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fuck I'm crying
The tears
Soken's music just hits so hard, to hear he worked on 5.3 tracks while at the Hospital gives me all of his respect.
I need to buy that vinyl set. Like that's going on my damn wall.

I work in oncology and this just hits so fucking hard

November 2021 needs to be there RN, f*** this year
almost lost my mom to cancer. glad soken made it
I started cryinf
To the Edge is gonna hit a lot different for me now. :(
Thank you, for everything that you're doing :)
I'm going to order out for breakfast, don't feel like making anything
my wife is an oncology RN and she is crying right now
What a wonderful man. @turbid helm Lost my uncle to cancer.
i respect soken more than uematsu now, just saying it
When yoshi
THANK YOU FOR THE FANFEST FF14
these guys are so legendary man
fucking hell. I didn't bringing any tissues 
I need food after this
I'm not crying. There's just something in my eye
It’s not a contest.
it started to rain
that moogle there is dancing but its crying inside like us
Thank you everyone for watching together in this channel ♥
My tears aren't out of sadness, it's out of respect.
I just want the fluffy moogle to give them all a hug on our behalf
All Kings and Queens
time to listen to tomorrow and tomorrow and sob again
the moogle neesds to stop dancing, it's making me laugh cry
Fuck it I’m buying the vinyl set
I wish I could give them a hug
Soken made it, it may come back but we must hope and pray it never returns.
im going to continue appreciating every single piece of music in this game
I think it's sold out
I'm getting the vinyl set too
THANK YALL
I don't even have a record player and I wanna get that vinyl set
im fucking dead
this,,, was way better than ANYTHING i was expecting as my first fanfest i'm, just so happy
from the bottom of my heart I love this dev team and the staff, they're always giving their all into the game and i can't be more grateful
were the people in the moogle and alpha suits dancing the whole time?
Thank you everyone. 
Yes
wow i mean wow
everything yoshi-p does, i see as a GIF
ON GOD
i think they were offstage
I did not expect myself to be crying
My tears are cuz I am fuckin happy that we got to keep our Soken. I already lost one of my childhood music composers and that was enough for me. Rest in Peace James Horner ❤️ 😭
What a bombshell to end the night
I need food and more uplifting music after that
i cried too much
I love you all

I picked a hell of a time to join the fanfest. jesus
That last bit, wow. Soken’s determination while battling cancer during the pandemic. Speaks to the quality of the entire dev team and Yoshi’s leadership
I started at 5.1-ish, Didn't expect to start playing before Covid-19 hit and to see the games longest delays but i feel like i've grown tighter to the community thanks to all of the hardships we all dealt with during 2020.
Soken figging cancer while composing shb makes much more sense why the soundtrack is extra emotional
THANK YOU ❤️
oh shit, the vinyl set isn't sold out yet
Love you too
thanks everyone 
god, really hard to watch them all cry
holy shit
thanks, all!
So what a fantastic fanfest.
Take care everyone! And be safe out there
So like
man that was great
I'm standing by the Limsa Aetheryte and scrolling back through the /say chat.
i'm so shocked, what a fucking amazing event
Now i'm hungry, time to cook
I'M going physically next time
tysm for making it fun to watch too on here everyone and have a nice night for most of you!
Souken the mad lad working from a hospital bed like nothing has changed not even his coworkers knew 
Love you all, im going to sleep for a little. Anyone on Light want to run anything in a few hours, @ me. Same for Aether, feel freee to @ me whenever ❤️
same, I woke up on the tail end of the Primals concert and i'm glad I did, i would have HATED to miss this, like, wtf
ok im buying a primals shirt now
such a good fan fest 😭
God Im fucking sad
gonna get some good night sleep, need to heal back from all the tears
I am emotionally devastated
still elated just...crying
Such (emotional) devastation
Well... I'm not sleeping now
to the edge could have been his last song and that's fuckin me up
i didnt expect fanfest to make me cry!
i wonder what 6.0 dps rotations will be
Fuckin same
Thanks to all of you guys for all your positive energy through the whole weekend ♥
i need to go to an irl fanfest now
it was so beautiful! <3
don't care where it is, but i need to go
god this was such a good weekend
I had never feel so scared in my life. But I'm glad Soken is back
Thank you all for being hype, dancing and crying with me ❤️
everyone hug and then wipe the tears off our faces then go tf to sleep

THE ROLLERCOASTER OF EMOTIONS
When he started, I just thought he was going to say EW was his last and he was reitiring or something. But that took a sudden friggin turn
I honestly thought Soken was announcing his departure from the Primals, then everything elsed happened, but like a fuckin' baddass he pushed that bastard back all while making music for US *
Pain
3 years and i still have no idea how to do dps rotations
i was in the middle of a dungeon crying my eyes out
welp, time to start working on a project that I had all week to do, and do it all tomorrow (today)
like a champion
just the fact that we lifted his spirits with the great comments and stuff with his music makes me fully realized yet again how powerful words are

