Apologies for the delay! An unfortunate real life emergency happened in between playing this game and so I couldn't get this video out any sooner. That is mostly taken care of now and I'm excited to finally have this video out! I will say that I'm willing to make a part 2 of this video if there was way more references I missed since I know the presence of FFXI in FFXIV is massive. Feel free to comment down below or on the community post on any missed references!
these from what I remember atm: - Rhapsodies of Vana'diel which has Iroha as central character has 3 major chapter. At the end of chapter 2, she was sorta thrown into dimension vortex & coincidentally, the FF14 Iroha event started right after this. Can assume by the end of this event that Iroha made her way safely back to Vana'diel again, in which final chapter resumed. In essence, the FF14 event kinda actually part of FF11's Rhapsodies storyline. (and yes, I was playing both games right at the moment those contents released) - Island Sanctuary featured in recent 6.2 are huge nod to FF11's Mog Island content, which introduced during Adoulin expansion. The beach area where player 1st arrived, almost exact replica of mog island area itself. - Trust system also introduced on FF11 before making its way to FF14. - Back to FF11's mog island again, need to rank up in order to unlock other plots, one of such thing is Monster rearing, sorta equivalent to pasture, though difference is that where in mog island can evolve your monsters, FF14 only requires catching & feeding them. Petting feature exist on both, but... while it has major purpose for evolving them, in FF14 they're just mere gimmick & serves no purpose. btw, need to max rank them up in FF11 as part of requirement to obtain one of rarest trust npc. - FF11 has content called Dynamis, which is sorta what-ifs of another alternate timeline where humanity are totally obliterated, in which turns out to be phantom world in which Diabolos being the culprit. And Dynamis itself became major plot on 6.0 later half, serves as similar vein. Back to FF11, these content just got their savage version called dynamis divergence which is requirement to upgrade your relics - Think your video forgot to mention another cait sith, which is actually part of 3.0 alliance raid storyline & has near-exact model, & even involves its arch-nemesis: diabolos itself. Some of alliance raid designs also took huge note from content which cait sith involves, one of which is Walk of Echoes where the cait siths resides (yes, the "-s" are intentional since there are more of em). - "Hades" serves as final story boss, on FF11's Adoulin expansion & FF14 5.0's. - Geomancer, job that exist in FF11 per Adoulin expansion, are the far east counterpart of FF14 Astrologian job, which does introduced during its job story quest in 4.0. - There's still way more FF11 assets reused in FF14, at least I didn't notice any from Adoulin's being referenced. One of NM which is a giant shark, became mount obtained from ocean fishing achievement, one of examples. these are all I can think of atm, might gonna make another post when I remember more.
@@boarMcberry Thank you. I left FF11 not long after Abyssea was released. I sometimes wonder how the game continued. But I’ve forgotten so much over the years since.
@@mikoto7693 ah... coincidentally, started mine around abyssea era, right after 14's 1.0 ended. Also, if haven't know, they've been periodically having free login campaign, which occured every 3 months with durations around 2 weeks worth of play, great way of catching up contents. They've been doing this since midway of Adoulin expansion's main story releases. The game also became solo-friendly nearly all of it due to trust system introduced around rhapsodies expansion, & currently has more than 100 trusts with each has unique traits suitable to certain content situations. One can now easily gearing up for preparations on endgame stuff via record of eminence (sorta the combined achievement/challenge log from ff14) & ambuscade. I usually take semi hiatus from 14 whenever 11's free login campaign occurs, which btw should be happening this november if i'm not mistaken.
So far as missed enemies, one I noticed was actually Ravana's inspiration. Back in FFXI's Voidwatch content, possibly slightly before that, they introduced a mob type called Naraka. Naraka were large 4-armed Armored Zombies with multiple stances which augmented their attack patterns. Many of Ravana's animations are copied from Narakas, however he does have additional moves and such.
Bruh, seeing and hearing all the old FFXI music and scenes had me in as much tears as Shadowbringers and Endwalker. Remembering all the times I've had and spent in XI is such a massive nostalgia trip. I loved every time the Rhapsodies of Vana'diel event came back to XIV. The first time it came around, joining the FATE to battle snippers on the coast of Costa del Sol brought back soooo many memories of Valkurm Dunes! The part of the RoV storyline in that quest was so right on the money about how much time we all spent on those beaches, fighting those crabs!
So far as missed enemies, one I noticed was actually Ravana's inspiration. Back in FFXI's Voidwatch content, possibly slightly before that, they introduced a mob type called Naraka. Naraka were large 4-armed Armored Zombies with multiple stances which augmented their attack patterns. Many of Ravana's animations are copied from Narakas, however he does have additional moves and such.
15:50 Also in that dungeon, the first boss, Ghrah Luminary, uses XI's Hume model battle pose and attack animations for sword and shield, notably, XI's sword Weapon Skill Flat Blade.
God hearing the battle music from FFXI for the first time in years has me in tears.. such nostalgia, so many memories, so many life long friends met... Thank you so much for this, this is was amazing and made me remember so many fond things from FFXI and the reason why i still play XIV. I write all this with tears in my eyes, you've tugged a heart string I forgot i had, again, thank you!!
I don't play FFXIV anymore, I got sick of the heavily homogenized jobs and the lack of dangerous monsters in the over world, not to mention the very linear dungeons, as old as FFXI is , it feels like a much dangerous, exciting breathing world and ffxi support jobs and hybrids are fun. I've been playing XI coming from XIV for three years now and I'm not stopping now, DANCER/ Warrior Mithra main on Asura
Old FFXI player here. I love the detail in this video with how much was from 11 and put into 14. It always puts a smile on my face when I see things like this in game, reminding me of the good old days in vana'diel.
FFXI is my favorite Final Fantasy, so when you were going to do XI references in XIV, i knew that this was going to be a long video, because XIV literally pulls the most directly from XI. if you bothered to dig or go into detail you could probably do a part 2 and i'd definitely look forward to that. but i wanted to say this was very thorough, and could only have been done by someone who has played XI themselves and understand it. great job
It always makes me so sad that I "missed out" on FFXI when it was current. I know there's still a strong community but it just makes me happy to see that they still show respect for the past with all of the references in XIV. Thanks again for another great video! Can't wait to see the FFXII video.
@@Omnis-Art Yoshi P did not make the endgame for FFXI, he just overlooks FFXI, not the director not did he not contribute to the development or stories
Final fantasy XI was my childhood, i love that game so damn much, Vana'diel was absolutely amazing and the music (recollection) still makes me tear up everytime
It was my teenage years. I remember it fondly even though I eventually moved on. This video has given me an idea for the second FF14 character I’ve been thinking about for awhile now. Perhaps soon ,Lorei of Vana’diel will walk in Eorzea.
While this video was made a WHILE before this was announced, but the alliance raid of the Dawntrail expansion is explicitly going to be FFXI themed (with JP Fanfest showing artwork for FFXI's Shadowlord.
Bravo sir this was great! Played ff11 for 16 years and will always be my true home. One area that you definitely missed is the void, especially the third area of The Fell Court Of Troja is a reference to Walk Of Echoes.
