Final Fantasy 16 - Best AP & XP Farms Early, Mid & End Game - 60K AP Per HOUR Tips Final Fantasy XVI

If you're looking to level up or get a ton of AP quickly in Final Fantasy 16, then you need to be looking for these AP and XP farms. In this video, we're going to share with you the best AP and XP farms in the early, mid and end game so that you can max your abilities and level up as quickly as possible!
This guide is ideal for players who are looking to level up their characters as quickly as possible as well as max out your skill tree. We'll walk you through the best AP and XP farms in the game, so that you can start earning lots of XP and AP quickly. If you're looking to level up your characters in Final Fantasy 16, then this video is for you!
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[@rickn6923]

For the early to mid game use Hawk Cry Cliff. Run north and hug the wall. Kill the 2 plant enemies and then follow the wall and there is a single blue chocobo. You can one shot it with titans wind up. Takes 45 seconds and you get about 100AP and up to 2 goblin coins but always one so 800-1600 Gil. Super fast and easy.

[@Talhn]

@4:20 If done during the story it's 700AP on the last mob alone, and I was getting around 1,000AP per run (With Accessory Equipped)

[@kelela37clch]

Appreciate the end-game farming tip; I will definitely take advantage of this location! Aside from the mid-game farming location highlighted in the video, another good AP site is located IVO the Dravozd obelisk: Travel to Dravozd, turn away from the guard 180 degrees and head down the path upon which three hounds [Bloodfang & Wild Nakks x 2] will be waiting accordingly... Defeating them is quick & easy and generates 115 AP with the Wages of Warcraft accessory equipped! Travel back via the Dravozd obelisk, and repeat to your heart's content!

[@LolTac0Bell]

Also definitely good to check on the amount of Goblin Coins every 10-20 minutes, you'll cap at 99 quick, and they sell for 79k gil every 99.

[@EXP234]

If you don't mind a short jog, in Bokland/Dhalmekia if you head towards Steps of the Forgotten there's 4 packs of Nakks that (with the AP accessory +20%) drop 110-124 AP and it only took me just under 2 minutes running it on foot. There's also two Hellgaroo's that drop 96 each but they take a little longer to kill.

[@nighthawkylewis5498]

Thanks Arekkz....I got to level 50 in no time & the AP farm is wicked!!

[@praetormaximus]

Not sure if is just for me but at the beginning of "cloak and dagger" (first mission after your fight with bahamut) as you start the mission there are a few dogs hidden to the left (literally 20 meters from your spawn, you will find 2 first and then another further in), killing them all gives you around 145 AP (I am doing it during the story so I am getting extra APs), the fight takes 15-20 seconds and all you have to do is click on restart and get new dogs! The obelists name is The Krozjit Echoes

[@cryomxncer9675]

A major help ! Thanks so much !

[@greggmcfarlane4267]

Thanks for the tip! I was spawning at the last waypoint and killing the orcs in the middle for 134AP but this is way more and in the same location 👌🏼 want that juicy lvl.5 zantetsuken 🤺🤺

[@Thunder_Light207]

Really useful guide for farming AP early-mid-end games, thanks a lot 👌

[@MrAkatsukio]

Thumbs up for the Hyena Spot. Saved me a lot of time farming those AP. thanks!

[@RobK-rl6sn]

I've been using a farm in the fields of something in the south. It's before the last two Farms on this video. It's just farming the wolves. You get about 375-460 experience and 115 to 124 AP depending if there's three or four wolves. There's also a pack of about 10 or 12 flying birds or whatever they are. That doesn't give you much AP only around 50 but it gives you a thousand experience. There's exactly eight packs of wolves and that pack of birds. Don't think it's as good as the last two you pointed out because it does take more time. But it's not bad

[@raymontarmstead-leblanc6016]

Just got back into the game trying to complete it now, great video! Really wish Leviathan or Alexander were in the game as Eikons, maybe DLC 🤞🏼

[@bubbaXzone]

I was thinking of alexander the other day! I would love to see alexander and leviathan as well!

