redheartedmage replied to your photoset: Now thatâs just mean.
Someone explain the joke to me.
Itâs not a joke so much as a really, really sad reference! The new Falcon airship mount is adapted from one of Final Fantasy VIâs story arcs.
Setzer Gabbiani, a famous gambler and pilot (after whom XIVâs Gold Saucerâs gambler glamour set was designed) had a female partner named Darill. Darill piloted the Falcon, which was supposedly the fastest ship in the world. During a particularly risky test flight, she sped ahead of Setzerâs Blackjack in an effort to go higher and faster than anyone had ever gone before. The Falcon crashed and Darill died, sending Setzer into a downward spiral.
Setzer restores the Falcon in the latter half of VIâs plot, and it becomes the partyâs means of getting into and out of the final dungeon. The âI told you, didnât I?â thatâs referenced in XIVâs automatic letter is part of the very last line of dialogue in VI: âI told you, didn't I? She's the fastest ship in the world!â














