x. Revisiting by Replaying

Greetings Ocarina, I hope your weekend went well! This weekend kind of sucked because it was raining really hard during the day. 

This summer, I've been leveling my alt. Ever since I saw the Viera males, I was more motivated to get my alt to level 80 (or at least catch up to current content/expansion). I decided to go through the expansions again because I am too cheap to buy skip potions LOL they're so expensive (even with sale)!! 

Replaying ARR did not really bring back nostalgic memories, it just brought back a lot of pain and annoyance. Sure, they tried trimming the MSQ down, but holy crap... it was still awful. If I couldn't uber myself on Sas' account, I don't think I would have power through ARR again ಠ_ಠ

To this day, I still hate Minfilia with a burning passion. I will never forgive her for what she did to Moenbryda and Noraxia. Thank the Twelve she's gone because Ryne is a better version (and I adore Ryne). 

I got to hang out with Haurchie again, he was such a bro and I missed him very much!!! That's the only highlight in Coerthas... because I legit hated every single quest there.  

On a random note -- I spotted a cute lala orchestra while blitzing through ARR. They were playing some Ghibli music and some XIV pieces. So cutee!

Now Heavensward, ohs boy ohs boy!! When I finally got into Heavensward, I was extremely excited and definitely got hit by nostalgic feelings. I re-watched like 90% of the cutscenes, I mostly skipped Ravana and Bismarck's because I don't know, was never really interested in the beast tribes. Probably unpopular opinion but I put Heavensward above Shadowbringer (mainly because SE did not pussy out on writing characters' deaths here and I love tragic stories).   

Nidhogg's fight was still amazing to me. The aesthetic of the fight, the music, and let's not forget one of the best cutscenes n Heavensward. Seeing Haurchefant's and Ysayle's spirit again in here, omg the FEELS.

I really like Aymeric's character growth in Heavensward (๑°꒵°๑)･*♡ He is far more better than Hien and Lyse. The only stupid thing he did was telling Alphinaud and you to throw Nidhogg's eyes into the abyss. That still cracked me up.

And dear god, my favourite dungeon from Heavensward is still Sohr Khai. I love the design of this dungeon, but that is also because I have a soft spot for dragon lore and fantasy dungeons like this o((*^▽^*))o I also found the music to be quite fitting in here. Here's a little scenic dump of Sohr Khai!

UGH! This still gets my heart beating whenever I see this part of the dungeon!!

Okay not gonna lie, the last part of the dungeon was super cool. I love watching Hraesvalgr flying around as you get closer to the end of the dungeon. Just details like that... my goodness ( ˘ ³˘)♥

I'm currently at Shadowbringer and I just finished Dohn Mheg. Shadowbringer has really good music, and I do like the soundtracks more than Heavensward. I can't wait to re-explore Amarout and see the end of 5.0, that cutscene was the best and the most memorable one! That's it for now, until next blog post!