they can appear randomly in places in the world, a mor dhona kitchen and moghome for example. there was a couple of events after the series concluded where they appeared in crowds as well.
All of the side content is worth doing before going into the next expansion. Because it is all world building and gets referenced in both MSQ and side stuff in future expansions. That's my 2 cents.
Not gonna spoil it, but there is one scene that is vastly different for someone who did all the side content, not to mention there was all kinds of extra lines and comments referencing a lot of that stuff.
@@Kapitals Spoilers for a latter part of Endwalker MSQ below, you've been warned There is a part right before the launch to the final zone where you need some really rare material to get the ship off the ground. Instead of having the Scions run around to collect it all, which would take forever, we just put in a call to all the allies we made over the course of the game who happily agree to help. Later, when that shipmet arrives, it is massive, far beyond what we needed, with practically every moment where a character talks about what they brought referencing a past bit of side content. Hoary Boulder comments on the Idyllshire goblins and scavengers being thankful for your aid back then and lending their machines, Soroban mentions that the Auspices agreed to lend you Tenzen's legendary blade to help provide aether, and two of them even escorted it partway, Hancock mentiones the massive airship the Majestic Imperial Theater Company owns was instrumental in getting everything from the Far East there in time, which they happily lent due to our past adventures, Alpha and Omega both turn up with Cid , Nero and the team to help out and Cid is carrying a package from Gaius, an old relic containing exactly what we need, who is still busy in Werlyt but more than willing to pitch in. Those are just the ones I saw but I'm told theres a couple more if you did Eureka and Bozjan Resistance. On top of that, theres a few moments all over the place where your skill with other jobs comes up. In my case, my crafting/gathering experience came up a few times, A-Ruhn-Senna commented on my White Mage experience, the fact I could do some healing as a Red Mage has come up a few times, and those are just the ones I've experienced myself.
YorHa raid I feel is the true optional side content for the bigger implications in the story (Shadowbringer’s 24 people raid) You never hear anything about it outside the raid’s story At least to my knowledge
“I think this must be what mortals call “hope.” It is...beautiful.” -Tales from the Shadows, A World Forsaken Omega learning hope again, especially after what we learn in Endwalker…I’m getting choked up right now.
MAAAAAN that Tales story had me sobbing the whole way through, seeing what Worst Timeline did to our ensemble cast!! Yes, those final words from Omega are unforgettable..
So glad you felt the thrill of pushing your WOL's body and soul to their limits. Of confronting ever-mightier foes. And for no reason other than pure enjoyment either, it is optional content. Is that not so ... adventurer?
@@mohidwaseem7997 If you do Savage or Ultimates in XIV, or did Mythics in WoW you understand Zeno's drive more. He's still a terrible war criminal that has to die though.
I really hope that they're aware that Alpha randomly spawns around the realm of Etherys after completing Omega raids cause its so nice to see them just living their best life.
@@Syngrafer Etheirys is the actual / ancient name of the planet! Previously (before Endwalker) the planet was usually referred to as "Hydaelyn" or just "The Source" usually~
I walked into Rowena's place at Revenant's Toll a week or so after completing Omega and I _squealed like a girl_ out of excitement at seeing my beautiful baby Alpha just hanging out in the kitchen. He and mini-Omega also usually show up at the Starlight Celebration (not-Christmas) seasonal events in addition to randomly appearing in world locations; this past year he was gazing up at the star that capped a tree next to Gridania's amphitheatre with the event NPCs.
If you complete Omega before doing Endwalker, Alpha shows up with Omega in tow alongside the Ironworks team in cutscenes, and are about in the garage before the launch.
Ive pretty much already decided that once Ive leveled every job to 90 Im gonna go back and do every side quest and duty/raid I havent done yet before redoing the entire msq in new game+ just to see what I may have missed on my first run.
@5:30 We were getting Sigmascape around the same time as the Tsuyu patches and Doman Enclave. Cyan's Theme from FF6 (elsewise spelled Kaien, Hien's father), a character in 6 who hailed from a land called Doma, retroactively became the theme for FF14's Doma as well, and the intermission music for the Tsukuyomi encounter. So not only were the FF6 references in Omega neat, they tied in a very parallel fashion to the Stormblood Patch MSQ.
That caught me off guard back in the day. Mind you, this was after having beat the raid months prior. Afterwards, I did find myself bumping into them here and there while I was handling my own business. In an effort to not disturb them, the most I do is give them some headpats and keep it pushing respectfully.
Yeah, it just happened to me 2 weeks ago. I saw Alpha & Omega walking around in front of the entrance to Copperbell Mines ^^ I double checked if not just some people we're around using them as minions for a big coincedence xD
I dont know in how many places he can be found but I remember when you have that quest with Tataru baking the bread, imagine my surprise to see Alpha and mini Omega there (Tataru with the chef hat is obviously a plus).
@@Raptor747 He DID say he was going to travel the world and see the sights. :D But more seriously, yes. It's a player-based chance that Alpha is sitting around at a landmark or other in any zone in the world that you are in. Other people might see him too, but the RNG is on you. And he and his little OMG are just doing exactly what he said he wanted to do.
Always found a funny that there was a world destroying AI as a non-mandatory side raid. 😆 _"Why are we worried about the Garlean Empire when there's Omega?!"_
as of ShB the implication is pretty much that you WILL get around to dealing with Omega eventually. Its not mandatory in the sense that you can go do it whenever you want, but its still part of the game's overall narrative.
One of the things the lead writer of Endwalker stated for people to do before the expansion was the Omega raid series. Since you've finished Endwalker you now know why. :) Enjoy the rest. Wait til you get to Werlyt if you haven't. That was a good story that opens up new trials.
for me as a OS ff player ,all those fights in the omega quest line were a welcome Trip down memory lane . my only gripe is that you cant Suplex the ghost train .
@@kiriuxeosa8716 im so fkn excited for the inevitable Omega ultimate because of the sheer unadulterated potential of having a fight with like, Neo Exdeath, Chaos, God Kefka all flying around doing mechanics while you fight your way through the Omega robots all the way to Omega Weapon
@@funkytown7636 I think it will be more like the Void Quests. For those unfamiliar, it's a series of quests locked behind completing all the Shadowbringers Role Quests. Great hidden lore/story.
I love that you've noticed the parallels between the Omicrons and the Garleans. When I was going through Ultima Thule, that part affected me particularly deeply, not only because of my familiarity with Omega, but also because I love Garleans, I love their history and culture and the whole tragedy of their existence and ultimate fate. It got me thinking "wow, if there was a timeline where Garleans were left to their own devices with no interference from the Ascians, no Zenos, no Warrior of Light... would this be how the far future of Etheirys could have turned out?" And I think the aftermath of Garlemald's fall and the resolution of the Omicron despair also parallel in a way. When the Garlean cavalry arrives to save the day, we can see a face that is both new and yet still inextricably rooted in their culture and mentality. But in a different context, from a new point of view, it manifests as determination to live up to their pride - find new meaning in their ethos despite knowing that it was built upon lies and misconceptions. The Omicron civilisation never experienced that kind of catharsis, but if it had... Ultima Thule tells us that it might have been possible for them to change and reclaim their lost "soul". If any of that was intentionally written to be seen that way, I'm excited to see where the Garlean civilisation goes from here. Despite everything they've done and everything that's happened to them, throughout it all, they've preserved both their vulnerable humanity and their indomitable pride. They're still mean buttfaces, but they're mean buttfaces who are easy to relate to; and if the history of their real-world counterpart is anything to go by, one, two or even three falls aren't enough to end their story.