Man, the music, the references, even seeing Allakhazam... You hit my FFXI nostalgia bone so hard sir, and you definitely didn't even include everything you could have. For example: the majority of the weird undersea mobs encountered in the first portion of the 5.2 dungeon Amnesis Anyder are from the same part of FFXI as the Yovra (UFO) mob Ovni/Jailer of Love. Xzomits (Squids), Phuabos (Sharks), I think Hpemdes (Dolphins) all show up. Other mobs that I can think of that you didn't include: - Flans (Not an XI original obviously but XIV uses the XI model as a base) - Soulflayers (Mindflayers/squidhead caster dudes) - Wamoura/Wamouracampa (Giant moths and their beetle larva) - Manticores (They're called something else in XIV but I can't remember what, I just know I've seen their models used) - Sandworms (a big boss monster in XI but usually just a regular mob in XIV) - Rockfins (Like Sandworms, a boss-mob turned regular mob, these are the drill face sharks near the volcano in the Ruby Sea) - Zilant Dragons (They're boss monsters, in XIV Tioman, the final boss of Sohm Al uses this model) - Also all the Lamiae/Merrows and Medusa from the Allagan stuff
There is one more thing i'd see as a reference to FFXI in FFXIV. In the north-east of coerthas western highlands is a lake with a small mountain inside. This mountain looks alot like Tavnazia from FFXI. :) Anyway, really nice video.
The conclusion of FFXIV 6.0 was my final hoorah. It seemed like the perfect time end to my mmorpg gaming experience. That part of my life started in early 2004 in FFXI. I spent nearly 18 years altogether playing either FFXI or FFXIV. While I did love my time in FFXIV, the greatest memories I have from gaming, and the best friendships I’ve ever made, all came from FFXI.
There's a pretty big one you missed. In Seekers of Adoulin, Melvien is possessed by Hades. Hades originally manifests as a pair of giant hands that snap their fingers to cast magic, before he assumes his true form. This is both the inspiration for Emet-Selch's signature finger snaps and the reason his monster forms have giant arms. The head of both Hades are similar as well, with black metal/silver masks with multiple eyes.
As someone who loved XI back in the day and is currently enjoying XIV, this was a nice nostalgic treat. After all these years I still get excited whenever I see XI stuff pop up on XIV.
I feel similarly. I’m part of the way through Stormblood right now and I feel a small jolt of affection when I recognise something from FF11 during my journey through FF14.
The music and images of FFXI really hits me in the heart. Not ashamed to say some of the best times and experiences in my life were in FFXI. I love FFXIV and whenever there's new content I resub but no game MMO or not has a place in my heart quite like FFXI.
vana'diel was truly a wonderful place, many times have wished I could experience those days again, if only for a short while. The memories will never fade
I was a long time FFXI player and recently started playing FFXIV, enjoyed the video. Here's a couple of other references I don't think you mentioned. The FFXIV races each have a tribe that uses the same naming schemes as their FFXI counterpart: the Hellsguard, Duskwight, Keepers of the Moon for Mithra, Plainsfolk, and Midlanders. Some characters even have the same first or last names, though that's probably just a coincidence of using the same name generator. In every FFXIV expansion, you can get a Sightseeing Log from one of the members of the Ironheart family. In Vesper Bay, one of the Ironhearts you meet tells you his grandpapa mapped out all of Eorzea before the calamity. The sightseeing logs are FFXI reference, where each map the Warrior of the Crystal obtains was drawn by an explorer named Gwynham Ironheart and his daughter Enid. During the quest An Explorer's Footsteps, you'll have to travel to hidden monuments all over Vana'diel which contain messages and drawings from them. Cardians can be found FFXIV, they're near the end of Bardam's Mettle. FFXIV and FFXI seem to use the same day/calendar system and lunar cycles, but they renamed Lightsday and Darksday to Umbralday and Astralday. In Heavensward, heretic elezen turn themselves into dragons by drinking their blood. In Rise of the Zilart's DRG questline, this was what happened to Cyranuce and the other corrupt dragoons. After defeating Odin in FFXI, he offers you a reward. If you choose "Release thy Knight", he initially mocks you and leaves. If you repeat the quest "Unyielding Resolve" and defeat Odin 12 more times, choosing "Release thy Knight" each time, he'll accept and make a pact with you to be the new rider. FFXIV's Odin takes the appearance of whichever player defeated him last, allowing you to defeat them and take their place.
The Maiden's Rhapsody was the first crossover event I participated in when I started playing XIV; I had just missed the XV crossover, when everyone was rolling around in their Regalias. Since XIV was the first MMO I ever played, all the ways XI influenced it were mostly lost on me, but I appreciate them now. Fast forward to May of this year, I'm trying to talk my ex into playing the free trial, but he is an Xbox fanboy who doesn't have a PC and won't get a PS5. He mentions that he played XI on the Xbox and was a male Elvaan Paladin with white hair. I stared at him for a second before informing him that I am a female Elezen with white hair in XIV, and Paladin is my favorite tank job. Talk about a weird coincidence.
Monsters also share aggro system between the two games. Since no Sneak/Invisible in FFXIV you just have to avoid aggro through either walking, for sound aggro, or moving behind the monster, for aggro from sight.
In Iroha event it stated that Vana'diel could be the future Eorzea so make sense for some monsters like Zoredonite to be smaller and more common. Also for some weapons, like Death Penalty to be a relic weapon in FFXI
Played 11 back in the day of dial up. Downloading and updating 11 was just nonsense. Loved having to play with others to level up and having the fear of death always in your mind, always lol. Cant say how many times I would level up only to de level lol. I miss being in zones where there are 15 parties tying to level up. The Mob trains were a lot of fun, would take out multiple parties at a time. Oh how I miss pure chaos of that game.
What an awesome video, thank you for making this! I played FFXI and WoW before FFXIV launched, and had gone back to FFXI right before FFXIV came out to get a sort of refresher into my FF style mmo game play, and when FFXIV came out and I saw all the loving references, even at launch, I was so emotional. This video provided me a wonderful reminder as well as showing me things I had not even realized (or content I had no played due to taking extended breaks from MMOs). Great video, once more, thank you so much for this from someone who started her MMO and gaming life on FFXI.
Hey good job on the coverage, you got a huge chunk of them. A few that you missed off the top of my head: Nashmeira. A name shared by the Empress of Aht Urghan and the Dancer job mentor. Given how many references to Aht Urghan there are in Thavnair, it'd make sense that a job from the area references it as well. Hilda and Lilisette are both human/elf hybrids that are a job that came out in their appropriate expansion. Seekers of Adoulin and A Realm Reborn came out within a month of each other in 2013 and as a result they both feature what were, at the time, new mobs that share models and is unclear which game they were developed for. Matamatas, Snapweeds, and Craklaws being some of the standout examples. Umbrils from Adoulin also recently started being reused as well. They're only in the Tower of Zot at the moment but are everywhere in undead areas in Adoulin. The generic demon from Zvahl Baileys recently got used Troia. They had only appeared in Maiden's Rhapsody previously which you did a pretty good job covering. My personal favorite reference are the Beastmasters in Save the Queen use. They use 1handed axe + shield which is exactly what non-dual wielding BSTs use in XI. Run Wild is an interruptible cast that buffs the pet and does the exact same thing in XI. Reward is a heal for pets in XI, but changes the beast's behavior in XIV. During Lyon's duels the effect that has to be dispelled at the beginning is "Enaero" which is a spell that can be applied when a FFXI BST is BST/RDM
One small note, the demons from XI actually appeared in base A Realm Reborn as an A rank hunt and in several other areas, predating Maiden's Rhapsody by a few years.
