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early enough for no thumbnail! love you zephla o/
yeah like stop clicking your abilities and keybind all your actions gerald
I was able to read the thumbnail! Idk what it says but I know what it sounds like. Lol edit: i looked it up.
I just want to say…..I blame alphinaud that is all
The ONLY TRUTH PATH TO GREATNESS IS BLU! Get that morbol today ;D
Depending on your health, age is a factor when it comes to gaming. I remember a time when I could stay focused in FF11 online for 9 hours straight for Absolute Virtue. That was about 18 years ago. Now, I can barely keep tunnel vision. I can't
keep up with everything else outside my own character. So when some fails a mechanic or not doing the right cooldown, all those things goes over my head.
pros and the cons of being too reliant on a good static group and made him uncomfortable with joining a new static group, also he's just probably getting old and his priorities are eating him up if he's got a spouse and he needs to provide for his family if not he's probably just burnt out at this point and should just try out other games and be in a new environment and comeback when he feels he can play again
When I'm in a difficult fight with a group of other players, whether they are friends or randoms, I always post encouragement in chat after a death. Moreso in FFXIV than I already did in other games.
When someone is getting especially frustrated after a wipe I ask them 2 questions: What did we lose from dying? And what did we gain? Most of the time they don't know how to answer, so I tell them. We lost nothing but a little time, but we gained knowledge and experience. That's a fair trade, and a necessary one for the hardest challenges out there.
Edit: I am not talking about raids or ultimate, though I guess my statement could apply to those to some extent. I am talking about literally any challenge this game throws your way just when playing through. I am talking about frustration that is clearly inward. Players who are having a hard time learning a new boss mechanic, like in Moggle Mog or Odin, even in just the story and dying 2 or 3 times. Because I hope that getting them started on that line of thinking helps them if they do get to ultimates or something. I am not a raider. I never have been, I never will be. I have never been in a raid that completed with any decent speed or precision. It isn't what I do. I just run dungeons/trials and help people I see.
duty support is slow 30 minute dungeion runs, but the NPC's exposes mechanics. playing warcraft or elder scrolls can help with 14 there all target based which is point and click with the mouse not all games are. any target based game comes with pointless stupid puzzled mechanics on boss fights. ff14 is 10yrs old so there is no guild that will show the ropes or explain on discord, but there is a novice chat in 14. there is no perfect rotation people not suppose to use ACT only cool downs do matter. and most people who love ff14 play DPS, everyone has tank/heal anxiety but in reality every job is a DPS some dps will take damage some dps will heal. its why going tank or heal its best to group with a in game friend or someone irl till you get use to it.
This is me trying to PvP as Black Mage.
The part about not seeing growth. I started writing everything I was doing and wanted to do in the game on a personal blog like a journal and it was really fun for me to see my own progress and growth as I learned new things and got better. That probably gets harder to see as you learn and know more things, I didn't even think about progress in that way while trying to grind for gear I want but there is progress there too. It probably helps when you know what you don't know and can work towards it, but yeah definitely important to compare yourself to where you used to be in terms of progression.
it 100% the game got easier, atleast with how to play the classes, I can't find myself agreeing with this post tbh
on the old astrologian, it was one of the few classes that really had some decisionmaking built into it rather than just memorization of a rotation, and its why i liked it and why it had the good feels even on bad card pulls.
this was my first real mmo. I didn't understand anything so I started as a thaumaturge. I didn't really start to understand the game and enjoy it until I started doing the fishing quests. I think sometimes you have to change direction in order to know exactly what you want from the game.
That last comment you read is so true. I always think I had a terrible run in a dungeon or trial and then people say I did a great job. I think the more you know, the more you catch yourself doing wrong that others would never even think about. Therefore, you end up thinking you played poorly when you did well compared to the average player.
Im glad I have gotten better even though im much older since 2.0. I was terrible back then. Now im always gunning for those oranges in raids. Took a ton of reps though. I feel like this player has gone through some drama and is in a funk. They need new friends or people they can play with that will help build up that confidence again.
What if I don't want to get better? What if I'm content with my own casual mediocrity and be able to take a break anytime I want without being tied down with a Free Company or a Static?
That's the beauty of FFXIV. I can do just that and the game will be there waiting for when I feel like coming back.
I just don't feel it worth the time and effort, it is a struggle rather than an entertainment. I play "extreme" contents only when I'm asked to help, and pretend everything above it doesn't exist.
sounds like he did not like raiding, he just wanted to hang out with his friends and if they are gone now so is the fun.