[@psykira]

The farm spot i am currently using is during the main story quest The Dead of Night. In the story after you leave Lostwing and head for Norvent Valley, and The Norvent, you reach a spot near a bridge where you will get a video. After that vid you main quest becomes Enter Caer Norvent. If you go back to the Lostwing Obelisk and head back to the South East of the map you can fight some soldier. Across the first bridge you can fight more. Once there, there is a Caer Norvent River Bridge Obelisk right nest to the Caer Norvent River Gate location marker. My current early game low level farm is Warp to that Obelisk, run down the bridge, defeat the enemies and repeat. If you have Flames of Rebirth, which doesn't take long to get here, you just run a couple steps past the two soldiers at the end of the bridge and cast. it might miss one enemy which can be easily defeated. Then warp to The Hideaway for a cooldown reset and repeat. One round with no AP or XP boosts is 20 XP 64 AP, plus item drops. Black Bloods sell for 400 gil. Once you go through the next part of the story and defeat the next major boss and gain a new power, this farm spot will disappear.

[@surajshergill7777]

Used this video for the endgame method for my first playthrough to hit level 50. Back again now that I started NG+. Not had major difficulty so far but I just beat Garuda so we'll see. Definitely more spongy enemies. Forgot how much I loved this game! Let's get that platinum! Beating FF mode is literally the only trophy I have left.

[@MisterPhysics511]

It seems that an update might have helped with how much AP you need to max everything. I did all the side quests and hunts my first playthrough. Then in new game+, I did most of the side quest and only a few hunts. I maxed out all skills at level 90. I had two exp bonus items on the whole time but didn't have to use any AP boost items. It finally happened halfway through the quests on chapter 67: origins. I'm glad I didn't have to spend an extra hour or two grinding after finishing NGP.

[@darktwill]

I'm doing the bluebirds myself but I do a little extra by attacking them a little bit then attacking the worgen. Gives me 105 ap. Same with bluebird near cliff. Use ignition and get them close enough to the wyvern infants and that another 91 ap.

[@blaketaylor9099]

The Mid game one if you do it with the ap item attached and during the actual story you get 1100 ap per run

[@W4r10ckm4n]

Those first 3 packs in Free Cities of Kanver in normal mode net you 1100-some AP per run if it's the active mission. It is far better than the Hyena pack. Unfortunately, if you miss it, you can't go back.

[@blaketaylor9099]

Ya it’s wild

[@MinimalxEffort]

Man this came out right after I got the achievement for maxing everything lol

[@ryzen9263]

Run till the 3rd area in Kanver with the mobs from the 2 past areas following you then unleashed everything

[@ultraginge1990]

I think playing until the mid game farm then farming it for 1-2 hours in order to get 6 abilities mastered means that you have all the ap you need for the entire game. As you only have 6 abilities equipped at any point.

[@NapVoucher]

Isn't there an achievement for mastering every ability?

[@ultraginge1990]

@@NapVoucher I’m going to do that in NG+. You don’t need to farm in order to complete the game and I don’t want to be too strong. I always curb my farm in FF games lol.

[@JoeZanDeathKiller]

​@@ultraginge1990 that's your active abilities, I started by mastering the combat abilities that are passive like limit break.

[@I3aMb00]

@@JoeZanDeathKilleryou’re wasting your time farming in the regular game. Just do it in NG+ you’ll max out everything for the trophy

[@ultraginge1990]

@@JoeZanDeathKiller oh yeah you max those. You just don’t need to max the abilities because of the very generous respec system.

[@endurocompify]

Do you get same loot and xp gil etc if you switched to story mode?

[@Lewku]

at the start of waloed in wolfdarr you can pull 3 groups of orcs together and kill them all with 1 lv 5 Zantetsuken gaining 57200 (with buffs) exp and 448 AP per run

[@deansnipah1392]

*do not* equip Timely Strikes. It will call in abilities for you. Last thing you want is it calling in a 2min cool down ability on an enemy with 5hp.

[@krazyfil]

I do timely assistance because telling torgal to attack constantly gets annoying

[@SongpyeonPR]

​@@krazyfilI do agree with you, sometimes I completely forgot he is there lol

[@RobK-rl6sn]

I don't use any of those accessories. I have been using the extra experience and AP. Also the Berserker ring because it has a really cool effect. I have just figured out a few combos that I like and I integrate Torgal into them. It's not too difficult to figure out three or four combos you really like and implement the dog into them. Use those as your main attacks and then Tinker throughout the game and figure out more. Honestly the game is just way too easy without using those accessories so I can't bring myself to use them. Hopefully Final Fantasy mode has some actual challenge to it

[@ShaneBraaten]

This 👏👏👏... I'm running that Exact Same set up Also.. 🤙

[@krazyfil]

@@RobK-rl6sn final fantasy mode is def a lot harder lol

[@nathan7963]

I dont have the pre order xp charm is there another one i can use?

