That grammatical shift occurs after the bollywood dance scene so yeah, good catch. After being doused with that perfume she's not just a primal, she's made you think she's your primal.
If I’m being honest, Lakshmi is the most terrifying primal to me. She above all others I fought really hammer home the tempering effect primals have. The song like her appearance seem nice and inviting, but actually listening to the lyrics it’s a song about entirely giving up your free will
(POST-STORMBLOOD SPOILERS) That's why I personally found her to be a serious threat in the post-Stormblood MSQ, when she reappears. She, nor any Primal really, is not a real threat to you at that point, but beating her isn't the issue - if she got to Temper a single person in that room, it's literally game over. She's allowed to be a problem without physical damage or downplaying us, which is honestly excellent game design for what it is.
@@harryunderwood9387 As someone who had soloed Stormblood content, I was a bit miffed that Lyse and Raubahn didn't just fuck off with the rest and we had to defend them in that way. *Let me defeat her in peace, as I always have.*
@@somberflight I can understand that, since it's less about beating a boss and more about protecting people who should be more than capable of getting out of there. At the same time, the fight wasn't about Lakshmi herself - you're the only hope against an ability that, at that point in the story, has absolutely no other counter and is always fatal. Granted, just hitting an action over and over gets boring, but I'm looking at it from a thematic standpoint rather than a mechanical one. Edit: I kind of forgot about the non-combatants when typing this. Ignore that part.
@@harryunderwood9387 There was snake fighting outside. There was no way to just slip out, especially with the equivalent of noble dignitaries who can't fight.
@@somberflight The whole point that Raubahn and Lyse couldn't get everyone out was because they were being blockaded by tempered resistance soldiers and Ananta. It was because of those tempered soldiers that the room had crystals hidden away that allowed Lakshmi to be summoned in the first place.
🎉I came on here to apologize to the poor random folks in my party when I first did this. I was high as a kite and was NOT prepared for how trippy this trial was. I think I died over 5 times.
Hey, as long as you weren't a tank or healer, it probably wasn't that bad, and if you were a sprout, I'm sure they would understand you didn't know mechanics
Lol I didn't even notice that because I was laughing from the poor poor aoe placement that killed everyone. You know someone screwed up when the LB3 gets used by the healer haha
Oh absolutely. Honestly, I'm happy when I get any of the Stormblood trials. People may not have liked that expac as much overall, but the trials are pretty much all amazing.
@@JackgarPrime I'm going thru SB right now, just finished this fight. The story is good, even very good, just not as good as the ending of HW with all it's patch content.
@@84elmer Well SB's main "problem" has little to do with anything being bad about it. Its main problem is being after HW and before Shadowbringers. Its an 8.5 stuck between two 10's.
Ah yes, the fight where evereyone congratulates you for beating Lakshmi by yourself when in actuality I just died to her love attacks over and over again while a team of 7 carried me through the fight. I definetely deserved that win. The song is an aboslute banger, though.
Kind of. I was really lost during a lot of fights and from what I've noticed so far, the same's true for a lot of sprouts but there are also a lot of fights where it's pretty easy to figure out what you have to do, so you just do what you're used to when playing your role and everything's fine. And then come the extreme fights and binding coils. lol
Got that during Titan. got yeeted. then another one got yeeted as well. the other 2 cleared it themselves. then got congratulated for things I didn't do. Another type of accidental death was Shiva trial. What can go wrong in lvl 50 trial, akh afah ampitheatre (hard). playing with half attention to the trial, and more to the song. The next second me and few others lying dead and I don't know why. Just realized the tank flipped the boss towards the party and she cleaved few people.
There’s only one warrior who can handle this battle. The true Anti-Simp who longs only for war. That’s right…Ravana! No not Zenos, we need big bug primal.
Was my first time doing this one yesterday and the astr healer was just like "death by bosom ain't a bad way to go" in fact I'm pretty sure everyone else died at least once to the mechanics, thankful the whm was more focused on their job than the bosoms. If I do it again in gonna convince the entire trial to surrender at least once
@Crow Demon - The Archives same. I was wondering what that funny thing was for a while until a person in the party explained. I wasn't even mad, music was so good and the fight itself a spectacle
One of the most amazing things about Final Fantasy 14 is how well the music fits the fights. Beauty's Wicked Wiles perfectly fits the concept of the primal Lakshmi.
