FFXIV Dawntrail: Patch 7.1: Jeuno - Echoes of Vana'diel

[@ALeafOnTheWind42]

I love that the story of this raid is Sareel Ja had an FFXI subscription and then decided to recreate it in Minecraft

[@AridLemming]

Seeing your reaction at 1:22:15 was SO GOOD LOL! When I did the story and got to that point, I got so hype and was like JESSE’S GONNA LOSE HIS SHIT WHEN HE SEES THIS

[@ecyor0]

"Didn't you die?" "Sadly, yes..... BUT I LIVED"

[@DK-sw8uz]

That reaction was priceless 😂😂😂

[@captainsavvy07]

As soon as I got to that part of the story I was so excited to watch Jesse play it!

[@AliceSkylark]

not being able to guess that Fafnir's fire breath was actually a doughnut was hilarious to experience on day one ngl

[@HanabiraKage]

Even funnier was not being able to get out of the center when he landed and only noticing at the last second that the fire's clearing up from the opposite end of the arena. Sadly Jesse didn't get the full experience because he's a tank.

[@hounddog5]

I'm glad we all shared this

[@SkullM]

1:00:05 Legitimately thought the cut scene was voiced for a second; didn't realize Jesse had such a good Bakool Ja Ja impression.

[@TheExcessus]

First thing I thought when I saw the badguy reveal was "I can't wait for the reaction of Mr. Cox!" :)

[@ReaverPrime]

As someone who played XI for 12 years from NA release and XIV since 1.0, this raid was EVERYTHING to me. Nonstop nostalgia from beginning to end. Prishe was a really fun fight. Seeing that exp party running like hell when the alliance pulled Aquarius was top shelf. Fafnir was dope, full stop. Shadow Lord was chaotic as hell. And I loved it when he put on his armor from Wings of the Goddess. And then there's the Ark Angels... That is now officially my single favorite piece of content in this entire game! I love that they speak their individual quotes out loud in the fight. I love that their moves from XI were transferred so well into XIV's engine. I love that there are lots of interrupts to look out for. I even love that AA HM's Mijin Gakure is a full wipe if it goes off. From top to bottom, this raid is absolutely Grade A. 😊

[@aradow18]

my favorite easter egg was seeing the leveling party in Boyodhah tree going to a leveling camp as you're running through the trash mobs.

[@SlvrStryker]

It's not even a leveling party! It's literally just a few people hunting for Aquarius, and you beat them to the punch...alongside having the balls to take on the pack of mobs around it as well, hence why they leave when you pull the pack. XD

[@Osteichthyes]

So Jesse is mostly right about the Shadow Lord, but there are a few things. The expedition to Xarcabard, or more specifically, Fei'Yin ("The Northern Expedition") was a multilateral expedition with select members from all 3 starting city-states. They were originally going just to investigate a strange stone that held power (Bastok had originally tried to keep it secret, but it leaked, so other nations got involved). Jesse is mostly correct with the next part, however, Raogrimm (The Shadow Lord) wasn't immediately killed by Ulrich (the Hume). Ulrich tried, but Cornelia (the other Hume) stood in front of the blade and was cut down. This sent Ulrich into a frenzy, and struck Raogrimm down. He disposed of their bodies in the deep ravines, claiming that they had fallen down, covering his actions. The other members debated on what to do, and after a brief search gave up. The Elvaan member declared it was beneath him to get involved, the Mithra was only interested in her new found toys and gems, and the Tarutaru lacked the will to push back. So it was that the expedition came to an end, the truth hidden, save for Raogrimm who on his dying thoughts dwelled on being betrayed, on seeing the only person who was nice being killed. Now an important part, Galka do not reproduce, but are instead reincarnated as a child within their homeland of Altepa (not Bastok). Raogrimm would also undergo this, but he wasn't just a Galka, he was the Talekeeper, someone who carries the entirety of the Galkas memories and acts as a cultural leader, and the Galka are...not treated well in Bastok. Overwhelmed by his anger and grief, his reincarnation caused a resonance within the crystals that laid buried, the same crystals that they originally been sent to investigate, and would result in the birth of The Shadow Lord. A being empowered by crystals, born of malice and grief. By the Elvaans arrogance, the Tarutaru's cowardice, the Mithra's envy, the Hume's apathy, and the Galka's rage, did the Shadow Lord spawn. A being that was would enact his vengeance unto Altana's children. The same children who killed him.

[@MitkealStorean]

Thank you for this!

[@vfaulkon]

I love all the little details of this, I really do. Like when Prishe and I were getting introduced, she commented on my male miqo'te like, 'Wow, a MALE mithra? Now I've seen everything!" I've got to look into how she comments on other races, like femroes and Au Ra and viera...

[@Chaser547]

well in the case of Hrothgar and Viera she says she's never seen anything like us before.

[@MitkealStorean]

Same with Au Ra

[@lazypanda78]

They called my Roe a Galka..

