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Snake-Kun
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Snake-Kun
Quest npc
Snake-Kun
where are you
Snake-Kun
please
oh i'm scary
oh I remember hating this bullshit dumb quest marker!
oh i'm scary
if you go down into town
oh i'm scary
there's a door at the end of the path downward
oh i'm scary
leading into like
oh i'm scary
a building built into the hill
oh i'm scary
that she is inside
Snake-Kun
it's underground
Snake-Kun
you fucker
oh i'm scary
it's hard to spot and radically unintuitive
Snake-Kun
Isembard DID say he would get her a room at the inn but fuck if I have any spatial awareness in this tiny-ass town in the middle of nowhere
oh i'm scary
you pay more attention to the dialogue in back-and-forth filler quests than I do at least
Snake-Kun
Talented Adventurer
Talented Adventurer
Snake-Kun
Desperate Refugee
Desperate Refugee
oh i'm scary
Snake-Kun
No one will ever recognize you now
Snake-Kun
Apparently I'm not high enough level to do this quest?
Dead Mentors
oh same
oh same
Snake-Kun
oh no I need a tunic too
oh i'm scary
right
Snake-Kun
I like the idea that like
Snake-Kun
This 8 foot tall Roe has been running around camp drybone all day in bright shiny armor
Snake-Kun
with a facial tattoo and red dyed hair
Snake-Kun
And then she shows up with a shitty tunic like "Please help me I am a starving refugee"
Snake-Kun
And no one recognizes her
Snake-Kun
I didn't even take my gauntlets or boots off
oh i'm scary
it's not even the last time the game will do this
Snake-Kun
I still have a big axe
Snake-Kun
Every once in a while I'll look up and see some wild shit like 
Snake-Kun
what even is that
Quinnfernal
looks like either an awesome tree or more Dhalamud debris
oh i'm scary
you're in Thanalan so I think it's this one big tree
oh i'm scary
that is important for one (1) quest in Ul'dah Early Game
oh i'm scary
and then never mentioned again
oh i'm scary
it's got some kind of religious significance I don't remember
oh i'm scary
but that tracks when it's the only tree taller than a Roegadyn in the entire country
oh i'm scary
all I remember is you meet Nanamo and Thancred under it
Snake-Kun
Quinnfernal
weren't you saying there's some kind of shortcut to the scion base?
Dead Mentors
There's a ferry from Limsa Lominsa to Vesper Bay.
Snake-Kun
I feel like Vesper Bay should be a sanctuary
oh i'm scary
Shouldn't It Though
oh i'm scary
I never got into the habit of using the ferry...
Snake-Kun
??
??
Snake-Kun
Vesper Bay isn't an option
Larboard
the ferry next to the arcanist guild
Larboard
that dock also takes you to Fantasy!Okinawa later
Awe
Different ferry
Snake-Kun
wait I found it
oh i'm scary
and that is why I didn't get into the habit
TemporalWolf
As for the massive crystal formations in the distance you'll occasionally see, I believe those are remnants of Bahamut's rampage during the Calamity
Larboard
wish we could team up but I'm enjoying these plurks and I'm cheering you on 
TemporalWolf
Like the explosions and fire crystalized
Larboard
fuckin magic fire man
Larboard
also, thing to look forward to once you get to level 50
oh i'm scary
Limsa Lominsa: Oops, All Ferries
Larboard
that whole video of bahamut wrecking shit? here's a question for you
Larboard
why did he stop?
Awe
also You Won't Be Surprised by the reason vesper bay isn't a sanctuary
Snake-Kun
I assumed he stopped because the warriors of light were like "Hey"
Snake-Kun
"Quit it"
Snake-Kun
which is why they were so famous
Quinnfernal
Awe
I guess FF14 1.0 leftovers
Snake-Kun
Time to do the Bowl of Embers
Snake-Kun
And fight Ifrit I guess
Awe
that's probably correct in a Doylist sense
Awe
In the Watsonian sense though
Awe
it's not that
Snake-Kun
Are we still talking about Bahamut?
