Dawntrail Explained with Cat Memes [FFXIV 7.0]

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  • @foxeylela150
    @foxeylela150 17 дней назад +87

    The endless do not have souls, they are just memory given form. To sustain the endless they use living aether from people to keep them running like a computer program. Souls are use by civilians as a extra life.

    • @arcanine_enjoyer
      @arcanine_enjoyer 16 дней назад +2

      Also good to note that they are probably primals in a way. They use an exorbitant amount of aether and are constructed from the ideas and memories of what people think that person was like. The Ninth was running out of aether from having severed themselves from the aetherial sea so they looked to interdimensional fusion as a solution.
      P.S. The Queen Sphene we meet is also probably being stalked by remnants of Preservation. Likely selected people to surveill on Sphene and her people so that she sticks to the course of this everlasting paradise. She spends the entire time with you introducing you to her kingdom and offers to spare you from the wrath Preservation wants to incur by making you citizens. She's a tragic mimic of her original character that is being twisted to Preservation's goals.

    • @Channy_8761
      @Channy_8761 16 дней назад +1

      Garbage

    • @Sivrn-Val
      @Sivrn-Val 14 дней назад +8

      Still don't know why the Scions thought that stuff was fine.. oh wait, that's right 'culture' and an annoying cat.

    • @poro9084
      @poro9084 14 дней назад

      @@Sivrn-Val if i understand that well - the whole concept was copying what the. .how it was called_? aetherflow? was doing to unalived people

  • @LightMageMike
    @LightMageMike 17 дней назад +50

    Otis *is* the best character in Dawntrail. Well met, fellow chivalry appreciator!

  • @HayTatsuko
    @HayTatsuko 17 дней назад +27

    The Dawntrail Recap I didn't know I wanted, but definitely enjoyed!

  • @neartheriver2857
    @neartheriver2857 16 дней назад +24

    The "8.0 Portal" bit really got me. 😅

  • @Stillpate
    @Stillpate 17 дней назад +29

    Needs like 30% more cats.

    • @BloodKitten_
      @BloodKitten_ 16 дней назад

      its already have an overgrown cat for 95% of it though.

  • @williek08472
    @williek08472 16 дней назад +24

    1:40
    Valigarmanda is a tural vidraal, a beast that becomes immortal and powerful. It's implied that they're related to the auspices that you meet in the Four Lords trials except more murderous

    • @noyou6216
      @noyou6216 16 дней назад +5

      Pretty much, it's a cool connection between East and West and I hope they do more with them going forward. Also Bakool let's it out in what is basically an act of domestic terrorism during which he assaults one of the trial guys (which is a disqualifying offense that gets Zoraal kicked out later on) and suffers no real repercussions for this act so... that happened and is swiftly forgotten about.

    • @ExceedProduction
      @ExceedProduction 16 дней назад +4

      >more murderous
      Probably just went rampant like the Lords and didn't know how to calm down, so they became calamities.

    • @cross6781
      @cross6781 15 дней назад

      it's just another fancy name for Eorzea's primals/eikons (how the empire calls them)

    • @ExceedProduction
      @ExceedProduction 15 дней назад

      @@cross6781 No, they are distinctly different beings. If they were, do you really think we'd've let the Lord live? Nah, we've slaughtered them all.

  • @ViewTube_Dan
    @ViewTube_Dan 16 дней назад +14

    Weird random trivia: the brains of conjoined twins are not able to take over the duties of each others subconscious nervous system… hence whenever one of the heads (or rather brains) die the other dies soon after due to the bodily functions stopping which the dead head controlled. Meaning Daddy JaJa would‘ve long been dead, dying with his other head.

