It always amazes me when people say “oh yeah this isn’t so hard to get” and when you ask how much time it took them they say “650 hours” like. WHAT no I can’t do that
Jurassic....it's enough to make a dino sore. Well, unless yer a Rhamphorhynchus, then I guess it's dino soar....I had to look that one up, couldn't remember. It just flew right past me, really..
I'm not sure how long the prestige will last, but that triple triad mount is actually really impressive due to the sheer amount of content you need to accomplish to get it. It includes getting to the final zone in eureka, bozja, all the hildibrand quests, several extreme trials (including memoria misera and all 3 weapons), and winning an open tournament
The phoenix mount gets more "wow" responses from people than any other mount. It might not be impossibly hard to get anymore, but at the same time it's not super common. It helps that it is likely the most visually stunning mount in the game. Also, it's a lot bigger than most other mounts.
@@lukasbjornendermann9944 mm in that case I definitely wouldn't say it gets more wow responses than any other mount, the shb one is even bigger, cannot be unsynced and has way lower drop rates for the gwibers too and that's only taking trial mounts into consideration
Before anything yes I understand this falls under niche and not many people recognize it, its not flashy and all that. But the Triple Triad mount for me is one of the ultimate flexe's, because it means you got ALL cards (except the FF protagonist cards), meaning you won a tournament, you bought all of them in the gold saucer, you farmed extremes, you did Eureka, you did Bozja, you farmed all alliance raids, you played against almost if not all NPCs, you did the Hildibrand quests, aka. it's pretty much the "I did everything there is to do in the game, outside ultimates and savage". To give an idea the cards that drop from Extremes and such have around 2% drop rate, so you will literally see the card less times than the mounts, there's NPC's that also drop multiple
Another title that's insane to get outside of combat is the High Roller title from the Gold saucer as it is a MASSIVE time investment to get all the achievement to unlock it. A ton of playing triple triad, chocobo race, GATEs, 1mil mgp from both the giant and mini cactpot. Also mention to World-Class Troller which requires to spend a lot of time doing Ocean Fishing.
@@markboron5581 You can unlock it in Uldah at lvl 15 iirc. The Gold saucer I mean and unlock all the mini-games including TT. It's a quest near the aetheryte called "It could happen to you". Recently they also added a mount and a title once you collected every card except for the main line FF protag cards cuz some of those are tournament exclusives.
Yeah, High Roller is a meta achievement combining basically most of the grindiest achievements for Chocobo Racing and Triple Triad and Mini Cactpot diligence... while ALSO needing to get lucky and 1st place a Jumbo Cactpot, a very rare feat of luck unto itself. All of these other achievements have their own Titles with low player %s for half of them. The Triple Triad card mount is a more visible flex, and you need to farm a LOT of the card game and Shadowbringers EX trials to obtain it currently.
@@jaeusa160 All trial and raid cards drop in Normal as well as Ex or savage, save one exception: Varis. You can only get his card from his Ex trial(at least thats what the site I used to track my progress was saying and even then it could be just an omission of normal but i didnt take any chance and Farmed that specific EX. But all the others I farmed Normal...maybe the drop rate is better in EX but I didnt find any information confirming that, but Im assuming that might be the case). And IMO..its not that much of a flex. It took me about a week and I had only 1/3 of the cards when I started working on it. I didn't find it particularly hard or time consuming for that matter. That said if you dont really like playing TT or just plain suck at it, yeah it's not gonna be a fun time to get it. And I personally recommend to use a tracking site for your progress cuz the ingame text is bad at telling you where to get them. (Kinda like blue spells) Of course I could farm Happy bunny fates in Eureka and hate my life, but There's an NPC in Kugane that drops all the Eureka Cards...So yeah. Use a tracker, dont listen to ingame hints if you're aiming for it. xD
Same! They always want to see the tattoo, and I only have 2 characters that have it, and only one who has the Goobue. All the rest just get to show off the chocobo. Though what people don't realize is that Goobue is only obtained during a specific time in 1.0, doing a quest for the Yoshi P bard (the guy who likes to give you his bard version trials), so that was also a thing... of suffering...
@@TheFizzster I also ended up rolling a different character to play with friends, and so my main has the bird and the cheap sub, but no mark and no Goobbue. I've still got the other character - a Lala BLM - and I play it once in a while when I feel like blowing things up.
I'd say the "Saint of the Firmament" title is a pretty nice flex... A now unobtainable title for the top 12 that grinded crafting the most for 1 week... I got the title... I felt like a bot and took a permanent hit to my health, but the memory made was nice and it's a cool sounding title that goes well with my angel glams.
@@totallynottrademarked5279 sorry no bots but saw some in the process of getting the title. You need to quickly identify to optimal route, get from one node to the next extremely quickly and an overall dedication of time during the event. 3 hours should net you 20k plus points less and you will struggle to hit top 12.
Cerebrus mount and Ozma considering the amount of grind and prep you have to do for DRS and BA, not to mention getting 48 people to rub their brain cells together for the next hour or so to clear it.
On Aether, there's a lot of prep and organization. And for DRS non-statics we still go through all of the explanations for new people. So it's more realistic to say 3 to 4 hours not 1.
@@shadowofchaos725 That is true. I was lucky enough for my class on the Primal Forays discord to turn into a static so it was like 45 minute to get everyone together with an hour, at worse, hour and a half, lightly explaining than going to progging it, than with our off raid nights acting as resource prepping for the next run
Yeah I felt these were the most missed mounts in this video, you cant unsync or cheese these achievements over time. Eureka and Bozja are locked to level and skills we have now forever. Plus death is punishing, and raises are limited and low chances.
@@sakiefox7250 Not to mention no one mentions a full raid wipe means having to start over from the beginning again, deep dungeon style. So that's like another 45+ minutes to get back to say Trinity Avowed for a newer group.
@@technole Very true. Even with Valor, which boosts your damage, one still has to pay attention to the mechs. Infact I argue its slightly more difficult since those that call out the mechanics for the raid sometimes can't keep up due to phase skips from the added damage. And you still die if you get hit 3 times.
“World Class Troller” title from Ocean Fishing. Takes an immense amount of time too because of the restrictions on how often you can ocean fish (once every 2 hours)
I got my Astrope before Shadowbringers came out, but i then switched to completing the fishing log; i got the final title, Big Fish, just yesterday. I doubt many people will know what this title means in terms of effort and struggle (and luck!), but still, very happy to flex my fishing title atop my Astrope :D
Yeah, quite a few of my friends were racing for their server's respective server first Big Fish titles, and it was pure rng and dedication that got some of them the win. Fishers are just scary LOL
I'm relatively new to the game ( only playing for about 2 months now) but fishing was one of the first things I got attached to so I want that title just to show people that I enjoy it enough to do all that work
I have the Pteranodon Mount and the Triple Triad card mount, and in my opinion, if you start fresh with fishing, getting the Big Fish title is one of the most tedious and soul crushing tasks in the game. Heck, I even think it's harder to get than the Necromancer title in terms of time spent, and it's DEFINITELY harder to get than the Pteranodon. Sad that Zepla didn't mention fishing at all in this video.
The moment when zepla realizes she can manipulate Asmongold to do what she wants by making a video like this. Would love to see her trolling him by making him get something stupid :D
Oh! I have a few of those pvp mounts! Though, I still don't have any of the Feast top 100 rewards, as I ended up getting preoccupied in an editing spree and result in getting left behind in the queues ;~;. I want to try to get at least this season's mount before the pvp rework though! I also have attempted Necromancer a few times, but I keep making stupid mistakes in the floor 140-170 range. I also recently just reset all of my weapon and armor level progress for the monk fist glamour-that-I'll-probably-never-use, so I've got a lot of regrinding to do before trying again... ...why do I do this to myself.
I know it isn't *that* impressive, but I haven't taken off my Saint of the Firmament title since getting it the first round of Ishgard Restoration. I suffered for a week of non-stop gathering, I'm using the damn thing.
Yeah but Hell's Kier is not really old. "Old" mostly relates to lvl50-60 content, because you can comfortably solo it in most cases on a properly geared lvl80 character. Lvl70 content is still considered "not old" because the difference in levels doesn't provide the same overwhelming DPS/EHP advantage compared to lvl50-60 vs. lvl80.
I just yesterday got my Fledgling Apkallu minion from completing the sightseeing log for ARR and it made me so happy! This videos really made me excited for venturing further into the game and achieving cooler things. 🥰
@@raspberrycordial5996 Yeah I did about 2/3 the ARR log before flying, manually. Didnt realize there was a tracker that told you exactly what point was up at any point, it was hell.
