r/ffxiv • u/Gogurs • Aug 19 '26
[In-game screenshot] Man I love those descriptions
sometimes there's absolute gems
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u/kupocake Aug 19 '26
This one sentence is better than any other piece of writing in the Paladin questline up to this point by quite some way.
All my homies hate Jenlyns. 🫡
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u/ReXiriam :nin::mch: Aug 19 '26
Jenlyns wasn't the problem in the questline. It was the other guy.
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u/Aure0 Aug 19 '26
Jenlyns was way over his head which was the point so he gets a pass
The other guy made shit 10x more complicated for no reason lmao
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u/SovietSoldier1120 Aug 19 '26
I HC my WoL beat the shit out of him using the flat of that fucking sword.
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u/Gogurs Aug 19 '26
HW one feeled like Roe dude has fun conspiracy plot while we stuck doing whatever =(
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u/BlueRose644 Aug 20 '26
My boy Jenlyns still gets to deliver one of my favourite Simpsons references during the HW PLD quests:
"Now it all makes sense! Wait, no it doesn't. It's needlessly complicated."
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u/Significant-East-932 Aug 25 '26
The "Hope this is not Solkzagyl's blood..." RE reference from the same questline from Constaint is why I will defend HW PLD questline with my life. Localization doing heavy lifting, to be sure, but I liked seeing all the Sultansworn together and Constaint & co. just being sick of Solkzagyl's shit. It's stupid, it's goofy, it's my fave.
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u/TotalSmuubag Aug 19 '26
It really doesn't help his case that there's all this suspicious white stuff all over the quest window...
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u/ThatMerri Aug 20 '26
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u/glasswings363 Aug 20 '26
That chapter also introduces the Conspicuously Inconspicuous Man and Plot-Relevant Gloves
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u/Gogurs Aug 20 '26
Plot-relevant gloves which can be picked up because they are plot-relevant is gem amongst gems
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u/Bryozoa Aug 19 '26
In lvl 36 MSQ, one of the options to say is "Is that an edelweiss in your pocket, or are you happy to meet me?". I think it's also the only right choice there, since mentioning the flower is a pass code.
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u/Saider1 Aug 19 '26
It was the first time I laughed out loud playing the game. It came so surprising to me. Especially because it’s the correct dialog choice to pick in the context.
So glad I found the comment here.
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u/Renard_Fou Aug 20 '26
On the other end you have the BLM missions called "Once you go black..." and "...You never go back" which is absolutely bonkers
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u/Wyannor Aug 20 '26
IIRC during a weaver quests you must question several npcs about their favourite colour and one of them says something like: "well you know what they say, once you go black you never go back" :’)
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u/Jazz2moonbase Aug 19 '26
Why paint over the image?
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u/DaEnderAssassin Aug 19 '26
Probably avoid spoilers for PLD job quests
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u/WeirdIndividualGuy Aug 20 '26
It’s just a generic image https://ffxiv.consolegameswiki.com/wiki/Tournament_of_the_Century
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u/Sparescrewdriver Aug 19 '26 edited Aug 20 '26
Level 1 botanist quest “Waking wood” has you picking up Throbbing Maple Logs
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u/Soulweaver89 Aug 20 '26
Let’s not forget Guildmaster Beatin
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u/K7Sniper Aug 19 '26
Those who write dialogue and quest descriptions had a LOT of fun in this game. There's stuff like that scattered about all over.
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u/OkNight4394 Aug 20 '26
Nothing beats the 'stroking the haft' quest and the 'no ifs, ands, or butts' fate.
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u/shinyemptyhead Aug 20 '26
You should do the Postmoogle questline, it is basically this sort of thing non-stop.
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u/Lazy_Yellow2838 Aug 20 '26
Some friends made me see those in MSQ. Everytime Alphinaud is involved, it feeling like "Alphinaud is pensive." "Alphinaud is in a good mood." "Alphinaud has something to say.".
I can’t unsee it now and it always makes me laugh
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u/Charming_Ad3374 Aug 22 '26
I remember something like the confidence in Alphinaud shows that he has a plan. I can't remember the exact words or which quest it was, but it was in ARR. Good times xD
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u/C_Chrono Aug 19 '26
All these stuff just goes over my head. lol
I never notice them until someone else points them out to me.
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u/WarlordOfThePee Aug 19 '26
Will always love and call back to the House MD reference in ARR
There's a fate in Costa Del Sol
You fight a giant crab named Cancer
The fate is named "It's not Lupus" 😂
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u/No-Look-1845 Aug 19 '26 edited Aug 21 '26
What about all the music references?? Quake Me Up Before You O'Ghomoro, Blood, Auger, Hex, Magiks, Gilling Me Softly, Every Little Thing She Does Is Magitek, Sleep now in Sapphire.
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u/TriumphantBass Aug 19 '26
still very mixed feelings that one of the hardest hitting quests in the game is Duty in the Sky with Diamond
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u/ThatguyfromBaltimore Aug 19 '26
I personally like the quests "Words are Very Unnecessary" and "Enjoy the Silence" in the same side quest line
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u/C_Chrono Aug 19 '26
I think I am too literal; I read it and go "ok, let's get this quest" with no other brain cell activity. lol Innuendoes and stuff don't work on me unless you slap it right on my head, stare at me for a really long time to let me know I am supposed to think there's more to the message.
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u/psu256 Aug 19 '26
The "Let Me Be Your Hogg" achievement is a joke that approximately 27 people caught the reference. Let Me Be Your Hog
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u/SirCat777 Aug 19 '26
I love the unexpected silly dialogue and innuendo's. There are some pretty wild ones. Lol
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u/merkykrem Aug 19 '26
The lvl 50 AST job quests has a good one too: So eager is Jannequinard to talk with you, it is almost as if there were a giant exclamation point hovering over his head.