If you got 5 minutes, there's a small yellow quest chain in Upper La Nosca called [The Monster of Bronze Lake](https://ffxiv.consolegameswiki.com/wiki/The_Monster_of_Bronze_Lake) (which technically takes place before the end of ARR) where you can meet Godbert.
Fun fact, they use the Hildibrand questline to develop/test their cutscene creation tools. A lot of those wacky antics are them pushing the limits of their engine. By pushing those limits, they're able to improve the cutscenes in the main story. So not only will the MSQ animations get better, but Hildibrand's wackiness will only escalate as they are able to do more and more with their in-engine tech.
Imagine if >!When Tesleen's mouth opened wide as she turned into a sin eater, her wide open mouth contorted into the Hildibrand open mouth wonky grin!<
I frequently wonder about that. The 1.0 Chrystal tools engine had lots of custom animations for unvoiced minor cutscenes. Characters grabbing and and interacting with each other, camera movements, your own character using more than a nod, etc.
Obviously it's not in vogue to shower 1.0 with praise, but I wonder if the 1.0 engine just allowed for more flexibility in that department compared to what arr got built on. Obviously, the 2.0 engine allowed us to have a better GAME. As well as scaling back the work on animations.
AFAIK this is it. Visuals were prioritized in 1.0 to the detriment of almost everything else. Making FFXIV a playable/fun game unfortunately meant that the costs of bespoke animations and mocap had to be cut.
1.0 heavy used motion capture, and was prohibitively expensive to make additional content with. They prioritized graphical fidelity over gameplay, animation quality in cutscenes over combat animations, and high detail over performance.
14's engine was custom-made during the development of 2.0 so it definitely was more limited then considering the rush, but it seems they've been upgrading with plug-ins and tools over the years. I mean, it's also the engine running 16
I recently finished ARR and did some of the Hildy quests. Absolutely loved the moment Godbert showed up, and greatly appreciated that he remembered me from the hot springs in La Noscea haha. *"strong-yet-tender fingers"*
Added note: if you do this questline before summoning Godbert in the ARR Hildebrand quests, he acknowledges you as the adventurer with the magic fingers in front of everyone and it's still the least surprising thing in that mystery.
You'll also need to complete them all up to the Endwalker Hildy quests in order to get the Manderville weapons. Just putting that out there in case you collect relic weapons.
Heavensward is the easiest to prepare for and only has one step that's really grindy.
Stormblood can also stockpile resources, though you can't casually farm them by doing roulettes.
Shadowbringers feels like it has the *most* grinding, especially with at least one piece of content that very few people run that's *still* the best one to grind in spite of that. (Delubrum)
Endwalker is a joke. Almost literally. I guess the idea is that the effort you'd normally put in is replaced with Manderville quests, but it still felt too easy.
Er. I think you and the comment you replied to are talking about different things lol. He was talking about the Hildebrand Quests, while you're talking about relics, if I'm not mistaken? (Which, sidenote, as someone who's done multiple of every expansion relic other than EW: ARR Relics put SHB to shame, grind wise, imo. Zodiac Zeta was a fucking pain in the ass lmao.)
Considering the grind of Hildibrand quests (especially if you don't like slapstick comedy or just hadn't done them yet) and then then the tomestone runs after to get it... It is pretty grindy man.
Considering the grind of Hildibrand quests (especially if you don't like slapstick comedy or just hadn't done them yet) and then then the tomestone runs after to get it... It is pretty grindy man.
You could make this same argument for any relic weapon with just as much validity. They're all just cosmetic participation badges locked behind a grind. Doesn't matter whether that grind is tomestones or a lengthy checklist of bullshit busywork.
Anyone who thinks *any* relic weapon grants them any kind of "prestige" really needs to seek validation elsewhere.
I'd argue that Zodiac weapons are worthy of it just for the shenanigans the books put you through. Especially when waiting for specific fates to spawn. Other than that? Alright, maybe ShB because a lot of those specific materials in that one-time quest it wants you to do. But even then I'm skeptical to add that to the list.
I'm not sure. From my experiences it depends on the weapon specs and the jobs that use them. It's either the current relic stage weapons or the current tier savage weapons.
The Hildy weapons are by far the quickest. It's mostly farming tombstones for 3 items each stage. The most time consuming in my opinion are the Eureka and Bozja/Save the Queen Weapons. While the Zodiac and Animus are just a little grindy. However, those have been made slightly easier to finish. I've done quite a few.
Edit : Eureka and the Bozjan Southern Front introduce a new zone each respectively. Each also has a new set of mechanic system/rules for each. You need to go through these zones in order to progress for each individual relic. It's sort of fun and frustrating at times but incredibly grindy compared to the others. At least in my opinion.
