The "bears" segment in Porta Decumana had me in tears, but "van Bearsar" still managed to catch me completely off-guard. Almost choked on my water when that came up XD
I would be down to see a "day in the life of having fun in FF14" video every now and then. The achievement of work/life balance is the real hardest grind.
Yeah, like with (IIRC) all multi-phase boss fights, you restart at the beginning of the phase you died of. So in case of Ultima, you restart after the cutscene.
The most painful Ultima I ever did was as tank and the DPS refused the LB and didn't have the damage output. We failed twice and there was nothing I could do other than keep yelling please just use LB. It was awful.
@@NamineLilyI had a run, which I was running as a black mage, we failed it run because we got to Ultima with everyone but me dead, and while I was _close_ to killing it I wasn't good enough with bm to solo UW at the time. For added fun on the next attempt, our other dps had a black out or something right when we were going to get our level 3 lb, so it dropped us to being unable to recieve the buff, and we had to bring him down with just raw dps, which was down to seconds. Fun times lol
Big same. My WHM muscle memory is so ingrained into me, but I've been trying to play Scholar lately and just falling into decision paralysis moments where I just don't know what ability is needed.
I am such a child. " the end has come, come, come, come, and it will be beautiful" Didn't think guild hests gave tombstones. But I know daily frontline does.
The juice jugs you mentioned during the raid are Barrel Hugs (use them for the nephews). And the goddess hug flavor would be Blue Raspberry... just because.
i love it when he said 'bears' and then beared all over the youtube video the edits in zodiark and ultima got me lmao a shame you had to go through zodi playing whm, but at least it afforded you an interesting exp :P
I'm losing it over "the end has come........ come...... come....... come......" EDIT: Never mind, the Ultima part has slain me. Remember me. Remember how I bears.
Well, given that it's Thaliak's fight, I'm guessing that the Magic Space God Hug is wisdom flavoured. But also considering that the next fight is Llymlaen, it could also just be her bath water.
"White Mage at 50 sucks." I couldn't agree more. It's so heavily reliant on Lilies these days that going back to a level range before you had them is just painful. It makes me dread even queuing for things like Alliance Roulette as one since we still get CT more than anything else by far. But maybe we're just spoiled... :P
I say this as a WHM main, lilies (and Tetra) are the only thing keeping WHM from being click-hardcast-click-hardcast. Lilies and Assize are about the only things that make it feel like it has options, for the most part.
When you take Urianger into a trust dungeon, he has an instant death spell, where he says ALL THAT I AM, AND MORE, I BRING TO BEAR!! My friend and I meme on Urianger bringing his bears all the time. I was not physically ready for your "bear" edits oh my FUCK.
The glorious femroe, Midlander of the Week, the Cutscene Viewing DRK, and the other White Mage who carried on the Zodiark run were happy to be there, even if most of us got owned by the george foreman grill. "Is that Mad Because Small? I think that's Mad Because Small. I'm gonna say hi." "You lali-ho'd him." "Lali-ho means hi." Meanwhile Cider looked up at Zodiark and said, this mfer said "come."
Yeah, Alliances peaked at Orbonne Monastery. But I think you said the reason why in the same video: people didn't want fun, they wanted the in and out of Crystal Tower. So the devs probably double downed on making it easy on the massive amount of new players AND the people that just wanted easy tomes. So among blaming Yoshi-P, the devs, or new players, I blame us. Or some aspect wanting the easy daily grind. But that's what expert is for.
On the "can't do anything while running from room to room" part, you totally can! Regen the tank, and then go down the aggro list and cast Dia on every mob. It will knock a few percent off each mob's HP while you're running and ultimately make the trash pulls that much faster. Also for Scarmeglione or however you spell it, you can put out literagy of the bell after the add phase and that will keep everyone topped off while those AOEs hit.
Regen the tank and then get aggro from every other mob because they can't do their job properly? Nah, screw regen, just Aero/Dia everything and don't hold Bene for the next dungeon...
@@Nazuiko Just tested it and you're wrong. Would have taken you two minutes to find a striking dummy before coming here and typing that nonsense. Even just applying Kardia triggers enmity.