I love your analysis, and share the sentiment about Garlemald. I think there's hope in those people, now that they realized eorzeans are not the monsters that propaganda made them believe. I hope the next rebuilding quests we get are for Garlemald ^^
Same thing with the Sharlayans and the Ea. Both are/were civilisations that seeked knowledge above anything else, which is going to/became their downfall
If you can get a group to boost you, might be worth taking a look at the end-of-tier bosses in savage. Each of them has an additional phase, and avoiding spoilers, really does change how you view these fights.
And this is where the part where Bellular speedran through the MSQ is starting to bite back a bit: Doing all of these absolutely amazing side content VASTLY expands the main story itself. Omega is basically mandatory due to the sheer amount of lore importance it has through the entire story, but especially in Endwalker.
B-but he has to rush through the whole MSQ in a MONTH to make it for Endwalker's launch! Because experiencing the launch with everyone who's been ready for months prior is more important than organically going through the game doncha know!
Honestly i dont think there needs to be that much stress of 'do x then y then z' as long as you experience it all at some point. Sure it can add flavour, but especially in this case I think being part of that first wave going into EW was just as precious as having all the contextual background going in. If you have to choose between the two, everyone has their own choice and neither is the wrong choice
Best part I loved about doing this back when it was main content, every single holiday event that followed (and one part in the MSQ for Endwalker), Alpha and his friend shows up!
I recommend going through the savage verions of the last fights. Even when you come back at lv90 unsynced its still worth to experience some of the fights. Stormblood had some of the best raids.
the savage versions of Stormblood were really really good, both in terms of mechanics, and cinematics. Man, when that cutscene of Exdeath savage came out, that really hyped me up to complete the tier!
I remember how much both the FF14 subreddit and my FC were talking about it. Then we got God kefa, and God omega. Really brought a new level of hype to the game. Bonus was right after O4S ultimate came into play as well. Going into each of those fights for the first time were incredible.
Just wait until you get to the Gaius trial series and Eden, both have so much good storytelling and character development that really gets the gears turning on how they might be able to include those stories back into the MSQ
To all the new people, understand that everything Bellular is praising with the story and stuff, is designed to be played in the order it came out. It can work retroactively yes, but you miss out on on some of the craft by doing so. For example, if Bellular had done this series BEFORE Endwalker, there are additions, dialogues, and scenes that he would have seen including these characters. I'm glad he's actually doing them now, not going to hold that against anyone. But if you're playing the game for its story and presentation first, then worry about end-game raiding with your teams afterwards, I would highly recommend doing all the side-content (like this) at the time they would have been available.
Okay, so as an example I am in Stormblood (4.2 to be precise) should I complete the MSQ and the raids before moving on to Shadowbringers? I did that for Heavensward.
@@LobsterFusion I'd highly recommend that approach. That's the route Preach took and I have no doubt that he'll get a lot more mileage out of the culmination that is Endwalker thanks to all of his prior knowledge of the story and raids.
@@Lancun A general rule to follow is there's a new raid tier every even patch (4.0, 4.2, 4.4), and a new 24-man raid every odd patch (4.1, 4.3, 4.5). Then there's the optional trials which are usually something like 4.2, 4.4, 4.5.
Alphascape v4.0 is my favorite raid. While I didn’t do the savage version while it was current, it’s worth doing for a few reasons. You get an awesome omega mount (Alphascape v3.0 boss) and you get to see a new boss that isn’t in the normal raid version. Plus the weapons you can get are some of the nicest looking weapon glam pieces in the game. The music, aesthetics, mechanics, everything is just so good. I still get goosebumps when I hear the music (Heartless orchestrion roll). Oh and you can randomly encounter Alpha and their friend anywhere in Eorzea after you complete the quest line. I have seen Alpha wandering around exactly twice in the past almost four years. Everything about this is so good and a big reason I keep coming back to FFXIV. Edit: also I’m really really hyped for the eventual Omega ultimate fight. I was obsessed with TEA while I was doing it and absolutely love the Alexander lore, but with Omega I’m going to absolutely lose my shit.
For the Endwalker spoiler section: Also worth pointing out that Omega's downfall was from being unable to accurately replicate our ability to transcend our limits, which framed in the context of Endwalker has more plot significance than just "omega couldn't beat anime protagonist power". Since as a machine without emotion, he had an obvious deficit (that would be clear to anyone who'd played EW but I'm avoiding mentioning here explicitly, just in case).
So one amazing thing with it is the theme for Omega-M/F, Heartless, borrows the leitmotifs of Torn From the Heavens, which is generally considered the Warrior of Light's own theme (and indeed is part of the final phase of the final trial of Endwalker's theme), because by this point Omega is specifically trying to copy YOU.
I don't know if this is still the case, but after completing the Omega raids you could find Alpha and Omega out in the world. I have found them at a campfire in central thanalan, in the kitchens at mor dhona too.
Now that you have seen Alpha and his companion off into the world, they will pop up all over the place as NPCs exploring the world. The team will even sneak them into some event cutscenes when they come around. It's a nice touch that they aren't just gone.
@15:30 From the end of the Omega questline in Stormblood until I'm not sure when (maybe it can still occur?), the player can randomly encounter Alpha journeying at random spots across Eorzea. There is a similar creepy incident which can occur for players who've completed Tam-Tara Deepcroft HM but not Palace of the Dead.
After completing the raids, Alpha and OMG start roaming Etheirys together and can be randomøy found at various locations. They'll also make a guest appearance in Scholar's Harbor, when all your friends and acquantances near and far (you'll want to revisit those scenes when you've completed more optional content from Shadowbringers and before btw.) bring the shipments of refined adamantite, and ain Thaumazein as the *Ragnarok II* as you set off for Ultima Thule.
When I first meet a precious bby chocobo in the wilds I did not expect this absolute nostalgia trip into childhood. So fun and that ending T_T! So glad you're checking out this extra content, a lot of my favorite content are from side content (Sorrow of Werlyt for example another nostalgia bomb for me).
As a response to what you were talking about near the end, about going to try out Mists of Pandaria. You don't get that experience like you would have back then, even when I first played MoP only a year after it came out that one zone in the middle was changed and I couldn't experience it as it was back then. That is one of the major differences I really care for in FFXIV, where older content isn't nullified or ignored because "Ooh new shiny expansion". The older stuff just isn't brushed under the rug and ignored. Even low level fates you can still participate in and get a somewhat close experience to that level bracket. The level sync system is great, so even though these Omega raids are now two expansions old now, you can still go in and experience them as fairly close as you would like to as back then. Of course it isn't 100% the same as it would be on launch, as odds are you run with a team that knows the fight already, has higher gear to make the slightest difference in DPS output, but the fact that these fights can still, well, put up a fight is a wonderful thing. All content is relevant and will always be. Meanwhile when a new expansion hits in WoW, well, goodbye old stuff to never be seen again! You want to run an old dungeon from a previous expansion? Get ready to faceroll it and never be able to get a similar experience of doing it normally again. Which of course can be fun, but even FFXIV gives you that option by selecting "unrestricted party" and go in with less players than the normal unsynced. Anyways I am glad you enjoyed the Omega raids, it made me want to go log in and run some of them while listening to this, it's a good time!