    • @azura-moonstar
      @azura-moonstar 16 дней назад +3

      dude lived three years with his dead brother, and still going strong

    • @cross6781
      @cross6781 15 дней назад +2

      that makes the fact he's the 'head of resolve' more impressive, honestly, since outliving his dead brother like that is certainly something that takes a LOT of the stuff he's named after

    • @Tovath
      @Tovath 13 дней назад

      That is only for Hyur, Mamool Ja are obviously different :-)

  • @MrsLittletall
    @MrsLittletall 16 дней назад +18

    I loved all the misspellings of Zoraal Ja xD

  • @DuskEalain
    @DuskEalain 16 дней назад +26

    Dawntrail was the roughest expansion for me by a country mile because it was just like I really liked Gulool Ja Ja... and then he died.
    Then the second half came by and I was _ehhhh_ about it (much preferred the first, this is when Wuk was starting to overstay a tad for me), but then Otis came along and I was really digging his company. Thought even if this was going another Dragon Ball Z style "constant escalation" plot, at least we got a REALLY cool friend to add to our team.
    AND THEN HE DIED TOO.

    • @Rinaldot67
      @Rinaldot67 16 дней назад +2

      Not only does Otis die, but you then have to kill him (as an endless) a second time XD

    • @noyou6216
      @noyou6216 16 дней назад +1

      Not only are they likeable then die, both deaths are really infuriating. Otis' death was literally for nothing since robot queen can just Yes Man herself into another robot body and makes his sacrifice to protect her feel pointless. Gulool should have been killed without any of the Scions or WoL being anywhere near, it should have been an Echo memory from Koana/Wuk that occurred with just the royal family there and the rest of the people who have dealt with world ending events and crazy tech and magic not being there to notice that something wasn't right with edgy prince boi.

  • @Dharengo
    @Dharengo 16 дней назад +31

    Man, it kinda hurts to see.
    I don't mind many cutscenes. I mind many cutscenes showing things that should have been playable. As well as characters being stupid for no reason other than to make plot happen.

    • @Narokh
      @Narokh 16 дней назад +3

      To be fair, "characters being stupid for no reason other than to make plot happen" has happened in each and every expansion to some degree.

    • @Dharengo
      @Dharengo 16 дней назад +1

      @@Narokh "Bad thing happen before" doesn't make thing not bad.

  • @bladethewolfartist7095
    @bladethewolfartist7095 16 дней назад +9

    special hourglass device has suspicious azem symbol when used HMMMMM also Krile being from another reflection originally means somewhere on our own reflection is another Krile

    • @Narokh
      @Narokh 16 дней назад +7

      Not necessarily since the Milala are really just Lalafel that hopped shards. It would depend if being born on another shard links your soul to that shard, or your soul is linked to your actual origin. As of now, it's pretty much guesswork which of these is true.

  • @jamesrusselleriii8284
    @jamesrusselleriii8284 16 дней назад +14

    1:14 I think this was the worst part of Dawntrail. The kidnapping happens offscreen and you're just sitting around waiting for Wuk Lamat to come back. Erenville even says she might have gotten lost on the straight path back. Then you do some investigation footwork to find out what happened, complete with two horrible stealth quests, and only then do you figure out she was kidnapped by Bakool Ja Ja.
    When my WoL found her, my headcanon was that the WoL was rolling her eyes and wondering how she got dragged into babysitting her and wishing that she was with Koana instead. For the Hanuhanu feat, Koana didn't make us do 6 quests for a fancy float, he just poured some magic potion and the problem with the reeds was instantly fixed. Terrible writing all around.

    • @noyou6216
      @noyou6216 16 дней назад +5

      Koana examined the problem, went off to make a solution and tested it, huzzah it worked. Makes a whole lot more sense if it's something supernatural or akin to a blight than "We forgot to do our special magic ritual that literally keeps us from starving because we were hungry."
      The entire story could have been massively improved if the player was with Koana the entire time instead, assuming we just accept taking part in their politics, and Wuk Lamat can chime in already knowing about their cultures and traditions and be an emotional fixture for Koana. The fact the she claims to love her people and their different ways of life yet has to repeatedly be told about such things rather than being a walking encyclopedia on Turali culture makes her look so foolish and even more useless.

    • @ditzyhere3138
      @ditzyhere3138 16 дней назад +1

      At least you get Koana time from it.