@@Fexghadican confirm it indeed makes every mob the tank hasnt hit aggro onto you, the amount of times my tanks go in without aoe on the cloest mobs shocks me but hey healer adjust amirite
Hunt trains were how I finished all my Manderville relics since it's relatively easier than doing mechanics in roulettes and triple dips in capped tomes/nuts for 660 gear, uncapped tomes for relics, and hunt achievements (still need 2.4k A ranks to reach 10k)
Hunt trains are ungodly for tome grinding and you could do it all day if you wanted. Also helps that ShB hunts still give tomes you can use for the Manderville weapons.
TIL I haven't run MSQ Roulette since...*checks notes*...6.1, because Porta Decumana was completely new to me. They actually split Praetorium up and made it not suck quite as much? And this happened...*checks notes*...two YEARS ago? Holy cow. O_o Also, the bears had me HOWLING.
Aww, I love the trash mob boss of Troia. Might be because I really only play tank, but having a boss that was so radically different and where you really have to think about how you use your AoE OGCDs was hella fun
You had me laughing like fool at work with that Ultimate Weapon edit. And yes I remember Hugs. Always wanted to buy the big 12 pack that was like 2 dollars
29:04 for the record, you restart at phase 2. We wiped at the Ultima phase once, because the tank DC'd and we lost the Limit Break gauge right at that time. lol
Honestly I've been worried with your work/life balance since you've been so on top of your achievement hunt for a long while. Content creation really is a beast of its own and you have been taming it well. I love your personality and sense of humor regardless of what you play or what your XIV goal may be for the week! I really enjoyed your Mincraft video, so I hope to see more of that too! Take care, gamer. Don't let the burnout catch ya!❤
"Come" - Gaius van Bears Edit: On Porta Decumana, if you die in the second phase of Ultima it does checkpoint to the second phase. Yeah, wiping is awful. Edit: Do not disrespect Knowledge Daddy. Knowledge Daddy is hot, and he knows things.
"I was fully prepared to sacrifice all of their lives." My new gaming mantra. And Porta Bears can be failed when idiots stand in Citadel Buster. You restart at phase 2, thank goodness.
8:00 I liked Abyssos too. I received of it Death, and was honored. And eventually, vice versa. P8s p2 is one of my favorite fights out of Pandemonium, and that voice line has lived rent-free in my head since.
Just wanted to pop on here to say I really enjoy watching your videos. I feel Iike my feed is flooded with negativity but this channel and gtlive are giving me life rn LOL so thanks ❤
I only just found this yesterday at work, idk how i missed it the first time! The "bears" part had me fuckin dying of laughter. AND THE BEST PART?? Lahabrea's voice actor in ARR is Kyle Hebert ("eh-bear" is how i've heard it pronounced) and the edit is so perfect. +10 Mister Spider, i applaud you
In dungeons as a WHM, the majority of your normal healing is just hots. I try to keep hots on the tank at all times. Also, the stun from holy lasts long enough that I usually weave in a medica II after the first, to get the max stun duration and get some hots out. After HOTs, the instant heals from your lilies and tegrogram are your next go to. Tetrogram is an OGC, so it’s pretty easy to weave in. I never cast cure II unless it’s free. Spamming cure, will cause cure II to proc a free cast.
I like the idea that the elemental aether somehow works better if the aesthetic matches the element, so since Zodiark is using a lot of dark aether some guy in Amaurot was like "okay i've calculated a 22% increase of efficiency if we give him tentacles and demon horns" and they just added it same reason pandemonium looks like hell
Lahabrea: "Behold, the magic of BEARS!" *Bloodmoon Ursaluna appears from thin air* Bloodmoon Ursaluna: "WHO DOTH SUMMON ME FROM THE DEPTHS OF HELL? THEY SHALL KNOW *FEAR*!" *ROAR*
Cider Spider just casually dropping a funnier YTP edit than most actual YTP videos 6:18 why stop there? just change it all the way into Sage and it'll be even better :P
to answer the ultima fight question if you fail the dps check you have to do the entire fight all over again, had a run where the dps refused to use the lb3 and failed to kill it
Standing out of the multi-hit stack is one of those "I'm a genius... oh no!" moments, if the targeted player dies it'll just hop to you and kill you instantly as you'll have no one to share with.