FF as a series has always been willing to change things up instead of simply iterations. Sometimes it doesn't work, but it can also result in some crazy awesome stuff.
This was actually a big reason why I didn't go and try WoW years ago when I had some interest in seeing what it has to offer... You can't really experience past content anymore. I really value having the "complete experience" in any game... I joined FF back in patch 2.5 and while yes, I did miss 1.0, it's not the biggest of deals and I got to read up on it enough for it not to matter much. I "rushed" all the content before 3.0 came out, got my relic, almost finished the raid series too (did so unsync later, just didn't manage to beat T13 in the time I had available), finished every dungeon and all that and it felt good. But knowing a new players can still join in and get the complete experience even today is just amazing.
Glad to see you noticed the thematic parallels between the Garlean Empire and the Omicrons. When the Omicron that G’raha Tia confronted in Ultima Thule gave its spiel on the history of the Omicrons, I immediately noticed how it’s “justification” for conquest was extremely similar to Lord Quintus’ argument for the Garlean Empire’s existence. Using the Omicrons as a metaphor for being essentially the extreme thematic/logical conclusion of the Garlean Imperial philosophy was an extremely effective narrative choice and smart way of connecting Endwalker’s various diverse elements.
There's definitely kind of bundles of parallels at play. Garleans, Omicons, but also those Global Citizens. The Ancients, Ea, and Rala's people. Zenos parallels a lot with the Omicrons in particular. He could have better challenges if he wasn't obtaining every other forbidden power he can find... but also, he hasn't experienced the dog eat dog struggle of buying a house in FF14, what an amateur. Tataru can teach him of struggle, oh yes.
The reason why the crazy setting and theme changes work is because they put so much concentration on writing strong characters. You can throw any setting you want, any wild scale shifts, and as long as we care about the characters involved in it then it can work.
Omega was also the start of the devs adding a little extra to the capstone of each tier. O4S, O8S, and O12S have entire phases that you don't see in the Normal version. This has since been carried forward to Eden and Pandæmonium.
I think you made your point perfectly when you remarked on the fact that we can still enjoy Omega as if it were current content because of how well level syncing works in FFXIV. Omega is by far my favorite normal raid series. I enjoyed every bit of it and I was sad when the story was over. That's how you know they did a good job. I'm looking forward to seeing your take on the NieR alliance raid series.
@@jesperjohansson9857 imo while nier isn't "current" anymore, some of the "yoko taro specials" crammed into that raid series make it a genuinely challenging experience for new comers(and people who have forgotten the mechanics). heck, orbonne monastery is full of wipes even now in enw, and the first boss of weeping city is also still a wipe zone. on that note, every day i wish yoko taro got what he truly wanted: touching any of the orbs in the death hallway instantly wipes the entire raid :>
Aside from the self-references that the Omega raids have in the Alphascape, there is actually one last reference: the very first fight Alphascape fight against Chaos. This fight references two different final battles against the same enemy - the final boss of Final Fantasy 1, and the final boss of Dissidia Final Fantasy (whose design inspires the character model for the FF14 raid boss). As side notes, Chaos in Final Fantasy 1 has ties to the antagonist Garland. (Won’t explain just in case you want to look it up yourself or want to wait for Strangers of Paradise.) Alpha technically also has his own games in the form of the Chocobo Mystery Dungeon series, so people who enjoy the Pokémon Mystery Dungeon games - have fun! Finally, the Kefka savage raid has SOOO much built into it from Final Fantasy 6; I could write an entire paragraph on that fight alone, but this isn’t the time for it. 😂 I hope you also enjoy both the “Ivalice” alliance raids & the post-Shadowbringers “Save the Queen” content Bellular! I’m sure the references to Final Fantasy Tactics and Final Fantasy 12 will engage you. 👍
So glad you did this series! As a sprout, I was going "Uh, I'm not going to get a single reference in this series, am I?" But it didn't matter - I enjoyed the raid for the story it told, and the challenging mechanics. And Alpha is BEST BOY and I carry his little clockwork everywhere, all the other pets have been forgotten.
There's a few extra surprises in savage, you can check them out unsynced (while you're at it, unlock access to some ultimate fights). Do the 4th fight of each tier of Omega raid for some bonus content.
Alpha and OMG show up at Sharlayan during END, if you've finished the Omega raids before getting there. You can see them in NG+ or by choosing the story completion option while using The Unening Journey at any inn room.
Fun fact that I will repeat again. Now that you have cleared the Raid, Alpha and Omega can be found in the open world exploring. Players have catalog the spots. Also they tend to pop up somewhere in the area in most of the seasonal events too.
After what we witness in Ultima Thule about the Omicron race, I want to think that Alpha is actually the evolution of Omicron in terms of regaining the soul after losing it through body augmentation. The Omicron can live on and find new purpose via Alpha.
After completing this series you can randomly find Alpha & OMG in the world. They change with every major patch (like 6.1 coming up). They also will sometimes be featured near holiday events like the Fire Festival last August They were at the island. However they will only show on screen if you've beaten this content. It's kinda a cute additive
The savage version of the final fight for delta, sigma, and alphascape each have a unique final boss that I think you should do! The mechanics and the spectacles is what really draw people to savage.
Endwalker spoilers I'm a little surprised I didn't see it in the video, but Omega's pursuit of what causes us to be strong is in hindsight him trying to ultimately understand dynamis: a force of emotion that was long lost to the Omicrons in pursuit of their perfect bodies. Omega understands there is something there, but sees our feats as illogical because he can't comprehend it. The payoff? Omega DOES begin to ultimately understand. Endsinger directly calls out limit break as being dynamis and what does Omega M/F do in the latter half of the final fight? BLM and BRD LB3s.
Even more retroactively brilliant and obscure: Maggie the Magitek Armor. You may laugh like this is a stupid meme I'm making up, but it's really not. As Cid showed in the CM dungeon, overloading a magitek armor's core like that makes it inoperable. It overloaded Maggie and she went inactive. Yet, through some intangible force, Maggie went beyond the limits of a normal magitek armor to reactivate and drag us out of Praetorium. Proof since 2.0 that even robots can be moved by dynamis. Omega's aetheric power was simply too high to interact with dynamis, Alpha and Maggie's were not.
Endwalker recontextualizes Omega in some very cool ways. We always knew that Omega thought our power came from silly limit break macros, so it tried to do those in O12 and they didn't work - but now we know why they failed. And it floored me a few weeks after finishing 6.0 when I went to glam an armor set and realized that the savage armor set from Alphascape was the Omicron armor set. Square plays the long game excellently.
Don't forget to check out the gear that you get by turning in the raid tokens, they have some really impressive sets, even as far back as the Alexander raids
If you feel that the queues are too long, see if you can ask a healer friend to queue with you. Also, there's 1 short story that is written from Omega's POV in the ShB set, I'm sure you'll enjoy it.
if you would like to do something that isn't combat related but has something different to offer, do the doman restauration questline. i found it very rewarding to reconstruct that place and it has a few really beautiful cutscenes. different to ishgard restauration you can still do the doman stuff from beginning to end because it's individual.
Omega himself is also from FFV, and so is Shinryu for that matter!. And the two of them both reside in - wait for it... the dimensional rift. I'm not sure if Michael has done Hildibrand either but Gilgamesh is *also* from FFV, he goes missing in the interdimensional rift, and then *appears in FFVIII, talking about the interdimensional rift*, making him seemingly the same character traveling between worlds.
