I agree with everything you said. I came back to play FF14 and wow this story is really bad, not bad, it’s terrible. The pacing is ridiculous and I skipped everything once I got a feel for it. I have never ever done that before. I honestly think that square or yoshi took a lot of developers off this project to work on something else. The reason I think this is there is so many quests where you go from point A to point B and back to point A for literally no reason. It’s a walking simulator. Then there is the lack of interesting writing, it feels like it’s been slapped together. Then I think how Endwalker brought us island sanctuary but this expansion brings nothing? There is no innovation? I know stuff is coming in the next patch but it’s literally the same stuff we always get except Ishgard restoration which is that really repayable content for months? Then there is a limited job that you can only play in certain areas of the game. What is up with them???

I played to part 2 and a bit into the first part 2 zone, then I just zoned out and thought to myself why I'm still playing, since I never had gameplay as the primary motivation to play ff14. I had set my expectations kinda low, and I didn't expect ew lvls, but I still was very disappointing. The scions might not have been there (which would be fine) , but I felt like they used the scions to simply bait us, and they did Krile so dirty. I was just really upset when I dropped the story. Great video! There are some things I Didn't think of here. Subbed!

I still remember the first time I unlocked sky nearly 2 decades ago. What a rush

Sort of.. sort of.. sort of.. sort of.. unwatchable.

Hi, First off great video. I am however lost on the rotation. If anyone can help explain what the 123 is and if I need to include the fast / riot blade in the loop before royal authority each time? Yes I am still earning. Was playing with a group who convinced me to level skip and that ghosted me. I’ll take any help I can get.

pronounced it way wrong... at least check with middle east people, it is pronounced AT- ER-JEAN (think french).. not OT-OR-GONE

i think solution 9 kind of encapsulates Yawnfail and its msq..... its big...its empty...its sterile

Maybe then they'll give us more dungeons.filling in lore like the used to for the world

I miss Rough Divide...

I would much rather have complete class overhauls to make them each unique. Instead of adding 2 jobs next expansion. I am tired of the homogenization and the classic level cap action of just à stronger AOE with diminishing returns after it.

Beastmaster or Puppetmaster job please!!!

Go Wuk go broke

I doubt its something they'll ever do, but I'd love to see some sort of talent tree system ADDED (in-addition-to, on top of what we already have, not a replacement) to the jobs to allow for some customization of the abilities you can pick and choose. Would also allow for them to go back to some of the older and removed abilities and rework them to fit better into a system like this which would in-turn allow for greater class/job customization. Usually these systems end in looking up the best or "most optimized" talent-tree build but I think it'd be neat if the system were implemented in a way where it didnt necessarily matter what you picked as all the options would be viable, leading the choice to mostly be down to cosmetics and unique to your character's taste/vibe.

Keep the new jobs coming! 💯

If that’s the case, I’d be fine if they toned it back even further at one new job per expansion tbh.

My hot take is that tanks should have 0 healing on them. They should mitigate even harder than they do now, but not heal at all so even though the bar goes down even slower, it GOES down and they "need" a healer. With more mechanics and random potshots to other members to keep the healers healing more actively.

If the current jobs get a refresh, they basically become new jobs - provided the changes are drastic. If they make 1-2 changes then they may as well push out a new job 😒

And this why I quit FF14 healer my main class is death

Yoship is right. New jobs are a part of what bring people in every expansion. New jobs are just fun.

It should, but it won't

Sage is all about breaking shields. It's the dps healer.

yeah i started ffxiv with shadowbringer as a healer main and i always played that role even now and i'm sad just like you, is a shame to always be the "boring role", especially outside of endgame contents... :(

I dont even do anything for tankbuster as a healer (unless MT DRK has less than 3k MP lol).

Congrats!

Best of luck in the new year Chris.

I'm one of the ones that found you through the 11 story recap. I enjoy your approach to making the content, I hope you get the growth you want in 2025. ^^

Final Fantasy XIV is dying after Dawntrail turned out to be so bad. Better to start covering other things

That was a very touching quote. I can't beg enough for Square to funnel some funds and love to this game, I can't believe they keep stripping down the team and they keep going above and beyond. I hope the XIV crossover brings some eyes here and with it some love from higher up.