If you need EW A ranks this is a good time to do it when you still need the tomes. I had already finished my achievement but did hunts anyway to finish all relics and enjoyed some quality second monitor content while doing it. Love your videos
I kinda wish you had edited in Athena's TREMBLE on top of Lahabrea's in Porta Decumana. This concludes my algorithm-mandated engagement. Your achievement series prompted me to start working on getting checkmarks on every leve in the game. Heavensward is devouring my soul, four Large-scale leves a week.
29:00 Nope, luckily you start at the second phase, not at the beginning. I got paired with a bunch of Healer Sprouts and a good number of them really got me, the tank and the other DPS destroyed. Not all of them meant it, but of course some of them were just trolling. 🤦
"What is Thaliak even the god of?" -a scholar main
His dialogue every two seconds: WISDOM. LOGIC. WISDOM! WISDOM! THE WISDOM! LOGIC! Like come on man okay we get it
He's all about Nymeia or Oschon I am sure
Not a scholar, a Nymean Marine!
Twinks
Obviously.
The "bears" segment in Porta Decumana had me in tears, but "van Bearsar" still managed to catch me completely off-guard. Almost choked on my water when that came up XD
I did NOT catch "van Bearsar'! That's incredible XD
Every time I do Porta Decumana now, I'll keep hearing bears...
"The end has come" x50 lmao
The edits on that Zodiark fight were the best xD
lmao I was about to comment about this 🤣
One more for the soundboard.
Bears.
I would be down to see a "day in the life of having fun in FF14" video every now and then. The achievement of work/life balance is the real hardest grind.
24h stream of wall-holding in Balmung
29:10 I've had a 50 min Ultima run, so I can confirm, dying on phase 2 doesn't restart the encounter, it just goes back to the post cutscene time.
That sounds like pain.
Yeah, like with (IIRC) all multi-phase boss fights, you restart at the beginning of the phase you died of. So in case of Ultima, you restart after the cutscene.
The most painful Ultima I ever did was as tank and the DPS refused the LB and didn't have the damage output. We failed twice and there was nothing I could do other than keep yelling please just use LB. It was awful.
@@NamineLilyI had a run, which I was running as a black mage, we failed it run because we got to Ultima with everyone but me dead, and while I was _close_ to killing it I wasn't good enough with bm to solo UW at the time.
For added fun on the next attempt, our other dps had a black out or something right when we were going to get our level 3 lb, so it dropped us to being unable to recieve the buff, and we had to bring him down with just raw dps, which was down to seconds. Fun times lol
I laughed at the Lahabrea "cutscene" there more than i really should have
b e a r s
Bro it put me on the edge of an asthmatic fit. That was so good
Unleash! B e a r s
Lahabeara
being from Chicago this took on a more hilarious turn.
a spell without parallel... _BEARS_
Wait a minute, what do you mean it isn't Monday anymore?
Surely this is Mondays with Mr Spider.
Any day can be a Monday, because Monday isnt a day but a state of mind 🤭
its Monday enough
btw how to play white mage:
use medica 2
that's it
No today is one day forgot Wich one time flies in eorzea like lituarly every 23 minutes is a day or something
6:52 "Why is my weapon pentamelded with piety?" I might have a certain crafter in mind in could have done such a thing
The P in Yoshi-P stands for "Please dont guve me Praetorium in roulettes"
The Page 63 book minion comes from Great Gubal Library (Normal), but you can also get it from Bronze trimmed Sacks from POTD, or from the Aquapolis
I understand your healing comments. As a WHM main, healing with a different job causes some hesitation on what skills are needed, and the like
Big same. My WHM muscle memory is so ingrained into me, but I've been trying to play Scholar lately and just falling into decision paralysis moments where I just don't know what ability is needed.
I am such a child. " the end has come, come, come, come, and it will be beautiful"
Didn't think guild hests gave tombstones. But I know daily frontline does.
Guildhests indeed do not, just money
@@kurosakikun96and GC seals
I did not expect a mini YTP in this but I'm glad it was there.
The juice jugs you mentioned during the raid are Barrel Hugs (use them for the nephews). And the goddess hug flavor would be Blue Raspberry... just because.
i love it when he said 'bears' and then beared all over the youtube video
the edits in zodiark and ultima got me lmao a shame you had to go through zodi playing whm, but at least it afforded you an interesting exp :P
"Van BEAR-sar" had me dead.
lahabrea bears it all, live on camera
"A spell without parallel: Bears" sent me
The "bears" section killed me. 🤣🤣
I'm losing it over "the end has come........ come...... come....... come......"
