kn0bhe4d: It's really funny how Honey B Lovely was in the game was 3 days, had one line outside of the raid, and a few voice lines in the boss fight itself, and ended up higher than Wuk Lamat in a Japanese fan poll on character popularity lmao. The combat encounters in this expansion have been stellar so far. Can't wait for Savage and all the future combat content.
truthless4720: Actually, when you think about it, much of what's being brought up has already been established in the story - this is just clarifying some points. I'll cover my thoughts/theories below...

First of all, recall how our soul was in tatters after all that Light we were forced to absorb on the First? And how, afterwards, Ryne comments that it seems fully repaired after we rejoined with Ardbert? That's basically what Eutrope wants to use our soul for. Since our soul would not be a good fit for her soul, she'd likely have to "operate" on it to adapt it, which is probably why it takes an exceedingly dense soul as well - in order to be able to "sculpt" it to match her own.

Secondly, there's also some lore dropped during Endwalker patches that cover how absorbing the aether of another warps your own. Whilst the pure souls produced through Origenics have not been indicated as having this effect, one could theorize (based on the 99 trial) that extended/excessive exposure even to such souls will lead to similar degradations.

Thirdly, the facility in Origenics isn't (that we are aware) capable of "fixing" cracked souls. All it does is take the combined aether of a soul, infused with memories, and separate the memories from the soul, to allow a more "pure" soul absorption - one less likely to cause the corruption we see in the Void.
jos3940: I was under the impression what we destroyed in the MSQ was just that hidden floor in the tower that held/recreated the endless and nothing else so all other functions of their systems are intact
kuronaialtani: It’s definitely looking like another round of Stormblood
Divisive on story but absolute banger content
Probably one of the best first tiers they’ve ever done, if not the best (imo)
IKIGAIofficial: Its not like this raid story is more interesting than 7.0, yet it still is because no Wuk in every single cutscene.
zorgar: When i first heard of Eutrope's condition, I were like ooh if we only knew someone who specialized in souls who looks like a weird dog creature cough cough
wontononionslicer1004: I said from the beginning of the game no ARR, everything something goes wrong it’s always a lalafell
MrJesuisOMG: Okay, 2min in and Zepla got the story wrong instantly. How droll.
Everkeep separate the souls from memories, Living Memory kept the memories of those souls and turned them into an simulacrum of those memories. The soul, the raw aether from it, is preserved in LOTS OF CRATES still within the systems of Everkeep, to which people can use the Regulators as they used. As said in the very credits, their lifestyle was not meant to change, but it is now a finite resource.
Living Memory was AN COMPLETELY separate entity. Origenics still is a thing. And that's literally drawn over for comprehension. Jesus.

You can see how people complain about the story, claim it to be simple writing, and still doesn't understand 10% of it, but want to complain.
kenyancarter: When did Zeplha get so toxic? Holy shit there's a line between being curious about the lore and nitpicking and she's been nitpicking the entire expansion.

Made worse by Dimi constantly dickriding in chat, her streams since Dawntrail MSQ have been unwatchable.
ehwick8175: Preach B. Lovely
ye9945: Lmao damn she can NOT allow herself to enjoy any ilm of this game huh?
DaddyAsh3r: To be honest this is kinda why I stopped watching Zepla. Ever since her rant about hating Endwalker it seems like she's in that mindset where she finds any reason to not like something which is truly annoying. "Why are they muddying the waters with souls?" "I thought the arcadion was out of souls" all of these questions are answered if you actually pay attention to the story. The whole point of the Arcadion is the controversy around the use of souls for fighting and the souls you're using in the fight are manifested memory which is almost identical to the Endless. Also the arcadion wasn't "Out" of souls Zoraal Ja shut them down cause he wanted to use all the beast souls for himself and Metem literally explains this.

I understand it's popular to think FFXIV is bad now and you're the one who started that train so gotta stick to your brand. There are plenty of good reasons to dislike Dawntrail's story but this is just nitpicking at this point and not paying attention to the story.
Heroisback92192: I am pretty sure the VA for Wicked Thunder is the same as Llahmen (The Navigator) from the final alliance raid tier

Aug 01 2024

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