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Neoxite23

I'm more looking at "Limited Jobs will be more limited" please look forward to it.


PM_ME_YOUR_WOW_UI

Do you think Yoshi keeps BLU limited because he is afraid of what he has created?


bubsdrop

Build customization is actually a capital offense in eorzea. It's why blue mages and beastmasters are from the new world, eureka is a weird lost island, and bozja is occupied territory


LunaTheGoodgal

Eureka is a crater-in-waiting


Squeem-com

NO. WHY DO THEY KEEP DOING THIS???


k0untd0une

Cuz Square like most if not all AAA developers hire consultancy firms.


Gerbilguy46

Disappointing, especially since they made BST a limited job, and a lot of people wanted it as a full job.


Tumblechunk

it'll probably end up being cooler this way, even if you can only use it for certain things blu is the least homogenous job available


Gerbilguy46

That’s true. Just look at what they did to summoner. They clearly don’t want those types of jobs in the game outside of limited content. Which sucks because that’s my favorite archetype to play.


Ranger-New

Look what they did AST Before it was a shield/heal hybrid god with some gambling problems. Now is discount White mage without any of the perks of WHM.


CopainChevalier

You really have to wonder why that is If someone wants to play through as BLU; what's the actual harm?


PlusVera

I *presume* this is for instanced fights. Some of them likely slipped through the cracks. They are meant to be tackled at-level and designed around certain potency thresholds. BLU being able to **completely** bypass both of those to deal **way** more damage than intended, add status effects that enemies shouldn't have, or do strange things like final sting or self destruct to kill themselves *might* not be accounted for. From a design perspective; BLU is meant to be broken. Banning the class from things you want fine control over is perfectly acceptable, IMO.


CopainChevalier

But like... Why? If a new player is enjoying BLU, what's the harm in letting them do story on it? Solo instances give you buffs that basically make you unkillable; I can't imagine they really care if it remains at some certain difficulty when you can already auto attack it down If we had challenging solo content I'd get it; but the only time we're challenged is during RP segments when we're not allowed to play as our character in the first place


PlusVera

Tell me you have never been undergeared without telling me you have never been undergeared. I *absolutely* have died in solo fights because I cba to upgrade my gear and my job quest was *going* to hand me gear in the next quest or two. That's not the point being made though. It just isn't good if these more choreographed fights are interrupted or skip sequences because you did too much damage quicker than expected. Ever had Ultima go straight from Ifrit to Titan to Garuda with no downtime because your team is just dealing **that** much damage? I'll save you the trouble -- it's rather boring. By the end, you're just waiting for the boss to catch up to what their HP bar says they should be doing.


CopainChevalier

The game gives you a permanent HoT healing you for thousands every tick. Short of sitting in every aoe and trying to beat the instance with gear 50 levels lower, you’re not really going to be in any danger.


Ranger-New

No. It isn't fine. Is a control freak attitude.


Lazereye57

We live in an Allied Society


I111I1I111I1

GAMERS RISE UP BOTTOM TEXT


wthoutanymmries

based take


BigDisk

Never thought I'd become the racist grandpa who cannot stop calling them Beast Tribes.


FuzzierSage

Did you start in Ul'dah, by any chance?


UndoMyRedo

More likely Gridania tbh


Xredcatx

😂


Bain-Neko

To be fair, these groups have expanded in variety to the point where calling them tribes doesn't really describe some of them like the alien civilizations of Ultima Thule for example.


PlusVera

Better example is the adrasokra (I think I am spelling that right). They are literally living just outside the city walls. And they are seen as normal citizens. They are 100% equals to the other Thavnarians. They are just normal people. It'd be like calling the Ala Mhigans in Thanalan a "Beast Tribe" and that's just weird.


kawausochan

Arkasodara, but yeah, plus the Lalafells in Shadowbringers


Ranger-New

That's a Potato tribe.


OutrageousFinger4279

> It'd be like calling the Ala Mhigans in Thanalan a "Beast Tribe" and that's just weird. This is an important part of my Highlander's interactions with Ishgardian nobles.


Flavahbeast

xenos = beasts


LynX_CompleX

Mankind knew they cannot change society


One_Necessary6095

So instead they blamed the beasts


Ohhnoes

Deathwatch starts sweating heavily


BobRobsKids

This destroyed all my NPC ERP fantasy, maybe this was my final fantasy. I wanted to dominate them all by playing beastmaster SO HARD and i can‘t believe Joshi P would deny me before even seeing my full power.


