History FinalFantasyXIV / TropesJToL

** This is the central thesis of the Faculty of Medicine quests. Galveroche plans to make his panaloaf, the epitome of NondescriptNastyNutritious, Sharlayan's emergency ration in the event of a crisis. But his student, Debroye, objects to this, as the bread is so disgusting that it instantly induces nausea in anyone who samples it. She and the Warrior of Light firmly believe that Sharlayan would be "surviving" but not ''living'' if it was ever forced to subsist off panaloaf. So they work together to develop Mervynloaf, a version of panaloaf that is just as nutritious but also delicious, to supplant panaloaf. In the end, [[spoiler:Mervynloaf succeeds, as Flagustert convinces the Forum that forcing people to eat something as disgusting as panaloaf would only cause depression and panic to spread during an already trying time, therefore proving the importance in enjoying what you eat rather than focusing purely on its nutritional value.]]

* LivingIsMoreThanSurviving: This is the central thesis of the Faculty of Medicine quests. Galveroche plans to make his panaloaf, the epitome of NondescriptNastyNutritious, Sharlayan's emergency ration in the event of a crisis. But his student, Debroye, objects to this, as the bread is so disgusting that it instantly induces nausea in anyone who samples it. She and the Warrior of Light firmly believe that Sharlayan would be "surviving" but not ''living'' if it was ever forced to subsist off panaloaf. So they work together to develop Mervynloaf, a version of panaloaf that is just as nutritious but also delicious, to supplant panaloaf. In the end, [[spoiler:Mervynloaf succeeds, as Flagustert convinces the Forum that forcing people to eat something as disgusting as panaloaf would only cause depression and panic to spread during an already trying time, therefore proving the importance in enjoying what you eat rather than focusing purely on its nutritional value.]]

** Another naming issue cropped up when Labyrinth of the Ancients was being added and later, Syrcus Tower. The dev team in Japan, wanting to keep the Crystal Tower dungeons true to their inspiration from ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyIII'', wanted to name the final boss of that dungeon after the character it was modeled after, namely, ''FFIII'' Titan. Problem is, there's already Titan, the Primal and its related Summoner pet, in game. Japan can get around this issue, with a slight change in pronunciation, using '''タイタン''' (EN pronunciation: Tie-tun) for Primal Titan, and '''ティターン''' (FFIII spelling, and Greek pronunciation: Tea-tahn) for the Labyrinth's final boss. The English, French, and German language localization teams aren't so lucky, since no matter how you pronounce it in those languages it's still spelled the same. Solution? Get special permission to rename the final boss to Acheron, one of the ''FFIII'' Titan's {{Palette Swap}}s. Everything was fine, until the 2.3 localization came about, and a certain issue seemed to have slipped the Japanese team's minds, the full details of which are found [[http://forum.square-enix.com/ffxiv/threads/178311-The-Sad-Tale-of-Phlegethon-and-Acheron here]], but which is summed up best with the following:

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* JackOfAllStats: Each of the role archetypes has one of these;

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** Healer: Astrologian. White Mage has both pure healing and absurd damage output, Scholar has their potent shields and emergency spells. Astrologian doesn't have particularly powerful heals and their damage is a joke, but they trade it off for flexibility with being able to do weaker regen or shields as needed, and can bring non-healing support with their damage-increasing cards that buff individual party members and leads to a stronger party-wide damage buff.

%%* KnightTemplar: Gridania and Ishgard show some elements of this. Ishgard seems to come closer to playing it straight (see GrayAndGreyMorality above). Gaius on the other hand, is probably the biggest example in the game.

** ''Shadowbringers'' was heavily beloved, but even it had a few flaws, and there was one thing that shocked and disappointed many fans: the new Gunbreaker and Dancer jobs had little to no awesome-looking gear for anything below level 60, and even then the only level 60 gear you get is the stuff they start with (which are simply recolors of existing gear) and the Shire gear from the very end of ''Heavensward'', so fans couldn't get gunblades who chirp "Kupo!" upon unsheathing or chakrams infused with the power of Nidhogg. At the very least, the PvP gear helps to alleviate this issue somewhat.
** ''Shadowbringers'' likewise eschews the Deep Dungeon and Hildibrand side content (a staple since ''Heavensward'' and ''A Realm Reborn'' respectively) in exchange for different content like the Ishgard Restoration Project (one of the first pieces of content to focus heavily on crafting classes since the Ixal beast tribe quests before ''Heavensward'') and group fishing on a boat.
** ''Shadowbringers'' also came with some major changes to the combat system, chief among them a rebalance to MP - now every class has a flat cap of 10,000 and every spell that uses it uses a fixed amount, rather than both fluctuating and increasing as you gain levels and put on better gear - as well as the removal or simplification of several skills and mechanics, even if the class once heavily relied on them (Machinist no longer having its ammo-management mechanic or any penalty for letting their weapon {{overheat|ing}} too much, Astrologian's card-drawing buffs were simplified into simple damage boosts for either ranged or melee-focused classes) or the skill is a ''Franchise/FinalFantasy'' staple (healers can no longer use Protect -- something the devs were planning on removing in an earlier expansion, but didn't do so ''because'' it's such an iconic spell).

** ''Shadowbringers'' was heavily beloved, but even it had a few flaws, and there was one thing that shocked and disappointed many fans: the new Gunbreaker and Dancer jobs did not have any awesome-looking gear for anything below Level 60 and even there, the only Level 60 gear you get is the stuff they start with (which are simply recolors of existing gear) and the Shire gear from the very end of ''Heavensward'', so fans couldn't get gunblades who chirp "Kupo!" upon unsheathing or chakrams infused with the power of Nidhogg.

** In PvP modes, each player instead gets their personal Limit gauge that fills over time or by completing mode's objectives. Unlike PvE, each job has its own Limit Break - some are based on job's abilities that aren't normally available in PvP, and others are wholly unique.

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** Dawntrail appears to be going in this direction, after the end of the world stakes in endwalker, this expansion is about exploring a new south american style continent, and the expansion is general is described as a summer vacation.

** DawnTrail appears to be going in this direction, after the end of the world stakes in endwalker, this expansion is about exploring a new south american style continent, and the expansion is general is described as a summer vacation.

* KnightTemplar: Gridania and Ishgard show some elements of this. Ishgard seems to come closer to playing it straight (see GrayAndGreyMorality above). Gaius on the other hand, is probably the biggest example in the game.