Let's say, hypothetically, I suggest we go forward. And, for the sake of argument, this prompts you to suggest we go back. Then hypothetically speaking we would've gone forward AND back. Now that we've established that we've gone forward and back, and we still need to go forward, would you not agree that we should put one foot forward?
For a long time my friend would fly me place to place on his mount that played this song. At first I thought the song was just so silly but eventually came to actually enjoy it a ton. We just finished the Raid questline this song is from today and he didn't tell me we'd be facing his mount and hearing the song finally as a fight theme and not just him flying me around after all this time, makes me feel like I've come far since I started this game. I know there's plenty more to see and do, but this fight makes me want to continue going forward and yes, also back. ❤
At least you ultimately end up taking more steps forward than back. I still don't know what the main villain of the last WoW expansion wanted. I don't think anyone did.
Man does this song slap, I love how unexpectedly chill it is for a boss theme while not feeling out of place at all in a boss fight with the proper location and technological themeing, feels like it'd play in a futuristic area if I had listened to it with no other context but the music itself.
“Verflare or Verholy”: A Red Mage parody of Exponential Entropy “White and then Black and then White and then Black and then go White and then Black, and you Corps-a-Corps forward” x4 “Now backflip there” “Red…Un…Leash” “Then you Verflare” “Or…Ho…lyyyyyyy-“ “White and then Black and then White and then Black and then go White and then Black, and you Corps-a-Corps forward” x8 “Dualcasting time (It’s time to Raise them)” “Dualcasting time (It’s time to Raise them)” “Dualcasting time (Some Cures to sate them)” “Dualcasting time (Bosses you hate them)” x2 “Casting Black right into the crowds” “Now some White to thin the herd down” “Forget Impact and the party will say” “’No commends are coming your way’” “Yes, casting Black right into the crowds” “Now Corps-a-Corps to thin the herd down” “Backflip out and Verholy, my friend” “Cause now it’s time to do it all again”
For a song that says forward and back as much as it does. It’s oddly deep. No matter what you keep going forward and even if something makes you stumble and you fall back a bit that’s still better than crumbling into pieces
Not only that even though throughout t he song it sounds like your not getting anywhere seemingly being pushed back with every step but you are actually moving forward the lyrics go >>> you might only gotten 3 steps but with persistence you are moving forward
The Alexander mount is the hardest one for me to fly, I cannot help but follow the lyrics, and I can never seem to make it to where I want to go. I have always loved the music in this game.
I love how mindless this song is with it's repetition, but it's actually the whole plot of the Alexander Questline. Just like how our characters have that realization (Spoilers) Time shenanigans are at play, you have the realization that this song is just that. A recount of Alexander in lyrical form to a beat you can dance to. I love it.
I was STRUGGLING to figure out why "EXPONENTIAL" sounded soooo familiar yet so odd.. It's a similar audio pattern as "Everything is awesome" from the lego movie.
If you ever get a chance to do the savage version sync'd, I highly recommend it. It's one of the best fights in the game, with a lot of mechanics that are still used to this day (P3N and S both use an easier version of the Optical Sight mechanic)
I just did this boss, and everyone in chat was spamming "forward and back" and I thought it was some mechanic, I was so confused until someone said "listen to the song"
This song and the Ivalice raids we're what made me really want to play this game. I still get hype on the rare occasion that I get cruise chaser on alliance DR
I love the fact that you have to DPS the Lapis Lazuli as, in fact, in FF9, ARK (the eidolon this boss is inspired of) power scale from the amount of Lapis Lazuli you have in your inventory, small detail, but amazing reference!