EDIT: Never mind, the Ultima part has slain me. Remember me. Remember how I bears.
"The world shall tremble! UNLEASH..... bears." I DIED
"Unleash bears". That's what Larian said when they released BG3
underrated comment.
Never thought I'd be reminded of the good ol' days of 25 cent hugs and the magical hug is clearly grape, the lowpoly ones straight from labyrinthos.
Against you, Cider, Shisui of the Violet Tides was probably my favorite dungeon in Stormblood. ^_^
IDK how you managed to summarize my entire journey as a WHM in this game, but "I got distracted by the healthbars" is pretty much it.
Well, given that it's Thaliak's fight, I'm guessing that the Magic Space God Hug is wisdom flavoured.
But also considering that the next fight is Llymlaen, it could also just be her bath water.
"White Mage at 50 sucks." I couldn't agree more. It's so heavily reliant on Lilies these days that going back to a level range before you had them is just painful. It makes me dread even queuing for things like Alliance Roulette as one since we still get CT more than anything else by far. But maybe we're just spoiled... :P
Lilies are a gcd ewww
Every expansion makes the low-level experience even more unbearable.
Honestly I'm so spoiled on 70+ content as Monk. I love having my beast chakras and all my riddles available.
I say this as a WHM main, lilies (and Tetra) are the only thing keeping WHM from being click-hardcast-click-hardcast. Lilies and Assize are about the only things that make it feel like it has options, for the most part.
I feel like most jobs are like that. It's no fun missing most of your kit at low levels, having to spam the same buttons over and over.
When you take Urianger into a trust dungeon, he has an instant death spell, where he says ALL THAT I AM, AND MORE, I BRING TO BEAR!!
My friend and I meme on Urianger bringing his bears all the time. I was not physically ready for your "bear" edits oh my FUCK.
The glorious femroe, Midlander of the Week, the Cutscene Viewing DRK, and the other White Mage who carried on the Zodiark run were happy to be there, even if most of us got owned by the george foreman grill. "Is that Mad Because Small? I think that's Mad Because Small. I'm gonna say hi." "You lali-ho'd him." "Lali-ho means hi."
Meanwhile Cider looked up at Zodiark and said, this mfer said "come."
Seeing the other capped tomes hurt me, and I know that was the purpose of it. A+ psychic damage to me, keep doing it!
Yeah, Alliances peaked at Orbonne Monastery. But I think you said the reason why in the same video: people didn't want fun, they wanted the in and out of Crystal Tower. So the devs probably double downed on making it easy on the massive amount of new players AND the people that just wanted easy tomes.
So among blaming Yoshi-P, the devs, or new players, I blame us. Or some aspect wanting the easy daily grind. But that's what expert is for.
On the "can't do anything while running from room to room" part, you totally can! Regen the tank, and then go down the aggro list and cast Dia on every mob. It will knock a few percent off each mob's HP while you're running and ultimately make the trash pulls that much faster. Also for Scarmeglione or however you spell it, you can put out literagy of the bell after the add phase and that will keep everyone topped off while those AOEs hit.
Regen the tank and then get aggro from every other mob because they can't do their job properly? Nah, screw regen, just Aero/Dia everything and don't hold Bene for the next dungeon...
@@Fexghadi Regen doesnt do that anymore! They changed it so that it doesnt generate enmity against an enemy that doesnt already have enmity on you.
@@Nazuiko Just tested it and you're wrong. Would have taken you two minutes to find a striking dummy before coming here and typing that nonsense. Even just applying Kardia triggers enmity.
@@Fexghadican confirm it indeed makes every mob the tank hasnt hit aggro onto you, the amount of times my tanks go in without aoe on the cloest mobs shocks me but hey healer adjust amirite
@@Nazuikothe Regen *ticks* don't generate aggro anymore, but the Regen *cast* does. So precast Regen before the pull and you're golden!
29:01 Rath gaming has. You start from second phase post Ultima Cast.
Perfect timing! Im about to go level miner and needed something to watch!