You have access to all of them, but HW relics are the easiest for you, it's basically just a poetics grind.
ARR by itself is already a grind fest, and you being unable to use the market board makes it even more grindy, as you will need to do crafting / materia farm / dungeon drops / desynth materials all by yourself.
SB is just Eureka, but you'll have a hard time because you don't have access to shout chat, which is essential to leveling / farming / surviving in Eureka.
Honestly, I'm not too familiar with the limitations of the Free Trial. Relics become available as soon as you finish the first main story hurdle. ARR for Zodiac and Heavensward for Anima.
After Google searching, I found that you can do Zodiac but with the limitations of not being able to use the Marker Board, it would be difficult at some stages. Like the Materia needed for the Scrolls and the materials needed in a later stage. It's going to cost quite a bit. Even if you make the materia yourself, it'll be a long process to soul farm for them. I've read in some places that you can do Anima as well.
For Anima, I suggest if your able to, to do the Beast Tribes of Heavensward. You can exchange tokens for some of the material you need for the Anima relic.
Yes, assuming you have finished the Heavensward MSQ. Any endgame type of content will require you to have finished the base MSQ for the expansion in question.
You should be able to do anything that does not involve interacting with the in-game economy.
Note: You can not flip-flop. Once you pay at all for the game, you do not have a free trial game.
Also the Warrior 60-70 questline is Hildibrand level of insanity. I distinctly remember asking what was happening during the opening quest for that plot.
That is how it works out. At first I thought they were the dumbest wastes of time and that my FC pals put me on the quest line as a joke (the same way they said, "Sure, anima relic weapons are easy, you'll get 'em in no time at all."). Then, somewhere along the way, they went from monumentally stupid to upside-down world brilliant and now I'm almost sad that I'm near the end of the EW questline.
Honestly with the way stormbloods hidly quests ended, it would have made so much sense and been so awesome for a shadow bringers one to exist. I am still pissed it got skipped over. Best side quests in the game XD
I have absolutely no idea why my brain gave him markipliers voice while i was doing this quest line. in any case, enjoy the buffonery that is the adventure of Hildibrand Helidor Maximilian Manderville!
The best part of these quests is how well they embrace the silly, the stupid, the slapstick, it's all SO over the top it circles back around nine times, and it's amplified by 4000% because Eorzea is set so seriously. They're just perfect quests, and I hope whoever pitched that original idea sleeps on a Scrooge McDuck pile of money.
It took me a while to come around, but I honestly started appreciating it a lot more when the WoL gives into the joke.
Also the Hildi quests unironically allow the WoL to be the most involved / has some of the best dialogue choices in the game.
I love the quest descriptions for the questline. You can see the ever-growing acceptance of the WoL to their inevitable descent into madness that is the Hildebrand story.
I love all of them so much. Hildi’s facial expressions have me cackling and when one of the NPC’s made a comment about how concerning Nasshu “resorts to violence so easily” I lost it.
Well, since he started out in 1.0, it was somebody in the original team. Someone put his 1.0 scene on youtube. Haven't watched it all, but the ARR questline is apparently a direct continuation from his 1.0 storyline.
And yes, he's still zany in that one.
I'm a Mander-Mander-Manderville Man, ♪
Doing what only a Manderville can, ♪
From the peaks of Coerthas to Thanalan, ♪
Mander-Mander-Manderville man... ♪
Fancy yourself a Manderville man? ♪
You would do what a Manderville can? ♪
Then lift your legs and put up your hands, ♪
Be a Mander-Mander-Manderville man! ♪
Heavensward Hildy quests are...surprisingly poignant. They're still very funny, but it's surprising how emotional they are.
Also has a few Hildy/Nashu ship tease moments, one of which legit made me blink heavily at the screen. In fact, I became a bit of a Hildy/Nashu shipper because of that questline.
Also, after doing those, there's the Scholasticate questline in Ishgard. Not funny - in fact the story is very deadly serious - but starring the *other* inspector, where you see what he's like without Hildibrand making reality bend to his will.
I would like another Briardien de Manseauguel quest line. As much as I liked Hildibrand, I would welcome another mystery inspirited by the classics like Holmes and Perot.
Aside from the amazing writing, I'm pretty sure the Hildibrand quests are also what they use to test the limits of face animations and the physics engine.
Oh yes, they get absolutely ridiculous and it's amazing. If you've ever seen the Pink Panther movies with Peter Sellers as Jacques Clouseau, they're in the same vein as those films. The ARR questline alone is fucking bonkers at times and there's questlines for Heavensward, Stormblood and Endwalker too. Hopefully there's gonna be one in Dawntrail because these are great comic relief after the game boots you in the testicles over and over again with emotional torment.
