5 Misconceptions About FFXIV
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- Опубліковано 11 лип 2024
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The biggest misconception I had was " I have never played a Final Fantasy game or know anything about it so how could I enjoy it when I literally know nothing?" The game stands pretty good on its own and it teaches you everything you need to know about the world.
oohhh!!! This is such a good one, and one that I had. cant believe i didnt think of it! lol thanks for adding it here in the comments at least xD
I never played a FF game before and seeing some publicity about this game 2 years ago before Stormblood made say to a friend "Oh let's check this out", and now I play this bullshit game everyday wtf
My friend was like "OMG YUNA OUTFIT !!" and I was, like, "yeah.. sure.. ?" xD
But I finished ffxv and bought IX & XI so far..
The nice thing about Final Fantasy games is that they're set in different worlds without a consistent story linking them, so each game does stand alone. That said, FFXIV does have a TON of references to older games in the series, which I find enjoyable as a long time fan. These references are more like easter eggs though, so you don't miss anything by not recognizing them.
Or say what won me over "Each game is remade like Zelda with the same concepts and gods in new shapes and contexts".
As someone who played only one Final Fantasy game, FFX, I went into it only knowing about the stuff from that game. Let me tell you, seeing some FFX references were awesome and made me feel like I had it in. However, that doesn't compare to the intrigue and curiosity of researching all the other little easter eggs and changes in the Final Fantasy series that FFXIV drops. If I had time to play more, I would 100% try out the other FF games purely because FFXIV has dropped references about them.
“Who is this fetish game for” anger
“Then I made a cat girl” bargaining
“So I guess it’s me” acceptance
isn't that missing some steps?
@@IrideaeSnowbloom There weren't enough quotes to have the full model :c
Yep I started the game a week ago. I spent over an hour going through all the races....just to end up with a big boobed cat girl in a thong. Guess I just have to own it lol.
@TheVarkYouKnow & @Irideae - Fixed it! :D
Denial: "It's for weebs."
Anger: "I play WoW for a long time. Do I look like a neckbeard to you?"
Bargaining: "Don't answer that."
Depression: "Who're these cat girls in these skimpy outfits? Who is this fetish game for? ... And then I made a cat girl."
Acceptance: "Turns out it was me! I was the weeb! The weeb was right here... the whole time."
Guess im in the bargaining phase LOL
I just started ff14 like 6 days ago and I'm obsessed.
Steph F. It’s so good. I love it too.
@@jakelindsey6737 totally agree
Its the hype u got in the beggining ( i was so hyped 4 years ago when i started) but im still playing after long time and its still very enjoyable :)
@@DrunkenSailors1 I hear that from tons of people which I'm not sure if that's super common (to be still in love with a game after years of play).
@@jakelindsey6737 Welcome to ffxiv. If you're a lalafell we must punt you.
To be honest I joined 14 because of the attack animations. After playing WoW and getting used to just random flailing for attacks, it felt amazing to see these animations look so detailed and believable. Especially Dragoon's. First time I saw the animation for Chaos Thrust I was hooked.
I played wow since late vanilla. Even stuck with it through Draenor. 14 is a MUCH better game. I was super hyped for vanilla until I actually tried FF out. It should say a lot about a game when you're looking forward to the old version.
@@1337penguinman Sad thing is, I played WOW during the tail end of WOD.......I loved it, don't get me wrong, but considering it was basically my first real MMO experience, I think it was more the magic of the lore that drew me in, cause one thing I'll admit is that WoW has some incredibly interesting lore and backstory to it. It's just a shame the writers don't take advantage of that.
Sometimes I miss those days, where WoW wasn't all shit, and I could enjoy playing my Troll Elemental Shaman Tuskmanu, proud warrior of the Horde and hero of the Darkspears!........."sigh" god I miss it sometimes.
Yeah, many attacks have had the same animations in WoW for years. They are *finally* adding a few more in, but FFXIV has, for the most part, unique animations for every single melee and physical ranged skill with only a few spells sharing some animations (and they are even slowly distancing away from that, even!). In WoW... it doesn't matter if you have a 2h sword, a 2h axe, or a 2h hammer... a Paladin's Crusader Strike is still Crusader Strike which looks the same as a couple Arms Warrior skills. I can't think of any melee attacks in FFXIV that share animations between the jobs, heck, I can't think of any that are shared, at all. And these are complex animations. Ever busted out a Dragon Kick as a monk and watch your character do a flip in the air, land on their back and spider jump back up onto their feet? lol. That stuff is awesome. Or how about Chaos Thrust? Or Disembowel. Or any of the SAM attacks.
