What Raiding In Final Fantasy XIV Is Like

[@AnimeJessica]

What a positive attitude this raid group has! No one gets pissed that a mechanic gets messed up, they laugh it off and move on. This is the ideal raid experience!

[@Alissandre_Iskander]

For real. During the most recent tomestone event, I started a party for 10 runs of P1N. To this day, I still don't know why everyone left after 6 runs and then I joined a party started by someone that left and they immediately disbanded. Felt a little hurt that day, ngl.

[@Fexghadi]

Helps that they started months after the release and there was literally no point in sweating it, even more so with multiple players already knowing the fights inside out.

[@Matias-zh3dp]

If i got a raid group like this i would immediately leave on the second day lmao. Imagine the memes.

[@MyVanir]

That's the experience of most statics that are not douchebags.

[@Dudelolwat]

"Hey baby, what's that parse look like." "It's gray, fuck off."

[@deevee133]

Hi, I was the idiot catboy Samurai that had a staring contest in P10S. Just wanted to say this was one of the most chill prog parties I've seen in PF in a long time and I'm glad I was part of it. Congrats on the clear, Shen! -Also I'm sorry I forgot I was a DPS and not a tank for bonds, I need a vacation from tank brain-

[@Daark_Karma]

"The overthinking helps" When you got anxiety but still get the job done

[@TheKarishi]

The 10S "guidance" you got was so beautiful. I feel like letting you die at least once to each mechanic - especially the really interesting ones like Tank Golf - was important to preserve The Savage Experience(tm)

[@EvilOdysseus]

Voxer is just a punching bag and I'm here for it.

[@deb2499]

You obtain 20 *Allagan tomestones of comedy* for your comment

[@Huckmon365]

Voxer took a thousand shots to the face and he is just like “I’m okay”

[@Xaveze]

37:00 the transition from “oh I love Little Big Planet!” into screams of pure terror and confusion was priceless XD

[@2Shiba]

Spoiler Alert : She didn't quite love Little Big Planet after all

[@Luxin_Xeno]

27:51 THERE I AM WIPING THE PARTY GARY (helping with this turbo prog was really fun and I'm glad I'm able to give back a little to the person who got me into the game, grats on the fast clears!)

[@Emuney12]

HOLY SHIT that healer LB3 at 46:09 was clutch af! Congrats on the clears

[@Gamemaster-64]

How I clear Golbez. Who needs to know mech when you got hLB3.

[@diamondking6432]

also for those who didnt catch the streams she did most of this in one day and then P12S on a 2nd day. Shen is a GOD GAMER

[@tatersalad76]

I mean it does help a lot that Shen has access to guides that were tweaked across a few weeks and a group with great gear, but it is still impressive. Especially P10S, that fight is just "mechanic->body check->mechanic->body check" until the fight ends. And P11S being a striking dummy fight where three deaths is basically a wipe. P9S and P12S are pretty kind comparatively

[@AleXannon92]

I don't deny she is good at games. but she was carried by 7 bis people as well. my static has done the same thing with someone new, 3 days and they got all of them done.

[@diamondking6432]

@@AleXannon92I believe she just had a friend take her into the fights in pf so I wouldn't say they were bis but they could have been.

[@pedroscoponi4905]

oh my god, my brain can barely handle an Extreme a __week,__ and that's when i'm well rested...

[@gummicorn]

just wanted to pop in and say you're one of the main reasons why i gave ffxiv another chance. before i came back to the game in march of this year, i had a super sour experience with someone i used to be friends with yapping in my ear to play a class i had no interest in playing whatsoever (black mage), but now im doing what i wanted to from the get go (dragoon) and im actually enjoying the game. so thank you for that.

[@KaguyaEne]

What psychopath tells someone to play Black Mage as their starting job? Hello?

[@Hypara_Striker]

@@KaguyaEne They clearly didn't want them to play the game...

