Grey Mage - A FFXIV VFX Mod for Black Mage

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  • Опубліковано 13 гру 2024
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  • @LastDreamy
    @LastDreamy Рік тому +58

    Been playing since 1.0 for this exact moment thank you. I can't stress how much i needed Water Spells.

    • @teyarose
      @teyarose Рік тому +12

      RIP Fluid Aura; you could have been great.

    • @inplane9970
      @inplane9970 Рік тому +7

      Fr Water has to be the most beautiful and flexible element to have in terms of creativity. I'm surprised there's no Job dedicated to using Water-based spells.
      Doesn't even have to be a magic user. It could be a Tank creating defensive geysers, melee DPS using weapons made out of water, ranged DPS using a literal water gun, or a Healer with Water-based healing techniques. My only guess would be that creating good water animations is a headache.

  • @ApolloYves
    @ApolloYves Рік тому +20

    Finally, Conjurer from 1.0 is back

  • @Shucashmoney
    @Shucashmoney Рік тому +26

    Very simple yet great execution, Love the passion behind this and cant wait to see more of your works.

  • @GimmeTOKYO
    @GimmeTOKYO Рік тому +24

    Love seeing Roegadyn representation for these. Thank you 💕

  • @Luna-Starfrost
    @Luna-Starfrost Рік тому +9

    This is so good. Unfortunately, there are only so few good Black Mage VFX mods, so I'm glad we can add this to the list now.

  • @invaderzam
    @invaderzam Рік тому +14

    That is so clever! Using the other elements for Black Mage. It makes me wish this was an official class. Those animations are stunning!

  • @jun_on_fire
    @jun_on_fire Рік тому +11

    this looks so clean!

    • @MaxValparaiso
      @MaxValparaiso  Рік тому +3

      Thank you!! I'm glad you like it - I couldn't have done any of it without your help 😭

  • @ladyellen7993
    @ladyellen7993 Рік тому +2

    this is some seriosuly high quality stuff! great effects work! Can't wait to see what you do in the future!!

  • @WeebHutJr
    @WeebHutJr Рік тому +9

    awesome stuff. Thank you for finally making Thunder into an actual bolt of lightning. I think I'll be taking your replacements for that, and Xeno -> High Holy, along with Amplifier. Replacing the fire and ice spells though feels like it would mess with me in terms of rotation and keeping track of things haha.

    • @spoinkable2217
      @spoinkable2217 Рік тому

      That's honestly something I'm worrying about 😂 Especially because single target, you switch over with Water/Aero, but AoE you still switch over with Blizzard/Fire.

    • @qtscorpkid
      @qtscorpkid Рік тому

      Flood Freeze Flare Tornado Burst

  • @kenogum
    @kenogum Рік тому +4

    *crying* rest in peace my beloved aero 3 animation..
    FR though this is amazing! Fantastic job!

  • @KokoKrunchs
    @KokoKrunchs Рік тому

    This is so good! Keep up the good work❤

  • @itsalwaysboppinbrother5924
    @itsalwaysboppinbrother5924 Рік тому +2

    I don't know if someone has mentioned this or not but when doing low level content you still end up seeing umbral ice 1& 2 and astral fire 1 & 2. I really love the mod and have used it for at least a month now but I was just wondering if you planned on changing the previous umbral and astral stances. Love your work and hope to see more!

  • @tekenagakun
    @tekenagakun Рік тому

    This is literally my dream come true mod!!!!!! Thank you so much!

  • @inplane9970
    @inplane9970 Рік тому +1

    Really hoping the next new Jobs have flashy skills like these ones. I know the point of different Jobs is to have their own magic types, but it wouldn't hurt if pre-existing magic types were given to other Jobs too. Imagine having a Job that can mix elements together, like Water and Thunder would create a powerful shock DoT. Or Fire and Wind to deal multiplied damage.

  • @scalorarson6183
    @scalorarson6183 Рік тому +2

    Yaaaaaaaaa!!! This looks amazing!

  • @Salt_Mage
    @Salt_Mage Рік тому +4

    Going by the elemental wheel, Wind/Fire/Water as Astral and Earth/Lightning/Ice as Umbral would probably be a nicer split since those are the elements generally associated with each polarity. Alternatively there's the traditional Black/White split of Fire/Ice/Lightning and Water/Earth/Wind.
    Still this fits the Elementalist feeling that I always thought BLM was missing!

  • @BlueMageDaisen
    @BlueMageDaisen Рік тому +1

    6.4 gave even more validity to this mod, given that we see Shatotto's soul in P9 and she uses Aero magic

    • @bonsaibnuuy
      @bonsaibnuuy 7 місяців тому

      i know this is from 5 months ago, but i'm actually pretty certain that's Ixtab, one of the shb s ranks! that voice uses a significant amount of her quotes

    • @BlueMageDaisen
      @BlueMageDaisen 7 місяців тому

      @@bonsaibnuuy Interesting theory, but wouldn't Ixtab's soul be in a different Aetherial Sea to the one that Kokytos was ripping it's souls from, since it was on the first?
      Minfilia and Emet's souls were explicitly moved from the first's lifestream to the source's by Hydaelyn, but I can't imagine she'd do the same for Ixtab

  • @Fairwhite195
    @Fairwhite195 Рік тому

    Gotta be one of the best looking BLM mods out there. Great job!

