FFXIV Dev Blog: The Warring Triad

11 Apr 2013
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Hello all!
Fernehalwes here.

I’m assuming many of you caught the 6th Producer Letter Live, but for those of you who didn’t, here’s a link to the section that created the most buzz─the magitek mounts!

Supposedly, the idea for this sample video came the day before the performance. Yoshi-P, wanting something utterly epic, came to one of the event planners (we’ll call him ‘H’), and gave him a list of demands:

– There must be three riders
– They must be traversing a snowy mountain trail
– The girl must look like a former imperial soldier suffering from amnesia who is being controlled by the Empire with a Slave Crown

Et cetera.

Luckily, H was up to the challenge, and despite the lack of prep time, was able to whip up a fairly faithful recreation of a “certain” classic RPG’s opening scene. Right down to their imperial uniforms!
She looks awfully familiar…
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Could this be…Biggs?
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Making this…Wedge?
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And then there’s this shot which didn’t make it into the final video…
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Now THAT brings back memories…

Fernehalwes