God the first time I heard this song.. and listened to the lyrics I realized how terrifying Lakshmi is. 'Give into your hunger" she's trying to entice. Loved her fight tbh.
Flashbacks to my very first time on this fight. When the time came up when we had to use the duty action, I couldn't find said duty action, all because it was hiding behind my tank stance icon due to how I had set up my hud. Not only that, but I got spooked by the Hand of Grace aoe, running to try and get out of it, only to RUN OFF OF THE EDGE OF THE ARENA like a frightened lemur It did not help that I was the Off-Tank for this fight
I'd just like to apologize to anyone who was just partied with me on this, I was distracted by this song and didn't know what i was doing or even care. It's mesmerizing.
I just got through the main part of stormblood, and I honestly can’t believe how after hundreds of hours the game still amazing me with the music. Final fantasy is incredible
Blind-BLU-soloed this for Stotram today (level 70 epic echo)! I must've died 20 times over two hours. Alluring Arm sets up two spells to hit in quarter-second succession - a bliss spell, then Stotram or THE PARTY STACK. So the bliss spell cracks your Vril, then you get THE PARTY STACK Vril-less. Picture a lot of panicked diamondbacks and a lot of dying even when the timing is good because of Spear's bleed aura... But the point is, I pushed through! I didn't quit even a little! Because I couldn't get mad with this playing!! Sri Lakshmi, let me dream with you...
Things the I noticed about this song because I listened to this, A LOT: 1. I love the touch of indian theme on the melody as well as the percussion instruments 2. The part "...the dreame/rs" on the tail end of each chorus sounds really similar to Eyes on Me sung by Faye Wong
I listen to Eyes on me religiously and for that part alone I had to look up the singer of this knowing full well her voice is different to Faye Wong's. The amount of hope one single word evoked in me lmao
When I fight Lakshimi for the first time, during the so-called hugging part (the only free time), I simply have to type in chat.. "OMG, the theme is superbly beautiful"..
You know I never really clocked it, but hungrychad really is doing all of these fights with the UI turned off. Can't see buffs or debuffs, can't see hotbar, can't see castbars or timers. Hungrychad really earned the title of the greatest (and hungriest) chad of all time.
my first time through this trial I died to every mechanic as ranged dps and got 5 pity commendations 😭 it was so bad I had to go back in again just to make myself feel better lol
I did that the first time I did Titan.... Not even (Hard), just Titan. I fell off the edge and was dead throughout half the fight, and was like "nope, I need to live for this to count"
I remember my friends FC bringing me to this fight, and were like: this fight wasnt difficult when we first did it. One looks up the specs notices, were in extreme, and they all brought under developed jobs
Did this trial for the first time and was getting my ass... KICKED. What got to me more was this uplifting sounding BANGER of a song playing in the backround of me getting Whooped XD
@@Ultra_James__T Are you trolling? She matches the skin tone of most illustrations of Lakshmi and is darker than some. Do you think only people with European ancestry can have lighter skin or something?
@@emeryltekutsu4357 I said she objectively looks “white”. Weird how you try conflate “white” with “light” - because I’m clearly referring to the whole package looks among white European ETHNIC groups and FAR from the Hindu origins of Lakshmi. Look at the facial features. Look also at other features like hair - it’s European brunette and NOT the black hair of lakshmi which is the consensus. It’s clearly a Europeanized Lakshmi i.e. “cultural appropriation”.
@@Ultra_James__T Her facial features literally looked copied from her illustrations... You kind of sound like a white person trying to be offended on behalf of others if you think her hair is "just black". You realize this was made by people in Japan? What is the typical hair color in Japan? Do you think they interpret hair color the same way you do, as "just black"? Have you ever talked to people of other cultures with darker hair? Because I can tell you right now: what a white person calls "black," they will often call "brown." My nieces, for example, have very similar hair color as Lakshmi's in her depictions, and they colored in pictures of themselves as kids the same as it's depicted in this game. They never chose the black crayon. But I'm sure that doesn't matter. Your goal in life is to be offended by everything you see, and you probably think being angry makes you virtuous rather than annoying and petty. And probably think something like this makes you look cultured instead of like someone narrow-minded from a big city, thinking everyone perceives things the same way you do.