Cruise Chaser DnD encounter: *THIS IS BASED OFF THE NORMAL FIGHT WITH A COUPLE SAVAGE ATTACKS, (L AND R LASER SWORD)* I heavily recommend making this what I call a challenge rift which in my worlds are *usually* non canon fights in which my friends can fight my inane creations. challenge rating: 3 out of 5 stars (for 4 level 8-10 players) So start them off fighting maudrones while walking down the path to the chaser. don’t give away what it is, but make sure to have vague hints. once they reach the rail have them ride it, the lights hum and as the rail end a holoplatform appears slightly illuminating CC describe what you want to them. Then have the lights suddenly turn on to show the chaser *MAKE SURE TO GIVE CHASER A LARGE HEALTH POOL BUT LOW AC AND LOWISH DAMAGE* begin with one of the players being attacked by chaser’s normal attack after about a player turn use optical sight on 1 player, 2 if you’re feeling cruel. this is a legendary action but it does guaranteed damage 10 to be exact. then make an aoe attack around chaser on it’s turn, players will do a dex check with an DC of 18 or take 5d6 of damage, Photon CAN be skipped but the alternative is to make someone vulnerable to the next attack that cruise chaser makes if they fail a DC 16 constitution check also doing 3d6 on a fail and half on a success . GA-1000 is relatively simple have it be an arena hitting aoe but put it in the corner and reduce the damage by 2 for every 5 feet the players are away from the epicenter, it does a guaranteed 20 damage at base. Propeller wind, on the turn you use that make sure to have the player make a dex check of 16 or the go into a frenzy and attack the nearest player once. this does 4d6 but only really use this twice per fight unless you REALLY hate your party. Limit cut, just up the DC’s by 2 and add an extra dice of damage if you decide to use phase 1 attacks Optical sights now targets another player with a line aoe which does 2d6 on a hit. Eternal darkness is a guaranteed 3d6 once players take 1 point of damage at the start of their turn for 3 turns. Left and rjght lazer swords are just cones that do 4d6 dc of 18. skip the front facing shield and use it as damage mitigation if you please and that’s pretty much it, reward your players with whatever weapons or gear you please. thanks for listening to my ted talk. I’ll be updating this fight and balancing it.
I actually had an idea to SFM my WoL doing the GMOD shuffle to this song with various after effects going on around. It was gonna be called RedMage.mp4
I don't know why i started crying to this song but it makes me think deeply of my past and scared for my future, but i do know one thing i gotta do in my life to start changing my life, put one foot forward
Sounds like the song that plays during the final battle, where the hero gets his ass kicked and takes a step forward to keep moving, and a step back to reflect on all the friends he's made along the way, remember what he's fought for, and draw on the power of friendship to put one foot forward and start moving again. Then his theme plays as a spectacular fight scene plays out. idk what makes me feel this way
I only recently did the Alexander raids(going through old side content I missed on the way through MSQ) and I was so excited to see this be an Ark-inspired boss
Apparently both are based on a gundam-like mech created by someone in the dev team, the main character of a game named Cruise Chaser Blassty. Incidentally, Cruise Chaser in FFXIV refers to itself as “Designation: Blassty” a few times.
@@vbarreiro Yeah I read about that actually!! I think it was on Mr Happys video on Ark. God I love the history behind these summons/monsters/etc in this series
I trolled my friend so back the entirety of the Alexander dungeons. She had purchased the mount and was happy and we cruised everywhere and when we were getting deeper into the dungeon, I told her this is where she could have gotten it instead. Every step we get closer to the fight, I can feel her rage building a little bit. We get to him as the boss and we fight him and told her it wouldn't drop for her, since she already had it, this was untrue, but I had her eating out of the palm of my hand at this point, I was golden at this point, and I told her, "Guess what I got?" She them proceeds to scream, "Ryan, you motherfucker! If I could have saved $20 and just done THIS! AND YOU FUCKING KNEW! I'm gonna beat you you son of a bitch!" I then proceeded to laugh non-stop for a minute. After she cooled down, I told her that I didn't know if it was possible or if it was before the next expansion. Best day ever.
Eagerly awaiting to get to hear this in game. (Even though I bought the mount..) recently decided to try playing again after not getting far years ago. This was one of the first songs I ever heard from the game and I’m almost at the end of Heavensward! Very much enjoying the game. Can’t wait for Alexander raid! EDIT: Finally did it last night! Felt so great to hear this in the fight! Loved the Alexander raids so much! Can’t wait to continue the game!
Oh man. If you're enjoying Heavensward... Just keep going. About halfway through Stormblood the story starts to really ramp up... and it *does not slow down* until 6.x (which is still fantastic but frankly thank the Twelve it slows down a tiny bit there)
@@psymar Oh I'm at Endwalker now. Not too far but have been absolutely loving this game! Hoping to do at least one Ultimate Raid before Dawntrail. Specifically aiming for Epic of Alexander. Just cause this I enjoyed all of these raids and their music! Shadowbringers was one of the best stories I've seen in a game!