@@carnivoreking875 don't do mentor roulette if you don't want to bother? Isen't even new most 'mentors' care for the crown icon or rewards, not for what actually the system mean
@@alessandroseverino8222 As a mentor, extremes are frustrating. Depending on the fight, it can take more than one (60m) lockout to actually learn the fight. Most sprouts dont realize the jump in difficulty between hard and extreme. Sometimes you'll get a party that is willing to listen to the advice and follow through with it. But most times than not, its the opposite. Because Mentors get a bad rep, you are harassed right from the start. Players who dont want to listen to your advice, simply because you bear a crown. We do mentor, we do teach, but extremes bring out a different side of people, and its optional if you wish to listen.
I think the most impressive to me is definitely The Necromancer title. Legend titles are hard to get for different reasons but I'd say soloing PotD is a tougher endeavor. I'm a triple legend with multiple clears of all ultimates but getting the solo clears for both deep dungeons remains as a huge to-do pending on my list. I've been considering getting it done for a while, but it's intimidating to me in a way Ultimates aren't. I've dipped my toes a bit so I think I can definitely get it done if I go hard on it without getting discouraged at failed tries.
Also check out Angelusdemonus i think is his name on youtube and twitch, he literally no lifes potd like its the only content in the game or something he has a LOT of potd/HoH solo clears on multiple classes and he knows deep dungeon like the back of his hand. Maygi is good too but i follow angelus just because his videos seem more easy to follow to me than a text guide. I made one attempt at potd solo a couple months ago i got to 156 and i wiped from a super bad floor. i had like 6 patrols closing in on me, a treasure room full of a crap ton of mobs blocking my path to the gate and my time was running low because it takes forever to get through the higher floors. I ended up panicking and hitting a trap then dying to aggroed mobs. Potd is no joke imo and people who think ultimates are harder or rarer are so wrong i feel. having a legend title is nice and all but i see them pretty often..........ive seen maybe one necro on my data center. potd is solo is a serious accomplishment imo and you need more than just practice and skill to clear it....you also need that perfect run where rng doesnt screw you over.
@@kotaspremiere2931 I haven't tried yet because I fall asleep after 5 floors when in potd, so reaching floor 100 would already be an achievement for me. But otherwise, I feel like it's an even bigger time investment than Ultimate progging. And a failure at higher floor represent such a massive grind to restart that most people will get discouraged at some point, even if it's mechanically easier than an Ultimate. It's a whole different type of "difficulty" in the end. And also the risk of being punished by bad RNG is another thing not making me want to attempt it.
@@RandomQuestNPC Yep, that's basically my whole thing with it. I do have a solo floor 121 save at the moment, sitting there untouched for a while, and I remember dying to the floor 80 boss of HoH solo a long, long time ago because I wasn't paying attention, and I haven't tried again (but I should try to clear solo HoH first before I do PotD). Just getting back to the point I was requires a willpower I sometimes just don't have, compared to wiping on Ultimate and just trying again, even though a 0.1% enrage wipe sucks in its own way. But I think it's easier for me to suck it up and keep going because there's a team involved, and a responsibility to press on for them as well as myself, whereas solo deep dungeon is just me and I'm not inconveniencing anyone by just saying, eh, I'll try again some other day.
After MONTHS I finally got my "Lone Hero" title Gave me a huge confidence boost to take on Palce of the Dead Solo. These are equivalent to Ultimates for the Deep Dungeon Soloist.
8:08 Coincidentally, I used PotD/HoH to play jobs for the first time too. It's great, as you unlock abilities quick, and learn to incorporate them. Unlike actual leveling, which takes much longer. You'd be surprised just how far you may make it learning a job this way. ☺
I just started Mahjong because I wanted the music - it was the only scroll I was missing in the entire game. But I have become obsessed. Took some time to grasp the rules but once I understood it is *so* much fun.
I'm getting close to capped, almost at 8mil now and have bought all the mounts, never won a jackpot or 3 liner from WT either never did mahjong but gonna have to get on that if I at some point want that ultimate gold saucer achievement lol
Do people actually play Doman Mahjong? I always kind of assumed you’d be top 10 in your server if you accidentally got into a match, like with Verminion
Hi Zepla! You talking about the Feast and your own experience made me want to get the mount and get top 100. I am up to 1400 ranking right now, slowly working it up on Crystal :D. I had never tried PVP before, but now i am really enjoying it! thanks
I think a completed sightseeing log is pretty impressive too, specifically the ARR one, as well as the treasure map titles you can get for seeing the end of a rare treasure map enough times! I'd say that these days, the treasure map titles are rarer than even Necromancer, since you need a party to consistently do maps with.
The ARR sightseeing log isn't too bad, but there's a few that are a real pain in the ass. Probably a bit easier now with flying mounts in ARR areas but doesn't help with all of them especially needing strict time and weather requirements and in towns. Like #37 in Gridania with a jumping puzzle that's a pain (requires sprint), fair/clear weather, and between 8:00 and 12:00. Ugh.
Nobody really cares about it but getting Ixion was my ultimate achievement because to me it is the coolest mount. It's not even hard to get though, you just have to wait.
I have some of the weapons from each ultimate, and some pvp stuff (the yellow+black node, the maelstrom horse, and the full field commander set). i'd say saint of the firmament and the high roller are really good flexes as well, and fisher titles
Cool to see my name pop up in a Zepla video 9:39 (Mystic Ethereal) There is a couple of things that are missing off this list, such as the BIG fish title for getting every big fish and The Indefatigable title for making every Ultimate crafter tool Some more minor things invlove getting every Triple triad card, that gives you a mount, the Azure and the Omega title for completing all the SB raids on Blue mage and any of the Ocean fishing titles
I remember I actually had to make tickets fighting for my legacy stuff, never got the chocobo but I'm glad I got the tattoo. I even grinded out the Goobbue mount. lmao
"That thing that they have, that you don't have." For me it isn't about jealousy. It's about completionism. It's a bit of an OCD and why I don't play games like pokemon (the card game) or MTG. There's no way I'll never be able to collect all the cards so it's useless to me. I largely feel this way about XIV. Thank goodness, there is SO much more to the game. Otherwise, the inability to collect all the goods would eat at me endlessly.
Those are big money/time sinks but the novus and nexus weapons are some of the most brightest "hey look at me" weapons in the game. My Omnilex Nexus is still my favorite sch book.
After I got my Zenith relic weapon and googled to see how many more forms are there, I just instantly noped out after reading the quest objectives lol. The whole zodiac weapons questline is so tedious that I'd rather wait till I unlock an ultimate weapon raid.
@@ranchangfu doing a zeta is nothing imo especialy after all the nerfs. look up how bad atma's, books, light was before nerfs and the materia part also used to be hell in arr days. I have every zeta since heavensward and i can tell you that it's not too bad now. You can grind out a relic from start to finish in 2-3 days on average if you go at it pretty hard. books is usually the timesink step.
Relic weapons are cool but unfortunately not a big flex since the grind for them get nerfed a lot. Only way it would be a flex is if you could tell if someone got them before the nerfs but unfortunately there is no way to tell.
@@RAM23Wolf "unfortunately there is no way to tell." That would actually be incorrect as achievements usually come with most relics or for atleast completing your first one and those achievements show dates of completion on the lodestone assuming the person has it set to public. Also i would say it could very well be a flex depending on how many finished relics you have. ive only ever seen a couple people on my server who also have as many finish relics as i do and that in itself shows rarity, but also consider even after nerf to have every relic finished still takes a LOT of work. There are many things you can flex in ffxiv and show that you have played a lot of the game. So i would say i very much disagree with your opinion, because of how many people DONT have it done due to the amount of time and work that goes into it even after nerfs. Now IF were talking about 2-3 relics sure thats not a big deal. But the reality is that when people find out i have every zeta, lux, and about half eureka's they basically say im insane for doing all that and that in itself is what makes me feel like a god which imo is definitely a flex. However i have other accomplishments im more proud of. I'm just stating that there are circumstances where relics can be a flex.
Love the vid, but loving the hairstyle too! I had mine cut and coloured this week and it feels amazing. I'm not a prestige person, but I love shiny things.
Most people on my friendlist I never even interact with, but damn it would feel special to have a streamer on the list just because. It's like this silent acknowledgment from a person you enjoy watching that you aren't beneath taking a slot from the limited friendlist to them. Makes you somehow feel more assured (or maybe I'm just severely depressed and even that minor act has a huge effect on mood)
My personal ones are my relic grind display ARR zeta with full elemental armor from eureka, "The Emblazoned" title which takes 600,000,000 mettle in bozja, and the two seater bike from collecting all bozjan field notes
I would have added Ozma for having suffered through the sheer tedium that was Eureka, even in it's buffed current form, and then going through everything that is required to run Baldesion Arsenal.
Yeah, I was surprised that Ozma wasn't brought up in this video. Just reaching Baldesion Arsenal involves going through the entirety of Eureka's storyline and even after that you and your team need to be in really specific locations under really specific circumstances to even get in
Your content is great. You're thorough, discuss your knowledge through personal experience and present yourself to the best of your ability. Good shit.