I know this was an impossible task and so much work was put into this, you really made a great video. Some of these similarities are just general final fantasy things like weapon names and monster/character designs . But definitely a lot of the models are just upscaled straight from 11. I really appreciate how great this video is though
i started playing FFXI for the first time in december 2021 with my cousin and we are both enjoying it very much. We are stuck tryng to beat the final boss of Rhapsodies of Vana'diel
So many memories. Part of me, misses deeply the time spent on XI, seeing paralells, or missing certain aspects while in XIV. San d'Oria my first home. Though when Turmoil played, the PSTD of then current content of CoP era and 75 Limubs days flashed before my eyes. I certainly hope they plan on letting XI people recapture those memories properly with the Vana'diel raids.
Never played XI so I was looking forward to this vid since I knew the references were gonna be heavy. Great vid! One thing I did notice though is that Kaiten was listed in white but it was removed from the game so it should have been red.
There are player servers available and players on them if you ever want to play and will still find a party. BST is probably the best to level first and sub it to what class you want while leveling, that or rdm/war.
Melancholic, reminds me friends and bonds; hours waiting for party to happen.... 620 days game time in this game with in 4.5 years of time... The glory for obtaining Masts cap back then all and all.
Honestly it'd probably be easier to find things that weren't references/drawn from XI between inspirations to new content and the foundations used for XIV 1.0 and later 2.0 got a decent chunk of them though always fun to see :D
Technically, Cait Sith originated in FFVI under the localized name "Stray", which was updated to Cait Sith in the GBA version. The FFVI version has a green cape, making it closer in appearance to a Gaelicat from FFV however. It wasn't until FFVII for Cait Sith to have their appearance finalized with the red cape and crown that we know today.
There actually is quite a few sets that they brought over from XI into XIV. I was especially happy when they brought over the Ares set from ToAU as a crafted set in XIV.
played through nearly everything of XI earlier this year, and it will remain a game that I'll remember both fondly and despised. Still, it's made me appreciate FFXIV a bit more, and finally understanding a bunch of references made them that much better. I was practically out of my seat exploring Alzadaal's Legacy once I figured out it was one big Aht Urgan reference
11 was shockingly my very first final fantasy game at the ripe age of ha ha 11. Probley not the best spot to enter in from considering how ungodly difficult it still is (even with some of the QoL changes that have been added since I stopped playing and only recently picked up again out of sheer curioisty). Then when 14 came out and I saw goblins again for the first time in several years I nearly had a heart attack and wartime-like flashback to the days of leveling (or running for my life) in the dunes :D
You would be correct. I fanboy'd so hard when he dropped the name of the sword as he handed it over. Blue Mage was my main in XI, and everything about that scene made my BLU heart swell up!
This is one of my favourite episodes of the series- I'm a sucker for reused models, especially given how old this game is yet the riggins for the models are still good.
Final Fantasy Legend was the first appearance of the Four Lords in the franchise. They serve as tower floor guards. The major bosses of the game's main story. While technically part of the SaGa series, Final Fantasy Legend was given the Final Fantasy name for it to ride the franchise's success on its release in the US since SaGa was unknown here at the time.
I've never played final fantasy 11 but I like to imagine that final fantasy 14s world is a sort of parallel or divergent version of final fantasy 11s world.
If I'm not mistaken the fighting style used for Dancer n FFXIV Kriegstanz is the same style from FFXI as well as the same story of having to do away with the blight of the cursed Totentanz dance was also part of the Dancer quest in FFXI, almost the whole job is a nod to the original.
@@Jkapricorn Pretty sure that was just FFXI versatility, I mean Samurai's used katanas and polearm/lances (in FFXI) and you don't see that in FFXIV. I just meant if you go back and do the class/job story in FFXI then FFXIV for Dancer you'll see it was pretty linked between the two as well as a lot of it's moveset and animations remained the same. That does remind me that Yoshi-P did say that Dancer was supposed to get throwing weapons for Dancer and not just chakrams as a design and I guess he/developers stepped back on that because they are mostly bladed chakrams and later in ShadowBringer's they got renamed from Throwing Weapons to Dancer's Arms. Just something I remembered off the top of my head tis all.
I currently play ffxiv and used to be hard core into ffxi. I see and hear so many things on ffxiv that when I do I think that came from ffxi. Makes me miss the old ffxi so much.
I admire my seniors who played FF11 they are some of the most friendly old school MMO gamers I've met in FF14. When FF11 came out I always wanted to play it but I was so young and online gaming on consoles was such a new and odd thing I couldn't figure it out being so young, not to mention I had no computer and the idea of paying a subscription to play a game to my parents seemed like a scam to them at the time :< BUT I've watched videos on its history and I know a lot of the characters. I remember doing the FF11 special event the first time it came out for FF14 and getting the special samurai armor. I love that the game is still going and so many still enjoy it. (I tried playing it once but it was a lot to take in) I hope that as a FF14 player our community and game will be as cherished as our older sister MMO. 💙
FFXI was my first MMO and even if I played it for "just" 5 Years (2004-2009) i can remember more details like songs, locations, enemies, gear and so on than from 14. especially the music is something that will probably last forever in my head ^^". I can tell you wich song belongs to wich area or situation. and even if 14 has also an incredibly good soundtrack, it's not the same. And there is one things that i'll be always be grateful for: My friends! It's been 18 years since i met an lot of ppl in 11 and guess what? most of them are still part of my life! Even if those ppl don't play 14 (anymore) they're still visiting our real life gatherings and are part of the group (we still have the same Guild/Linkshell that we founded in 2004). Of course, I've met a lot of nice ppl in 14 too and some of them also became good friends but not as much as it was in 11. For some reason, the longer the game lasts, the more impersonal the community (ingame) gets. Maybe it is because 11 "forced" you to stick together as you could not play the game solo? As for me: I always loved to help new players (old players too ^^) and communication within the guild is very important in my opinion. But a lot of new ppl who joined our guild simply don't communicate. not even hi or goodbye. And if you ask if someone needs help with something or if someone wanna do dailies for example, there is often no response. Also no interests in events. They're doing their stuff, whats basically ok but it leads to a dead end at some point. what is a guild for when you don't do stuff together anymore? Maybe this is just a problem from the german community (of our server) but I know a lot of FCs that have similar problems. some of them don't exist anymore or just have 2-6 members left. The way all this has changed makes me feel sad :(
it amazes me how most final fantasy main series fans are completely unaware of XI. Most of the crossovers between XI and XIV can be found across the entire FF franxhise. I'd be a riot if XI shuts down with a story ending that leads to a rebirth of Vanadiel to Eorzea XIV 1.0
Considering that FFXIV was supposed to be a sequel of sorts to FFXI (hence so many base similarities), and how the devs tried to entice the players to go play FFXIV 1.0, I wouldnt be surprised. However, FFXIV is it's own beast with it's own spirit now. ^^ Which is why I like to see the two as separate games. Cameos are fine, since FFXIV takes from all the mainline games. I throw a small internal riot every time my wow-turned-ffxiv playing friend tries to downplay ffxi, saying they should just make it canon that it's the shard that got turned into the void (she gets annoyed since she's one of the few officers in the FC that didn't play, and she has to listen to them tell stories XD). She really wants ffxi to die and be a footnote inside ffxiv. It's hilarious.