@@Ultra_James__Tin any case she isnt even the "real" Lakshmi. She's a being made of aether that takes her identity and compells people to serve her. It wouldnt look good if they treated this one like the "real" Lakshmi
I learned the other day that my item level is high enough on Warrior to solo this Extreme. Narrowly. My clear time was a whopping nine minutes and something like twenty seconds. It was all kinds of ugly because I went in blind and didn't know when to use my vril. Must have done something right because she never managed to kill me. I was singing along the whole time though.
What's so awesome with the Lakshmi fight as well other than that she really shows the fearsome power and effect of tempering -- is I think this is one of if not the first trial that introduces Duty Actions to you? I was one of those blind first timers that got screwed during her mechanics because I had no idea how to Vril and couldn't see my Duty Action button.
I really hope they could do another version, but have it sung with Hindi lyrics. Also, love the chorus! I just love how this games captures epic battle in so many different ways. I really enjoy this a lot more especially after watching some videos on Indian Music theory.
My only qualm with this track is that during the chorus there is a noise in the background that sounds like my cat calling for attention and I have to fight to reflex to check to see what she wants.
Just started playing this year and this game never ceases to amaze me with the music. it's incredible. All the primal fights from Ravana onwards were amazing!
Oh it does...and a lot of Chinese asthetics in Doma (specifically in the Ruby Sea/ Yanxia regions). Always adored both cultures (granted Chinese culture's always held a sway over me). Another beautiful track to check out if you like this one is Twilit Terraces from Endwalker. FF14 has some absolutely beautiful middle/ far Eastern-inspired tracks.
I first heard of this theme through a MOUNT and it's been one of my fave themes ever since. Sri Lakshmi was also a fun fight, save for the moments I get yeeted bc someone else robbed me of my Vril
She doesn't have legs. From an official artwork, it is shown that she has large and long snake tail. It is possible that she hides her snake tail tucked in her gown. It is funny because when a snake is defending itself, it will curl its body.
Wtf Final Fantasy, how they've done something so beautiful?? I didn't want to defeat her, I wanted to join her, screw all that war bullshit. Better to live in peace under control over being free but constantly tormented by fear and chaos. The art design, the boss mechanics, the music...SO BEAUTIFUL! My favorite trial so far ❤
Still thinking how brilliant it is that the charm/seduction fighting-style boss has the most catchy song in the game, to the point that it's almost distracting
Did this for the first time last night. The desperation of me playing on controller on how to activate the unique action gave me anxiety only to remember last second I have a mouse cursor LOL
This song is really fucking good The aesthetic is amazing to, isn’t it Indian Hindu inspired? Edit: forgive my ignorance, probably could’ve worded that better
Best fight in the game so far only next to Alexander Prime (Just beat 4.0). The game keeps outdoing itself. Shadowbringers is calling, I must away. Patch quests here I come. edit; Wow... The Eden raid series, especially the Shiva fight... This game man.
Yep! Lakshmi is the Hindu goddess of wealth and plenty. While much of the FF version of Lakshmi is made up just for the game (same with Shiva), some references still remain: the Hindu Lakshmi sits on a lotus throne, and FF Lakshmi uses lotus-themed AoEs. As far as I'm aware, she has nothing to do with snakes but perhaps practicing Hindus who are more familiar with the pantheon can confirm or disprove that.
@@chillsahoy2640 Yeah she has nothing to do with snakes directly, but there is some faint connection. "Ananta" (meaning infinite) is the name of a celestial being who is the king of the "Nagas" (semi-divine half-human half-snake beings). "Vishnu", the God of protection, uses Ananta's body as a recliner/bed when he is chilling in "swarga" (heaven). Lakshmi is said to be Vishnu's wife. Lakshmi herself is the goddess of wealth and prosperity but it's not like people worship her to get rich, it's more like Lakshmi will stay by your side and help you prosper if you follow the right path, and people worship her to show gratitude.
It's quite a weird creative decision to put Lakshimi (a Hindu god) in Ala Mhigo (an Arab-inspired land) and not in Thavnair (the actual Hindu & India-inspired land)
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I appreciate that she goes from “Our” and “We” to “Your” and “You”, as if she’s already tempered us.
That grammatical shift occurs after the bollywood dance scene so yeah, good catch. After being doused with that perfume she's not just a primal, she's made you think she's your primal.
Wow good catch!
Not just me who noticed then! FF music... without parallel 🥰
I thought this song was about getting people to play this game through the free trial and eventually becoming a sub.