I dunno if this really fits, but does take a lot of time, but I'd say one left off would be the mount for having the 320 Triple Triad Cards. It is def a time sink, and does rely on some serious rng.
Great video! As someone who just finished HW, and is inching closer to endgame but doesn't know a whole lot, some of these challenges give me goals to look forward too. Especially the solo potd and hoh, really cool for an mmo to have those kinds of challenges.
Love it to see AngelusDemonus channel get highlighted in here for the Necromancer / Lone Hero part of the video. His Videos/Streams and answers on my questions on discord were a HUGE help while i was progressing in Deep Dungeon ! After about 8 Month i got both solo clears and my name on the official top 30 rankings. Thx again Angelus
Just wanted to say been following your channel for a while, you’re one of the reasons I started ffxiv (always loved the series) and you’ve been a dope guide and mentor through the entire experience. Also loving the new color on you. Hope to one see and play with you in-game 🙌🏾😇
Amazing work with this video, Zepla! I love how you included other people's insights and displayed many of the things to flex that werent just static images of the things, as well as be clear on the criteria of which you judged these things. I'm sure not everyone agrees, but these are definitely up there. I wish the Amuro mount was a bit more seen for flex, but it indeed isnt as flashy and not too hard to get with enough time, especially if you do it hyper efficiently. Side note, I love the new hairstyle and colour!
Resplendent tools for crafters. I only have 1 so far, but they are basically the Ultimate tools for crafters solely based on their difficulty. They are a good mix of some minor RNG luck, ability to understand crafting rotations, when to conserve CP or when to go all out, and how to tie status effects with actions to successfully complete the crafts. Even if these are used mostly for glam purposes, so are many of the Ultimate weapons for battle jobs too. :)
Every single overworld Big Fish, not every single fish and also excludes anything from Ocean Fishing. This one really should be up there because you can't just hard grind your way through all of them, it's 100% a title that you can only obtain through sheer luck and dedication. I've heard of people being screwed on Ruby Dragon for over a year despite attending most of its very rare catch windows. The shiny rod you get from catching 1140 unique fish honestly is less impressive than the title because you don't actually need to clean out your fishing log to get it, which means you can miss some of the hardest Big Fish and still get it.
I'll never get over the joy when someone pulled up to me in the Eden 4S mount in Zadnor to say he was so jealous of me having the Garo mounts. I know E4S is do able now but I just plain suuuuuck at it so to see someone who can do what is so hard for me say I was epic for winning some pvp back in Heavensward when I was a sprout made my day.
Getting both of the DRK mounts took me a very, very long time, and I love them both. The Rathalos mount took me a couple days, but is by far my favourite mount (massive MH fan).
My husband did it and while he did happen to luck into a group with friends, he says it took them about 10 total nights over a few months. More than half of that time was spent on Brute Justice. They were all players with significant experience in Savage content, however. But I hope that gives you an idea of the time commitment.
The one thing I have that’s on the rare side is the Night Pegasus from PotD. My favourite thing is my house in lavender beds (my favourite residential area) It’s only a small one but I’m next door neighbours with my bestie!
I was obsessed with getting the big fish title Master Caster (nice FFXI reference.) It took a long time and it was super frustrating at some points, too many double/triple mooch or whatever in a tiny window that only happens once a RL week. As more big fish have been added I suppose this specific title is much easier nowadays, but there are of course further ones too. I also used to admire players with the Honest Gillionare title, but maybe that too is easier now.
I've got the 1.0 tattoo, legacy choco, and goobue ^_^ I would say any completed relic, because even if some of them are much easier now it's still a huge effort to take one all the way to completion; especially an ARR relic or a Eurekan relic. ESPECIALLY a Eurekean relic, considering you have to use discord to get groups to go in and do that from what I hear.
For a little more Context on the Gathering in the Diadem. When I got Saint of the Firmament (Flu Pastuer on Excal) in Phase 3 for Mining. I spent somewhere between 8 to 12 hours a day in that damn circle hitting nodes as efficiently as possible. I had to literally give mats away to keep from over capping on everything. I had the best food and meld available at the time this started and ran out of my stock of hi cordials and occasionally went Ocean Fishing to quickly restock them to minimal success. I made about 10 mil gil that week and got 600000 points. I would have to do that AGAIN for Botanist and the Fishers seemed to be having A TIME when I check in on them. My biggest Flex at the moment though is probably the card mount. Memoria will probably keep that mount rare for a bit, as will all the random side quests and side content you need to complete including getting to Hydatos in Eureka and doing Allied Best Tribe quests. Its a weird content completionist mount.
Legacy player here! Glad this made the list. A lot of people don't know about it. I've got the Goobbue as well which isn't technically connected to the Legacy status. Also the best thing about Legacy status IMO is the reduced sub fee. $10 USD for month-to-month and $8 USD a month for 6 month sub.
in additional to those that you have mentioned for the legacy things... the legacy thing you were talking about.... an image of the legacy symbol or a discreetly hidden design of the legacy symbol is hidden on all of the resistance weapon's final stage that are named "Blade's ____" if you are a legacy player. The Paladin one is VERY obvious. it is on the back of the shield.
@Zelph HQ . I wear a "Demagouge Mask" in game to flex what few may know of as the "Mask of the Mortal Hex" in 1.0 . After the Calamity, they converted "Masks of the Mortal Hex" into "Demagouge Masks" which can later be found in "Copperbell Mines". But in 1.0 you had to beat an entire beastribe camp, kill the Notorious Monster Ixali, Get a gold key and open a chest to recieve the mask which has a 1 in 10hr average drop rate of constant farming. My most rare item.
You didn't mention the Saint of the Firmament title in your list! It's unobtainable now and you had to be top 12 in the ranked seasons of rebuilding the Firmament. It was very competitive for a lot of jobs, specially botanist and miner. Top 100 was very easy, but top for top 12 you had to no life it for 10 days to be able to stay there.
I highly doubt half the people have RMT'd them. There probably are some, but it's a pretty insignificant number of players. Making gil isn't hard at all.
I know it isn't on the list but I get plenty of /tell's from sprouts asking where I got the Landerwaffer mount (the giant mech dragon) which always makes my day. I usually offer to give them a ride on it as well, which makes it even better.
The Zeta/Zodiac weapons will always be this for me. They're super rare to spot in game, and understandably so because of the grind and that it costs millions of Gil. I consider them to have a far more Wow! factor than any of the Ultimate weapons because of the pain but...Ultimate weapons are far more common to spot in the game now too.
As an owner of multiple zeta/zodiac, I think the solo grind is less painful than finding a competent group for ultimates. I'm still using them for my current glam, and I don't think they were that expensive??
I get asked about my season 1/2 Feast set every Day because only 10 active people on my datacenter still have it after the split. It is so rare, most people have no idea where it is from.
I've started seeing more people with these after the video came out. I wonder if they didn't realize how prestigious some of the things were and realized that they can flex after watching this.
So I churned out enough of the grind to get myself the pteranodon mount, and I wanna give an idea of what that experience was like pushing through all that. Not every single hour was dedicated to crafting and gathering mats to turn in, and I can't imagine the extra amount of time it took for me to get ready for it, but my time breakdown (as best as I can remember it) was as follows: Facet/Aesthetes Gear Crafting and Overmelding: I couldn't begin to tell you how long this took to make sure I got right. Lucky me that I had gotten Facet gear before the release of this all the Ishgard Restoration stuff, but when 5.3 dropped, my first priority was making sure I had HQ Aesthete's gear day one for at least one crafter (and eventually the gatherers) that I was going to rank in for the second round of Saint of the Firmament titles. And then that also came with overmelding and experimenting and calculating something that worked for me. Now it's a lot easier to get the better gear, so it's not nearly as much of a timesink or gil drain. Approximately 25-30 hours of expert crafting per class to get to 500k: I broke this up into hour-long chunks just to give myself any sort of semblance of sanity. I averaged closed to 18-20k points an hour, usually more points the further along I was in the given phase. Doing it this way, I finished all eight crafters before the 5.4 update. Approximately 75 hours of gathering per class to get to 500k: Again, I averaged around 20k points per diadem run specifically on botanist and miner, but fisher went significantly faster due to luck, I guess? Either way, still 200+ hours of gathering all these mats was a lot of time flying around in circles. Food/Syrup crafting: And on top of all that, making sure I had a surplus of top of the line food and medicine was necessary to maximize all my progress. Of course, as everything went along, I did less of this and bought more and more off the marketboard, but it's still something else to keep in mind. I really only started going ham on this around the time of the first leaderboard, leaning into it after I placed well enough for a Saint of the Firmament title on my server, around 5.21. I finished all my crafters before 5.4 and finished my gatherers during the leaderboard rankings of 5.41. If I had to put a number on it, I'd say that it's pretty accurate to say I spent a total of 550-600 hours on this mount. Still, I think the benefits outweigh the negatives -- I forced myself to get fully pentamelded crafting and gathering gear across all my classes, I made a fortune selling off all the Kupo of Fortune prizes and scrip rewards I already had, I gained not only the Saint of the Firmament title but also Divine Provider and The Hand of Creation (which I still wear!), and I have the pteranodon mount to show for it. I think the number of other people I've seen on my data center with this mount I could count on one hand, but it turns heads when it comes out!
