Can You Solo FF14? - The End of A Realm Reborn
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- Опубліковано 28 вер 2024
- Huge thanks to @benedictgg for the ending scene, and to all of the wonderful folks that let me use their voice.
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Really, I'm not sure how I can easily prove to you that I played Final Fantasy 14 solo without using the marketboard or roulettes or parties or retainers outside of uploading the 100 hours of ff14 footage I have, but I'm pretty sure I'm the only one insane enough to care anyway. I mean I showed almost every ff14 craft and gather I did.
Can you play FFXIV solo? Singleplayer FFXIV even? I don't even know what to call this. I mean it's definitely not ff14 money making. I might be an Ultimate Legend UWU rdm pov, but I'm not sure how that's relevant. Maybe this is a FFXIV solo guide? Final Fantasy 14 Warrior solo? Maybe one day I'll do a Eureka Orthos solo run like a normal person.
I'll be streaming after this premieres at www.twitch.tv/rathgames! If you're watching it the day it comes out, why not stop by? :^)
Also fun fact: Titan Hard Mode gaols used to just reset the fight if you were alone / last alive and got gaol'd.
Yep. I accidentally queued Hard instead of Extreme once for WT and was so confused.
I can see it now. The next challenge series. "Can you beat FFXIV without playing Kupo Kupo Adventure (Savage level challenge)"
2:50 that reminds me of my first playthrough, where I got onetapped by a level 50 A-rank on the way to do the level 20 Sylph MSQ and sat there like "?????????????????? That thing got hands I guess..."
I genuienly had no idea that the tear phase extended buffs like that, guess doing challenge runs really does teach you a ton of obscure facts about the game
And force you to use them, it's been crazy just how much I had never heard of before.
Notably this also applies to debuffs, which is why when the warp spawns, you're given a 10 second DoT. If you resist the pull until the final pull pulls you in, the DoT will expire right before you get sucked in, so there's no extra damage for healers, but if you run into the warp as soon as possible you'll have a DoT for the whole phase. Back when it was relevant content, that used to be pretty significant for healers if everyone decided to take it into the phase.
@@tciddados Fun fact about that debuff: not only is it a DoT, it's also effectively a mega vuln down. I tested this unsynced at level 90 (testing this w/ random PF groups seems a bit trolling/griefing, so this is all I got, but from what I remember this should be somewhere in the right ballpark for synced runs), and it roughly DOUBLES damage taken. And that's before factoring in any well-timed extended mitigation.
The meteors (the only damage taken inside the rift apart from the DoT afaik) that plenty of people in roulettes will absolutely lose their minds about "STAY OUT! ONLY TANKS CAN SOAK THEM OMG"? Yeah, not a problem even for healers to soak if you don't speedrun getting into the rift.
Congrats on the MSQ completion!! I love the storytelling of this series. It's been a blast watching you on this journey as you engage with...so much of this game I didn't know existed. The ending scene was really good, too. Looking forward to Jan 20 :D
Please look forward to it :^)
CONGRATS!!!!! I was tearing up at the end. So close with the tear and just. You’ve done it! And it’s amazing.
Oh sweet I just got caught up. And only have to wait 1 day for how you beat Crystal tower. I've been playing this game since ARR, and this has been the most fun series to watch for this game. Keep up the good work
I binged this whole series in a day. Very interesting challenge but you're a great storyteller for making dungeons and bosses that people bulldoze through effortlessly actually seem like substantial challenges to overcome. You seriously have me considering to attempt this myself. Looking forward to seeing more of this!
Great job, also i'm contractually obligated to point out that Einhander as a boss is a reference to the 90s Square PS1 title Einhander, a shooter about a robot that swaps guns on the fly. In the OG version of the third phase another dragon shows up named Astrea which is the name of a ship variant in Einhander too. This is the second shmup reference in FFXIV, the other is Cruise Chaser, who is a reference to the game Cruise Chaser Blassty from their pre-FF days.
I absolutely love that.
Einhander is also when chat taught me that Zweihander is german for two-handed. Which blew my mind
Re - The hunts directly on the roads in newbie zones: YEP. I got killed by one the other day on an alt. I had to ask the novice network for someone to come kill it so I could complete my hunting log. This level 100 WAR came in and smoked it. Good times.