I loved this story so much. Maybe even more than the MSQ, though obviously its much smaller! I binged the whole thing in one night with not quite 1-hour queues but I was up till 6am back in the fall when I did this! Worth it. Alpha is my favourite
I made all content in the order it came out. So also the raids, although I only started again last year (from scratch) and I never had to wait longer than 20-30 minutes on the server light. (I play DD)
If you do savage the last fights each raid part there's a completely different transition to each boss. Like kefka turns into good kefka and omega male and female turns into a final form
I love how if you are not familiar with the other FF games, their references in XIV could motivate you to look into it. Wait till you notice the Ascian/Ivalice connection. So many details into this game. The FF fan's game.
Also, I made sure to finish the Omega raids before clearing Endwalker. I wanted to make sure I was in full Omega attire. Ofc, right after I finished, they released the Omega attire in the Mogstation. All the Omega related content is fantastic and from what I've seen, technically his race is the only that survived. In large part because they no longer have beating hearts.
One thing you missed is that just like Deltascape (Delta = 5) and Sigmascape (sigma = 6) reference ff5 and ff6 respectively... Alphascape references ff1, where Chaos was the final boss and Midgardsormr and Omega Weapon were both superbosses
Whisper of the Heart is the most underrated Ghibli film! So, it fills my heart with joy there's another person who considers it one of their favorites too!
Shoulda done this before Endwalker like people mentioned! Though, I guess it kind of adds reverse lore and makes you appreciate it more at the moment instead of in the future. Omega and Eden are definitely my favorite raid tiers. ..for more than nostalgia alone too! I just wish they'd go back and add voice acting to everything.. they damn well have the budget now and it adds so much to the experience, both in emotion and audio cues. They even have a lot of voice actors for the characters due to other games (notably Dissidia), so there's really no excuse for any silent fights anymore.
best thing about alpha and omega is that they pop up all over the place at random, like you can see them still after completing the raid and all you can go is "ah its alpha and omega exploring the world and they still are doing great"
omega savage is great. I cannot over state this. Omega savage got me into raiding. Those fights were difficult but i had soo much fun doing them. Also me being a huge ff fan, I had a huge smile on my face the whole time learning all the fights. The dfference between Alexander and Omega Savages is night and day.
You will have more Alpha. Now that you've done the raid, they'll be showing up in various places throughout the story and especially when holiday events hit. I found the pair of them chilling by a Christmas tree in Gridania this last year. They were in the choir audience a couple years ago. So, their story really is continuing. Alphas design is based on the Chocobo Dungeon series. I think he's usually called Bokko, after the one on FFV which was important enough to have his own name. Which is another but of lore winks and nods, as Omega and Shinryu are both in the forms they had from FFV. It is decidedly marvelous how they manage to integrate things and not feel cheap about it. As a long time series fan, I was concerned that 14 would be nothing but fan service to older titles and have nothing to offer itself. However, the majority of fan service doesn't really take off until post ARR. I feel like they have earned every reference they drop because they manage to make the lore envelope those older things and have them make sense and feel at home where they are. - I still want to suplex a train. Monk isn't high enough yet.
If you finish the Alpha omega quest line before finishing a certain part near the end of endwalker you had a scene where alpha is with cid and crew on the dock :)
Not sure if anyone mentioned this to Bellular before, but will toss my note into the ring. Go back and rewatch the cutscene where the big delivery happens near the end of EW. Something will be different. It actually applies for multiple bits of side content in that scene.
With Endwalker, it makes it a lot more sense why Omega would make it's self mortal, thinking that the Warrior of Light's power was directly tied to their mortality.
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Nier and bozja next
they can appear randomly in places in the world, a mor dhona kitchen and moghome for example. there was a couple of events after the series concluded where they appeared in crowds as well.
Do savages they have Extra content that will blow ur mind :)
fun fact: YOU CAN SEE ALPHA ROAMING AROUND EORZEA !!!
I see them in the Mor Dhona kitchens often ^^
All of the side content is worth doing before going into the next expansion. Because it is all world building and gets referenced in both MSQ and side stuff in future expansions. That's my 2 cents.
Not gonna spoil it, but there is one scene that is vastly different for someone who did all the side content, not to mention there was all kinds of extra lines and comments referencing a lot of that stuff.
Yea, doing all the things has payoff most of the time in this game.
@@Lorekeeper72 what is it? add spoiler tag
@@Kapitals Spoilers for a latter part of Endwalker MSQ below, you've been warned
There is a part right before the launch to the final zone where you need some really rare material to get the ship off the ground. Instead of having the Scions run around to collect it all, which would take forever, we just put in a call to all the allies we made over the course of the game who happily agree to help. Later, when that shipmet arrives, it is massive, far beyond what we needed, with practically every moment where a character talks about what they brought referencing a past bit of side content. Hoary Boulder comments on the Idyllshire goblins and scavengers being thankful for your aid back then and lending their machines, Soroban mentions that the Auspices agreed to lend you Tenzen's legendary blade to help provide aether, and two of them even escorted it partway, Hancock mentiones the massive airship the Majestic Imperial Theater Company owns was instrumental in getting everything from the Far East there in time, which they happily lent due to our past adventures, Alpha and Omega both turn up with Cid , Nero and the team to help out and Cid is carrying a package from Gaius, an old relic containing exactly what we need, who is still busy in Werlyt but more than willing to pitch in.
Those are just the ones I saw but I'm told theres a couple more if you did Eureka and Bozjan Resistance. On top of that, theres a few moments all over the place where your skill with other jobs comes up. In my case, my crafting/gathering experience came up a few times, A-Ruhn-Senna commented on my White Mage experience, the fact I could do some healing as a Red Mage has come up a few times, and those are just the ones I've experienced myself.
YorHa raid I feel is the true optional side content for the bigger implications in the story (Shadowbringer’s 24 people raid)
You never hear anything about it outside the raid’s story
At least to my knowledge
If you want more Alpha, you can explore the world and maybe you may come across him on his little adventure :)
:)
I saw Alpha and OMG in Mor Dhona a couple months ago and was SOOO HAPPY to see them! He was watching the cooks in the kitchen. lol
I saw Alpha looking at one the towers in patch 5.4
If you have retainers, every now and then you will get the alpha curse...
Or just send your retainers out on quick ventures, you'll get roughly 100 of them in no time!
Now there's only one more "required reading" instances. Being "The Twinning". Once he see's that, i want to see what he thinks of that whole thing.
He'll want to do Alexander first I think?
@@Arrek8585 He will 100% want to do Alexander before the Twinning dungeon if he has not done the dungeon yet.
“I think this must be what mortals call “hope.”
It is...beautiful.” -Tales from the Shadows, A World Forsaken
Omega learning hope again, especially after what we learn in Endwalker…I’m getting choked up right now.
MAAAAAN that Tales story had me sobbing the whole way through, seeing what Worst Timeline did to our ensemble cast!! Yes, those final words from Omega are unforgettable..
I loved the short stories they're all so good
So glad you felt the thrill of pushing your WOL's body and soul to their limits. Of confronting ever-mightier foes. And for no reason other than pure enjoyment either, it is optional content.
Is that not so ... adventurer?
That, he can't deny.