FUNFEST
damn i wonder if the clock ticking has different meaning
I can barely beat anxiety and this guy is composing god tier music while battling cancer
y'all were awesome, it was very fun
Final Fantasy SADFEST
Are Fanfasts ALWAYS this emotional
no
The clock being so prominent now has a WHOLE new spin
this was such a good first fanfest to have
same
i can't believe soken made to the edge in his hospital bed, thats just so insane to me
You saw the shock on Ishikawa's face?
I’m glad my insomnia kicked in so I can catch the concert and the ending
we just have to say that... it had EVERYTHING... from excitment.. to fun .. to music and an ending that none could predict!!!!
soken is an amazing person
That was very non-“Japanese” of them to be so candid in public.
yeah true
Ishikawa didn't know and she kept on pressuring him like normal and now she feels sooo bad
holy shit, i hope i can strive to be like him
We are very fortunate they shared that in that way
Ishikawa didn't know. Damn that must've been such a shock
I don’t think anyone but Yoshida and the president knew
soken's just "eyy, i did great, didn't i"
Yeah that was one of the most especially in Japanese-daily life culture shocking things to see happen.
From the looks of it, only Yoshida and the Primals knew and maybe some higher ups
eyyy, soken is trending number 2 on twitter
These guys are something else, they've never been shy to say their issues out loud and I respect them so much for it
*and maybe some higher ups
Well atleast everyone started cutting onions globally 😂
He said the board members knew

the sadge heard around the world
Guitarist needs to be a actual Job
Onion knights everywhere.
┏┓
┃┃╱╲ In this
┃╱╱╲╲ house
╱╱╭╮╲╲ we love
▔▏┗┛▕▔ & appreciate
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Soken
╱╱┏┳┓╭╮┏┳┓ ╲╲
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#WELCOMEBACKSOKEN
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this thing had quite destroyed me
thank you
the board knew and they still let him do his work because that what soken wish
Soken is the definition of working in doing what you love. So inspiring to another musician like me. Much love to him.
I am blown away. Can’t tell who loves who more. The fans or the devs
i lost my aunt because of cancer..... i saw my cousins cry a lot.... and see yoshida cry for his friend and he knowing it and not telling anyone of the team to don't affect their work.... just imagining that impotence.... and frustration....
Global Onion Ninja Coalition doing it's job, i see
Yes, it is appropriate. Let’s end this with a nice good ugly cry.
I relate so much with what Soken said. If you're not doing what you love then what is there to live for? Got me through some dark days for sure.
post concert depression hit, but nothing could have prepared me for the literal feels train to hit
been playing mmos for 15 years and ShB was the best experience I've had in any of them. can't wait for EW
Considering how their HR sounds Yoshida for breaching staff Overtime rules, SQE isn't a standard japanese company
i got teary when yoshida talking about soken
Fuck, Manidy died relatively recently as well. Yoshida nearly lost two people he loved to cancer
They're a global company so they have global standard thankfully
crying in public is a big deal in Japanese culture. I wonder if many know just how critical it is for Yoshi to do that in front of thousands
This entire fanfest enforced to me that the money and time I spent in this game is to a community and staff that just care so much.
Seems like so. Yoshida seems a bit mad at HR for not letting him work himself to death.
This was not the first time he cried either
At least business unit 3
is not the first time that yoshida had cried in public, he's really sentimental
not exactly first
Just wanted to say I am glad to have picked up FFXIV, I see so much love and appreciation from both the FFXIV team and the community it’s overwhelming
yeah back at ARR’s release
thank you soken
I love that he is emotional. It shows in the game and his staff

but it's quite rare
he's not in public he's in front of his family
Can't blame him. He had to keep it from the rest of the coworkers in the company
#WELCOMEBACKSOKEN
Not to create a Blizzard hate train in here, but I’m just shocked by how they’ve become polar opposites in business practice
I feel like Yoshida was finally able to let all the emotions he felt about the situation now that the team knew
Soken supporting the Sprout Yoshi
i'm just....crying jamming to To The Edge now...
Damn I just realised he lost Maidy recently. That would've been doubly painful both his best friend and another friend with cancer at the same time.
I had to cry, it was amazing as a first fanfest
*Blizzard CFO laughs in 300million compensation while laying off hundreds of employees
"to the edge?"
Apparnetly there's a gathering for a group photo for Soken on Crystal Data Center
5.3 theme. no spoilers if you aren't that far
seat of screwdriver bgm
oh my gods this
I miss Blizz North days, or even the first few WoW xpacs team
where?
uh seat of sacrifice even
To the Edge is already my favorite song, but knowing what I do now, it sounds a little bit different
Where at?
Well, I know there was a #WhaleForSoken going on in Balmung a few minutes ago
Apopparently Costa Del Sol, Brynhildr
shoot. post didn't work properly
stuff goin on at costa brynhildr
if i can log on...
On a train. F.
we in Brynhildr are writing Soken on the beach currently ❤️
that would killed if I was in Yoshi position
Nevermind. Not gonna work.
Even when SQE has to release IO division (Hitman), they made sure staff was properly compensated and help them to find jobs at other company, rather than giving them 1 day notice and compensate them with Blizzard Gamecard
they what?!
ah to the edge, ok, thanks for the pings i'm just bad with names
Soken and Koji SERIOUSLY carried this
That Blizzard credit thing is just such scum move
just google, don't want to divert the topic
They let people go and gave them Blizzard gift cards as part of their severance
they gave their staff wow store honor points
alright, alright. well... oh wow
as compensation
oh goddamnit, here comes the Onion Ninjas again 😭
And probably STILL wrote it off as an "expense"
i regret logging off before i saw the #WhaleForSoken from balmung
I'm at the end of the S 😭
oh shenpai
Hitman was made by SQE?
ye

hai leo, also refs is mega thirsty for bunbuns, stay strong 
(I may have modded the whale into Wailord, just as well I couldn't get to show)
if you wanna feel a little better, reminder that soken sang la hee yesterday
"Take our video game macaroni art, yoy wonderful man" - Costa Del Sol Bryn, Crystal, just now
hi nanna. refi and fc mates are already trying to convert me 😭
. . . ayayay
save me
Guys therr us a gathering at costa del sol in brynhildr to support soken 😊
A gift from your children is still a beautiful gift!
Yep, their European division I believe
Someone already edited Soken's la hee into the MSQ intro for raktika
This needs to be a mod asap
you can make an act trigger for it
listening to "to the edge" is gonna be so different now
I'll have a looksie 
That whole speech Elidibus has in 5.3 at the end is just gonna hit different now
Battle voice lmao
It’s like a statement, like a middle finger to cancer, and I think he’s just happy to be alive and be around for the fanfest
I AM TOTALLY DOING THAT
love soken ❤️