I used to love Keeper of the Lake as a dungeon, especially the final boss, so I do have to say: you mentioned that Keeper was harder with Ironworks gear because of when it was designed, but the DPS check in the final boss is actually completely new to the rework they did during the Endwalker patches, for Duty Support compatibility; previously, Animadversion was an attack you had to survive by killing an add that dropped an interactible object that you would use for a temporary invincibility bubble.
The dps check itself is new, but even if it had been the older version of the fight, we likely would have been overwhelmed all the same by the scaling gear level. Even just the 2nd boss killing us is the first time in a long while that a dungeon has caused a death
Dragon Quest music highly appreciated! 10/10.
Nice to see another Kupo Kupo Adventure fan. I too would buy a whole game of it.
I dream of more kupo kupo adventure
Congrats for beating ARR! Very looking forward to Crystal Tower!
Well fought and well done!! I can't wait to see how you take on the challenge of the Tower. But for now: rest, lonely hero. You've proven yourself worthy several times over.
Thank yoou :'^)
Having done Titan with Blue Mage synced, I figured that would definitely be the one to break level sync. Gaols are just too insane
Didn't expect Garuda to go that way if I'm being honest, nice job!
This was so inspiring!!
I can't wait to see your plan for Bismark, I honestly can not think of a way to do it without 2 people minimum due to having to spread out the big dragon adds or they become super tanky, it is certainly doable if you can burst them down before they move but you doing it no echo... I dunno, looking forward to that though. Also solo using both chains is doable but you have to sprint it, just a heads up there, I have done it unsynced enough to know that one.
The adds may only be EX version I honestly cant remember, but if it is, then I could see you making it all the way to Thordan but for the same reason possibly having trouble there. Been a fun run watching you clear all this though.
3:00 The quest before you fight ifrit, well a little earlier than that, it was being camped by a hunt target and i kept being killed when i tried to complete the quest.
You actually did it. Congratulation!
Thank you :'^)
Congrats man!!! What a great feat 🎉 but what music did you used for Nabriales fight?
Hero's Challenge dq11, and The End DQ4 orchestrated by Tokyo Suite
@rathgames thank you! I'll be looking forward with what you have planned for the Crystal Tower. All the best and Merry Christmas!
good job on finishing regular ARR, Kupo!
Kupo :^)
I just know that the buff timer extend when you're sucked into those rift thingy... At that point the only thing in my mind is hope that that single sprout melee DPS knows that he has to use the LB and that another sprout ranged didn't use it just before entering the rift.
You know they used it before entering. They always do
the irony of wanting to add Solo to my friends' list, but then that would defeat the point. 😂
He's done it.
We have won
If i recall about crystal tower alliance raid its optional untill shb endgame unless they changed in a certain patch
I believe it was optional if you already entered hw content. I was part of the huge wow player migration before endwalker and it stone walled me into doing it before hw
Yeah like theundeadwarlock said it was optional when that shadowbringers patch released, but as soon as it came out if you hadn't gotten past ARR it was no longer optional.
Okay, so... Idk if you are not accepting help so I'll put it in the readmore, but I found something, and it's *bad*
There is a mechanic in the Susano fight in Storm blood that literally cannot be done without two people. He drops his sword on the battlefield, and one person *has* to catch it and do a quick time event. The problem is, there is a secondary DPS check on a target that appears after the catch. Don't catch, you get a 9999999 instawipe. Through invuln. If you catch it but the damage check isn't reached... Same result. There is no conceivable means or beating this solo no matter what is done.
A curiosity, asking if someone followed garuda attempts live : its still a free hit and not worth risking it ,but wouldnt garuda's auto wake you up right after the satin put you to sleep, making it not 30 sec but 3 at max?
It might've been nightmare, not sleep. That debuff won't wake you from receiving damage, you'll be slept for the full duration or until cleansed by esuna.