@@Dhalin Fire 4 man....Fire 4.
@@crimsonwizahd2358 Yeah, I remember seeing that and thinking how cool it looked. Although, I think it is similar to the Gravity animation IIRC. Just slightly different (your character is hovering a globe between their hands, instead of holding a staff but a similar body pose). Unless, of course, they changed it which could very well be. I also liked the highest Stone animation from Stormblood, where your character would do a spin and hover in the air while casting. lol. Or that staff twirl with Aero as if the staff is what creates the air vortex that powers the spell. That was awesome.
"The combat is slow"
-Random lvl 15 player
To be fair it's not a lie....at lvl 15. It's just a matter of it getting better later
Yes it's one flaw of the game. I hope they address that in Shadowbringer. No one want to wait a few weeks to start to have fun with a game.
@@Squallcloud95 i agree but i t takes more like 2- 3 ish days to hit lvl 30 which makes at least slightly more fun
@@Squallcloud95 think that's how most/every MMO is though... combat is very basic at the beginning. But you learn one skill at a time, so you (hopefully) will learn how to utilize it properly in the time it takes for you to LevelUp&AcquireANewSkill. I've leveled every job to atleast50.... the only class i truly felt bored with was Archer/Bard, it is getting a lil more fluid as I level (the 3rd song helps, so you can have a song up at all times), but it's still my most-boring class to me. (I lvled SCH, didn't rly touch SMN... but doing SMNquests anyway, but I think I would've been bored with SMN as well).
--You can get max level fairly quickly by JUST doing the MSQ... and if you're a story-person, then time will just melt by. If you don't care about story, then yes; it will feel like a griiiiiind that never ends.
--FF, however, has decently positioned unlockables... you get chocobo-buddies fairly early, roulettes, CLog (IIRC it's unlocked via a Limsa Quest)... all these mini-rewards are gamechanging IMO and they encourage you to stay.
@@desa5654 Sure it's true. It's more apparent FF14 maybe because you don't leave the old content behind (and that's a GOOD thing) so when you do Satasha in a roulette it's really painful on some classes! xD
While in most games you never go back to those old dungeons.
•Early lvl me: the game is slow, cooldown are slow
•End games lvl me: (SCREAMING INTERNALY WHILE KEEPING MY ROTATION, MANAGING BUFFS, DODGING AOE, ECT).
Also me: the game's really fun
@Kirigos Its not really hard, Im just exaggerating things. Hecc when you just play it, you create kinda lika a muscle memory
Any existing monster: *AoE attack*
Me in my leylines: *cries in BLM*
*Tanks rotating around Boss*
*Me as a MNK* "Mah stacks!"
It. do. be. like. that.
I never felt a comment so much 😂😭
"Is this a game for weebs?"
No! No! No! No! No!
"Is this game full of weebs?"
Yes! Yes! Yes! Yes! YES!
Yes yes yes, oh my god.....
@@crimsonwizahd2358 OH MY GOD!
This is so precise it hurts.
I met my wife playing FFXI. So, we were both happy to jump into FFXIV. I bought it for my wife , and held off on buying my own copy. That game was a complete disaster. We were so sad, and just continued to play FFXI. When ARR came out, we jumped in both feet at release and have really loved it. We especially like the slower pace of the game, that you can take breaks from the game, come back and not really be too far behind, and can catch up relatively quickly. Yoshi has said that was part of the design philosophy of the game, that you don't have to log in every single day to stay relevant. And since my wife and I have two children to raise into little gamers, we like being able to step away every now and again and FFXIV makes it so easy.
yep..some people arguing the game success based on concurent users, but yoshi-P stressed it that they never care about concurent users since the game didnt designed to go that way
the way it designed to play for short time, stop and can return at later time is one of the game main attraction that attract people
lot of people love mmo, but not all love grind all their time like other korean mmo style game
Champaggin?
Awww little gamers jajaja Bossss
Mega jealous, not even my friends play this game, let alone a wife (which I don't have btw.).
That's awesome mate, congratulations.
Zep: I don’t understand this cat girl fetish...
Zep 3 seconds later: NYAAAAAAAA~~~
Common misconception I hear (for all FF titles) is: do I have to play Final Fantasy 1-13 to know the story?
That's when you say "yes" and then wait 5 years for them to come back and punch you in the face. ;) lol
pchad928 never heard that one before and if I did I won’t be friends with them.
When I started FFXIV I was still quite new to gaming overall and I never heard of FF before - just because as said I didn't have access to games. So I only saw the name and the number behind it and I assumed it was part of a series and I'd have to play all other games first to understand the story.
