Nothin' Crap About Tanking | Grinding Gear Reacts to JoCat FFXIV
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- Опубліковано 12 вер 2024
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UWU: Yes, but also the abbreviation for Ultima Weapon: Ultimate.
Ohhh i didn't know what it meant either thank you :D
@@Kairax that's the name of the duty yes, but he was explaining what the abbreviation means
Officially known as The Weapin's Refrain: Ultimate.
@@Kairax 🤣 I get what you're saying, but that's just what most players refer to it as. I think that was part of the joke about "uwu" and not knowing what it means. 😂
For the record, this was made before Living Dead was buffed in an Endwalker patch. You now have huge self heals attached to the "I am dead but not dead" side of the ability.
yeah its awesome. its good enough that you can save yourself now, at least as long as you have something to attack. Still possible to have those kinda badass clutch moments where the healer is dead and you kill the boss within that window, only to drop dead right after (because that self-heal requires you to have something to attack).
it's 20s of Damage can go FUCK itself. Literally. Make it 30 if you push it to it's ABSOLUTE limit.
"If I know the dungeon, I agree with this graph, it's usually the healer's fault."
~*5 minutes later*~
"Oh yeah I just totally forget about this tank ability sometimes"
5 minutes earlier: whats directionals?
Important thing to note about Paladin: The job is named "Knight" in Japanese (explaining why it doesn't do a lot of stuff commonly associated with "Paladins").
What paladin stuff does it not do? Healing magic, defensive magic, offensive holy magic, magic swords…
@@Salt_Mage I was mainly referring to the job quests and the in-universe lore for Paladins.
@@Salt_Mage Have a compelling questline about the tension between morality and strict codes/laws while delivering on earnest and selfless chivalrous heroics.
Like...Dark Knight has more of that going on than the PLD questline.
@@jasongarrett768 Gladiator did more of that than Paladin. And while the idea of HW's of training a new paladin was fine (I'd argue that the 50-58 quests aren't bad, just kinda dull)... any potential was COMPLETELY ruined by the level 60 quest.
@@TheIvoryDingo I legit tried to delete my PLD soulstone after doing the level 60 quest and haven't touched the job since.
yes that is what UwU is but also one of the ultimate trials is called Ultima Weapon: Ultimate so the initials are UWU so thats why people refer to it as that (though the actual in game name of that trial is "the weapon's refrain" but uwu is funnier)
Extra thing it does not always remove your tank stance. It removes all buffs when you level synch down any amount so if you are always doing things you out level then yes it will remove it.
extra warning that tank mitigation chart is out of date
Tank stance doesn’t always reset, it resets when you’re synched down. So you don’t have to check it as much when you’re doing end level stuff, but roulettes and MSQ duties where you’re ahead of the level indicated, yeah, you’ll need to watch you’re stance a lot.
especially these damn FATE grinds. Funny enough you don't actually lose the buff when the level sync is deactivated. Really wish they'd fix that though, the tank stances are learned at level 10 to begin with. The scholar fairy isn't lost anymore either, and most other buffs that were annoying for this reason got removed entirely anyway.
@@Nirual86 Its a hold over from when Tank Stance was given later and there was a chance you may not have it anymore so it just removed EVERYTHING. But yeah, they should fix it.
@@PubstarHero yeah I'm aware, but it doesn't happen with the scholar fairy anymore and that also originally was a level 30 unlock.
The donut matters to DPS. The gap is where rear attacks work best, the line is for flank attacks.
I LOVE how Garrett is the one who said E-N-M-I-T-Y properly as he said he cannot pronounce it properly, followed by Kyle mispronouncing is as Emnity instead. The N is before the M.
Everyone knows it's actually pronounced "Angy"
Helps if you consider it comes from the word "enemy", not "emeny".
First laugh from Garrett at Fartness, confirmed poop joke enthusiast.
I am a man of culture.
You have some good content coming up if you want to continue. Pint's "I enslaved my FFXIV guild" is a good one. There's a few for later (post-endwalker) which are amazing, Savix's Endwalker in a nutshell or something like that. But I will say: Preach gaming has an amazing video called "The true power of MMOs" and I don't want to say much, but I'll say: It's the best use of housing from an FC you will ever see, and it will make you scared of Preach's FC because they hold tremendous power.
Damn, I seen the length and expected yous to react to all his guides in one, but yous just properly reacted and turned it into your own content, this was super enjoyable
also, don't know if yous have been told before and im not sure if it's even true, I've just seen people talking about it. Apparently it's better to just blank swearing out rather than bleeping it as youtubes algorithm tends to still pick up bleeps as swearing. I'm sure that's why most people just blank it or use varying sounds to bleep stuff.