7:02 Hey, Sadness Depression! They are a local celebrity on Odin for the memorable name (and for usually hanging out with "Depressed Darkness". Never knew they are doing solo deep dungeon runs in their free time!
"The Necromancer" isn't just cooler than "Lone Hero", it's also more impressive in my opinion. I have multiple HoH clears, and the #10 Machinist score on my datacenter, but no PotD clears. I've only cracked floor 100 a couple times, it's just such a huge time investment and one mistake erases everything.
How long did it take you to solo HoH. Been practicing lately and man it’s a lot harder than people make it out to be. I love the Lone Hero title more imo too
It took me about a year to get Astrope, the most duties I was ever able to complete in a day was about 50, but usually it wavered more towards 35-40. Idk what that person was queueing as to get through then so quickly, but I definitely noticed a difference in the type of content I was getting based on what I queued as.
As a newer player: Just wondering how many people have the 1st price ring for jumbo cactpot tickets? Basically it is just luck, not much skill involved at all. But it seems rather rare :D
I have it as well, been diligent with Cactpot tickets since Gold Saucer opened pretty much but even then that's only like 10% chance at most, since Jumbo Cactpot also used to be 1 Ticket per week. The only thing holding me back off High Roller since Stormblood is finishing my 500 Chocobo Racing wins, and far more so the 1000 Triple Triad Roulette wins. It's really hard to find motivation to grind THAT much Triple Triad.
Assuming that you get 3 tickets every week, and you never miss turning them in, on average you'll win the Jumbo Cactpot once every 63.88 years. In other words, don't expect to ever get it. Each week it's a 3/10,000 or 0.03% chance.
That mansion you showed in Mist is in the same spot as my FC's mansion. I joined because they had a cool logo, turned out they had a huge place right by the beach. Nice.
I think of your list the one I super agree on is the PoTD/HoH titles- those are no joke..! I remember for a long time too there was a bug where ppl were being randomly disconnected and you'd lose your whole run to a server side error O__O; I constantly get asked where my title "The Wanderer's Shadow" came from- to me exploring 1.0 was far superior to ARR->ShB, filled with actual danger! Some map points took me and ten of my friends to get to safely- hilariously using a hallowed ground + zombie'ing method all the way there, LOL collecting these points with my friends is such a great memory that I will gladly flex this title forever and ever (imagine, goats that could one shot you with a ranged attack, trees you had to Walk by, and my fav- the lv90+ mobs that would just pop as you would touch a zone line lmao I am convinced the dood from your video that said Coerthas was empty in 1.0 must have never loaded in ahaha!!) Lastly, I think that this 'prestige stuff' listed varies wildly from data center to data center and people should just flex what is important to them! Here on Aether data center, things like Hunt mounts/PVP mounts/Gil mounts/Legacy weapons are abundant
@@Nenawisc White Mage. I also tried Scholar, but from testing it against Ifrit it looked like either the DPS output was lower or I wasn't using it right since the fight took about twice as long.
I have the Black Legacy chocobo and was very happy to see it on the list. It took me 8 years to forgive SE for bringing down the servers, but forgive them I did. As a legacy player I hear a lot of people say they wish they had played in those days. IMO the game wasn’t as good as it is now but it wasn’t a complete mess either. The revamped version is better though.
The most impressive thing to flex with is probably having an active group of friends to play with...
**cry laughing intensifies**
Damn imagine if you had a dedicated group to run extreme and savage content
Legit
I feel attacked by this
😭😭😭
Thank you so much for the shoutout, Zepla!!
Awesome video!!!
the Deep Dungeon legend himself! 👏
It always amazes me when people say “oh yeah this isn’t so hard to get” and when you ask how much time it took them they say “650 hours” like. WHAT no I can’t do that
Why nots? Lets go fishing d:
You don’t want to give up your social life and physical/mental health for a bunch of 1’s and 0’s?
If I put in the effort to get some of these, I'd finish work then play FF, sleep, repeat. It would be hell.
Grinding all the hard trials then onto the coils for a bow, wish me luck!
@@pokiis3of10 good luck!
So this is good to watch while working because you're one of the rare people on youtube without a screaming voice.
I just love the awkward stare dead into the camera everytime she makes a pun.
Jurassic....it's enough to make a dino sore. Well, unless yer a Rhamphorhynchus, then I guess it's dino soar....I had to look that one up, couldn't remember. It just flew right past me, really..
I swear I think her dad writes her scripts and forces her to read them on her content
I'm not sure how long the prestige will last, but that triple triad mount is actually really impressive due to the sheer amount of content you need to accomplish to get it. It includes getting to the final zone in eureka, bozja, all the hildibrand quests, several extreme trials (including memoria misera and all 3 weapons), and winning an open tournament
“It’s rare cause no one wants to buy it”
Damn that’s funny. I saw that mount and said nope as well lol
That's how it works IRL too.
I got it because I liked Nero and it plays steel reason for its mount music.
Well if no one wants it its still a flex and a rare piece to have just for that reason!
@@PrincessofKeys That isn't how flexing works.
I will always love my Osma mount! I'm proud of myself for finding a group of strangers to play with and leveling through Eureka and learning BA. :)
The phoenix mount gets more "wow" responses from people than any other mount. It might not be impossibly hard to get anymore, but at the same time it's not super common. It helps that it is likely the most visually stunning mount in the game. Also, it's a lot bigger than most other mounts.
phoenix mount? is that the hw extreme trial mount or smth else?
@@kiiturii heavensward mount
I still Remeber Zeplas Zurvan Song ^^
@@lukasbjornendermann9944 mm in that case I definitely wouldn't say it gets more wow responses than any other mount, the shb one is even bigger, cannot be unsynced and has way lower drop rates for the gwibers too
and that's only taking trial mounts into consideration
@@DantoriusD GOOD AND EVIL THE FIGHT ETERNAL
Before anything yes I understand this falls under niche and not many people recognize it, its not flashy and all that. But the Triple Triad mount for me is one of the ultimate flexe's, because it means you got ALL cards (except the FF protagonist cards), meaning you won a tournament, you bought all of them in the gold saucer, you farmed extremes, you did Eureka, you did Bozja, you farmed all alliance raids, you played against almost if not all NPCs, you did the Hildibrand quests, aka. it's pretty much the "I did everything there is to do in the game, outside ultimates and savage". To give an idea the cards that drop from Extremes and such have around 2% drop rate, so you will literally see the card less times than the mounts, there's NPC's that also drop multiple
[cries in Mahjong Master] Nobody appreciates how difficult this is :P
We appreciate it. Mad props on that super rare title 😁
I appreciate anyone who can understand the game let alone get the title
The true master title. It's so hard to find games , let alone win enough to get to a 2000 rating
@@Mako_SOLDIER It's literally gin rummy.
@@ValkyrieTiara idk what that is
Another title that's insane to get outside of combat is the High Roller title from the Gold saucer as it is a MASSIVE time investment to get all the achievement to unlock it. A ton of playing triple triad, chocobo race, GATEs, 1mil mgp from both the giant and mini cactpot. Also mention to World-Class Troller which requires to spend a lot of time doing Ocean Fishing.
Holy shit they have triple triad?? The card game from ff8?? No wayyyy I cant wait to get there :)
@@markboron5581 You can unlock it in Uldah at lvl 15 iirc. The Gold saucer I mean and unlock all the mini-games including TT. It's a quest near the aetheryte called "It could happen to you". Recently they also added a mount and a title once you collected every card except for the main line FF protag cards cuz some of those are tournament exclusives.
Yeah, High Roller is a meta achievement combining basically most of the grindiest achievements for Chocobo Racing and Triple Triad and Mini Cactpot diligence... while ALSO needing to get lucky and 1st place a Jumbo Cactpot, a very rare feat of luck unto itself. All of these other achievements have their own Titles with low player %s for half of them.
The Triple Triad card mount is a more visible flex, and you need to farm a LOT of the card game and Shadowbringers EX trials to obtain it currently.