I imagine that trying to set that up, Soken's LAHEE is just playing on a loud speaker
OH GOD
thats news hit me hard, I did cry. I love Soken's music and him as a person

i cry very easily, especially when other people are crying, so yoshi-p crying like that set me off as well 

I would pay $10 for a LAHEE title
this hits different now
it does
I can’t hear to the edge without wanting to cry
I honestly don’t think there was a single dry eye from anyone watching it
The crazy thing is... Ishikawa couldn't have known about it since she wasn't told. So that just HAPPENS to fit perfectly.
Fate is an odd thing
damn now i want to send sokens flowers or a thank you postcard
Seeing yoshida cry broke me. I know they can't but I wish they could have had a group hug 😭
koji fox localising that part, maybe?
yeah, that was my thought, especially when yoshi-p was crying.... like SOMEONE HUG THAT MAN DAMNIT
I decided to stay up because I was already up this late, didn't expect for all the feels 😢
I'm an absolute wreck from that. I wish I could send flowers and a card as well.
I wonder if a community sings to the edge tribute would be a nice gift.
I ugly cried so hard 😭 We need to show our appreciation for Soken more
I'm hugging my WoL mount right now.
They are killing the crab fate in the bloodshores now
lol, stopping the crab rave because this isn't the time
it would be so amazing if the community would make a huge thank you card for soken
The crab fate boss is also literally called cancer for those who donxt know 😅
thats the magical part
I hope it goes into full remission. The last time I felt this emotional/ugly cry was when Iwata of Nintendo died from cancer
I don't want Soken to go the same way; fuck cancer
The doctors would not have let Soken out on stage, esoecially in a pandemic, unless they were sure he'd be good. Chemo obliterated your immune system.
Like one of those huge get well and thank you cards everyone signs. It could be done digitally somehow
Soken is young yet
did he mention where it was?
oh shit Alex Moukala was in Who Wants To Be A Gillionaire
5 months to remission is very good though
unless he said it in japanese and koji chose not to translate, it looks like he didn't specify
We don't fucking deserve this dev team.
yeah, this is my thoughts - i had a (not immediate) family member going through chemo a few years back and he had to be so careful about going anywhere because of it
add corona to that in current days
so this is a good indicator
I lost ky grandfather to it, as well as my grandmother and great grandmother.
and also medicine has come very far
So yeah. This is either like...
'Sokej has 5 says left to live sonthey let him on stage because why not' or 'Soken's doing grwat and we just have to hope he stays that way'.
And I'm glad to aay the likelihood of the latter is far greater than the former. Thank gods.
please don't make us think about that possibility 
Hes in remission
he'd look a lot worse and would not be able to perform were he at an end
I really don't think they'd lie about the remission
I've played this game for ten years now; don't worry. I'm choked too.
Yep. My thoughts exactly.
That would be...a special kind of messed up.
#2 on uk trending
I'm seriously glad he's getting better though.
no end of respect for that man
Pleaee allow these beans to cheer you up.
Ugh that ending to fan fest hit me hard. What a legend that man is.
Being in remission does NOT mean in complete healthy condition. He's great now, but there's no telling when it will strike again. As long as Soken don't overwork himself from this point, he'll do fine.
So let's pray it stays that way.
same thing happen to iwata no? he was fine and it came back even worse
when Yoshida called him his best friend
I wish all Masayoshi Sokens a merry lose your cancer
that hit right in the feels 
Even if it does go into full remission, there's still a chance it could speead again.
I'm glad they decided to give themselves extra time to finish Endwalker
Yeah the extra time
If I recall, Yoshi P and Soken have known each other for manay years, and used to game togwther.
everything is already delayed to hell because of the pandemic anyway
He looked so exhausted, I assumed it was fanfest... But FUCK.
like .... Please no
Soken has seemed lower energy the past few years, this would explain why.
it doesnt help that one of yoshi friend died of cancer last year
I was praying "PLEASE DO NOT TELL US YOURE DYING, PLEASE"
Yep. And I think he's lost a decent chunk of weight too.
Like fuck, I'll take that you're retiring or break or anything. ANYTHING
Yeah when things got serious, I was like Oh No............
WHY AM I STILL CRYING.
when he picked up the microphone to talk again i dunno why my brain went he is telling he is sick and ho hell that was like a brick hitting me
and I don't think Soken would let Yoshida let him leave
You can see in his eyes how much fun he has doing this.
Yeah my heart sank
Even my friends were like "you.. you heard that right? It's not me?"
wait i just watched a reaction for the trailer, is the narrator emet?
honestly, I'm mentallly exhausted from that announcement, I was gonna do roulletes and shit, now i'm just -blank-
Yea emets narrating
wait what's #2?
Soken
interesting that he's doing it at this time in the story
Or fanfest
Yeah I'm just mentally done. Im just like okay no more crying pls
wait what happened with soken?
It's 5:35am, I haven't sleot, and Ibhave my covid vaxx in like... 6 hours?
He has cancer but its in remission
Yup, I'm the same and then someone reminded me of Yoshi's "I'm just glad my best friend is back" and i- Oh, shit here comes the ninjas again
He had cancer last year, but still worked very hard for us
as in its in a stage of being treated?
As in, the treatment is almost over for now
yeah, the guy was doing work while in the hospital
like, No one on the Dev team knew
Writing music from a hospital bed for 8 months
he wrote to the egde
thank god for that good news, lost my grandma very suddenly to cancer like a year before it was predicted she would go before treatment to ease it
poor Ishikawa, she was in a state of complete shock when she heard
I should watch the voice acting stuff and the quiz thingy now that im awake
#FinalFantasyXIV #FFXIVFanFest2021 #FF14デジタルファンフェス #FFXIVFanFest https://t.co/KGP6LXs93I
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I think that was the first time he came out public about it right? everyone seemed shocked
this'll cheer y'all up
This is the first time it's been made known to the dev team, let alone the public
no one knew. aside from the SE execs
Is that a double otamatone
Heh, We just had a mass group go on a FATE Train in Costa to spawn the It's Not Lupus Fate and then kicked the piss out of Cancer in SECONDS
LMFAO
yeah it's on twitter somewhere
They might have, but they had to be quick. Pretty much ANY Crab that's spawning is getting it's ass kicked atm
WE WILL TAKE DIGITAL VENGEANCE
I hope soken sees all this
I'm sure he will
... OH GOD THE 'CHIEVO IS FULL REMISSION, I DIDN'T EVEN THINK ABOUT THAT
- I can't really comment on whether the WoL gets possessed by the Avatar, because if I say something now and we decide to change it till the release, people will complain
Does that mean they are not sure about the lore implication yet? Or are they considering changing what we saw on the trailer?
probably lore since its easier to change
Lore.
well if WoL's gonna get possessed both Fray and Ardbert (and possibly Middy) won't be happy about it
wol voidsent 👀
why mid?
might be more that the avatar just performs a pact to gain their power as opposed to merging
they did an amazing work with the DRK lore/story, hope they will live up to that with Reaper
remember when Midgardsormr came along for the ride for a bit back in 3.x?
See, now I'm imagining a DBZ Abridged style Piccolo/Nail/Kame conversation happening.
My brain thinks reaper ghost is your kohai who loves you as its senpai
yeah why
is there a transcript of the Q&A?
"At least I'm a part of you and not some random Voidsent!" Ardbert "At least I'm from the same soul!" Voidsent: "But he SUMMONED me, I'm the only one of us that's a choice" WoL: "Yo, could you... ALL shut the hell up a minute, I'm KINDA FIGHTING A GOD HERE"
to me the Reaper Avatar looks friendly towards the WoL, no malice involved
Ardbert in there like “wait how come you get to have a dragon”
looks rather creepy tot me
not in terms of its own appearance but like wraps its claws around you
Reaper avatar just wants senpai's attention
tsundere reaper
I get the same vibes I got from Anima towards the summoner back in FFX. There is a certain darkness more akin to sorrow which translates into empathy towards the ally and hatred towards enemies
I'm looking at you! I owe it all to every one of WoL. Ill pay u back with the contents! ! I hope y'all keep enjoying our game!
見てるよ!ヒカセンのみんなのお陰だよ。ほんとにありがとう。感謝はゲームで返していきます!これからもよろしくね!
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so was soken in remison?
😭 😭 😭 😭
tldr: he got asked by Hydaelyn (as part of their deal) to keep an eye on WoL and their shenanigans, but he's a grumpy old man and just wants a nap
Soken said the cancer was in remission.
ah
we don't deserve himmmmm
Do it for Soken
#translations-and-liveletters scroll up
It was so sad to see, i lost my mother to cancer a few years ago 
thx