That's... so dumb.
Think it has to do with the AI taking a bleep as a swear versus a silence being “nothing was said”. Easier to process. “Nothing here to hear, move along. A bleep? Oh someone is using the bad words.”
@@Amovetv it is indeed, then again, not much of youtube's systems aren't dumb so I guess it fits right in
Arm’s length knock back is half the tooltip. Mainly it applies a shield that slows trash that hits you by 20%. That’s why it’s great!
*slows their attack speed, not movement speed. Heavy affects movement. If this isn't clarified, it's why many go "huh" when you inform them.
The tooltip does a very poor job at properly explaining, which is why a lot of people gloss over it. 20% attack and cast speed reduction on a pack of enemies is nothing to sneeze at and will reduce incomming damage massively. But going of the tooltip and not really knowing what slow does exactly makes it seem like some sort of movement speed debuff. I wish they'll update it to be more like other tooltips that include buffs, just so it is clear to new players what it does.
I realized what it did when I was a healer, and I actually have it as my "hit this first" mitigation (but I know it doesn't work on bosses so I put it right next to Rampart. It's _really_ good on trash.
When Arm's Length was first introduced it was a DPS/tank skill to block knockback, which is why the tooltip is so poor at explaining. They just tacked on a new feature and didn't explain. It took me months to realize it became a tank cd.
"How to find a Static in your FC to Prog UWU"
Static: A "stable" group of teammates that you will clear content with, like dungeons and so on
FC: Free Company. Your "guild".
Prog: Progression. Specifically used for the newest/hardest content. It's to specify that you're trying to do this content specifically to practice, as opposed to doing it to clear it.
UWU: In this context, as was stated by multiple others below, it refers to the Ultima Weapon: Ultimate fight. One of the hardest content in the game (all of the "Ultimate" fights are)
With this information, "finding a static in you FC to Prog UWU" basically boils down to:
"Finding people in your guild that you will regularly play with, in order to practice the Ultima Weapon: Ultimate fight"
All the JoCat ffxiv videos are GREAT! See the other three, it is almost mandatory!
You only lose your tank buff, or any buff, when you get scaled down in an instance, because it removes them in case it's tied to a skill you don't have access to while being synched
YES!!!! Been waiting for you guys to react to some of the content out there... THIS IS GONNA BE AWESOME!!!!
Also, Garrett: “Yeah, that’s what the half eaten donut is for...”
Kyle: “Huh?”
Garrett: “You’ve tanked!!”
Kyle:
That whole section has one of the more crucial tidbits of people who come from tanking in other games to tanking in XIV - because of the inherent lag and netcode in XIV, it's much more difficult to kite mobs to avoid damage, and WAY more annoying to the DPS. XIV tanks should avoid moving, unless it's dodging a broadcast AOE, and even then if you're good you can move and move back before the mob itself moves, leaving the half eaten donut facing your monk's fists as much as possible.
I can always tell someone who came from tanking in a different game because they try to kite the mobs around the room in circles and that just doesn't work in XIV.
Just a PSA for you guys: I would wait with the Healer guide until after you've seen the Endwalker trailer. There's a bit of a spoiler referenced in it, all the way at the end, unfortunately.
Or if you do watch it, just stop near the end when JoCat starts explaining Sage. The job didn't even come out at that point, so it doesn't matter much anyway
@@daren1358 That's also a possibility yes.
Though, in that case you'll want to stop when he gets to "And finally the new kid on the block". To be sure you avoid any spoilers. ;)
Exact phrase, around the 5 minute mark. Just checked. :)
Considering that they would have seen the "spoiler" in the wild, its not like its now a spoiler. I mean they are everywhere and in plenty of dungeons that they would have run.
Oh no, they'll be spoiled that the Sage job exists by.... all the Sages that they've partied with.
My dude, there is a limit to what can or cannot be considered a spoiler.
Guys, the spoiler isn't the class. Spoiler is the launch trailer footage on how the nouliths are powered.