@@meakimon I totally agree. It would be kinda cool if when the XI servers go down, it gets tied into XIV somehow. Maybe even one of the shards we will visit in a future expansion to help save the shard as a final nod to the players.
I keep hope in my heart that there is a secret team at Square working on a graphically revised version of vanilla FF11 (circa Chains of Promathia) from the remnants of that failed mobile version they tried to make. A fool’s hope, maybe, but hope nonetheless.
You’re not alone there! I hope for the exact same thing. After watching this video, I really hope some day in FFXIV we will visit Vana’diel as one of FFXIVs shards, with all the references between the two; taking note of all the shards sharing major similarities to the source in FFXIV. Also seeing as in ShB the races had different names, beast tribes and lots of other things too.
This was no easy video I bet, FFXI and FFXIV have soooo much in common! One thing I would have added is the fact that the player has 3 options for 3 starter cities at the beginning of the game. Great Job overall, and cant wait for the FFXII video! . . . And just to be sure, I havent played FFXI mysefl but I have seen quite a lot. Isnt there a place called the Dynamis in FFXI? if so, isnt dynamis in FFXIV a refference in name to that realm in FFXI?
XI Dynamis is nothing like XIV's. XI's is basically an alternate reality where the enlightened races lost the Crystal War. XIV's is emotion. They just share a name, which I suppose is technically a reference.
@Fusajiro I guess it means to change something in FFXI, which means you kill all the Dynamis Bosses in FFXI and you go and kill the shadow lord in Dynamis, that is change.
There is, however the way XI and XIV uses the word and the concepts surrounding it are vastly different. To be sure, it is a reference, but like some of the references between XI and XIV, it's in name only. Although, I would be forgiven when I heard the name of the new NA Data Center was to be named Dynamis, and I instantly thought the server names would be Bastok, Windurst, San d'Oria, and Jeuno. It would only be fitting lmao!
Technically not a FF, Genbu, Byakko, Suzaku and Seiryu appeared on Final Fantasy Legend for Game Boy. I take that their appearance in 11 is a reference to this, as they are major antagonists that you fight in different floor of a tower that at the top is a Paradise land.
if you want to get really technical, the first appearance of the four lords in final fantasy would be the international release of SaGa, titled "The Final Fantasy Legend." In that, the four lords effectively fill the role of the four fiends, being the generals of the main villain whom you must defeat to progress the tower. In addition, a few sets of gear are directly lifted from final fantasy XI. The Wootz sets for Tank and Maiming classes are both ripped straight from FFXI.
FFXI is the only reason I held any interest in FFXIV when it was announced as I was already over the single player titles. XIV owes a lot to its older sibling. I want to see the Yagudo and Tzee Xicu the Manifest make a return in XIV.
One place that is reoccurring in ffxi is thavnair I think. It’s the mountain in the beginning of the trailer the one they March to to defend. In ffxiv in western coers. And in the farming zoning that just released there is a rock formation that depicts its image.
THis video made me emotional for some reason. My new conspiracy theory is that all the upscaled recycled FFXI assets is just Creative Business Unit 3 slowly rebuilding FFXI on the side to give it a much needed rebirth .... soon.............
Great video ! Sadly FF14 can never be FF11, reasons why I'm finding myself returning back to FF11 more then FF14. 😕 I want to love FF14 as FF11 but it's just another WoW gameplay style and I never like the gameplay in WoW.
although a lot of the stuff is simular as they are both a Online MMO game and they are both Final Fantasy so it make sense to have final fantasy stuff in both games lol i have played FFXI a little bit but the biggest battle for me is fighting with play online and i dont like it so it keeps me away from the game, but i do however been playing FFXIV for 8 years now and still main this game as my #1 game to play, but i also play diablo iv on the side :)
Apologies for the delay! An unfortunate real life emergency happened in between playing this game and so I couldn't get this video out any sooner. That is mostly taken care of now and I'm excited to finally have this video out! I will say that I'm willing to make a part 2 of this video if there was way more references I missed since I know the presence of FFXI in FFXIV is massive. Feel free to comment down below or on the community post on any missed references!
Kaiten at 3:24 was removed in the 6.1 patch, but theres many complaints wanting it back
these from what I remember atm:
- Rhapsodies of Vana'diel which has Iroha as central character has 3 major chapter. At the end of chapter 2, she was sorta thrown into dimension vortex & coincidentally, the FF14 Iroha event started right after this. Can assume by the end of this event that Iroha made her way safely back to Vana'diel again, in which final chapter resumed. In essence, the FF14 event kinda actually part of FF11's Rhapsodies storyline. (and yes, I was playing both games right at the moment those contents released)
- Island Sanctuary featured in recent 6.2 are huge nod to FF11's Mog Island content, which introduced during Adoulin expansion. The beach area where player 1st arrived, almost exact replica of mog island area itself.
- Trust system also introduced on FF11 before making its way to FF14.
- Back to FF11's mog island again, need to rank up in order to unlock other plots, one of such thing is Monster rearing, sorta equivalent to pasture, though difference is that where in mog island can evolve your monsters, FF14 only requires catching & feeding them. Petting feature exist on both, but... while it has major purpose for evolving them, in FF14 they're just mere gimmick & serves no purpose. btw, need to max rank them up in FF11 as part of requirement to obtain one of rarest trust npc.
- FF11 has content called Dynamis, which is sorta what-ifs of another alternate timeline where humanity are totally obliterated, in which turns out to be phantom world in which Diabolos being the culprit. And Dynamis itself became major plot on 6.0 later half, serves as similar vein. Back to FF11, these content just got their savage version called dynamis divergence which is requirement to upgrade your relics
- Think your video forgot to mention another cait sith, which is actually part of 3.0 alliance raid storyline & has near-exact model, & even involves its arch-nemesis: diabolos itself. Some of alliance raid designs also took huge note from content which cait sith involves, one of which is Walk of Echoes where the cait siths resides (yes, the "-s" are intentional since there are more of em).
- "Hades" serves as final story boss, on FF11's Adoulin expansion & FF14 5.0's.
- Geomancer, job that exist in FF11 per Adoulin expansion, are the far east counterpart of FF14 Astrologian job, which does introduced during its job story quest in 4.0.
- There's still way more FF11 assets reused in FF14, at least I didn't notice any from Adoulin's being referenced. One of NM which is a giant shark, became mount obtained from ocean fishing achievement, one of examples.
these are all I can think of atm, might gonna make another post when I remember more.
@@boarMcberry Thank you. I left FF11 not long after Abyssea was released. I sometimes wonder how the game continued. But I’ve forgotten so much over the years since.
@@mikoto7693 ah... coincidentally, started mine around abyssea era, right after 14's 1.0 ended.