If I’m being honest, Lakshmi is the most terrifying primal to me. She above all others I fought really hammer home the tempering effect primals have. The song like her appearance seem nice and inviting, but actually listening to the lyrics it’s a song about entirely giving up your free will
(POST-STORMBLOOD SPOILERS)
That's why I personally found her to be a serious threat in the post-Stormblood MSQ, when she reappears. She, nor any Primal really, is not a real threat to you at that point, but beating her isn't the issue - if she got to Temper a single person in that room, it's literally game over. She's allowed to be a problem without physical damage or downplaying us, which is honestly excellent game design for what it is.
@@harryunderwood9387 As someone who had soloed Stormblood content, I was a bit miffed that Lyse and Raubahn didn't just fuck off with the rest and we had to defend them in that way. *Let me defeat her in peace, as I always have.*
@@somberflight I can understand that, since it's less about beating a boss and more about protecting people who should be more than capable of getting out of there. At the same time, the fight wasn't about Lakshmi herself - you're the only hope against an ability that, at that point in the story, has absolutely no other counter and is always fatal. Granted, just hitting an action over and over gets boring, but I'm looking at it from a thematic standpoint rather than a mechanical one.
Edit: I kind of forgot about the non-combatants when typing this. Ignore that part.
@@harryunderwood9387 There was snake fighting outside. There was no way to just slip out, especially with the equivalent of noble dignitaries who can't fight.
@@somberflight The whole point that Raubahn and Lyse couldn't get everyone out was because they were being blockaded by tempered resistance soldiers and Ananta. It was because of those tempered soldiers that the room had crystals hidden away that allowed Lakshmi to be summoned in the first place.
The most devastating move in this game, Bollywood Dance Attack
Unbelievably enough this just made my night. Thanks I guess 😂
🎉I came on here to apologize to the poor random folks in my party when I first did this. I was high as a kite and was NOT prepared for how trippy this trial was. I think I died over 5 times.
Hey, as long as you weren't a tank or healer, it probably wasn't that bad, and if you were a sprout, I'm sure they would understand you didn't know mechanics
@@nettlesomenpc889Nah, I was the dumbass Bard who kept jumping off the ledge 😳😂
@@ScruffMcMoose Getting high and stumbling over a steep ledge seems very in character for a bard tbh
Whoever sang this did an incredible job.
Paula Kaye Gerhold. It also says so in the vid. She also sang “What Angel Wakes Me”.
My head canon is that its F'lhaminns singing voice
It was actually Soken himself!
Her voice in this is like a mature elegant lady, while the one in What angel wakes me sonds like a yonger one, daaaaaang
@@Leviirus2 You very nearly made me spit tea all over my computer and lose $600. Luckily, I hadn't taken a swig yet. :D
That moment at 3:23, when she starts singing "Rise high" exactly as the party is getting resurrected *chef's kiss*
Lol I didn't even notice that because I was laughing from the poor poor aoe placement that killed everyone. You know someone screwed up when the LB3 gets used by the healer haha
Side note the only time I've ever had to LB 3 as healer was in Emanation
*BELLISIMO*
absolute perfection
@@kjenkins6588 or the fight's just not going perfectly. healer lb3 is just really strong.
Dancers get +10% damage bonus in this fight
I wish!!!
Fact xD
truth
If only.
Thats every trial homie
"Dude, you have to use the Vril when she hugs us."
"No, I want MOMMY to hug me."
That's how she tempers you.
Ara ara WoL-kun.
@@sargeyoukai6860 "Yes, Lakshimi-Okasan/Onee-sama"
Sri Lakshmom@@optimaltt6070
HAHAH THATS WHAT I WAS THINKING
This is honestly one of my favorite fights to do in the game... Every time I get it in roulette, I'm like "oh, FUCK YEAH".
time to turn BGM to 150% :D
Same here
Oh absolutely. Honestly, I'm happy when I get any of the Stormblood trials. People may not have liked that expac as much overall, but the trials are pretty much all amazing.
@@JackgarPrime I'm going thru SB right now, just finished this fight. The story is good, even very good, just not as good as the ending of HW with all it's patch content.
@@84elmer Well SB's main "problem" has little to do with anything being bad about it. Its main problem is being after HW and before Shadowbringers. Its an 8.5 stuck between two 10's.