[@BlazeLibra]

Part of the fun of the game is the fact that every class is good, and you can just pick whatever you think is COOL AS SHIT

[@twilightfire93]

It always sucks when someone forces you to try and play their way or what they want you to play. I started on Black Mage and I love it, but I know it's not for everyone. Glad you're enjoying Dragoon and XIV, though!

[@Iisho]

Nahhhhh BM? 😭 I chose it as my first class and quit the game bc of the combined slog of THM+ARR. Only came back cause I made a friend who played, created a new character starting as Lancer, and never looked back. 3 years later and I still main DRG

[@duderuler]

25:16 "In phase 2 the tank gets tentacled by Athena 4 times... Tentacles??? I drew this..." MA'AM YOU'VE WHAT

[@h-tv3vr]

"time for my 3 seconds of ley line uptime" "if i don't consent the boss can't hurt me" "i need assistance" LMAO

[@MissPoplarLeaf]

I love 38:23 because it's such a good representation of the experience of hearing stupid complex FFXIV raid mechs for the first time lol

[@CloneRitsuGamingTime2486]

"Raiding is standing in certain spots, at the right time, and clicking buttons trying not to die." 100% accurate.

[@lastoutcast1541]

You’re ff14 videos despite possibly being spoilers for me are what got me into ff14 even before I was even able to play it. Now I have reached the end of heavensward 2 months in and am loving it. Thank you Shen!

[@seifusmercer5295]

“Because we are mentally ill”. As a savage raider currently progging p12s, this statement is true

[@LoneWolfie]

As someone who knows nothing about FF14 I still know nothing about FF14 but it looks like a blast!

[@60catboy]

You should give it a try one of these days

[@Khotetsu]

@Mothpostle7605 They actually just extended the free trial to Stormblood, so you get even more content for free!

[@aerieleah533]

Its actually basically to stormblood now. Not sure about the details of the trial anymore tbh

[@aerieleah533]

@Mothpostle7605 I think some people have it already. I think it depends on if you got it at the right time.

[@Ruby_Weapon]

@@aerieleah533 every free trialer has stormblood unlocked as of 6.5 :D

[@Xenofangirl]

Your previous XIV vids helped convinced me to start the game, and now this vid is making me want to get into savage raiding.

[@blooming1312]

its very fun

[@supasketchy212]

I have no idea what I’m looking at and I think I’m borderline blind from all the flashing lights… Great video Shen!

[@bucca2]

For those confused: Shen did an alliance raid first (multiple encounters with 24 players), then an extreme (hard version of a “trial”, which is 1 fight against 1 boss with 8 players), and then savages (harder than an extreme, bread and butter of FFXIV raiding)

[@akarose9893]

i will never forget that one random time i found you and your friend in bozja during like 5.5 for CLL and DR. when you guys invited me to the discord and i joined vc, and the first thing i said was "are you guys like fans of shenpai or something?" bc i had no idea you played ffxiv. now im a savage raider and have come a long way. nice to see you still playing this game!!

[@Charistoful]

I’ve gone from being a sprout 14 player loving to watch Shen meme and be hilarious to being a mentor 14 player to still loving watching Shen meme and hilarious. Some things never change. Thank you Shen for always making my favourite XIV content through all these years!❤️

[@MissPoplarLeaf]

Ty seems so chill and funny, need me a raiding friend like that! Their callouts were also great

[@rext.b.4436]

Thank you Shen for inspiring me to pick up this game which made me complete 3 characters on the free trial and making me addicted to the point of completing the ARR relic multiple times.

[@notlaurence6443]

I've never seen anything from this game, and this is like sensory overload on levels I've never experienced before. I'm impressed, honestly.

[@MythicMachina]

I don't play 14 and I have zero clue about what's happening at any given moments, but I love hearing Shen's noises of sheer panic

[@hannahbennett253]

Thanks to Joecat’s guides I now sort of understand what is happening and can appreciate the activity and skill better.

