History VideoGame / FinalFantasyXIV

** [[spoiler:Bahamut is back, and more badass (and pissed) than ever.]]

* ThatsNoMoon: Dalamund isn't really a moon [[spoiler: but a prison for Bahamut!]].

* ThatsNoMoon: Dalamunc isn't really a moon [[spoiler: but a prison for Bahamut!]].

*** That would be because [[spoiler: its not a moon, but an artificial satellite put created by the ancient, far more advanced Allagan Empire during the 3rd Astral Era. One of Garlemald's generals has gone rogue and is pouring aetheric energy into it to make it [[ColonyDrop crash down to the earth]].]]

*** That would be because [[spoiler: its not a moon. Its an artificial satelite put into place by the older and more advanced Garlean Empire. One of their generals has gone rogue and is pouring magic from crystals into it to make it [[ColonyDrop crash down to the earth]].]]

SquareEnix recently [[http://lodestone.finalfantasyxiv.com/pl/topics/detail?id=ae8d667b53355d8ea364fafa44d5253e4362e17f apologized for the state of the game]], and [[YouHaveFailedMe replaced]] several key members of the development team. The new development team has greatly overhauled the game, addressing many of its original flaws. This new version, subtitled ''A Realm Reborn'', will [[NothingIsTheSameAnymore bring about sweeping changes to the way the game works, the game and server engines, and even the land of Eorzea itself.]] Comparisons to ''[[VideoGame/WorldOfWarcraft Cataclysm]]'' have been made even by the devs themselves.

** Dalamud (the smaller moon) has been growing incrementally larger - and [[BadMoonRising redder]] of late, as part of a recent storyline. Hopefully it'll return to normal once the Seventh Umbral Era is done.

* ChainmailBikini: The new Coliseum equipment for mage and melee classes that were added in the most recent patch definitely fit into this trope.

** Both of them apparently have character models already prepared that are just waiting to be used, and the developers have [[http://forum.square-enix.com/ffxiv/threads/891-Missing-Genders-A-request-for-Male-Miqote-Female-Highlander-and-Female-Roegadyn?p=86669#post86669 recently stated]] that they hope to have them implemented at least by the release of the PS3 version.

* StopHelpingMe: A recently added, non-optional tutorial is very much a case of this. The tutorial locks out ''all'' functions that haven't been introduced yet, however obvious, important, or innocuous. Further, it interrupts what was originally smooth narrative, and when it was first introduced, the locked targeting mode function defaulting to 'Friendly' meant that the combat section of the tutorial was actually impossible to complete with a gamepad.

* TheAlliance: The Eorzean Alliance that was formed from the unity of the 3 main city states during the first Garlean war that happened 15 years before the start of the game. [[spoiler: Recent events in the Grand Company questlines have you reform the Alliance due to the threat the empire suddenly poses... again.]]

** In a city to the West of Limsa, there's a Roegadyn named "''Im''modest Mouse".
** In the Twelveswood surrounding Gridania, there is a type of Galago (monkey-creatures) called "Curious Galago".
** Several sidequest names qualify, from "Call of Booty" to "Gore a Lizard, Hurry".

*** That would be because [[spoiler: its not a moon. Its an artificial satelite put into place by the older and more advanced Garlean Empire. One of thier generals has gone rogue and is pouring magic from crystals into it to make it [[ColonyDrop crash down to the earth]].]]

* Newer gear now often (but not always) requires a certain rank and/or class to equip it, which may not be as realistic but makes balancing a lot easier on the developers.

** The Quests for the battles against Ifrit are called "[[KillItWithFire Kill It With Fire]]" and [[Film/{{Predator}} "Ifrit Bleeds, We Can Kill It"]]

** The Quests for the battles against Ifrit are called "[[KillItWithFire Kill It With Fire]]" and "[[Film/{{Predator}} "Ifrit Bleeds, We Can Kill It"]]

SquareEnix recently [[http://lodestone.finalfantasyxiv.com/pl/topics/detail?id=ae8d667b53355d8ea364fafa44d5253e4362e17f apologized for the state of the game]], and [[YouHaveFailedMe replaced]] several key members of the development team. The new development team has greatly overhauled the game, addressing many of its original flaws. This new version, subtitled ''A Realm Reborn'', will [[NothingIsTheSameAnymore bring about sweeping changes to the way the game works, the game and server engines, and even the land of Eorzea itself.]] Comparisons to ''[[WorldOfWarcraft Cataclysm]]'' have been made even by the devs themselves.

* DuelingGames: The game was supposedly rushed out to beat a ''WorldOfWarcraft'' expansion to market. This, combined with this game's extremely critical reviews resulted in this approach not turning out well for SquareEnix.

