Thanks to Adan for pushing me to make this video.
I’ve wanted to talk about how Final Fantasy XIV changed my life for a really long time and I finally took the time to make the video. As a quick introduction, I am Moemi aka MoemiRat, I’ve been playing Final Fantasy 14 for about 2 and a half years now and wanted to give you my thoughts and experiences on the game. I used to play World of Warcraft for over a decade and made the swap to XIV ever since.
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Another YouTuber milking FF14 for subs using the WoW argument. You want to know how I know you lie about WoW? Because in the last year, it has changed so much for the better; it's crazy, it must be in one of the best forms. So many YouTubers take advantage of the FF14 community using the WoW argument, and it's even crazier that people don't understand or maybe they don't want to understand.
5:10 this has happened to me so much. I am very antisocial irl, but I love when I get to talk to people in 14. Every single encounter has been a good one.
I will always remember bumping into my yet to be FC leader randomly, and striking up a conversation with her simply because our characters had the same last name. That turned into eventually being asked if I wanted to join their small FC, and that was the best decision I've made in this game. It's not a super active one, and only has 20 members, but the same people have been on every day and I've been able to become close with everyone that I met there. I'd consider them all real friends, people I can talk to, be comfortable with, even in some case, talk about personal things with.
14 would be so much worse without them. Even though I love all the content in 14, without my FC and the friends I met there, the game could never be the same without them. And remember, this all happened just because I traveled to Mor Dhona one time for something stupid and found the FC leader and talked about our names being the same because it was funny.
My favorite memories as an FC was running the stormblood alliance raids because a few of them were just unlocking it. It was chaotic but so much fun. Then we did Omega normal, for the same reason- a few were just then unlocking it. That was the real "these people are my family" moment. We were in voice and since I've done those raids so much, I was often able to help explain things as well as another in our FC. It felt really really good to be helpful, have fun raiding, watching half my FC die to really avoidable attacks. What I would do to do that again.
My friend. You describe so well how I felt, and now feel about FF XIV.
I was once a sprout back in Heavensward. I met friends, joined a free company, and since then have had nothing but love for the game and community.
Sure there's things that aren't perfect, but as a veteran now, it's so wonderful to hear the story of someone being touched by the kindness and joy many of us have for the game and those who come to it.
I pray your story will inspire many others to share that same kindness.
This game has forever changed me to love catgirls and see devious little guys to be adorable.
awesome video i feel like you articulated yourself in a way alot of people wish they could word their experiences. as a person who wailed from toxic fps games and gta i def relate to your experience aswell . thanks for the vid
Seeing all the content creators jump ship and say this game is shit, this is a refreshing video.
BLM is one of thee hardest Jobs for me to play in the game. Just recently leveled it to max LV 90 oof. Triple cast Enhanced Flare is very satisfying tho 👌c
Hi, yes, another Algorithm commenter here and i've watched the video in it's entirety. I feel like like we walked a similar path but i embarked on said journey earlier, around half-way through 7.1 in Legion, so late HW and have come to a different, more negative conclusion.
i'm not here to say 14 changed my life, 3 years ago i would have said so, but looking back i feel like 14 indoctrinated me into a gaming cult and after the way Endwalker turned out, with it leading myself to actually being bored with the game and stepping back, looking into the 14 community now I cant with confidence say that i want to be apart of it.
I'm an MMO player, the original purpose for me playing 14 was that it was one of the better alternatives to WoW, and coming as a mostly PvP'er in WoW i've seen my fair share of toxic idiots and ego-maxxers so it was a nice change of pace. But when i entered the game this notorious idea of 14 being super friendly to new players wasn't fully set in stone, actually my first interaction from the 'friendly community' was a guy literally stalking me (and i ain't even a girl) constantly asking how i liked the story and that HW was so much better (remember, HW was the current expansion). I took a break over the course of a weekend and thankfully i didn't hear from him again so i mostly just sped-read the ARR story and the got to HW, it was aight and as an MMO story it's pretty good. People are more interested to talk to people when doing content, but coming from afk'ing in front of Stormwind and Orgrimmar this wasn't necessarily a new concept for me but i can see it if you were just a casual pvper or raider in WoW. I would be interested to see if this opinion changed from WoW players coming to 14 if they say were playing on an RP server like Moonguard or Emerald Dream as i feel like the general feel of 14 and the RP servers is pretty similar.
