I Said I was Gonna Do It So I Did It. I ranked every major character in FFXIV A Realm Reborn how I played it. BUCKLE UP BUTTERCUP!
0:00 Tier Listing ARR
0:29 Papalymo
1:22 Merlwyb Bloefhiswyn
2:23 Louisox
3:37 Briardien
4:37 Cid Garlond
5:43 Livia Sas Junius
6:33 Ellie Ryse
7:37 Alphinaud
8:43 Y’Shtola
9:44 Alisaie
10:39 Urianger
11:31 Gilgamesh
12:25 Kan-E-Senna
13:49 Yda
15:19 Thancred
16:26 Noraxia
17:11 Gaius Van Baelsar
18:46 Julyan Manderville
19:47 Rhitahtyn Sas Arvina
20:51 Minfilia
21:46 Godbert Manderville
22:47 Lahabrea
23:55 Biggs And Wedge
25:17 Raubahn Aldynn And Sultana Nanamo Ui Namo
26:42 Nero Tol Scaeva
28:08 Hydaelyn (Mother Crystal)
29:27 Wyrnzoen Saelsmyndsyn
30:06 Curious Gorge
31:08 Hildibrand Manderville
32:12 Nashu Mhakaracca
33:18 Haurchefant Greystone
34:17 Nael Van Darnus
35:37 Maggie
37:15 The Total FFXIV: ARR Journey
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Once you finish Endwalker in a few years, you're going to have to do a reaction video to this video :p But overall good, measured choices.
Very cool, would love to see a version of this for any future expansions you do.
Preemptive reminder: reassurances that a character gets better are plot spoilers that the character is focused upon at all.
I think this should be done after each expansion to see how your feelings shift as you go through the story.
Man, putting my boy Urianger under forgettable….but I guess I can't deny he's got like NO role in ARR.
Modern 2.0 Papalymo Totolymo and Urianger Augurelt are often optional dialogue instead of mandatory MSQ. A lot of the removed quests centered on the scions. They tend to drop the two dollar words, and I guess not everybody liked reading those. Sometimes it seems Reborn was compiled from an AI trained on Word-a-Day calendars. They both become easier to read over time, but they're best when they're not trying to be approachable.
Noraxia: I loved watching Noraxia's arc. She hung out in the warehouse and cast illusion magic, becoming an awkward, green-haired human for a while. I cried during her final quest – she wouldn't have joined the scions if not for the player's actions, so when you had to return her to the sylphs, it felt that I was entrusted with her care, and had failed all of Little Solice. It was especially bittersweet that she wasn't buried with the people she died to defend, so I'll never forget the quest Bury asscan Me asscan Not asscan On asscan the asscan Lone asscan Prarie.
Y'shtola Rhul: Her half-sister, Y'mhitra Rhul works for the Sons of Saint Coinach and trains Arcanists into Summoners. She's their Curious Gorge and you can learn a bit more about both of them if you want to level a new job. It's a two-for-one because you level Scholar at the same time as Summoner, they share an XP bar but not a questline.
Nashu Mhakaracca: I love her. "Who is more foolish? The fool or the fool who follows him?"
Haurchefant Greystone: I wish chat wouldn't have said anything because (redacted). His personality is completely rewritten outside of Japan, because we don't really have room for the lovable pervert archtype. But just know in every scene he was hitting on you, relentlessly.
#justiceforTartaru
Justice for Tataru
You might be interested to know that Briarden has his own sidequestline that starts post-HW.
I'm surprised after having watched you where you put Alphy. Most people don't much like him in ARR. We'll see where he sits with you later.
I have two notes about the twins and Thancred.
The twins were actually on the boat or carriage with you when you first start the game. They don't speak, but they are there with you from the moment you open the game pretty much.
Now Thancred. I think Thancred was one of my early likes in the game. I mean, I get its not everybody's cup of tea, but every time I returned to the Waking Sands, I always checked what he was doing. No one else had as interesting of idle actions. Drunkenly sleeping at a table mumbling in his sleep. Playfully tossing a knife around. Getting literally cat fought over by women who look suspiciously like Minfilia, Y'shtola, and Urianger hilariously. I really liked that on my first playthrough. It added so much personality to him. I wouldnt put him at the level of certain other characters, but it made the world feel alive to have his actions change like that.
For the record, Cid was my favorite in ARR. I jokingly called him Daddy, because of how swole he was. It really is his expansion.
If Y'shtola is not S tier… let's just say the most played race is Miqote, and we are legion 😂
One thing I'd recommend is doing, or at least watching videos going over, the different city start questlines, because there's a few characters it expands on better that might have affected some of these rankings.
And yes, Godbert is the best and he only gets better
I can’t wait to see how this list changes from expansion to expansion #justicefortataru
#justicefortataru
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#justiceforyhstola #revengeofthecats
Jokes aside, you should do this each expansion. And once you have beat Dawntrail in about 2000 years, you should do a overall tier list, an on average type thing.
Justice for Tataru!
Godbert only fears one person, and that is his wife…like any normal husband should :)))
Oh… Did this just spoil the main plot twist of the Hildibrand storyline for me…
You're gonna like Briardien even more during his 3.x patch quests, you learn a bit about how he operates and I think he's overdue for a comeback with Dawntrail.
Justice for Tataru! Throw him from Witchdrop for his heresy!
No Tataru?😮
#justiceforTartaru
Do you think you should wait before patch quests before ranking characters? There's a lot of story in those
Come on you guys, he didn't forget Tataru, his gut instinct just told him to not risk rating her lest she might come for him
#justiceforTataru
shame on you for putting Nanamo and Raubahn together like this and where the hell is Tataru? I dont like falafells and yet this is sad… also Livia, wtf? you go she is a bad girl, I totally hated her she was the worst…. yes that was her job, so she nailed it but you put her into the terrible character category… I hated her too but I think you should have acknowledged the character more than your emotions for the ranking… well whatever its your list but I wish I havent seen that actually!
also Hildibrand questline and most of its characters = the worst! wacky psycos with boring interactions and endless monologs and not enjoyable shenanigans, but thats just my point of view, I get that others might have liked it :]
I like that you are making this tier list but you aren't done with ARR yet! There's all the patch content that might change your opinion on a few of these…
Haurchefaunt develops a lot in the next expansion
#justicefortataru
ff14 has a really tightly written story. Thus a lot of people forget how future events color their past memories. I would advise ignoring the clamorous throngs and appreciate the game at your leisure. That said, I am very interested in seeing how some characters may change and when
#justicefortataru
a tier list this early is craaaazy. looking forward to seeing you revisiting this tier list after each expac!
also, please watch the noclip documentary, on stream or otherwise. there are 3 of them but you can just watch the first 2, awesome backstory of the game devs