The three trials you get in the main Stormblood MSQ are probably my favorites in the entire game. They’re so unique.
Going through Stormblood now. The story so far hasn't been great, but the trials and raids have been my favorite so far.
Those lyrics are deceptively sinister...
As is this version of Sri Lakshmi >:)
Ah yes, the fight where evereyone congratulates you for beating Lakshmi by yourself when in actuality I just died to her love attacks over and over again while a team of 7 carried me through the fight.
I definetely deserved that win.
The song is an aboslute banger, though.
That's pretty much every trial for a 🌱 lol.
Kind of. I was really lost during a lot of fights and from what I've noticed so far, the same's true for a lot of sprouts but there are also a lot of fights where it's pretty easy to figure out what you have to do, so you just do what you're used to when playing your role and everything's fine.
And then come the extreme fights and binding coils. lol
Got that during Titan. got yeeted. then another one got yeeted as well. the other 2 cleared it themselves. then got congratulated for things I didn't do.
Another type of accidental death was Shiva trial. What can go wrong in lvl 50 trial, akh afah ampitheatre (hard). playing with half attention to the trial, and more to the song. The next second me and few others lying dead and I don't know why. Just realized the tank flipped the boss towards the party and she cleaved few people.
Oh yeah, Shiva's cleave is something else. lol
I don't even know how many times it wiped us in Shive EX.
i was so upset for the my history lore that i did it again for win her
There’s only one warrior who can handle this battle.
The true Anti-Simp who longs only for war.
That’s right…Ravana! No not Zenos, we need big bug primal.
Zenos is just Ravana without the sense of humor anyway
Zenos is a huge simp though
Was my first time doing this one yesterday and the astr healer was just like "death by bosom ain't a bad way to go" in fact I'm pretty sure everyone else died at least once to the mechanics, thankful the whm was more focused on their job than the bosoms. If I do it again in gonna convince the entire trial to surrender at least once
....i might try to convince as well lmao
Dammit, you've both been Tempered.
*Draws* *blade*
Close your eyes, I'll make it quick.
@@harryunderwood9387 guess what. it happened. not gonna try that again.
I died from not knowing wtf Vril was for, whoops.
@Crow Demon - The Archives same. I was wondering what that funny thing was for a while until a person in the party explained. I wasn't even mad, music was so good and the fight itself a spectacle
One of the most amazing things about Final Fantasy 14 is how well the music fits the fights. Beauty's Wicked Wiles perfectly fits the concept of the primal Lakshmi.
Ah, the most underrated of the Disney Princess songs 🎵
Disney 'Villains' song.
@@Xadaj127 villain princess
"BE OUR GUEST! BE OUR GUEST!"
Lakshmi: "RISEEEEE HIGH! HIGH ABOVE OUR CUTLERY"
“Amazing Bosom Ahead”
lmao F to that Dark Knight who didn't bubble in time
Protection? He doesn't need any stinking protection! He's going in raw!
We dark knights go hard or we go home
Something you least expect to hear in a Final Fantasy game.
God the first time I heard this song.. and listened to the lyrics I realized how terrifying Lakshmi is. 'Give into your hunger" she's trying to entice. Loved her fight tbh.
"fuel the unquenchable fire, desire". Indeed.
And it is working
Flashbacks to my very first time on this fight. When the time came up when we had to use the duty action, I couldn't find said duty action, all because it was hiding behind my tank stance icon due to how I had set up my hud. Not only that, but I got spooked by the Hand of Grace aoe, running to try and get out of it, only to RUN OFF OF THE EDGE OF THE ARENA like a frightened lemur
It did not help that I was the Off-Tank for this fight
A really hauntingly beautiful song. Really unique sounding. This fight kicked my ass the first time I did it lol.
I'd just like to apologize to anyone who was just partied with me on this, I was distracted by this song and didn't know what i was doing or even care. It's mesmerizing.
secret boss mechanic, lol
A : sorry we wiped because of me
B : it's fine getting hugged few more times once in a while.
You know a Primal is powerful when they can enthrall the player character.
Sounds to me like someone got tempered.
"In time you shall follow"?
you're right, YOU'RE the reason why I started playing this game at the first place!