Now as to why i said cult, because it really feels like it. It's a self fulfilling prophecy of 14 players being overly nice to new players = you are overly nice to new players = they are overly nice to new players when they become veterans and the cycle repeats. I've also been in this community long enough to see the general rhetoric being from Zurvan's 'skip soar or disband' to this super soft sugary niceness that once you peel back the layers is almost artificial as how i described above. You can't critique the game because the casual audience has the loudest voice so they come at you with the typical 'go play something else' or '14 was never meant to be hardcore' which is funny because 14 USED to be hardcore, but now it's almost intended for players who aren't MMO players, but more for the gamers that like casual life-sim games or second life/IMVU. Nothing screams this more to me as the sudden increase of people being overly open about mods but that's a bit off topic. The reason why veterans are overly approachable to sprouts is because their bored, and want to live vicariously through you, the sprout, in order to feel like how they did again when they started because 14 is an amazing game for new players, that fact isn't arguable.
When it comes to end tier content i'm not a PvE enjoyer by trade, but i have cleared this current savage and UWU because we wanted something to do in wait for the current tier. It was fun, sure, but i'm not the target audience. The PVP changes in 6.1 were fantastic but being from such a small DC (Materia, send help) it's pretty hard to actually queue for it. So it's cool to see someone like yourself get so engaged into the what i would consider 14's best content. I'm in a great FC with a lot of cool people i've known for the last 6 years but thankfully i met them before the great migration of WoW players in mid 2021 so they weren't indoctrinated into that cult mindset, they were just MMO hoppers like myself.
IDK, i guess to sum whatever the fuck im typing is that 14 is amazing for the first few years, but it is incredibly easily to fall prey into that cult-like mindset, and i fear that your change in character may be because of it, it also may not be, IDFK im not a mind reader. I say this because as i stated earlier, I WAS the person you are describing yourself as just before covid dropped, I WAS the person gushing about how good ShB was (i have since recently replayed the MSQ and i have also changed opinions on ShB but that's besides the point) and I WAS the person overly nice to sprouts giving them free shit and gil. ( I also feel like this ruins the experience for new players as earning your first rewards like minions or mounts/whatever feel way less impactful say if a veteran gave you an idk the dodo from deep-dungeon).
I mean i hope this was at least interesting to read as i still like 14, but i cannot say that it 'changed my life' looking back on it, i mean i could but i would probably say for the worse tbh because it almost forced me into being someone i truly wasn't, wearing a mask if you will.
FF14 is a game where you can relax and chose when to grind and be hard core if you want that or if you just want to chill and RP or raid or have fun off course the game have flaws but thats why i like this game and i pray and i hope for it to improve and be better
One of my favorite things to do is give sprouts minions. It’s so fun to see their responses.
TL;DR playing Lalafell is the only way to enjoy life.
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When I left WoW to try FFXIV, I expected to spend most of my time raiding like I did in Azeroth.
Almost two years later, my favorite activity–other than MSQ–is playing Bard concerts in Gold Saucer, and gate hopping the events.😂
I still raid, sometimes, but casually. I just find so much joy in making someone's day with a song, and chatting with people waiting for the next gate to pop.
WoW had me in such a FOMO mindset, I thought of the game as a series of tasks I HAD to do in order to maximize my play time–whether it was min-maxing for the raid, grinding reputations, building out my PvP set, or running keys. At some point, it hit me that I wasn't doing it for fun, it was just something I did because… Just because. Because that's what you do in WoW at endgame (that or sit in a toxic city chat).
I never thought I'd pay a sub to spend 75% of my play time hanging around Gold Saucer, but I do. Most importantly, when I log in, my first thought isn't about what task needs to be done; it's, "what glam do I want to rock today while I play hair metal songs from the 80's?"😂
FFXIV has made me so much more chill. 😊
Anyone else think this was a Meoni video for a moment until they talked lol
Playing WoW 15yrs and i just dont find it fun anymore its just a damn slog to do everything every damn day with the story being blocked off with rep grides that takes weeks to having to get geared via dungeons normals, heroics, mythics then into Raids just to repeat it all over again it was fun but it felt as if i was on a treadmill dont let me get started on the Story i guess the spark is gone ill give the next xpac a try but i doubt its going to change anything, FF14 is indeed a good game, even if ARR is slow I'm not in a rush and it's nice to see devs care once.