    • @206Zelda
      @206Zelda 12 дней назад +2

      My WoL was gritting her teeth every time she had to compliment the cat princess and was given absolutely no room to criticize her idealistic fanciful approach to every problem. Plot used Krile as bait so we'd get stuck with being catfished.

  • @HikariVictor
    @HikariVictor 17 дней назад +6

    This made me go through all the expansion at the traditional way completely worth it...
    This is the canon version in my mind now...

  • @LairPlair
    @LairPlair 16 дней назад +13

    I realize that having such an opinion is probably borderline insanity, but I personally haven't had a bad time in any expansion regardless of the story or the writing. Being in Tural and seeing what it had to offer and beyond was honestly a treat to experience. Dawntrail is of course by no means perfect, and it has some very stiff competition to try and match up to, but we can look forward to the future at least (Arcadion/FF11 raids are pretty cool)

    • @bugiboo1914
      @bugiboo1914 14 дней назад +1

      Same here, my friend. Though I think the story could have been so much better but it was still a somewhat enjoyable start to a new story arc and the vistas of Tuliyollal are breathtaking -to the degree that there are time I Trust Worqor Zormor just to enjoy the majesty of the mountain.

    • @spencer6736
      @spencer6736 9 дней назад

      Same. I absolutely love the world Dawntrail offered. Exploring the maps has been great and the combat encounters were pretty. It's just the story that really drags the expansion down for me. Unfortunately msq is the main bit for a lot of people hence the hate for this expansion.

  • @AnnaK101
    @AnnaK101 13 дней назад +2

    Thanks for the recap. This is also the best format of a recap i've ever seen. I'm only 1/ 3 of the way through, so It's good to know what comes.

  • @echo_9835
    @echo_9835 14 дней назад +3

    When I played Dawntrail I took a shot every time WuK Lamat said "Sphene". It was fucking miserable and I fell asleep in my chair. It's mostly a blank spot in my memory. Thanks for filling in the blanks.

  • @spencer6736
    @spencer6736 9 дней назад +1

    6:08 Zoraal Ja is still one of the main reasons I dislike the DT story. He felt so unexplored when there's so much emotional potential with his character. I wish we were able to actually see more about his feelings and golden child syndrome. But nah most of it is backstory or happens off screen and lost in a time skip. The potential of the new characters wasted.
    At least the zones, music and combat were great this expansion.

  • @Fun-Kerl
    @Fun-Kerl 17 дней назад +13

    No mention of how they had to rerecord lines well after launch. 9.5/10

  • @NavaSDMB
    @NavaSDMB 15 дней назад +6

    Is it wrong if I get two cats and name them Graha and Koana?

    • @chibzie
      @chibzie 12 дней назад

      My foster cats name is Koana hahaha

  • @FF14HerElegancy
    @FF14HerElegancy 15 дней назад +2

    Those Cats were me the entire expansion- 😵

  • @4mb127
    @4mb127 14 дней назад

    Ah yes, the high quality content I come to RUclips for.

  • @ArchieGamez
    @ArchieGamez 17 дней назад +5

    i cannot stop laughing lol

  • @Luna_K2020
    @Luna_K2020 15 дней назад +1

    Many smiles to face, cat memes good. I am pleased. ^-^

  • @starlitweaver
    @starlitweaver 15 дней назад +1

    As always love your cat meme recaps Alpaca ❤

    • @Alpacalips
      @Alpacalips  15 дней назад +1

      Thanks for the support weaver!

  • @b1ngnx33
    @b1ngnx33 16 дней назад +11

    Forgot sleeping cat meme. YAWNTRAIL CURE YOUR INSOMNIA!!!

  • @exmapotofu
    @exmapotofu 16 дней назад +1

    1:11 had me lmfao

  • @miyum95
    @miyum95 16 дней назад +1

    1:20 MAGIC.

  • @CamperCarl00
    @CamperCarl00 12 дней назад +2

    If Wuk Lamat just didn't join us in Alexandria, then I think the story would have been much better. There'd be more focus on Erenville and Krile, and you wouldn't get this stupid Sphene and Wuk Lamat interaction.