Also, if haven't know, they've been periodically having free login campaign, which occured every 3 months with durations around 2 weeks worth of play, great way of catching up contents. They've been doing this since midway of Adoulin expansion's main story releases. The game also became solo-friendly nearly all of it due to trust system introduced around rhapsodies expansion, & currently has more than 100 trusts with each has unique traits suitable to certain content situations. One can now easily gearing up for preparations on endgame stuff via record of eminence (sorta the combined achievement/challenge log from ff14) & ambuscade. I usually take semi hiatus from 14 whenever 11's free login campaign occurs, which btw should be happening this november if i'm not mistaken.
So far as missed enemies, one I noticed was actually Ravana's inspiration.
Back in FFXI's Voidwatch content, possibly slightly before that, they introduced a mob type called Naraka.
Naraka were large 4-armed Armored Zombies with multiple stances which augmented their attack patterns.
Many of Ravana's animations are copied from Narakas, however he does have additional moves and such.
Bruh, seeing and hearing all the old FFXI music and scenes had me in as much tears as Shadowbringers and Endwalker. Remembering all the times I've had and spent in XI is such a massive nostalgia trip. I loved every time the Rhapsodies of Vana'diel event came back to XIV. The first time it came around, joining the FATE to battle snippers on the coast of Costa del Sol brought back soooo many memories of Valkurm Dunes! The part of the RoV storyline in that quest was so right on the money about how much time we all spent on those beaches, fighting those crabs!
So far as missed enemies, one I noticed was actually Ravana's inspiration.
Back in FFXI's Voidwatch content, possibly slightly before that, they introduced a mob type called Naraka.
Naraka were large 4-armed Armored Zombies with multiple stances which augmented their attack patterns.
Many of Ravana's animations are copied from Narakas, however he does have additional moves and such.
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Also in that dungeon, the first boss, Ghrah Luminary, uses XI's Hume model battle pose and attack animations for sword and shield, notably, XI's sword Weapon Skill Flat Blade.
God hearing the battle music from FFXI for the first time in years has me in tears.. such nostalgia, so many memories, so many life long friends met... Thank you so much for this, this is was amazing and made me remember so many fond things from FFXI and the reason why i still play XIV. I write all this with tears in my eyes, you've tugged a heart string I forgot i had, again, thank you!!
I’m fully with you there, seeing all these old things and the music. I spent so many years in Vana’diel. I’d forgotten so much.
I don't play FFXIV anymore, I got sick of the heavily homogenized jobs and the lack of dangerous monsters in the over world, not to mention the very linear dungeons, as old as FFXI is , it feels like a much dangerous, exciting breathing world and ffxi support jobs and hybrids are fun. I've been playing XI coming from XIV for three years now and I'm not stopping now, DANCER/ Warrior Mithra main on Asura
Old FFXI player here. I love the detail in this video with how much was from 11 and put into 14. It always puts a smile on my face when I see things like this in game, reminding me of the good old days in vana'diel.
I feel the same way XD whenever they bring a new expansion out and i am pointing at everything like "O i remeber that from 11"
:) Love my senior class FF11 players. You guys are awesome 💙I hope FF14 will be as long lived and cherished as 11 is.
I love FFXI, I started FFXI three years ago coming from XIV and now it's my main MMO
@@Erisscarlet I do the same thing!
“Oooooh they had this in eleveeeeeen!”
I still play ffxi don't play xiv
FFXI is my favorite Final Fantasy, so when you were going to do XI references in XIV, i knew that this was going to be a long video, because XIV literally pulls the most directly from XI. if you bothered to dig or go into detail you could probably do a part 2 and i'd definitely look forward to that.
but i wanted to say this was very thorough, and could only have been done by someone who has played XI themselves and understand it. great job
It always makes me so sad that I "missed out" on FFXI when it was current. I know there's still a strong community but it just makes me happy to see that they still show respect for the past with all of the references in XIV. Thanks again for another great video! Can't wait to see the FFXII video.
look up ffxi eden if u experience what it was truly like. The classic 75 era still lives on
retail is still up, I started three years ago from XIV and I love it, FFXI is my main MMO now
Ffxi just got an endgame update it's been took of by yoshi p
@@Omnis-Art Yoshi P did not make the endgame for FFXI, he just overlooks FFXI, not the director not did he not contribute to the development or stories
@@Jkapricorn think the point was its still relevant and is now under yoshi p both are which valid.... so your point was?
11:57 The Death Penalty is Vincent Valentine's best weapon in Final Fantasy VII. Her other firearm, the Annihilator, IS from Final Fantasy XI.
I still listen to FFXI OST, it is amazing and would literally stand in zones for hours and not get tired of it. Zi'tah!
Great video! The 6.1 story actually has even more XI references tied to it, and Mericam did a great video discussing the references
Final fantasy XI was my childhood, i love that game so damn much, Vana'diel was absolutely amazing and the music (recollection) still makes me tear up everytime
It was my teenage years. I remember it fondly even though I eventually moved on. This video has given me an idea for the second FF14 character I’ve been thinking about for awhile now. Perhaps soon ,Lorei of Vana’diel will walk in Eorzea.
FFXI is a lot of fun, I love it, my lalafell from XIV turned into a Mithra from Windurst, never going back to xiv ever again
While this video was made a WHILE before this was announced, but the alliance raid of the Dawntrail expansion is explicitly going to be FFXI themed (with JP Fanfest showing artwork for FFXI's Shadowlord.
Bravo sir this was great! Played ff11 for 16 years and will always be my true home.
One area that you definitely missed is the void, especially the third area of The Fell Court Of Troja is a reference to Walk Of Echoes.
Man, the music, the references, even seeing Allakhazam... You hit my FFXI nostalgia bone so hard sir, and you definitely didn't even include everything you could have. For example: the majority of the weird undersea mobs encountered in the first portion of the 5.2 dungeon Amnesis Anyder are from the same part of FFXI as the Yovra (UFO) mob Ovni/Jailer of Love. Xzomits (Squids), Phuabos (Sharks), I think Hpemdes (Dolphins) all show up.
Other mobs that I can think of that you didn't include:
- Flans (Not an XI original obviously but XIV uses the XI model as a base)
- Soulflayers (Mindflayers/squidhead caster dudes)
- Wamoura/Wamouracampa (Giant moths and their beetle larva)
- Manticores (They're called something else in XIV but I can't remember what, I just know I've seen their models used)
- Sandworms (a big boss monster in XI but usually just a regular mob in XIV)
- Rockfins (Like Sandworms, a boss-mob turned regular mob, these are the drill face sharks near the volcano in the Ruby Sea)
- Zilant Dragons (They're boss monsters, in XIV Tioman, the final boss of Sohm Al uses this model)
- Also all the Lamiae/Merrows and Medusa from the Allagan stuff
There is one more thing i'd see as a reference to FFXI in FFXIV. In the north-east of coerthas western highlands is a lake with a small mountain inside. This mountain looks alot like Tavnazia from FFXI. :)
Anyway, really nice video.
The conclusion of FFXIV 6.0 was my final hoorah. It seemed like the perfect time end to my mmorpg gaming experience. That part of my life started in early 2004 in FFXI. I spent nearly 18 years altogether playing either FFXI or FFXIV. While I did love my time in FFXIV, the greatest memories I have from gaming, and the best friendships I’ve ever made, all came from FFXI.
You'll be missed, though I don't know you I'm sure someone will miss you
Mind If I ask why you are retiring?