And now you know why it is hailed as one of the best MMOs. It’s far from perfect, but all the things it does right are all the important things.
Sometimes I go and randomly farm arr and hw primal exs solo and desynth everything so that I can get a stockpile of mats for their glowy weapons. Then if I see a sprout I'll ask their favorite job and primal and make a weapon for them. Unfortunately I can't always do it if its a shb+ job but I find a way. I also regularly toss out minions to people some of which go for millions xD
I've helped quite a few sprouts since I've started and there are 2 that stand out the most. One was a guy named sir Fungus. Helped him find his way to the MSQ his first day. Gave him rides and helped with a dungeon. Every nnow and then he'd run up to me in totally random place, give me a hug, and run off to do more msq. This went on for a year and it genuinely made me happy that he remembered me doing what seemed like a small thing. That other was a Miqo who I did the same thing for. Saw her on occasion sprinting through Ul'dah. Then one day, she dm's me asking me to doing the final trial at the time (it was 6.4) since I was the first person they ever met on the game. Never felt more honored in my life. I stopped everything to do that.
I came from World of Warcraft Shadowlands to Final Fourteen. At the beginning i had the same problem. I thought it is super slow and everything will be boring. After that i came back for a month to Wow, saw all the toxicity in Dungeonfinder or LFR. Than a Friend of mine joined a Fc and she asked me to join them maybe too. I accepted that offer, gave final another chance and "et voila" i am almost at that point where my FC members call me a mentor (Even if Mentors have a bad reputation)
I have been playing for months and yet I have not had anyone ever talk to me and I'm still a sprout lol. The most interaction I had was someone emote to me while i was waiting for a trial to start.
Ur char looks cool ^^. Thanks for sharing ur ffxiv story.
Started little under a month ago, always wanted to be a white mage growing up and watching my brother play. This has been the kindest community I've ever seen. Being a healer ive cause a few teams wipes, but every single party cheers me on and takes time to help. Definitely give it a shot if you're thinking about it!
The game itself isn't doing it for me anymore. But most of the 5k hours I spent in it was 100% worth it.
FFXIV let me and my gf meet and I'll always look on that time with fondness.
As a very introverted person, I don’t typically play online games and especially MMOs. That said I had a friend who really wanted me to play XIV, so I gave it a shot and like you I chose the only acceptable race, Lalafell. (This is a joke I love smalls and talls) While I started out introverted and stuck to a small FC of real world friends, they eventually beat Endwalker and decided to take a break from the game. At this point though, I was too invested so I ended up joining a random FC to have others to play with. It took awhile but the people there were so kind that slowly but surely it broke me out of the introverted shell at least in 14. Eventually getting to a point where my in-game character and myself feel completely different from when I started. I’m almost extroverted in ways when playing 14 now.
great video my man. Music choices throughout were great as well.
So pretty much the community is what made it for you … Here I am avoiding people and just loving the story during my highs
This game also changed my life in a similar way but not exactly the same. I had never played an MMO before and knew almost nothing about them, and was even hesitant to play. I had been watching a content creator, Shenpai for a long while at this point, and thought I had a game community I was a part of, I only talked to a few people, and never really reached out to others. Those I did talk to, I never got people to really talk to about actual stuff in my life, just about games and this game changed that. I finally picked it up and played solo for a while, lured in by the story that was built upon for years and the possibility I would make social connections. I made a lalafell, and I still remember on one of my first days playing that someone ran by me and headpat me, and just kept running. I was bewildered that someone would just emote at me at all really, I never really seemed out even small interactions like that. Eventually I decided to take a leap and joined an FC on the community finder and it led into me being more comfortable reaching out myself. Purely by chance, farming aetherpool in the hopes of doing Heaven on High solo one day, I met my closest group of friends. I met so many people, fostered friendships and even romantic relations, and found out new things about myself. I feel like I've become a better person, and I'm happier than I've ever been. I still have problems in my life but I was actually able to work on my social life, and I'm incredibly glad.
I haven't watch this yet, but the Youtube algorithm likes it when the video gets comments. 🙂
finally a positive FFXIV video, I'm so sick of all this streamer trash drama and people spamming "I'm LeAvInG" videos. this is what we need more of, not the above mentioned clickbait garbage. I hope you make more videos as you discover more fun things to do, this game is not going away ANY time soon so people need to stop spreading doomsaying negativity and maybe go for a walk or pet a dog