@@jaeusa160 All trial and raid cards drop in Normal as well as Ex or savage, save one exception: Varis. You can only get his card from his Ex trial(at least thats what the site I used to track my progress was saying and even then it could be just an omission of normal but i didnt take any chance and Farmed that specific EX. But all the others I farmed Normal...maybe the drop rate is better in EX but I didnt find any information confirming that, but Im assuming that might be the case). And IMO..its not that much of a flex. It took me about a week and I had only 1/3 of the cards when I started working on it. I didn't find it particularly hard or time consuming for that matter. That said if you dont really like playing TT or just plain suck at it, yeah it's not gonna be a fun time to get it. And I personally recommend to use a tracking site for your progress cuz the ingame text is bad at telling you where to get them. (Kinda like blue spells) Of course I could farm Happy bunny fates in Eureka and hate my life, but There's an NPC in Kugane that drops all the Eureka Cards...So yeah. Use a tracker, dont listen to ingame hints if you're aiming for it. xD
I was a 1.0 player and got the legacy status. When people find out, the tattoo is the first thing they want to see. Makes me feel special😚
My congratulations... And My condolences
I’m sad I re-rolled my character to play with my friends. I have my chocobo and I have my cheap subscription, but no mark :(
Same! They always want to see the tattoo, and I only have 2 characters that have it, and only one who has the Goobue. All the rest just get to show off the chocobo. Though what people don't realize is that Goobue is only obtained during a specific time in 1.0, doing a quest for the Yoshi P bard (the guy who likes to give you his bard version trials), so that was also a thing... of suffering...
I deleted the only character who had it. I have the cheaper sub and the Chocobo though
@@TheFizzster I also ended up rolling a different character to play with friends, and so my main has the bird and the cheap sub, but no mark and no Goobbue. I've still got the other character - a Lala BLM - and I play it once in a while when I feel like blowing things up.
I'd say the "Saint of the Firmament" title is a pretty nice flex... A now unobtainable title for the top 12 that grinded crafting the most for 1 week... I got the title... I felt like a bot and took a permanent hit to my health, but the memory made was nice and it's a cool sounding title that goes well with my angel glams.
Most ppl dont even have titles showed in their screen, so....
I still have people cheering or bowing or otherwise acknowledging me in Ishgard for my Saint title
I got my from gathering, it was a huuuge pain to get that title
You mean the people that ran bots for a week straight.
@@totallynottrademarked5279 sorry no bots but saw some in the process of getting the title. You need to quickly identify to optimal route, get from one node to the next extremely quickly and an overall dedication of time during the event. 3 hours should net you 20k plus points less and you will struggle to hit top 12.
Cerebrus mount and Ozma considering the amount of grind and prep you have to do for DRS and BA, not to mention getting 48 people to rub their brain cells together for the next hour or so to clear it.
On Aether, there's a lot of prep and organization. And for DRS non-statics we still go through all of the explanations for new people. So it's more realistic to say 3 to 4 hours not 1.
@@shadowofchaos725 That is true. I was lucky enough for my class on the Primal Forays discord to turn into a static so it was like 45 minute to get everyone together with an hour, at worse, hour and a half, lightly explaining than going to progging it, than with our off raid nights acting as resource prepping for the next run
Yeah I felt these were the most missed mounts in this video, you cant unsync or cheese these achievements over time. Eureka and Bozja are locked to level and skills we have now forever. Plus death is punishing, and raises are limited and low chances.
@@sakiefox7250 Not to mention no one mentions a full raid wipe means having to start over from the beginning again, deep dungeon style. So that's like another 45+ minutes to get back to say Trinity Avowed for a newer group.
@@technole
Very true. Even with Valor, which boosts your damage, one still has to pay attention to the mechs. Infact I argue its slightly more difficult since those that call out the mechanics for the raid sometimes can't keep up due to phase skips from the added damage. And you still die if you get hit 3 times.
“World Class Troller” title from Ocean Fishing. Takes an immense amount of time too because of the restrictions on how often you can ocean fish (once every 2 hours)
Troller is another good one, that is a crazy huge grind and an epic title for Lalafells.
Gotta love the tongue-in-cheek angle for the title, too!
I got my Astrope before Shadowbringers came out, but i then switched to completing the fishing log; i got the final title, Big Fish, just yesterday. I doubt many people will know what this title means in terms of effort and struggle (and luck!), but still, very happy to flex my fishing title atop my Astrope :D
Yeah, quite a few of my friends were racing for their server's respective server first Big Fish titles, and it was pure rng and dedication that got some of them the win. Fishers are just scary LOL
I'm relatively new to the game ( only playing for about 2 months now) but fishing was one of the first things I got attached to so I want that title just to show people that I enjoy it enough to do all that work
I have the Pteranodon Mount and the Triple Triad card mount, and in my opinion, if you start fresh with fishing, getting the Big Fish title is one of the most tedious and soul crushing tasks in the game. Heck, I even think it's harder to get than the Necromancer title in terms of time spent, and it's DEFINITELY harder to get than the Pteranodon. Sad that Zepla didn't mention fishing at all in this video.
you could say that you're a Big Fish in a small pond.
I was just checking stats on titles yesterday and that is literally the rarest title in the game. Congrats!
The moment when zepla realizes she can manipulate Asmongold to do what she wants by making a video like this. Would love to see her trolling him by making him get something stupid :D
Oh! I have a few of those pvp mounts! Though, I still don't have any of the Feast top 100 rewards, as I ended up getting preoccupied in an editing spree and result in getting left behind in the queues ;~;. I want to try to get at least this season's mount before the pvp rework though!
I also have attempted Necromancer a few times, but I keep making stupid mistakes in the floor 140-170 range. I also recently just reset all of my weapon and armor level progress for the monk fist glamour-that-I'll-probably-never-use, so I've got a lot of regrinding to do before trying again...
...why do I do this to myself.
Thanks a lot for those editing sprees, i really love your videos!
Oh hai there Lucron :D
the editing spree is apreciated Lucron :) thank you for that:)
The 141-150 gargoyles are really rough, i finally made it through that set yesterday but now i'm too scared to continue haha
I really appreciate those editing sprees as I love your content!
I know it isn't *that* impressive, but I haven't taken off my Saint of the Firmament title since getting it the first round of Ishgard Restoration. I suffered for a week of non-stop gathering, I'm using the damn thing.
"old trials are basically loot pinatas"
Me: *watches people dying in Hells' Kier ext and Shinryu ext repeatedly*
Yeah but Hell's Kier is not really old. "Old" mostly relates to lvl50-60 content, because you can comfortably solo it in most cases on a properly geared lvl80 character.
Lvl70 content is still considered "not old" because the difference in levels doesn't provide the same overwhelming DPS/EHP advantage compared to lvl50-60 vs. lvl80.
I taught shinryu ex to so many people and got the mount on my 93rd clear. I'm not even mad because I made 10mill from desynth.
I just yesterday got my Fledgling Apkallu minion from completing the sightseeing log for ARR and it made me so happy! This videos really made me excited for venturing further into the game and achieving cooler things. 🥰
Fucking hell. ARR sightseeing. The only thing worse I can think of is the ARR fishing achievements. Gratz, seriously.
I've been playing for ages and I STILL haven't gotten all the ARR sightseeing stuff, so way to go!!!
ARR sightseeing before flying was brutal haha
@@raspberrycordial5996 Yeah I did about 2/3 the ARR log before flying, manually. Didnt realize there was a tracker that told you exactly what point was up at any point, it was hell.
Tip for mentor roulette: QUEUE AS DPS. You get way more guildhests, trials, and normal raids, and most importantly LESS EXTREMES AND MSQ DUNGEONS
I queue as tank most of the time to complete the tank achievements as well, two birds with one stone. Probably not worth it though
I queue only as dps and get grand cosmos and rathalos extreme all the f time, with maybe 1 guildhest out of 20 roulette runs ToT
I need a foolproof way of stopping new players from queuing for Ramuh Extreme on the DF, please help.
@@carnivoreking875 don't do mentor roulette if you don't want to bother?
Isen't even new most 'mentors' care for the crown icon or rewards, not for what actually the system mean
@@alessandroseverino8222 As a mentor, extremes are frustrating. Depending on the fight, it can take more than one (60m) lockout to actually learn the fight. Most sprouts dont realize the jump in difficulty between hard and extreme. Sometimes you'll get a party that is willing to listen to the advice and follow through with it. But most times than not, its the opposite. Because Mentors get a bad rep, you are harassed right from the start. Players who dont want to listen to your advice, simply because you bear a crown.
We do mentor, we do teach, but extremes bring out a different side of people, and its optional if you wish to listen.
I think the most impressive to me is definitely The Necromancer title. Legend titles are hard to get for different reasons but I'd say soloing PotD is a tougher endeavor. I'm a triple legend with multiple clears of all ultimates but getting the solo clears for both deep dungeons remains as a huge to-do pending on my list.
I've been considering getting it done for a while, but it's intimidating to me in a way Ultimates aren't. I've dipped my toes a bit so I think I can definitely get it done if I go hard on it without getting discouraged at failed tries.
If you google Maygi's guide, it's pretty comprehensive for the bosses, mobs, et al. Hope it helps!
you can do it!