Snake-Kun
There was that one shipyard in La Noscae where I fought some guys and that was a sanctuary
Snake-Kun
I think
Snake-Kun
It just made an instance
Awe
I was talking about Vesper Bay not being a sanctuary
Awe
generally "sanctuary" = "has an aetheryte"
Awe
i.e. you can teleport to it
Snake-Kun
ah
Snake-Kun
also fighting Ifrit was cool
Snake-Kun
That's enough for now
Quinnfernal
congrats on your first trial
Larboard
/claps
Quinnfernal
the next sort of arc of the game drags a bit but ends in one of my favorite ARR boss fights
FʀᴏᴍTʜᴇFɪʀᴇ
tbh it's so draggy that I break it up into two arcs
FʀᴏᴍTʜᴇFɪʀᴇ
fair warning: MSQ from now until around level 30 will vanish from your memory in six months and you'll be glad of it
FʀᴏᴍTʜᴇFɪʀᴇ
this is imo the second worst part of ARR for drag and bloat
Snake-Kun
The other day someone said there was a guy you could buy your race's starting clothes from in Lominsa?
Dead Mentors
There is, let me find him.
Dead Mentors
Oh I see you already found him.
Snake-Kun
I did
Snake-Kun
I feel like I heard somewhere that there was an NPC that they couldn't animate walking because they made her boobs so big it fucked up the walk animation
Snake-Kun
is that Minfilia?
Snake-Kun
no it's not Minfilia she's walking
Quinnfernal
it was Minfilia so like, now I don't know the truth
Snake-Kun
She didn't walk very far
Snake-Kun
maybe it only get's pronounced if she walks more than like 5 steps
Snake-Kun
"There after you traveled the realm, aiding those in need without thought of reward" I have 16k gil in my pocket that says otherwise
TemporalWolf
Oh, btw, have you been to the Gold Saucer yet? Because that 16k won't last you long in chocobo raising. 
Snake-Kun
I never get tired of being hueg
I never get tired of being hueg
Snake-Kun
I'm just blasting through ARR
Snake-Kun
So I haven't messed with much of anything yet besides MSQ
TemporalWolf
That's fair. Just remember the quest to get to the Saucer is right outside of Ul'Dah's Aethernet area.
Snake-Kun
k
Quinnfernal
it is good to blast through ARR
Quinnfernal
to get to The Good Shit
Snake-Kun
I liked the touch of when the grand company officers saluted me they all had a different salute
Quinnfernal
yeah you can get various salutes as emotes and they're all different
Quinnfernal
GCs and also the empire
Snake-Kun
There's a LOT of history to this game
Snake-Kun
oh hey
Snake-Kun
I thought Alphinaud was a girl
Quinnfernal
he is not, although he has a twin sister
Snake-Kun
Yeah I met them both
Snake-Kun
I had heard the name before but didn't know anything about him
Quinnfernal
he is my second favorite scion
Snake-Kun
really?
Snake-Kun
He seemed like a pompous twit from the first encounter
Quinnfernal
he takes a while to come around
Dead Mentors
Eventually I went from wanting to shove him in a locker, to still wanting to shove him in a locker, but, like, fondly.
Quinnfernal
yeah he doeson't get, like, cooler
Snake-Kun
Raubahn is crazy intense
Snake-Kun
"For Victory and Fortune, stride feearless into the inferno, for we are by fire reborn!"
Quinnfernal
Raubahn fucking owns
FʀᴏᴍTʜᴇFɪʀᴇ
yeah alphinaud has one of the best arcs in the game but it'll take you until like
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the end of HW to get there
Snake-Kun
Merlwyb also fucking owns
Larboard
"I thought Alphinaud was a girl"
Larboard
you're not the only one
Larboard
npcs do it too
Snake-Kun
but in a slightly more understated way than Raubahn
Larboard
one of them does it on purpose
FʀᴏᴍTʜᴇFɪʀᴇ
Raubahn is a former gladiator so like he has a certain amount of Stage Presence as a job requirement
EsperBot
Eric you do not yet have any fucking idea how much Raubahn owns.