@@iPlayOnSpica oooh i see ty ! unfortunately i'm not that much familiar with that fight , but i've been progging uwu with some friends and in the occasion garuda goes wrong and one satin is alive and put us to sleep i remember waking up after an auto since i MT that, that's why i asked ^^ curious how the fight is different
@@damascar3639 I wouldn't know, either. Never played Garuda hard or ex with MINE, so it's common to skip so much
Didn't you already do Crystal Tower?
Or are you going to release the video shortened down.
Since you did stream Crystal Tower already. lol
Also, it's sad that you cannot really do a solo challenge without dying, because it would be an Iron man run if you tried that. lol
And an Ironman run is too hard. 🦭
The video for it, yeah. The proper edited version :^)
@@rathgames Cannot wait to see the edited version since 2+ hours raiding Crystal Tower by streaming was too long to watch in some cases. But I think I saw like the first tidbit of that stream. lol
Aren't you glad steps of faith is no longer a trial?
Nooo I wanted to fight the big dragon again :'^(
Am I the only one that got irrationally angry when the one NPC at 17:58 appeared? If you know, you know.
So Coils is next, right? :)
No :^) I love myself too much for that
Kupo!
Kupo
:0!
Merry Christmas
merry chrysler
Okay so you mentioned the hunt positioning, right?
Apparently when the Korean servers launched, they were already in like 2.2 or something. That meant hunts were implemented when the playerbase was still completely fresh - and so naturally there were agressive level 50 mobs camped right in the middle of areas with important quest objectives that players had to massively band together to either beat or bait away so others could do what they needed lol.
oh and congrats!!!
It was the same for materia haha
Why. Why be so cruel. Villains, all of them.
@@rathgamesDuring the intial release of the materia DC there were massive groups of new characters trying to take these things down, all level 1-15s just going at it
@@rathgames Why? Funi
@@TheGeneralSkye i love that
Kupo!
Kupo!!
Kupo
Kupo:)
Seeing you keep overcoming challenges that seemed impossible has kept me on the edge of my seat the whole time. You're an absolute madman!
Thank you Bene :'^)
And thank you for the amazing animation as well.
It's weird to hear Warrior and "Not enough healing" In the same sentence. But I forgot that the big heal skill is locked behind unlocking heavensward zones.
The raw intuition dream
"That was a 26 minute fight!!! Are you crazy?!?!"
*Looks over at my 27 minute Chaos fight, and my 21 minute Sync'd Twintania fight on Blue Mage*
*puts fingertips together and leans back*
Perhaps. /\
Yeah, Ive had so many 30+ minute fights trying to learn spells solo with Blue Mage, 26 mins for a hard trial seems perfectly reasonable, lol
My Suzaku level sync solo with blu took 25min with 30% echo (after intentionally wiping after 3min to stack echo)
I've followed this since about the beginning, and watching you repeatedly overcome seemingly impossible challenges is always so great. CT is just another challenge to beat!
Thank you for being a part of this :'^) I'm glad you've enjoyed so much you stuck around.
Melvina's cameo and Benedictgg's animation are so incredibly witty and clever!! And the ending chorus of voices just got me feeling some kind of way :'^) Looking forward to CT!!! Though I'm betting my shinies you can't solo it ;)
You may just win that bet. But who knows :^)
I am constantly impressed by your skill at overcoming challenges that simply aren't meant to be overcome. And I really adore your use of background music, it's fun to hear Dragon Quest tunes over Final Fantasy gameplay.
Thank you very much. I'm glad you enjoy it, and happy to have another DQ enjoyer :^)
You know, back with the online fanfest cosplay contest, I cosplayed as Nabriales. And when I dressed up, we had to have a sign, and mine reminded people to take down the tear. (well, to LB/save LB for it.) I still wear the collar I got from it.
It's fun seeing him be as threatening as he felt even in-party in 2.55. And you've inspired me to have my own silly challenge character. (I wanna see how much can be done without doing MSQ.)
The Wanderer, saving the realm is someone elses job
Hero's Challenge for the final fight of ARR that isn't CT. Perfection using the 3rd best DQ final boss theme for this
I love that I saw this after the CT video, but i am SO PROUD OF YOU!!! I teared up a little at the end when you finally got it, it's been 6 long months but you have ABSOLUTELY surpassed your own expectations, I'm sure, and what a wonderful feeling it must be!!!