[@lazypanda78]

A Roegadyn, they called me a Galka without a tail cuz it got chopped off

[@HippoJPLauncher]

Day one jeuno was sooooooooo fun

[@Kittykitala]

There are a number of things I love about this raid, FFXI nostalgia goes hard, but I really love when you go into the Boyahda tree, there is a party of adventurers looking to hunt Aquarius and leave him to you when they see all the monsters. Nothing like some good ol' NM hunting.

[@Dragontaru]

As a fellow grandpa, can say this was so well done.

[@GamingFoodie]

Holy woah Jesse's Bakool's voice is spot on very nice!

[@carbxncle]

It's funny seeing people dote over Prishe's personality here but Yda was pretty close to this in ARR and everyone hated on her. XD

[@BlueWoWTaylan]

I mean, I like Yda/Lyse.

[@andrewmiller6264]

I think my read on Alxaal is that it’s like seeing WoL poster boy Meteor show up in FF XI. Those who’ve played XI, does that seem right at all?

[@jjc101]

He definitely represents an FFXI player at least. The way he talks about being a part of major story events and characters seems to imply as much.

[@korpse-tc3fl]

Dude that Bakool Ja Ja voice was awesome.

[@Freeasacar]

I never played FF11 (Never even heard of it in the 2000s despite playing all the MMOs I could at the time) but to me it sounds really similar to another early 2000s MMO - Ragnarok Online. That game also had a big intimidating overworld that you needed to team up with other players to tackle or you'd lose XP on death. A lot of AFKing in cities to sell your goods and hang out with other players also happened. These were MMOs that were made before the genre both hit it's stride and became much more sanitized throughout WoW's development which gradually turned it into an experience in which you don't have to know any other players on your server to succeed. There was something really magical about working together to survive in a brutal MMO world.

[@theodoreabshire933]

I think the Machinist in his alliance saved the entire alliance raid with head graze during the Ark Angels fight, right? Good going.

[@sweepingtime]

Basically being buddies with Bakool Ja Ja makes this whole quest a treat.

[@WaffleMenu]

1:22:50 Waited for this reaction since your DT video… so good!

[@ArtForSwans]

I'm pretty sure we just had the same reaction to the reveal of the villain lmfao

[@dragonet111]

Really digging the old timey vibes of the musics

[@SabiVerdantes]

I think the Elvaan guy might be Rochefogne I Tavnazia from FFXI's Sandoria storyline?

[@adjwindu70]

1:22:17 I was looking forward to this reaction

[@Pinkdayze]

I never laughed so hard as to when I was doing the auction scene and bid the whole thing on the last dialogue XD

[@dreaming5895]

Jesse's warrior portrait is great!

[@hagazziviliana2130]

Wish Jesse would replay FFXI for the story, my inner "emotional vampire" would love it !

[@Neone4000]

Ex-FFXIV player (no I can't be convinced to come back lol) and OG-FFXI player here. I appreciate this upload so I can enjoy the XI references through you!

[@WikiED]

23:25 see these aoes if you dont stand in two of them will never one shot you or give you vuln stack so you dont have to run away if ppl dont move, just make sure to not have aoes overlap on top of you

[@teroril]

To do a prediction, I think we're getting CoP story next and WotG third (because Sareel Ja mentioned the Walk of Echoes).

[@AschenDog]

You can also get "Wait... A *male* mithra?! Well now I've seen everything!

[@Raijin-RyuX24]

Trying to pronounce Alxaal’s name reminded me of Serge trying to pronounce Axel Foley’s name in Beverly Hills Cop. I ran this for the first time yesterday. Died probably 20 times. Mostly on the last encounter. Also was rushed through and was only able to read 1 note. Also didn’t get any gear for my Dancer.

[@xiaochikuroinu9128]

in FF11 I played a Tarutaru SAM main. I did it on purpose when a friend told me "Tarutaru are the worst for melee roles" I still did it and wanted to be top dps in my raid regardless of my race which I did but I was heavy gear of course! Your raid guild sucked if they didn't let you play Tarutaru DRG. I had no issues doing any of the end game because I was Tarutaru melee. Yes, DRG was underwhelming because SAM did what DRG could but better with Spears since you could spam Penta Thrust very often but as you had great gear and good food to make up for that race deficit you could beat Elvaan on the same job that was decently gear. I remember trying WoW for a single week and I didn't like it at all funny enough. I was too spoil by FF11 world, graphic, lore, music, controller, jobs system and too used to FF11 to change an MMORPG that felt not fun to me.

[@xiaochikuroinu9128]

P.S. I loved when you found out who was behind this alliance 1:22:15

[@linkpwnsevery1]

Actually, tarus aren't bad melee, but they do require a lot of STR gear if you wanna be great otherwise yeah the are bad, just as any other race, it lacks some stats. Taru mnk and nin were pretty good.

[@andrebaxter4023]

Yeah the difference in stats between races did make things interesting as far as job choice, etc.

[@TheBongReyes]

Day one for me was half the raid waiting for a rez. 😂

[@MrSHADOWANGEL999]

Glorious

[@williamhazlett6724]

i remember hearing that exect same thing when i played ffxi we will get you in the second group so sit there like 5 hours doing nothing jump in a few min drop party and that was it

[@Chibi-kittenplays]

that new chest piece... I am not trying to implicate lalas.. but. .that looks like their version of a flasher coat!