I won't forget my first time in this one... The tanks were having a stance off making the boss literally go forward and back and screwing up my positionals
Let's say, hypothetically, I suggest we go forward. And, for the sake of argument, this prompts you to suggest we go back. Then hypothetically speaking we would've gone forward AND back. Now that we've established that we've gone forward and back, and we still need to go forward, would you not agree that we should put one foot forward?
facts and logic (EXTREME)
Mmhm mmhm I agree.
Indubitably
mayhaps...certainly an interesting conundrum to mull over.
We should have a back and forth on the subject
Official theme song of The Waking Sands.
pray return to the waking sands
pray go forward and back
Legendary comment
Also doubles as the gold saucer theme during the obstacle course.
**sips from I Survived Another Meeting That Should Have Been A Linkpearl Call mug**
For a long time my friend would fly me place to place on his mount that played this song. At first I thought the song was just so silly but eventually came to actually enjoy it a ton. We just finished the Raid questline this song is from today and he didn't tell me we'd be facing his mount and hearing the song finally as a fight theme and not just him flying me around after all this time, makes me feel like I've come far since I started this game. I know there's plenty more to see and do, but this fight makes me want to continue going forward and yes, also back. ❤
That is awesome to hear, I'm glad you had such a great time with the Alexander raid series. :)
So you're saying he flew you forward and back on the mount-sized Cruise Chaser, and then you put one foot forward against the boss-sized one? :)
Welcome to Hydaelyn, adventurer! May you ever walk in the light of the Crystal
Ah yes, the perfect music for using a vacuum cleaner. Thank you for the upload!
That doesn't get old :D
Raid boss brought to you by Hoover
hahahahahahah
By the Twelve... I actually just got done vacuuming to this song.
Welp, I know what I will be singing as I vacuum my apartment today.
Ah!! The theme song that perfectly describes every FFXIV player's career with this game's story and questing system.
Pray return to the Waking Sands
At least you ultimately end up taking more steps forward than back. I still don't know what the main villain of the last WoW expansion wanted. I don't think anyone did.
@@onatamana3362 That you dont pay attention doesnt mean the villains had no story. There's story .. as ridiculous as it is.
As someone who's almost done with post-ARR, hit the nail on the head LOL
And grinding FFII
Looking at you, Johnny
Recently bought the mount of cruise chaser and the boss theme plays as you ride him..I do not regret my purchase for a second
SAME
Money well spent.
Happy new years and 5@nishaand_laby4098
Man does this song slap, I love how unexpectedly chill it is for a boss theme while not feeling out of place at all in a boss fight with the proper location and technological themeing, feels like it'd play in a futuristic area if I had listened to it with no other context but the music itself.
At least whoever's going forward and back and forward and back is making some progress. 1 out of 7 steps moves them permanently foward.
@@CeruleanSpider 🤣🤣
Not really, 0 out of 4 do
The loop ends with you going forward, and starts with you going forward.
Little by little, you *are* moving forward.
Your comment is beautiful man
Just like how entropy progresses towards decay and disorder, it happens bit by bit.
Time is your friend.
Remain moving forward, but do not forget to fall back when necessary.
You will perform this motion a lot.
Genius decision to include directions to the boss room in the lyrics
I swear I'd get lost every time otherwise
“Verflare or Verholy”: A Red Mage parody of Exponential Entropy
“White and then Black and then White and then Black and then go White and then Black, and you Corps-a-Corps forward” x4
“Now backflip there”
“Red…Un…Leash”
“Then you Verflare”
“Or…Ho…lyyyyyyy-“
“White and then Black and then White and then Black and then go White and then Black, and you Corps-a-Corps forward” x8
“Dualcasting time (It’s time to Raise them)”
“Dualcasting time (It’s time to Raise them)”
“Dualcasting time (Some Cures to sate them)”
“Dualcasting time (Bosses you hate them)” x2
“Casting Black right into the crowds”
“Now some White to thin the herd down”
“Forget Impact and the party will say”
“’No commends are coming your way’”
“Yes, casting Black right into the crowds”
“Now Corps-a-Corps to thin the herd down”
“Backflip out and Verholy, my friend”
“Cause now it’s time to do it all again”
RDM main here. Have a thumbs up.