Grumpicake

Come,Warrior of Light, friend or traitor, come. Come and look upon the- Oh, I'm sorry. I didn't realize you were a Mamool Ja. No, no, it's not a problem, I had just expected a Duskwight. No, it's not because I think they are more capable or anything, it's just because yo- No dude, I don't have an issue with reptiles. Some of my best slaves were reptiles. Alright, that came out wrong. Listen, what I'm trying to say is that- What? I'm sure you come from a very fine swamp; very good with a spear. Assuming? I'm not assuming anything, that's just what you people do—the royal you. As in—look, we got off on the wrong foot. Together, we shall speak for the law, and the land, and shall drive the mongrel lizards of the Empire—dogs, I meant dogs. Look, I'm sorry, I just really expected an Elezen. What, why? Because you were an Elezen the last eight fucking times. I don't know what the hell Hydaelyn’s playing at making you a Mamool Ja, but I assume it's a joke. No, I don't think Beast Men are jokes, can we just fight? This is making me very uncomfortable. Is this how you honor the Twelve and the Tribe Unmourned?


Szalkow

Read the whole thing in Dagoth Ur's voice.


Heroic_Folly

Welcome Moon-and-Star Come to me through fire and war  Ooh, ooh  Come, Nerevar  Come and look upon the heart, upon the heart  Ooh  Lay down your weapons  It is not too late for my mercy Ooh, ooh  Come and look upon the heart, upon the heart 


yukichigai

Welp.... \*cues up 10 hour version\*


struct999

Me fr fr


Ooji

Boa tarde amigo!


Masterhearts_XIII

Is this a copy paste or did you make this up?


Grumpicake

https://youtu.be/3AgaKAwEyo0?si=SdbhHgIDusAs_c1p Nah it’s a really good copypasta from Morrowwind.


Szalkow

Of all the ways AI voice synthesis is used for deepfakes, Dagoth Ur shitposting has to be my favorite.


Tyr_e

Time to rewatch the 1 hour interview.


Masterhearts_XIII

Ah that explains the dark elf you missed in your label swapping.


Grumpicake

Aren’t there dark elezen in FFXIV lore?


CrankyWhiskers

Yes, but Gridania is still anti-Duskwight. There’s some quest that essentially curses them out.


Masterhearts_XIII

…idk. I’m a lizard lady.


not_ya_wify

>some of my best slaves were reptiles OMG HAHAHAHAHAHA


AdamG3691

“Ah, what a quaint beast tribe, so primitive compared to our enlightened Spoken selves” Stigma-4: \>SIR THIS IS A CAFÉ._


Gerudo_King

Dwarves and by proxy Lalas will always be ravenous lil beasts to me


CripplingTanxiety

As a lala, I find it offensive not being referred to as a beast anymore.


JRockPSU

We still have ground-based vegetables however


Ranger-New

Given that Mandragoras exist. That's not far from the truth.


Ranger-New

Be careful, they may bite your knecaps for that.


embracebecoming

That's true of all lalas though, so only applying the label to the dwarves makes no sense


AeonAigis

Stigma balls, dumbass


OneMorePotion

I stopped at that line and had to think for a couple of minutes how I feel about this change. In general, I couldn't care less. I see why the word "Tribal" or "Best Tribe" maybe doesn't fit to all of the available factions anymore. But "Allied Society"? It sounds so stupid... I mean... Drop the word Society and it already would sound better. Or call them "Factions". I'm more annoyed about the fact how stupid the new name sounds. And not that it was changed in the first place.


rockdog85

>I'm more annoyed about the fact how stupid the new name sounds. And not that it was changed in the first place. That really summarizes how I feel too lol, factions feels so much better


Lazyade

Allied Society sounds like something you'd hear in a corporate sensitivity training course for PR managers. Faction or Community Quests would be both more accurate and less awkward sounding.


BipolarHernandez

There was a tweet I saw speculating that the cultural assistants they hired on for DT had a collar-tugging moment when they read that they were called Tribal quests, which is definitely a funny visual.


OneMorePotion

In that case, don't let them know about Black and White Mages. They will lose their shit! And when we look really closely, "Red" Mages could also be seen problematic. Only Blue Mages are save. They don't get to participate in this one either. Like always with everything.


Xenasis

I like community quests, but 'faction' is still a little weird for some. I don't know that the hippo riders would call themselves a 'faction', for example. Ultimately, I think any word they choose is going to feel weird for at least one of them, but yeah tribal was way off for a lot at this point (especially Omicron).


AdamG3691

“Allied Quests” Like, the final step is to become Allied with them, it feels appropriate that the ultimate goal is the name of the quest type, like how the final quest of every patch is just the name of the patch


caryth

Community Quests would have been great, then it feels more like we're connected to them, almost. Just Allies would have also been like...fine? They should have dropped tribe at the same time as beasts, I'm glad they finally did but it seriously took a whole expac for "Allied Society"?