[@ScoutingForZen]

Your streams are one of the things that got me interested in playing FF14. I'm still a newbie tank, but I'll do my best to get better and make you proud!

[@acehealer4212]

25:46 “They have seen a ⚪️ woman, and they think they can solve her. They can fix her.” “I think what's wrong with her is way funnier!”

[@liquidsnake23]

I cant stress enough, your voice is perfect lmao definitely needed this today to get me thru it.

[@DCanobody]

Wow the timing of me wondering if shenpai posted anything recently lmao

[@SuperA423]

SHEEEENNNN I've been randomly matched with you TWICE and I fangirl over Voxer EVERY TIME 💛

[@LiQuiEx]

Your speed prog was so fun to watch! Especially on 10s! "first time, mb mb"

[@church_eh]

Well this brightened my day!

[@PsychoutAL]

I started playing because I saw a video of yours around 2 years ago, I think it was the Titan UwU video. I'd been a fan of your content for a good 5 or 6 years now and occasionally lurked during a stream if I have time. I just decided to try the game out after seeing that Titan video, it just looked like a fun game to me. I don't think I even realized it was Final Fantasy. The game hooked me from the start. Over the last 2 years I've put around 1200 hours in and cried for at least a third of that. I'm just now getting into doing the harder content and doing crafters. Thank you for ruining my life with this game, it's been wonderful.

[@zoeyvalkyrie]

To answer a question asked in this video: TP Link spends a massive chunk of the game getting ridden by a woman who considers him her pet, he's absolutely a bottom.

[@acehealer4212]

18:40 Ty: “I wont him.”

[@Mad-Slick]

35:49 - "Is TP Link a bottom?" Brother, all Links are bottoms.

[@letari2252]

Your XIV videos are like shiny pokemon, rare af but you love to see it! I can also relate to collecting all those weapons, I do it for the relic lines regardless of whether I'd use them as glamours or not. Grats on the clears!

[@Chris_Rez]

Holy shit that prog speed was insane. And WTF is that caloric 1 strat

[@Natsunalia]

Ah yes, the game that makes voxer suffer the most. Back once more.

[@Rukira_S]

you make me want a pc that can handle this game, just from the intro alone

[@terranovus6487]

Damn...I thought I had gotten "I suppose" out of my head. I remember mentioning it during that particular stream and you replayed it then and now it's back in VOD form...

[@Mr_Daniels06]

Shen, you're not mentally ill. Masochism is perfectly natural,

[@Dark-uj2jq]

Your. Ff14 vids are always goated! Keep up the quality content shen

[@nebula8851]

I did Asphodelos and Abyssos, and honestly, Savage raiding CAN be fun, as long as everyone in a group is roughly on an equal footing competence-wise, and you don't involve IRL relationships, because that shit gets messy.

[@theindomitablecell]

Voxer heard the distress call from a faraway realm and went to save Baldurs Gate with the full blunt force of his severe autism, but after that didnt proove enough of a challange for him he returned home to show everyone once again how to best block damage with your face.

[@mannydani9180]

"WHY ARE WE PLAYING GOLF WITH THE TANKBUSTERS?!?!?" IDK why but that has the same energy as "WHY ARE YOU BUYING CLOTHES AT THE SOUP STORE?!?!?" and Iove it I doubt I'll be able to resist laughing whenever I hear either line

[@thebluecyclone7958]

This was such a joy to see, truly one of the tiers of all time. *insert Shen noise*

[@imaginedarc1883]

"the mechanics that we're about to see are extraordinarily fucked up"

[@IwanMilner]

Oh my GOD, savage raiding in FFXIV looks really hard I'll have to give a try when I do my FFF marathon next year! (Also, Voxer is my cute twink son and I love him so much!)

[@BlacktheSnivy]

Please don't feel bad for getting me into this game. The deciding factor was your E4S video btw.