Bad Shantotto: I wanna conquer the world Yeah that tracks. Good Shantotto: I wanna conquer the world. Yeah... that... still tracks. Our Shantotto: lmao I fucked up I guess, all good I'll send them back I don't care I don't do it again. [Does it again] Yeah that... Classic.

EXACTLY what I had been looking for, a deep dive of the stories I had already forgotten the details to without need to pause my grind to watch the scenes again. Praise be Vicenarian for sending me this way. Small correction though, it was Karababa that did those things, not Dr Shanttoto. Probably just a mistake in the script.

Great Content!! Always wanted a story explain for ffxi, THX!

Thank you for this guide!

"I think I should be safe here" 😮‍💨

I need a WHM guide for lvl 100. For instance is it better to use Glare IV immediately after using Presence of Mind or wait until the PoM buff fades? Should I use Divine Caress immediately after popping Temperance or wait? Is Afflatus Misery still neutral single target and should I wait to use my Mind Potion until I have Afflatus Misery up? My poor White Mage brain can't handle this.

Yup. I'll never get it.

Extra note about Passage of Arms (Wings for short), moving/cancelling the channel will keep the buff active for 5 seconds. This is important if you plan to use Wings during raidwides when you can still hit the boss. Flashing Wings is good so you can weave it at the right time and still maintain your rotation instead of standing there doing no damage.

Slight correction on Holy Sheltron: It's not exactly a 30% mitigation in the first 4 seconds. Instead it gives 2 15% mitigation effects that stack multiplicatively, working out to ~27.7% mitigation total.

You have the best guides, the speed in which you talk is perfect for understanding, your video editing skills are just on point with how you present the information on screen, by far the best content creator I've seen during my many many years of FFXIV. I was just watching your guide on Viper which blew my mind. Many thanks man!

something like this would never happen because the other player jobs would raise holy hell.

you don’t need to stand still during tcj

Lmao not me ignoring most of my healing spells for Medica II spam and then focus on DPSing. I wish White Mage had more offensive spells like in FFXI honestly.

Wow this is honestly the best class guide I've ever seen. I love that you talk at a normal pace and actually explain things instead of just speeding through the skill tooltips

SMN was fun at lvl 60 in HW. I havent played it since, but I havent heard any nice things about it at lvl 100

The weird dichotomy of healers is people that halfway understand the game spend 90% of their time pressing a single button and the standard people you find in roulette struggle to heal while doing nothing but healing. Almost feel bad for the S-E designers. Like how do you make the classes more interesting while bridging a skill gap that's more expansive than the void of space?

Idk im just too new to understand it. Im not a logger, im still pretty new to the game and just getting into my second wave of savage content. I love healing. ❤️ im a scholar main. Ive been playing since the last block of endwalker and only just came back to the game after a 5 month break for personal stuffs so im not sure how much i can really input about the topic but its been really fun for me. 😅

A recap of 33 minutes?, no thanks.

A common argument I see for healers is that you need to play ""harder content" to get more enjoyment out of playing them but the casual player base is not doing that harder content like savage or ultimate. Healer needs to be fun at whatever you are doing, including easier content like dungeons or msq. Healers have way too many buttons to solve the problem of healing where in casual content you can get by fine without ever really making full use of your healing kit and the only thing left to do is hit the same button over and over. Tanks are a good middle ground between dps and support where they have a robust rotation as well as a multitude of skills for tanking to perform both dps and tanking responsibilities.

If you're going to comment that you actually like the 111111111111112 11111111111 gameplay of healers, I'd like to say something honest and true that I can't say in game: You are a lesser form of life, and should seek to improve yourself.

Man it must be amazing not to have been around for heavenward and stormblood before shadow bringers...a lot of you blame the dev for over simplifying classes...... naw bro that's the player base fault for crying that healing and tanking were way too hard. Healers use to have more attacks, and stance change to affect heals and damage. Healers use to be unique.....then shadow bringers happened to add insult to the already wounded horse. You have ppl still complaining that healing is too easy....you don't and probably won't understand how the game was before shadow bringers and mind you this is the same community that got dancer nerfed we haven't seen dancer anywhere near as fun as shadow bringers dancer.....