[@urushimanyan8491]

I don’t think you can actually replay the actual stage itself for the mid game farm as I don’t see an option for restarting the stage on the initial playthrough

[@marc-andrecritchley6859]

For mid game farm how far is it from optaining bahamut ? Cause i cant beat the dragon hunt that is level 50. So I could use this place to get some level

[@dZ0647]

What I’m doing atm, well before I got bahamut I used Garuda with titan abilities bc the pull in thing works great with them but now I’m going to prolly put ramuhs skills on titans and put titans back on garudas bc I think judgment bolt or whatever is kinda lame. But the counter eith titan is awesome

[@platinumz4880]

I got platinum because of you, thanks

[@rhyno6116]

I keep getting the cut scenes each time I had travel back in active game. It's taking a lot longer than 2 mins. What do you think I'm doing wrong

[@JavaJoe1119]

The hyenas not sure if need be mastered by mine is one flames of rebirth should kill all 5. Also (might be common knowledge) but if save and load game abilities ready

[@lambo2655]

For the trophy where you have to unlock/ max out every ability do you have to have them all maxed out at the same time or can you refund points to unlock/ max out a new ability one at a time?

[@mrniceguy3129]

No i did that when i was looking at what every ability was like maxed out and i still dont have the trophy

[@Prockski]

Level 5 Zangetsu will one shot that whole pack (or any normal enemy group in the game). It makes farming so much easier.

[@brookin]

Zangetsu - Another Bleach fan!

[@Anotherperson81]

I feel obliged to feedback my experience. I used your tips, but found one comment to be more useful - Hawks Ridge for the chocobo early game once you get there. I attempted to finish every summons as I got them, and it was hard as your mid game spot is in fact at about the 75% game mark, making it really hard to farm early game. In addition, the aetherflood at mid point then stops you farming blue chocobos for hours. The good news is, I got to your midpoint farming spot, knowing I only needed 35000 AP for shiva and Odin. Therefore, 35 runs of the initial three fights is all that is needed as I was getting about 1000 a run. It didn’t take long (90 mins) and then I didn’t need the final spot. I got shiva a couple hours later and instantly maxed, I was only about 5000 over through normal collection without farming.

[@upsetkidpanda1869]

Thanks!

[@BPS3519]

There's 4 bluebirds in the royal meadows area not 3. Two near Northreach and Two near Oriflamme's entrance.

[@darkstardk2142]

Ya, their also are 3 wolves right next to them. If you use flame of rebirth for them you get an extra 96 ap in 15 secondsi belive. I'd say thats worth it.

[@davidtsmith33]

Excellent farming guide. Haven't gotten the game yet but looking to buy sometime in the near future and always glad for some good farming locations for whenever. In the meantime I'm collecting some walkthroughs, tips and tricks etc and bookmarking them for when I do get the game.

[@jCaprisun]

How do you upgrade the accessory?

[@ConsoleControlGames]

That mid game farm seems like a low estimate. Just the last fight of the 3 gives you 700AP per instance if you're getting the 20% boost from your accessory. I think I was getting about 1100 AP per run--that's if you're not doing a stage replay.

[@RobK-rl6sn]

Yes he says in the video that those numbers are on replay and you get more if you have not completed the mission yet. He actually says it quite a few times throughout the video and immediately after he quits those low numbers from doing it in Mission replay.

[@ConsoleControlGames]

@@RobK-rl6sn Yeah...I was referring to his estimate of non replay at 04:06

[@Sokioku]

I'm doing the first 3 fights of the Kanver instance at the moment. Currently maxed all abilities and have about 26k AP. Not sure if it will be enough but I still have to do final fantasy mode so I'm not worried

[@D-Bo_26]

Why dont you just go in new game +?

[@undeadlegionare3643]

That’s what I did, once you get to final fantasy mode you can pretty much just play through that until you get to kanver again, then just grind for maybe like 30 more minutes and you are good to go. Especially since you can create an accessory that gives 40% extra Ap

[@D-Bo_26]

@@undeadlegionare3643 i have a question? If i go in to the new game+ what do i keep? And is there a harder monster then the S tier monster like omega/ other ultima or penance?