  • @Tom-zc7xp
    @Tom-zc7xp Рік тому +1

    If they ever put elementalist into the game, this would be it

  • @goddessoerba
    @goddessoerba Рік тому

    This is amazing

  • @RM-eh3uq
    @RM-eh3uq Рік тому

    Really cool!!! Definitely using this~!

  • @KokolieKokolie
    @KokolieKokolie 10 місяців тому

    I love this but I was wondering, is it not possible to change the casting animation? The Black Mage glows the colour of the spell element, normally. But since this is not adjusted, here we have them glowing red for a wind spell, for example.

  • @Red-Tape-Rending
    @Red-Tape-Rending Рік тому

    Players worldwide shall now be able to fulfill their dreams of being Shantotto in FFXIV!

  • @MarionTubo88
    @MarionTubo88 Рік тому +1

    this is amazing!!

  • @janesbarnes1012
    @janesbarnes1012 9 місяців тому

    Ive never been so sad i play on ps5, this looks so good

  • @madisonreads1876
    @madisonreads1876 4 місяці тому

    You kind of predicted Pictomancer!

  • @NJelBoi
    @NJelBoi Рік тому

    Wow this is beautiful!!

  • @theoreticalthaumaturge
    @theoreticalthaumaturge Рік тому +6

    Nice! I made mod like this too once, though it was much less refined and I wasn't satisfied with it. The umbral/astral motes in particular look really good, and all the spells have the right BLM energy to make them look like they belong to the job. Personally I'd probably miss flare and don't know how to feel about holy, but overall this looks like a great package. Well done!
    By the way, any plans for Paradox?

  • @qtscorpkid
    @qtscorpkid Рік тому

    I kinda want this in my game id feel like an actual black mage again.

  • @sortofarbitrary6688
    @sortofarbitrary6688 Рік тому +4

    Nicely done! Glad to see another talented VFX Editor coming onto the scene.
    I do have a question though: why is water in Umbral and fire in Astral?

    • @MaxValparaiso
      @MaxValparaiso  Рік тому +2

      Thank you so much! Love your work as well. To answer your question, The fire phase spells are all aero stone & fire, and the ice phase spells are water and ice (thunder is just out there lol), so it seemed like the right fit to split the orbs that way.

    • @sortofarbitrary6688
      @sortofarbitrary6688 Рік тому

      @@MaxValparaiso I mostly meant that isn't Aero, Stone, and Water normally associated with astral while fire, thunder, and ice umbral? Or am I screwing up my lore?

    • @MaxValparaiso
      @MaxValparaiso  Рік тому +2

      @@sortofarbitrary6688 Ahh, the way I understand it each can go either way? I'm not 100% on that but I don't think it's that as strictly defined as all that. The original buffs are Astral Fire III & Umbral Ice III, at any rate.

    • @sortofarbitrary6688
      @sortofarbitrary6688 Рік тому +2

      @@MaxValparaiso oh I think you're right. I guess it's just we usually associate them with astral and umbral since they are split between white and black mage that way. It works really well no matter how you decide to split them.

    • @jayd_ed
      @jayd_ed Рік тому +2

      Fire, lightning, and wind are commonly astrally polarized since astral is about activity and destruction, whereas ice, water, and earth are commonly umbral, associated with stasis
      Personally would've preferred the animations to match their polarities but either way it's purely aesthetics 😅

  • @junospite
    @junospite Рік тому

    this mod is so awesome. i hope this is what blm looks like next expansion

  • @MrGreyfox75
    @MrGreyfox75 Рік тому

    That was so perfect

  • @killmaidie6469
    @killmaidie6469 Рік тому

    This idea rocks

  • @TheImaggine
    @TheImaggine Рік тому

    i'm a bit unsure about removing Flare, i love that spell.
    Maybe putting Tornado over High fire ?

    • @qtscorpkid
      @qtscorpkid Рік тому

      Flood, Freeze, Burst, Tornado, Quake, Flare II, (animation of dispair)

  • @Amaru5485
    @Amaru5485 Рік тому

    Heya, having the problem that the UI doesnt change.
    Got any idea why ?

    • @MaxValparaiso
      @MaxValparaiso  Рік тому

      Hey! Is the ability icon mod activated in penumbra's default collection? If so, logging out and logging back in should make them show up properly.

  • @moominkid
    @moominkid Рік тому

    This is delicious!❤

  • @MitzukiKabayashi
    @MitzukiKabayashi Рік тому

    hey i got a little question, i've installed the mod but somehow my icons aren't changing? do you have a clue why that is?