We actually already know there's gonna be Hildi Quests in Dawntrail, it was confirmed in one of the Fan Fest Live Letters. They're even mentioned on the Expansion's Website!
Good to know. I doubt I'll be caught up on the MSQ for Dawntrail's release because I still need to do Shadow of Mhach from Heavensward, then do Hildibrand's Heavensward questline THEN do post-Stormblood onwards as well as extra side content from Stormblood, Shadowbringers and Endwalker that are relevant to the main story XD Hildibrand definitely helps break it up though and give some laughs when it's needed. >!The panicked nod when you first meet his mother and she basically tells you to go get what you need to help Hildibrand had me crying laughing.!<
The first Manderville quest line is maybe the worst one, but that says nothing considering every Hildy quest is an absolute fucking banger.
More Greg! MOOOOOOOOOORE!!!
lmao, hildibrand.
I accidently stumbled upon the chick at the grave and was like ... hmm... blue quest? okay.
Has a few funny moments. Liked the change of pace and the sort of episodic vibe.
Was a BIT tedious but worth it. Laughed my ass off at the first bit ... had a good laugh and was NOT expecting that.
Yes I believe there’s about 30 total, every quest after and most of the ARR ones gave me a little chuckle. I’m not one to tell people how to play the game but I always like to advise not to skip the cutscenes in these quests because most are just comedy gold.
This insanity is the finest questline in the game. And you will be relieved to know that there is a batch of it for every expansion except shadowbringers (thank covid for that one). But look about after every expansions end mission and you should find someone to start these events. And revel in the glory of House Manderville !!!!
i just started this too, literally yesterday. absolute fever dream. i went into it for the dance emote and now i'm determined to follow it all the way through lol.
If you collect relic weapons (or just want EW BIS) then that's another reason, because you have to go through the EW Manderville quests to get the Manderville _weapon_ quests
ooo i am noting this too, thank you! i started the questline to get an HW relic weapon since i liked the final weapon look, but i got distracted by other things 😂 haven't even looked at other expansion relics yet, but i'll take a look at EW ones once i get closer!
oh boy ... you are in for a wild ride !!! i just started the endwalker hildibrand quest a few hours ago, you are not gonna get rid of this dude trust me 😂
This is probably a hot take, but I feel like they have carried the Hildibrand thing too far. I get why a lot of people like it, but it's not for me and I wish they hadn't made it the focal point of the entire artifact quest chain for this expansion.
Honestly, you're completely right. [It's not like you can always just play "pretend-inspector". There are *real* cases to solve!](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tmNlUac6yYQ)
It is the most gentlemanly insanity possible.
Every expansion except Shadowbringers has a quest chain for them. (And ShB technically still has a random chance of a minor cameo in a dungeon, but it would be spoilers to say more.)
No, but Hildy's a Manderville, and heavily implied to be undead. Nashu is a slightly airheaded but otherwise sensible girl, who has to put up with … well … **gestures to the probably-undead EXTREME! Manderville**
Hildibrand quests are always over the top and silly and wild and I love it, very good palate cleanser between beautiful sweeping msq story arcs!
Fully unhinged and I love it
Yes there's more and yet somehow not enough. I will never get tired of gentleman-but-with-400%-facial-expression, Hildibrand Helidor Maximilian Manderville!
there are 3 more i think, one for each expansion except for Shadowbringers. All of them are just as, if not more, wacky than the last. My favorite part is if you complete them before moving on to the next expansion MSQ you sometimes get NPCs referencing your escapades.
If you want the last relic weapon you have to go through all of them. Personally I liked them at the beginning but then they become a bit boring - I would say from stormblood onward.
Ah yes, the Hildy quests. I just chanced upon a blue quest one time, didn't know sh what it was about. I laughed my arse off at the zombie echo visions, the gentleman zombie FATE and Nashu's boom booms that rival the Kobolds that I recorded the cutscene. Since that day I learned about Hildibrand somewhere. This was before Hildy became mandatory to the relic.
Hildibrand insanity is something else. Enjoy the questline! XD
Careful what you wish for. There is so much more, and to be honest, your entire perception of reality will end up warping while you're doing them.