[@65firered]

​@@D-Bo_26Enemies are more difficult and have new abilities, there's a higher difficulty mode, rewards are multiplied, and you keep all your gear and abilities, you can further upgrade gear.

[@undeadlegionare3643]

@@D-Bo_26 you keep any ability points you have earned, weapons, accessories, pretty much every item except key items, and money. Level and renown are reset.

[@ThePeaceKing]

Thank You

[@flipros6473]

Dang the AP gain for the mid game run is significantly reduced on mission replay mode compared to when you do it through normal story progression. I was getting 1100 AP per run every 4-5 minutes

[@onebozo4u]

Perfect Timing I just got to free cities

[@besnikmaloku]

is garoudas pull the only one that can mini stun npc after you got their stagger to 50% ?

[@adhirg]

yeah that’s the perk of the ability. at 50% stagger, there’s a window of increased damage, if you use Deadly Reach at 50% it extends that window pretty significantly. no other way to do that AFAIK

[@Osyrous]

Is it wise gringing the first play through if you know you're planning to play ff mode acter the first play through? Levels ap carry ovwr and level cap is increased and i imagine so are exp ap rewards so wouldnt it be wise to wait till ffmodeto grind ?

[@65firered]

That depends entirely on what you want. If you aren't trying to build an optimal build or experiment then no grinding would not be wise. But If you are then grinding before beating the game is recommended.

[@RenatoGPadilla]

Thanks, Man... As someone who doesn't like to do NG+ in any game, the Platinum just became MUCH easier! And now, to grind Hyenas for 6 hours...

[@Jimmymatthewb]

In this game the new game plus has all new mechanics, gear, and you can actually craft upgrades for your accessories with the blacksmith. You start new game plus with a ridiculously low level, since everything now scales up to 100 (110 with dlc) as opposed to 50. The battles have new strategies to learn, and it has points of extreme difficulty. You cannot pass through the new game plus without actually thinking about your build, and considering far more tactics than simply mashing attack. In short, new game plus is much more difficult. But, it’s the CORRECT difficulty. Accessory crafting should have been an option with the blacksmith the entire time. And that’s how you feel the entire way through your second playthrough; that EVERYTHING is simply as the game was MEANT to be. The combat is simply tailored FOR final fantasy mode (new game plus). It all just comes together for the first time, and you start to actually appreciate the complexities of battle, where you previously could not, in action mode due to not only the extreme ease of it, but also the fact that mechanics were intentionally not included in the first playthrough. Long story short, if the reason you don’t like new game plus is because you’re bored of simply having everything and blasting through the same game totally op and with any semblance of challenge stripped, be assured that that is ABSOLUTELY NOT the case in ff16. On my opinion final fantasy mode IS the normal way to play ff16. Action mode is simply a prologue. I hate that you can’t simply choose final fantasy mode for your first playthrough, but alas, this is how it is. And if you like the game, then you are really short changing yourself of the true experience by neglecting to play new game plus. Good luck to ya pal.

[@RenatoGPadilla]

@@Jimmymatthewb I finished that like 6 months ago... The reason I don't like doing NG+ isn't because I like feeling overpowered, but because I don't enjoy having to do the story twice for a Platinum, even if it's "do it in a new difficulty" because the surprise is gone. I DID do both DLCs in FF difficulty from the jump, tho, and that was CLEAN!

[@raymontarmstead-leblanc6016]

Apparently there is a way to get a Wages of Warcraft 2 in your first play through but you have to buy another Wages of Warcraft from Lostwing prior to finishing the For Great Justice II quest which just so happens to be right before the Ild Kanver farm method 😭😭

[@Drutox719]

so there isn’t any difference of xp between story vs action?

[@yatsuketa]

This has become one of my top 3 favorite FF games. Love the combat, story, and characters. I'm glad they went this direction with a FF game. I still like the turn based ones, but the action combat FF games have a much higher skill ceiling than turn based ones which I enjoy. I see a decent amount of FF fans who don't like this one, but I think after seeing how insanely well the game is doing world wide I believe it was the right decision. I think this one is going to be game of the year.

[@Teffy2105]

After playing FF16 I can’t go back to turn based. FF16 combat is way better than other installments and fun as hell. Why would anyone want turn based after playing this beats me. You’re right I love the story, blood, cursing, sex, nudity, death, mature, style this game went. It was definitely the right decision. Some people are mad they didn’t keep FF kid like again and have them in some sci- fi world again. This story is bar far the best FF story I’ve seen in a long time. So far the game is a 9.5/10 for me. Amazing experience. It’s good to have FF back to where it should be. Hopefully they don’t listen to the fans crying for turn based combat.