    • @MrMaverickSmith
      @MrMaverickSmith Рік тому

      Hey there! I was just digging through this mod myself, turns out the pathway in the mod is maybe wrong! I had to go into my mods folder and drag everything out of the Gray Mage Ability Icon mod folder out into the Mods folder. It's either that or I had my groups configured incorrectly. I changed both at the same time so I'm not sure!

  • @yanastase
    @yanastase Рік тому

    Mod like that who are just cosmetic is in my opunion the only mod that can be allowed

  • @Cervarius_K
    @Cervarius_K Рік тому

    Oh, Aero 3... how I miss thee

  • @potatoKnight32
    @potatoKnight32 Рік тому

    that was great

  • @jaypro6269
    @jaypro6269 Рік тому +3

    This is a very cool and beautiful mod. The only issue I have with it is the orbs. It looks like you reversed Lightning and Earth. Earth is Umbral and Lightning is Astral, in the video it's reversed. Still its beautiful. I want these spells now.

    • @spoinkable2217
      @spoinkable2217 Рік тому

      I imagine they had to take some liberties due to Thunder spells already falling kinda anywhere, as opposed to only during Astral Fire phase. I personally might have replaced Despair with High Holy, and Xeno with Stone IV, just to not disrupt the theming. I still think this is cool AF tho.😊

    • @jaypro6269
      @jaypro6269 Рік тому

      @@spoinkable2217 not sure any liberties were needed/used. It's just the Umbral elements and the Astral elements. The elements would still follow the same pattern.

    • @Red-Tape-Rending
      @Red-Tape-Rending Рік тому

      Thank you for pointing it out. That was bugging me too.

    • @donkiwi4888
      @donkiwi4888 Рік тому

      in the actual lore Fire, Wind and Ice are Astral, while Water, Lighting and Earth are Umbral. As such lighting is in the correct phase, but ice and earth are swapped. The class symbol used in the video only represents the in game assignment of elements to White and Black Mages, not Astral and Umbral alignment.

    • @jaypro6269
      @jaypro6269 Рік тому +1

      @@donkiwi4888 The chart we see in Shadowbringers literally depicts which elements are Astral and which are Umbral. What you are thinking of is known as the Three Conquests (Earth, Lightning, Water) and Three Submissions (Fire, Ice, Wind) which are the triangles you see in the depictions of the Elements. It should be noted that each element does have both aspects, it's just where their natural alignments are. Like Astral aligned Fire would be actual flames, but Umbral aligned would be the desert heat. The First lore book gives these examples and explanations.

  • @Raymoo618
    @Raymoo618 Рік тому

    10/10

  • @CYBERNKK
    @CYBERNKK Рік тому

    What's the song for this? :o

  • @ChescaRaiola
    @ChescaRaiola 6 місяців тому

    u can have this one .

  • @TheFrantic5
    @TheFrantic5 Рік тому

    I won't run mods because I feel like I skate the line enough by running the game on linux, but the gfx's are absolutely beautiful and I would install it otherwise.

  • @luiz8755
    @luiz8755 Рік тому

    I feel like i would need to relearn my rotation..

  • @bigmike5549
    @bigmike5549 Рік тому +1

    Oh you made an OG Sage, word.

    • @Red-Tape-Rending
      @Red-Tape-Rending Рік тому

      Always happy to see people remembering Sage for what it was.

  • @Drea_The_Noodle
    @Drea_The_Noodle Рік тому

    I am obsessed with this mod OMG. It fits perfectly for my WoL whom I wrote as WHM/BLM switch ❤❤❤ Thank you for this awesome work

  • @qtscorpkid
    @qtscorpkid Рік тому

    Have black mages in any ff title had access to holy?

    • @shard4155
      @shard4155 Рік тому

      Yes and no
      It is possible in FF2 and FF5, but it because of how those two games works
      FF2 let anyone use anything without a real restriction aside from not having more than 16 spells learned at once on a singular character so you could slap holy on your dedicated black magic user, it probably won't hit as hard as your other spells, but it is possible
      And FF5 have the job system that allow you to use skills from other jobs if leveled enough, so if your white mage is high enough, you could switch them to black mage and give them the white magic skill

  • @dioxideuniversal
    @dioxideuniversal Рік тому +2

    replacing flare???????? crime

  • @Nimoot
    @Nimoot Рік тому

    Where's Ley Lines? o_O

  • @neotailz
    @neotailz Рік тому +2

    "What if it was grey?"
    🖤 > 🩶
    "YEAAAAAAAH!!!!!"

  • @Second_UNIT
    @Second_UNIT Рік тому

    .... fuck this might actually make me play BLM

  • @uptowndoof3993
    @uptowndoof3993 Рік тому

    One thing kinda kills the deal… there is not near enough differentiation between umbral and astral stages by the coloring of their respective orbs… remember, battles can get heated with all sorts of crap filling the screen… so such subtle differences would have me wondering what state I was in when I need to be concentrating on the battle.

  • @Greener01
    @Greener01 Рік тому +1

    Oh look, a BLM from FFXI

  • @BeauxPhades
    @BeauxPhades Рік тому +5

    This is what sage could have been if they didn't turn it into a technodoctor.