So, you've already figured out the use of Quadra Magic, but Mime and HP<->MP are pretty strong too.
*Cough*
Well, since you managed to avoid Emerald WEAPONs dick move I guess I'll just explain it here.
That is an effective combo, but you do not yet know the true power of Hades.
Fun fact, each one of the Unknown enemies can be morphed into Sources for permanent stat upgrades. Combine that with Yuffie's Conformer which doesn't suffer Morph's damage penalty and you've got a pretty good grinding spot.
So, you obviously know about Thordan's whole thing being a reference, but in XIV there's actually a second one.
Do not let the siren call of tens of thousands of damage in a single move from Knights of the Rounds blind you - this is the most powerful Materia in the game. As others have said, Mime is how you get around "once per battle" limitations, and it can mime EVERYTHING a member of your team can do. No matter how far off in the weirdest Materia combinations you go, Mime will let you get more use out of them.
Incidentally, this place has the solution to your "how do we get those unique Materia mastered in a (somewhat) more reasonable timeframe", if you can make it to the end of the area. It just take getting through the minigame... which is one of the most obtuse ones yet.
Yeah, but that's really not going to be a factor in this let's play.
How far of us are you, you teaser?
Most likely? The real question is how far behind, because of this bit here:
Makes me think Omi already visited the relevant location for The Cuck Arc, and just didn't want to jam "plot plot plot theories theories theories discussion discussion discussion" in the middle of the Chocobo Filler Arc. Kind of like how Rocket Town actually happened mid-Chocobo Arc what with Tifa suddenly being skyrocketed in level, but just didn't bring it up to keep these posts from being incoherent messes of subject jumping.
Also, might as well throw in this note: this is all clear proof that the Warrior of Light, Hydaelyn's Chosen, Champion of the Star, Defender of Eorzea, Savior of Ishgard, Strongest Shard of Azem of the Convocation of the Fourteen, and Stealer of Pants would utterly wreck Sephiroth, since they tank even the mighty Knights of the Round with nary a difficulty.
Tanking KotR doesn't actually mean you're playing on Sephiroth's level
Yeah, it means we're already past him.
But Flashback Sephiroth isn't real. Maybe if you were fighting Cloud's delusions that would be relevant, but this isn't 4.3.
I'm sorry, but this made my brain immediately go to the meme, "Flashback Sephiroth isn't real, he can't hurt you..."
Also, might as well throw in this note: this is all clear proof that the Warrior of Light, Hydaelyn's Chosen, Champion of the Star, Defender of Eorzea, Savior of Ishgard, Strongest Shard of Azem of the Convocation of the Fourteen, and Stealer of Pants would utterly wreck Sephiroth, since they tank even the mighty Knights of the Round with nary a difficulty.
Honestly, given the sheer amount FFXIV steals from previous games and how much it loves pulling old antagonists and bosses for Raids and Trials, up to and including featuring Meteor itself as a major plot point, it's somewhat surprising to me that while the game does have a "Sephirot" boss fight, it's not Sephiroth, it's this guy:
Which is to say the FF6 "Fiend" of the Warring Triad. To this day, they have yet to give us a Sephiroth boss fight.
Maybe because Sephiroth is so iconic that they can't just do a loosely-modeled AU version of him. Omega and the Warring Triad have so little story to them that you can just do "our game's take on them that shares a name, visual design and iconic moves, but is its own character native to the XIV setting," while Sephiroth is inevitably going to be, well, Sephiroth.
...and yet, it didn't stop them from featuring Kefka, Exdeath and Golbez as boss fights.
Honestly, given the sheer amount FFXIV steals from previous games and how much it loves pulling old antagonists and bosses for Raids and Trials, up to and including featuring Meteor itself as a major plot point, it's somewhat surprising to me that while the game does have a "Sephirot" boss fight, it's not Sephiroth, it's this guy:
Which is to say the FF6 "Fiend" of the Warring Triad. To this day, they have yet to give us a Sephiroth boss fight.
Maybe because Sephiroth is so iconic that they can't just do a loosely-modeled AU version of him. Omega and the Warring Triad have so little story to them that you can just do "our game's take on them that shares a name, visual design and iconic moves, but is its own character native to the XIV setting," while Sephiroth is inevitably going to be, well, Sephiroth.
...and yet, it didn't stop them from featuring Kefka, Exdeath and Golbez as boss fights.
OTOH KH just has the actual Sephiroth as an optional boss twice. It's a Nomura conspiracy I tell you.Honestly, given the sheer amount FFXIV steals from previous games and how much it loves pulling old antagonists and bosses for Raids and Trials, up to and including featuring Meteor itself as a major plot point, it's somewhat surprising to me that while the game does have a "Sephirot" boss fight, it's not Sephiroth, it's this guy:
Which is to say the FF6 "Fiend" of the Warring Triad. To this day, they have yet to give us a Sephiroth boss fight.
Maybe because Sephiroth is so iconic that they can't just do a loosely-modeled AU version of him. Omega and the Warring Triad have so little story to them that you can just do "our game's take on them that shares a name, visual design and iconic moves, but is its own character native to the XIV setting," while Sephiroth is inevitably going to be, well, Sephiroth.
...and yet, it didn't stop them from featuring Kefka, Exdeath and Golbez as boss fights.
The reason for this is because the Fiend and our white haired sword boy both took their name from the same referential source- the Kabbalistic Tree of Life also known as the Tree of the Sephiroth. It's been used as a reference in the Final Fantasy series, in Evangelion, in a bunch of other video games and anime as a Japanese go-to for an esoteric symbol of religion.