My FC leader who has been around since 1.0, and myself as co-lead who has played since 2.1 also had this issue; feeling like we've lost that spark for the game we still both love. We formed our FC with the goal of helping new players, sprouts and returners all alike, enabling them to do whatever content they want and help introduce them to the game. We then live vicariously through the wonder in their eyes as they experience something incredible for the first time. Being able to use my experience to help others and foster their excitement is what brings me joy. (Also rescuing my FC leader to death when he makes me play healer, this too sparks joy = w =)
It’s a very easy game. If you just press 1 2 3 and focus on not dying more than 3 times usually someone in the group will kill the boss.
It's hard to find the right people. But you gotta be the right person first. But even after that it's still hard to find the right people but now at least you have 1 person who's on your side.
They forgot rule number 1 of raiding. STFU with that crying stuff and GET GUD. It's ok to be bad. BUT GET GUD by LEARNING. Otherwise get the fuck out.
We understand you want to become better. We will help you. But if you stuck on the crying part just fucking leave.
Ffxiv is my first real mmo and its great I’m just terrified of doing savage and ultimate content i started as shadowbringer 24 mans released and this video help so thanks zepla
But does the game really want you to get better? The way its going all you really need to do is wait for the game to bend over backwards for you
Takes a big man to admit he was carried, shame rich Campbell cant
My first Savage raid was E8S. I was watching one of my friends' prog groups on his Twitch, which led me to start playing in the first place, and then soon after I finished then-current patch 5.3 their static needed another DPS, so I volunteered. Luckily they had already gotten to the end of the adds phase and the tier had already been unlocked, so they just assigned me the easiest task in Light Rampant and I was able to get in and help the group get to clears, and now I'm a regular part of the static!
I never thought I was "good" because I wasn't (and am still not) a "tryhard" but I do good damage and do boss mechanics most of the time, and that's all I really need in FFXIV 🙂
The main point about criticism is that, criticism without explanation of what you did wrong, and what you have to do do fix/improve is just mean and asshole behaviour. If you have the moral high ground to criticise someone, you have the moral duty to offer the solution, otherwise, you're just being a crybaby. And most statics I see on the game just cry to each other and point fingers and no one works towards a solution, that is really demoralizing and depressing. My FC has 5 or 7 statics, and only one of them are made of good players and try to work a solution of every problem of the fight, instead of blaming a player or a low parse in a specific pull
The only good thing I still like about older MMORPGs is that you get used to dying a lot sooner.
Ever since I left WoW last year and started playing FFXIV, I have not done any savage raiding at all. Hell the only raiding I did was through party finder. I have just become very relaxed in FFXIV. And trust me, coming from a 17 year mythic and heroic raider in WoW, that is saying a lot. I just haven't wanted to raid in FFXIV.
I'm one of those people who do not give a shit. That doesn't mean I don't work hard in a group, it just means I don't want to have to work hard in a pastime that I use for relaxation. I'm stupid, I know I'm stupid, and I'm fine with that because this is just a game and I don't care. I hope it will have enough things for me to do as someone who just wants to derp around, but raids are definitely out. And I'm not upset about that – I get bored with all the mechanics where you have to wait around for the boss to do whatever he's going to do or run around everywhere instead of fighting. I just want to get in there and hit stuff or throw colorful magic at stuff. The game does seem oriented toward pushing you into the high-mechanics type of content, though, so I hope the non-raid content is sufficient to keep my interest long term.
Nothing worth the effort is without error or shortcoming.
I’m not even there yet but I’m already scared. I’m still doing stormblood. I leveled up warrior first JUST so I could solo what I can like trials and binding coil. Because I remember playing before trying to do twintania and the troubles we had. So even when I get there I already know I won’t do anything I can’t solo. I play ps4 with macros and being 45 with 2 kids and sleep apnea means my reaction times are garbage
there are some bad eggs in this game, they are professionally bad and you cannot say anything to them, or they will react the same way as the llamatodd food buff meme, or say things like "u dOnT pAy mY sUb", they tend to fall through the cracks, but if you play long enough you will encounter them, they are like a monkey at a zoo, and will fling poo at you if you anger them in anyway possible, for example, i was in snowcloak at 3AM on my alt, and this Roegadyn Astrologian wearing that dumb gear that makes you look like a red sharpie the maelstrom wear, causes everyone in the party to wipe three times on Fenrir(last boss in snowcloak), we have gave this person specific instructions on how to avoid getting frozen and hide behind the pillar, but they just wouldn't do it, even on the attempt where we managed to outlast by a hair and kill fenrir, they still wouldnt do the mechanic right, and i made the mistake of giving them advice on how to avoid it, but they reacted in the same way you would expect, and even worse the tank was encouraging his behavior, i was so close to closing my game by the third wipe, so lesson learned no matter how much you think you have good intentions, people like this guy will never get good or take criticism or any self reflection to be had. ( the paladin tank was calling me toxic the whole time for giving advice when we wiped, i said "MAN OVER HERE LOOK FOR THE PILLAR", but i guess some people are pussies and cannot take a second to understand the why of it rather focus on the what aspect)
Algorithm comment. I needed to hear this and I'm glad I did. You're awesome, Zepla.