Well he didn't really get directly asked by Hydaelyn. He saw that we had Hydaelyn's blessing, thought to himself "c'mon Hydaelyn seriously you gave your blessing to this joker?", and blocked off the blessing so he could follow us around and see if we were really worth it
Does this chat count for 5.55 as well?
i suppose
I guess
5.55 pretty much being start of 6.0 as well
If it does, can I get a refund for the 60+ Byakko tokens I soent on gear to desynth?
have we gotten deets on 5.55 from fanfest?
Teying to get the mane? And Tsukiyomi?
My dumb ass justvthought I had terrible luck.
I already want the music from the Reaper trailer. It's probably just the common battle theme for EW maps but I need it
Mostly Bozja story updates
is 5.55 also not more msq?
or have they only revealed bozja so far? (also when is 5.55 out?)
did last update apply those technical improvements?
yupp
The players pointed out that not every EX trial boss dropped stuff that could be desynthed to craft stuff, and up until now they didn't have a rule for which ones stuff dropped from, so now they all will
5.55 will begin the final days probably 
dunno about all of you but my PC absolutely loads everything a lot faster
What technical improvements if you don't mind me asking? I'm fairly new, i got into the game less than a month ago
pretty much dealing with a lot of the 1.0 spaghetti code including attack delays
faster loading times and HQ icons & stuff
Attack delays?
We skip it
there was something regarding boss attack delays
Never heard of it tbh
oh and they added more markers to indicate boss directions
though yeah the technical improvements were dealing with a bunch of the 1.0 spaghetti code
wait what do these x.x5/8 updates usually involve?
5.55 will be msq part 2 and Zadnor (and nier epilogue quests)
5.57 will be ??? (no idea)
5.58 is cross-DC travel
oh its just minor things so they don't do it on expansion
we still dont have job action trailer
we wont have job action trailer until september/october
as in the actions trailer?
5.57 is stuf like Savage and loot lock lifting
We won't till closer to November
eh?
remove the 1 week reward ban for savage eden
Removing loot lock on savage, double rev tome cap, adding tome exchange to Diamond
oh that
just went back and watched the end of the concert and i cannot stop the tears now
and if anything crafter related updates most likely
The ticking clock in "To the Edge" absolutely fucks me
I only watched the part with Soken clowning
No just loot lock stuff
oh yeah, 5.57 will probably make diamond weapon buyable with totems
or crossing fingers midway Ultimate heavens warsong?
other than what the others already aid, the last few patches also change the previous relic steps to be a lot easier
no. dragonsong wont be until 6.1
Ultimate is 6.1
theyre not gonna reverse the decision on something that big
a man can dream for a surprise early release
It's probably not even 50% done
the last relic step(s) will be nerfed in 6.0 though
is koji just a singer in primals 
in other words, the zadnor stuff
i cant see him in the To The Edge performance
I’m wondering what bozja will look like during midway through 6.0
He just sings and sometimes dances yeah
ahh fair enough
and writes lyrics
Yeah
bozja will still see activity because its a good place to level from 71-80
"we have no tank"
honestly i feel like having a deep dungeon and an... er... whatever eureka is, mixed together isnt that bad a decision in terms of livelihood/longetivity of the content
but they did say theyre giving us a real deep dungeon in 6.0 so yea
I feel sorry for those trying to run castrum LL and having no tanks
you dont need a tank for castrum
Anyone can tank
just take tank essences
You can use essences.
I had a WHM tank DR once
Platebearer, for once, might actually save you from mechanics (or at least autos).
i just want the essences that are gonna make dr easier
Ah. Essences are a thing
Cant wait to see nothing but Sages and Reapers though
But profane is so good though.
I always use profane or gambler
What white mage wouldn't want to do 200-300k DPS on the Queen's Guards opener and then die because no tank can keep aggro off of them. xD
And contrary to what a lot of people think, most ff14 expacs people aren't only running new jobs
lmao hitting a 500k crit with misery is the best feeling in the world
I'm looking at you! I owe it all to every one of WoL. Ill pay u back with the contents! ! I hope y'all keep enjoying our game!
見てるよ!ヒカセンのみんなのお陰だよ。ほんとにありがとう。感謝はゲームで返していきます!これからもよろしくね!
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Me. Because my ego, deeps, and throbbing genitals care for nothinf but big numbers; I play healer ourely because I don't trust other people to do so well.
Give me those 300k openers.
I need them .
I love
I appreciate those kinds of healers picking me up off the floor after my opener inevitably gets me killed haha
That there like a battle of memes upon all the songs in someway with soken and primals
what is it with japenese men geting cancer
Stress
that would explain Iwatas passing
stress, smoking, drinking, the same reason americans get cancer
They work like nothing else
^
cancer isnt only a japense thing as well,my cousin battled it twice...nasal cancer,but lost his second
oof
Japanese work culture is a thing