I left FFXIV also in 6.0, now FFXI is my main MMO, it's a lot of fun
15:30 welp, that just got furthered in DawnTrail
There's a pretty big one you missed.
In Seekers of Adoulin, Melvien is possessed by Hades. Hades originally manifests as a pair of giant hands that snap their fingers to cast magic, before he assumes his true form. This is both the inspiration for Emet-Selch's signature finger snaps and the reason his monster forms have giant arms. The head of both Hades are similar as well, with black metal/silver masks with multiple eyes.
As someone who loved XI back in the day and is currently enjoying XIV, this was a nice nostalgic treat. After all these years I still get excited whenever I see XI stuff pop up on XIV.
I feel similarly. I’m part of the way through Stormblood right now and I feel a small jolt of affection when I recognise something from FF11 during my journey through FF14.
The music and images of FFXI really hits me in the heart. Not ashamed to say some of the best times and experiences in my life were in FFXI. I love FFXIV and whenever there's new content I resub but no game MMO or not has a place in my heart quite like FFXI.
vana'diel was truly a wonderful place, many times have wished I could experience those days again, if only for a short while. The memories will never fade
I was a long time FFXI player and recently started playing FFXIV, enjoyed the video. Here's a couple of other references I don't think you mentioned.
The FFXIV races each have a tribe that uses the same naming schemes as their FFXI counterpart: the Hellsguard, Duskwight, Keepers of the Moon for Mithra, Plainsfolk, and Midlanders. Some characters even have the same first or last names, though that's probably just a coincidence of using the same name generator.
In every FFXIV expansion, you can get a Sightseeing Log from one of the members of the Ironheart family. In Vesper Bay, one of the Ironhearts you meet tells you his grandpapa mapped out all of Eorzea before the calamity. The sightseeing logs are FFXI reference, where each map the Warrior of the Crystal obtains was drawn by an explorer named Gwynham Ironheart and his daughter Enid. During the quest An Explorer's Footsteps, you'll have to travel to hidden monuments all over Vana'diel which contain messages and drawings from them.
Cardians can be found FFXIV, they're near the end of Bardam's Mettle.
FFXIV and FFXI seem to use the same day/calendar system and lunar cycles, but they renamed Lightsday and Darksday to Umbralday and Astralday.
In Heavensward, heretic elezen turn themselves into dragons by drinking their blood. In Rise of the Zilart's DRG questline, this was what happened to Cyranuce and the other corrupt dragoons.
After defeating Odin in FFXI, he offers you a reward. If you choose "Release thy Knight", he initially mocks you and leaves. If you repeat the quest "Unyielding Resolve" and defeat Odin 12 more times, choosing "Release thy Knight" each time, he'll accept and make a pact with you to be the new rider. FFXIV's Odin takes the appearance of whichever player defeated him last, allowing you to defeat them and take their place.
The Maiden's Rhapsody was the first crossover event I participated in when I started playing XIV; I had just missed the XV crossover, when everyone was rolling around in their Regalias. Since XIV was the first MMO I ever played, all the ways XI influenced it were mostly lost on me, but I appreciate them now. Fast forward to May of this year, I'm trying to talk my ex into playing the free trial, but he is an Xbox fanboy who doesn't have a PC and won't get a PS5. He mentions that he played XI on the Xbox and was a male Elvaan Paladin with white hair. I stared at him for a second before informing him that I am a female Elezen with white hair in XIV, and Paladin is my favorite tank job. Talk about a weird coincidence.
Monsters also share aggro system between the two games. Since no Sneak/Invisible in FFXIV you just have to avoid aggro through either walking, for sound aggro, or moving behind the monster, for aggro from sight.
In Iroha event it stated that Vana'diel could be the future Eorzea so make sense for some monsters like Zoredonite to be smaller and more common. Also for some weapons, like Death Penalty to be a relic weapon in FFXI
with no au'ras and vieiras?
Races have gotten wiped out before.
Played 11 back in the day of dial up. Downloading and updating 11 was just nonsense. Loved having to play with others to level up and having the fear of death always in your mind, always lol. Cant say how many times I would level up only to de level lol. I miss being in zones where there are 15 parties tying to level up. The Mob trains were a lot of fun, would take out multiple parties at a time. Oh how I miss pure chaos of that game.
Trying to deal with your account issues through PlayOnline in Japanese LOL
What an awesome video, thank you for making this! I played FFXI and WoW before FFXIV launched, and had gone back to FFXI right before FFXIV came out to get a sort of refresher into my FF style mmo game play, and when FFXIV came out and I saw all the loving references, even at launch, I was so emotional. This video provided me a wonderful reminder as well as showing me things I had not even realized (or content I had no played due to taking extended breaks from MMOs). Great video, once more, thank you so much for this from someone who started her MMO and gaming life on FFXI.
Thank you for making such an amazing vid.
XI is a community. Always has been. Always will be....
Hey good job on the coverage, you got a huge chunk of them. A few that you missed off the top of my head:
Nashmeira. A name shared by the Empress of Aht Urghan and the Dancer job mentor. Given how many references to Aht Urghan there are in Thavnair, it'd make sense that a job from the area references it as well.
Hilda and Lilisette are both human/elf hybrids that are a job that came out in their appropriate expansion.
Seekers of Adoulin and A Realm Reborn came out within a month of each other in 2013 and as a result they both feature what were, at the time, new mobs that share models and is unclear which game they were developed for. Matamatas, Snapweeds, and Craklaws being some of the standout examples.
Umbrils from Adoulin also recently started being reused as well. They're only in the Tower of Zot at the moment but are everywhere in undead areas in Adoulin. The generic demon from Zvahl Baileys recently got used Troia. They had only appeared in Maiden's Rhapsody previously which you did a pretty good job covering.
My personal favorite reference are the Beastmasters in Save the Queen use. They use 1handed axe + shield which is exactly what non-dual wielding BSTs use in XI. Run Wild is an interruptible cast that buffs the pet and does the exact same thing in XI. Reward is a heal for pets in XI, but changes the beast's behavior in XIV. During Lyon's duels the effect that has to be dispelled at the beginning is "Enaero" which is a spell that can be applied when a FFXI BST is BST/RDM
One small note, the demons from XI actually appeared in base A Realm Reborn as an A rank hunt and in several other areas, predating Maiden's Rhapsody by a few years.
@@Seidragon Very true. At least if we're speaking about the A rank Forneus. ^^ If it's a different demon, then I'll have to go back to researching.
@@Vapedealerband Yea they're the mini bosses in Tam Tara Normal.
Wow great video! So much nostalgia, time to grind more eureka for ff11 glam!
Tupsimati is scholar's mythic in XI and is Louisoix's staff in XIV and used throughout. You did a great job covering a lot of the references between.
I know this was an impossible task and so much work was put into this, you really made a great video.
Some of these similarities are just general final fantasy things like weapon names and monster/character designs . But definitely a lot of the models are just upscaled straight from 11.
I really appreciate how great this video is though
i love the effort you put into these videos
Love it. I've been playing FFXI for the first time this month. But gotta be honest, nobody talks to you in FFXI. So my best memories are still in XIV.
Ask around for a linkshell
i started playing FFXI for the first time in december 2021 with my cousin and we are both enjoying it very much. We are stuck tryng to beat the final boss of Rhapsodies of Vana'diel
another great video. i love these videos. i was interested and bought FFXI a few months ago. This makes me wanna give it a real shot!