This is terrifyingly accurate
am a RDM, can confirm!
/verclap
Oh god the Verraises
So many Verraises
For a song that says forward and back as much as it does. It’s oddly deep. No matter what you keep going forward and even if something makes you stumble and you fall back a bit that’s still better than crumbling into pieces
Not only that even though throughout t he song it sounds like your not getting anywhere seemingly being pushed back with every step but you are actually moving forward the lyrics go >>> you might only gotten 3 steps but with persistence you are moving forward
@@sootythunder3111Actually love this analysis
The theme of my mental health progress
No matter what, you’re still going forward. That’s something to be proud of
The Alexander mount is the hardest one for me to fly, I cannot help but follow the lyrics, and I can never seem to make it to where I want to go. I have always loved the music in this game.
0:56 and so begins stat grinding in Final Fantasy II
I love how mindless this song is with it's repetition, but it's actually the whole plot of the Alexander Questline. Just like how our characters have that realization (Spoilers) Time shenanigans are at play, you have the realization that this song is just that. A recount of Alexander in lyrical form to a beat you can dance to. I love it.
Found this song again after like a year, just as good as i remember
Falling back right into the system.
Falling back on all that's erased.
When fighting back out of this system
Means falling right back into this space
Yes, falling back right in with the system
Who’ll see you falling back to the end
When falling back is better than simply
Falling back into pieces again!
I initially head the "Time out of time" lyric as "RIDE GOBBIE RIDE"
I was STRUGGLING to figure out why "EXPONENTIAL" sounded soooo familiar yet so odd..
It's a similar audio pattern as "Everything is awesome" from the lego movie.
I hate you for being right
Final fantasy 2's training montage theme be like
Ah…Somecallmejohnny. A man of culture I see.
Words cannot express how fun this fight was. My FC did it on normal.
thats the great thing about ff14, the fights are great even without doing the savage content.
If you ever get a chance to do the savage version sync'd, I highly recommend it. It's one of the best fights in the game, with a lot of mechanics that are still used to this day (P3N and S both use an easier version of the Optical Sight mechanic)
when you're parallel parking
Underrated comment lmao
Could you imagine being the people to make this song, and at the end just nod to yourselves and go "yah, this is it."
This feels like a Training room theme for a fighting game.
Throwin' it and then throwin' it back and go throwin' it back and put one foot forward~
I love how in one set of raids we got references to both Transformers and Super Sentai. Perfection.
I just did this boss, and everyone in chat was spamming "forward and back" and I thought it was some mechanic, I was so confused until someone said "listen to the song"
Honestly one of the best songs in Heavensward
This song and the Ivalice raids we're what made me really want to play this game. I still get hype on the rare occasion that I get cruise chaser on alliance DR
Cruise chaser is normal raid. ;)
I can't believe that they put a song about Party finder in the game
I love the fact that you have to DPS the Lapis Lazuli as, in fact, in FF9, ARK (the eidolon this boss is inspired of) power scale from the amount of Lapis Lazuli you have in your inventory, small detail, but amazing reference!
im a new ffxiv player and i brought this mount just because of the music lol
Post ARR be like
Pray return...
*ARR be like
Ever since this was introduced in game when it was new content, I always wanted him as a mount. I'm so happy to own this mount.
THERE'S A MOUNT!?
Yep
I’ll just get the reskin for dawntrail 😂
Honestly thougnt forward and back was something Johnny made up
For the longest time, I kept hearing "Time, out of time" as continuing to repeat "Forward and back" which still fits the syllables.
I feel like I’m listening to Daft Punk if they were in Eorzia
I know it's probably just because of his FFII review but god does the singer sound like SomeCallMeJohnny.
@Virgo ETERNAL neither can I, and I love it.
This is the song that made me want to clear Alexander in the first place over a year ago, thank you so much for the lyrics ❤
Peak lyrics writing
I get Armored Core vibes from this. Its awesome!
is based off Ark from FF9.