  • @OathOblivio
    @OathOblivio 16 дней назад +12

    So many missed opportunities and bad storytelling mistakes, almost makes ARR look like a Pulitzer prize winning story by comparison

    • @isix6833
      @isix6833 16 дней назад +5

      Honestly arr was way far better than Dawntrail imo

  • @nobodyimportant5140
    @nobodyimportant5140 13 дней назад +3

    Not even cat memes could improve this cruddy story

  • @ichi_san
    @ichi_san 12 дней назад

    lol love the cat meme reactions

  • @CastellanMaben
    @CastellanMaben 13 дней назад

    So Sphene is pretty much Sin from ff10?

    • @Tovath
      @Tovath 13 дней назад +1

      No more like a corrupted version of Dagger from 9

    • @CastellanMaben
      @CastellanMaben 12 дней назад +1

      @@Tovath I know that its more like 9 due to Alexandria that was, how the concept of storing lives and sustaining them though the death of others is ridiculously similar to what happened to Zanarkand, Sin, and its Summoner.

  • @mindinversions4487
    @mindinversions4487 15 дней назад +4

    Um.. I thought the entire storyline of Dawntrail was ALREADY cat memes? Am I the only one to notice what race Woke Lamat was? O.O

    • @206Zelda
      @206Zelda 12 дней назад

      😂😂😂😂😂

  • @tjweber9883
    @tjweber9883 16 дней назад +5

    Glad I found this video, this is likely the only format that would allow me to see the end of Dawntrail cause lord knows I wasn't gonna finish it.

  • @206Zelda
    @206Zelda 12 дней назад +2

    Someone did the math. If you removed ALL of the cutscenes from DT, you'd have 3 hours of gameplay on average without instant-queues for dungeons. That's from start (boarding the boat) to the finishing battle with Queen Eternal.
    The rose-tinted glasses I got back in Shadowbringers were slapped off when I finished Dawntrail. Guess this is where Square is hoping to drive us 😂

  • @raphathekid
    @raphathekid 16 дней назад

    Kinda a similar experience to watch Blodborne explained by Cats >D

  • @Maeth42
    @Maeth42 11 дней назад

    Pretty sure I saw some doge memes in there... :)

  • @Feraligatrfjhgujvgh
    @Feraligatrfjhgujvgh 15 дней назад

    *seabirds*

  • @ViewTube_Dan
    @ViewTube_Dan 16 дней назад +1

    I love cats. Was my fav animal when I was a kid and teen.. but this expansion really challenged that.

    • @Feraligatrfjhgujvgh
      @Feraligatrfjhgujvgh 15 дней назад +1

      All you gotta do is remind yourself that she’s a lion

  • @eskaliya
    @eskaliya 11 дней назад

    Half the memes were dogs tho

  • @atthalionheart6355
    @atthalionheart6355 17 дней назад +4

    Speeeeeen!

  • @JoshuaVerscha
    @JoshuaVerscha 11 дней назад

    Awful lot of dogs… in this cat video… we don’t take kindly to doggos round here in theese parts… lol but for real, fun video.

  • @Corrderio
    @Corrderio 16 дней назад +3

    More entertaining than the actual story

  • @TotoTheBest91
    @TotoTheBest91 16 дней назад +5

    Lamaty’i is the best orange cat ❤

    • @206Zelda
      @206Zelda 12 дней назад +2

      I propose a debate that Garfield is a better orange cat 😂

  • @ZechsMerquise73
    @ZechsMerquise73 16 дней назад +1

    High on the smell of their own farts, the gods of the realm thought they could do no wrong. They started removing voice acted segments and reducing the story complexity to something comparable to a game from the early 1990s. With no apology in sight, they steamed ahead, greedily enhancing the power of their cash shops and appealing to World of Warcraft players by ensuring only the combat was good and almost everyone hated the story. Stripped of their once loved home, hundreds of thousands fled the desolation of the land that can't even get a decent taco-eating emote. All that remained were events for fake holidays, attempting to ply who few remained with lackluster housing items for houses that were already full in the limited 300 item placement system.

  • @Channy_8761
    @Channy_8761 16 дней назад

    Cringe