I have come to understand that the more i play the game, the more i understand Zenos as a character
@@rlagay HAH. ACCEPTANCE. AT LONG LAST!!
@@UltimaKeyMaster THE CONFLAGRATION OF OUR CLASH WILL SCORCH EVEN THE STARS!
@@mohidwaseem7997 If you do Savage or Ultimates in XIV, or did Mythics in WoW you understand Zeno's drive more.
He's still a terrible war criminal that has to die though.
I really hope that they're aware that Alpha randomly spawns around the realm of Etherys after completing Omega raids cause its so nice to see them just living their best life.
I Googled Etherys and I can't find anything about it, I haven't played the game in a while too, where is that now again?
@@Syngrafer Etheirys is the actual / ancient name of the planet! Previously (before Endwalker) the planet was usually referred to as "Hydaelyn" or just "The Source" usually~
I walked into Rowena's place at Revenant's Toll a week or so after completing Omega and I _squealed like a girl_ out of excitement at seeing my beautiful baby Alpha just hanging out in the kitchen. He and mini-Omega also usually show up at the Starlight Celebration (not-Christmas) seasonal events in addition to randomly appearing in world locations; this past year he was gazing up at the star that capped a tree next to Gridania's amphitheatre with the event NPCs.
I've spotted Alpha in Behemoths Dominion in Coerthas Central Highlands and outside Copperbell Mines in Western Thanalan
Edda also sometimes appears in the city states in the middle of the night...
If you complete Omega before doing Endwalker, Alpha shows up with Omega in tow alongside the Ironworks team in cutscenes, and are about in the garage before the launch.
*everyone* you've helped in optional content shows up and has a line or two, even if it's only text.
The only exception is a certain Gentleman.
Ive pretty much already decided that once Ive leveled every job to 90 Im gonna go back and do every side quest and duty/raid I havent done yet before redoing the entire msq in new game+ just to see what I may have missed on my first run.
@@Calvados656 Enjoy the ride!
@@kaosdrachen Well that certain gentleman last we saw him went in a dimensional portal
@@kaosdrachen considering where it looks like he's landed.. it should be interesting when we meet back up.
@5:30 We were getting Sigmascape around the same time as the Tsuyu patches and Doman Enclave. Cyan's Theme from FF6 (elsewise spelled Kaien, Hien's father), a character in 6 who hailed from a land called Doma, retroactively became the theme for FF14's Doma as well, and the intermission music for the Tsukuyomi encounter.
So not only were the FF6 references in Omega neat, they tied in a very parallel fashion to the Stormblood Patch MSQ.
Yeah his name is Cayenne (pepper) in 6 so either way is a solid transliteration.
One of the best bits after you beat the raid is being able to run into alpha and omega in the overworld at different locations
That caught me off guard back in the day. Mind you, this was after having beat the raid months prior. Afterwards, I did find myself bumping into them here and there while I was handling my own business. In an effort to not disturb them, the most I do is give them some headpats and keep it pushing respectfully.
Yeah, it just happened to me 2 weeks ago. I saw Alpha & Omega walking around in front of the entrance to Copperbell Mines ^^
I double checked if not just some people we're around using them as minions for a big coincedence xD
I dont know in how many places he can be found but I remember when you have that quest with Tataru baking the bread, imagine my surprise to see Alpha and mini Omega there (Tataru with the chef hat is obviously a plus).
Wait, what?! That's a thing? How?
@@Raptor747 He DID say he was going to travel the world and see the sights. :D But more seriously, yes. It's a player-based chance that Alpha is sitting around at a landmark or other in any zone in the world that you are in. Other people might see him too, but the RNG is on you. And he and his little OMG are just doing exactly what he said he wanted to do.
Man i cannot wait for him to do the Werlyt questline from Shadowbringers.
Always found a funny that there was a world destroying AI as a non-mandatory side raid. 😆 _"Why are we worried about the Garlean Empire when there's Omega?!"_
Just wait until you find out about Alexander.
@@VideoHostSite :o you people talk no sense for me as new player haha
but i'm hyped to finaly get there
as of ShB the implication is pretty much that you WILL get around to dealing with Omega eventually. Its not mandatory in the sense that you can go do it whenever you want, but its still part of the game's overall narrative.
One of the things the lead writer of Endwalker stated for people to do before the expansion was the Omega raid series. Since you've finished Endwalker you now know why. :) Enjoy the rest. Wait til you get to Werlyt if you haven't. That was a good story that opens up new trials.
for me as a OS ff player ,all those fights in the omega quest line were a welcome Trip down memory lane .
my only gripe is that you cant Suplex the ghost train .
if you can, it will tops every raid encounters ever
YES! WE NEED OMEGA ULTIMATE WITH TRAIN SUPLEXES!!!
@@kiriuxeosa8716 im so fkn excited for the inevitable Omega ultimate because of the sheer unadulterated potential of having a fight with like, Neo Exdeath, Chaos, God Kefka all flying around doing mechanics while you fight your way through the Omega robots all the way to Omega Weapon
Best part is? In 6.1 they're releasing side quests that tie Omega to the Endwalker story.
Omega is already tied to the EW story and everyone should do it prior
@@Pwrplus5 and they’re releasing more content further tying Omega to Endwalker.
I think the 6.1 Omega stuff is the new deep dungeon. Like Palace of the Dead and Heaven on High.
@@funkytown7636 I think it will be more like the Void Quests. For those unfamiliar, it's a series of quests locked behind completing all the Shadowbringers Role Quests. Great hidden lore/story.
@Funky Town nope, deep dungeon is 6.3. What you are referring to is a whole questline that will be set in Ultima Thule
I love that you've noticed the parallels between the Omicrons and the Garleans. When I was going through Ultima Thule, that part affected me particularly deeply, not only because of my familiarity with Omega, but also because I love Garleans, I love their history and culture and the whole tragedy of their existence and ultimate fate.
It got me thinking "wow, if there was a timeline where Garleans were left to their own devices with no interference from the Ascians, no Zenos, no Warrior of Light... would this be how the far future of Etheirys could have turned out?"
And I think the aftermath of Garlemald's fall and the resolution of the Omicron despair also parallel in a way. When the Garlean cavalry arrives to save the day, we can see a face that is both new and yet still inextricably rooted in their culture and mentality. But in a different context, from a new point of view, it manifests as determination to live up to their pride - find new meaning in their ethos despite knowing that it was built upon lies and misconceptions. The Omicron civilisation never experienced that kind of catharsis, but if it had... Ultima Thule tells us that it might have been possible for them to change and reclaim their lost "soul".
If any of that was intentionally written to be seen that way, I'm excited to see where the Garlean civilisation goes from here. Despite everything they've done and everything that's happened to them, throughout it all, they've preserved both their vulnerable humanity and their indomitable pride. They're still mean buttfaces, but they're mean buttfaces who are easy to relate to; and if the history of their real-world counterpart is anything to go by, one, two or even three falls aren't enough to end their story.
I love your analysis, and share the sentiment about Garlemald. I think there's hope in those people, now that they realized eorzeans are not the monsters that propaganda made them believe. I hope the next rebuilding quests we get are for Garlemald ^^
Same thing with the Sharlayans and the Ea. Both are/were civilisations that seeked knowledge above anything else, which is going to/became their downfall
If you can get a group to boost you, might be worth taking a look at the end-of-tier bosses in savage. Each of them has an additional phase, and avoiding spoilers, really does change how you view these fights.