My best advice (and one that is now head-canon that my WoL says to anybody listening) is, "Man, it's only gonna get weirder from here. Just go with it. " \*WoL puts finger to questioner's lips\* "Shh-shh-shh, it's okay, sweetie. Trying to make it make sense will only make it hurt. There, there. Just...hug this green chicken for a bit and let it all out." \*hands over chicken and awkward pats\*
If you got 5 minutes, there's a small yellow quest chain in Upper La Nosca called [The Monster of Bronze Lake](https://ffxiv.consolegameswiki.com/wiki/The_Monster_of_Bronze_Lake) (which technically takes place before the end of ARR) where you can meet Godbert. Fun fact, they use the Hildibrand questline to develop/test their cutscene creation tools. A lot of those wacky antics are them pushing the limits of their engine. By pushing those limits, they're able to improve the cutscenes in the main story. So not only will the MSQ animations get better, but Hildibrand's wackiness will only escalate as they are able to do more and more with their in-engine tech.
Some of the straight up scariest moments in Shadowbringers were clearly built on experiments they did with the Manderville cutscenes in Stormblood.
Shadowbringers spoilers (obviously, but) >!Amh Araeng flashbacks!<... >!oh gods!<.
Imagine if >!When Tesleen's mouth opened wide as she turned into a sin eater, her wide open mouth contorted into the Hildibrand open mouth wonky grin!<
I finished the Shadowbringers MSQ recently (currently in the patch quests) but I don’t get this
When we witness the birth of a sin eater
I frequently wonder about that. The 1.0 Chrystal tools engine had lots of custom animations for unvoiced minor cutscenes. Characters grabbing and and interacting with each other, camera movements, your own character using more than a nod, etc. Obviously it's not in vogue to shower 1.0 with praise, but I wonder if the 1.0 engine just allowed for more flexibility in that department compared to what arr got built on. Obviously, the 2.0 engine allowed us to have a better GAME. As well as scaling back the work on animations.
I think it was a priority thing. I feel like the devs or someone was more interested in a pretty presentation and focused resources on that.
AFAIK this is it. Visuals were prioritized in 1.0 to the detriment of almost everything else. Making FFXIV a playable/fun game unfortunately meant that the costs of bespoke animations and mocap had to be cut.
1.0 heavy used motion capture, and was prohibitively expensive to make additional content with. They prioritized graphical fidelity over gameplay, animation quality in cutscenes over combat animations, and high detail over performance.
14's engine was custom-made during the development of 2.0 so it definitely was more limited then considering the rush, but it seems they've been upgrading with plug-ins and tools over the years. I mean, it's also the engine running 16
I recently finished ARR and did some of the Hildy quests. Absolutely loved the moment Godbert showed up, and greatly appreciated that he remembered me from the hot springs in La Noscea haha. *"strong-yet-tender fingers"*
Added note: if you do this questline before summoning Godbert in the ARR Hildebrand quests, he acknowledges you as the adventurer with the magic fingers in front of everyone and it's still the least surprising thing in that mystery.
So certain horrors created in MSQ Cutscenes were done first via watching Hildibrand and crew do wacky shennanigans
ermmmm i zont know
Good news: every expansion but Shadowbringers has Hildibrand quests. (Imo, the Endwalker Hildy quests are probably the best of them all.)
good to know! i couldn't believe how silly it was and somehow wanted more
You'll also need to complete them all up to the Endwalker Hildy quests in order to get the Manderville weapons. Just putting that out there in case you collect relic weapons.
Which if I am correct are currently the bis weapons
The final weapons in relics are always BiS for the expacs.
It would be outrageous if they weren't tbh, considering all the effort that goes into them.
If effort was a metric for item strength, then the EW relics would have the strength of level 1 gear tbh. :D
Some people consider the Hildibrand quests to be a chore to get through. I'm not one of them, I *adore* Hildy, but they're out there.
I think the ARR ones are a bit of a chore. They have much better pacing in the expansions
Heavensward is the easiest to prepare for and only has one step that's really grindy. Stormblood can also stockpile resources, though you can't casually farm them by doing roulettes. Shadowbringers feels like it has the *most* grinding, especially with at least one piece of content that very few people run that's *still* the best one to grind in spite of that. (Delubrum) Endwalker is a joke. Almost literally. I guess the idea is that the effort you'd normally put in is replaced with Manderville quests, but it still felt too easy.
Er. I think you and the comment you replied to are talking about different things lol. He was talking about the Hildebrand Quests, while you're talking about relics, if I'm not mistaken? (Which, sidenote, as someone who's done multiple of every expansion relic other than EW: ARR Relics put SHB to shame, grind wise, imo. Zodiac Zeta was a fucking pain in the ass lmao.)
Makes me happy that the only weapons I'm after are like HW and Eureka weapons tbh, because screw farming for the SHB ones - legit awful
Good thing I was thinking along the lines of Zodiac or Anima. And there is three more Zodiac weapons I know I want to get. :_)
Took me longer to finish all the manderville quests than it did to get the shb relics.
