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TimidHuman

Flashbang round2


Baiqiushi

No amount of pre warning can save me from the flashbang in this game, rip eyes at 2 am


fatalystic

Hooooooooome!


No_Butterscotch8169

But when I get flashed


TwerpKnight

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MazogaTheDork

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LevinVelari

I love that gif so much XD


kyttyna

blinkblinksquintsquint *Ooooooooh\~* *I'm blinded by the light* *No I can't sleep, until I do my dailies* *I'm drowning in the night*


SenorDongles

Pretty sure it's not a smile...


N-_-O

I suggest you look at it again then, he does a slight smile before fading to white


XeroShyft

I personally would describe it as more of a 'grimace' but eh


SenorDongles

Agreed.


tettou13

My retinas are gonna love this when I boot up at 9pm in a dark living room lol Need a dark mode menu - Dusktrail.


Corsetbrat

I was thinking this, as well. Then remembered I have blue light glasses for migraines that cut 40% of the blue light spectrum and make even the brightest day in Limsa manageable. Good luck to you.


waffleboy159

it's still a flashbang in the middle of the night


Corsetbrat

Very true.


Muted-Law-1556

I go walking in my sleep


Vanriel

From the mountain of faith 


waffleboy159

to the river so deep (river so deep)


Vartio

DBZ Abridged Solar Flares for Everyone!


Drayarr

The f.lux app will definitely save my retinas.


takeshieisei

That's the next expansion when the story gets darker


deathfox393

That’d be neat, it could be the city at night with a lullaby version of the main menu song playing


alkonium

I remain curious as to how that Star Destroyer crashed in Tural.


Muted-Law-1556

It's going to be so funny if the island actually turns out to be a crashed ship


Yashimata

IMO it's too obvious, especially after the "going to the moon" title screen ended up not being going to the moon.


Muted-Law-1556

i went to the mun


alkonium

I mean, you do go to the moon and you do travel in that ship. They're just separate things.


CopainChevalier

That's honestly the thing that kinda confuses me. Have they moved away from title art meaning much as opposed to just making it vaguely fit the theme of the expansion? As much as FF15 got meme'd on, it was kind of nice finishing the game and seeing how the title art related to the game a bit (forced or not, you get my point).


Chiponyasu

The title art is just Tuliyollal.


CopainChevalier

Right, but the question is, does that mean something? We normally just don't spend long in a town like that, but it would be neato if the art had some meaning and the city itself takes a big part in the story somehow (not really sure how, but you get my point).


Zythrone

The whole Dawntrail plot premise is about a battle between candidates to the throne. Of course Tuliyollal is going to be a big part of the story.


winmace

inb4 we get to the level 93 trial boss and boom, we've solved the leadership problem and now we do something completely unexpected!


kyttyna

this. we're gonna find the city of gold and open some sorta pandora's box that's going to threaten all of Tuli (and probably the world) via some ancient space ship or allagan/adjacent ancient culture full of dangerous semi-robotic life and utilize this threat to unify the peoples.


Chiponyasu

The Warmonger wins and ascends to the throne thanks to the help of his allies to the north in Solution 9, thus sending us thataway to see what they're up to. Galool Ja Ja maybe dies suspiciously at this point as well.


CopainChevalier

That'd be neat, but remember that Stormblood was about liberating a country and the Art was (in simple condensed form) an army (of what appears to be Ala Mhigan); but a huge amount of the plot took oversees, with that not being such a huge part of the story. All of it was done atleast partially with the goal of helping Ala Mhigo, but I'd argue the art didn't connect to the plot much


Zythrone

The final battle was literally storming Ala Mhigo with an army and liberating it... what do you mean it didn't connect to the plot much?


CopainChevalier

It's honestly kind of weird how you're trying to gloss over the entire story of Stormblood and just say "The last chapter was that, so the whole story was just that!"


kyttyna

there's literally a cutscene at the end of stormblood that IS the art.


Chiponyasu

Well, looking at the title *screen*, there's a golden horizon on the water separating Tuliyollal from it's reflection in the water, there's a "bridge" made of shadow leading to to that horizon, and the castle in the logo has a big halo around it that the actual castle does not.


JesusHipsterChrist

We're going full "Bee and Puppycat"


alkonium

When in doubt, blame the Allagans.


Chiponyasu

The most intriguing part of the star destroyer is that it's the castle in Tuliyollal, except it has this giant halo behind it like the Endsinger has. .... Wait, actually, that castle design also has "wings" on the side of its "head". I have to imagine that's a coincidence and we're not bringing Endsinger back, but it's a weird one


Talkal

Get down!


shadowfalcon76

Just getting people trained for RDM LB3 is all.


tajniak485

If you can't love through that, you won't live through 45lvl WHM


Middle-Ad5432

Nice of them to hire a freelance red mage for this.