Hunt trains were how I finished all my Manderville relics since it's relatively easier than doing mechanics in roulettes and triple dips in capped tomes/nuts for 660 gear, uncapped tomes for relics, and hunt achievements (still need 2.4k A ranks to reach 10k)
Hunt trains are ungodly for tome grinding and you could do it all day if you wanted. Also helps that ShB hunts still give tomes you can use for the Manderville weapons.
TIL I haven't run MSQ Roulette since...*checks notes*...6.1, because Porta Decumana was completely new to me. They actually split Praetorium up and made it not suck quite as much? And this happened...*checks notes*...two YEARS ago? Holy cow. O_o
Also, the bears had me HOWLING.
Aww, I love the trash mob boss of Troia. Might be because I really only play tank, but having a boss that was so radically different and where you really have to think about how you use your AoE OGCDs was hella fun
Those Zodiark edits 🤣🤣🤣
28:36 that cheeky bear. I'm crying XD
Hey, another Azeyma patron! I knew I chose wisely there.
And I do love how much Lahabrea loves bears.
You had me laughing like fool at work with that Ultimate Weapon edit. And yes I remember Hugs. Always wanted to buy the big 12 pack that was like 2 dollars
The flavor of the colored hug jar thing is "berry". Not any particular berry, just the idea of berry flavor.
"Who gave him tenties" my money's on it was Lahabrea's idea, given #JustBreadThings
29:04 for the record, you restart at phase 2.
We wiped at the Ultima phase once, because the tank DC'd and we lost the Limit Break gauge right at that time. lol
The ultimate weapon cutscene edit had me laughing so much
behold: BEARS.
"We can improve the White Mage kit by making it Scholar,". -CiderSpider, 2024
That is a blue flavor Hug. Blue is a flavor.
lahabrea displays his right to bear arms
Honestly I've been worried with your work/life balance since you've been so on top of your achievement hunt for a long while. Content creation really is a beast of its own and you have been taming it well.
I love your personality and sense of humor regardless of what you play or what your XIV goal may be for the week! I really enjoyed your Mincraft video, so I hope to see more of that too! Take care, gamer. Don't let the burnout catch ya!❤
Lovely video cider!
"Come" - Gaius van Bears
Edit: On Porta Decumana, if you die in the second phase of Ultima it does checkpoint to the second phase. Yeah, wiping is awful.
Edit: Do not disrespect Knowledge Daddy. Knowledge Daddy is hot, and he knows things.
Can't wait to run into you doing extremes in mentor roulette Cider! It's been a hell of a few weeks in Mentor Roulette land.
12:19 Single-pulling is a grave sin in the eyes of Halone.
"On White Mage you have to just stand there and take it."
>Laughs in lilybell
“Oh my god, the Paladin is casting Clemency. Why don’t you trust me?”
I ask myself the same when they cast it above 70% health 🙃
23:42 omfg the "come, come, come" combined with the viera voice had me fucking dying 💀💀💀
The end has come, come, come, come...
And it it will be beautiful!
"I was fully prepared to sacrifice all of their lives." My new gaming mantra. And Porta Bears can be failed when idiots stand in Citadel Buster. You restart at phase 2, thank goodness.
Actually cried laughing at the bears bit. My god.
that hug is 100% blueberry and you cant tell me otherwise
8:00 I liked Abyssos too. I received of it Death, and was honored. And eventually, vice versa. P8s p2 is one of my favorite fights out of Pandemonium, and that voice line has lived rent-free in my head since.
Just wanted to pop on here to say I really enjoy watching your videos. I feel Iike my feed is flooded with negativity but this channel and gtlive are giving me life rn LOL so thanks ❤
As one of the Tanks for that fight at 21:00 I'm so sorry it was my first time doing it lmao.
Thanks for making the next 20 Lahamonologues more BEARable...
Also, I feel like whatever the color, that Sky Hug is "grape" flavored.
the edit on laha's speech XD
I very much appreciate you just making a UA-cam poop out of the Lahabrea cutscene.
I only just found this yesterday at work, idk how i missed it the first time! The "bears" part had me fuckin dying of laughter. AND THE BEST PART?? Lahabrea's voice actor in ARR is Kyle Hebert ("eh-bear" is how i've heard it pronounced) and the edit is so perfect. +10 Mister Spider, i applaud you
Magic space god hug tastes like snozzberries
hunts are also great for tomestones. especially hunt trains
The Hug Jug was purple flavored ofc.
