guarding the entrance to Sastasha is named CmnRadEnterShposhae_00077, it's quite safe to assume that Sastasha was Shposhae in early development of 2.0.

[@Larryzaur]

I have a feeling I should watch this with a fine glass of wine

[@ChaoticAnamnesis]

Some closure on whatever happened to the companion would be great. Whether they got horribly murdered during the events of 1.0 or not, I'd like to know.

[@FerrickAnima]

considering on what they (SE) did to small npcs like the adventurers we met outside of sastasha dungeon... they're most likely dead

[@Demonos3]

No, She's not dead yet... I refuse to... oh wait.... its only a game.

[@ChaoticAnamnesis]

You're right! And water is wet, too!

[@Demonos3]

Kenshi0909 wet is the state in which objects are left after it comes into contact with a liquid.

[@ChaoticAnamnesis]

Which water totally is!

[@kelseylynnmac]

As of shadow bringers, you no longer need to talk to an npc to claim rewards, they can be claimed directly from the achievement menu.

[@rudolfambrozenvtuber]

There's a small handful still at the achievement NPC

[@oromain]

oh my god, path companions look precious! I _absolutely_ want one in the current game! Having a best friend in the plot to hang around and not disappear or die on me every other patch would be really nice, I'd love to have that lifelong companion in the plot to build a bond with. A character that the Warrior of Light could sensibly have an actual bond with, a closest bond. It would especially be perfect with the Trust system coming up, as one of the options.

[@kaleajadesilver8918]

Yes! That would be nice. And especially if we can give them a unique appearance too. =3

[@j4kfr05t5]

Alphinaud and Alisei kind of fill that role. They're always with you, they basically love you at this point, they always act like the WoL's sidekicks, they help you in many story quests, and are the closest thing the WoL has to a family, like a little brother and sister that always need you to get them out of some dumb situation they got themselves into.

[@milat9287]

Kinda find both of them annoying tho. They're occationally cute, but most of the time I'd prefer if they just weren't there xD

[@hypnotic13371337]

My path companion lives on as one of my retainers!

[@StrikerTVFang]

Same here. I basically recreated my Path companion and made her my slav-- er um retainer.

[@KianaWolf]

It's not slavery if they're getting paid (in ventures)! ...It's indentured servitude.

[@jesus123lozano]

EilonWolfe what can they buy with venture? Is the question lol

[@MaxLebled]

Saw a Twitter thread recently that talked about path companions. The miqote woman turns out to have her mind in the gutter at ALL times. The level of innuendo seemed to be off the charts

[@Eric998765]

The word Shposhea makes me think of Shoopuff, and now I want a baby shoopuff in the game as a mount

[@Skitz470]

an interesting thing to note that while Jonathas is the only achievement NPC left over from 1.X, the other achievement NPC's (or at least a few of them) can still be found in the game. Both Ironhearts are still around, Nedrick is in Vesper Bay and Millith provides the sightseeing log (dunno about the others).

[@TheMonsterhunter13]

The PS3 cracks me up every damn time, keep up the great work guys!

[@Emily-fl4sb]

So strange to see how similar FFXI and FFXIV 1.0 are. I remember back when 14 first came out, and even in the beta, that people in my 11 linkshell would complain that 14 was too different from 11 for them to like it. Even now going into patch 3.56 I am still surprised to find parallels to 11 in so many aspects. I mean, the retainers everywhere was 100% Jeuno, and companions... Adventuring fellows. Why they would implement that is confusing, since Adventuring fellows were a pretty useless and unpopular feature of 11. I love these series so much! Makes me appreciate everyone who committed to the alpha/beta/1.0.

[@SirthOsiris]

Forgot to mention that with Wineport being close to the Binding Coil of Bahamut, during the time it was relevant Wineport was a pretty busy hot spot for raiders hanging out before jumping into it.

[@FuryousD]

i'd love to see the path companions return, i always love it when a game gives me a companion to travel with that will help me in combat (and possibly romance) especially if they have their own story

[@ElemXCR]

Man after watching these series, I finally have a good idea of the lore behind some of these places. At least better than a player who only has 2.0 to work with but even then, only casually get an idea from npcs that mentioned it. Thx for the lore knowledge!

[@Stonehawk]

i do actually wish we had companions for soloing. not just our chocobo! I wish my retainers could come adventuring with me as npc party members... and participate in battles like the party members in ff12 did. Not quite exactly like 13 or 15 though; being able to tell them what to prioritize and set up their behavioral strategies like 12 was awesome.

[@Lans32485]

Yeah an upgrade to use retainers as companions would be awesome.

[@kaleajadesilver8918]

Agreed, mostly because I want to get screenshots of my retainers with me.