Loved the video at first I thought it would be all his videos in one when I saw thr length but I was surprised by a video that did what a reaction video should do. Pausing and reacting to it with the reactors thoughts or own experiences. You put as much effort on this as you do your normal videos and that's why you guys have become my favorite channel to watch about gaming stuff and I hope we get to see more. I would be careful with some of the guides as some of them were made after stromblood and have some minor references or a few images of dungeons or bosses I'm sure sooner or later a commenter can tell you exactly what to watch out for but if you have anyone that has finished the game or doesn't care about minor image spoilers give them a quick watch and let you know if they are safe. You guys are awesome and watching your videos and streams have become something I excitingly wait for during the weeks
"Static" is kinda a relic from Final Fantasy XI were many terminologys were evolving quit differently to other MMOs because of the large japanese communitys. Many of this terms were brought over from XI to XIV with migrating players.
Dunno if anyone else has said this, I haven't seen it yet, but it basically means a regular fixed (or "static") raiding group. A full party of 8 that gets together regularly to challenge high-end content (extreme trials and Savage raids).
sort of but it's also reflective of the community dynamics. Unlike other MMO's you don't necessarily join a clan or guild (or free company in this game) specifically for the purpose of forming raid groups. A static is often people from various FCs coming together and organizing via Linkshells or Discord, and they don't even have to play on the same server either (just the same Datacenter, and even that isn't as strict anymore).
Garret calls it the Kyle Grenade. I humbly suggest: “Kyledriver”
@Kyle I mained Paladin through ARR and HW, and they have come a LONG way in both DPS and rotation. I encourage you to try it out through EW or ShB, their abilities get kind of awesome.
@Garret I personally like the big hammer aesthetic (Ret Pally all the way, baby!) Hammers never need to be sharpened and the phonetic flow of “Blunt Force Trauma” cannot be denied.
Great vid! Looking forward to watching your reaction to the others!
Paladin only gets their gap closer at 72.
"Hammers never need to be sharpened" aka, how to tell the world that you never played Monster Hunter before
@@NibelungJ Why, you are indeed correct, I have never played Monster Hunter, and implying that hammers need sharpening in said game makes me not want to even try it.
BLUNT. Force. Trauma.
@@highbrowstonebender7063 Yeah, it's a community joke that both blunt weapons also need sharpening because sharpness is a weapon mechanic that make you deal more damage while your sharpness bar is high.
It works mechanically, but it's very weird to see you using a whetstone on a hammer.
@@NibelungJ Thats just lazy design.
Even WoW had weightstones for blunt objects and whetstones for sharp ones.
I think this is a great example of why I quickly gravitated to and stuck to your content. A normal react video would be just reactions, laughing, idle commentary sometimes. However, because there is two of you, not only can you react, you can discuss, call each other out, ask questions. It's a discussion that uses the video as a jumping off point. 10/10.
How Garrett is with Dark Knight is me with Red Mage. Once I switched it’s so hard to play anything else.
Nothing wrong with staying loyal to your favorites.
I loved Monk when I leveled through 1-60 with it. In Shadowbringers, you got the Chakra gauge at 60. I kept forgetting to charge it between pulls, and forgetting to charge it when I was outside melee range. It wasn't that Monk felt bad, it just made me feel like _I_ was bad, because I kept forgetting. I switched to Gunbreaker, my first Tank class, and enjoyed the feel of that class so much that it became my main.
It's only later that I went back to Monk, and finally hit level 62, where you started getting a chance for Chakra on Weaponskill Crits. Then the class felt good again.
Kind of unfortunate that my first Tanking experience was my first run through The Vault. Survivor's Guilt, anyone?
@@ericbright1742 I’ve been playing around with Monk and I forget that all the time lol.
I am most comfortable with tanks in ffxiv.. but man I dipped my toes into red mage and I gotta say it's pretty dang amazing
@@Angry_Custodes it has a fun rhythm to it
"Ast can't shield tank buster" - ackchually * pushes up glasses * ALL healers (yes, including WHM and AST) have a free shield ability to slap on the tank to help them mitigate tank busters
You guys have run into my biggest problem "I want to play everything but I only want to play this job"
i love the convos you guys have in your streams and bringing that in with reactions is fine in this format because its not just a straight reaction, you do bring in your experiences even from your time in wow. looking forward to seeing you guys react to the healer & dps one too :D
Static: a consistent Full Party for doing Raid Content
FC: Free Company, basically guilds
Prog: Progression, basically getting closer to clearing content with each attempt
UWU: Ultima Weapon Ultimate, basically hot shit Boss Rush content for eye-searingly bright weapons.
