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I'd like to see more build diversity in the classes but that could just be me. It seems like ff14 went for having a bunch of jobs with unique styles over having build diversity within the classes. I don't think the way ff14 does their class system is bad, I just want to be able to do different builds within the different classes. I just want to be an ice witch … but like, Black mage only uses ice when they need mana. … Maybe it's because I come from Destiny 2 where buildcrafting was a big aspect of that game. Buildcrafting is really fun for me and I wish there was more of it in FF14.
TLDR: Great video with well-explained points; I wanted to add my point of view to it! I agree with most of the video. Some points I argue a little, but it's very small detail. My unpopular opinion is that I like healers the way they are.
The gil: I remember an interview with Yoshi P, saying something like he wants to keep the value of gil that way, not use it for gearing that much (expect week 1 crafted gear + overmeld). You can't buy BiS with gils, and that's great. Gils is for either luxury or convenience. Want a cool mount you can either farm or buy on the market board? don't feel farming? use Gils! Want a crafted cool glam but don't like crafting? Use gils! Do you want to show off with a 50 million mount named Gilsink? Buy it!
I see Gils as a way to not waste time; for example, the Turali voucher, famed 70% of them bought 30%, got the mount anyway! Gils need to stay like this to avoid RMT and have more value in the game.
BiS: I think BiS is a goal for people who want to achieve. either to clear content faster or, like you said, Ultimate. At one point I wanted to be BiS, but as EU play on NA, finding a static is not impossible but pretty hard if I don't want to destroy my sleep schedule. And like your previous video with your experience in Party Finder, I don't have the will to survive the struggle of PF. Instead, I do my own pre-savage BiS, and it's more than enough for what I do in the game!
The balance: I agree and disagree at the same time. I think you're right if we phrase it like this: "FFXIV has the most balanced between job differences compared to other MMOs." If we exclude savage and ultimate, where small potency matters, it's rare to see differences between jobs. I do have an example in mind: out of the 4 tanks, Dark Knight can't survive alone in the dungeon. If the healer and DPS are KO, Paladin, gunbreaker, and warrior can survive and finish the boss, Dark Knight will run out of HP at one point. We can see that kind of unbalance between very specific situations. Of course, don't get me wrong; I would take this kind of balance any day compared to other MMOs like WoW that are completely off balance. FFXIV really put the value of having fun with your job before anything meta for potency, and I love that too!
Exclusive Item: It's rare to see any exclusive; to add to your list, I would say any item or mount we could get in the feast, no longer available and only for the first 100 people, or the current PvP reward. Yoshi P stated those rewards will come back at one point, but that's not the case yet. And I would add the glowing weapon agent from the last savage criterion. It needs to be synced if I remember to be able to enter it. Otherwise, yes, everything else is available. I think FFXIV is the only MMO where the developers tell us to play other games and come back when we want; it's very relaxing. But as the game doesn't really have FOMO, it does have FOLYH (fear of losing your house) after 45 days. 😁
And for my own unpopular opinion, I think the design of Healer is great. The easy rotation and easy healer make it preferable for me to be the shot caller when I am content with friends. I can easily observe, tell what to do, and do my simple rotation while my friends concentrate on their hard rotation and listen to me.
thank you for reminding me how much i love ffxiv 😊
Hmm, we do need more things to regularly spend gill on. Maybe like you spend seals on your squadron, they could give you a squad to invest gill into and get rewards back in line with the gill you invest. a constant gill sink
Having groups of simps giving you things isnt relevant to most people playjng the game. We have to grind, we have to level crafters. Even being in FCs doesnt guarantee someone just gives you shit and makes things for you, esp for free
Mounts in wow are painful. Curve being a thing to have "mythic prog only" mounts or clearing heroic during current content to get a exclusive mount was painful
Not much to do with the vid but I raided with u the other day on honey B.! didn't realize til after and i couldn't send tell so Imma say it here, love ur vids, keep up the great work c:
the only time i think bis is important is if you're in a group that values those numbers. but like, that's just knowing who you raid with. if you're in a casual group, ofc it doesn't matter. you can live your casual dreams
Hard disagree. This is the kind of luxury belief that you can have if you play healer or you have a couple of beasts carrying you. Your DPS DO need as close to BIS and full melds early on just to clear. Of course it doesn't matter to you, you barely even matter when it comes to beating enrage. Having the right gear in Savage is the difference between dying to enrage over and over (with a bunch of bozos with no gear) and clearing so fast that you skip an entire mechanic, maybe even two if you're really geared and great at mechanics.