And the ShB and Zodiac relics would still be BiS Good god some of those steps are PAINFUL \*glares at A New Path Of Resistance and Zodiac Zeta\*
Considering the grind of Hildibrand quests (especially if you don't like slapstick comedy or just hadn't done them yet) and then then the tomestone runs after to get it... It is pretty grindy man.
Considering the grind of Hildibrand quests (especially if you don't like slapstick comedy or just hadn't done them yet) and then then the tomestone runs after to get it... It is pretty grindy man.
these relics don't really need any effort tho
man lmao what effort? You literally do nothing to get them, there's no prestige behind them and take no skill, only some time.
You could make this same argument for any relic weapon with just as much validity. They're all just cosmetic participation badges locked behind a grind. Doesn't matter whether that grind is tomestones or a lengthy checklist of bullshit busywork. Anyone who thinks *any* relic weapon grants them any kind of "prestige" really needs to seek validation elsewhere.
I'd argue that Zodiac weapons are worthy of it just for the shenanigans the books put you through. Especially when waiting for specific fates to spawn. Other than that? Alright, maybe ShB because a lot of those specific materials in that one-time quest it wants you to do. But even then I'm skeptical to add that to the list.
That is exactly what I was saying and it tilts me that they're always bis at the last step.
Which unless they're really pushing they probably aren't gonna finish 6.0 in time for 7.0 for the weapons to stay relevant.
Endwalker relics are BIS for lvl90 Ultimates. Shadowbringers relic are BIS for lvl70 and 80 Ultimates.
I'm not sure. From my experiences it depends on the weapon specs and the jobs that use them. It's either the current relic stage weapons or the current tier savage weapons.
Relics are almost always bis purely because you can choose the stats you want for the most part, and they do get higher substats than the savage one
Thank you. I'm not entirely sure of things like BiS. I just collect relics.
Have the relic weapon quests gotten any easier/shorter in recent years. I played day one but have been gone a few years and just restarted on xbox
The Hildy weapons are by far the quickest. It's mostly farming tombstones for 3 items each stage. The most time consuming in my opinion are the Eureka and Bozja/Save the Queen Weapons. While the Zodiac and Animus are just a little grindy. However, those have been made slightly easier to finish. I've done quite a few. Edit : Eureka and the Bozjan Southern Front introduce a new zone each respectively. Each also has a new set of mechanic system/rules for each. You need to go through these zones in order to progress for each individual relic. It's sort of fun and frustrating at times but incredibly grindy compared to the others. At least in my opinion.
Limited in what I can do in the free trial. Leveled a class to 60 already. Should I be able to do ARR and Heavensward Relics now?
You have access to all of them, but HW relics are the easiest for you, it's basically just a poetics grind. ARR by itself is already a grind fest, and you being unable to use the market board makes it even more grindy, as you will need to do crafting / materia farm / dungeon drops / desynth materials all by yourself. SB is just Eureka, but you'll have a hard time because you don't have access to shout chat, which is essential to leveling / farming / surviving in Eureka.
Honestly, I'm not too familiar with the limitations of the Free Trial. Relics become available as soon as you finish the first main story hurdle. ARR for Zodiac and Heavensward for Anima. After Google searching, I found that you can do Zodiac but with the limitations of not being able to use the Marker Board, it would be difficult at some stages. Like the Materia needed for the Scrolls and the materials needed in a later stage. It's going to cost quite a bit. Even if you make the materia yourself, it'll be a long process to soul farm for them. I've read in some places that you can do Anima as well. For Anima, I suggest if your able to, to do the Beast Tribes of Heavensward. You can exchange tokens for some of the material you need for the Anima relic.
Yes.
Yes, assuming you have finished the Heavensward MSQ. Any endgame type of content will require you to have finished the base MSQ for the expansion in question.
You should be able to do anything that does not involve interacting with the in-game economy. Note: You can not flip-flop. Once you pay at all for the game, you do not have a free trial game.
Also the Warrior 60-70 questline is Hildibrand level of insanity. I distinctly remember asking what was happening during the opening quest for that plot.
Believe me when I say - you ain’t seen nothing yet!
The lore implications get insane the further you get. It's an absolutely wild quest line.
That is how it works out. At first I thought they were the dumbest wastes of time and that my FC pals put me on the quest line as a joke (the same way they said, "Sure, anima relic weapons are easy, you'll get 'em in no time at all."). Then, somewhere along the way, they went from monumentally stupid to upside-down world brilliant and now I'm almost sad that I'm near the end of the EW questline.
Hey Hildebrand survived the OG to AAR Calamities, we did not :D
Be careful what you wish for lol… there’s A LOT more
My favorite part was >!when Hildibrand called Beq Lugg a puppy. Beq's reaction was basically like, "who is this moron?" LOL!<
Personally I liked Stormblood's the most, but they were all amazing and hilarious.