And this is where the part where Bellular speedran through the MSQ is starting to bite back a bit: Doing all of these absolutely amazing side content VASTLY expands the main story itself. Omega is basically mandatory due to the sheer amount of lore importance it has through the entire story, but especially in Endwalker.
B-but he has to rush through the whole MSQ in a MONTH to make it for Endwalker's launch! Because experiencing the launch with everyone who's been ready for months prior is more important than organically going through the game doncha know!
If he ever plays ng+ i think it will give him a whole new experience
@@Zantetsudex Gee, it's almost like it's his playthrough and it doesn't affect you at all.
Not doing omega didn’t affect my enjoyment or understanding of Endwalker at all it’s definitely not mandatory
Honestly i dont think there needs to be that much stress of 'do x then y then z' as long as you experience it all at some point. Sure it can add flavour, but especially in this case I think being part of that first wave going into EW was just as precious as having all the contextual background going in. If you have to choose between the two, everyone has their own choice and neither is the wrong choice
Best part I loved about doing this back when it was main content, every single holiday event that followed (and one part in the MSQ for Endwalker), Alpha and his friend shows up!
A fun note, you can find Alpha and Omega travelling around in Eorzea :). I always take pics with them
I recommend going through the savage verions of the last fights. Even when you come back at lv90 unsynced its still worth to experience some of the fights. Stormblood had some of the best raids.
100% agree. Even unsynced and being carried.
the savage versions of Stormblood were really really good, both in terms of mechanics, and cinematics. Man, when that cutscene of Exdeath savage came out, that really hyped me up to complete the tier!
I remember how much both the FF14 subreddit and my FC were talking about it. Then we got God kefa, and God omega. Really brought a new level of hype to the game. Bonus was right after O4S ultimate came into play as well. Going into each of those fights for the first time were incredible.
Just wait until you get to the Gaius trial series and Eden, both have so much good storytelling and character development that really gets the gears turning on how they might be able to include those stories back into the MSQ
Oh good gravy it hasn't occurred to me that he hasn't done Sorrows of Werlyt yet. If he thinks Omega feels like it should be MSQ, just wait.
Weapon trials were great. Eden.,.. not so much storywise imo
Best series so far, IMO
To all the new people, understand that everything Bellular is praising with the story and stuff, is designed to be played in the order it came out. It can work retroactively yes, but you miss out on on some of the craft by doing so. For example, if Bellular had done this series BEFORE Endwalker, there are additions, dialogues, and scenes that he would have seen including these characters.
I'm glad he's actually doing them now, not going to hold that against anyone. But if you're playing the game for its story and presentation first, then worry about end-game raiding with your teams afterwards, I would highly recommend doing all the side-content (like this) at the time they would have been available.
Okay, so as an example I am in Stormblood (4.2 to be precise) should I complete the MSQ and the raids before moving on to Shadowbringers? I did that for Heavensward.
@@LobsterFusion I'd highly recommend that approach. That's the route Preach took and I have no doubt that he'll get a lot more mileage out of the culmination that is Endwalker thanks to all of his prior knowledge of the story and raids.
@@Lancun A general rule to follow is there's a new raid tier every even patch (4.0, 4.2, 4.4), and a new 24-man raid every odd patch (4.1, 4.3, 4.5). Then there's the optional trials which are usually something like 4.2, 4.4, 4.5.
Alphascape v4.0 is my favorite raid. While I didn’t do the savage version while it was current, it’s worth doing for a few reasons. You get an awesome omega mount (Alphascape v3.0 boss) and you get to see a new boss that isn’t in the normal raid version. Plus the weapons you can get are some of the nicest looking weapon glam pieces in the game. The music, aesthetics, mechanics, everything is just so good. I still get goosebumps when I hear the music (Heartless orchestrion roll). Oh and you can randomly encounter Alpha and their friend anywhere in Eorzea after you complete the quest line. I have seen Alpha wandering around exactly twice in the past almost four years. Everything about this is so good and a big reason I keep coming back to FFXIV.
Edit: also I’m really really hyped for the eventual Omega ultimate fight. I was obsessed with TEA while I was doing it and absolutely love the Alexander lore, but with Omega I’m going to absolutely lose my shit.
The Omega series is raid story writing done right, in total you get like 3-4h of story + 12 bosses with a really good story.
The end of the doom train had me tearing up, knowing the reference to the two people you see in the end cutscene.
Idk if you know this Bellular, but you can see Alpha and Omega running around in the world, it's really cool to see.
The Savages for these are insanely good. Definitely recommend trying them sometime.
For the Endwalker spoiler section: Also worth pointing out that Omega's downfall was from being unable to accurately replicate our ability to transcend our limits, which framed in the context of Endwalker has more plot significance than just "omega couldn't beat anime protagonist power". Since as a machine without emotion, he had an obvious deficit (that would be clear to anyone who'd played EW but I'm avoiding mentioning here explicitly, just in case).
Alpha is indeed a Gigakewh
So one amazing thing with it is the theme for Omega-M/F, Heartless, borrows the leitmotifs of Torn From the Heavens, which is generally considered the Warrior of Light's own theme (and indeed is part of the final phase of the final trial of Endwalker's theme), because by this point Omega is specifically trying to copy YOU.
I think you're thinking of The Maker's Ruin and not Torn from the Heavens here.
@@jamesrandall470 i could be yes i always get those two confused, though torn from the heavens does also have that leitmotif in it
@@cerebralisk Interesting that they use both, though. Heartless is my favorite orchestral piece in this game, though. I love this song.
Stormblood has the best post content (Omega 8M, Ivalice 24M, Four Lords Chain 4M). Play them all if you enjoy Omega.
The Four Lords questline and little zone was amazing, loved every minute!
I don't know if this is still the case, but after completing the Omega raids you could find Alpha and Omega out in the world. I have found them at a campfire in central thanalan, in the kitchens at mor dhona too.
Now that you have seen Alpha and his companion off into the world, they will pop up all over the place as NPCs exploring the world. The team will even sneak them into some event cutscenes when they come around. It's a nice touch that they aren't just gone.
@15:30 From the end of the Omega questline in Stormblood until I'm not sure when (maybe it can still occur?), the player can randomly encounter Alpha journeying at random spots across Eorzea.
There is a similar creepy incident which can occur for players who've completed Tam-Tara Deepcroft HM but not Palace of the Dead.
After completing the raids, Alpha and OMG start roaming Etheirys together and can be randomøy found at various locations. They'll also make a guest appearance in Scholar's Harbor, when all your friends and acquantances near and far (you'll want to revisit those scenes when you've completed more optional content from Shadowbringers and before btw.) bring the shipments of refined adamantite, and ain Thaumazein as the *Ragnarok II* as you set off for Ultima Thule.
Also fun to note the dungeon Stigma Dreamscape showcases the war on the dragonstar which led to midgardsomr to come to ethyreis
Have you don The Sorrow or Werlyt series yet? That one really got to me.
When I first meet a precious bby chocobo in the wilds I did not expect this absolute nostalgia trip into childhood. So fun and that ending T_T! So glad you're checking out this extra content, a lot of my favorite content are from side content (Sorrow of Werlyt for example another nostalgia bomb for me).