[@soku330]

@@Teffy2105try kingdom hearts 1 it’s probably what’s meant to be the first hack n slash final fantasy game and it has elemental systems in it. Crafting the ultima weapon is very rewarding

[@10tailedbijuu]

@@soku330 i will never understand why they haven't adapted the battle system in kh or just gave 16 7r's battle system, not being able to control the other characters in any way and having it in a game of thrones like story sucks!!! i want more time with these characters!!!

[@soku330]

oh thats because they hired the combat director from devil may cry and he himself say ff16's combat is his *masterpiece (i think he means it's all balanced and simple for people who never played games). In my opinon, the game was too simple and short, I think this is some sort of test before making the next final fantasy 17@@10tailedbijuu

[@INFPeace-]

The load out I recommend is Odin only. I use arm of darkness close the distance and briefly stun the enemy just enough to activate dancing steel. Then use Heaven’s cloud to finish bringing Zentesuken to full 5, then unleash Zentesuken to obliterate the entire group of enemies. I’m having a lot of fun with this load out.

[@spiffinlikeful]

Best way to farm chocobos is to spawn at obelisk, get on your chocobo and run up to the firat pack on the left and just respawn at obeslisk, its way quicker than running all the way over to second pack, literally 10 second run, fight, spawn, 10 second run,, fight...

[@TrophyHunterTyler]

I found a 100ap area in dhamekian desert

[@Anigmandra]

It would be great if in the video was indicated that you can do the farm trick in Kanver only if you are in New game plus mode. Then I would not have wasted my time with it.😔

[@vitXras]

I'm in ng+ and have %60 boost in ap gains lol

[@gurnoorsekhon6402]

Just need it for the trophy of all skills

[@ashiel035]

Now that I think about it, apparently, this game is overheating people's PS5s everywhere, and it's making me think if it's going to be the same when Granblue Fantasy Relink comes out.

[@F4R4D4Y]

TY

[@douglasoakley4408]

So no actual good xp farms cool glad you put xp farm in your title

[@shanebuchanan3923]

I just kill everything I see as I progress. If it moves it has ap 😂🤷🏻‍♂️.

[@NaqshbandiNaqeebi]

Why would you stop on the first fight at kanver , do all three fights , then leave to the node next to kanver and restart much better AP

[@Gaijin_Jhin]

To be fair. If you killed everything on the map during your play you end up with 60kap and level 50 by the end of the game and with a normal run of NG+ you reach the cap. Farming is nice but if you dont want to do that just kill everything on the map each time your there for quests.

[@wildcarts3867]

Where is that Midgame method? I don’t see the city of canvan. I’m close to the end of the story, killed barnabas. So it isn’t midgame farming xD

[@lonelygoner2012]

Actual run in the Meadows time and numbers: 3 mins per run (under the best conditions), 198XP - 324 AP 60 mins/3 = 20 runs = 3960xp 6480AP

[@alexantliff6977]

Believe that the Hyenas have been nerfed in 1.03 😢

[@ivenstorm]

Just fyi, if your killing wild chocobos for 40ap, there is a much better farm even earlier in the game. When your in the field prior to Garuda you fight Wind Elementals, each give 40 AP, there are around 10 of them in a cluster. All you need to do is teleport back to the crystal to reset them.

[@ps5Gamer506]

I have asked everyone without answer how to turn off the damage numbers! Does anyone know

[@Teffy2105]

Options perhaps……..

[@soku330]

Nope they’re permanently part of the ff games nature

[@solidwisdom8749]

Dlc is very hard if you’re not strong enough. Nearly impossible so i recommend people level up, normal game was prety easy tho

[@shawndavey9121]

It’s been patched I get 288 ap instead of 700 in the first fight

[@jayvee6719]

To those playing ffmode or normal, if you have the Echoes of the fallen dlc. You can actually farm that dlc for exp and AP. Fight the bosses and mobs and do not fight the final boss. Just go back to the hideaway and repeat the farm. Make sure you do not fight the final boss. Killing the final boss will lock you out of this DLC farm so be careful. Good luck hunting

[@feircy]

I never felt the need to farm ap or xp in the first playthrough, just exploring and doing the sidequests had me at max level before the end. Edited in the word level lol

[@Archenemy95]

I call bs because the sheer amount of AP needed to max out all skills takes a long time to get even aggressively farming Free Cities of Kanver for hours. It takes 11k AP to max out Gigaflare alone.