@@keithfilibeck2390 They're talking about the music, not the design.
This is a reference to 1986 mech game made by square
omg i knew i wasn't high during this dungeon... thanks for the vid, yo
Holy Moly this song SLAPS, I really dig it.
Why is this the best song in the game?
Clearly I need to play the game with headphones more often.
Karakoe nights must be insane with this one
Despite going forward and back constantly they do in fact take one step forward making slow but steady progress.
Ah, yes, the official theme of my sweet new ride. Awesome!
Cruise Chaser DnD encounter:
*THIS IS BASED OFF THE NORMAL FIGHT WITH A COUPLE SAVAGE ATTACKS, (L AND R LASER SWORD)*
I heavily recommend making this what I call a challenge rift which in my worlds are *usually* non canon fights in which my friends can fight my inane creations.
challenge rating: 3 out of 5 stars (for 4 level 8-10 players)
So start them off fighting maudrones while walking down the path to the chaser. don’t give away what it is, but make sure to have vague hints. once they reach the rail have them ride it, the lights hum and as the rail end a holoplatform appears slightly illuminating CC describe what you want to them. Then have the lights suddenly turn on to show the chaser *MAKE SURE TO GIVE CHASER A LARGE HEALTH POOL BUT LOW AC AND LOWISH DAMAGE*
begin with one of the players being attacked by chaser’s normal attack after about a player turn use optical sight on 1 player, 2 if you’re feeling cruel. this is a legendary action but it does guaranteed damage 10 to be exact. then make an aoe attack around chaser on it’s turn, players will do a dex check with an DC of 18 or take 5d6 of damage, Photon CAN be skipped but the alternative is to make someone vulnerable to the next attack that cruise chaser makes if they fail a DC 16 constitution check also doing 3d6 on a fail and half on a success . GA-1000 is relatively simple have it be an arena hitting aoe but put it in the corner and reduce the damage by 2 for every 5 feet the players are away from the epicenter, it does a guaranteed 20 damage at base. Propeller wind, on the turn you use that make sure to have the player make a dex check of 16 or the go into a frenzy and attack the nearest player once. this does 4d6 but only really use this twice per fight unless you REALLY hate your party.
Limit cut, just up the DC’s by 2 and add an extra dice of damage if you decide to use phase 1 attacks Optical sights now targets another player with a line aoe which does 2d6 on a hit. Eternal darkness is a guaranteed 3d6 once players take 1 point of damage at the start of their turn for 3 turns. Left and rjght lazer swords are just cones that do 4d6 dc of 18. skip the front facing shield and use it as damage mitigation if you please
and that’s pretty much it, reward your players with whatever weapons or gear you please. thanks for listening to my ted talk. I’ll be updating this fight and balancing it.
Great song and perfect editing with the video tapeness. Thanks for making this video
I played this while vaccuming, now I need 7 people to help me stop it and a bunch of munchkins from controlling time, please send help
You're going to tell me that this big badass robot cyborg boss isnt singing "Throwing it back" but forward and back?
Someone should make an edit of this with Red Mage. And if they won't then damn it I will
I actually had an idea to SFM my WoL doing the GMOD shuffle to this song with various after effects going on around. It was gonna be called RedMage.mp4
I don't know why i started crying to this song but it makes me think deeply of my past and scared for my future, but i do know one thing i gotta do in my life to start changing my life, put one foot forward
I just had the same experience
I once had to listen to this song for 80 minutes :’)
Sounds like the song that plays during the final battle, where the hero gets his ass kicked and takes a step forward to keep moving, and a step back to reflect on all the friends he's made along the way, remember what he's fought for, and draw on the power of friendship to put one foot forward and start moving again. Then his theme plays as a spectacular fight scene plays out.
idk what makes me feel this way
The first time i ran the Alexander's raid series, this song is my favourite, such a banger
Somecallmejohnny brought me here xD
Man,this song will probably live in my brain forever now
Food with a knife
I eat food with a knife
I gon' eat food with a knife
And throw one fork forward
When you mistake your lyric sheet for the WikiHow article on how to properly operate a vacuum cleaner.