I guess those ppl who ask this have a similar background and are just quite new (to FF) overall.
It’s a hard no, but in some cases I feel that’s true for XIV, like the raid storylines for each of the game’s expansion, I mean, a little bit
Technically you do for FF14, because it's a theme park of every other FF game. Although it'll be fun for them (read: you) if they take them time to find where the references come from.
The only thing that initially stopped me was that I didn't wanna drop sub money on a MMO I knew nothing about as I had never played a Final Fantasy game before 2014. Then someone showed me a pic of their Miqote wearing a witch hat and I immediately subbed because I'm a sucker for witch hats.
LOL this is one of the silliest reasons i've heard for playing, but i'm glad you found your way in somehow xD
the combat is slow, random newb or wow refugee's at lv 30 lol.
get a ninja to 70 and tell me if combat is slow xD
After having 3 lvl 70 jobs, I was going to get a 4th job class to lvl and Ninja was one of the choice. After I watch the gameplay video for Ninja on youtube, I was like "Fck no, my fingers will break..." Ninja skills are very interesting though....
@@Veiljustin83 Ten Chi Jin will make you reconside life-choices however
that shit breaks the entire 'flow' of ninja and feels just awfull
none of the jobs are difficult
NIN is generally on par with most of the slower CPM of WoW melee classes. It's also the fastest CPM job in FF14 last I checked.
WoW is faster. It's undeniable. Is it's combat better? That's subjective. Personally I think so but only because it's smoother and has more synergy between abilities.
The problem is, that getting there is boring af. I like my games fun and challenging from the beginning
Everyone has a inner weeb, they just don't know they are weebs to.
kaje bushin no jutsu
My inner weeb is covered by my inner edge.
@@Frostfang_Piglet Well, its the same thing at end.
No we really don't. Weeb shit is annoying.
@@collintaddiken1400 Just give in.
Seeing how many people were baited by the double nut weaving between licks, I would say that it was a masterstroke.
Do not weave nuts and especially not double! For the love of God
Excuse me, do you have a moment to talk about our Lord and Savior, Yoshi-P?
"Combat is slow"
*stares at my edge of shadows, salted earth, abyssal drain, C&S, plunge, and blood weapon buttons*
highnoon1987 saaad
"looks at my mangled Heat Blast and Auto Crossbow buttons"
**slowly glances at my RDM**
As I sit here slowly rotating between two 4-second cast time spells with an occasional instant-DoT with no off-GCD spells.
@@1un4cy Did you just alternating between Fire III and Blizzard III as a low level Black Mage....?
"do I look like a neckbeard?....don't answer that" LOL
The thing that I appreciate about 14, is that they teach you your class so well. Yeah it feels slow, but if you look, levels 1-50 are specifically rotation, past that is adding passives and buffs, etc. so you learn it all piece by piece.
Hall of the novice is a very good place to learn what your role is about too, since they have 1 for each of em ( Ranged/magical/melee DPS, TANK, HEAL)
Specially since tanking used to be a bit different in this game on how aggro used to work, it helped me transition from L2 to XIV.
Indeed. If you start a new class and sit down, trying to study and decipher your list of future skills and how to use them together with each other, it’ll be a headache. But if you just level up and learn those skills one at a time, the game gives you each new skill right when you need it, and it makes sense how to use it right away.
I don't really know about that to be honest. I see quite a few "Ice Mages", Healers that literally stand still doing nothing in between heals, Off-tanks that use enmity combo and defensive stances, and SAM that does only the Jinpu chain. The game gives you the tools, but some people are not using them or just, don't care about their own toolkit.
@@Abeyll my beef with healing is the targeting system. since i am using a controller, there is no easy way to switch targets conveniently. granted, i am next to my laptop so i can always just hit f2 to get to the tank. even then, sometimes the damage comes quick and i dont want to be stuck on a monster instead of the tank. so i just made it a point to just remain on full-time healing and occasionally dance/cheer if i feel bored.
there have even been times where my arcanist had to stop dpsing to help the healer keep the tank alive. odd, but it happens. although, i always get this look on my face when a horde of monsters are on my conjurer and the tank just leaves me to die. even worse when i come back to find that he never even needed healing..... that 1 mission left me so confused.
@@IcyCatastrophe There is an easy way to switch between party members and enemies on the controller. The D-pad, up/down is one left/right is the other....I don't know which does what since I myself don't use the controller, I just have friends that do and they explained that to me.