I just got through the main part of stormblood, and I honestly can’t believe how after hundreds of hours the game still amazing me with the music. Final fantasy is incredible
Blind-BLU-soloed this for Stotram today (level 70 epic echo)! I must've died 20 times over two hours. Alluring Arm sets up two spells to hit in quarter-second succession - a bliss spell, then Stotram or THE PARTY STACK. So the bliss spell cracks your Vril, then you get THE PARTY STACK Vril-less. Picture a lot of panicked diamondbacks and a lot of dying even when the timing is good because of Spear's bleed aura...
But the point is, I pushed through! I didn't quit even a little! Because I couldn't get mad with this playing!! Sri Lakshmi, let me dream with you...
Things the I noticed about this song because I listened to this, A LOT:
1. I love the touch of indian theme on the melody as well as the percussion instruments
2. The part "...the dreame/rs" on the tail end of each chorus sounds really similar to Eyes on Me sung by Faye Wong
I listen to Eyes on me religiously and for that part alone I had to look up the singer of this knowing full well her voice is different to Faye Wong's. The amount of hope one single word evoked in me lmao
The Nidhogg, Sephirot, Alexander and this one are my favorite boss fights. Very chill and THAT OST!
Which part of nidhogg fight that is chill? If anything nidhogg ost giving me extreme heart palpitations.
But.. But Nidhogg isnt a Primal. He's just a very persistent dragon that refuses to let death be an obstacle
You probably meant king thordan cause he's the primal.
@@Trinithium "But... I'm not dead!"
"Yes you are, you'll be stone dead in a moment."
"I feel haaaappy! I feel haaaaappy!"
I hate to admit it but this song made me tear up a bit when I first got this fight. I never expected such music to come from an mmo for pete's sake.
Maybe from blizzard oder UbiSoft, but hey... this is Squareenix, this is Final Fantasy.. i havent excepted anything else
Welcome to Final Fantasy 14 :)
Why hate to admit? Gotta embrace it
No joke. The cutscene before the last story fight in Shadow bringer had me so pumped I almost kicked my mom in the face!
Ffxiv most hardest mechanics - don't get distracted by the song.
I like the part where she makes everyone dance with little hearts. 🥰
Fun fact: you can get that as an emote. It's called "charmed" and you unlock it from the ananta tribal quests
@@hjt091 thanks!
Lakshmi is such a beautiful fight. I love this primal fight so much. This song is so easily stuck in my head 😂
i love how it sounds like Lakshmi’s the one singing. (at least it does to me :P)
I think it is supposed to be Lakshmi singing, as if she's trying to lure us into being tempered
This song isn't about the tempered. It's about convincing your friends to start playing ff14.
2:38 that jump cut to hide the fact as MT they forgot to use their verial and got pushed off xD
When I fight Lakshimi for the first time, during the so-called hugging part (the only free time), I simply have to type in chat.. "OMG, the theme is superbly beautiful"..
You know I never really clocked it, but hungrychad really is doing all of these fights with the UI turned off. Can't see buffs or debuffs, can't see hotbar, can't see castbars or timers. Hungrychad really earned the title of the greatest (and hungriest) chad of all time.
my first time through this trial I died to every mechanic as ranged dps and got 5 pity commendations 😭 it was so bad I had to go back in again just to make myself feel better lol
I did that the first time I did Titan.... Not even (Hard), just Titan. I fell off the edge and was dead throughout half the fight, and was like "nope, I need to live for this to count"
love those pity commends ; w; me as a healer lol
Singer has an amazing enunciation.
I remember my friends FC bringing me to this fight, and were like: this fight wasnt difficult when we first did it. One looks up the specs notices, were in extreme, and they all brought under developed jobs
Lakshmi lowkey has the prettiest face in the entire game. My WoL would simp her and let himself get tempered.
Did this trial for the first time and was getting my ass... KICKED.
What got to me more was this uplifting sounding BANGER of a song playing in the backround of me getting Whooped XD
"Rise High" as the LB 3 White mage pops. Love it
I love the almost Bollywood sound to this song, a nod to the real world origins of Sri Lakshmi
It’s cultural appropriation. They also made the Hindu goddess white.
@@Ultra_James__T Are you trolling? She matches the skin tone of most illustrations of Lakshmi and is darker than some. Do you think only people with European ancestry can have lighter skin or something?
@@emeryltekutsu4357 I said she objectively looks “white”.