Snake-Kun
Merlwyb is cut from the same cloth as one of my favorite OCs I've ever made so
Snake-Kun
I've got a soft spot
Awe
meanwhile, Kan-E has to sit in the corner since she's just There
Snake-Kun
She's...
Snake-Kun
she's sure there
Larboard
Merlwyb is my favorite of the three
Snake-Kun
I think they were going for mystic spiritualist to go with Raubahn's fervered intensity and Merlwyb's ruthlessness
Snake-Kun
But they didn't push it hard enough so she's just struck me as kinda polite so far
Snake-Kun
They needed to go all in and have her be like
Snake-Kun
Fuckin' Galadriel
Snake-Kun
slightly otherworldly and unnerving
Quinnfernal
Merlwyb is Team Instinct, Raubahn is Team Valor, Kan-E is Team Mystic
EsperBot
I have a soft spot for Kan-E-Senna but she’s definitely an Also Ran next to Merlwyb and Raubahn
FʀᴏᴍTʜᴇFɪʀᴇ
I actually really love Kann-E
FʀᴏᴍTʜᴇFɪʀᴇ
specifically because they didn't go all in making her otherworldly
FʀᴏᴍTʜᴇFɪʀᴇ
rather you need to look at not her, merlwyb, and raubahn as the trio, but her, merlwyb, and nanamo. Nanamo is the idealist, Merlwyb is the ruthless pragmatist, Kann-E is the one who actually gets shit done diplomatically.
Awe
I'd argue that no one is Team Mystic since I don't think any of them are the smart one
Awe
...diplomatically sure but Gridania's refugee treatment practices need work
FʀᴏᴍTʜᴇFɪʀᴇ
oh yeah definitely, but considering that in 1.0 Gridania was xenophobic to the point that Ishgard looks welcoming by contrast (and racism is still a huge matter in a bunch of gridanian storylines)
FʀᴏᴍTʜᴇFɪʀᴇ
Kann-E has actually done a huge amount of work
Awe
I appreciate her a little more now
Awe
Oh 
glad it got some glow-up
glad it got some glow-up
Awe
...that got sent backwards. Mobile why
Snake-Kun
In my defense I've spent BARELY any time in Gridania because my friends keep dunking on it
FʀᴏᴍTʜᴇFɪʀᴇ
Yeah uh. 1.0 lore but apparently Yda and Papalymo were the first newcomers to the city in... a longass fucking time, idr how long
FʀᴏᴍTʜᴇFɪʀᴇ
but it was literally as closed off as, and even more openly racist than, Ishgard
Awe
This does explain that one guy in the Archers Guild
FʀᴏᴍTʜᴇFɪʀᴇ
I've heard lancer is somewhat about it too but I know the archer story is almost entirely about racism, yeah
FʀᴏᴍTʜᴇFɪʀᴇ
and also all that talk about duskwights, gridania's really racist towards duskwight elezen
Larboard
Team Mystic is Aymeric
FʀᴏᴍTʜᴇFɪʀᴇ
i'm pretty sure team mystic is actually the scions. we're team mystic, OG alliance is team valor, everyone else is team instinct.
Larboard
considering the Echo, doesn't that make the Scions team Instinct?
FʀᴏᴍTʜᴇFɪʀᴇ
nope, most of the major scions do not have the echo
FʀᴏᴍTʜᴇFɪʀᴇ
the only notable ones who do are minfilia, krile, and arenvald
FʀᴏᴍTʜᴇFɪʀᴇ
by and far most of the scions are Sharlayan scholars of various stripes, ergo, mystic
Quinnfernal
this seems to uh
Quinnfernal
be getting pretty deep into the plot
Quinnfernal
for a conversation in a plurk from someone who's level 30
Snake-Kun
24...
Snake-Kun
Fortunately I don't know what Sharlayan is yet so context is meaningless
Larboard
FʀᴏᴍTʜᴇFɪʀᴇ
: and the WoL, excuse
oh i'm scary
I ain't a member of no Team Mystic