A wonderful feeling indeed.
how did he do it? you can't even enter those duties solo I think? and even if you could you wouldn't be able to get past the atomos bit after the first boss.
It shall be something you'll find out on jan 20th :^)@@alexjones50
This series is so fun to watch. Your narration is super fun to listen to and i am genuinely sad i cant continue binge watching this xD (at this point in time)
Excited for more :D
I love these videos, but I worry for Susano in Stormblood. You need to catch the sword, and I'm going to guess that even a 90 ninja's doton can't reliably kill that sword, due to the time the swing takes to wind up after you initiate the attack...
All I have to say is, Impressive. Most Impressive. Now I can't wait to see you burn down labrynth of Ancients/Crystal Tower/World of Darkness.
I am still sad you missed the perfect opportunity to go full "Mad Scientist" at the end there "I'll show them" ... yeeees...... then no "I'll show them all!" so sad T_T
kupo
Kupo :^)
im still surprised uve not blown up in subcount especially after this series got so popular
That's very kind :'^) maybe one day
JAN 20th Crystal tower???!! Finally I have something worth living for in the new year
I literally scrolled over the time of the video right when you called me out. Thank you, I needed that laugh.
Hey rath, just wanted to ask, titan doesn’t seem to auto you when you’re gaoled, if that’s the case, is it possible to run and get gaoled further away from him, then use rough divide to dodge the weight of the land when you get free? Great video as always ❤️
Th- wha. That's genius. I know he /tries/ to auto you during the gaol, he'll still use his tank buster even though he can't hit you, so I'm not sure it'll work, BUT, an amazing idea all the same. I wish I had thought of trying that out.
"It has been half a year of my life to get through A Realm Reborn" - after almost 3 months still Ravana.
Well, the completion of Heavensword will be funny time.
:'^)
oh sabotender ballarina did kill me as a little below level 20 sproutling, i just... walked too close orz
ohohhoho....I happened to have been there for the CT stream....
**this'll be good**
Holy shit.
Way to fucking go, Rath! Never knew about Nabriales' rift phase extending buff timers like that- I may actually take advantage of that next time I find myself fighting him.
You should, it's crazy fun to have damage buffs for 2+ minutes
It also extends the debuff that he puts on you right before the rift. That debuff not only does a small DoT effect, but also roughly doubles the damage you take. If you resist getting pulled in for as long as possible, the debuff falls off right as you are forced in, so it has no timer left to extend. :)
I genuinely didn't think it was possible for you to get this far
I think my favorite part of this episode is the Titan fight!
kupo kupo adventure is a pretty fun minigame yeah
The best if the best
that sabotender hunt mark was the first thing that killed me in the game xD iirc it was down by that bar you end up heading to early on and I was taked with checking out a barrel nearby. One shot in the back of the head while I was checking it out lol
Truly the villains have struck at our weakest.
I miss the old midgardsormr fight w/ admonishment
Kupo
Kupo :^)
I forgot steps of faith was a duty now I wanted to see you solo that 😭
I also wanted to solo it. :'^)
I think old keeper of the lake would have been easier to finish
Oh, definitely.
I thonk HW will be easier sonce youd have equilibrium raw intuition and clemency but getting there is a pain
It will definitely be different :^)
Just watched this entire series so far in one sitting
Thank you Rath Games, very cool.
KUPO
Kupo :^)
Congratulations!! Been following along for a while, so hyped that you finished ARR! But how dare you make me wait until January 20th for the CT raids, why you gotta tease me like that, bro?!
Lmao. Please look forward to it.
I... don't think you can solo CT for the fact you need 3 - 6 people min. 1 person per alliance party to even enter it... I know cause me and my FC mates tried and mechanics required 6 people at 1 point x.x
Lets save you some time... You can't que into Crystal Tower without 1 person in each alliance. Thus, not soloable.
I love trying to solo things but I’m not sure I’d want to do this myself. I think the most challenging fights for me have been rathalos on sam back in shb and Bismarck same expansion but on whm. Current hardest for me has to be savage exdeath and I know what needs to improve.