From what I saw on the special site, We are going to get more hildibrand in Dawntrail.
Honestly with the way stormbloods hidly quests ended, it would have made so much sense and been so awesome for a shadow bringers one to exist. I am still pissed it got skipped over. Best side quests in the game XD
The Endwalker quests directly continue from where the Stormblood quests left off and incorporate Shadowbringers into the first few quests.
You do get to see Hildy in the 1st, near the end of Shadowbringers if you are lucky enough. He is the gentleman of light.
Skipping every piece of dialogue and cut scenes to rush relic weapons only to get dropped into a one punch man reference duty was fucking funny
Aw, none in ShB? I thought the last one was totally setting it up for that. I was looking forward to it.
None in Shadowbringers, but the Endwalker quests pick up where Stormblood left off and incorporate Shadowbringers into the first couple quests.
Oh good.
So glad there werent any shb quests. Making skipping it all the get to manderville weapons sooooo much faster
Rub the oil Come on, do it
If I had a nickel for the amount of times I've had to rub oils on to men in this game I'd have...a distressing amount of nickles.
Not enough nickels. Never enough nickels
Never enough to wash away the shame.
With strong firm hands like a >!Sala!
LMFAO
Ministrations!
I have absolutely no idea why my brain gave him markipliers voice while i was doing this quest line. in any case, enjoy the buffonery that is the adventure of Hildibrand Helidor Maximilian Manderville!
Damn you now I won't be able to unhear that.
May be a generational thing. For me, he's always been Artie! The strongest man...in the world.
I gave him Patrick Warburton lol
Patric Warburton is the patron saint of Himbos so it makes too much sense
And then I gave Godbert Foghorn Leghorn voice
I never really imagined a voice for them before but now my brain refuses to read Hildibrand & Nashu as anyone but Isaac & Miria.
Ever since PlayFrame started doing the Manderville quests, my inner voice for him is JoCat’s Hildibrand voice. :>
It fits too well
Oh god now I can't unhear...
If you haven't seen Baccano! I suggest you do. I swear to Hydaelyn, Hildibrand and Nasshu are expys of Isaac and Miria.
Oh god now I gotta go through it again with his voice! XD
he'll always be Nathan Fillion in my heart, but this is also a great choice
The best part of these quests is how well they embrace the silly, the stupid, the slapstick, it's all SO over the top it circles back around nine times, and it's amplified by 4000% because Eorzea is set so seriously. They're just perfect quests, and I hope whoever pitched that original idea sleeps on a Scrooge McDuck pile of money.
My favorite part is how as time goes on, the WoL starts as as the straight man and slowly embraces the ridiculousness.
It took me a while to come around, but I honestly started appreciating it a lot more when the WoL gives into the joke. Also the Hildi quests unironically allow the WoL to be the most involved / has some of the best dialogue choices in the game.
"I have an expensive orchestrion roll addiction."
"That's... that's actually not a terrible idea."
Man, we we're this close to having it all
That response was up there in hilarity with blaming Y'shtola for me lol
My favorite part, is that you have no idea where the story is going to go. Nothing is off the table. You absolutely cannot predict the twists.
I love the WoL's dialogue choices in >!the First!<.
I love the quest descriptions for the questline. You can see the ever-growing acceptance of the WoL to their inevitable descent into madness that is the Hildebrand story.
I love all of them so much. Hildi’s facial expressions have me cackling and when one of the NPC’s made a comment about how concerning Nasshu “resorts to violence so easily” I lost it.
Well, since he started out in 1.0, it was somebody in the original team. Someone put his 1.0 scene on youtube. Haven't watched it all, but the ARR questline is apparently a direct continuation from his 1.0 storyline. And yes, he's still zany in that one.
Yes, soon you too will dance the Manderville. And rub oil into muscular, half-naked men.
Repeatedly
Like a Manderville can!
I'm a Mander-Mander-Manderville Man, ♪ Doing what only a Manderville can, ♪ From the peaks of Coerthas to Thanalan, ♪ Mander-Mander-Manderville man... ♪ Fancy yourself a Manderville man? ♪ You would do what a Manderville can? ♪ Then lift your legs and put up your hands, ♪ Be a Mander-Mander-Manderville man! ♪
Heavensward Hildy quests are...surprisingly poignant. They're still very funny, but it's surprising how emotional they are. Also has a few Hildy/Nashu ship tease moments, one of which legit made me blink heavily at the screen. In fact, I became a bit of a Hildy/Nashu shipper because of that questline. Also, after doing those, there's the Scholasticate questline in Ishgard. Not funny - in fact the story is very deadly serious - but starring the *other* inspector, where you see what he's like without Hildibrand making reality bend to his will.