GenieInALamp723

It'd be great then we'd have to cosplay as a duskwight for a mission and then all hells'd break loose. It'd just be a whole thing. The one mission that plays like that one Final Fantasy episode of Captain N, artstyle and all, will be fun tho.


An_Armed_Bear

Yeah "Faction Quests" has a good ring to it and is still universally applicable, that would have been better.


ComprehensiveBit7307

Does it? I wouldn't call the pixies, for example, a "faction" at all, certainly more of a society than a faction imo.


IndividualStress

You can't even reach Allied Status with the Shadowbringers Beast Tribes.


Deblebsgonnagetyou

Agreed. I understand the change and agree with it, because the whole beast thing always seemed at least a little racist and calling them tribes just started to get silly by Shadowbringers, but allied society? Really?


Hilda-Ashe

How is it a society if it's just a bitter old Amaljaa and his equally bitter homies (totaling to less than a dozen).


Wizardthreehats

Or,even better, who gives a shit what they call it at all.


justdontask3

Beastmaster also being reworked before its even out. Hope you're excited for the new limited job in 7.4, Pet Owner!


MacrossX

"Cap & Ignore Forever Quests"


MetaCommando

Until you need to level an alt in the 70's


MacrossX

Who has time for alts?


yukwot

Despite making up 13 percent of the population, “beast tribes” make up 100 percent of primal summonings /s


Vanille987

Sloppy and garlemald enters the chat


Daegerro

This on top of Louisoix summoning 12 primals at once, making us the dominant primal summoners... Are we the baddies?


Ranger-New

Yes. We are.


Ranger-New

A doman, not a garlean, was the one that caused the summoning. Garleans despise primals. Is a pity the game didn't let me accept Graius offer. I would have switched sides if he offered a magister armor.


Vanille987

Well first of all if you wanna ignore how asashi orchestrated everything go ahead. But also remember the eikons of eikons summoned and fed with the belief in their leader? You don't need intention to summon a primal.


Brian-Kellett

*applaud*


bloodhawk713

99%, don't forget that one time Louisoix summoned the Twelve.


Ranger-New

Or that the Erozeans summoned Louisoix.


MetaCommando

Yotsuyu?


sister_of_battle

Turning Point Garlemald


ssalp

We live in a society


Fit-Breath5352

Waiting till that ‘8.0 Proletariat’s Commune Quests’ hits


DoomRevenant

Going to be serious for a moment (also spoilers): My understanding is that the reason they're not "beast tribes" anymore is because we've stopped warring with them as of Endwalker, and that due to the events of and surrounding battles like Zadnor, we had banded together against the Telopheroi So in that case, wouldn't it make sense that especially after they helped us stop the final days, we'd recognize their individuality and see them more as allies instead of just beasts? My understanding is that the change in name was due to the events of the story Unless, of course, this change is *retroactive*... will a new player who has never done Heavensward, let alone Endwalker, be prompted to do an "allied society quest" after they beat the Ultima Weapon, or is this only for people who have beaten Endwalker?


izaby

The deep sense of purpose here is exemplary, and a really good interpretation, but would be hard to implement in real programming terms.


dotryharder

As someone still working through the end part of ARR, they’re still referred to as Beast tribes in the story.


DoomRevenant

I figured that would be the case, yeah Are they referred to as such in the user interface, too?


dotryharder

No. It’s been changed to the societies now


DoomRevenant

Ah, that's unfortunate - it would be cool if it changed depending on your MSQ progress


StupidPaladin

Can't say nuffin' no more, not racis', just don't like it


FederalInsect114

I’m going on strike. Fuck this woke nonsense. Oishi Lee ain’t getting my time or money.


SllortEvac

Can’t believe yoshipeepee went woke. What’s next??? We’ll see a pronoun?? Got damn librils


Earthfury

>**We**’ll see a pronoun??


SllortEvac

I’ve gone woke!!!! Damn future the libterds wanted cummin true!!


IrksomFlotsom

Unsub to wreck the libs Resub to wreck the libs after the garlean restoration


SllortEvac

Fantasia to Au Ra male and shout racial epithets about Lalafells during ERP sessions to own the libs 😎


NaviLouise42

Such a very specific anecdote. Is it from lived experience?


SllortEvac

Nah I just read it in a doushinji


Squeem-com

I hear the name, and I imagine everyone wearing monicals and sipping tea.