Also check out Angelusdemonus i think is his name on youtube and twitch, he literally no lifes potd like its the only content in the game or something he has a LOT of potd/HoH solo clears on multiple classes and he knows deep dungeon like the back of his hand. Maygi is good too but i follow angelus just because his videos seem more easy to follow to me than a text guide. I made one attempt at potd solo a couple months ago i got to 156 and i wiped from a super bad floor. i had like 6 patrols closing in on me, a treasure room full of a crap ton of mobs blocking my path to the gate and my time was running low because it takes forever to get through the higher floors. I ended up panicking and hitting a trap then dying to aggroed mobs.
Potd is no joke imo and people who think ultimates are harder or rarer are so wrong i feel. having a legend title is nice and all but i see them pretty often..........ive seen maybe one necro on my data center. potd is solo is a serious accomplishment imo and you need more than just practice and skill to clear it....you also need that perfect run where rng doesnt screw you over.
@@kotaspremiere2931 I haven't tried yet because I fall asleep after 5 floors when in potd, so reaching floor 100 would already be an achievement for me.
But otherwise, I feel like it's an even bigger time investment than Ultimate progging. And a failure at higher floor represent such a massive grind to restart that most people will get discouraged at some point, even if it's mechanically easier than an Ultimate.
It's a whole different type of "difficulty" in the end. And also the risk of being punished by bad RNG is another thing not making me want to attempt it.
@@RandomQuestNPC Yep, that's basically my whole thing with it. I do have a solo floor 121 save at the moment, sitting there untouched for a while, and I remember dying to the floor 80 boss of HoH solo a long, long time ago because I wasn't paying attention, and I haven't tried again (but I should try to clear solo HoH first before I do PotD). Just getting back to the point I was requires a willpower I sometimes just don't have, compared to wiping on Ultimate and just trying again, even though a 0.1% enrage wipe sucks in its own way. But I think it's easier for me to suck it up and keep going because there's a team involved, and a responsibility to press on for them as well as myself, whereas solo deep dungeon is just me and I'm not inconveniencing anyone by just saying, eh, I'll try again some other day.
After MONTHS I finally got my "Lone Hero" title Gave me a huge confidence boost to take on Palce of the Dead Solo. These are equivalent to Ultimates for the Deep Dungeon Soloist.
grats u boosted your ego by 110%
Lone Hero ! Congratulations, it’s my goal, but it’s really difficult
@@chokdeesam2365 you got this! Just keep it up and one day you'll get there! Never give up!
"Those are some big cogs"
Dammit Zepla...
so that's why she had a chuckle there..
i LOLd /wheezed
I was more turned on by that than I should have been.
8:08 Coincidentally, I used PotD/HoH to play jobs for the first time too. It's great, as you unlock abilities quick, and learn to incorporate them. Unlike actual leveling, which takes much longer.
You'd be surprised just how far you may make it learning a job this way. ☺
I have capped MGP (9,999,999), and am one of the only three 10th Dan across all data centres in Mahjong.
I just started Mahjong because I wanted the music - it was the only scroll I was missing in the entire game. But I have become obsessed. Took some time to grasp the rules but once I understood it is *so* much fun.
I'm getting close to capped, almost at 8mil now and have bought all the mounts, never won a jackpot or 3 liner from WT either
never did mahjong but gonna have to get on that if I at some point want that ultimate gold saucer achievement lol
Do people actually play Doman Mahjong? I always kind of assumed you’d be top 10 in your server if you accidentally got into a match, like with Verminion
I wanted to try aiming for rank in Mahjong, but memories of grinding in tenhou and majsoul makes me want to give up.
@@vbarreiro some people play it yeah, it’s really complex so I don’t personally understand all the rules yet, but I’ve only done about 10 hours of it
Hi Zepla! You talking about the Feast and your own experience made me want to get the mount and get top 100. I am up to 1400 ranking right now, slowly working it up on Crystal :D. I had never tried PVP before, but now i am really enjoying it! thanks
The bald man be like: Write that down! Write that down!
Eyebrows intensify
"I'm gonna get em all"
@@homelesswizard3161 Can't get the legacy ones though. Too late. Or the discontinued Feast ones.
I think a completed sightseeing log is pretty impressive too, specifically the ARR one, as well as the treasure map titles you can get for seeing the end of a rare treasure map enough times! I'd say that these days, the treasure map titles are rarer than even Necromancer, since you need a party to consistently do maps with.
The ARR sightseeing log isn't too bad, but there's a few that are a real pain in the ass. Probably a bit easier now with flying mounts in ARR areas but doesn't help with all of them especially needing strict time and weather requirements and in towns. Like #37 in Gridania with a jumping puzzle that's a pain (requires sprint), fair/clear weather, and between 8:00 and 12:00. Ugh.
Nobody really cares about it but getting Ixion was my ultimate achievement because to me it is the coolest mount. It's not even hard to get though, you just have to wait.
I loved mine, then the moogle event came and everyone got it easy from that, kinda took away its uniqueness
@Misa Amane That's literally exactly what they said.
I returned from my 3 year hiatus and I want it Lolol. I need to finish msq buuuut I also just want all the mounts lololol priorities!
Ixion is my biggest flex as well
Ixion is one of my very favourites!! I usually go between Ixion, Nightmare and the Night Pegasus 🙃
I have some of the weapons from each ultimate, and some pvp stuff (the yellow+black node, the maelstrom horse, and the full field commander set). i'd say saint of the firmament and the high roller are really good flexes as well, and fisher titles
Cool to see my name pop up in a Zepla video 9:39 (Mystic Ethereal)
There is a couple of things that are missing off this list, such as the BIG fish title for getting every big fish and The Indefatigable title for making every Ultimate crafter tool
Some more minor things invlove getting every Triple triad card, that gives you a mount, the Azure and the Omega title for completing all the SB raids on Blue mage and any of the Ocean fishing titles
I remember I actually had to make tickets fighting for my legacy stuff, never got the chocobo but I'm glad I got the tattoo. I even grinded out the Goobbue mount. lmao
"That thing that they have, that you don't have."
For me it isn't about jealousy. It's about completionism. It's a bit of an OCD and why I don't play games like pokemon (the card game) or MTG. There's no way I'll never be able to collect all the cards so it's useless to me. I largely feel this way about XIV. Thank goodness, there is SO much more to the game. Otherwise, the inability to collect all the goods would eat at me endlessly.
Just subbed. Started ff14 3 days ago and your vids have been very helpful. Thanks for that
I mean I’m still a sprout but but starting my 1st relic weapon anyone that has a fully upgraded one is boss in my book.
Those are big money/time sinks but the novus and nexus weapons are some of the most brightest "hey look at me" weapons in the game.
My Omnilex Nexus is still my favorite sch book.
After I got my Zenith relic weapon and googled to see how many more forms are there, I just instantly noped out after reading the quest objectives lol. The whole zodiac weapons questline is so tedious that I'd rather wait till I unlock an ultimate weapon raid.
@@ranchangfu doing a zeta is nothing imo especialy after all the nerfs. look up how bad atma's, books, light was before nerfs and the materia part also used to be hell in arr days. I have every zeta since heavensward and i can tell you that it's not too bad now. You can grind out a relic from start to finish in 2-3 days on average if you go at it pretty hard. books is usually the timesink step.
Relic weapons are cool but unfortunately not a big flex since the grind for them get nerfed a lot. Only way it would be a flex is if you could tell if someone got them before the nerfs but unfortunately there is no way to tell.
@@RAM23Wolf "unfortunately there is no way to tell." That would actually be incorrect as achievements usually come with most relics or for atleast completing your first one and those achievements show dates of completion on the lodestone assuming the person has it set to public.
Also i would say it could very well be a flex depending on how many finished relics you have. ive only ever seen a couple people on my server who also have as many finish relics as i do and that in itself shows rarity, but also consider even after nerf to have every relic finished still takes a LOT of work. There are many things you can flex in ffxiv and show that you have played a lot of the game.
So i would say i very much disagree with your opinion, because of how many people DONT have it done due to the amount of time and work that goes into it even after nerfs. Now IF were talking about 2-3 relics sure thats not a big deal. But the reality is that when people find out i have every zeta, lux, and about half eureka's they basically say im insane for doing all that and that in itself is what makes me feel like a god which imo is definitely a flex. However i have other accomplishments im more proud of. I'm just stating that there are circumstances where relics can be a flex.
Love the vid, but loving the hairstyle too! I had mine cut and coloured this week and it feels amazing. I'm not a prestige person, but I love shiny things.
Bonus Flex - Having Zepla on your friends list :D
Most people on my friendlist I never even interact with, but damn it would feel special to have a streamer on the list just because. It's like this silent acknowledgment from a person you enjoy watching that you aren't beneath taking a slot from the limited friendlist to them. Makes you somehow feel more assured (or maybe I'm just severely depressed and even that minor act has a huge effect on mood)
My personal ones are my relic grind display
ARR zeta with full elemental armor from eureka, "The Emblazoned" title which takes 600,000,000 mettle in bozja, and the two seater bike from collecting all bozjan field notes
I would have added Ozma for having suffered through the sheer tedium that was Eureka, even in it's buffed current form, and then going through everything that is required to run Baldesion Arsenal.