Weird how you try conflate “white” with “light” - because I’m clearly referring to the whole package looks among white European ETHNIC groups and FAR from the Hindu origins of Lakshmi. Look at the facial features. Look also at other features like hair - it’s European brunette and NOT the black hair of lakshmi which is the consensus. It’s clearly a Europeanized Lakshmi i.e. “cultural appropriation”.
@@Ultra_James__T Her facial features literally looked copied from her illustrations...
You kind of sound like a white person trying to be offended on behalf of others if you think her hair is "just black". You realize this was made by people in Japan? What is the typical hair color in Japan? Do you think they interpret hair color the same way you do, as "just black"? Have you ever talked to people of other cultures with darker hair? Because I can tell you right now: what a white person calls "black," they will often call "brown." My nieces, for example, have very similar hair color as Lakshmi's in her depictions, and they colored in pictures of themselves as kids the same as it's depicted in this game. They never chose the black crayon.
But I'm sure that doesn't matter. Your goal in life is to be offended by everything you see, and you probably think being angry makes you virtuous rather than annoying and petty. And probably think something like this makes you look cultured instead of like someone narrow-minded from a big city, thinking everyone perceives things the same way you do.
@@Ultra_James__Tin any case she isnt even the "real" Lakshmi. She's a being made of aether that takes her identity and compells people to serve her. It wouldnt look good if they treated this one like the "real" Lakshmi
going back to this because of Nald Thals BGM.
02:13 the DRK lmao
I would like to think that that was the Living Dead Effect™
OPEN YOUR HEARTSS TO ME
I learned the other day that my item level is high enough on Warrior to solo this Extreme. Narrowly. My clear time was a whopping nine minutes and something like twenty seconds. It was all kinds of ugly because I went in blind and didn't know when to use my vril. Must have done something right because she never managed to kill me.
I was singing along the whole time though.
Impressive!
I love that the Hindu goddess of abundance is giving us straight up spiritual "pointers" during a raid boss fight. Hinduism is a d*mn trip i love it
What's so awesome with the Lakshmi fight as well other than that she really shows the fearsome power and effect of tempering -- is I think this is one of if not the first trial that introduces Duty Actions to you? I was one of those blind first timers that got screwed during her mechanics because I had no idea how to Vril and couldn't see my Duty Action button.
I really hope they could do another version, but have it sung with Hindi lyrics.
Also, love the chorus! I just love how this games captures epic battle in so many different ways.
I really enjoy this a lot more especially after watching some videos on Indian Music theory.
can u link those videos please
My only qualm with this track is that during the chorus there is a noise in the background that sounds like my cat calling for attention and I have to fight to reflex to check to see what she wants.
a friend is going on a feldtrip and he wants me to lend him my mp4 player.
little did he know that there are just ff14 themes on it ;)
Bet he had the best fieldtrip ever.
"Sorry, I keep dying somehow"
"Use the bonus action"
"...? The bonus acti-
OMG I'VE JUST NOTICED IT EXISTS!!!"
This was absolutely not what I was expecting when I did this trial for the first time.
*It was much, MUCH better.*
I've been waiting for that song, thanks 💖
In tonight's episode of if she's Lakshmi or Slaanesh...
It's big bosom time my friend!
Just started playing this year and this game never ceases to amaze me with the music. it's incredible. All the primal fights from Ravana onwards were amazing!
This is beautiful
can't stop hearing this song, I've been tainted
im on 3.1 but this song is sooo good. cant wait for stormblood. it seems to have a lot of indian aesthetics...
Oh it does...and a lot of Chinese asthetics in Doma (specifically in the Ruby Sea/ Yanxia regions). Always adored both cultures (granted Chinese culture's always held a sway over me).
Another beautiful track to check out if you like this one is Twilit Terraces from Endwalker. FF14 has some absolutely beautiful middle/ far Eastern-inspired tracks.
Thavnair is the real Indian zone
bosom lady is the only name i know her by
Alas that title belongs to Nophica now.
Just noticed Lakshmi is using Nouliths above her head.
Sage class foreshadowing?
I think that’s a bit of a stretch lol
I think it’s one coming lol
Dream well DRK lol forgot to vril.
Im in deep catch up mode
I did this for the first time yesterday and managed to no death it I'm very proud of myself
It took me a while to get this one right.
I just beat this fight for the storm blood story bro the group I was with all had the same stupid energy as me (I mean this as a complement)
I first heard of this theme through a MOUNT and it's been one of my fave themes ever since.