[@RendMaim]

same

[@damionkaneki2578]

Wish ppl thirsted over my wol like bro's thirst for Voxer.

[@bickieeeeee]

YESSS SHENPAI FFXIV CONTENT!!!! i threw myself into the game recently (played 7 hours straight yesterday lol) and its so cool to see you make a video on it!!!

[@tang620]

Ive never played this game but I'm finding i do enjoy the bright pretty lights :)

[@vizodi]

Oh man I sound SO sick LMFAO. And yeah she got her bribe of Timtams that weekend.

[@craigwheeler4760]

Hey Shenpai, Yellow Skies says hi. He and I ran P12S ... That shit was hard! You're correct about that assessment. It's a beast of a fight. What kept getting me was the last part with the towers.. getting inside and outside on the cleave.. uhhh

[@IzzetNilson]

Yay shenpai FFXIV! I started watching your older videos and it inspired me to get back into the game to finally finish MSQ after a year break. I'm currently working on post-Shadowbringer patches, which I'm halfway through according to the wiki. Thank you for your energy getting me back into a fun game ❤️

[@ArtForSwans]

When this video was first uploaded I had to stop watching around the part where they were progging SC2A because that was the mechanic I was on and now I'm back to watch the rest after my own clear. \o/

[@aztrea8]

As someone that has never touched savage or above, this video scares me but also makes me want to try it

[@ifaeriewraith]

Not sure what entity blessed me with your content videos on my feed, but I am very much grateful. You’re a lot of fun to watch. Absolutely hysterical. ♥️ If you would ever like to help me see a tea clear, think of meeeh. 😁

[@fridgegremlin5496]

i understand the pained laughter upon being asked about limit cut i understand it far too well

[@Kroxfi]

Man I loved this video hope I can have friends like this when doing savage

[@ShivaServer2009]

I had friends speed learn me through this tier. I hadn't yet set foot in 12s when I got an SoS dm to sub in 12s p1 prog. This is the fastest I've ever learnt a tier. I just got to 12s P2 last night. Nice work, Shen!

[@DavionStar]

First of all, congrats on the clears! Second, as a fellow they/them, hearing Ty's voice makes me feel better about my own. Third this vid was awesome and hilarious. Also blessed just due to Ty's chill attitude as you were learning. Finally, is it weird that it makes me smile to see Lalas in vids like this? They seem so rare.

[@crystalslime1716]

Perfect video for me to watch after 100%ing omori I really needed this

[@ashencometmom5291]

i remember watching your HoH solo clear video when i didnt play ffxiv and it all looked really intimidating. since then i've started and ended my sprout era and now the only intimidating part is finding a static so i dont have to get into savage raiding through PF. and also social interactions in general

[@feliciajohnson6412]

There is something so attractive about a raid daddy that can talk you straaaaight through the damn thing.

[@aerieleah533]

Just discovered you from bg3, and then you post this. My heart game. Good taste

[@Morgan-rl5bt]

wow how perfect, I was just wanting to get into raiding

[@Zodaxa_zdx]

14:44 these weird noises are the fuel to carry me on between uploads its so good

[@MissPoplarLeaf]

As a zero brain cell tank main tomboy who plays a male OC whom I love very much, and who can't wait to get into endgame raiding once I can finish MSQ, this video has rapidly become a comfort video for me this past week.

[@fernandozavaletabustos205]

Great and funny video as always!!

[@mrman8039]

Me (who has no idea what is happening): hehe colors

[@WeskAlber]

I genuinely cannot tell if you enjoy or hate 10. So basically its about standard for the 10 experience. OH MY GOD SHE WAS TAUGHT TO STAND INSIDE THE BOSS FOR P12S LINE CHEESE! You have no idea how many wipes I've seen because the tanks insist on standing on the edge...