Okay the animation at the end was SOOO GOOD!
Right? It's amazing:'^)
Congrats on the completion, it's been a blast to watch this series from the beginning to now, literally the best type of content I enjoy watching from this game :D
I am excited to see how the crystal tower goes, there has to be some kind of rule because you cannot even queue for it alone. If fights that require 8 players make up 30 mins, how are you gonna beat 4-5 fights that require 24 in 120 mins?!?!? And I'm most excited for the Atmos in the Labyrinth of the Ancients were you could at minimum beat it with an alliance of 12.
looking forward to it
Love this series!
18:22 MOM IM ON TV
3:00 Yoshi P is the monster. If he's to be exalted for every success, then he is also to blame for every failure.
final fantasy, but it's dark souls
Ff14 is the dark souls of final fantasy games
Most anticipated vid of this week
Lets goooo
Well you have to kill Titan Hard like 3 times in MSQ, so.....
Kupo!!
Kupooo!
wow steps of faith is all of a footnote
I wish it was the trial again, what a cool fight. The cinematic is nice but I really loved going up the towers.
Hero's Challenge was so fitting for that final ARR fight ! Sugiyama really outdid himself on that one. DQ final boss themes encapsulate perfectly the spirit of the final ordeal with the world's at stakes marking the journey's end. This one and The Time of Decisive Battle especially never fail to bring me chills !
Unrelated, but i picked the game back up after hitting the 6 minutes mark on your video yesterday _(and catching up on the previous episode)_ and guess what my first trial roulette landed me in ? Thats right, Garuda Hard, haha
Thank you so much for that amazing serie, i cant really afford to tune into streams, but your storytelling and montage perfectly capture how much of a journey the challenge is, its really been a blast to watch, and an uplifting one at that, i definitely owe you for lightning the flame back up !
Still eager to see DQXII released as well from all that OST, you really are a premier Square Enix ambassador haha
Small Appendix, but i'm also super exited to see you smash HW and beyond with Raw Intuition, its gonna be so good, i cant wait !
Kupo!
🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉
Kupo Mi'lord, kupo.
Kupo :'^)
Kupo
you are actually insane! This is impressive beyond belief! Well done!
Thank you :'^)
one thing I really love about this series is how it makes me learn about really obscure mechanics in the game. before watching this I thought the hard variants of the ARR trials were just copypasted with extra stats added on top. but now im learning garuda can heal herself? I didn't know any boss in the game could do that! and I've been playing since stormblood!
It is truly magical.
Seeing the ending bit has me genuinely so hyped, cause the next part just legit drops on my birthday. We do be gaming
Happy almost birthday :0
Right after I found a binged the series you drop this as an early Christmas present!! You're amaaaaaazing!! Love the dedication! I'm always super impressed on all the ways you go about completing the challenge!
Thank you :'^) Im glad you enjoyed.
Phenomenal job, been watching since the first episode, so glad you stuck with this, always been a big fan of the Runescape Ironman challenge and applying it to ffxiv was a crazy, yet great idea. Looking forward to the future of this series!
Just one question, what theme was that you played for your Nabriales kill clip?
The End from dragon quest 4, by the tokyo suite orchestra
@@rathgamesthanks for the reply man, love your content
I was so terrified hed have to level a healer for titan
Huh, I thought damage ended sleep.
Its a slightly different sleep, I think someone else called it nightmare but Im pretty sure its the same debuff name.
Its used again in ultima weapon ultimate for Garuda's phase
@@rathgames Huh wow. I never knew that. Wait does that mean Diablos' nightmare is the same?
@@RockR277 maybe? I've not gotten hit by it myself but maybe at some point :^)
epic echo salted earth could have broken the Gaol before the damage :sipstea:
Cant unlock dark knight before reaching heavensward, so if it could, we still wouldnt be able to use it :'^)
one of the most interesting parts of these videos for me is seeing mechanics in arr fights that i never knew existed cuz the fight ends so fast
It's definitely the most interesting part for the challenge on my end as well! Love to see new stuff in this decade old game that I just never knew about.