You. I like you. Great vids. You even linked the documentary! :D Thanks!
i like you too! ♥️ thx for watching
I just started playing today. What strayed me away from the game was the initial release. I didn't think this game was that popular. Then I seen trailers for shadowbringer and decided to do some research. I decided to buy the 20 dollar begginer edition. I also read how supper friendly the community is for newcomers I'm super excited to play more tonight.
Still playing?
@@ghhn4505 yup, I just completed heavensward. I find myself at times going months without playing but eventually coming back.
The misconception of trusting lalas.... DONT!
See a lala...KILL IT WITH FIRE!!!
😰
I feel personally attacked...
@@Stryder_0 BEFORE IT LAYS EGGS!!!
My only misconception was that I wouldn't be able to play an MMO at all because of severe social anxiety. I decided to give it a try anyway and 5 1/2 years later I am very glad I did. I have even made a lot of friends in game over the years.
Honestly I still get anxious every time I dc or brb thinking I'd get the boot without hesitation, as is common in others mmos, but people are generally nice enough to wait a couple minutes. The XIV community isn't perfect, but surely overall friendlier.
Same
Thank Hydaelyn for the Novice Network. First time I ever genuinely made friends with strangers.
I totally know how you feel! I didn't talk to pretty much anyone until I played FFXI (the previous FF based MMO), but meeting people there helped me overcome a lot of my social anxieties and even led me to my wife (Married for 13 years now)!
@@kou7191 One time I was tanking the msq roulette at 3 am and fell asleep during the long cutscenes at the end. The other tank just took over and the party was kind enough not to kick me. I appreciate their kindness, but I also recommend not doing that roulette after your bedtime 😅
your demonstration about gcd with the icecream and the cashews was so fun and so good!! ive known about gcds for years but watching that really made it click for me! Awesome video! i really liked all your points and analogies! I just started playing FFXIV yesterday again, very excited to go on this journey 😊 Im glad to hear the game is going so well!
The most common thing I here is "That's a weeb game I'm not gonna play it." like alright man whatever that's a hella dumb reason, but whatever.
Not a dumb reason. People have preferences, the style and presentation of the game won’t sit well with everyone and that’s totally fine.
@@Ellierienna if they specifically offer a form of valid criticism like the stylization isn't for me, I dont like reading, the gcd is too slow, arr is boring af until leviathan, then that's totally fine. When you use something derogatory like "weeb shit" as your form of criticism unironically, then you're trying to invalidate the game and the people that play it based on your belief that its Japanese so it must be weeb trash like moe anime and people who say desu after every sentence even though they're speaking english. That shit isn't cool and it's hateful.
I have other "don't like the animations of the game"
I think the misconception I probably had was that FFXIV is only for FF fans. Like, they definitely get more out of it with all the references, but as someone who hasn't played anything else in the series (barring a XV combat tutorial), I think the game does a great job of standing on its own.
yea, that's prettymuch the Thing about the FinalFantasys... Lore-wise there is very little, if anything, connecting all the sequels.
With the exception of games like FF10 & FF10-2 which ARE sequels to the prevGame-sharing-the-same-Roman-numeral.
You could play the FFs in ANY order (or even omit a few) and the storytelling doesn't change at all.
There's a few nods here and there...
ex. Nearly EVERY FF has a character named Cid, Biggs, & Wedge. Also the "Primal names" are there (titan, shiva, garuda, etc)
Chocobos are a staple to the series as well.
@@desa5654 Primals in XIV are just another depiction of the usual summons, I think? Yeah, seeing Cid in XIV was the first time was interesting. I'm familiar with VII's Cid through Kingdom Hearts, and I didn't realize he was a recurring character. Still, I wasn't sure if XIV would be so self-contained.
oh hey, its my local nerd, out in the wild.
@@jedimasterpickle3 To an extent it's selfcontained... but it is believed that the "other shards" "other worlds" ARE the other FFs.
**SPOILER**
The Sigma/Delta/Alpha Scape fights... we are literally fighting enemies from previous FFs & Omega tells us that they're champions (or w/e) from other Worlds/Shards.
The FF games do put in a lot of references to the older titles but it's typically not necessary to know them to understand the story being presented in the game you're currently playing. It can be a fun little tug on you nostalgia if you do know them but you don't really miss out on anything important if you didn't play the particular game being referenced. For instance the whole Crystal Tower raid was cool and I enjoyed it a lot but I never got far enough in FF3 to know anything about it prior to playing through it in FF14 and I really didn't feel left out because the context of the story filled in the parts I needed to know.
