The Vault: I will NEVER emotionally recover from this

[@taco2253]

Man, rewatching that cutscene does... not get easier...

[@GrandmaTwo]

IT DEFINITELY DOES NOT! 😭😭

[@Mocita]

It's been nearly 10 years, and this scene always makes me tear up and cry. No matter what, Haurchefant's last words will always be in my heart. "A smile better suits a hero."

[@GrandmaTwo]

@@Mocita I agree 🤍

[@dacomputernerd4096]

Anytime the option comes up for dialogue options, I use it. I don't care if there's a sassy option or something, that's what NG+ is for.

[@KMCA779]

There's a reason I STILL have the Fortemp shield as my paladin glam... this is it.

[@GrandmaTwo]

real real real i wear the Fortemps choker/necklace on my WoL!

[@elaine_of_shalott6587]

The moment you realize your viewers are all just emotional vampires waiting for the tears.

[@GrandmaTwo]

@@elaine_of_shalott6587 I did not realize there would be so many more after this moment either 😭

[@genXantiKaren]

I'm such an emotional vampire, watching reactions to The Vault. And no matter how many times, it's a gut punch.

[@GrandmaTwo]

I think that makes you more of an emotional empath because you ALSO suffer with me you aren't just in it for my reaction :*)

[@hufflepuffler2575]

What hurts even more is when you first meet Haurchefant if you talk to him a second time he warns you about how charging in blindly will lead to your demise

[@GrandmaTwo]

BRB CRYING

[@r2dezki]

The real kicker comes in the scene after this.

[@GrandmaTwo]

I do believe I have a short of that moment 🥲

[@desdenova1]

"The fuckin' Church!" Amen, sister.

[@GrandmaTwo]

The religious trauma is real

[@sageata_verde]

I said that it gets worse...and it gets worse even more! Welcome to HW!

[@GrandmaTwo]

@@sageata_verde 😭😭😭😭

[@IKMcGwee]

A Smile Better Suits a Hero

[@GrandmaTwo]

@@IKMcGwee help I'm crying 😭

[@TeaHauss]

Best dungeon, the emotions really pierce the heart and soul

[@GrandmaTwo]

The PTSD I get when I get this dungeon in roulettes....

[@imaninerrah3127]

Your chat doing the lord's work here

[@GrandmaTwo]

They are really great hahaha!

[@mr.mystere4999]

That cutscene actually got reworked in Patch 6.2, I think, when they added Duty Support for HW dungeons. Originally, Alphinaud wasn't in that cutscene and nobody was trying to heal. They put him in to illustrate that simple healing cannot undo fatal blows like that. Major wounds like that need to be seen to by chirurgeons, FFXIV's version of surgeons. If that attack didn't kill Haurchefant so quickly, he could have been saved by Ishgard's chirurgeons. But that attack was intended specifically for you, and that's why he died so quickly. That scene still stung hard, even on my 3rd playthrough, but the next scene stung even harder when we had to tell Count Edmont...

[@GrandmaTwo]

@@mr.mystere4999 I heard about that 😭 is so intense now too because of it and you can even see how that impacts Alphi in the story, the way he becomes so determined not to lose anyone else. And they twist the knife so many more times event after it happens. I do not cry easy but this game keeps getting me!

[@IKMcGwee]

There was also lot of people who were healers during that cs, such as yourself, and were like "imma healer I can heal him!!!" So Alphi was also there to say "no you can't heal him." There also a little more to that attack but that's for the finale of HW.

[@Vents-fc9]

By the way u can only esuna things with a white bar on it. It’s hard to miss the white bar (good luck with the rest of msq hope u enjoy it)

[@GrandmaTwo]

Yeah that still messes me up thank you haha

[@Vents-fc9]

@ np!!!!! I also screw it up all the time

[@sawyercustom]

oh just wait, it gets better.. this game is super emotionally challenging.

[@GrandmaTwo]

@@sawyercustom so I'm learning 😭

[@sawyercustom]

@ I’m almost 50, stream ffxiv nightly on my gaming channel and I lots count on how many times it made me tear up. Certain zones and songs still trigger emotional reactions to the point I avoid the zone.

[@TGMShoNuff]

70th Subscriber. Much love, Grandma. I'm down for this.

[@GrandmaTwo]

YAYYY!! Welcome and thank you!! :D

[@OriginalMiqote]

New subscriber ♡ you are awesome! Will definitely watch more content also poor bestest elf !!

[@GrandmaTwo]

Awww thank you 😭😭Welcome in! I miss my big bro so much

[@dacomputernerd4096]

They really love to play with our emotions, dont they? I still remember the banquet, I now assume every food and drink consumed in any cutscene is poisoned ever since lol. This didnt help the feels

[@GrandmaTwo]

@@dacomputernerd4096 nah when you have dinner with Aymeric later and there's wine I was losing my mind

[@nenram.5786]

GG! 😂😂😂

[@GrandmaTwo]

@@nenram.5786 yeah that was REALLY NOT COOL WHOEVER DID THAT

[@nenram.5786]

@GrandmaTwo Didn't work for you but it saved me from a reoccuring emotional damage

[@GrandmaTwo]

@@nenram.5786 😭 well that's something at least

[@discountdisco2273]

And that's the reason I'm an atheist

[@GrandmaTwo]

@@discountdisco2273 valid honestly

[@ralaphal]

Man, I've been trying to get into the game's story, and... This character is just so disappointing to me, from its introduction to his death, and arguarbly even past his death. I'm genuinely asking : what is he appeal of this character ?

[@GrandmaTwo]

Not every character is for every person I guess! I don't think you can force yourself to feel something for them if you don't already. For me it was that they took us in at great personal risk and felt like a protective big brother to Miso, my WoL. Also I think the character design is quite lovely, especially their nose :>

[@elaine_of_shalott6587]

I'll say for me it was when he had to be physically restrained from joining us in fighting Shiva despite the risks. Only two characters in ARR really ever showed any hesitation in tossing us alone into the path of a Primal. Thancred, and Haurchefant. Alphinaud on the other hand casually refers to how inconvenient it would be for him to find someone else to fight primals if you got yourself killed. Other characters fell in between.

[@ralaphal]

So it really takes that little for some people, huh... I personally don't see the "personal risk" in taking in someone that has proven itself to be more than just helpful, but willing to work for the faction on multiple occurences, and being efficient at it. And "hesitation" isn't really something that feels like that should shape and entire character on about. But then it becomes more understandable how people would come to praise HW, when for me it only falls a tad less flat than in ARR (ARR patches included).

[@GrandmaTwo]

@@ralaphal That's your opinion I guess! As I said, it's fine if its not your cup of tea. But to suggest that it takes "that little" for some people just because you don't see it doesn't make it true and it's weird to try and convince people not to care about them. It takes a lot to make me cry actually :)

[@elaine_of_shalott6587]

@@ralaphal You are forgetting tempering. Battle with a primal carries a high risk of ending up under permanent mind control for anyone without the Echo. Tempered individuals are usually killed by their allies because there is no cure. So yes, viewing us as a person for whom he was willing to take the risk of near certain death to protect instead of just a weapon to solve his problems does make a difference in how I feel about the character. You of course are entitled to your opinion, but I think the fact you haven't been caught by the story is part of why you don't see how big a deal that was.