I used to hate FFXIV, I thought I’d never be able to get into it, but here I am with over a year spent online and having done every Ultimate Raid, Deep Dungeon and even Crystal Rank PvP and I want to share with you why I was able to fall in love with FF14.
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God I feel this. I played a dozen free MMOs as a kid, from Perfect World down to the bottom of the barrel. I thought I was allergic to hotbar combat, standing in place waiting for cooldowns to tick. I looked everywhere for 'quirky' action MMOs like Vindictus, Black Desert Online, and Warframe instead. I put up with BDO, but Warframe's the only one that really stuck with me.
FFXIV takes so many things I saw implemented badly in BDO, and shows me what they're supposed to look like. Emotes are for communicating with your friends, not just cheesy photo-ops; dye and transmog are quick, easy, and fair. NPCs act like they give a shit about the plot.
ARR was a struggle on keyboard. I could hit maybe six of my Dragoon abilities consistently, but I actually kind of enjoyed the slowness of the story. It felt like it took its time to flesh characters out. I resolved to 'deal with' the gameplay so I could enjoy the story — but then I switched to controller when I unlocked Red Mage and Samurai and that's when the game locked me in.
I just started a week ago and have not been able to put it down since and I never played mmos are cared for them at all, game is really good imo
im gonna pf uwu or ucob with friends soon when im done with school, and I'm SO glad you're saying that the ultimate players are better than the savage players… pfing savage is actually torture with these people lol
I was an avid traditional JRPGer, who hated MMOs. i grew up with EverQuest and Diablo 2,.and saw what those did to people. Swore id never do MMOs. Then, after 10 years of Final Fantasy Friends telling me to try XIV, i did. Been a year and a half now, i have 2000+ hours, and am a HC Raider now. What a journey this game can take a person on, lol.
For years, FFXIV for me was always the Tantalus golden fruit ever beyond my reach. I could not afford a regular subscription MMO let alone one meeting the minimum spec requirements of my potato laptop. Settling rather for F2P games like MapleStory, Eden Eternal, LaTale, DragonSaga, and Wonderking in building a social circle around. Eden Eternal proved particularly handy in preparing me for the more puzzle-based battle mechanics FFXIV would throw at me.
What I found refreshing apart from other games was that FFXIV encourages cooperation vs. competition. Gone were the days of being PvP fodder to whales. Rather, doing your best to carry the team across the finish line either raiding, or in dungeons. This is even without touching the key element of storytelling, and how your own OG feels special in a world of many.
I came from f2p MMOs. Strangely, I really liked them, mostly just… that mindless, dumb grind. Of course, upon FFXIV and realizing that MMOs exist that are well written, not p2w, and awesome… I never went back LMAO
When Eureka came out, suffice to say… I was there for a long time, and I'm STILL there…
how do i start another pandemic to get my friends bored and desperately looking for something to play
" I enjoyed going through storm blood" …yup this is your mmo for sure
But have you cleared content as BLU????
That’s the TRUE END GAME 😆
I've dumped +9 years into MapleStory and told myself I won't get into another MMO until I retire.
This game is not mmo it's rpg in mmo.
I got chilss dude nice video 😊
i got into the game at aroung 6.4 or 6.5 and i pretty much blitzed the story. arr was awful to get thru but heavswards onwards i was hooked. after i completed the story i started to do extremes to get the mounts and i had such a blast with them. at one point in eureka i saw my bf on the wiged snake mount and i asked where to get it. he said it was old savage content and i probably wouldnt want to get into savage at all…i blitz the savage raid on unysnced and solo up until exdeath savage. i wiped so many times. i then asked my bf to help me clear it just ourselves and he said he got it thru an unsynced full party session and didnt know the fight as well as i did. i eventually convince him to learn it with me and man… that was so much fun. we then did the kefka figh savage as a duo (war and gnb if ur wondering) and still had a blast. not long after that we found an eden titan savage session for the 4 seater mount and we hopped in and got it. the full party was certainly easier, but didnt feel quite as fun. tho to be fair, the group was really nice and we hung out their fc to take pics to celebrate. we ended up staying there for a while at this fc just comparing mount sizes between the different races and apparently the mech dragon (that u get for getting all gwibs) is a 2 seater..never knew till then. i know there are toxic people in the savage teir but to me that teir will hold such a special place in my heart for showing me just how fun the harder content could be. i still want to eventually get to ultimates but for now, im happy just trying to learn the ew extremes and trying not to spend all my time on crafting and fishing. i already loved the side content but savage tier made me love raiding again. that flying snake mount will always be my most treasured mount in the game. (maybe ozma will replace it if i ever finish that hydatos grind. yyyy is the last zone so stingy with its crystals :c)
I clicked because I relate to the title so much. I stayed for the story and relate to this so much. You are gonna grow man! Keep it up <3
The woodcutting mini game and the flash back to rs wc was very relatable 🥹
I love high end content in this game. It has an amazing balance where anybody can do it with a little tenacity but still creates satisfaction with every clear.
Disliked MMO’s, got on around the Yokai event, played Au Ra? Are you me? Only difference is I’m violently married to crafting and playing the marketboard instead of the actual game
I've never really thought of it but that sentence in the intro is super accurate to how im feeling. "dread the feeling of going to bed and when i did log off i ended up laying there in bed thinking how excited i was to get up the next day and do it all again.
The high highs of this game have been one of the best highs ive ever experienced in my life. started raiding in Anabaseios and working on my final ult (shoutout to kweh). Great Video!
I'm glad you are having a lot of fun Ryai.
14 is trash
Fully agree with you.
Whats the music used throughout the video, especially around 10:00?
As a healer main i've always been on the fence about raiding, even just savage. Heck, even trying out extreme trials. I'm way too terrified of just not being able to understand a mechanic and being the reason something doesn't progress. People are toxic enough to healers as is even just in 24 mans xD Last time I tried was the Alex raid tier and after a11 i just noped out and never looked back haha
Your life's gaming journey sounds a lot like mine. Being "mentally ill" levels of competitive sounds about right LOL