Someone else already said it, but I'll say it again for added visibility: since you care about spoilers, please don't watch the healer guide yet, or stop the video when he starts to explain Sage - he unfortunately drops a joke in there about something in the Endwalker trailer that'd be spoilers for you guys until you can watch *that.*
took me a minute to realize you were referring to the sage in the trailer. i thought you were talking about the carby line for a minute there and got concerned over what in the world happens in the sage questline. XD
Such rousing praise for DRK from Garrett. I wonder how many ppl got convinced in to giving it a shot after this video. 😆
Also, dun dismiss GNB yet. It's "Continuous" skill at 70 is THE SKILL for GNBs!
Exactly. I love Paladin, but as soon as I got Continuation for GNB, I fell in love and it's my favorite tank.
It feels and sounds so damn good, with the sw-THOOM! The blade slices sound amazing, and the *chunk* of the cartridges going off. I can't listen to some songs without the sound of my Gunbreaker's Continuation Combo going on in the background.
I am ashamed to say that I dinged 90 on GNB today and only realised after I maxxed out that I hadn’t finished the job quests yet and had been missing out on this ability. This has now been rectified
Oh no, they gonna do a lot of reactions contents after this 😂
Cant wait for them react to pint's
Wow that was good, lol. And I agree you guys added quite a bit to that. Looking forward to seeing the rest if ya'll decide to do them.
Another fun fact about the targeting circle. That tiny slice between the open part of the donut and the flank part of the donut counts as both for procing DPS flank/rear bonuses. The melee DPS basically learn to live there eventually.
I come here for your original impressions on FFXIV, but I did appreciate the way you approached doing a reaction to this video. Pausing to give your opinions on what he's actually talking to give your own experiences tanking, the wind down at the end covering your impressions of the four "flavors" of tank, that all does a good job adding to the material on JoCat's video. My biggest criticism of reactions has always been that some people just watch with little contribution, and I'm glad to see that you had something to add.
That said, I think I prefer these as occasional 'off-week' videos. I'much more interested in your own content, be it how you experienced the MSQ, setting up another ranking list for the dungeons in an expansion, etc.
The thing that FINALLY taught me to use Arm's Length (as a tank main) was running dungeons with a friend as healer and having them reminding me on every big pull "Arm's Length is mitigation!" -- It really helped a lot and conditioned me to use it more regularly. ALSO it comes in clutch when you're melee DPS and the tank dies so you're the surprise tank ... it will buy you a few more seconds of life, which might be enough for the healer to Swiftcast a rez and swap to healing YOU.
About the tank stance turning on and off, it does stay on so long as you were not Level Synced for your dungeon. Because the way Level Sync works, when it sets you back to your original level it resets your "statuses" as well
Garrett, we have a similar experience. I started as a summoner and in early storm blood was already max level and switched to dark Knight.
More of this please! It may seem like cheap content, but there’s such a rich sea of ffxiv youtube creator content, we’d love to see y’all’s reactions and laughs with these!
I feel like tanks are essentially identical in how they're handled up to lvl 50. WAR breaks off before 60 when they get "raw intuition" (cracked mob pull self heal aka, invuln 2.0). DRK probably around 70 because of blackest night and GNB and PLD only really start to shine on the road to 90 in my opinion.
Of course, all of that is provided you do not use invulns on mob pulls. Which a lot of people are afraid of (and for good reason) but is technically optimal gameplay since walltowalls in high level dungeons basically give you the option of making your healer hate you by withholding part of your cds or running one pull on all your cds (not at once but it takes longer to kill the mobs than the effect of the cds lasts) and then starting the next with invuln followed by the shorter ones coming off cd.
Maybe 'hate' is a strong word, a decent healer can keep you up and at least you're using mit, but they will be required to pay a lot of attention to you and since most lvl 90 healers will have tanked at some points and met a number of good tanks so they know you could utilize your kit better. It's an open secret that at lvl 90 a good tank requires little to no healing (slap 3 ogcds on him and you're done healing, time to dps)
Too many tanks sleep on the slow part on arms length... if enemies are hitting you less USE IT. Fewer hits means you take less damage.
How to level as a tank in FFXIV: First off managing trash pulls is everything in MSQ dungeons.
1. limit yourself to 2 sets of trash
2. Once the pull is established start a constant stream of mitigation starting with Rampart. Basically it's Long CD mitigation skill (rampart) -> short CD skill (every tank has one) -> Different Long CD skill.
3. For the next pull start with Reprisal+Arms Length -> short CD skill.
4. After this Rampart should be off cooldown and you can repeat steps 2 and 3.
5. You should not need mitigation's for boss fights save for tank busters. Use the boss fight to refresh mitigation CD's. If the boss does use a tankbuster use your short CD mitigation. It will be sufficient.