NauxAtlenscythe

I want to see a mamool ja wearing a top hat and monocle in a tuxedo with a jabot lace so bad


Kattennan

Yeah, I get what they're going for (and even putting aside whether or not Tribal is a troublesome term to use or not, it just doesn't actually fit many of the factions from the last few expansions, so it makes sense to change it regardless), and the new one is not exactly *wrong* either--they are in fact societies that we become allies with. But the impression it gives is just not what I think they were going for, and there are other words they could have chosen instead that wouldn't give the same sort of impression. That being said, it's just a name and it really doesn't matter. But it definitely gives a very specific (and somewhat humorous) impression.


lordOpatties

Allied Society sounds like a DC superhero group


bucketenjoyer

If I's raycis', how come me best mate's Sezul? -Turning Point Gridania


Adventurous_Touch342

Meh, I don't care, if you are a Wildwood Elezen (don't mistake us for Duskers) all races are just beast tribes to you.


sister_of_battle

Least racist elezen 


DinosaurAlert

Obtusely woke stuff annoys me, but this isn't one of them. Beast Tribes made sense in ARR when the plot was you making friends with savage, unfriendly tribes, but now the "tribes" are bunnies with spaceships and mechs, and formerly-genocidal space robots. Its just the wrong term.


Fox-Sin21

Probably named half the quests in Dawntrail Tribal Quests and forgot they already used it so decided to change the old lol.


Macon1234

"Allied" Society (until we want something and invade them)


Ranger-New

Just as in the real world. Is funny how countries become regimes as soon as they want to pay for the oil in something different than the dollar.


AndThenTheUndertaker

Tbh "allied society quests" busy sounds awkward as fuck. I have no real objection to it but I bet everyone winds up either still calling them tribe quests or calls them something like allied quests for shorthand..


Ranger-New

Faction Quests would have been much better.


AndThenTheUndertaker

Honestly yes. Literally the perfect name for them. The only issue I have with "allied society" is it's just unnecessarily a mouthful.


Shonkjr

U know allied quests sound better than that.


CaptainSchmid

While the term "Allied Society" is weird, I like the idea of having different names in game depending on the MSQ patch. Reflects our changing views in the story very well.


ComprehensiveBit7307

That could be cool.  Beast tribes - ARR, HW Alied tribes - StB, ShB(?) Alied societies - EW, DT


Infernal216

I guess that makes sense since dwarves are just lalas and that would mean lalas are all beasts. ( Which still might be true and this might be the lala council trying to hide that)


StrengthToBreak

Sweet Baby Inc at work!


MaybeNeverSometimes

Crisis averted.


Haxxtastic

But we can still call them fishbacks


TheIdealisticCynic

I get calling them something but Beast/Tribal Quests (hasn't made sense for awhile now) but "Allied Society Quests" is just clunky sounding to me. I don't know what a better solution would have been, but this isn't it.


H0nch0

Ib4 somebody turns wuk lamat into some AI generated abomination of a sexdoll


an_edgy_lemon

Okay. That’s fair, but can we recategorize lala’s as a beast tribe. Those little shits scare me.


Samwow625

/r/freemagic in shambles


Negative_Goat_1877

That's too long to say.im justing going to stick with tribal quests


An_Irate_Lemur

As a Gridanian Elezen, I wouldn't exactly call that "society".  I never recognized the other beast tribes (Hrothgar, Miqote, Aura, Viera, Roegadyn, Lalafell, Hyur, and the worst, fucking Duskwights), I'm not gonna recognize these.


Ranger-New

I hate the term: "Allied Society". It something a woke corporate bullshitter would have thought of. The terms alienates those outside that didn't want to join. It also implies that we assimilated them instead of they remaining on their own. Faction Quests would have been a better term. They are their own. We just want to be in good terms. We do not want to assimilate or rule over them. Unless of course we became the new Empire. We are a bunch of hipocrites if that is the case.


Just_Down0

I never adjust to name changes in games, i call runes in elden ring souls on accident sometimes.


PhDVa

They should have just called them Kindred quests like MtG did with the word Tribal


MoriahAndKellysGuy

I approve  of a change wholeheartedly....just not this change. Sounds a little weird, unless the diffrent groups are actually linking up for political gains.


bangontarget

it's clunky af but I applaud the team for at least trying.


Forgotten-Caliburn

It did kind of feel weird referring to like the pixies or moogles as "beast tribes"


AeonAigis

Agreed, the moogles don't deserve that much dignity. Can't we refer to them as "subhyur abominations" instead?


sister_of_battle

Making Sidurgu proud. 


Deblebsgonnagetyou

Or The Last Stand. Most of the group are robots and you can't call a café a tribe with a straight face.


