In only a couple of weeks I will have owned final fantasy 14 for 10 years, and even though I’ve owned it since a realm reborn it wasn’t until the release of shadowbringers that I was actually able to making it the game’s end. Despite trying multiple times over the years.
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I can relate to the feeling of anxiety. While it didn't make me quit the game, it did make me wait years before going into certain content. My first Dun Scaith, the first time I jumped into Eureka, the first time I jumped into Bozja, continuing the Omega raid series after the first tier… All these things are things I wanted to experience, but didn't for years after their release. I can also relate to the high bar you set for yourself. I feel like a complete failure if I do a mechanic wrong or if I die (in content that isn't endgame raiding), and I feel like all eyes are on me with a vicious glare even if other people say nothing. I believe it's important not to set one's personal bar so high that anything below absolute perfection is akin to a complete failure.
But sometimes, it's not one's own mistakes. It can be the people, too. One time, I was levelling white mage and the tank got really angry at me during the Tower of Zot pulls (even though I didn't let anyone die and things were going smoothly enough). I don't really know why, but it had to do with his own mechanics and me not healing him at the ideal time for his mechanics? I dunno, I don't play tank in duty content (tank anxiety and all that) so I don't know their mechanics other than surface level stuff. After that experience, I didn't touch white mage again aside for levelling it through non-duty means. All it takes is one bad experience and the anxiety wins over afterwards. Most of the time, nothing really bad happens, but the fear that something could happen can create a big mental block. A lot of people experience this feeling to some degree, but it can be absolutely crippling to the more anxious among us.
I just wanted to say I appreciate you sharing your story. I’ve been and off and on XIV player for years and just made it out of Heavensward about 2 months ago. I had a lot of anxiety when grouping with people to the point where I wasn’t enjoying the game or how I felt when playing.
Duty Support was a game changer for me and gave me a way to practice mechanics before trying with real people. It also got me comfortable enough with my character so I don’t have nearly as much anxiety about trials and stuff. The community here is also way better than any other MMO I’ve played and tend to be way more chill.
Happy to hear i'm not the only one with the anxiety going into new content. I'm fairly new to the game still in MSQ just starting Stormblood but i watch every dungeon/trial multiple times before queing up. This is the first MMO i've played with instant deaths and stuff where you can wipe the party so i freak out a bit whenever they show up in a fight. I think that's why even though i should be doing duty roulette to for the exp i don't as idk what i'll get so i cannot prepare prior by re-watching something. I am happy you were able to overcome it and hope to someday be comfortable as you are. Thanks for the content and keep up the great work!
11:00 Hilarious contrast of you saying you had anxiety about old Cape Westwind while the footage is you carrying a healer lb save on m3s 😂
I started as a PLD earlier this year a week before DT early access and now I'm in Mamook currently
WHOLESOME CONTENT! you deserve to proud, and enjoy your flowers. your blue guides have been quintessential to my journey, and really added to my over all enjoyment of the class (that before apokalypsis) i never would have given the time of date. the grind solo was tedious, you made in manageable. but its easily my favorite overworld class. i got such a kick out going and getting rank3 retroactively (i didn't start shared fates until the Ti 'aitya mount) as i has sworn them off after having to do so many through HW to cap alts after the exp disparity. Regardless running what would otherwise be tedious fate farms with my blu was an absolute treat 10/10 will view again