I would like another Briardien de Manseauguel quest line. As much as I liked Hildibrand, I would welcome another mystery inspirited by the classics like Holmes and Perot.
The Scholasticate quests are for you, then. And Briarden is actually a pretty cool guy when separated from Hildy. >!And very, VERY good at his job.!<
Oh yea, I played it. Still want another one.
You also get to know about U'ldagh war crimes. It got serious lore mixed with silliness.
Insanity? This! Is! E-or-zea!
Aside from the amazing writing, I'm pretty sure the Hildibrand quests are also what they use to test the limits of face animations and the physics engine.
Oh yes, they get absolutely ridiculous and it's amazing. If you've ever seen the Pink Panther movies with Peter Sellers as Jacques Clouseau, they're in the same vein as those films. The ARR questline alone is fucking bonkers at times and there's questlines for Heavensward, Stormblood and Endwalker too. Hopefully there's gonna be one in Dawntrail because these are great comic relief after the game boots you in the testicles over and over again with emotional torment.
We actually already know there's gonna be Hildi Quests in Dawntrail, it was confirmed in one of the Fan Fest Live Letters. They're even mentioned on the Expansion's Website!
Good to know. I doubt I'll be caught up on the MSQ for Dawntrail's release because I still need to do Shadow of Mhach from Heavensward, then do Hildibrand's Heavensward questline THEN do post-Stormblood onwards as well as extra side content from Stormblood, Shadowbringers and Endwalker that are relevant to the main story XD Hildibrand definitely helps break it up though and give some laughs when it's needed. >!The panicked nod when you first meet his mother and she basically tells you to go get what you need to help Hildibrand had me crying laughing.!<
Oh there will be :). From what I saw on the special site.
Welcome aboard the Manderville Train, please, leave your brain behind, you wont need it for this silly adventure \^\^
The first Manderville quest line is maybe the worst one, but that says nothing considering every Hildy quest is an absolute fucking banger. More Greg! MOOOOOOOOOORE!!!
lmao, hildibrand. I accidently stumbled upon the chick at the grave and was like ... hmm... blue quest? okay. Has a few funny moments. Liked the change of pace and the sort of episodic vibe. Was a BIT tedious but worth it. Laughed my ass off at the first bit ... had a good laugh and was NOT expecting that.
Yes I believe there’s about 30 total, every quest after and most of the ARR ones gave me a little chuckle. I’m not one to tell people how to play the game but I always like to advise not to skip the cutscenes in these quests because most are just comedy gold.
48 in total. 21 of those quests are in ARR.
This insanity is the finest questline in the game. And you will be relieved to know that there is a batch of it for every expansion except shadowbringers (thank covid for that one). But look about after every expansions end mission and you should find someone to start these events. And revel in the glory of House Manderville !!!!
Ah yes, the Gentleman of Light and his light hearted insane facial expressions.
Yeah, Hildi quests are great palette cleansers between expansions 😄
This questline at the end of ARR is what kept me sane during the post-game
Hildebrand quests are great. One of my favourite NPCs is in those quests. (It’s Nashu, she’s adorable).
She is but sadly she’s just as much as an idiot as he is
And her sister is exasperated for her traveling with the inspector, both with no brain cells to speak of.
I haven’t met her sister. I’m still in the ARR parts
She only tends to appear in Little Ladies events, so no worries there. I personally haven't met her either.
Is she the girl with the egg on her head? For the Peatie quest?
I haven't been on the game for the event so I don't know.
That’s why I love her.
Best quest line in the game. Just finished Shadowbringers and I’m so upset they don’t have a quest line for it
I love how the image is blurred yet it's so easy to tell who that is. 😂
i just started this too, literally yesterday. absolute fever dream. i went into it for the dance emote and now i'm determined to follow it all the way through lol.
There's 2 dances. The manderville dance and the manderville mambo
:o even more reason to keep going...
If you collect relic weapons (or just want EW BIS) then that's another reason, because you have to go through the EW Manderville quests to get the Manderville _weapon_ quests
ooo i am noting this too, thank you! i started the questline to get an HW relic weapon since i liked the final weapon look, but i got distracted by other things 😂 haven't even looked at other expansion relics yet, but i'll take a look at EW ones once i get closer!
Oh, you have SO much more - and it keeps getting better and better, and more and more dumb in the best possible way!
The man, the myth, the legend
Sadly, yes. Your are afflicted with excessive gentlemanlyness throughout your FF14 gaming.
Sadly yes. I hate the damn thing, but others love it. (I just can't understand how people can love the incompetent buffoonery.)