Until you get all your skills you'll use some variation of this for leveling.
If you do this the healer should have no trouble keeping you up all the way through. This works for all tanks.
We finally hit the new iceberg level of react content
Gimme more
Its always fun to hear others view and thoughts on jocats vids keeping it short and to the point but also keeping it entertaining.
You guys are officially one of my new favorite reaction channels! Your so full of life and personality! I love how you edit stuff in to compliment what your talking about rather then just assuming people can imagine what your referring to! Only complaint is it's hard to pay attention to both of you's reactions so I feel the need to go back and watch it again. I hope you react to more of Jocat's content! Especially the DND content with his "Crap guide to" series for the DND classes. I think it'd be fascinating to hear a WoW player's perspective on DnD of you aren't super familiar with it, and even if you are I think it'd be fun to see what you guys have to say about the various DnD stuff he talks about.
I think Paladin is a localized name and it's just Knight in Japanese. That's why Dark Knight is its antithesis.
Thought it was Holy knight in Japanese...
As a Warrior main it takes bit to pick up but at 90 the job is the most fun tank in my eyes. Your Charging all over the place. Fel cleaves are always fun and your literally to angry to die.
Kyle being exposed. LOL
If we end up talking healing I’m just going to be sitting here smiling and nodding. -Garrett
UwU is a fight in the game, I dont think the name is a spoiler but in case anyone feels it is I will not mention the name of the fight. It is an Ultimate fight which is why it usually has a static group.
Definitely stay Dark Knight for SHB. For reasons.
All the tanks are wonderful, but keep in mind they really shine once you get their L70 skills. These are what I consider their first "identity capstones."
DRK gets The Blackest Night, the best CD that's not an invuln button.
WAR gets Inner Release. More Fell Cleaves? Hells yeah.
PLD gets Passage of Arms, the "GET BEHIND ME!!" shield wings.
GNB gets Continuation, turning your 3 hit spender combo into a 6 hit combo.
As a tank main, it's okay to double-mitigate on tank busters. I do this on reflex so healers can heal less and for those moments someone yells "why didn't you take any damage!?!" With that said, knowing which CD's to use (as well as when to use them) is vital; extremes at min iLvl, savage raids, and one-off'ish boss mechanics will teach you that.
Nice to see a reaction thats not just someone laughing at a video and ending there. Great job !
In case no one's told you. Finding the static means to find a static, or reliable, group to raid with. In your FC is your free company, or your guild. To help you Prauge, prog, or progression. Uwu, Ultima Weapon Ultimate, a tough raid.
Static is a raiding team in a Free company and asking to progress UWU which stands for Ultimate Weapon Ultimate, the first ultimate raid in the game
As someone who also isn't into big axes or hammers: give Warrior a try anyway. It is SO MUCH fun. The animation and sound design just feel really heavy and visceral. When you hit with your big hits, it FEELS big. And the higher you level, the more it adds to that feeling.
I levelled every other tank before WAR, because I wasn't into the aesthetic, but it really just feels so good to play.
I haven't watched it yet but do more of these please ❤️
Here's a fun fact for you. The word for paladin ultimately comes from... royal guard stationed in the palace on the Rome's Palatine hill. Once everyone in early middle ages saw that they were cool, they started to call royal guards or just close retainers (since royal guard is essentially close retainers of the king) paladins, because they also wanted this cool new thing. The most famous appearance of paladins in medival sources is in Song of Roland, where they are Charlemagne's royal guard, also called Twelve Peers - they may have been the inspiration for Knights of the Round Table, or there was an older, lost legend that inspired both, or just the same trope appearing in two different stories.
There wasn't anything particularly religious about them in these stories - well, beyond the usual standard of the time of making any and all positive characters devout christians. The Song of Roland is about fighting against the muslim expansion in Iberia, though, which is probably where the holy warrior idea in DnD comes from.
Ah yes, the Kyle Grenade TM, I too use this arcane art. I have 3 of them scattered about my screen, which give collective brain damage to my friends that watch my shared screen lol
Static in the FC: Your go-to, always dependable party lineup in your Free Company
Prog: Progress, specifically to slowly and safely progress a raid to learn it's mechanics before attempting it for a proper clear
UWU: Ultima Weapon: Ultimate.
FYI, the enmity buff doesn't reset because you enter and leave dungeons. It resets because you're changing levels, because being changed to a lower level will turn off ALL your activated skills. This is because when you level is lowered, those skills might not be available any more.