[@cceider]

Finally a new ffxiv video from Shenpai! :D

[@nataliegath395]

Accurate response to any mechanic with numbers. My poor smooth brain cannot handle that bullshit

[@shelter42Ayre]

I enjoyed the style of this video alot. It was quite hilarious and impressive

[@Toksyuryel]

Looking forward to the TOP video

[@kayoMi-hq3wq]

Hello shen! i finally made an account to comment. i just wanted to say thank you for intruducing this game to me. ive been only playing the free trial and im having fun going through the story and dungeons. i hope i can also try this type of battle when i get better at the game.

[@skylerdrew2087]

Holy hell that shit looks complicated, props to those that choose to not only attempt that stuff but also those that choose to TEACH that

[@runedragon1985]

More Shen in Final Fantasy XIV?!?!?!? I love you, Shen!

[@inupuppy22]

YEEEEE MORE FFXIV CONTENT its great to see shen play it she always seems to have so much fun with it

[@r0be077]

As someone who’s been raiding in SWTOR and WOW for ages it always interests me to see the community for FF which seems so much more chill. There are some things about FF that make me feel like it’s not a great fit for me personally but man I wish the general attitude of the FF raiding community applied to other MMOs. lmao

[@BabyDragon63]

6 mins in, and as someone who plays only Guild Wars 2 and its raid content etc, I am sorry I can just see mechanic vomit on my screen HOW do you make sense of all that? :O Incredible

[@MrZeuz34]

31:40 ah yes, Simon says/yu-gi-oh/chess/dancedancerevolution

[@nullanma5134]

“Why didn’t my TBN pop are you kidding” is the eternal dark knight mood Also “WHY ARE WE PLAYING GOLF WITH THE TANKBUSTER” made me laugh so hard

[@dumbsterdives]

just letting the bgm rock for the clear run edit of 12s phase 1 was an ascended brain editing choice i must say

[@lapiscrow2141]

So I recently got back into ff14, and have gotten waaay more into it than last time. (First time armound I barely made it through arr, now Im a level 70 summoner, working on learning rotations n stuff :D ) I feel like Id love it even more than I already do with a group like this, everyone always seems way too serious but you guys are so chill 🤣

[@SwannyTheMike]

I fear no man, but those MMO raids... they terrify me!

[@buggibii]

i love your ffxiv vids because i can TASTE the bitrate and it tastes like candy 😍😋

[@vashthehimbo731]

Wow! What a fun raiding vid! Nobody got mad at one another for borking a mechanic, they all laughed it off, and they're all legitimately just having fun playing a game together and not treating it like a 2nd and 3rd job :cryinginside:

[@Lagzlot]

Heavensward, Stormblood, and Shadowbringers savage raids: 3 tiers, 4 bosses each, each tier is essentially a difficulty reset and kind of it's own raid. Anabaseios: Here are Abyssos floors 5-9.

[@LORDOFDRAGONS555]

Havent even played 14 but ill be eatching your videos on it several time 😂

[@chelsthegameruiner8669]

I almost thought this was 7 years ago, holy shit I was about to have an existential crisis because it genuinely feels like you lose track of time as you get older. Also, I wish I could be in a chill group like this. All my past experiences have been rough so I decided to somewhat step away from the endgame scene (but I still play obviously). Its a dream of mine to have my Destiny raid team hop to FFXIV but they're not interested sadly

[@feliciajohnson6412]

Welcome back! Hope your stage time was...chill? 😂❤

[@cydanite]

Oh savage looks fun maybe I should look into how to start with them! (famous last words)

[@bloodiedporcelain6320]

Your panic sounds like my panic. Im so glad its not just me xD

[@StriderHoang]

Watching someone else prog Anabeisos honestly re-triggered all my latent ptsd from this tier all at once. I will say, I did the last two tiers as a tank because I was used to being accommodating. When my friend said he wanted to tank, switching to dps was probably the best decision I'd ever made, I think I make a better reaper than at least a gunbreaker.