Even though leves are mentioned for leveling jobs and classes,alot of new players don't realize you can use them to level craftesr and gathers as well
idk why but as a new player,. i had it stuck in my head that leves were the best way to level. I was a PLD with my Chocobo out all the time constantly grinding leves xD
@@ZeplaHQ leves with your chocobo sounds like a good idea since the exp a chocobo geta is depending on the lvl mobs you fight. Plus gets you that regal chocobo suit faster.Really the game has no bad way of leveling. Even grinding can be decently fast and profitable with the items you get.
Going from about a year ago here obviously but uh, a) your laugh is infectious and b) I'm learning a lot! Thanks for being able to put things into a perspective that helps me on my research about this game!
I came here to hear the perspective on the thumbnail and loved the Ice cream comparison. Very well done there. I didn't expect to hear about the combat speed as much as the speed of fetch quests, back and forth teleporting, how long it takes to get to lvl 30 so you can finally play scholar, how long it took to get to heavensward so you can finally play astrologian, or how long it took to get to unlock sage.
Those questions do have different answers based on attention span and whether or not the MSQ actually kept your attention early on, or if you got sick of the dialogue 20 minutes in and just skipped over everything you saw till you saw Ifrit summoned and had to backpedal to get the context of how he came into being like I did. From then on I paid more attention and it was around there that the story became "decent".
It was around castrum meridianum that I felt genuinely invested in the story, and the praetorium was where the story felt hyped up to my expectations.
This was back when the minstrels ballad: Ultima's Bane was genuinely considdered hard and I felt like a badass for being able to solo heal that as scholar.
So the TLDR is yes. It was slow, but it was rewarding. I don't know how on earth anybody has the patience to play multiple characters though. Or how they have the time to level them. That is far beyond my realm of understanding XD
This video made me hungry for ice cream and Gordon Ramsey's chicken tenders
Thanks for the laughs Zep. Great way to start off a Saturday!
You are so funny and clever! I'm so glad I found your channel. I should've commented sooner on other videos that I watched, but you made me start thinking critically about games in a way I hadn't before.
Yeah, started 3 months ago and just finished the initial part of HW yesterday. As a WoW player, didn't know the story was required to progress and screwed around leveling all jobs a bit for the first month. Then realized the long road of MSQs I had to do. Probably ain't gonna make it through it all before SdB launches.
"double weaving nuts between licks" Sounds like a new logo for some merch! ;P
Love your videos Zepla, the humor is great and they tend to have good info in them, keep it up! :)
thank you for watching!
Hey, I recently found your channel and love your content! You totally got me back into ffiv and now I actually KIND OF feel like I know what I'm doing lmao
thank you!! welcome back))
So I started playing FF XIV a couple of weeks ago and ran into this channel. I have to say, I have been bingeing your vids more than I did with Cobra Kai and that says a lot!
I had a misconception where i thought, because i never played a Final Fantasy game, i would never understand what this game was all about so i avoided it, thinking that everything will be confusing. But after actually playing the game, the lore of FFXIV is not deeply connected to other FF games, at least not in the MSQs. And after looking up the hints of other FF game In FFXIV, i became more interested in them. Like how some of the Omega Raid bosses are from different FF games and the FFXIV x FFXV crossover. I just wish i became a FF fan sooner so I could have a fan boy moment when i 1st did those raids
The one i keep hearing is that 'ffxiv lacks variety in its dungeons' which clearly comes from someone who never got past the first few dungeons in arr as variety of dungeon locations and styles is one thing ffxiv does pretty well imo.
I never played the original XIV. but I heard that copy-pasted dungeons were a big problem back then.
@@jramirez4310 Thats probably the copy-paste black shroud. Its a map i think, but 1.0 doesnt have a minimap at that time…
XIV GCD = Elegant dancing, WoW GCD = Mosh pit
Sometimes mosh pits are great u .u
@Simply Legendary I mean you're not wrong. I said it was great, not safe lol!
I’m laughing so hard because of this comment and replies 🤣🤣🤣
After playing 14 and going back to WoW I tried to take the "Healers should DPS too" mentality with me. Holy Paladin DPS is the first time I've enjoyed playing DPS in WoW because everything else is random chaos and chasing flashing buttons.
And then when I beat people I can laugh at them in public because addons and meters are allowed.
Minus ninjutsu!
Your videos make me happy. Keep releasing wonderful content. :)
You convinced me to try the game and I just didn't get it at first but I pushed on, it's around two weeks later now and I'm loving it. The story, the characters, the community...it's amazing, especially when I got to heavensward which I'm in now.