Yoshi-P recently lost a friend to cancer, too -- Maidy, the original person behind Dad of Light
https://store.na.square-enix-games.com/en_US/product/636933/final-fantasy-xiv-acrylic-job-magnet-blue-mage The absolute audacity
so this must have fucked him up extra hard
Work environment in japan is known to be stupidly intense
SE has clamped down on it
if only we know what the reaper Soulstone will look like
If the talk with Ishikawa is to be believed
Yeah, they're being stricter about making them take rest time
Which is why I'm totally fine with less content
@silk dragoni wouldnt be surprised if the symbol is almost similar to what drk is,at least in color
The longer people stay functional, the longer the dream team stays together, the longer quality lasts
with the scythe as the icon?
either that or a voidsent esk icon
what did she say?
what if the mentor was a voidsent itself
SE HR has talks with Yoshi if she goes over time
not sure what you mean
If you work an excessive number of hours in a week
HR comes and tells you and your boss to knock it off.
HR gets pissed with them if they insist on working overtime. She said something about working 36 hours straight because she wanted to.
@silk dragon considering the quest starts in uldah i doubt it'll be an actual voidsent, it'll probbly be a mentor like sid,a bit off edge and someone who isnt afraid to do what needs to be done(i e kill)
He's just 'please, take your times off, i get grilled by hr for that'
yeah that sounds about right though this is more with the excessive extreme, a lot of places still have it as the culture to do overtime but because of people dying from overworking they have company restrictions to avoid going to excess
the brass blades might accuse the mentor of being a necromancer ?
And because of covid, there are a lot fewer ways to blow off steam
@silk dragon yeah possibly
due to necromancy being taboo lorewise
There's been serious efforts to combat burnout in a lot of JP companies. The sister branch of my company in Japan which is japanese owned really cracked down on overtime even for salary.
Reaper mentor: "This is not a ghost, this is just a pet that was given to me by the Thaumatage guild"
from what i'm aware its because of ingrained culture in a lot of people though i've heard that many people aren't that efficient though
@nocturne void covid probbly has something to do with that,if u hit burnout and get sick,your body is going to have a worse time fighting it
no its a long time problem in japan
This is totally not a voidsent.
Someone told me something like "SE doesnt deduct the money for the pre-order until its a week away from being out" or smth close to that, is that true? Because I see people preordering the game
Yes
This is just a very pale dog
or maybe the blades make you go undercover as the mentors new student
It's just a SMN mod
what if the mentor was a Albino Lala?
you can have the deduction made earlier to unlock beforehand
@unique bane Is it like a choose one when buying or smth
depends on where you buy from
ie, I didn't have that option on the SE EU store
If you realize
The dev team offers to overwork not because their bosses or people ask them to
They offer to overwork because they love what they are doing for FFXIV so much they don't want to stop
You cannot fake that.
You cannot fake result if you don't sleep 
If you don't like what you're doing, you'll never say something like that.
They always apologize and speak like they're so indebted to us
And they always explain things in live letters
They really engage with the players compared to most mmo companies
...the Soken thing might have derailed after we did the name
derailed quite hard by the looks of it
That's just human nature 😆
Reaper ghost is our 13th shard, I'm telling you
It'll be some shit about it having to be a Voidsent you can resonate with
I usually hate the Azem theories but this one feels pretty good to be true
Oh yeah, it's gonna start at 70 and afaik no class quests to 80
Or the ghost is all the DRGs that died for Reaper to get maiming
All the floor tanks
It also makes sense why a fucking voidsent is allowed to fuse with the WoL
DRGs: Remember... remember that we once lived
but since it's so heavily corrupted by darkness it can't stay with him, so it all fits together nicely
That ghost is voidsent?
That avatar is gonna be our Casper, the friendly ghost homie
it's not a ghost, it's a voidsent
Ardbert already living in there so it's just crashing with us for once a week
The comment about them not being 100% sure on the lore makes me think it's something risky like that and they're not sure if they want to commit to those implications.
Daily reminder that Jap is considered a slur and to please stop using it
Yeah. I do appreciate that they're thinking about it carefully
What does it mean?
Either shorten it to JP or Japanese
Everytime Reaper goes into burst it'd be WoL become 10/14 for a moment.
Now the voidsent is just a normal one that we feed with fanadiel aether and we control him to make him suffer eternally
"jap is considered a slur" what a baby
Oops sorry for that friend request to whoever I just sent it to I accidentally clicked someone’s profile while trying to scroll
agreed, JP or Japanese please
Lmao, all good
For real, Saki?