[@feircy]

@@Archenemy95 why would I max out all skills when I only need 9 at any given time and respec is free?

[@feircy]

I was taking about level wise

[@Archenemy95]

@@feircy I quote you “had me at max before the end”

[@Archenemy95]

@@feircy but also, one of the trophies requires you max out all abilities. So that’s why.

[@gamerchef8958]

Not sure of the point of you don’t use all abilities

[@ChamberK-1]

To be fair, you don’t need to max out ALL the abilities. You can only use 6 out of the 32 abilities and 3 out of the 7 feats. There’s no penalty to resetting ability points so as long as you have enough to master at least 6 abilities and 3 feats you don’t need to farm. Just set and reset points as needed when you want to switch abilities. Not including the main abilities in the center circles btw.

[@Ri_Shin_Marco]

Your answer is the trophy Masterclass.

[@yobro2796]

False

[@NinjaSparrowFull]

Actually you need for the trophie, thus the platin too

[@ChamberK-1]

@@Ri_Shin_Marco Oh I don’t care about trophies so I guess that explains why I didn’t know

[@acdcguy18]

Does anyone have an idea at which levels would be good to move on from the early/mid farms? As in, when do they stop being worth the time investment? Thanks.

[@Berserka777]

Ap not Real need i was maxed on Neq game plus just farm some exp

[@geertpenguin9262]

to get the money for charons necklassess simply sell potions then let yourself get killed , potions restock so sell,suicide,repeat.

[@Teffy2105]

I don’t equip them rings for nothing. I feel like it’s actually cheating. I watched someone play and they had the evade and precision rings on and the enemies couldn’t touch them at all. I’m like what’s the point of playing if the enemies and bosses can’t touch you?

[@soku330]

It’s for handicap people or with disability. Because the combat director worked on dmc5 learnt that the combat is complex and not for everybody so he made ff16 for everyone

[@Buggy2hot]

​@@soku330LOL definitely wouldn't say it's for handicapped or disabled people, but I get your point. The rings are to create various difficulty levels for all players, especially for those who don't play fast-twitch action games. The rings are perfect for those who don't care about being combat monsters and simply want to enjoy a fantastic story.

[@rapidlightning2841]

AP is so useless in this game. I feel like the ability tree and the rpg elements suck compared to the last major games

[@65firered]

What makes AP useless? What are the problems you have with the abilities?

[@honguyenhoaibao3676]

Useless means it has no use, are we playing the same game ??

[@RH-vb1si]

PLEASE put timestamps on your vids man. It's 2023.

[@sobeyonekenobi239]

you dont ever have to do these. no point what so ever. final fantasy mode is not hard. Never grinded anything just did the quest and fought the enemies I ran into for both playthroughs was in the 80s at the end with beating all the hunts.

[@getrichlife7518]

Quiet old timer

[@65firered]

You don't HAVE to, but can if you WANT to. Very important distinction.

[@zachariahengel7825]

The game is so shallow that people obviously want to squeeze every last bit of gameplay out of it

[@65firered]

@@zachariahengel7825 That's what arcade mode, NG+, and training mode are for.

[@bryanbryan6108]

Why would you need 60k ap per hour? You can make a whole build in 1 hour

[@mhiggs8001]

I’ve never felt such strong dislike for an ff title in my life it is crazy. I was so excited for this game! Lol it feels like square finally made the “western” style “rpg” they always wanted while leaving the rest of us in the dust. I’m happy for those that love it, but it’s not doing it for me at around 70% completion so I know it’s not gonna change now. I won’t be rushing to buy the next one, it’s crazy how my feelings toward yoshida have instantly flipped. That being said there ARE things I like, they’re just mired in all the self indulgent bs the devs included making it really difficult to like. As soon as some crazy set piece is happening I’m loving it again, only to get whiplash from the plot grinding to a halt for me to go find, no joke, FUCKING sand. I killed a god in the most epic way, now im Mid’s bitch for half an hour? Couldn’t s regular less integral person be doing this? Hell you even bring a companion why can’t they just go off to do it while we do something more exciting?The pacing is just off and wrong, and the devs get in their own way making higher highs and lower lows that ruin it for me. Combat can be a lot of fun though, which is why I’m here in the first place, excuse my rant, I’m still very raw and disappointed about it, but I highly doubt a soul will read all of this anyway haha.