Thank you :)
CONTEXT IS SO IMPORTANT LMAO!! NUTS BETWEEN LICKS!!! IM DONE
Now I have a misconception about Zepla and her ways to eat ice cream
I can relate with the 'is it too late to start?' bit because I have friend that recently got into it 2 months ago and is now finishing up shadowbringers(no story skip, with cutscenes). Whereas I've been playing for about a year and have just finished last Tuesday.
I have a friend who just picked up the game a few weeks ago and watched all the cutscenes and he just started Stormblood
Combat in FFXIV feels much faster in "higher levels" due to heavy movement mechanics as well.
When i started my FFXIV free trial, it was painfully slow when it takes 2.5 sek after infliicting a lvl 2
Ladybug with Bio and than another 2.5 sek for Ruin, and another 2.5 sek for Ruin, and another 2.5 sek for Ruin......
But once i got into the Dungeons with almost every Mob having this telegraphed AOE you need to move out
it began to start speeding up. So its not only about GCD and OffGCDs and how many skills you can use within
10 secs, but also how many things you have to due while fighting.
Even though WOW has a shorter Combat, you dont have to pay attention to as many gamemechanics, maybe
later once you get into M+ but not in normal dungeons or even in open world PVE.
This!!
But wow also has pvp ^_^
@@akhsdenlew1861 I dont know much about PVP in any game, but FF XIV has also PVP, at least in theory.
@@Denis-TheLyndin as u said.. in theory.
PvP is more.. practical u know.
U need to touch ur enemies... and not in a sexy way
Yeah, and then you have Alphascape v3.0. I did the normal mode yesterday, I'm kinda dreading Savage...
Speaker Network also did a FF14 1.0 History Review. They view more on the players side though, like people who were there. But No-Clip covers more on the business side, like the people who worked on it.
whats the song that plays at :50 when she eats the ice cream to show the gcd? it sounds super familiar and its driving me nuts. I think it might be from monogatari but im not sure
The NoClip Documentary is amazing. A wonderful watch, and I'm glad to see you recommending it.
I don't think it's ever too late for new players. Because of the way the MSQ works the content you do will always be relevant to your level. That's that WoW mentality of thinking end game is the only thing that matters then complain about no content when they clear everything as fast as possible. FFXIV also has a whole bunch of optional content that even I haven't done. It has a lot to offer.
HILDIBRAND!
@@Poldovico Exactly!
At first (I started around patch 2.1 or 2.2) I thought it was a WoW clone as FFXIV had pretty much the same play style: kill monsters, get quests, get levels, get loot and then repeat.
But FFXIV had more. Only needing one character to experience all the classes (and more importantly the story) was awesome. The crafting system is second to none. Being the center of the story is a great feeling. And having played previous FF games made for some cool nostalgia.
Although as others have mentioned the lv1-50 and 2.x MSQ are rather slow and tedious. DPS jobs are pretty boring until the mid 50s when you have more oGCD skills.
Great game and nice video to address some of these misconceptions.
Once i experienced only needing 1 character, it became VERY difficult to go back to wow
They somehow made crafting fun in FFXIV i dont know how crafting is in WoW but i feel some sense of pride crafting my own gear HQ being able to craft minions and whatever else people might want..
@@good_playlists Crafting in wow is not only almost useless but it's basically having the mats and clicking the "craft" button. Yay, done.
@@Xenitag0 geez that doesnt sound fun at all i guess my assumption is wrong doesnt seem like much effort or reward was crafting always like that in WoW?
@@good_playlists It was useful, it gave your character additional stats depending on which craft you took, but it's gameplay was always like that. Now... well it's only useful for personal enchantments and such, so basically less money spent.
Your hair is so cool! Also I enjoy your vids a lot, keep it up!
You have a very warm and calming personality very enjoyable 💪🏾
I was very reluctant to start it...now I can't stop. Love the video!
welcome))
"The story is part of the journey" yes! Thank you 😊 I agree and So is leveling up a class manually, sure if it's like the 15th class you're leveling and you want a level skip maybe but I kind of dislike the idea since I feel like it shows a certain disinterest in the class you're leveling if that makes sense lol XD
I only just discovered you whilst looking for Shadowbringer changes and let me just say, you are amazing; instantly subscribed!
thank you so much!! ♥️
I was already in love with your channel, and then you said the thing about The Last Jedi. I love you even more now. Great content!
"It's slow!"
*Laughs in savage raids*
mentions chicken tenders, eScape suddenly is playing (are ready to fry)
Love your channel, and yes, that documentary is phenomenal.