“iM LOVE” -Bellular Typo
Finally! As one of those posting and asking you to do Omega i'm happy you enjoyed it
Fun fact. You can see alpha and his omega friend in the world at various places randomly! love seeeing them every now and again.
I love the side clip showing the older FF references! Nice touch.
As a response to what you were talking about near the end, about going to try out Mists of Pandaria. You don't get that experience like you would have back then, even when I first played MoP only a year after it came out that one zone in the middle was changed and I couldn't experience it as it was back then.
That is one of the major differences I really care for in FFXIV, where older content isn't nullified or ignored because "Ooh new shiny expansion". The older stuff just isn't brushed under the rug and ignored. Even low level fates you can still participate in and get a somewhat close experience to that level bracket. The level sync system is great, so even though these Omega raids are now two expansions old now, you can still go in and experience them as fairly close as you would like to as back then.
Of course it isn't 100% the same as it would be on launch, as odds are you run with a team that knows the fight already, has higher gear to make the slightest difference in DPS output, but the fact that these fights can still, well, put up a fight is a wonderful thing.
All content is relevant and will always be. Meanwhile when a new expansion hits in WoW, well, goodbye old stuff to never be seen again! You want to run an old dungeon from a previous expansion? Get ready to faceroll it and never be able to get a similar experience of doing it normally again. Which of course can be fun, but even FFXIV gives you that option by selecting "unrestricted party" and go in with less players than the normal unsynced.
Anyways I am glad you enjoyed the Omega raids, it made me want to go log in and run some of them while listening to this, it's a good time!
i love that Alpha appears with cids ironworks to lend a hand at the end of endwalker. i had a big grin at it's lil cameo
Seeing the Omega raid for Kefka was what got me to buy the game. No regrets.
FF as a series has always been willing to change things up instead of simply iterations. Sometimes it doesn't work, but it can also result in some crazy awesome stuff.
This was actually a big reason why I didn't go and try WoW years ago when I had some interest in seeing what it has to offer... You can't really experience past content anymore.
I really value having the "complete experience" in any game... I joined FF back in patch 2.5 and while yes, I did miss 1.0, it's not the biggest of deals and I got to read up on it enough for it not to matter much. I "rushed" all the content before 3.0 came out, got my relic, almost finished the raid series too (did so unsync later, just didn't manage to beat T13 in the time I had available), finished every dungeon and all that and it felt good. But knowing a new players can still join in and get the complete experience even today is just amazing.
Glad to see you noticed the thematic parallels between the Garlean Empire and the Omicrons. When the Omicron that G’raha Tia confronted in Ultima Thule gave its spiel on the history of the Omicrons, I immediately noticed how it’s “justification” for conquest was extremely similar to Lord Quintus’ argument for the Garlean Empire’s existence. Using the Omicrons as a metaphor for being essentially the extreme thematic/logical conclusion of the Garlean Imperial philosophy was an extremely effective narrative choice and smart way of connecting Endwalker’s various diverse elements.
There's definitely kind of bundles of parallels at play. Garleans, Omicons, but also those Global Citizens. The Ancients, Ea, and Rala's people. Zenos parallels a lot with the Omicrons in particular. He could have better challenges if he wasn't obtaining every other forbidden power he can find... but also, he hasn't experienced the dog eat dog struggle of buying a house in FF14, what an amateur. Tataru can teach him of struggle, oh yes.
i am really happy for michael, that he is looking forward for all the gameplay islands in ffxiv, and the joy of seeing which adventure awaits.
The reason why the crazy setting and theme changes work is because they put so much concentration on writing strong characters. You can throw any setting you want, any wild scale shifts, and as long as we care about the characters involved in it then it can work.
Omega was also the start of the devs adding a little extra to the capstone of each tier. O4S, O8S, and O12S have entire phases that you don't see in the Normal version. This has since been carried forward to Eden and Pandæmonium.
I hope you get a chance to play the sorrows of werlyt as well, fantastic trial series with a great story.
That story legit destroyed me as hard as the MSQ. And it's SIDE content.
I think you made your point perfectly when you remarked on the fact that we can still enjoy Omega as if it were current content because of how well level syncing works in FFXIV. Omega is by far my favorite normal raid series. I enjoyed every bit of it and I was sad when the story was over. That's how you know they did a good job. I'm looking forward to seeing your take on the NieR alliance raid series.
Yeah.. Nier...
Its not current content at all tho its an old raid, Nice to run for story and glamour But a huge reach to call it current content
@@jesperjohansson9857 imo while nier isn't "current" anymore, some of the "yoko taro specials" crammed into that raid series make it a genuinely challenging experience for new comers(and people who have forgotten the mechanics). heck, orbonne monastery is full of wipes even now in enw, and the first boss of weeping city is also still a wipe zone.
on that note, every day i wish yoko taro got what he truly wanted: touching any of the orbs in the death hallway instantly wipes the entire raid :>
I always smile when I get the Omega series in the daily roulettes. Loved this.
Aside from the self-references that the Omega raids have in the Alphascape, there is actually one last reference: the very first fight Alphascape fight against Chaos. This fight references two different final battles against the same enemy - the final boss of Final Fantasy 1, and the final boss of Dissidia Final Fantasy (whose design inspires the character model for the FF14 raid boss).
As side notes, Chaos in Final Fantasy 1 has ties to the antagonist Garland. (Won’t explain just in case you want to look it up yourself or want to wait for Strangers of Paradise.) Alpha technically also has his own games in the form of the Chocobo Mystery Dungeon series, so people who enjoy the Pokémon Mystery Dungeon games - have fun! Finally, the Kefka savage raid has SOOO much built into it from Final Fantasy 6; I could write an entire paragraph on that fight alone, but this isn’t the time for it. 😂
I hope you also enjoy both the “Ivalice” alliance raids & the post-Shadowbringers “Save the Queen” content Bellular! I’m sure the references to Final Fantasy Tactics and Final Fantasy 12 will engage you. 👍
Fun fact, after you complete the Omega Raids you can find Alpha and small Omega in random zones in Stormblood as they wander around adventuring.
I was mat farming in La Noscea and saw them :D
So glad you did this series! As a sprout, I was going "Uh, I'm not going to get a single reference in this series, am I?"
But it didn't matter - I enjoyed the raid for the story it told, and the challenging mechanics.
And Alpha is BEST BOY and I carry his little clockwork everywhere, all the other pets have been forgotten.
There's a few extra surprises in savage, you can check them out unsynced (while you're at it, unlock access to some ultimate fights). Do the 4th fight of each tier of Omega raid for some bonus content.
Alpha and OMG show up at Sharlayan during END, if you've finished the Omega raids before getting there. You can see them in NG+ or by choosing the story completion option while using The Unening Journey at any inn room.
The end of Omega was the most unexpected and beautiful storytelling that I still haven't gotten over it almost four years later.
Fun fact that I will repeat again. Now that you have cleared the Raid, Alpha and Omega can be found in the open world exploring. Players have catalog the spots. Also they tend to pop up somewhere in the area in most of the seasonal events too.
After what we witness in Ultima Thule about the Omicron race, I want to think that Alpha is actually the evolution of Omicron in terms of regaining the soul after losing it through body augmentation. The Omicron can live on and find new purpose via Alpha.
I appreciate that you're getting the authentic pug experience.
I love that you're making 26 minute long videos about Omega in 2022. Brilliant.