someone looked to deep into their glass
if i have a daughter we have to play ffxiv together
make her a NIN main
definitely gonna be my healer
instead of souls, we feed it bagels
why would you make her a healer
She would fail the mudras only to see the bunny on top of her head
I'm the one who should say this. For real ? Get in your skull that depending where people live/their culture, the word are use as a slur or not.
because sage looks crazy

Yikes
hey bud? defending slurs isnt a good look
Why is it so hard to just not use a word that you know is a slur in some places?
Was wondering why that took so long to type lol
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that does start at 70 though.. instead of nin how about drg
It's not like you're literally compelled to use it. I've literally never seen you feel the need to use it before now.
Best part of the fanfest
I still dont understand to witch slur it refers too
yeah drg daughter sounds fire
It has a very negative connotation particularly in America dating back to at least WW2.
it was a slur that started around WW2
look up the history of WWII, particularly in the Pacific, and I'll leave it there
alright
Can we not?
As a pejorative, it's associated with the history of Japanese-American internment camps in this country, at least, so there's the historical perspective.
When Yoshida's shoes cost more than my set up
It's a thing you might hear old white guys say and well, anything they say you should probably not repeat.
I will not push the topic further but if we were to not use the word who sound like slur anywhere we will not talk at all. I'm not one to give a shit about what american think you know ?
Let's get this chat back on topic please
jpn still ok?
anyway, there are so many good bits about the Fanfest, it's hard to choose
Call me the n-word.
Yes
nerd

Ok
Coward.
Time to move on
What a gamer move
Yeah but Koji singing Titan with YoshiP coming in, then rapping together in all of the hype, it has to be one of the best bits
The Primals concert was amazing, the encore was set up really well!
Just don't call Estinien Nidhogg
Please refrain from using slurs k thx
Or Stinky
mf said "im build different" after saying a slur lol
Ok ty, but what if i say the colour black in spanish? That is "negro", it would count as an slur?
Eh, i got the same shit from pso2. Easy to just not say it since a country consider it a slur
STAHP
Yes
Sure but don't get mad if i call you out for using something is a slur in other part of the globe right ? 
Ol wait
No or yes
this dude
Used to describe the colour no, use to descirbe a black person yes
But obviously if you're speaking the language, its fine
what 💀
It depends on context, no? If you're speaking Spanish in a Spanish-speaking community, no. If you're speaking English, you're being a shit.
that's how it typically works yes, it isn't hard to accept a misusage of a word and learn the proper/new term
SMH talking about linguistics in my patch channel
If Saki's okay with saying one slur because "censoring muh language" they can call my black ass the n-word. Clears shit up and makes it easier to block.
Yeah, I was mainly speaking in the context of this server
Can a mod type something serious and pin it, then close the convo like yall always do?
anyway hows reaper lookin fellas
Yeah.
Ok, ty for the clarification
It become boring, let's drop it.
pretty kick-ass, can't wait to heal all of these little reapers running around in 6.0
Rpee-er

