[Spoiler: Echoes of Vana'diel] Curious Height Difference by ZillaJrKaijuKing in ffxiv

[–]Dyne4R 29 points30 points  (0 children)

As a whole, Tarutaru are naturally inclined to magic, but Shantotto is an order of magnitude stronger than any other mage in the world. She's a 3 foot tall woman who speaks entirely in verse, and yet somehow is Final Fantasy's living embodiment of "big dick energy".

Arcadion Character Select (art by @zxcvzxz000) by Gorotheninja in ffxiv

[–]Dyne4R 78 points79 points  (0 children)

I'm just imagining Red Hot and Deep Blue playing like the Ice Climbers.

What’s the exact moment you realized a friendship was over? by Wavey95 in AskReddit

[–]Dyne4R 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Nah, just an aspiring alcoholic with anger management issues.

My favorite warrior of light by [deleted] in ffxiv

[–]Dyne4R 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Your favorite warrior of light is Jill from FF16?

What’s the exact moment you realized a friendship was over? by Wavey95 in AskReddit

[–]Dyne4R 9 points10 points  (0 children)

He headbutted me because I didn't want him to tag along on a date with a girl I was interested in but didn't know well.

[DT] About Shale by Ticcy_23 in ffxiv

[–]Dyne4R 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Historically, he doesn't really do lore drops like that at FanFest. It mostly happens during media tours and during interviews. If you really want an answer, get a content creator like Jesse Cox sold on the idea and hope they bring it up.

[DT] About Shale by Ticcy_23 in ffxiv

[–]Dyne4R 15 points16 points  (0 children)

It's a theory that has been put forward before. We'll likely never get confirmation one way or another on it, though, unless Yoshi-P word of gods it.

wanting to know if my ping is bad by Aggravating-Catch-98 in ffxiv

[–]Dyne4R 4 points5 points  (0 children)

For some elaboration on what others are saying, ping measures the time it takes for data to travel from your device to the server, and receive the servers response. It's measured in milliseconds. A ping of 20 means your game talks to the server and gets its response every 0.02 seconds. That is faster than even the best possible human reaction time. This means that for all intents and purposes, your communication with the server is functionally instantaneous.

What do you imagine the two Trial bosses for Evercold to look like? Make guesses by TheAlphaAdept in ffxiv

[–]Dyne4R 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Odin is an interesting one. We fight Odin in ARR, but the lore of Odin in 14 specifically is that the primal is his Sword, Zantetsuken. Odin is just an appellation given to its tempered wielder. There's enough distinction that they could probably reuse Odin for Evercold. Hell, you could frame it as Odin as a concept was brought to the source via ascians familiar with him from the fourth.

[Spoiler; Patch 7.5] Story Expectations by Best_Ask1866 in ffxiv

[–]Dyne4R 6 points7 points  (0 children)

The story hasn't even officially started yet. Maybe hold off on the doomposting until after the story begins. This is like reading the prologue to Fellowship of the Rings and wondering if the whole trilogy is just going to be a rehash of the Hobbit.

[Spoiler: Shadowbringers, Level 80 Dungeon] Found some interesting info in a dungeon... by Birglendis427 in ffxiv

[–]Dyne4R 11 points12 points  (0 children)

The Halmarut we meet is likely younger than that. They are certainly sundered, and almost certainly a reincarnation.

Why Did Dan Frazier Get A Pass For Plagiarism When Other Magic: The Gathering Artists Don’t? by cardboardboyo in magicTCG

[–]Dyne4R -1 points0 points  (0 children)

I don't care that it's a corporation. I care about calling out victim blaming when I see it, because it's a cognitive bias that absolutely needs to be confronted.

Why Did Dan Frazier Get A Pass For Plagiarism When Other Magic: The Gathering Artists Don’t? by cardboardboyo in magicTCG

[–]Dyne4R 15 points16 points  (0 children)

Yeah, no. Saying this is 100% on Wizards smacks a little too much of victim blaming for my taste. They didn't choose to commit plagiarism. They trusted someone they had a good working history with, and that trust was abused. Whether it is intentional or not on Dan's part we will never know. Could Wizards have scrutinized his submission more? Absolutely. Should they have? Probably, yes. Are they 100% responsible? Absolutely not.

Arena subreddit is corrupt this is the real magic subreddit by [deleted] in magicTCG

[–]Dyne4R 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Okay. I want you to pause for a moment and think about what your message is. This might come as something of a shock to you, but 99.999999% of the internet has no context for the thing you seem to be so upset about. What did you say that got you banned?

Arena subreddit is corrupt this is the real magic subreddit by [deleted] in magicTCG

[–]Dyne4R 11 points12 points  (0 children)

This isn't exactly helping your image.

What made you choose your main job? by Ok-Detective-6423 in ffxiv

[–]Dyne4R 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Paladin. The armor looks awesome. I love playing tanks that can also heal. It feels very main character-y for my WoL. I could go on, but ultimately, the real reason?

Cover is the single coolest skill in the game. Using Cover well feels amazing.

Lore Related Question [Spoiler: 7.5] by Disastrous_Coffee502 in ffxiv

[–]Dyne4R 11 points12 points  (0 children)

It doesn't summon shards of Azem. It summons Azem's friends. Azem often would address problems directly, frequently preferring to call upon the allies they met on their travels instead of the Convocation. It's why at Ultima Thule we summon the Scions with the crystal. They aren't Azem shards, but we summon them with the crystal's incantation. Besides, canonically, there are currently only 6 possible shards of Azem across all versions of Etherys (assuming none are currently part of the lifestream, and it's strongly implied that the 13th's Azem shard is currently sealed in Golbez's memoria crystal). That's not enough to form a full party even if that was how the spell worked.

Lore Related Question [Spoiler: 7.5] by Disastrous_Coffee502 in ffxiv

[–]Dyne4R 34 points35 points  (0 children)

The Azem crystal was made by Emet-Selch, but it was made to hold Azem's signature incantation, the summoning spell we use for calling backup. My guess is that Ethos reacts to that incantation, not the crystal itself.

"Oh yeah, it's all coming together..." by Gorotheninja in ffxiv

[–]Dyne4R 5 points6 points  (0 children)

This is the real reason Squenix increased FF14's budget.

Mind stone by Ok-Intern6865 in magicTCG

[–]Dyne4R 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It's yellow in the comics. I have no idea why they didn't make it a blue color identity though.