I use your videos all the time to further my knowledge for RP, and this vid in particularly is perfect for me, as I have a duskwight alchemist! Thank you for all that you do!
Enchanted inks, ah, I'm having flashbacks to the unbelievable number of enchanted inks I've made (and the nightmare of gathering the materials) because I'm the only alchemist in the room who could make those faded copies useful. But that effort I put into alchemy-ing is what makes me proud to have unlocked ALC and appreciate this video a lot!
I think my choice of alchemy as my first crafting school was an echo of my own interest in science back in school as a teenager though I think my choice was also related to how I chose to be a Summoner and Scholar. Perhaps even related to my choice of White Mage as I have a natural inclination towards healing. I do wish I hadn’t spent much time on culinary as I hated it. But I’m taking up blacksmith partially because our Scribe reminded me of it and of course my enjoyment of watching Forged in Fire as that features blade and weapon smithing competitions. I’ve picked up a surprising amount of knowledge from it.
I have to agree about gathering the materials for Alchemist. With what materials we need to get for the Alchemist’s recipes, it can be a pain to remember what enemies drop the monster drops you need. Like blood, horns, tears, or scale.
I have been playing this game for almost 9 years, and I have learned so much through these videos that I realized I knew only the tip of the iceberg... Thank you!
Just finished levelling alc the other week so this is perfect! These job videos really inspire me to sink my teeth into a class or job and ty for continuing them
"Dubbed a "god in the machina" by those who first discovered it, modern scholars have yet to discover not only what the catalytic agent contains, but exactly how it functions, understanding only that the substance is required to strengthen the properties of certain materials." So uh... any chance these catalysts are, if not philosopher stones themselves, prototypes of a true philosopher stone?? Edit: Meant to say that the catalysts in question are the in-game item called "Allagan Catalyst"
As an alchemist myself, I find your lesson sufficient for the small period of time you gave yourself. Of course, as you said, it's difficult to properly convey what an alchemist does and can do in the span of a single lesson, but I believe you did the best one could do. If you're curious, I personally see the Stone as an ideal to aim for, even knowing the impossibility of it.
Makes you wonder if (and if so, how much) Radz-at-Han's discoveries were influenced by the research of the Allagan Empire. I mean, logically there is barely any (or straight-up no) connection, buuuuut... Vritra *was* around during the Empire's time. Sure, he had (and has) lots of reason to hate the Empire's guts, but who know what he took from them. Maybe even as some small revenge...
A lesson without pain is meaningless. That’s because no one can gain without sacrificing something. But by enduring that pain and overcoming it, they shall obtain a powerful, unmatched heart… A fullmetal heart.
I love the lore of ffxiv and all the little details it has! anytime I get a notification from your vids it makes me happy to know I'll get to learn something new ^w^ and even if I know the lore of the video, it's so nice to hear it in these lessons! love your videos! :D
Wake up babe, new Synodic Scribe DoH Lore video Jokes aside, fantastic work! Can't wait to hear about CRP and LTW, they have a lot of interesting ties into Gridanian lore
I love these videos a lot for my RPing and always inspire me to dive deeper into FFXIV. My only gripe was the part around 5:09 where you framed earlier alchemical practices as "crude or barbaric." Just because they were "ancient" in the 1st or 2nd Astral Era doesn't mean they weren't scientific breakthroughs in and of themselves! A real world example being pyramids in Egypt or Mexico standing tall, weathering the elements after thousands of years. This was engineering before engineering became "Engineering". Just cause the Allagans went a step further shouldn't categorize their feats as 'technology' and earlier creations as 'not technology'. Regardless, love the videos! Always a joy to watch😊
@@SynodicScribe I read deeply into language because it's a powerful tool and it's something I enjoy doing. It was just a general note on the language used in a very small portion of the video. For this specific thing, I just think it's useful for us as storytellers to not fall into the trope of reducing ancient feats to "crude" or "barbaric", that's all. Obvious effort and intention was put into your video and it took nothing away from that.
Please tell me we don't have to go to Thavnaria for the test, I don't have time or the gil for the ship and that researcher at The Confluence scares me...
It's a shame people dont use curative debuff potions, like antidote spine drops echo drops. I personally have spine drops in my invo at all times especially if I'm in a caster role. Aside from that I can only think of raiders who use the buff potions. I hope Alchemist gets a revival of some kind because I dont see it as prominent as say the Carpenter Armour Blacksmith Goldsmith Weaver and Leatherworker
@@SynodicScribe for fun lol but real talk they are useful in a pinch during low level content when synced. The potions dont sync down becoming unusable so anything high end is fair game. I like to restock them with HoH hahha
If we don't get a Fullmetal Alchemist job class eventually, then that'll be a shame since Ninja has been basically turned into a Naruto themed job at this point. xD
I use your videos all the time to further my knowledge for RP, and this vid in particularly is perfect for me, as I have a duskwight alchemist! Thank you for all that you do!
That opening tale almost made me cry.
Almost eh? I need to work on my delivery then.
Enchanted inks, ah, I'm having flashbacks to the unbelievable number of enchanted inks I've made (and the nightmare of gathering the materials) because I'm the only alchemist in the room who could make those faded copies useful. But that effort I put into alchemy-ing is what makes me proud to have unlocked ALC and appreciate this video a lot!
I think my choice of alchemy as my first crafting school was an echo of my own interest in science back in school as a teenager though I think my choice was also related to how I chose to be a Summoner and Scholar. Perhaps even related to my choice of White Mage as I have a natural inclination towards healing. I do wish I hadn’t spent much time on culinary as I hated it.