New player here! You had me at “nuts between licks.” 😂 in all seriousness... I’ve just started playing the game and your videos are extremely helpful! Level 12 Lalafell, I’m ready to slay some primals! ❤️
Number 4 aged really well
"cat girls"(and boys) ❤️ fashion fantasy XIV
just got back into the game and i've been bingewatching your vids n i gotta say... you're easily one of the best content creators for this game :-) thank you for getting me hyped to play again!!
This channel is amazing, have a ver y good pugxmas :D
7:00 is completely me. i played the beta in 2012 and dropped it like a lalafell. seen later that it failed and shutdown and didnt even know they redid the game until heavensward and my friend said he was playing it. i thought he was being a terrible person until i looked up some video's on it and seen how different it was.
Love it! Esp the weeb part cuz you owned it 😅🤣
no clip ff14 docu so good btw great video as usual zep :)
I love your top, where did u get it?
You're right, the "Waters" is fine :^)
Never seen anyone explain mmorpg through food.
I'm gonna subscribe now.
Really loving your videos, only been playing for 4 months but you have a brilliant way of explaining how great FFXIV is without being a crazy fangirl. And as I am only on HW content (I am levelling all gathering and crafting as well as a Summoner) the lack of spoilers is a welcome change. Great to watch new videos that are fun and don't wreck the game for me, and encourage new players.
Hey Zepla love your videos! I've played on and off since launch. I play on ps4 and I'm currently on Goblin server but I'm thinking of switching can any reccomend another one?
A misconception for me was that the other players were going to be exceedingly rude to me and KO my character while I'm just going about and minding my own business. I have never played an MMO before this one, and even for the internet the FFXIV players are very nice and helpful.
My friend has had some bad experiences while being a tank but I've been having a real good time with this game. Heck, I recently started going to RP events.
*"FFXIV is only for FF Fans."*
I have 4 friends i threw into the game who might have a word with you now, two of which have it as thier first MMO & FF game ever and are in fucking love.
*"The story is so boooring!"*
The beginning can be boring but, for fucks sake, it would be more boring being the OP hero with the madlad stories right away. You have to work for that title and things happen that are boring, but its all worth it when you can run around as a half-naked rendeer man and have people whisper your name in fear.
*"Everything is made way too sexy."*
Google: Roegadyn & Lalafell
Jokes aside, look at EVERY OTHER MMO and tell me gay to the face its something unusual. NPCs are very fine detailed and in no way overly sexy, the only sexything walking the earth is your goddamn character because you dress them like that. If its too sexy, change gear/glamour.
I like to see my half-naked rendeer man.
*"But i have to pay to play! :( "*
Half-True (soon to be less than half true lolololo), there is a free Trial Launcher you can grab that allows you to play till Lv35 (max Level is 70 atm pre-Shadowbringer) and that counts for all classes.
So you can play the game, for free, till you have ALL classes on 35 on ONE character.
That takes time and is 150% worth it as you can keep said character when you start buying playtime aka the acual game.
Important is: Make your SE account & download the launcher in one go, just to avoid problems some of my friends had because they thought they can download the launcher later.
Do it in one go and be happy. Takes like 4hrs with super, duper, slow as fuck internet. Which i expect only a few have acually.
i don't see why sexy is a problem.
I prefer having to look at a pretty character 10 hours a day than having to look an ugly one.
Underrated answer!
I love your laugh it's adorable 🌻. Do you really double weave OGCD's? If so which job? Only one I do it on is Ninja Atm
All the melee have a least some weaving, think Dragoon has the most though with all there jump skills. Course everything else can weave too it's just it doesn't look as active when you're just standing still.
Hey what is that little music when you are eating ice cream?
7:30
Lol 'FFXIV: DEATH AND REBIRTH'
I just watched Evangelion. @-@
You are a youtube genius.
Thank you, that's very kind !
Your channel is slowly bringing me around to playing again (I tried FF back in 2018 and couldn't get into it). I am actually watching this instead of playing because my misconception was I could log back in on my Steam account and I can't because I need a one time password that I don't have. Either way it was fate because I got to find your channel and all the wonderful content that is preparing me to try this game again. Thank you for all you have put out for this game, the good and the sometimes not so good.
That FFXIV Documentary tugged at my heart thank you Zepla for posting the link :)
Little reminder that ffXIV was made free to play while Yoshi was reconstructing it ( very nice move from the team), took a year to reconstruct it, which means: they made a new freaking game in just a year.
If i ever find Yoshi in the streets of Tokyo, i'll give that man a Hug as big as the Earth.