[@CecilyJisi]

I kinda like the idea of a path companion. It's always nice to have some flavor text to add to cutscenes.

[@kyuven]

It is, but with 2.X and onward they gave us Alphinaud and a few others as a substitute. It makes it a bit more dynamic (since they're actual characters and not the player's wishy-washy mouthpiece) but...well, the consequence is our character is even more of a mime.

[@Sinitsu]

kyuven we say things when we need to. Just like when we said what we'd do to the shit pope.

[@nnovatakaren5515]

Yeah but they chose the companion for us, I had to suffer Alphinaud´s companionship for more than I liked

[@kuronanestimare]

In the cutscenes I've seen the Companion in, they were usually (if not entirely) flavored to be Ala Mhigans so they could have been excellent justification for Stormblood.

[@glenrkat]

I wouldn't mind the Path Companion being brought in as maybe a member of the Scions you can take with you as a "trainee". Basically in function the trainee / path companion would replace the chocobo in your adventuring. I like my chocobo (his name is Minsc) but a humanoid npc that I'm supposed to be training for the Scions would be a nice little side activity.

[@TheBonkleFox]

You better have one of the beaver minions to go with minsc.

[@luisbenitez6304]

Great video, as usual! Can you talk about Parley? It was a hated mechanic, forced into the MSQ so Disciples of the Hand/Land could advance in the story without needing a battle class (this was also the main purpose of the Path Companion ), and I think it even was unexplained how it worked. The horrible lag when doing it was the ice in the tip. It returned as a Toy Box minigame, earned in the Hildibrand story.

[@WitheredAnge1]

Can you please make a video on all those guild houses? Now there's only one where we pick the class and do the class quests. What was the point of having guild houses every where in every villages? Did they give perks when crafting in them?

[@luc1ferous]

I hope we get Path Companions back at some point in one form or another.

[@milat9287]

I'm afraid the best we will get is probably our chocobo. Not nearly as charming :c

[@kaoruhonjou]

I would like to have a path companion during my journey. I usually play the game solo, like I do most games. It does get boring doing daily grinds with nothing than a giant chicken aiding you. It would be great if you can even marry them, if you have them with you more times than not. It's a little sad having an NPC waifu/husbando, but some solo games like Skyrim have them. There can even be msq missions where they get taken away to be tickle tortured and who knows what. Where we have to rescue them, and if we very close to them.....to see them with scar and bruises would have us go super saiyan. But I think it's a fever dream as to how will SE implement such a feature even after ARR. For them to suddenly appear would be off putting to the lore of the game. :/

[@TheMrSlize]

Sphosae is definetly Sastasha - same ponds with shrooms (?) to walk on, CLAMS, Cuerl Boss, and Plunderer gear droping from the dungeon :)

[@Inariele]

i miss the companians, i think this was one of there better ideas they had in 1.0. though i guess i can consider alphinaud my companion now lol

[@davidmoore2279]

So in the live letter that came out after EW's release Yoshi P did address several lore questions I won't go into all of them due to spoilers but he did call out the Path Companion basically saying since it was customizable who you selected and since it was something you only really got in 1.0 they were essentially hoping people forgot it existed and didn't want to bother with it.

[@danielturner336]

Can you link to that video? What Yoshi-P said does make a lot of sense, though. They'd have to go back and look at the character save data from 1.0 to know which ones we chose. Assuming they even have that data on file somewhere, what would they do for the new players that weren't around in 1.0? Just have Default Hume Male show up and go "Hey, remember me from those old adventures we never had? Good times..."? People would just be confused.

[@davidmoore2279]

@@danielturner336 I don't know the name of the specific video off the top of my head, but it was the first live letter video after EW release so I assume if you can find a listing of them and look at the dates that's the best route to finding it.

[@Shadethewolfy]

Shposhae is basically an early version of Sastasha. Blows my mind.

[@Glenningway]

1.0 overworld design borrowed heavily from XI, like having to go the long way to get to a dungeon, and the dungeon itself wasn't an instance but a whole new zone in itself. Honestly, I thought it was rather good, gives a sense of adventure and tension but I can see why others would hate it.

[@Nyanoko]

Now, if we could have the snappy UI and responsive combat of 2.0+, and the sandboxy 1.0 world, I'd be very happy.

[@KMFDM_Kid2000]

Good stuff. Informative and entertaining.

[@itshardtofindabandname]

Thank you for keeping up with this series! As a vet from 1.0, I really love the nostalgia.

[@DavidTimothy]

Very interesting seeing the companion. Another great episode, thanks!

[@Kirby_Kuma]

oh wow didnt know about the Path companion! that seems like such a cool feature

[@TonyRedgrave]

It'd be cool if the Path Companions came back as a small group/squad for side content. Similar to The Company of Heroes.