But I’m taking up blacksmith partially because our Scribe reminded me of it and of course my enjoyment of watching Forged in Fire as that features blade and weapon smithing competitions. I’ve picked up a surprising amount of knowledge from it.
I have to agree about gathering the materials for Alchemist. With what materials we need to get for the Alchemist’s recipes, it can be a pain to remember what enemies drop the monster drops you need. Like blood, horns, tears, or scale.
I have been playing this game for almost 9 years, and I have learned so much through these videos that I realized I knew only the tip of the iceberg... Thank you!
I love that thumbnail art
Just finished levelling alc the other week so this is perfect! These job videos really inspire me to sink my teeth into a class or job and ty for continuing them
"Dubbed a "god in the machina" by those who first discovered it, modern scholars have yet to discover not only what the catalytic agent contains, but exactly how it functions, understanding only that the substance is required to strengthen the properties of certain materials."
So uh... any chance these catalysts are, if not philosopher stones themselves, prototypes of a true philosopher stone??
Edit: Meant to say that the catalysts in question are the in-game item called "Allagan Catalyst"
If any civilization got the closest to making the Philosopher's Stone it was definitely the Allagans.
As an alchemist myself, I find your lesson sufficient for the small period of time you gave yourself. Of course, as you said, it's difficult to properly convey what an alchemist does and can do in the span of a single lesson, but I believe you did the best one could do. If you're curious, I personally see the Stone as an ideal to aim for, even knowing the impossibility of it.
These lessons are always so wonderful. I always look forward to them!
Getting support from familiar faces like yours certainly makes it all worth while.
Makes you wonder if (and if so, how much) Radz-at-Han's discoveries were influenced by the research of the Allagan Empire.
I mean, logically there is barely any (or straight-up no) connection, buuuuut...
Vritra *was* around during the Empire's time. Sure, he had (and has) lots of reason to hate the Empire's guts, but who know what he took from them. Maybe even as some small revenge...
Something, something, equivalent exchange, something, something, philosopher's stone...
Thanks to this video, I have an all new respect to being a Specialist Alchemist! :)
A lesson without pain is meaningless. That’s because no one can gain without sacrificing something. But by enduring that pain and overcoming it, they shall obtain a powerful, unmatched heart… A fullmetal heart.
I love the lore of ffxiv and all the little details it has! anytime I get a notification from your vids it makes me happy to know I'll get to learn something new ^w^ and even if I know the lore of the video, it's so nice to hear it in these lessons! love your videos! :D
Glad you like them! Always something new to cover!
I just love your style of writing.
Ahhh. Your xaela alchemist drawing is so adorable 😍
Catti certain does great work, best I could ever draw were stick figures. Yet my flip books were FIRE!
Wake up babe, new Synodic Scribe DoH Lore video
Jokes aside, fantastic work! Can't wait to hear about CRP and LTW, they have a lot of interesting ties into Gridanian lore
I love these videos a lot for my RPing and always inspire me to dive deeper into FFXIV. My only gripe was the part around 5:09 where you framed earlier alchemical practices as "crude or barbaric." Just because they were "ancient" in the 1st or 2nd Astral Era doesn't mean they weren't scientific breakthroughs in and of themselves! A real world example being pyramids in Egypt or Mexico standing tall, weathering the elements after thousands of years. This was engineering before engineering became "Engineering". Just cause the Allagans went a step further shouldn't categorize their feats as 'technology' and earlier creations as 'not technology'. Regardless, love the videos! Always a joy to watch😊
We've literally no data of alchemy from the 1st or 2nd Era. I just said that to fill space man. Don't read to hard into it. lol
@@SynodicScribe I read deeply into language because it's a powerful tool and it's something I enjoy doing. It was just a general note on the language used in a very small portion of the video. For this specific thing, I just think it's useful for us as storytellers to not fall into the trope of reducing ancient feats to "crude" or "barbaric", that's all. Obvious effort and intention was put into your video and it took nothing away from that.
Please tell me we don't have to go to Thavnaria for the test, I don't have time or the gil for the ship and that researcher at The Confluence scares me...
It's a shame people dont use curative debuff potions, like antidote spine drops echo drops. I personally have spine drops in my invo at all times especially if I'm in a caster role. Aside from that I can only think of raiders who use the buff potions. I hope Alchemist gets a revival of some kind because I dont see it as prominent as say the Carpenter Armour Blacksmith Goldsmith Weaver and Leatherworker
Real talk? I keep Healing potions on myself all the time for fun!
@@SynodicScribe for fun lol but real talk they are useful in a pinch during low level content when synced. The potions dont sync down becoming unusable so anything high end is fair game. I like to restock them with HoH hahha
Cannot wait for the reasons behind the weavers crystals.
Ancient Alchemy Truly is fascinating!
are you just doing the crafters or will the gatherers get videos?
Gatherers are also going to be covered!
Does anyone know where in the game the background music is from? I only know it from the male Viera reveal video.
What's the story behind the Alchemist guild in Ul'dah tho? when was it founded and why in Ul'dah?
If I were to take a guess I would say the three most influential nation in the modern era are the Garlean Empire, Old Sharlayan and Radz-at-Han.
Pls note attempts to obtain a philosopher stone may cost an arm and a leg.....and a brother.
If we don't get a Fullmetal Alchemist job class eventually, then that'll be a shame since Ninja has been basically turned into a Naruto themed job at this point. xD
MORTAR COMBAT!!! -fatality by toxic fumes-
come ehre cuz the video cover pic is amazing!
I've been waiting for this once since EW for obv reasons lol
ah, took out the 420th like, sorry to make it 421