** The lack of an Auction House (and by extension the Market Wards) is getting this treatment as well. When the head of the largest community site for your game [[http://www.eorzeapedia.com/2010/10/06/dude-wheres-my-auction-house/ goes on a rant about the entire economic system]], you have a problem.

--> '''Y'shtola''': "''Gods Forfend.''"

* OminousLatinChanting - [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WT10pSw6114&feature=channel&list=UL The final boss theme]] of the seventh umbral era.

** Not completely true. Elemental spells could originally be cast on party members to add a brief elemental buff. THis was removed with the modifications to the battle system.

* GlobalCurrencyException: At guild shops, where items must be purchased with "guild marks" instead.

* HyperSpaceArsenal: Wherein your off-hand equipment is stored.

* InstantKill: Each Primal has some sort of mechanic or condition that must be fullfiled to reduce their Astral Flow damage down to survivable numbers. Complete failure to do so means unavoidable 9999 damage hit.

* LostForever: A good deal of the content related to the 7th Umbral Era storyline will be permanently removed from the game once 2.0 comes in. This goes from relatively minor lodestone achievements (some of which are only available between 2 patches and are already LostForever) to several storyline quests and battles or unique Goobbue mount. Many seasonal event rewards also fall under this.
* LostInTranslation: One that caused some major xenophobic EpilepticTrees, the Japanese fanbase was "[[BlatantLies pleasantly]]" surprised to discover that Chocobos[[hottip:*:Always spelled チョコボ/Chocobo in both Japanese and English]] were renamed to the Kanji for "Horse-bird/馬鳥" by the development team. This, combined with the announcement of a Chinese release and the hiring of a Chinese localization team to translate it after the game was released, led to the [[FanDumb natural]] assumption by some that the entire development of the game was outsourced to China. This is despite the FFXI development team basically transferring entirely to this game. Then, when the fanbase screamed bloody murder about this, they were renamed "Chocopos". Er, whoops. Thankfully, since the new producer took over, his first priority has been to keep players of all regions informed and listen to their suggestions.

* MeatShield: Gladiators use heavy armor and shields, pugilists have a defensive stance. Incidentally, the more shield-based actions are actually a sub-class named Sentinel. This levels up separately from Gladiator despite the obvious pairing, as shields can also be used by the magic-wielding classes.

* SolidGoldPoop: At the end of the Halloween event, it was revealed that the cookies given by the Imps were actually Chocobo dung. [[GoMadFromTheRevelation the reporter that discovered they weren't very happy]].

* WeaponOfChoice: The weapon you use defines your current class. Equip a different weapon, and your Discipline changes. Also realistic is that you can effectively equip any weapon or piece of armor in the game at any Discipline Rank. Logically there is nothing stopping you from equipping that InfinityPlusOneSword... except that considering you are a novice Gladiator. Thusly your "lack of skill" translates mechanics-wise as any degree of penalties to the weapon's effectiveness, meaning you're not even going to get InfinityMinusOneSword-level performance. Incidentally, newer gear is requiring a certain rank and class to equip it, which may not be as realistic but makes balancing a lot easier on the developers.

[[caption-width-right:350:From the flames of Destruction, A new Beginning rises...]]]]

[[caption-width-right:350:Your social life just got one-shotted by [[VideoGame/FinalFantasyXI Absolute Virtue.]]]]

* TheAlliance: The Eorzean Alliance that was formed from the unity of the 3 main city stats during the first Garlean war that happened 15 years before the start of the game. [[spoiler: Recent events in the Grand Company questlines have you reform the Alliance due to the threat the empire suddenly poses... again.]]

* ChainmailBikini: The new Coliseum equipment for mage and melee classes definitely fit into this trope.

* FreeToPlay: After giving away free month after free month, Square decided to [[YouHaveFailedMe replace the development team leaders]], and do away with the monthly charges until they could 'provide a plan that outlines a level of enjoyment that will satisfy both us and our customers'. In [[http://www.eorzeapedia.com/2010/12/31/4gamer-interview-with-naoki-yoshida-part-1 an interview]], the new director Naoki Yoshida also said 'we’ll have reached that point once we've developed a system where we listen to the voices of the players and then communicate back what we are going to do, how we are going to do it, and a deadline for when it will be done.' This is evidently now the case given the publication of a recent [[http://lodestone.finalfantasyxiv.com/pl/teaser/ development roadmap]] for a massive rebuild including a complete engine and server architecture replacement, and the announcement of resumption of a subscription fees, which started at Jan 6th, 2012.