I got the Ozma mount week 2 of the Arsenal. Still my favorite flex 💪
Yeah, I was surprised that Ozma wasn't brought up in this video. Just reaching Baldesion Arsenal involves going through the entirety of Eureka's storyline and even after that you and your team need to be in really specific locations under really specific circumstances to even get in
Your content is great. You're thorough, discuss your knowledge through personal experience and present yourself to the best of your ability. Good shit.
Extremely happy with my Season 18 the Feast PvP Armor!
Congrats! I couldn't stomach the pvp but im glad someone enjoys it enough to get the good stuff.
@@Saint-Soren Thank you! I honestly did not expect to enjoy it this much myself, until I tried it out
I want that armor so bad that I'm almost that person that wants to uninstall because I can't get it. XD
@@oddbychoice6105 Well good news then, cos in 6.1 you can get old feast rewards from the new PvP battle pass system lol
I dunno if this really fits, but does take a lot of time, but I'd say one left off would be the mount for having the 320 Triple Triad Cards. It is def a time sink, and does rely on some serious rng.
Not sure if I have time to manage one of these by Endwalker, just finishing ARR, but gonna try!!
They won't be going anywhere. Just take your time and have fun.
@@NoName-sh5xe unless they want season 20 feast items, that's ever changing.
Great video! As someone who just finished HW, and is inching closer to endgame but doesn't know a whole lot, some of these challenges give me goals to look forward too. Especially the solo potd and hoh, really cool for an mmo to have those kinds of challenges.
I'm currently trying for Lone Hero on RDM. They aren't kidding when they say it's a commitment.
the POTD and HOH segment was an entire video on its own
Love it to see AngelusDemonus channel get highlighted in here for the Necromancer / Lone Hero part of the video. His Videos/Streams and answers on my questions on discord were a HUGE help while i was progressing in Deep Dungeon ! After about 8 Month i got both solo clears and my name on the official top 30 rankings. Thx again Angelus
Just wanted to say been following your channel for a while, you’re one of the reasons I started ffxiv (always loved the series) and you’ve been a dope guide and mentor through the entire experience. Also loving the new color on you. Hope to one see and play with you in-game 🙌🏾😇
Amazing work with this video, Zepla! I love how you included other people's insights and displayed many of the things to flex that werent just static images of the things, as well as be clear on the criteria of which you judged these things. I'm sure not everyone agrees, but these are definitely up there. I wish the Amuro mount was a bit more seen for flex, but it indeed isnt as flashy and not too hard to get with enough time, especially if you do it hyper efficiently. Side note, I love the new hairstyle and colour!
Resplendent tools for crafters. I only have 1 so far, but they are basically the Ultimate tools for crafters solely based on their difficulty. They are a good mix of some minor RNG luck, ability to understand crafting rotations, when to conserve CP or when to go all out, and how to tie status effects with actions to successfully complete the crafts.
Even if these are used mostly for glam purposes, so are many of the Ultimate weapons for battle jobs too. :)
The "big fish" title. It means catching every single fish in the game.
Not a cool title but I wear it with pride
I think this one is underrated just because it’s such a lame title for the accomplishment. :[
Every single overworld Big Fish, not every single fish and also excludes anything from Ocean Fishing. This one really should be up there because you can't just hard grind your way through all of them, it's 100% a title that you can only obtain through sheer luck and dedication. I've heard of people being screwed on Ruby Dragon for over a year despite attending most of its very rare catch windows.
The shiny rod you get from catching 1140 unique fish honestly is less impressive than the title because you don't actually need to clean out your fishing log to get it, which means you can miss some of the hardest Big Fish and still get it.
What a colossal effort to put this video together! Thank you for your nonstop amazing content!
I'll never get over the joy when someone pulled up to me in the Eden 4S mount in Zadnor to say he was so jealous of me having the Garo mounts. I know E4S is do able now but I just plain suuuuuck at it so to see someone who can do what is so hard for me say I was epic for winning some pvp back in Heavensward when I was a sprout made my day.
I have a Mansion and both Gil sink mounts. I'm working on a couple of the mounts in this video as well.
Getting both of the DRK mounts took me a very, very long time, and I love them both.
The Rathalos mount took me a couple days, but is by far my favourite mount (massive MH fan).
guess i am a bun now. been watching so much of your stuff recently! really grateful for you're entertaining vids helping me start my ff journey.
Man, I'd love to get the Morbol mount but adult life makes it difficult to organize myself, I also haven't done most of those battles unscynced.
My husband did it and while he did happen to luck into a group with friends, he says it took them about 10 total nights over a few months. More than half of that time was spent on Brute Justice. They were all players with significant experience in Savage content, however. But I hope that gives you an idea of the time commitment.
The one thing I have that’s on the rare side is the Night Pegasus from PotD. My favourite thing is my house in lavender beds (my favourite residential area) It’s only a small one but I’m next door neighbours with my bestie!
I was obsessed with getting the big fish title Master Caster (nice FFXI reference.) It took a long time and it was super frustrating at some points, too many double/triple mooch or whatever in a tiny window that only happens once a RL week. As more big fish have been added I suppose this specific title is much easier nowadays, but there are of course further ones too. I also used to admire players with the Honest Gillionare title, but maybe that too is easier now.
Honest gillionare is hyper easy. Just spam coffee biscuits at the 78 leve quest giver in crystarium for a few months or weeks
I've got the 1.0 tattoo, legacy choco, and goobue ^_^
I would say any completed relic, because even if some of them are much easier now it's still a huge effort to take one all the way to completion; especially an ARR relic or a Eurekan relic. ESPECIALLY a Eurekean relic, considering you have to use discord to get groups to go in and do that from what I hear.
Big bun energy on this list. As a newcomer to FF14 from the exodus, your content is amazing and super helpful. Thank you
For a little more Context on the Gathering in the Diadem. When I got Saint of the Firmament (Flu Pastuer on Excal) in Phase 3 for Mining. I spent somewhere between 8 to 12 hours a day in that damn circle hitting nodes as efficiently as possible. I had to literally give mats away to keep from over capping on everything. I had the best food and meld available at the time this started and ran out of my stock of hi cordials and occasionally went Ocean Fishing to quickly restock them to minimal success. I made about 10 mil gil that week and got 600000 points. I would have to do that AGAIN for Botanist and the Fishers seemed to be having A TIME when I check in on them.
My biggest Flex at the moment though is probably the card mount. Memoria will probably keep that mount rare for a bit, as will all the random side quests and side content you need to complete including getting to Hydatos in Eureka and doing Allied Best Tribe quests. Its a weird content completionist mount.
I only ever stick with Cait Sith minion which you could only get for pre-ordering ARR. Not legacy status, but still pretty dope i think.
The triple legend flex. Do it before the fourth ultimate comes out. xD The legend title + UWU paladin sword + TEA shield. :x I'm doing this now. xD
"Saint of the Firmament" not only was a pain in the buns to get. It's also impossible to get now. I had to grind the whole ten days to get top 12.
I feel you I slept like maybe 3 hours for the day and got right back into it
There'd be people saying stuff like. "OK COMRADES, TIME TO EMPTY YOUR HOURLY POOP SOCK, KEEP PUSHING FORWARD."
Legacy player here! Glad this made the list. A lot of people don't know about it. I've got the Goobbue as well which isn't technically connected to the Legacy status.
Also the best thing about Legacy status IMO is the reduced sub fee. $10 USD for month-to-month and $8 USD a month for 6 month sub.
AngelusDemonus got The Necromancer tittle on a Free Trial account too. He is an amazing player.
in additional to those that you have mentioned for the legacy things... the legacy thing you were talking about.... an image of the legacy symbol or a discreetly hidden design of the legacy symbol is hidden on all of the resistance weapon's final stage that are named "Blade's ____" if you are a legacy player. The Paladin one is VERY obvious. it is on the back of the shield.
To put into perspective about the Pteranodon, Tonberry has 48 people with that mount, last I checked.
@Zelph HQ . I wear a "Demagouge Mask" in game to flex what few may know of as the "Mask of the Mortal Hex" in 1.0 . After the Calamity, they converted "Masks of the Mortal Hex" into "Demagouge Masks" which can later be found in "Copperbell Mines". But in 1.0 you had to beat an entire beastribe camp, kill the Notorious Monster Ixali, Get a gold key and open a chest to recieve the mask which has a 1 in 10hr average drop rate of constant farming. My most rare item.
"A Manson in a good spot"
Shows the plot my FCs house sits, lol.
I dont really watch your videos but wanted to support you so I subbed : D keep up the good work .
You didn't mention the Saint of the Firmament title in your list! It's unobtainable now and you had to be top 12 in the ranked seasons of rebuilding the Firmament. It was very competitive for a lot of jobs, specially botanist and miner. Top 100 was very easy, but top for top 12 you had to no life it for 10 days to be able to stay there.