Great video as usual!
So much nostalgia.... Thank you for making this amazing video. My childhood was spent in Vana'diel :')
ahhhhhh, am so happy!! your vids rock!!
So many memories. Part of me, misses deeply the time spent on XI, seeing paralells, or missing certain aspects while in XIV. San d'Oria my first home. Though when Turmoil played, the PSTD of then current content of CoP era and 75 Limubs days flashed before my eyes. I certainly hope they plan on letting XI people recapture those memories properly with the Vana'diel raids.
Death penalty is one of Vincent's guns from FF7
Never played XI so I was looking forward to this vid since I knew the references were gonna be heavy. Great vid! One thing I did notice though is that Kaiten was listed in white but it was removed from the game so it should have been red.
There are player servers available and players on them if you ever want to play and will still find a party. BST is probably the best to level first and sub it to what class you want while leveling, that or rdm/war.
Melancholic, reminds me friends and bonds; hours waiting for party to happen.... 620 days game time in this game with in 4.5 years of time... The glory for obtaining Masts cap back then all and all.
Been waiting for this one!
Honestly it'd probably be easier to find things that weren't references/drawn from XI between inspirations to new content and the foundations used for XIV 1.0 and later 2.0 got a decent chunk of them though always fun to see :D
Technically, Cait Sith originated in FFVI under the localized name "Stray", which was updated to Cait Sith in the GBA version. The FFVI version has a green cape, making it closer in appearance to a Gaelicat from FFV however. It wasn't until FFVII for Cait Sith to have their appearance finalized with the red cape and crown that we know today.
Thank you for making this video! /nostagia /tears
I really wish they brought more FFXI armors over to XIV. The style on some of those outfits are so cool.
Samurai Relic A++
And they're very cosplayable imo.^^
Same! I really miss the Haubergeon/Hauberk style of body armor.
There actually is quite a few sets that they brought over from XI into XIV. I was especially happy when they brought over the Ares set from ToAU as a crafted set in XIV.
I admit that I’d like the AF1 sets brought to Eorzea.
played through nearly everything of XI earlier this year, and it will remain a game that I'll remember both fondly and despised. Still, it's made me appreciate FFXIV a bit more, and finally understanding a bunch of references made them that much better.
I was practically out of my seat exploring Alzadaal's Legacy once I figured out it was one big Aht Urgan reference
i mean XI weas relased 21 years ago in japan and 20 years ago in NA, its almost the same clunky feeling i had with PSO1 after playing PSU,PSO2 and NGS
I was also waiting for this one!
This was awesome! I would love to see more story similarities between the two games if you ever made a part 2!
Despite having never played XI, I always love seeing references to it. Alzadaal's legacy was awesome!
Now with Dawntrails release this list will only grow longer, this is so great to see!
11 was shockingly my very first final fantasy game at the ripe age of ha ha 11. Probley not the best spot to enter in from considering how ungodly difficult it still is (even with some of the QoL changes that have been added since I stopped playing and only recently picked up again out of sheer curioisty).
Then when 14 came out and I saw goblins again for the first time in several years I nearly had a heart attack and wartime-like flashback to the days of leveling (or running for my life) in the dunes :D
Also, if i recall correctly, the sword Raubahn gives Pippin is called Tizona. Which the name of the Blue mage mythic weapon.
You would be correct. I fanboy'd so hard when he dropped the name of the sword as he handed it over. Blue Mage was my main in XI, and everything about that scene made my BLU heart swell up!
Great video. Thank you, so much nostalgia... :')
This is one of my favourite episodes of the series- I'm a sucker for reused models, especially given how old this game is yet the riggins for the models are still good.
Final Fantasy Legend was the first appearance of the Four Lords in the franchise. They serve as tower floor guards. The major bosses of the game's main story.
While technically part of the SaGa series, Final Fantasy Legend was given the Final Fantasy name for it to ride the franchise's success on its release in the US since SaGa was unknown here at the time.
Thanks man, I don't have the time/patience to play FFXI and it's the only FF game I haven't played/beaten - so I love seeing all these references
3:25 I have a sad correction t make but Ageha was deleted in 5.0 *AND* Kaiten was removed in 6.1.. and the FFXIV Samurai is spamming Shinten Now ._.
I've never played final fantasy 11 but I like to imagine that final fantasy 14s world is a sort of parallel or divergent version of final fantasy 11s world.
I mean FF14 1.0 was basically 11 HD. It had the same producer.
If I'm not mistaken the fighting style used for Dancer n FFXIV Kriegstanz is the same style from FFXI as well as the same story of having to do away with the blight of the cursed Totentanz dance was also part of the Dancer quest in FFXI, almost the whole job is a nod to the original.
FFXI dancer uses dual wield daggers, throwing weapons, H2H weapons and swords, FFXIV dancer can't do those things
@@Jkapricorn Pretty sure that was just FFXI versatility, I mean Samurai's used katanas and polearm/lances (in FFXI) and you don't see that in FFXIV.
I just meant if you go back and do the class/job story in FFXI then FFXIV for Dancer you'll see it was pretty linked between the two as well as a lot of it's moveset and animations remained the same.
That does remind me that Yoshi-P did say that Dancer was supposed to get throwing weapons for Dancer and not just chakrams as a design and I guess he/developers stepped back on that because they are mostly bladed chakrams and later in ShadowBringer's they got renamed from Throwing Weapons to Dancer's Arms. Just something I remembered off the top of my head tis all.
Death Penalty is actually a Vincent Valentine weapon from ff7, its his ultimate weapon... 11 and 14 is a reference to it.
I currently play ffxiv and used to be hard core into ffxi. I see and hear so many things on ffxiv that when I do I think that came from ffxi. Makes me miss the old ffxi so much.
I admire my seniors who played FF11 they are some of the most friendly old school MMO gamers I've met in FF14. When FF11 came out I always wanted to play it but I was so young and online gaming on consoles was such a new and odd thing I couldn't figure it out being so young, not to mention I had no computer and the idea of paying a subscription to play a game to my parents seemed like a scam to them at the time :< BUT I've watched videos on its history and I know a lot of the characters. I remember doing the FF11 special event the first time it came out for FF14 and getting the special samurai armor. I love that the game is still going and so many still enjoy it. (I tried playing it once but it was a lot to take in) I hope that as a FF14 player our community and game will be as cherished as our older sister MMO. 💙
FFXI was my first MMO and even if I played it for "just" 5 Years (2004-2009) i can remember more details like songs, locations, enemies, gear and so on than from 14. especially the music is something that will probably last forever in my head ^^". I can tell you wich song belongs to wich area or situation. and even if 14 has also an incredibly good soundtrack, it's not the same.
And there is one things that i'll be always be grateful for: My friends! It's been 18 years since i met an lot of ppl in 11 and guess what? most of them are still part of my life! Even if those ppl don't play 14 (anymore) they're still visiting our real life gatherings and are part of the group (we still have the same Guild/Linkshell that we founded in 2004). Of course, I've met a lot of nice ppl in 14 too and some of them also became good friends but not as much as it was in 11.