The only buffs you keep through a level change are buffs you can have at any level, like food buffs.
If you zone into a max level dungeon as a max level character, your enmity buff won't go away.
As someone whose first MMO was FFXIV, and who started as a gladiator, I absolutely agree with Kyle. It was a bit daunting at first, and it felt like a lot of responsibility, but with that responsibility eventually came a more and more confidence.
I mained Paladin up until lvl 54 when I realized I could be *DaRk* *aNd* *EdGy* and lived that Dark Knight life until 86 and now, I've recently finished Endwalker maining Summoner. Suffice to say, I'm very glad my first experience with FFXIV and MMOs in general was as a tank, and I very much recommend it!
So when are y'all taking on the Healer and DPS ones? I enjoyed the effort y'all put into your reaction and subsequent discussion.
Considering the performance of this video in the first couple hours here... yea, we'll probably get to the others at some point.
The Healer one is beautiful
Listening to them explain what UwU means in FF14 context is breaking my lungs.
Thanks a bunch for this video. Been having a bummer moment these past 2 days. I needed this. GG!
Wait. A reaction video where the added commentary is informative, entertaining AND related to the video?!
I was gonna wait until the end but I have to stop to say this: Garrett's F***ed intermission was COMEDY GOLD. 😂😂😂😂😂😂
"Static in your FC to Prog UWU" is FF14 slang for "A consistent group in your Free Company (guild) to Prog(ress) Ultima Weapon: Ultimate"
"you're increasing your health bar by virtue of my health bar existing."
Hi, I'm Kyle and I'm a cooldown.
You guys can't watch it yet, but I personally can't wait for you two to see Savix's Final Fantasy Endwalker Animated video once you two finish the MSQ.
Tank stance Reset is really only relevant in high end duties. Unless you are in your static, you will switch between main tank and off tank. If both tanks have it default on, and forgets to turn it off, it becomes quite chaotic on first pull. But i agree, especially for 4 man content, tank stance should be by default on.
Aggro used to be a lot harder to maintain. In stromblood it was probably at it's most difficult. It was so important to maintain it, that raid groups would tank swap back and forth by doing what was referred to as "Shirkle-jerking". Where the Off tank would provoke to gain as much aggro -1 as the main tank, and the Main Tank would use "Shirk" on the Off Tank, which would lessen their aggro by 25%, and give it to the Off tank. So you would have this back and forth 3-4 times a raid instance and thats how people secured aggro in Stormblood. Once Shadowbringers launched aggro management became mindless and is basically a non issue now.
Yeah gunbreaker when you first get him it's kind of a mess. However, once you start unlocking the skills that are tied to its ammo gauge, it becomes incredibly fun. By level eighty you start stringing together multiple different sets of chains. First, you have your basic tray of attacks like every class does. But each time you perform that chain, you gain an ammo charge so once you perform that trio twice, you can set up a devastating combo of ammo based attacks while under no mercy. Then, after exhausting your charges, quick reload and create another chain of heavy combos before no mercy runs out. Gunbreaker gives up much of dark knight's self sustain for increased damage output to absurd levels. Later stage Gunbreakers are basically explode slash everything and amplify the damage as much as possible to kill as fast as possible.
"control super fucked" lmao xD
lol I'm realizing I have a similar Job experience to Garrett. started as a summoner and loved it, then tried tanking, where I thought Gunbreaker was... ok and completely fell in love with Dark Knight.
Someone already pointed out that UWU is an ultimate raid. Static comes from FF11 - meaning the group make up doesn't change (no one calls pugs dynamics but in this comparison they would be).
So no one really calls it enmity, you're more likely to hear it called 'aggro' and lesser still 'threat'. And if I recall correctly, tank stance only gets 'turned off' if you're syncing down for content (entering a dungeon, doing a fate); it stays once you sync back up to your regular level.
On double tanks in endgame, the off-tank doesn't actually keep it off the whole fight now; it used to be true tho. After the last enmity rework, the off-tank will turn tank stance on after the main tank acquires substantial aggro, so it's not an oh-shit panic!provoke moment if the main tank dies. Once was running Syrcus as a tank and the other two tanks were fighting for aggro the whole time while I was just being a good lil boy and not stepping into that shitshow. Get to Xande, they're still fighting over it, and I had the fortunate foresight to turn stance on after they established aggro, because one suddenly died. "Hah, what are the chances the other tank dies too. Nah, right?" Second tanked esploded. And because I had established the next highest threat, I was able to just slide in and replace both. That makes me the hero. Be the hero. Know when it's safe to turn stance on.