>We need a monday video
Cider out here getting me worried I missed work for a second
I remember drinking Hugs as a kid and those papercuts hurt like a mf 😅 And I'll say the giant Hug in the sky is grape blue raspberry flavor 😋
Van Bearsar
Thanks I snorted my coffee at that one
That Bear is certainly a spell unparalleled.
THE WORLD SHALL TREMBLE, UNLEASH BEARS!
Got me good XD
Had the dps both eat the citadel buster constantly as scholar because they didn’t care, ultima just resets to second phase
Electric grape
In dungeons as a WHM, the majority of your normal healing is just hots. I try to keep hots on the tank at all times. Also, the stun from holy lasts long enough that I usually weave in a medica II after the first, to get the max stun duration and get some hots out. After HOTs, the instant heals from your lilies and tegrogram are your next go to. Tetrogram is an OGC, so it’s pretty easy to weave in. I never cast cure II unless it’s free. Spamming cure, will cause cure II to proc a free cast.
The big God Hug has to be blue raspberry
Man that Ultima Weapon reimagined cutscene was unBEARable 🤣🤣🤣. I laughed so hard.
"the end has come"
"and it will be beautiful... come"
i don't remember zodiark saying come that many times on my playthrough
EW A trains are a great source of tomes
I like the idea that the elemental aether somehow works better if the aesthetic matches the element, so since Zodiark is using a lot of dark aether some guy in Amaurot was like "okay i've calculated a 22% increase of efficiency if we give him tentacles and demon horns" and they just added it
same reason pandemonium looks like hell
Lahabrea: "Behold, the magic of BEARS!"
*Bloodmoon Ursaluna appears from thin air*
Bloodmoon Ursaluna: "WHO DOTH SUMMON ME FROM THE DEPTHS OF HELL? THEY SHALL KNOW *FEAR*!" *ROAR*
Cider Spider just casually dropping a funnier YTP edit than most actual YTP videos
6:18 why stop there? just change it all the way into Sage and it'll be even better :P
Hunt trains were my saving grace with getting tomestones for the manderville relics
"I got distracted by the health bars; I wasn't paying attention." That is me as a whm main on the daily....
Yeah, I've never found WHM engaging enough to sate my masochism, which is why I main heal AST instead.
Van BEARsar *wheeze*
Also the Cosmtic Hug is flavored Cotton Candy
Patiently waiting for Blue Mage content.
21:43 The end has COME....COME...COME...COME, and it will be beautiful.
I feel about scholar the way he does about white mage. I’m a white mage main though. Maybe it’s just what you’re more familiar with.
Those sound edits were amazing.
Why not do some A trains hunts? Easily the quickest way to get books.
He probably already is for the A-rank achievements. Also, it's only 240 tomes per train while roulettes get you 1000 in an hour or 2.
to answer the ultima fight question if you fail the dps check you have to do the entire fight all over again, had a run where the dps refused to use the lb3 and failed to kill it
Standing out of the multi-hit stack is one of those "I'm a genius... oh no!" moments, if the targeted player dies it'll just hop to you and kill you instantly as you'll have no one to share with.
If you need EW A ranks this is a good time to do it when you still need the tomes. I had already finished my achievement but did hunts anyway to finish all relics and enjoyed some quality second monitor content while doing it.
Love your videos
The most terrifying of all spells, Bears! I would hate to be on the receiving end of that one... >.>
Shisui of Violet Tides has the bestest gear sets; tube tops and short skirts? Yes and yes! Do try a glam set!
4:51 I was physically pained at this part, watching that Paladin's Requiescat stacks go down, but their Confiteor stay up.
I kinda wish you had edited in Athena's TREMBLE on top of Lahabrea's in Porta Decumana.
This concludes my algorithm-mandated engagement.
Your achievement series prompted me to start working on getting checkmarks on every leve in the game. Heavensward is devouring my soul, four Large-scale leves a week.
29:00 Nope, luckily you start at the second phase, not at the beginning. I got paired with a bunch of Healer Sprouts and a good number of them really got me, the tank and the other DPS destroyed. Not all of them meant it, but of course some of them were just trolling. 🤦
31:44 Honestly, it looks like a mix of grape and blue raspberry lemonade. Which sounds like a train-wreck of flavors, and yet I still want to try now.