!unmute 178550175315263488
p excited to try it out but i know im never gonna play it
just cant stand playing dps
Everyone is getting Thereapy in 6.0
What are your favorite bits of the fanfest?
changing from male lala to female aura for it
But be a scythe sentai
all of it
but if I had to choose
- Lahee
- Primals concert
- Endwalker trailer
- the MEMES
ngl I thought soken gonna nnounce he is leaving SE but it was something worse instead
Soken singing La hee has to be one

soken at the closing ceremony was the best part for sure
the memes have been amazing
I loved the smaller stuff too
Peak Fanfest
the development panel was really interesting
Trailer drop, reaper reveal, concert, and closing ceremony are highlights for me
Fuck, tfw balmung can properly make femboy hooters with male viera
idk I liked YoshiP's 1300$ shoes
learning about the mindset on how they made the fights was so interesting
https://twitter.com/Iffie16/status/1393925102715211784?s=20
yeah, definitely derailed.
The "Who wants to be a gillionaire" was a great one too
what did they say for that?
yeah that was interesting - but I missed some bits. did they do a write-up?
They went into specific fights. One example was Alphascape 4.0
AS it turns out, Reaper can keep DPS'ing while dead, that'll be their gimmick. Reaper Ghosts might clear a fight despite the wipe
Ill prolly switch/try out Reaper but only after completing 6.0 MSQ as my current main NIN
So they talked about specific fights and how they crafted it
I had that option in EU after I already made the purchase
Don't think these vods will be deleted
anyone got a VOD of the mindset stuff?
Its on Day 1
@unique bane Oh nice, thank you
I just went to the link they sent me and clicked on "pay right now"
I'm expecting that reaper will be getting similar to DRG with its BotD and LotD mechanic
i was kinda dissapointed they didn't elaborate more on Island Sanctuaries a bit more
Day 1 VOD
floor tanking
that's big thing I'm interested in with EW
eh, voidghost can do the actual tanking 
But for my first fanfest, I loved it. Keiko's beautiful piano, the primals
you know when it was in that?
To be honest, my dream for Reaper is that it's a SAM reskin for maiming gear. So I can stop being sad about Monk ruining SAM fashion
About 2.5 hours in?
There will probs be more info along the way until 6.0 release
thanks
Keiko's expression when Soken was playing with the otamamon... priceless
E3 will def have something
gentrification
I know right
rather interested in this mindset stuff
Tfw no dual sword maiming class
What is the expression Keiko made called anyways
Gabranth class only for Gabranth
her face being slightly shocked felt like its one of those meme edit videos of something being ridiculous and the edit is constantly zooming into awkward face shots
more bemused, I think
Surprised? Cringed?
Fear.
for omega, they were talking about being in the mind of omega. What does he see as the key potential of humans
Welp, now Nin the only dps class with its own unique category
Um, what did I just walk in on? Lol
Keiko's piano was very beautiful, I was so emotional during Neath Dark Waters 😔
one example was limit breaks, thats why Omega uses a limit break @plain plover
How many bunny boy reapers are there going to be?
!faq reaperbis
is it after when they start talking about idyllshire law?
Omega deducted that limit breaks were one of the keys to becoming powerful
I wonder
I like to think they were arguing about what new class in the office oneday, and Yoshi walked in, loaded up Bloodborne and said "This."
A punching ghost stand
Oh wait..., further ahead sorry
Limsa is going to be full of edgy bunbois
!faq sagebis
I can’t wait
I'm not sure how they'll make a second NIN-based class work because of the crossover with aiming accessories
its after the namazu section
How is that faq not the "I'm a healer but" image?
tbh i really vibe with male viera
im too deep in the elf hole to ever change but maybe with a fantasia 3 pack...
development panel?
It should just be a Gundam pointing a gun at you
phrasing
The main question is what traditional FF class would fit scouting or if they'll make a unique class
Yep!
by design
thanks
Anyone else faced this while buying the digital collector's edition?
A lot of room tbh
Btw
welcome to the joy of collectors preorders
I really loved the cosplay contest
I didn't buy the collector's box tho...
THE FUCKING INNOCENCE COSPLAY WAS SO GOOD
oh
Make up
Those wings look fucking amazing
And one year working on the props minimum
forgiven hate?
What did Koji do this time?
he was being koji 
Translated Soken's message
That must've been hard for him
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https://www.twitch.tv/videos/1024558140?t=1h39m17s this one is a great part too
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I love how the chat just started spamming ..........
I love the Primals rendition of Eden Leviathan
but I try to watch it on Youtube and it keeps freezing
whatever I'll watch the Twitch version
That Soken news broke me
Same
Imo the VA segment is the best in day2 fan fest beside the concert and excluding the closing announcement
Im tearing up thinking about it.
Agree :)))
Everyone is birb....
Birb
I’m crying
Who is the bearded guy in the primal performance?
Jason Miller
did they say anything about player islands?
Why is Koji trending?
oh Godhead.
Don't look man
drinking a whole bottle of water
Really? That's something to be mad about? When everyone was throwing jokes the whole fanfest?

Oh. I see.
Watch the closing for context
I wouldnt my dude
I saw the whole thing.
people getting mad about fanfest after today have a serious problem
Koji stood there and translated everything without breaking up in the middle so mad props.
Q.Q
I haven't seen anyone mad about anything that happened at fanfest
for context https://youtu.be/OJCKGhgxXJ8
I honestly wasn't sure if I should record and post this, but I figured it'd be good to do so for now for anyone who missed the Livestream.
Warning: This video is very emotional and has mentions of cancer as well.
im mad cuz i dont deserve this team 
They are why I'll continue throwing money at this game
Man I'm just a part of the Community for about 3 weeks now but that video makes me cry. Such a good man right there
I am crying after watching that
forgiven hate?
Genuinely can't get an experience with any other dev team like you can with the XIV team
2nd boss of Mt. Gulg
I'm not watching that again.
yeah think i sort of remember it now
also its a minion
Are bunny boys considered spoilers now? The whole world must know about them at this point
nah
I wss seriously tempted to vote this instead of innocence 🤣
On another note, why is the weather so crap in the First in the last 3 days? Every time I go to Il Mheg there is a fog or something ruining the scene.
bunny bois are disclosed
the innocence is done by a german couple
i did some research
gosh, there were some really nice cosplays
Hope Soken pulls through despite everything. Good man.
oh yeah there was the cosplay contest. Slept through it 
i mean is twitter, is just a logical assumption
i'm part of the community since early ARR so imagine how shattered i'm...
i lost my aunt because of cancer and the father of my bf have cancer and now soken....
man Soken. "A smile better suits a hero"
I feel you there. Lost my grandfather duo to cancer, it was pretty nasty. Grandmother followed after a long time with Alzheimer.
So I'm really glad he's doing okay now and it looks good
i was so happy after the concert since idk, and then... fate treated soken badly and he decided to open to us there, it felt so.... idk any word in english to express myself
Don't do me like that
Fucking YouTube. Woke up to a "special message from sokken and yoshiP" in my feed. I did not need to cry this morning