Could be also related to your group just being good enough to carry you and your luxury beliefs, but personally I'd rather not be a burden on my team. And you know what feels the worst? When your group does every mechanic flawlessly finally. Nobody's dying, everyone are doing mechanics, you're top dpsing, feeling amazing and then you all die to enrage. Over and over, because some shmuck with dogshit gear and a "oh gear doesnt matter, it's all imaginary numbers hurr durr" attitude has become an anchor for you and 6 other people.
That's the kind of shit that made me go look for a random PF group and get a clear in 2 pulls just to make sure that it's actually still possible and I'm not hallucinating.
I forward this over to my FC leader. She didn't even make it 4 minutes into this vid.
Why aren't you hitting your gcd ??
i need gil for pots cuz im lazy to make them
BiS to me serves to just DPS w/e I want to asap i.e Fates/Dungeons/ExFarming incl. parties i decide to join/help & have them worry less about DPS checks in Savage. Gil to me serves to "Save Time". Never needing to craft anything I want as 1 example. Value is Subjective until its something Players want(/need). This tier I made 37 million gil providing Lootmaster merc runs with my alt because I know players value BiS/Mount. Technically everythign is optional Afk-ing in Limsa/Raiding/login into the game. Its just nice to never worry about Gil when you want something, mhm
One thing on bis: I really liked grinding bis for Eureka because it will never become unrelevant (in the context of Eureka). It’s definitely not needed but if you are someone like me who basically lives in Eureka and loves the content, it’s a good investment. It’s still useful unlike other savage bis which becomes irrelevant later on unless you do ultimates with them.
I love how FFXIV has a viable gil economy WITHOUT gil being "necessary".
The only thing I spend Gil on is crafting and gathering materia to pentameld each tier of gear. Oh and the 7mil bike mount.
Having BiS or not isn't your choice though. It's the requirement of the static that you're either a part of, or you're trying to get into. If they say you must be bis'ed out to even consider you, then you either do it or you're sitting out on the sidelines. Or find another static. It will come down to what your goals are, but just like other MMOs, if you intend to clear modes that are harder, they expect that you are putting in the effort and demonstrate it too. They expect this from everyone in the group.
"You dont need gil"
Gives us huge lecture how friends provide everything which normally costs gil.
Actually, I agree with all of these. As a casual player I love all of these things about FFXIV
another great vid as usual <3 remember to spend a lilly when youre at like 2 1/2 so you can have a Misery every minute and one will always fall under raid buffs
Lalafell Best Race in FF14 🥰
Really agree with the BiS opinion. I'm a super casual player these days, but there's one job I try to BiS, and it's Blue Mage for soloing content. It's one of my favourite jobs and content (and I don't even blue raid, just farm the spells from EX trials with other blue noobs)
this gave me a huge sense of relief
I have no complaints about the Cat's. I think the issue is the population balance is 75% Cat.
Actually DPS, Ezorea, Battlestar Galactica, beets.
Yeah BiS is like 99% useless.
It's the typical beat the hardest enemy to get the strongest weapon. Kinda pointless if you've beaten it already 😂
Ever since the WoW days, I've always taken skill over ilvl, and XIV is no difference. BiS will not stop you from the countless 1 shot death mechanics, if you suck. BiS truly is useless.
I will say bis is nice when you wanna make it slightly easier when you beat your head on some older fights you want to solo on a healer. In the axolotl mount, I did run into someone in game that was upset over me using it. I was the one of the last in my static to get it and it was the first time I hopped on and instantly getting hate.
Definitely agree, we need more stuff to do with BiS.
Hopefully the current BiS can have an impact in the 24-man savage. Otherwise having it only for Ultimate is kinda sad.
uhmm….
achhshually…
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