[@hidaian724]

Why would you not be in a rush to by the next? Seems like a knee jerk reaction. Every single FF has been different than the last. PLently of FF games you enjoyed others hated the changes I'm sure. Such as ATB gauges, or having or not having jobs etc. Stay optimistic things will move in a direction you personally would prefer.

[@65firered]

I would like to direct you to FFXV. Which given that the game was literally incomplete on top of being in development hell for a decade is completely understandble.

[@acronyx991]

You sound like you never played a final fantasy ever. It's how all final fantasys go. It's not plot after plot after plot, that would make for a very short game with no exploration or world building. Are you expecting one boss fight after another or something? Every final fantasy has moments of respite and exploration after huge moments. Get over it, you'll never like any final fantasy if that's what your gripe with the game is.

[@chronomasakari]

You realize we spend an hour getting a pretty dress for cloud in FF7 right

[@mhiggs8001]

@@hidaian724 so the reason I won’t be so eager to rush out and get the next one day 1 is because I feel burned by this iteration. Look, not tryna offend but, I know that every entry is different, I’m tired of being told/seeing that, however, every entry does share at least a lot of the same bones if that makes sense. I know how FF works though, I just wanted to get that out of the way. The problem for me is that this title doesn’t work for me sadly, because I was so, so excited to play, like fully onboard the hype train and everything, I really felt this was gonna be special. I feel like the next numbered entry will share a lot of mechanics with this one, using a lot of the same systems from this title. It’s not a knee jerk thing here, I can understand how you may see it that way, but I assure ya it’s not. This title did some things in spectacular fashion, but the whiplash from the awesome, and I mean awesome, set pieces to be thrown out to look for fuckin sand is a lot. Doing stuff like that grinds it all to a halt after having just slain what amount to a God. My main three issues are pacing, the undercooked “rpg” elements they seemingly just tacked on, and the quest system being exactly like the one in XIV, which I can’t stand, they’re so boring, repetitive, and self indulgent with cutscenes and dialogue. Don’t get me wrong,I like this game, but I do not love it and at 80 something hours in I don’t anticipate anything changing now in a way that would change my mind. The combat is fun, so I’m not a turn based upset person, it’s just mainly the things I said above. The true litmus test will be when I’ve completed the game and I can see how it makes me feel when the credits start to roll. I always have felt a sort of bittersweet melancholy after finishing an FF title, so we will see how I feel after this one. Usually by this point I’m heavily invested in these characters, but for whatever reason that’s not happening for me at this time. Any who, hope that helps explain my reasoning on why I feel like I do about the game. Someone said everyone has a favorite entry that is someone else’s least favorite. I guess it’s just my turn to have a new mainline entry that I haven’t fallen in love with. If you’re enjoying it though, that’s all that matters! Have fun! Sorry for the length I sick at brevity and it’s not so easy to explain without having to explain other things that have led me to this conclusion. Have a great day though!

[@crimson9179]

To be honest, I felt robbed playing this. I made sure to do all the side quests, the hunts etc, only to finish the main quest and found the ending to completely waste my time. The ending was so unfulfilling that it takes any motivation to try NG+. Factor in nothing new other than gear and new enemy placement, makes me not want to bother. I really wish we had a better ending for finishing it the second time around.

[@KingDick4711]

It's good to know you smoke heavy drugs and shouldn't be taken seriously.

[@connergaskell1909]

Thats gotta be the most butt hurt comment I’ve seen all year about a game that’s actually doing very well 😂

[@CELTICHEATS13]

Lol, local idiot found a keyboard 🤡

[@mrsundaymorning]

If you have done it all then that game is worth your money

[@josekok]

Remember the big lake with waterfall like a crater? Beside the town where u met the thief kids one.. They mentioned about the battle of God took place at there before. Just my speculation, they can make a dlc with new eikon leviathan fight there tho. Just pray 😊

[@kobeetj]

For the mid game farm in Kanver, the AP is more than 3x the amount. Instead of 370 per run it’s 1,112! Way better to farm during the story.

[@kobeetj]

Early game farm has 4 packs of bluebirds. Kill all 4 and the last pack by the hut has dogs get all their attention and use flames of rebirth to take them all out