[@darthnerdist4694]

I just went straight to, 1 MILLION GIL!

[@Suldrun45]

Last boss of 3rd raid should definitely be Maat :p

[@seekittycat]

THEY DID IT! They brought him back 😂!

[@1337penguinman]

See, they could never do this for WoW because all of the chat would have to be censored.

[@UltimateHakai]

27:38 facts as a lalafell player i want to be picked up

[@linr8260]

Let lalas ride!!!!!

[@SnowflakeVee]

So you're saying Lil JC is now 80% taco?

[@jatoetenel]

Wish we will see Shantotto in the raid aswell. TBH I'm really afraid we will see our minfilia male version (Aldo) to the next raid arc. I found him a pain in the butt

[@andrebaxter4023]

Shantotto will probably show in one of these.

[@ralphbeez1411]

Tbf Shantotto got a literal event in FFXIV years ago, and is cameo'd in the later BLM storyline. I like her, but other XI characters need more spotlight than the one they use to represent XI all the time.

[@zombie0ate0my0brains]

Where is Skyrim?

[@pteronura6739]

please learn warriors rotation getting carried through ultimate really stunts your understanding of jobs

[@vermillionwing]

You will never get princess carried by Bakool Ja Ja. Also you should try listening to Prishe in jp, its way more amusing. Hoping we get Shantoto to show up too since she was in the 11 crossover event

[@TheDeliciousMystery]

This just made me miss Puppet Master even more. Another expansion, another PUP mention as an easter egg...

[@duraeusentenu]

watching you drop aoe's on someone intentionally.....my favourite bread to eat

[@Nomicakes]

Was this a run with people from your stream? Cause damn, nobody is willing to wait 10 seconds for you to look around. They're just insta-pulling.

[@kaitoudark1]

Nah. This wasn't a full 24 man pre-formed. If I recall, he just did an 8 man team and went in. It was likely other alliances picked up via duty finder that were pulling instead.

[@Nomicakes]

@@kaitoudark1 Ah, a shame.

[@zerwif]

Over two hours of Jesse misremembering FFXI. Confused about expansions, people, locations, and systems.

[@whisperingshadowXI]

I keep seeing Cox's cutscene reactions to FFXIV content and non combat shenanigans being recommended to me by the algorithm and loved it. So I decided I'd watch some of his combat gameplay too... No offence Cox, but your alliance carried your ass at several points lol also you didn't perform some basic tank responsibilities: 34:17 and 52:17 Not reliably mitigating tank busters (they were not on cd either, you just didn't use them) even when you had vuln stacks/low hp making your healers save you with heals and shields. 37:23 Getting locked out of the Ark Angels boss fight because you went off to read notes (which you can also do after the raid...you can do that for all alliance raids and dungeons btw so you don't have to fuck over your alliance for content/lore stuff) and making your dps eat the tankbuster and dying as a result. Kinda cringe when a tank let's their teammates die, just saying lol. Never interrupting a single mechanic during Ark Angels boss fight...I'm assuming you know what interrupt abilities are. You were literally fighting the fucking boss who was casting interruptible METEOR at 42:43 and someone else had to interrupt it for you (actually I just took a closer look at your hotbars in the video, you legit don't even have interject on your hotbar...wtf Cox lol). Honestly, you should do the new tutorials from the Hall of the Novice and/or read their updated Combat Guide. They teach a lot of the mechanical stuff you were struggling with in this video (except leaving your alliance to read notes, that's on you lol). Also the new Hall of the Novice trials give you a nice xp ring for any pre-lvl 60 classes that need the xp boost, it also stacks with the pre-lvl 30 xp ring from the OG Hall of the Novice in case you have any ARR jobs you haven't leveled yet. Just some food for thought. Anyways, critques aside, it was still a fun video overall. And it's always nice to hear the perspective of people who played FFXI too! Anyways, hope some of the feedback is heard (doubt it, but you never know lol)

[@nyrahl593]

1:18:50 The cardian guards also show up in Stormblood dungeon Bardam's Mettle. SE has been milking off the tit of FFXI for XIV content more and more :D

[@ShermTank7272]

I mean, for all intents and purposes, FFXIV was pretty much XI-2 back in 1.0, so it checks out

[@elixwhitetail]

@@ShermTank7272 I will never in my life understand how FF14v1's team looked at how in FFXI the auction house(s) and the Rolanberry Fields market/other tax-evading zoneline mule markets coexisted and decided that FF14 could only have one option, and then got rid of the centralized, searchable taxed market board. There are many other baffling decisions in 14v1 but that... what did they _think_ was going to happen when you had to go from retainer to retainer, one by one, one instanced room at a time, until you found what you needed?

[@obakemano]

Jesse's reasons for leaving to play WoW are the exact reasons I stayed. if I want to solo stuff I'll play an offline game.

[@kaiserdragon7648]

I was also a FF11 vet that wanted to play drg. Ran into the very same prob not being able to do anything.

[@sageata_verde]

for me it was meh, the nier raids where more fun than this...its just meh. too much nostalgia put in for people that dont know it.