A full weekend of expert recipes (200-300k points) and easy top 12 ^^ the gathering ranking was a no-life leaderboard
Came here from asmons video, dropped by for a positive comment and like to support ya. Take it easy.
I know it is not exactly uncommon now, but I'm super proud to throw a "Saint of the Firmament" above my head from time to time :)
Really good content. I’m new to this MMO and you have been a big help. PS: I like the blonde look (red hair will always be my fav though)
Would agree with everything other than the gilded mounts, half of the people with them have RMTed
yeah + them being tradeable kinda ruins it because streamers being gifted them instantly brings down the wow factor of seeing one in the wild
I highly doubt half the people have RMT'd them. There probably are some, but it's a pretty insignificant number of players. Making gil isn't hard at all.
I know it isn't on the list but I get plenty of /tell's from sprouts asking where I got the Landerwaffer mount (the giant mech dragon) which always makes my day. I usually offer to give them a ride on it as well, which makes it even better.
The Zeta/Zodiac weapons will always be this for me. They're super rare to spot in game, and understandably so because of the grind and that it costs millions of Gil. I consider them to have a far more Wow! factor than any of the Ultimate weapons because of the pain but...Ultimate weapons are far more common to spot in the game now too.
As an owner of multiple zeta/zodiac, I think the solo grind is less painful than finding a competent group for ultimates. I'm still using them for my current glam, and I don't think they were that expensive??
I get asked about my season 1/2 Feast set every Day because only 10 active people on my datacenter still have it after the split. It is so rare, most people have no idea where it is from.
I've started seeing more people with these after the video came out. I wonder if they didn't realize how prestigious some of the things were and realized that they can flex after watching this.
So I churned out enough of the grind to get myself the pteranodon mount, and I wanna give an idea of what that experience was like pushing through all that. Not every single hour was dedicated to crafting and gathering mats to turn in, and I can't imagine the extra amount of time it took for me to get ready for it, but my time breakdown (as best as I can remember it) was as follows:
Facet/Aesthetes Gear Crafting and Overmelding: I couldn't begin to tell you how long this took to make sure I got right. Lucky me that I had gotten Facet gear before the release of this all the Ishgard Restoration stuff, but when 5.3 dropped, my first priority was making sure I had HQ Aesthete's gear day one for at least one crafter (and eventually the gatherers) that I was going to rank in for the second round of Saint of the Firmament titles. And then that also came with overmelding and experimenting and calculating something that worked for me. Now it's a lot easier to get the better gear, so it's not nearly as much of a timesink or gil drain.
Approximately 25-30 hours of expert crafting per class to get to 500k: I broke this up into hour-long chunks just to give myself any sort of semblance of sanity. I averaged closed to 18-20k points an hour, usually more points the further along I was in the given phase. Doing it this way, I finished all eight crafters before the 5.4 update.
Approximately 75 hours of gathering per class to get to 500k: Again, I averaged around 20k points per diadem run specifically on botanist and miner, but fisher went significantly faster due to luck, I guess? Either way, still 200+ hours of gathering all these mats was a lot of time flying around in circles.
Food/Syrup crafting: And on top of all that, making sure I had a surplus of top of the line food and medicine was necessary to maximize all my progress. Of course, as everything went along, I did less of this and bought more and more off the marketboard, but it's still something else to keep in mind.
I really only started going ham on this around the time of the first leaderboard, leaning into it after I placed well enough for a Saint of the Firmament title on my server, around 5.21. I finished all my crafters before 5.4 and finished my gatherers during the leaderboard rankings of 5.41. If I had to put a number on it, I'd say that it's pretty accurate to say I spent a total of 550-600 hours on this mount. Still, I think the benefits outweigh the negatives -- I forced myself to get fully pentamelded crafting and gathering gear across all my classes, I made a fortune selling off all the Kupo of Fortune prizes and scrip rewards I already had, I gained not only the Saint of the Firmament title but also Divine Provider and The Hand of Creation (which I still wear!), and I have the pteranodon mount to show for it. I think the number of other people I've seen on my data center with this mount I could count on one hand, but it turns heads when it comes out!
I can already picture the bald one saying " I'm gonna have all of this dood ".
Good luck getting that time machine to get the 1.X legacy items.
Shii time to buy a legacy account from playerauctions 🤣
Great video. I like the new look! You should somehow give your hair a little more volume in top!
You know as a Saint of the Firmament and Risensung Botanist I feel a bit betrayed
cries in saint and risensung goldsmith along with you XD
7:02 Hey, Sadness Depression! They are a local celebrity on Odin for the memorable name (and for usually hanging out with "Depressed Darkness".
Never knew they are doing solo deep dungeon runs in their free time!
"The Necromancer" isn't just cooler than "Lone Hero", it's also more impressive in my opinion. I have multiple HoH clears, and the #10 Machinist score on my datacenter, but no PotD clears. I've only cracked floor 100 a couple times, it's just such a huge time investment and one mistake erases everything.
How long did it take you to solo HoH. Been practicing lately and man it’s a lot harder than people make it out to be. I love the Lone Hero title more imo too
It took me about a year to get Astrope, the most duties I was ever able to complete in a day was about 50, but usually it wavered more towards 35-40. Idk what that person was queueing as to get through then so quickly, but I definitely noticed a difference in the type of content I was getting based on what I queued as.
As a newer player:
Just wondering how many people have the 1st price ring for jumbo cactpot tickets?
Basically it is just luck, not much skill involved at all. But it seems rather rare :D
I actually do. I have the title money bags as well
I have it as well, been diligent with Cactpot tickets since Gold Saucer opened pretty much but even then that's only like 10% chance at most, since Jumbo Cactpot also used to be 1 Ticket per week.
The only thing holding me back off High Roller since Stormblood is finishing my 500 Chocobo Racing wins, and far more so the 1000 Triple Triad Roulette wins. It's really hard to find motivation to grind THAT much Triple Triad.
Assuming that you get 3 tickets every week, and you never miss turning them in, on average you'll win the Jumbo Cactpot once every 63.88 years.
In other words, don't expect to ever get it.
Each week it's a 3/10,000 or 0.03% chance.
I got the ring back in stormblood. Most people never notice it if you actually bother to glam it.
That mansion you showed in Mist is in the same spot as my FC's mansion. I joined because they had a cool logo, turned out they had a huge place right by the beach. Nice.
"The Saint of the Firmament" title is probably my biggest achievement and I refuse to take the title off
It's probably one of the most rare things, considering it won't be available again and only 396 people per server have the title now.
Same. I'll never get those days and days back fishing up Gobbie Masks. I swore I would never take off the title after.
S A M E
Same, although I joke that it's also a warning label. Beware: this person will no-life ridiculous things!
Came here from asmondbald. Happy you're still making amazing content!! Tysm ♥️♥️♥️♥️
I'm usually impressed when I see someone with the Giant Cactuar mount from The Golden Saucer. That's quite a few hours of gambling.
I think of your list the one I super agree on is the PoTD/HoH titles- those are no joke..! I remember for a long time too there was a bug where ppl were being randomly disconnected and you'd lose your whole run to a server side error O__O;
I constantly get asked where my title "The Wanderer's Shadow" came from- to me exploring 1.0 was far superior to ARR->ShB, filled with actual danger! Some map points took me and ten of my friends to get to safely- hilariously using a hallowed ground + zombie'ing method all the way there, LOL collecting these points with my friends is such a great memory that I will gladly flex this title forever and ever
(imagine, goats that could one shot you with a ranged attack, trees you had to Walk by, and my fav- the lv90+ mobs that would just pop as you would touch a zone line lmao I am convinced the dood from your video that said Coerthas was empty in 1.0 must have never loaded in ahaha!!)
Lastly, I think that this 'prestige stuff' listed varies wildly from data center to data center and people should just flex what is important to them! Here on Aether data center, things like Hunt mounts/PVP mounts/Gil mounts/Legacy weapons are abundant
My personal flex will always be clearing ARR Extreme Primals solo while on Free Trial, and getting the Kirin mount that way.
Out of curiosity, on which class did you clear them?
@@Nenawisc White Mage. I also tried Scholar, but from testing it against Ifrit it looked like either the DPS output was lower or I wasn't using it right since the fight took about twice as long.
@@Nenawisc Oh, yeah. There's an example of the Ifrit Extreme fight in my channel, if you're interested.
I have the Black Legacy chocobo and was very happy to see it on the list. It took me 8 years to forgive SE for bringing down the servers, but forgive them I did. As a legacy player I hear a lot of people say they wish they had played in those days. IMO the game wasn’t as good as it is now but it wasn’t a complete mess either. The revamped version is better though.
Zepla deserves a mount made specifically for her, just for the sheer aMOUNT of puns she does in each video...
Booooooo!