When I started I died from a level 4 mob because I couldn't move away from an aoe marker. I also didn't like playing third person and everything felt weird (yes my frist mmo 😆). Now I'm raiding Savage and I was in a UwU group that kinda imploded but I didn't feel like it was impossible to learn it! Its kind of amazing how much I have improved and learned and there are still so much stuff to do! Love this game ❤️
Initially I didn't want to raid at all when I started playing FFXIV, since I had gotten burnt out back when I played WoW. But now when I've played FFXIV for about 5 years, I've gotten back in to raiding, and I'm having real fun with the pals in my FC that I'm running.
And to be fair, having fun playing together with your friends is what gaming is all about, we progress in our own pace but we're having fun together.
ive been trying to clear the duels in bozja and zadnor recently. just a week ago, i was at a point where i was dying to dumb things in the duel, or getting clipped by aoes in the CE before, and not even getting a chance at the duel. then to wait another hour, or to log off for the night to try to come back tomorrow, just for another chance. its rough.
then in one day, i saw enrage on all 3 duels in zadnor. in a single day! i got in and decided it was the day to kick ass! i went from "wow i suck, why did i think i could clear these?" to "of course i can clear these, im so cool!"
and the next day, i cleared the Lyon rematch!! my hands were shaking, my heart was beating out of my chest, but i felt AMAZING!
dont beat yourself up over mistakes, no matter how dumb! celebrate your successes! even the little ones! immediately after my victory, i went into another duel and died to the second attack. from hero to zero, in no time flat. but who cares? i cleared one! nobody else cleared any of em that day, only me!
I feel like Zack should see this
I really liked this episode, I’ve been there and it’s hard to pull yourself out of but when you do you’ll be so much better for it.
When I was a sprout, I used to AFK a lot in Limsa. Thus my sprout status have gone away, so I get in a trial that I am new in and when I die, people are EXTREMELY toxic towards me. Saying that how I don't know the mechanics or it is the "healer's" fault for them wiping. I just stopped playing trials all together. I have experienced so many toxic statements not just only to me, but to other people. The community tries so hard to report everybody and anybody, It's very disappointing. I stopped playing all together and I think the hype about the community is overrated. It's not real, people can't tolerate a SINGLE wipe. I don't know if it's an " Aether " thing or not.. Since it's more of a " Raiding " server.
Sounds like this guy didn’t know how bad they were and is finding out now tbh
You cant get better without a DPS meter. How do you know if your rotation is doing good numbers. Ive been playing Bard for the whole time and only recently tried reaper dude. I have no idea what numbers im pulling no idea if my rotation is good. But who cares right if they dont bother with putting a dps meter in the game then too bad so sad. Im just gonna mash buttons and hope it works.
So, I find this opinion hard to take seriously when you say you can play any job in SB but now all the jobs are tougher? EW is discouraging cause the job design is absolute garbage. The classes them selves feel like garbage to play. Raids were way less difficult so far in EW as well. Truth is they probably have gotten old, they have more things going on in there life and have less time to invest in the game and was left behind. Sucks but we can't all be streamers / youtubers and make money off BS like reading this reddit post…
There is a difference between knowledge, experience, and execution. From the looks of it this guy have sufficient knowledge and experience, I can only suspect it is the execution bit that is problematic, unfortunately accurate and repeatable execution does correlate with ages and skill, practice does help, to a degree, but imo as long as you are good enough to clear in your group it is okay to be ''carried'' a bit in DPS.
I really hate that our society is so obsessed with youth that people see any rut they get into as being due to age. I had ruts all the time as a younger person. I think everyone does. Sometimes you just lose your focus, lose your way, or lose interest. Some of the sharpest people I've ever met in my life were in their 70s and 80s, and it's disgracefully ableist and shortsighted for someone in their twenties or thirties to blame their temporary shortcomings on age.