wassat
I'm sure Yoshi-P is especially ecstatic about Soken not only bc his best friend is back but because he's already lost one friend to cancer before
who are the 0.2% smh
Fanfest program rating from Nico Nico Douga
- Extremely good 99.4%
- Quite good 0.3%
- Decent 0.1%
- Not so good 0.1%
- Not good 0.2%
who voted not good 😦
So it was pretty good I must say, not so awkward silence than Blizzconn. That was just weird xD
But man I miss seeing audiences at those events
this makes me wanna go to the next fanfest
They are fun. I've been to two
It's quite the experience
I'm going to try to go to the next EU fanfest
I didn't attend the ShB one since we weren't playing then (had a baby) but the stormblood reveal one was nice in Paris. The Rio was sorta lame.
i wanna go to all of them after endwalker at this rate
The con was fine, the location was bad.
i think the one right after 6.0 ends would be pretty good
cuz its the end of an arc and everything
It's honestly hard to imagine what two and a half more years will look like hah
haha yeah
do they always do like, jp first, then na, then eu, or
in order of fanfests
NA EU JP
I don't think they have deviated from that before? Not sure
ahh i see
I want to say it's been consistent as well
But my only memory supporting that is hype for new job reveals.
Jp and eu alternate but NA is always first
when is 6.1 coming?
I think if by the time we are talking a next fanfest if things are to a place where travel is normal, I'm still playing XIV (which.. is likely since I can't seem to permanently stop) it'd be nice to take a vacation for a convention. It's been a long time.
March?
March is a fair guess.
Isn’t the 6.0 to .1 gap a little longer?
They stagger normal raid in 6.0
Major patches is generally 3 months so like February/March yeah
wow thats a long time i was really excited to play in oce servers
people going people just
to bed waking up
🤝
crying over soken's story
and watching yoship and
the dev team break down
216
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So uh, what part of the video was this?
Closing ceremony
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Clip of it for people who haven't seen
its around 10h40m if ur looking at the youtube video
i definitely wanna go to EU/NA fanfests
mfw I realize Cryptlurker being the last tomestone set means that the level 80 Poetics BIS for Reapers beginning Endwalker content will be Cryptlurker Maiming, presumably with Cryptlurker Scythe.
To the Edge Lyrics definitely hit harder after hearing Soken
all calculated
THEY PLAYED US LIKE A DAMN FIDDLE.
Bold of you to assume I'm not already holding books/coffers from savage for reaper/sage
I mean, you could collect it now.
Not the weapons
But it's going to automatically be Augmented if you buy it when 6.0 launches.
Meaning it'll be easier and less time consuming to get the dyeables later rather than now.
I wanna see some edenmorn nouiliths
Also I discovered that Adamantite gear (Fray's set) in Maiming costs significantly less than its Fending counterpart because Fray.
At least when I bought mine it did, anyway.
Fray popular so therefore increase the proce
God... Edenmorn nouliths and edenmorn scythe 😩
I'm sort of not thrilled about Reaper but keep getting teased by friends who expect me to main it because I'm edgy trash.
Diamond scythe and diamond noulith
That sucks. :<
Labyrinthos is such a funky banger
I mean, look at that gif omg
The Edge is calling so
Mmmf. I love it.
My DRK glamour already looks like Reaper gear.
fwiw the other set we're probably getting is uh Scaevan
Reaper goes SPEEEN
NERO SCYTHE. NERO SCYTHE. NERO SCYTHE.
I hope they make a high skill floor for reaper
They probably won’t lol
floor**
They don't plan to add a scythe for bozja no ?
Expansion jobs are usually pretty ez
So we don’t see reaper mains everywhere xd
Reaper mains everywhere means endwalker buyers everywhere so they’ll make it simple
After 3 months most the folks who've tried reaper will move on.
checks which old content got gunblades
Icr if dnc and gnb got one but my moneys on probably not
Except for the bad ones in your DF
Okay, so basically any Shadowbringers dungeons will have a scythe added.
I will 100% main reaper but if the mains are gonna be everywhere xd
Reaper get a secret passiv boost depending of your bota level
we're gonna get a cryptlurker scythe too aren't we? they better go full bloodborne with it 
Rdm and sam didn't get hw relics p sure
They did not, no.
relics are never retroactively added for new jobs
same lol
that said, doesn't mean there won't be a cryptlurker weapon for it
I mean.. yeah. I wanted DRK to be a dps back when it revealed.
Well it will be poetic no ?
There’s an Omega Gnb weapon
Yes
I really wanted to play DRK. I still do. But I just do not enjoy tanking fundamentally
So RPR is gonna be my shit
There will be tome weapon for lv70 and lv80 but not relic from SB and shb
There'll be scaeven, edenmorn, and cryptlurker noutliths/scythes


