[This video contains minor spoilers for A Realm Reborn & Heavensward]
This project really got away on me. To be 100% honest, it took me so long to finish that I sort of lost passion part way through after considering the rewrites, weird shifts in tone and what seemed at the time to be a pretty cataclysmic audio error that occurred right near the end.
Any comments and criticisms you have is dearly appreciated, as I want to take this content creation thing seriously, and I am still developing my workflow and style. Seriously, if this video has made you hate me as a person, let me know, or leave the thumbs down, anything helps.
I’ve always wanted to make a longform video essay on an MMO, and I never expected it would be on Final Fantasy 14, especially considering how long it took to convince me to play the game after my initial impressions of 1.0.
In case it wasn’t obvious, I do actually like Final Fantasy 14, and there is probably a decent chance I will give it another shot during Endwalker. I just don’t have the time to commit to an MMO right now, so the permanent trial thing works best for me as I don’t have to think about the subscription fee. Not really FF14’s fault so much as the genre as a whole. I’ve always been very reluctant to pay extended fees on any game, and I haven’t bought a Triple AAA full price game since the Witcher 3, and I still haven’t made it past the introduction of Gwent on that game. What was I talking about? Oh yeah, FF14 good game.
– Timestamps –
0:00 The Intro
5:29 Getting Started
6:38 Race Selection
7:55 My Finished Character
8:55 Warrior Introduction
12:09 Dungeons
16:10 The Grand Companies
18:44 Crafting & Gathering
22:08 Fashion
26:02 The Casino
33:36 The Story
38:16 The Setting
40:21 Trials/Raids & Soundtrack
41:33 Titan gets his own section.
43:36 Focusing on the Soundtrack
44:49 Relic Weapons
47:54 The Outro and Closing Thoughts
Music Credits:
https://pastebin.pl/view/6a01b6f1
Websites and Other Resources Used:
https://ffxiv-beta.lokyst.net/#/simulator
This is a Mini Cactpot Solver, I don’t use it, but I didn’t reference it. It boils down your numbers to the highest chance of a good payout, but it doesn’t always give you perfect solutions.
https://super-aardvark.github.io/yuryu/
If you Google “FF14 Fashion Report” you will likely find Kaiyoko’s most recent report for that week or the previous one, make sure to double check.
https://www.reddit.com/user/kaiyoko/ – Here is there Reddit
https://twitter.com/KaiyokoStar – And there is their Twitter, check them out if you don’t already know about them. They are doing God’s work.
The Carbot Animation I referenced:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t1M-SAxAIZI
Gilbert Gottfried doing Gaius’s Speech:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=76WadRRmwZY
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Great Video Dude
I realize that you can't get there on the free trial. But they expand upon that "doing content alone with NPCs" later on in shadowbringers and even into endwalker, releasing a system called "Trust" where you take story NPCs through the dungeon.
Nice video. I'm just now approaching 500 hours after about 2 months of playing and I can tell we've had similar experiences in dungeon groups.
wonderful video and perspective. subbed, and sorry that you aren't continuing your journey