Sri Lakshmi was also a fun fight, save for the moments I get yeeted bc someone else robbed me of my Vril
I love this fight
I wonder if the dreamers line is a reference to Eyes on Me
Mommy put me on you bossom ooohhhhhsjh
Give in to your hunger
Give in to your hunger Chad :D
Amazing chest ahead
Although I brought the game today, I find her terrifying yet beautiful. Bur question is.... Where are her legs?
She doesn't have legs. From an official artwork, it is shown that she has large and long snake tail. It is possible that she hides her snake tail tucked in her gown. It is funny because when a snake is defending itself, it will curl its body.
Emanation Extreme is a _90-second_ fight with a decently-geared group that knows the fight. My FC farmed her for wolves for all members.
Wtf Final Fantasy, how they've done something so beautiful?? I didn't want to defeat her, I wanted to join her, screw all that war bullshit. Better to live in peace under control over being free but constantly tormented by fear and chaos.
The art design, the boss mechanics, the music...SO BEAUTIFUL! My favorite trial so far ❤
Stormblood really gave us some primal fight bangers holy crap
I remember running this trial like 8 times a day just cuz I love the bgm and to get the totems on extreme xD
This is what my inner voice sounds like when I'm drunk.
Still thinking how brilliant it is that the charm/seduction fighting-style boss has the most catchy song in the game, to the point that it's almost distracting
this song was burned into my head while grinding doggo
This entire time I thought it was the music for Blissfil Kamuy...
As a marauder/warrior, i can tell you this fight is a bit of a struggle tanking lacking effective defensives
Dark knight died an hero death by booba
The Healer LB3 on the "Rise HIGH above your rivals" Priceless ❤🤍
Ohhh, I just realized that. 3:24 , yes.
Did this for the first time last night. The desperation of me playing on controller on how to activate the unique action gave me anxiety only to remember last second I have a mouse cursor LOL
This song is really fucking good
The aesthetic is amazing to, isn’t it Indian Hindu inspired?
Edit: forgive my ignorance, probably could’ve worded that better
Best fight in the game so far only next to Alexander Prime (Just beat 4.0).
The game keeps outdoing itself. Shadowbringers is calling, I must away. Patch quests here I come.
edit; Wow... The Eden raid series, especially the Shiva fight... This game man.
Yep! Lakshmi is the Hindu goddess of wealth and plenty. While much of the FF version of Lakshmi is made up just for the game (same with Shiva), some references still remain: the Hindu Lakshmi sits on a lotus throne, and FF Lakshmi uses lotus-themed AoEs. As far as I'm aware, she has nothing to do with snakes but perhaps practicing Hindus who are more familiar with the pantheon can confirm or disprove that.
@@chillsahoy2640 Yeah she has nothing to do with snakes directly, but there is some faint connection.
"Ananta" (meaning infinite) is the name of a celestial being who is the king of the "Nagas" (semi-divine half-human half-snake beings). "Vishnu", the God of protection, uses Ananta's body as a recliner/bed when he is chilling in "swarga" (heaven). Lakshmi is said to be Vishnu's wife.
Lakshmi herself is the goddess of wealth and prosperity but it's not like people worship her to get rich, it's more like Lakshmi will stay by your side and help you prosper if you follow the right path, and people worship her to show gratitude.
It's quite a weird creative decision to put Lakshimi (a Hindu god) in Ala Mhigo (an Arab-inspired land) and not in Thavnair (the actual Hindu & India-inspired land)
It's definitely creative, that's for sure.
Really has no right being this good
I was laughing during all fight because it sounds like a bollywood song
SAME! The fact there's a dance routine mid-fight seals the deal.
I wish someone would make a crossover between this and Teostra's theme in Monster Hunter!
100% on board with this
There was music in this fight? I was too busy desperately trying to stay alive to hear it.
she is hot tbh
Playing this as dancer slaps
Like this song 🎶
did this boss yesterday. i knew it was coming when i saw rich dance to it hahaha. kind of spoiled it but was so happy when i got to do her ;)
that terrifying moment that I've let Raubahn get brainwashed by lakshmi
Come..rest within my boosum
Didn’t realize that @hungrychad is actually in the same DC as me til today… 😂😂😂
Never thought its in english :D
ikr ? it's that really good