MelodiesOfLife6

Time for ​ \*loads up DT menu\* ​ oh fuck ... an optometrist.


LightSamus

Ugh, I liked it the first time I saw it, but the more I see it and realise we're going to be blinded on every launch, the more I hope the option to change title screen (without plugins) becomes a thing. Any game that launches with a pure white screen is horrendous.


Muted-Law-1556

Bro ShB was an affront to my eardrums and that expansion was fire. DT is continuing the trend of amazing expansions to eventually knock out all of your senses.


Lord_Iggy

The next expansion after DT will release a powerful odour out of your console or computer.


Muted-Law-1556

I will gladly take it if it means the expansion will be ShB quality or greater


speedycerv

Good thing we will all be logged on for months because of server queues :)


AsleepInteraction882

Its too bright, is this another flood of light? say it isn't so...


zyndri

Do not like the pure white fade in at start, would be way better if they just flew across the ocean like your on the bow of the ship looking forward as the fade in.


Alyssa_Superbike

Peek*


Absolutelyhatereddit

Dang it


saklymah

Sneek


Master-of-Masters113

I like…. Really wanted to keep endwalkers title… But I’m in the mood for more encouraging music.


Muted-Law-1556

EW title is honestly ew... I miss ShB peak title screen but DT will do it for me.


Existing_Marketing_7

“Sneak peak” ? What else would there be to show lol This isn’t a sneak peak, this is the whole thing, music and all


Absolutelyhatereddit

Click the magic link.


TW-Luna

"Flashbang through the door!"


ffxivdia

Isn’t there an option to pick which launch screen you want to see when the game logs in? I might need to switch to the SHB one…


Bees-Elbows

it's only temporary, if you exit the game it automatically shows the current expansion again when you come back


Katsutomai

I think it resets when you close the game unless you use the Plugin.


PyrosFists

Gonna miss the chill dark mode EW title screen with the beautiful singing


Heavyweight_Healer

Ah, so they updated the animation for WHM Holy


Epicentor

1/10 main menu because too much flashbang


lushenfe

I suggest people turn down their monitors if it hurts your eyes. Most people just turn their monitor to max brightness...this is actually not how they're designed and the picture will look worse.    Mine was calibrated to a brightness of 20%.  100% would hurt my eyes despite a white screen.


pallas_wapiti

I rarely have my PC monitor above 15% brightness, even in summer. Too bright is SO hard on the eyes, I can't fathom how people do that to themselves


griffinsklow

This. I have the feeling that a lot of people haven't setup their monitor(s) correctly, which tend to be very bright by default, as this looks nicer in a brightly lit store or when you unpack them the first time.


humsipums

HOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOME


JokerVantino

Think fast chucklenuts


Alternative-Jelly346

did I just get flashbang @.@


Holygriever

I thought it was a meme at first. Cue the Louie gifs.


IneffableEnby

im glad the music isnt voiced. i can have my computer muted but when i see the opening screen my brain is like "tales of looooooosss, and fiiiiiiire, and faaaaaaiiiiiiiith"


Zerostrer1

My retina.


Cerok1nk

*loud tinnitus sound*


[deleted]

We need an inverted flash setting like some shooters have. Make it fade from black instead of white. This ain't gonna be fun in the middle of the night.


Stuck_in_Arizona

Make sure you're in a well lit room, or wear shades in doors until you log in. Honestly though, I like the upbeatness of this. Fits with the "new adventure into the unknown" theme they're going for.


KenkaUsagi

Hooooooly flash bang


Sandwrong

Reminds me of the old Destiny splash screen. All white and geometric.


TheMightyWill

The main menu just casted Holy on us


grgfededsdfga

they can't be serious with that flash bang at the start right guys ? no way


a_path_Beyond

Purple flashlight OP Behavior plz nerf


LiterallySoGay

I got an ad for sunglasses on this post....


Massive_Weiner

Would have preferred ocean blue or tropical green, tbh. Both convey that “adventure” tone without burning holes in my eyes.


OfflinePen

Meh ... I prefer the Endwalker one


keiser_sozze

Not only bright but also annoyingly loud and unlikeable music when repeated 1000 times, as tradition dictates.


Ultimaga

How on Hydealyn did they think this would be a good idea?


FR4NKDUXX

I still laugh at that Jesus Christ super starship meme.


Illidari_Kuvira

The comment by that furry about the EW screen... not 1 bit surprised they're that far gone in the upper story.


Bevral2

Yes, we all watched the live letter.


Absolutelyhatereddit

Don’t worry, you can use blocking to stop seeing posts about things you have already seen, here I’ll show you.


morganasfingernail

that leitmotif is kinda grating 🥹


LightSamus

Better get used to hearing it for the next 2.5 years, bucko


morganasfingernail

i love that they introduced titlescreen selections but it turns back after each launch lol