FFXIV is in the middle of a “big bang” as some have called it. And I dunno about you, but I think all of this is going to be a very good thing.
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As someome who's into pvp as well, we have also seen an influx in players even in that. People keep joining our communities and even more new faces on this feast season, in some DCs at least. It would be even more if there wasn't such a stigma that pvp is bad (we even see new players who thought there was no pvp at all…), ppl should see for themselves if ffxiv pvp is for them or no. So yeah, maybe this boon will revitalize even this portion of the game.
I think this might be a signal Endwalker will be even more a success than shadowbringers. And hopefully this means more and more improvements to the game 🙂
Crystal tower definitely has more wipeds, almost every run wipes at least once to the first boss of world of darkness, which I take as the sign I should enter teaching mode and for cloud and especially Cerberus I will ask for people to wait to pull so I can explain properly, it usually works. One run I had as blm with two wipes to the first boss I got 5 commends I was so happy. (Edit: we didn’t wipe to the other bosses at all)
Hey Wesk! Love your videos, helped a lot to learn the classes and different aspects of the game
asmongold is a nice guy. some ppl take his sense of humor too seriously, he's practically a comedian.
Yesterday I had a queue for Leap of Faith that took so long I was worried I wasn't gonna get in before the GATE ended. I think I got in about 2 minutes before the cut off time.
They desperately need more dataserver locations too, not only the servers. A game this size only having 3 locations is kinda odd. Me myself playing on almost 250 ping is pretty shit. Playable, but shit.
I came after bellular said FF14 doesn’t expect the constant gear grind and 1hour ques in tbc classic for bgs around a month before asmon played I think, it’s better than wow and I’m glad to have swapped
One time I sat 4 minutes in the leap of faith queue. That has never happened to me before
I had a group of mostly sprouts that wiped 5 times on that eye boss in crystal towers reformed with 2 more veterans and then no more wipes, certain bosses seem to require research more than others in those msq raids
I got a wipe on Cape Westwind a few days ago. I went in joking with the traditional fake worry, but half the team being undergeared sprouts, and the other half playing on autopilot led us to die. We got it done the second time, but sometimes I forget Cape Westwind actually have mechanics.
At least he is managing the server loading. Now the first people to buy get qued onto a server their money bought, emininently practical. The GREAT MIGRATION.
Thanks for your prudent thoughts brother. Been here in FF14 for over a year, and videos have always been super helpful. Im very excited for all of this, personally. And yes, I have made an extra effort to be inviting, thankful to new players in DF, and offer short explains as necessary. May we all be good reasons, many will stay!
Asmongold is falling in love with the game and bringing alot of players with him. This games community should embrace all sprouts to the game. Saying things like he's "crude" and "offensive" is clear game gatekeeping and untruthful comments.
I love your content wesk but please don't turn into a gatekeeper or downer cause the game is becoming more popular.
More DPS means even faster queues with my tanks and healers yay 😀
I'm a simple man – I see a thumbnail referencing Clone High, I upvote!
Something I'm confused about, how does more players equal HIGHER queue times? Shouldn't that REDUCE queue times if more people are queuing?
I'll also say – I didn't know who Asmon was and have never watched his stream, but I have THOROUGHLY enjoyed the VODs of him going through the story (no cutscene skips) and on to the extreme fights and (synced!) coils. It seems like he's having a blast and besides all the "big dick damage" he's been very open to learning and it's honestly been quite wholesome. Excited to see him move on to Heavensward and beyond.
(Also without Asmon I'd never have heard someone refer to Urianger as Uber Danger, which almost made me choke on a drink from laughing)
Your "First Day" series will sure to be an invaluable resource for many a sprout! 😁
tbh i enjoy World of Darkness more when half of the alliance are sprouts, makes things more fun than usual faceroll
I recommend your videos to everyone I know who is learning a new class
To all the vet players: we can no longer operate under the assumption everyone knows what they're doing when we queue for dailies. Take the time to explain the mechanics of each boss fight. You'll help ensure a more positive experience for everyone, and you'll get a bunch of player comms in the process. 👍
If I see 1 more "My experience switching to FF14 from WoW" video on my feed, I might go insane.
hands down agree with just about everything here. i'm really really excited for more people to have interest in the game and give xiv even more accolades. im really sorry that devs will be crunching to make the servers function as well as make the expansion good in a dang pandemic, but still, super excited. crystal tower has been ROUGH, we had a marauder as our off tank one run, but everyone was really nice in telling them how to get job stone/what Jobs Are. I really hope the experienced player base can be kind to our new baby siblings, and we can all pay back the help and kindness we were afforded when we were sprouts!
My only hope about all that is that the community doesn't become more transphobic than it already is now that asmon community is here .. ;w;
I feel like your channel will help a lot of newbs in the coming days. Hope to see some good growth! Your guides definitely helped me. I just recently came back for a refresher on summoner cause I just hit 80 and I knew that I'd have an easier time understanding the rotations I'd forgotten when I took a break from it.
Alright guys! it's another good time to give mentorship a go and destroy that reputation ot has on some players. =)
Well I guess I’m not gonna be able to get in the game 😬
Remember everyone: Offer EXTREMELY MINOR criticism about a guy and you'll bring out all the idiot "gamers" who think that it's "cancel culture." Especially when you say in the same breath that the dude was harassed and that it's good that he's here!
Bro you guides have helped me so many times, praying to the 12 that you become super popular. I have already liked and subscribed 😋
Personally never heard of the guy till I saw people freakin out on it on twitter and would generally like to hear about it less its great the guy is giving it a fair chance. On the note of sprouts I recently did a replay of ARR on an alt and have been running dungeons with new players almost all the time and generally the experience has been relatively good and take advice well if you offer it seeming more apologetic than anything else. I think my one grievance with ARR as a whole is not properly gearing people with right side gear after level 29 with not much to go around with level 40 accessories so a lot of 40 dungeon situations get pretty ugly for newer players
And! FFXIV is again on sale for 60% off until August 19th!
I really appreciate your taking the time to address the yikes parts of the Asmon (in and out of character), when I heard the r slur being thrown about it really put me off and so many Gamers TM seem fine with it. I watched a bit more of his content as Zack though, and decided to give him the benefit of doubt and I hope, as you said, that XIV leaves a positive impact on him.
I’ve quite enjoyed the new influx of players and watching people’s reactions is my new fav thing to do haha I hope your content gets more attention from now on <3
They need to add Extreme Primal roulette, and have it give huge rewards, like poes and exp on par with msq roulette. New players deserve to see those fights synced, and older players would get a chance to relive them and also refresh their memories on the mechanics.
I've just seen mentors abandoning these duties when they show up in mentor roulette and it makes no sense, they're really not that hard to learn and teach.
I moved over from wow at the end of May (prior to Asmongold) and ASmongold has had zero impact on my move or enjoyment of FFXIV. I've spent 1 1/2 months playing, just hit Stormblood, have multiple DoW/DoM jobs at 66+ and all crafters at 79 (with miner at 77 and botanist at 78, fisher at 80)
I've just been enjoying playing. I will likely continue for months.