[@ToberryRequiem]

Hope they bring back path companion

[@ScarecrowJames]

Path companions were replaced by Chocobo Companions sadly. I don't see why I couldn't ride on top of a Miqo'te to battle. I doubt we will ever be able to summon Path companions to battle in the world alongside a Chocobo. Ps4 limitations and all. I remember when we used to be able to summon minions with chocobos out or even(minions) inside dungeons

[@mrsongarg6668]

When we're freeing Ala Mhgo from the grip of the Empire, and storm in on the Viceroy Yotsuyu in the palace. She calls in a Garlean Knight clad in Magitek armor to defend her... The Path Companion! The Calamity changed him/her from a heroic Hyre/Elezen/Lalafel/Miqo'te/Rhogaden into a cruel and merciless being just as cold as the Imperial Viceroy herself. Why? Revenge... or just for the lulz.

[@FrancescoBianchiTaliesin]

First of all, I joined your discord server and it's SAVAGE. I love it. Also I always wait for these videos with excitement, I really LOVE the effort and all the details that would otherwise be overlooked and forgotten. Just a question... about the 1.x footages, where do you get 'em? Do you have old recordings, original introduction videos from SE or are you using an unofficial server thingie of sorts? Thanks again for making these!

[@YazzPott]

Francesco Bianchi we are only slightly savage and you know it :P :baguette:

[@Lady_Moonsong]

A lot of the path companion archetypes were turned into NPCs in 2.0/3.0

[@SorasShadow1]

...Is _that_ why we have the Companion menu? I love my chocobo very much but when I first began playing I expected npc companions with a name like that

[@PowerArmorV113]

Well THAT was fucking quick.

[@BravoSquid]

Any idea if videos exist of all the path companions? Seems like a neat feature.

[@TsuchiGamer06]

I WOULD LOVE A COMPANION

[@NotSoMelancholy]

Man I was really hoping there would be something like 1.0 path companion when I first started FFXIV. I can see why it was removed though, I'd honestly totally love to get the chance to replace my chocobo with a path companion. I also really wish they'd bring back open dungeons. I find they make the game feel so much smoother if you're partied with people.

[@YukihyoShiraki]

I'm pretty sure lone coeurl was literally the only coeurl in the entire game at the time.

[@SubduedRadical]

lol 4:40 -> "SE-PHI-ROTH!!!"

[@Atamusk]

I think it would be great to have the path companion system back. Maybe even something akin to the Trust system of FFXIV, or even just calling your retainers at the cost of a venture or two.

[@milat9287]

Miss you, Path-Panion.. Return to me, please :c

[@Arfiess]

As much as a chocobo makes more sense, I thought the path companion is a brilliant idea. Heck that what the squadron that you get SHOULD have been. But seriously, why the heck did they remove the path companion, it sounds really nice for us solo lonely players :(

[@guillaume8642]

Real answer for disappearance of path companion is probably "Please understand" feelbad

[@rosaria715]

This Episodes are the Reason i love this Channel.^^

[@fizzplease6742]

Path companion sounds like a wonderful idea. it's too bad they didn't keep that. However I am overly fond of NPCs generally, even ones like that. (All my retainers have little backstories)

[@Yuri98]

These series are saving me while the server is off! :')

[@MrSabachtani]

Soo glad we're getting back the path companions. It increases my hype for Shadowbringers by factorial 10!

[@smokyjo5245]

Good to know if I had a Miqo'te path companion, she'd be a skank by default. Never change, cat people.

[@mivhitv4906]

rest in peace jonathas

[@demeanoris]

seems to me most of the maps in 1.0 were extremely squared

[@Shiirow]

well its easier to copy paste things if there are more 90 degree edges to connect them.

[@axemtitanium]

You should probably put a link to the Speakers XIV website article in the video description.

[@SpeakersNetwork]

That's a good idea! I forgot to put it in there -_-' done!

[@niwaar]

A free dungeon system, ie elite mob/group areas would be a phenomenal idea to expand ffxiv. However i just dont see YoshiP & Co. going back to old ideas from Tanaka's era of MMO either 1.0 XIV or FFXI

[@IaconDawnshire]

niwaar I hope not. Fuck that old man

[@niwaar]

While he screwed over XIV 1.0 in many many ways. I still believe quite a few systems from XI would work and be great in XIV if they were added. Instead of trying to "fix" Diadem, or try and make FATES compelling content, try giving us a Pop NM system or a Besieged/Conquest system. BCNM style small "easy to create" content would be great as well.