For some reason, the longer the game lasts, the more impersonal the community (ingame) gets. Maybe it is because 11 "forced" you to stick together as you could not play the game solo? As for me: I always loved to help new players (old players too ^^) and communication within the guild is very important in my opinion. But a lot of new ppl who joined our guild simply don't communicate. not even hi or goodbye. And if you ask if someone needs help with something or if someone wanna do dailies for example, there is often no response. Also no interests in events. They're doing their stuff, whats basically ok but it leads to a dead end at some point. what is a guild for when you don't do stuff together anymore? Maybe this is just a problem from the german community (of our server) but I know a lot of FCs that have similar problems. some of them don't exist anymore or just have 2-6 members left.
The way all this has changed makes me feel sad :(
Bro no way you went through that ShB dungeon just to get snippet of the frog from the last boss 😂 what a G
it amazes me how most final fantasy main series fans are completely unaware of XI.
Most of the crossovers between XI and XIV can be found across the entire FF franxhise.
I'd be a riot if XI shuts down with a story ending that leads to a rebirth of Vanadiel to Eorzea XIV 1.0
Considering that FFXIV was supposed to be a sequel of sorts to FFXI (hence so many base similarities), and how the devs tried to entice the players to go play FFXIV 1.0, I wouldnt be surprised.
However, FFXIV is it's own beast with it's own spirit now. ^^ Which is why I like to see the two as separate games. Cameos are fine, since FFXIV takes from all the mainline games.
I throw a small internal riot every time my wow-turned-ffxiv playing friend tries to downplay ffxi, saying they should just make it canon that it's the shard that got turned into the void (she gets annoyed since she's one of the few officers in the FC that didn't play, and she has to listen to them tell stories XD). She really wants ffxi to die and be a footnote inside ffxiv. It's hilarious.
@@meakimon I totally agree. It would be kinda cool if when the XI servers go down, it gets tied into XIV somehow. Maybe even one of the shards we will visit in a future expansion to help save the shard as a final nod to the players.
I keep hope in my heart that there is a secret team at Square working on a graphically revised version of vanilla FF11 (circa Chains of Promathia) from the remnants of that failed mobile version they tried to make. A fool’s hope, maybe, but hope nonetheless.
You’re not alone there! I hope for the exact same thing. After watching this video, I really hope some day in FFXIV we will visit Vana’diel as one of FFXIVs shards, with all the references between the two; taking note of all the shards sharing major similarities to the source in FFXIV. Also seeing as in ShB the races had different names, beast tribes and lots of other things too.
@@ryanrushford7918 ooh that would be amazing!
Ovni was not based upon JoL but Ovni who was a NM in Abyssea La Theine Plateau. The monster type is the same but that is anactual FFXI NM
Some of those red named skills are still in the game - like sneak attack
This was no easy video I bet, FFXI and FFXIV have soooo much in common! One thing I would have added is the fact that the player has 3 options for 3 starter cities at the beginning of the game. Great Job overall, and cant wait for the FFXII video!
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And just to be sure, I havent played FFXI mysefl but I have seen quite a lot. Isnt there a place called the Dynamis in FFXI? if so, isnt dynamis in FFXIV a refference in name to that realm in FFXI?
XI Dynamis is nothing like XIV's. XI's is basically an alternate reality where the enlightened races lost the Crystal War. XIV's is emotion. They just share a name, which I suppose is technically a reference.
@@BeauxPhades yeah like I said, a refference in name. I dont think that name has been used in any other FF game
@Fusajiro the concept is more accurate in 14 yes, but like I said, that name hasnt been used in any other FF game, so its a nod even only in name
@Fusajiro I guess it means to change something in FFXI, which means you kill all the Dynamis Bosses in FFXI and you go and kill the shadow lord in Dynamis, that is change.
There is, however the way XI and XIV uses the word and the concepts surrounding it are vastly different. To be sure, it is a reference, but like some of the references between XI and XIV, it's in name only.
Although, I would be forgiven when I heard the name of the new NA Data Center was to be named Dynamis, and I instantly thought the server names would be Bastok, Windurst, San d'Oria, and Jeuno. It would only be fitting lmao!
Technically not a FF, Genbu, Byakko, Suzaku and Seiryu appeared on Final Fantasy Legend for Game Boy. I take that their appearance in 11 is a reference to this, as they are major antagonists that you fight in different floor of a tower that at the top is a Paradise land.
FF Legend is kinda not a FF game though, it's a SaGa game.
if you want to get really technical, the first appearance of the four lords in final fantasy would be the international release of SaGa, titled "The Final Fantasy Legend." In that, the four lords effectively fill the role of the four fiends, being the generals of the main villain whom you must defeat to progress the tower.
In addition, a few sets of gear are directly lifted from final fantasy XI. The Wootz sets for Tank and Maiming classes are both ripped straight from FFXI.
Never forget down leveling
Well now Gulul Jaja is in XIV itself haha
Ffxi. Not gone and almost forgotten
FFXI was truly a product of it time and something that will live in the past even though the game is technically still running.
If I remember correctly, isn't the Hyur in shadowbringer are called Hume
FFXI is the only reason I held any interest in FFXIV when it was announced as I was already over the single player titles. XIV owes a lot to its older sibling. I want to see the Yagudo and Tzee Xicu the Manifest make a return in XIV.
You mised a personal favorite minion of mine and many true XI players that have played XIV. The lord of Onzozo. it even flails K-Clubs about.
Also the Fafnir minion, it carries a Ridill
@@arkayna And the minion's description references the swords infamously low drop rate.
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Wait a minute.... if ffxi is from 2002, then the leech king wasn't a reference to the Lich King? I'm quite surprised...
I'm still playing ffxi, working on Musamune "emp wep"
i miss all my ffxi homies. diviise, eltio, hoofung, aristides, ethereal if youre out there i miss you!
You forgot how the 3 starting nations mirror each other.
One place that is reoccurring in ffxi is thavnair I think. It’s the mountain in the beginning of the trailer the one they March to to defend. In ffxiv in western coers. And in the farming zoning that just released there is a rock formation that depicts its image.
Are you talking about Tavnazia?
@@virgilherring581 yes thank you it’s been 12 years
THis video made me emotional for some reason. My new conspiracy theory is that all the upscaled recycled FFXI assets is just Creative Business Unit 3 slowly rebuilding FFXI on the side to give it a much needed rebirth .... soon.............
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all my nostalgia
Love it!
Playing XIV, but Vanadiel still my home
Great video ! Sadly FF14 can never be FF11, reasons why I'm finding myself returning back to FF11 more then FF14. 😕 I want to love FF14 as FF11 but it's just another WoW gameplay style and I never like the gameplay in WoW.
Garuda has EARNED her spot as the Default Wind summon the same way Leviathan is the Default Water summon or Shiva as the Default Ice summon.
FFXI has so much soul
Drawing close to a close on this series of videos.
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although a lot of the stuff is simular as they are both a Online MMO game and they are both Final Fantasy so it make sense to have final fantasy stuff in both games lol i have played FFXI a little bit but the biggest battle for me is fighting with play online and i dont like it so it keeps me away from the game, but i do however been playing FFXIV for 8 years now and still main this game as my #1 game to play, but i also play diablo iv on the side :)
But you did also the secondary content? I don't know i've never played ff11😅