History FinalFantasyXIV / TropesGToI

* {{Hunk}}: Male Highlanders, to contrast with the more bishonen Midlanders.

* HealingMagicIsTheHardest: While healing magic is known, it's not as ubiquitous as traditional mundane methods due to a multitude of reasons. In the grand scheme of things, healing magic can only do so much to mend an injured person and the most grievous wounds are potentially impossible to mend with magic.

* GogglesDoSomething: The Scions of the Seventh Dawn, minus Minfillia and yourself, are outfitted with special goggles that allows them to detect aetheric energies. The various Mog Station-purchased outfits based on the other Scion's outfits have them, but they don't work for you - you can't even actually wear them over your eyes - putting this in GogglesDoNothing.

** At the end of the 60 Dark Knight Quest, Sidurgu [[OffWithTheirHead decapitates]] the BigBad. The screen smashes to black right before the blade makes content with their neck, and when it fades back in, the camera doesn't show the corpse any higher than the torso to prevent seeing the point of decapitation.

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* GentleGiant: Goobues are enormous, plant-covered, ogre-like beings who are notorious for their noxious, moldy sneezes. The vast majority of them are non-hostile unless you provoke them, however. FATEs that feature them as enemies usually clarify that their behavior is unusual in some way. The Sylphs of Little Solace are very fond of them, and enlist their aid in scaring away Tempered Sylphs trying to play cruel, destructive pranks.

** Area-of-effect markers for powerful or wide-hitting enemy attacks are justified as some combination of the enemy in question tipping their hand before a big attack and/or actual precognition granted by the Echo. Despite this, it appears to purely be nothing more than a gameplay mechanic wholly insulated from the story - most enemies that have area-of-effect markers simply stand still with the same animation they normally have when an [=AoE=] marker shows up, and, more strangely, those that ''do'' have a unique animation for a big attack, like diresaurs in ''Heavensward'' and vanaras in ''Stormblood'', don't have an [=AoE=] marker. The Coincounter from the Aurum Vale dungeon was a particularly infamous example for not having markers, enough that the devs went out of their way to give his attacks proper markers for 5.3, because he shares the model and several animations and attacks with Steropes, a boss FATE whose attacks ''do'' have those markers (save for the large instant-death AOE, which also had to have a marker added in that patch).
** There's no justification given on why the Hunting Guild in Sharlayan uses Sacks of Nuts, the same currency as the one on the First. Gameplay-wise, it's so they aren't wasted when the previous expansion is finished, a practice seen between Heavensward and Stormblood, which does have an explanation.

* GameMod: Modding in XIV is a complicated topic compared to its contemporaries like ''VideoGame/WorldOfWarcraft'' and similar "theme park" [=MMOs=]. The game's terms of service explicitly forbids modding the game files, but this hasn't stopped people to the point of a flourishing mod community in spite of it, as long as you're not doing anything that alters gameplay, meaning the most you'll see is cosmetic replacers (changing X outfit to X outfit), animation replacers, graphics shaders and damage parsers. Generally, the community treats modding as a don't-ask-don't-show-don't-tell sort of thing, and Square-Enix is happy to leave it be as long as that remains the case, but in situations where players have disregarded this (some examples can be found on the [[Trivia/FinalFantasyXIV trivia page]]), the team has stepped in to publicly chastise and openly punish the offenders, and using a parser to heckle another player for low DPS is a fast way to get banned since you're both admitting to using a damage meter and using it justify harassing someone.

** Estinien gets to play this role [[spoiler:after breaking free of Nidhogg's possession at the end of the ''Heavensward'' content cycle]], helping people in need and assisting the Grand Companies when needed, particularly [[spoiler:dealing with Garlemald's Black Rose production facilities alongside a HeelFaceTurn[=ed=] Gaius, while the Warrior of Light and the Scions are still stuck on the First.]] His story doesn't intersect with the Warrior of Light's much from this point, other than [[spoiler:destroying Nidhogg's eyes at the end of 4.0 after they're spent of aether]], a brief appearance in the level 70 Dragoon quest, and [[spoiler:rescuing the Warrior of Light from Elidibus at the end of 4.56]].

** Endgame gear is usually bought with Allagan Tomestones, of which is regularly rotated out to introduce new ones through patch cycles for the current content (ordered by appearance): Philosophy, Mythology, Soldiery, Poetics[[note]]Unlike the others types, this one has since became the catch-all currency for all past endgame gear.[[/note]], Law, Esoterics, Lore, Scripture, Verity, Creation, Mendacity, Genesis, Goetia, Phantasmagoria, Allegory, Revelation, Aphorism, Astronomy, Causality, and Comedy.