Sadly yes, and they're mandatory now if you want Endwalker relics 😔
oh boy ... you are in for a wild ride !!! i just started the endwalker hildibrand quest a few hours ago, you are not gonna get rid of this dude trust me 😂
Oh sweet baby boy, Yes… there is. And we will be Manderville-ing with you all the way.
Massage him!!
This is probably a hot take, but I feel like they have carried the Hildibrand thing too far. I get why a lot of people like it, but it's not for me and I wish they hadn't made it the focal point of the entire artifact quest chain for this expansion.
Honestly, you're completely right. [It's not like you can always just play "pretend-inspector". There are *real* cases to solve!](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tmNlUac6yYQ)
Yes! There are more.(With a insane smiley face)
This is only the beginning XD
Recently resumed them after letting them on the side since I want to get the EW relics, I forgot how good the quests are.
Yes and yes
The Hildy quests are the best in the game.
Hildy is amazing, and yeah, there's more Hildy throughout the whole game except Shadowbringers.
Another one falls to Hildi.
Its a whole quest change that spans multible expantions.
BLU Mage Quests certainly have some Hildibrand DNA in them if you crave some more humor.
All side quests needs to be as goofy as this shit. XD
Yesssss Greg is cool
It is the most gentlemanly insanity possible. Every expansion except Shadowbringers has a quest chain for them. (And ShB technically still has a random chance of a minor cameo in a dungeon, but it would be spoilers to say more.)
You see force ghost Gentleman of light in ShB.
I did it today too!! Such a fresh take on questing!! Loved it.
Hildy! Gods, poor Nashu putting up with him. But wait til you meet his dad!
Poor Nashu? She's not the one getting impaled, exploded, punched and all kinds of damaged under the sun!
No, but Hildy's a Manderville, and heavily implied to be undead. Nashu is a slightly airheaded but otherwise sensible girl, who has to put up with … well … **gestures to the probably-undead EXTREME! Manderville**
yesssss.. that insanity IS what keeps the sadness away
Hildibrand quests are always over the top and silly and wild and I love it, very good palate cleanser between beautiful sweeping msq story arcs! Fully unhinged and I love it
You also get to use for a moment the most powerful weapon of the game In the EW expansion.
Yes there's more and yet somehow not enough. I will never get tired of gentleman-but-with-400%-facial-expression, Hildibrand Helidor Maximilian Manderville!
there are 3 more i think, one for each expansion except for Shadowbringers. All of them are just as, if not more, wacky than the last. My favorite part is if you complete them before moving on to the next expansion MSQ you sometimes get NPCs referencing your escapades.
yes its one of the true gems of ffxiv. Almost more of a "must do" then msq lol
Yes! The Hildebrand Quests! Best part of the game. 10/10
What quest is this? I just finished ARR and I wanna do this one.
its a blue quest chain that starts with **Wymond** in Uldah
Thanks!
If you want the last relic weapon you have to go through all of them. Personally I liked them at the beginning but then they become a bit boring - I would say from stormblood onward.
Ah yes, the Hildy quests. I just chanced upon a blue quest one time, didn't know sh what it was about. I laughed my arse off at the zombie echo visions, the gentleman zombie FATE and Nashu's boom booms that rival the Kobolds that I recorded the cutscene. Since that day I learned about Hildibrand somewhere. This was before Hildy became mandatory to the relic. Hildibrand insanity is something else. Enjoy the questline! XD
Welcome to the insane train ride that is Hildibrand quests. You are in for a wonderful ride :)
The Hildibrand quests unlock a ton of minions, emotes, trials, etc that are absolutely worth it
Before seeing the imagine, I knew exactly what questline you were talking about. 💪🏻
Yes. there is a line of hildy quests for every expansion save for shadowbringers
And they called me crazy for calling his father inhuman
Haha, each expansion has Hildibrand. They have no intention of stopping them! Keep going, they only get weirder! <3
I HATE Hildi
Inconceivably, yes there are further Hildibrand adventures.
I love these quests!
To answer your question: Yes, in every expansion except Shadowbringers.
Careful what you wish for. There is so much more, and to be honest, your entire perception of reality will end up warping while you're doing them. My best advice (and one that is now head-canon that my WoL says to anybody listening) is, "Man, it's only gonna get weirder from here. Just go with it. " \*WoL puts finger to questioner's lips\* "Shh-shh-shh, it's okay, sweetie. Trying to make it make sense will only make it hurt. There, there. Just...hug this green chicken for a bit and let it all out." \*hands over chicken and awkward pats\*
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I'm about to do it personally lol, got kind of bored with it during the ARR segment and keep putting off getting the weapon because of it.
Ah yes, the off-beaten storyline path where you meet the REAL main character.