I only recently did the Alexander raids(going through old side content I missed on the way through MSQ) and I was so excited to see this be an Ark-inspired boss
Apparently both are based on a gundam-like mech created by someone in the dev team, the main character of a game named Cruise Chaser Blassty. Incidentally, Cruise Chaser in FFXIV refers to itself as “Designation: Blassty” a few times.
@@vbarreiro Yeah I read about that actually!! I think it was on Mr Happys video on Ark. God I love the history behind these summons/monsters/etc in this series
@@sephiroth21347 Yeah :) love it when you see something cool and then suddenly “oh this has history”. Felt that the entire Eden tier
I trolled my friend so back the entirety of the Alexander dungeons. She had purchased the mount and was happy and we cruised everywhere and when we were getting deeper into the dungeon, I told her this is where she could have gotten it instead. Every step we get closer to the fight, I can feel her rage building a little bit. We get to him as the boss and we fight him and told her it wouldn't drop for her, since she already had it, this was untrue, but I had her eating out of the palm of my hand at this point, I was golden at this point, and I told her, "Guess what I got?" She them proceeds to scream, "Ryan, you motherfucker! If I could have saved $20 and just done THIS! AND YOU FUCKING KNEW! I'm gonna beat you you son of a bitch!" I then proceeded to laugh non-stop for a minute. After she cooled down, I told her that I didn't know if it was possible or if it was before the next expansion. Best day ever.
You are a menace. Good job
The instrumentation of this makes me think of if super monkey ball 2’s ocean stage had a boss fights
I fought Cruise Chaser I had listened to this first before I even made it to that part but once I heard the music start playing I knew it was him!
Wish i can replace the music from the regalia type-g with this
Ngl this is definitely me when I go forward and back
After wiping for the 8th time, this song is seared into my brain, that now i dream of wiping again to this very song.
Truly one of the songs of all time, bravo Soken 👏
SomeCallMeJohnny brought me here
Fire writing gif
This song goes way too hard for such simple lyrics
after looking up what entropy actually means… oh man that hits hard.
Huh?
Endwalker be like
this mf didn't know what entropy meant
@@pyrrhic-victor some people don’t know some words, shocking.
Folding a napkin and folding a napkin
God damn it, now I can't unhear this LOL
@@averagestatpat You're welcome HAHA
Somecallmejohnny sent me here
Proging in a MMO explained in the form of a song.
Eagerly awaiting to get to hear this in game. (Even though I bought the mount..) recently decided to try playing again after not getting far years ago. This was one of the first songs I ever heard from the game and I’m almost at the end of Heavensward! Very much enjoying the game. Can’t wait for Alexander raid!
EDIT: Finally did it last night! Felt so great to hear this in the fight! Loved the Alexander raids so much! Can’t wait to continue the game!
Oh man. If you're enjoying Heavensward... Just keep going. About halfway through Stormblood the story starts to really ramp up... and it *does not slow down* until 6.x (which is still fantastic but frankly thank the Twelve it slows down a tiny bit there)
@@psymar Oh I'm at Endwalker now. Not too far but have been absolutely loving this game! Hoping to do at least one Ultimate Raid before Dawntrail. Specifically aiming for Epic of Alexander. Just cause this I enjoyed all of these raids and their music! Shadowbringers was one of the best stories I've seen in a game!
This is a certified banger!
Got me coming back to this year's later, I used to do the bahamut raid just to hear thus song lol
Super strong mondo grosso/ shinichi osawa vibes.
This song is played at my fc house a lot
I always thought the "Time out of time" lyric was just the guy screaming "forward and back".
Don’t mind me, just here from SomecallmeJohnny
2:45 that was really well timed
Even with these directions, Zoro would still get lost.
SomecallmeJohnny got me here
What the hell this is so good
Music really said :👉 and 👈
Now hear me out: What if we went left?
Lets goooooooooo 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥 will forever be my favorite song 💖💖💖
God this track gives me PSO2 vibes. I love it so much
American presidential elections:
I won't forget my first time in this one... The tanks were having a stance off making the boss literally go forward and back and screwing up my positionals
The ultimate vacuuming song.
THIS SONG IS FIRE !!!
Thorwing it Back and then Throwing it bac and then-
these lyrics are deep
Ahhh yes, the song that should play in the queue at the bank
Red mage national anthem.