* GloriousDeath: The Dotharl clan of Xaela are fixated on fighting and dying in glorious combat as they believe that they reincarnate only by dying when their soul burns brightest. As a result, they're the most vicious {{Blood Knight}}s on a steppe full of {{Proud Warrior Race Guy}}s who regularly attack and slaughter other tribes. This is also {{deconstructed|trope}}, as this fixation on dying gloriously has left the Dotharl with a dwindling population and many, many enemies.

* GoldMakesEverythingShiny: You can get a golden-coated Magitek mech if you manage to rack up 500 commendations. Gold dyes can also turn your gear into a shiny coat of gold. Yes, even cloth robes.

** From each expansion's raid series, completing the final level of a raid tier drops a weapon as a reward for your triumph. Though available earlier than relic weapons, you have to prove yourself in exceedingly difficult content to obtain one.

** Huntmasters only trade in Allied Seals, which are earned only from participating in The Hunt. ''Heavensward'' introduced Centurio Seals, which are essentially an elite version of Allied Seals, which are also used in ''Stormblood''. ''Shadowbringers'' uses Sacks of Nuts.

** Endgame gear is usually bought with Allagan Tomestones, of which a new variety is introduced (and older ones removed) through patch cycles: Philosophy, Mythology, Soldiery, Poetics, Law, Scripture, Lore, Verity, Creation, Mendacity, Genesis, Goetia, Phantasmagoria, Allegory, and Revelation. As of ''Stormblood'', the devs seem to have settled on Poetics for {{Infinity Minus One|Sword}} gear at former level caps, and the newest variety (or varieties) for gear at the current level cap.

** The shopmasters at the Wolves' Den only trade in Wolf Marks, earned through PlayerVersusPlayer.

* IconicItem: [[BladeOnAStick The Gae Bolg]] has become symbolic of ''Final Fantasy XIV'' and is often used in {{Crossover}} events to symbolize the game.

** After [[spoiler:the Rising Stones is repopulated with new scions]], Aenor Cockburne who has her eyes on Ocher Boulder, who also joined. As of 3.2, it's clear they've gotten to "know each other", much to the distress of the girl's sister, who ponders the [[HotSkittyOnWailordAction logistical implications]] and the fact the only time it would have been possible would be when she was asleep not ten feet from them on missions.

** Zigzagged in ''Endwalker''; the last quest sees the Warrior of Light [[spoiler:literally alone, as all the other Scions sacrificed themselves to get you to this point.]] All your actions are greyed out, a buff on your character reading, simply, "Endwalker: Walking alone into the end." But despite this, there are shades along your path, and each one you near speaks a line from friends the [=WoL=] has met (and sometimes lost) along the way. You are by yourself... but YouAreNotAlone].
** Subverted at the climax of ''Endwalker''. [[spoilerthe final battle sees the rest of the Scions incapacitated by the Endsinger's furious assault. Rather than risk seeing their friends come to any more harm, the Warrior activates their portable teleporter before it drift away in the Endsinger's tempest, whisking away their friends and leaving them to face her alone. The Endsinger calls the Warrior a {{Hypocrite}} for seemingly giving up on the companionship they extolled, just as Zenos busts in as Shinryu for some much needed help. After that, the Warrior hops on Shinryu's back and summons seven more heroes one more time to finish the fight, all while the Scions' prayers influence the dynamis to give a sizable buff to everyone fighting.]]

** After [[spoiler:the Rising Stones is repopulated with new scions]], there's a Hyur female who has her eyes on a Roegadyn who also joined. As of 3.2, it's clear they've gotten to "know each other", much to the distress of the girl's sister, who ponders the [[HotSkittyOnWailordAction logistical implications]] and the fact the only time it would have been possible would be when she was asleep not ten feet from them on missions.

* {{Irony}}: Lalafells in Ul'Dah were the ones who are responsible for creating the designation of "beast tribe" for the more animalistic but sentient races across Eorzea and beyond, essentially to make them second class citizens. [[spoiler:Within the First, adjacent to the Source world that is "our" world, the lalafell race grew in a completely different direction, becoming essentially stereotypical dwarves to the point that ''they'' are considered a beast tribe.]]