After completing this series you can randomly find Alpha & OMG in the world. They change with every major patch (like 6.1 coming up). They also will sometimes be featured near holiday events like the Fire Festival last August They were at the island. However they will only show on screen if you've beaten this content. It's kinda a cute additive
The effect of storytelling. When FFXIV players say the story of the game is amazing. They aren’t exaggerating.
It's nothing special.
I did NOT expect you to reference Mike in your videos :D
The savage version of the final fight for delta, sigma, and alphascape each have a unique final boss that I think you should do! The mechanics and the spectacles is what really draw people to savage.
Endwalker spoilers
I'm a little surprised I didn't see it in the video, but Omega's pursuit of what causes us to be strong is in hindsight him trying to ultimately understand dynamis: a force of emotion that was long lost to the Omicrons in pursuit of their perfect bodies. Omega understands there is something there, but sees our feats as illogical because he can't comprehend it.
The payoff? Omega DOES begin to ultimately understand. Endsinger directly calls out limit break as being dynamis and what does Omega M/F do in the latter half of the final fight? BLM and BRD LB3s.
Even more retroactively brilliant and obscure: Maggie the Magitek Armor.
You may laugh like this is a stupid meme I'm making up, but it's really not. As Cid showed in the CM dungeon, overloading a magitek armor's core like that makes it inoperable. It overloaded Maggie and she went inactive. Yet, through some intangible force, Maggie went beyond the limits of a normal magitek armor to reactivate and drag us out of Praetorium. Proof since 2.0 that even robots can be moved by dynamis. Omega's aetheric power was simply too high to interact with dynamis, Alpha and Maggie's were not.
LOVE FOR OUR LORD AND SAVIOUR ALPHA! PRAISE BE GIVEN!
Endwalker recontextualizes Omega in some very cool ways. We always knew that Omega thought our power came from silly limit break macros, so it tried to do those in O12 and they didn't work - but now we know why they failed. And it floored me a few weeks after finishing 6.0 when I went to glam an armor set and realized that the savage armor set from Alphascape was the Omicron armor set. Square plays the long game excellently.
Don't forget to check out the gear that you get by turning in the raid tokens, they have some really impressive sets, even as far back as the Alexander raids
Alexander is my favorite raid series. What a story.
If you feel that the queues are too long, see if you can ask a healer friend to queue with you. Also, there's 1 short story that is written from Omega's POV in the ShB set, I'm sure you'll enjoy it.
The beautiful part is that you continue to see Alpha and mini-Omega participating in many of Eorzea's events and everyday life
Stormblood had my favorite raids. This set, the 24 man raids. They did amazing this expansion for me.
if you would like to do something that isn't combat related but has something different to offer, do the doman restauration questline. i found it very rewarding to reconstruct that place and it has a few really beautiful cutscenes. different to ishgard restauration you can still do the doman stuff from beginning to end because it's individual.
Omega himself is also from FFV, and so is Shinryu for that matter!. And the two of them both reside in - wait for it... the dimensional rift. I'm not sure if Michael has done Hildibrand either but Gilgamesh is *also* from FFV, he goes missing in the interdimensional rift, and then *appears in FFVIII, talking about the interdimensional rift*, making him seemingly the same character traveling between worlds.
I loved this story so much. Maybe even more than the MSQ, though obviously its much smaller! I binged the whole thing in one night with not quite 1-hour queues but I was up till 6am back in the fall when I did this! Worth it. Alpha is my favourite
I made all content in the order it came out. So also the raids, although I only started again last year (from scratch) and I never had to wait longer than 20-30 minutes on the server light. (I play DD)
Seeing you happy and enjoying a game is super uplifting. I hope your pleasant experience continues!
If you do savage the last fights each raid part there's a completely different transition to each boss. Like kefka turns into good kefka and omega male and female turns into a final form
I love how if you are not familiar with the other FF games, their references in XIV could motivate you to look into it. Wait till you notice the Ascian/Ivalice connection. So many details into this game. The FF fan's game.
Also, I made sure to finish the Omega raids before clearing Endwalker. I wanted to make sure I was in full Omega attire. Ofc, right after I finished, they released the Omega attire in the Mogstation. All the Omega related content is fantastic and from what I've seen, technically his race is the only that survived. In large part because they no longer have beating hearts.
One thing you missed is that just like Deltascape (Delta = 5) and Sigmascape (sigma = 6) reference ff5 and ff6 respectively... Alphascape references ff1, where Chaos was the final boss and Midgardsormr and Omega Weapon were both superbosses
And then seeing Omega in Savage in that final fight. Ooooooorgh its so good.
Whisper of the Heart is the most underrated Ghibli film! So, it fills my heart with joy there's another person who considers it one of their favorites too!
Shoulda done this before Endwalker like people mentioned! Though, I guess it kind of adds reverse lore and makes you appreciate it more at the moment instead of in the future.
Omega and Eden are definitely my favorite raid tiers. ..for more than nostalgia alone too!
I just wish they'd go back and add voice acting to everything.. they damn well have the budget now and it adds so much to the experience, both in emotion and audio cues. They even have a lot of voice actors for the characters due to other games (notably Dissidia), so there's really no excuse for any silent fights anymore.
"The references end with Alphascape" he said, whilst also looking Chaos, the primary antagonist of FF1 dead in the face.
best thing about alpha and omega is that they pop up all over the place at random, like you can see them still after completing the raid and all you can go is "ah its alpha and omega exploring the world and they still are doing great"
Larboard... Starboard... Larboard... Starboard... Make it stop!! Make It Stop!!
every major raid in ff14 is the video game equivalent of drinking a cold drink on a summer day. so satisfying.
omega savage is great. I cannot over state this. Omega savage got me into raiding. Those fights were difficult but i had soo much fun doing them. Also me being a huge ff fan, I had a huge smile on my face the whole time learning all the fights. The dfference between Alexander and Omega Savages is night and day.
You will have more Alpha. Now that you've done the raid, they'll be showing up in various places throughout the story and especially when holiday events hit. I found the pair of them chilling by a Christmas tree in Gridania this last year. They were in the choir audience a couple years ago. So, their story really is continuing.
Alphas design is based on the Chocobo Dungeon series. I think he's usually called Bokko, after the one on FFV which was important enough to have his own name. Which is another but of lore winks and nods, as Omega and Shinryu are both in the forms they had from FFV.
It is decidedly marvelous how they manage to integrate things and not feel cheap about it. As a long time series fan, I was concerned that 14 would be nothing but fan service to older titles and have nothing to offer itself. However, the majority of fan service doesn't really take off until post ARR. I feel like they have earned every reference they drop because they manage to make the lore envelope those older things and have them make sense and feel at home where they are.
- I still want to suplex a train. Monk isn't high enough yet.
If you finish the Alpha omega quest line before finishing a certain part near the end of endwalker you had a scene where alpha is with cid and crew on the dock :)
My favorite Raids, I loved Alpha and the story telling of Omega’s purpose.
Will add that alpha scape gave me the one fan service fight I really wanted in ff14, fighting chaos from ff1!! That fight was so satisfying for me.
Not sure if anyone mentioned this to Bellular before, but will toss my note into the ring. Go back and rewatch the cutscene where the big delivery happens near the end of EW. Something will be different. It actually applies for multiple bits of side content in that scene.
With Endwalker, it makes it a lot more sense why Omega would make it's self mortal, thinking that the Warrior of Light's power was directly tied to their mortality.