I am sure this has been said before in the other comments; but the Tank buff specifically turns off any time you are level synced for content. Dungeons, raids, fates, etc. If your level doesn't change when going into the content, your tank stance will not turn off :)
First video I’ve caught of your guys’. Subscribed! 😊
I like a Arm's Length + Reprisal combo at the end of a long-pull if my invuln ability is on cooldown. Your healers will love you for using Arm's Length, it is a massive mitigate on a large pack, totally worth a spot on your toolbar next to the others. :D
An awesome react video, guys! But just saying that, in my opinion, really doesn't give full credit to what this video is. I love how you guys actually talk about the video and the subject of the video itself. Much respect to you guys, keep up the great work!
I can say, on the whole tanking as your first role thing, I'm still only lvl 30, but starting as marauder has been great. People have been nice about reminding me to use stance, and it is fun to just be smacking enemies so they all stare me down as my friend and the rest of the party load them full of deeps from the behind
This is good, hopefully it gets more players educated, especially who those who watch and play along with the streamers. They stand a lot to learn, and if it's done vicariously through them, then there's no excuse to throw a tantrum for advice.
Oh nice, finally someone understands you're party member's HP bars are also yours to use and abuse as you please! lol
Don't worry Garrett, I too forgot Arm's Length, but that's because I'm already murder-dozing my way as a WAR and getting a free-Benediction every 25s.
Checking out the gaming magazines while your mom does grocery shopping brings back a lot of memories
Also if you like high mobility classes you might really enjoy Red Mage or Dancer. Warrior and Sage also might be interesting picks
I feel you on the emnity word, I've always called it "Hate" and I think that's a carry over from City of Heroes. But whenever I say it, everyone just really understands immediately because it's all in the similar vein of "Aggro"
static: group that runs content every week together to progress through raids and such. basically your dedicated weekly raid group
FC: free company, ff14 word for guild
prog: progress content, particularly hard content that may takes weeks to complete
UwU: ultima weapon uitimate, one of the hardest difficulty fights in the game. ultimates are pure clout chasing levels of difficulty fights
over a year late to the comments but i couldn't help it.....
15:50 "Paladin" actually comes from word for "Palace guard". Paladin, in latin "Palatinus" was a member of guard, "Scholae Palatinae", of Palace (this is also where the word "Palace" comes from) on Palatin hill. Later on it became general term for guard of any palace, which also by extension mean soldier dirrectly in command of the guy who owned said palace.
In late years of roman history, this was officialy called "Auxilia palatina" and refered to the most tough and hardcore soldiers local governors had at their disposal. As the Roman empire declined, some of the newly free kings kept the term, most notably Charlemagne whose court, "The twelve peers" were refered to as "paladins". From this period we have the transition from ancient roman term, to early medieval meaning of the word "Paladin", the image of noble (christian) knight, propably the most important (historicaly) source being "The Song of Roland". It has to be said that this image is highly romanticized though, but it laid the idea of what medieval knight should be inspiring to be.
......yaaay history!
I've been a pld guy since day 1, and i love it. To this day, it is the only job i play consistently, as while i dabbled in other jobs, i don't get the same satisfaction... one thing that i like a lot about pld compared to other jobs is versatility in its funtionality. While it doesn't reach the heights of other jobs in terms of potency, being the lowest damage tank, it is extremely capable and compitent at being consistently durable, with the right mitigs active, and has competent dps, and healing. A jack of all trades, so to speak. I also feel that a pld fits the motif of a warrior of light better than any other job, given their traits. A warrior dedicated to protecting the innocent and powerles from that which would do them harm, and provide a light for those whose paths have been clouded by darkness. The kind of warrior who would do anything to protect those around him, and shine a beacon of hope, where there is none, to inspire others and invoke the flame of courage in others in the hope that they will do the same for another. To be the last line of defence when all seems lost. To guide the lost on the path to righteousness and justice. To show the world that while the night is darkest before the dawn, the light shines through on a new day without fail.
Tank stance doesn’t actually drop off every time. It only does so when they player’s level is beyond 50 and you’re queueing for content below the cutoff for the expansion the content launched in.
You’re a level 90 tank. You can turn on stance and do 100 81-90 dungeons in a row and it will never drop. But queue for one at level 50, and it’ll drop.
The very 1st reference actually means this in FF14 community:
A Static (shows "static" shock) - Referring to a static team.