[@Alex-pq2fv]

oooooooooooooooo a besieged system in XIV would be amazing....I loved besieged in XI, lag and all

[@MRorizs2]

The path companion sounds a really nice addition to the game. now i see why there's always a soldier-looking character in certain cutscenes, but it's not always the same. I very much prefer wineport and red rooster stead the way they are now, thanks. lol about the map frustration, some of it still lingers today, as in North shroud there's that rocky area that leads to coerthas, I keep getting lost there trying to find the way to the upper side of the map. ugh. at least now we can jump off most cliffs that lead to a lower area, but going up is still sort of frustrating.

[@suitrBJ]

I love red rooster mayonnaise and chicken rolls but they're so expensive.

[@seiverdamross]

i miss my path companion /cry

[@realpumaoblivion]

At least we can put that evil PS3 to rest when Stormblood comes out and put the end to this creepy console.

[@Shiirow]

Sastasha is the spiritual successor to Sphoshae? Guess that means I would have hated it then.

[@alistairetheblu]

Considering that coeurl boss in sastasha, yeah that's basically what they did with Shposhae.

[@Deilais]

Where do you get your 1.0 footage? Do you play on the The Seventh Umbral 1.0 server? Really enjoy these videos!

[@mayalewis2956]

happy retirement jonathas

[@rodrigo12983278]

I love the ps3 cameo appearances!

[@Bllackwatch]

I always wonder how you get the footage of the 1.0 areas that pan over the areas.

[@clumsy_sage]

Blackwatch in one of the podcasts with lbr he says where he gets it. the person videoed everything in 1.0.

[@IaconDawnshire]

I don't even remember my path companion. :/

[@Yasha277]

Path companion? Well I mean it sounds decent but like a waste of resources in development. If they're going to do something like that again, I think they should at least let us make it our retainers. I've always wanted to do more with them.

[@ceizak9019]

I totally forgot my Path Companion Existed, I need to make her as My Retainer :3

[@megapacman]

Red Rooster had port in Beta. Wish they kept it :(

[@stuffsayergamer3367]

Great job as always!

[@ClaerisGames]

How do you get the footage for 1.0? Do you have a private server you managed to get to run it or is it some other trickery?

[@Demonos3]

he gets the footage from other players. he credits people every time. at least, that's what I assume is going on.

[@ClaerisGames]

I thought so too at first but this episode just seemed like a lot of these shots are veeeery specific for randomly recorded stuff years ago... plus he's the only one there running around for the most part so it makes me think he somehow tricked it into booting privately or something

[@FireFr0ggy]

I want a path companion. T_T

[@TheRealShinobiNexus]

All I hear is Sean Connery when you say shposhae! lol

[@Maylu169]

I'm curious. How are you get all of this 1.0 footage?

[@PhantaminiumTC]

That damned PS3 does not want to let us go!

[@Demonos3]

ah, so Shposhae was like Sastasha... did they combine the 2? ok.. so I kept watching and you already mentioned it... damn it.

[@MidnightWonko]

I'm impressed: pre-calamity La Noscea had similarities to La Theine. I'm pretty sure they replaced Path Companions with chocobos. I am okay with this.

[@kaleajadesilver8918]

I'd want a companion and my chocobo. A companion would be my back to keep me alive against b rank hunts of Shadowbringers or fates that I do alone for hunts when my chocobo dies/gives me time to call my boy back without failing fates and such. I'd love both. =3

[@metalmilitia89]

Leaving a comment for the KZbin algorithm.

[@ChouhouinNeko]

still cant believe i got this right - Cylestea

[@chyhart]

we need Mead Port!

[@wisewolf2963]

I don't know if this has been answered before but how do you get footage from 1.0 still? i imagine the footage is recent?.

[@Chocoboranger]

I miss my spicy companion.

[@Tackleberry61]

Where are the male Miqo and female Roe companions?

[@Incensement]

Didn't exist in 1.0. Miqo'te were female only and Roegadin were male only.

[@ryudomaikashi]

The companions reincarnated as chocobo?

[@Gameshunter92]

In short for the female miqo'te companion: she doesn't care about your gender, she just wants to do you. xD

[@AceCat]

None of the problems you've mentioned have been due to PS3 :p

[@YazzPott]

Luke Elson It's just a joke!

[@AceCat]

I know it is, and I don't really mind but I thought someone out there may like to know :p

[@TheHaviocdarkmoon]

ok can some one explain to me why the game was bad on the ps3 since i never played 1.0 im guessing it was hardware limitations but i want to know?

[@Shiirow]

it was in fact hardware limitations, they needed it to run on a PS3 so they could only do so much, so the PC version sort of suffered. while the PS4 is more powerful, it still shackles down what the game could be because they can only work within the consoles hardware limitations.

[@leikomilk]

1st...finally! My life is complete.

[@sammcarthur864]

lol... not quite!