I was shocked to learn this too: That They Remade FFXIV in 1 year. 😅 i laughed so much on the recent interview with Yoshida where they asked him about possibility of 1.0 server (like classic wow xD) . and in english, with a pained expression he just says "NIGHTMARE "" 😂
@@ZeplaHQ As an ex 1.0 player i really hope that won't ever happen >.<
The interview hightlight was the one you described XD
It was not f2p, but extended free time until the quality increased enough to start the payment service. The free time after the first 30 days was not planned from the start
Yeah, I didn't play 1.0 and I'm ok with not as long as I can watch the cutscenes and get story elements/character background. Watching some videos for that now
I tried to play ff14 on and off quite a few times and wasn't until storm blood that I enjoyed it but man getting thru some of arr was hard but it was totally worth it once I got to HW
Yeah, not gonna lie. ARR is rough. Patch 2.5 onward is where the story finally gets good, IMO.
I feel called out by these story times. XD I've been playing... 14 months now, and I just got done with the Doma section of Stormblood. There's stopping to smell the roses, and then there's me... stopping to smell every single NPC, multiple times, getting distracted by so many side objectives... oh god. There's so much.
Combat got insanely fast at my first dungeon yesterday. Got insanely fun. I dont mind the grind either, just been having fun going through all of the quests. My mistake was trying to level all classes, but had fun when I just focused on one class
Played MMorPGs since 2005, and FFXIV has surpassed EQ2 as my 2nd favorite games of all time. Wildstar still top for it's raiding and general insanity.
EXCEPT WILDSTAR IS DEAAAAAAAAAD
i thought i could never really get into the game without playing other FF games, but i love FFXIV now and its still the only FF game ive played haha
ffxiv was my first ff game too! what ive learned is that every FF game is a gateway drug .. to the rest of the FF games
@@ZeplaHQ haha, well im a mmo guy, but maybe ill try the others in the future, only hearing good stuff about them afterall :b
I just started FFXIV about 3 weeks ago and I am obsessed! I just made it to Heavensward and I don’t mind taking my time! Love the story! Also WHM and RDM are my 2 favorite classes along with the new dancer!
Shadowbringers is about to come out tomorrow, and i JUST beat Leviathan right before the 24 hour maintenance.
I still don't feel like I joined in late.
you should really check out SpeakersNetwork if you wanna learn about how FFxiv became to what it is now. They show(and breakdown) how 1.0 was a disaster to how our lord and savior Yoshi came and saved us.
Even better than that is a documentary by NoClip
@@Llamadeus Unpopular opinion but I felt like the community was better in 1.0 and enjoyed the slower pace combat that felt more like xi.. think it could have grown into something great..never been able to get into ARR combat when i try..want to try again soon.
@@xMissMaveNx wasnt 1.0 a literal scam? Bugs, technical issues etc ? i think the game was dead from birth.
this is super great gonna share this with all my friends i want to play the game
I was so into Wow for the better part of 14 years, that even as a Huge FF fan, I had trouble getting into FFXIV, because I couldn't get used to the system/game flow. I couldn't let go of Wow. It was a bittersweet break up in the end when I finally forced myself to give FFXIV a real chance. I never looked back. I was so impassioned by my experience I even did a short series of why I left and how FFXIV has impacted me. I take my time, I've never felt so at ease in an MMO. Your videos teach me something new my experiences haven't taught me yet and so many "yup I've done that" realizations. Thanks for being honest and relatable!
I was really confused about the global cooldown thing on FF14 and honestly you explained it so well I was laughing. You're awesome. New fan ♥.
Is Chicken Tender actual a musical genre? xD
See omegascape 11 for reference.
You make me want to go Red again.
I will probably be dying back to my natural color soon though!! 🤔 Hrmmm
Red mage?
@@ranmashin Red hair:) I already have everything at 70. I'm going gunbreaker :p
title should include (ice cream licking) ) fantastic video as always ^-^
So much good information in your vids, definitely recommend the noclip documentary. Great doc even if you aren't interested in 1.0 or the rebuilding of FFXIV. It's a great story by itself.
Common misconception i get asked is "is it turned based?"
I almost got into an argument with a friend because they assumed it was like old and turn based and kept saying "I don't like combat in that style" and of course I was like "what do you mean in that style" since a lot of other MMOs have the sameish setup. We were not on the same page AT ALL.
I didn't even know about these misconceptions. I just looked at gameplay for that game before I gave it a chance
Been in ffxiv since arr lol
Nearly 4000 hours and im still happy with it. Can't wait for shadowbringers!!
I have only been playing for a little over 2 months and am now nearing completion on the second class/job. No cutscene skipping either. Can't stop!
That doc is a good watch. I greatly enjoyed it.