In your F.C. (Shows Fire Cattle, well cattle on fire...) - Free Company
To Prog (Shows Prague on the map...it's a country, for those that failed Geography) - Progression
UwU (Yes, it shows the emoji) - In FF14, this is actually referring to "Ultima Weapon Ultimate" which is the name the community has give "The Weapon's Refrain" Ultimate fight.
=> A static to prog UWU. :D
Now you know what it means... you're welcome!
Small nitpick: Prague is a city, not a country. It's the capital of the Czech Republic.
@@NibelungJ you are right. Thx for the correction. :)
The crossover we've been waiting for
Glad to see someone else uses a two side button mouse as well. There's plenty of keys on my keyboard + those to use every ability on each job.
Oh boy you two have a wealth of things to watch if you haven't touched any fan stuff! I can't wait!
UwU (Ultima Weapon Ultimate) in this content is an abbreviation for an Ultimate fight, Ultimates are the hardest type of raid content in the game, long fights with several bosses dropping in.
Static in this game is used to refer to a group of ppl who do harder content together repeatedly over a time period, aka a group of ppl that doesn't change (is static).(Atleast that's how I've understood it xD)
15:02 Four flavours of tank, punk, grunge, metal, and Christian rock.
UWU = Ultima Weapon Ultimate , UwU = means like having warm affection, love or adoration. Depends on context used.
From what I understand, the tank stance resets whenever you are synched down. It won't reset in at-level dungeons.
I can't bring myself to say, 'enmity' either. I still say 'aggro'.
Yes, I enjoyed this video! Keep them coming!
I never tanked in a game until FF14 but I found out I really like it along with the feeling of being one of the obstacles in between my parties demise, I don't have main character syndrome though, as a gunbreaker i realize I'm pretty much nothing without a healer and the healers mana and my mitigation is nothing without the DPS being able to kill things in a timely fashion, so respect to all the healers who put up with my shenanigans and to the dps who know how to effectively clap cheeks so I don't leave the pull in a stretcher.
I have seen Asmongold watching these as well.
By the way Jocat's avatar is the tutorial boss from Final Fantasy 9, who wears a dragon mask to demonstrate combat at the beginning of the game.
Also Paladin to me is the most Warrior of Light like of all the jobs.
Also the tank buff doesn't reset because of leaving the dungeon, it resets because of level sync.
His avatar has monster hunter world armor, wiggler helmet and kirin armor XD not sure if it was intended as a reference to ff9 or not
i’m pretty sure the hat’s from monster hunter world
Okay, I guess it just looked similar, because it's been a long time since I actually played FF9
JoCat’s great - give Larryzaur a try too, his class guides were brill!
Now see, this is how you do reaction content. Love it!
I didnt know what UWU meant in ffxiv until TEA came out. I was so confused when my fc would talk about progging UwU or Ucob. I didnt even know what progging was back then either. But now I know a lot the abbreviations in ffxiv now, even the weird savage strats people post in party finder. UwU, UcoB, TEA, and DSR, all of these have a meaning to me now.
Incase those who dont know what these mean:
UWU: Ultima Weapon Ultimate
Ucob: Ultimate Coils of Bahamut
TEA: The Epic of Alexander (Ultimate)
DSR: Dragon Song Reprise (Ultimate)
WoW used to have Righteous Fury in paladin tanks, which was basically an Enmity button and you got yelled at if you were the tank and forgot it (as it was usually a wipe) or if you were a healer/dps AND YOU HAD IT ON FOR SOME REASON.
FYI every tank and healer lvl50 ability is known as "the oh shit button"
JoCat is hilarious. I’m new new to FF14. I love JoCat and the two of you reacting to it is a great compliment of each other.
Tank is a class I want to play but I grabbed a DPS before I tried my first player party. I watched our tank shoot off like a Chihuahua with a god complex and that made me realize I can never party tank in FF14 because not only do I not know where to go, I’m not pulling an entire dungeon like they’re doing. Just won’t happen.
i think the best way to describe it is kinda like clothes, that lethe "Skin Tight" platemail is cooler than the chunky "Baggy" platemail
Kyle, I started playing FFXIV a little over a year ago with a paladin. I finished EW with a paladin. Always thought it was supposed to be the easiest tank, straightforward, sword and board. Apparently it’s not. And it is slow during solo duties. I do love the look though.
I’ve been working on leveling other jobs but haven’t started a second tank yet. Garrett is making me want to work on Dark Knight, but I might go warrior first.
Another great video from you guys!