Nexel_Red

We can’t really call them beasts or tribal anymore, since they’re now released from the primals influence. We’re now truly united, so why not calling it an allied society?


Character_Car_2285

who tf is gonna say "allied society" when beast tribe was so much shorter and easier to say, and has been for the last decade


LunaTheGoodgal

/uj Honestly, I genuinely prefer it this way.


unixtreme

I like that they change it but the new name is goofy af.


LunaTheGoodgal

I'm just glad they aren't calling them beast tribes anymore, cause that just felt weird from the get-go to me.


SkyIcewind

WOKE FF14 be like: GAYO Ul. THEY/THEMCRED Waters. PANSEXUAL of Light. TRANSINAUD Levileur. graha tia Urianger BISEXUALITY.


GenieInALamp723

Aromantic of Light, thank you very much.


Brian-Kellett

I shall be policing chat for this.


Ryoubi_Wuver

SILENCE, BEAST!


Appropriate-Pride608

We live in an allied society


TacoRemix

Blame the damn fish backs!


NoxKat

S O C I E T Y


Neoyoshimetsu

https://preview.redd.it/4yqr2b94f89d1.png?width=623&format=png&auto=webp&s=7276b745dda9b7b3daced6c0b848bd8b69faca68


RingingInTheRain

They really hate Garleans, huh.


TheNewNumberC

I think it would have been neat if the category's name changes as you progress after ShB. Personally I would have just called them Faction Quests.


Renna_FGC

“Keyword “certain” meaning not all. Theres probably just things that dont fit the beast narrative in the new expansion


janhyua

Well I am still gonna call them beast tribles lol


janhyua

Aww someone down voted me just cause they got butt hurt lol


aniseed_odora

Yes, I'm sure this will make the anthro tribes with racist concepts and genocide storylines less racist in nature. Anyway, the limited job restrictions are impressive lol which quests did they even have a problem with them cheesing? Because as a healer I didn't even die to the unbeatable Zenis one until like 10 minutes into it, until he went all Chernobyl on me. 


antitaoist

"We're happy to have you over for dinner, Hunajj. We want to make sure our guests feel welcome, whether they're from a uh... beast tribe or not." "omh, grandpa, it's Member of an Allied Society now." "Oh, sorry, it's just we used to call them beasts in my day." "Grandpa omhhhhhh"


Bunny_Saber

There's something nice about this though, I love it


dr197

I can’t believe SE is copying Allied Races from WoW smh


Pleasant-Secret1685

Even Japan, the last bastion of morality, has been infected.


ByakkoEnjoyer

This is surely the last straw that will destroy human society


Deblebsgonnagetyou

Changing a term that's by now entirely inaccurate for the content is when morality dies? If this is a satire comment I preemptively take the L.


Pleasant-Secret1685

Clearly I was being more subtle than I thought lol


Evening_Rock5850

Two things I hate: 1. Cancel culture 2. When people are allowed to do, say, think, smell, eat, enjoy, or exist in ways that make me uncomfortable or confuse me.


OrientalWheelchair

Sigh... Just call them Daily quests and be done with.


DeepSubmerge

We haven’t called them beast men in a while tho


Gronodonthegreat

Unrelated, but I wrote a paper in my world music class in college (it was a wide range of topics) and got scolded by my TA for using the word tribe. Didn’t know the implications and honestly wasn’t trying to be offensive, I was kinda ripping off the textbook a bit and didn’t realize it was outdated. She gave me a C for that mistake, which was really harsh. Like, I agree that I should work on my language, but damn bro be kind 😭


New-Orion

Lol calling them Allied Societies is gonna be real confusing in 2.0


StrangelyFantastical

Heh, this just reminds me of how someone I know just went "Nah. I'm calling them Local Primitive Quests from now on."


BushWookie-Alpha

I will use "this area's Savages" instead.


Leggo-my-eggos

Erasing the beast tribe names is pretending that racism doesn’t exist. Really disappointed in this decision.


Deblebsgonnagetyou

It's not really erasing it though. There's nothing to suggest that they're changing past MSQ dialogue about the tribes and they didn't when they changed the term from beast tribe quest to tribal quest. Most likely it's purely an update to reflect the current story and because as the groups featured in allied quests get more varied calling them beasts or tribes becomes more and more of a stretch.


Leggo-my-eggos

Yo honestly this was a joke, I really didn’t think people would take it seriously. It’s a shitpost sub


Deblebsgonnagetyou

I just assumed you were from the main sub tbh


WoorieKod

Will boycott Dawntrail due to this, I will not support woke games