Final Fantasy XIV 1.0 | FFXIV Lore For Beginners

[@jessecox]

Reminder to my lore nerds, this entire series is designed not to spoil things for people playing through the game. If there’s a fact that we learn later - I will include it when we learn it. Want to learn more, these videos will help: If you're interested in learning more might I suggest: FFXIV Pre-History Lore - kzbin.info/www/bejne/fZK0kJJrj6eqeMU Astral vs Umbral - kzbin.info/www/bejne/ipnEmXuwgriWopY

[@MagHavik]

Ok this answers my only question i had through the video haha

[@happyninja42]

Hey thanks for playing all that 1.0 footage, I genuinely didn't realize that the party of heroes that is introduced after Heavensward, were the poster kids from the original iteration of the game. That makes the later events of some of the other expansions have a lot more impact.

[@Dracobyte]

Thank you for another great animation video!

[@TheDarkFable]

I do hope next video you "finish" Naels story and the revelations about why did they all this we get from Coils as well as the Encyclopedia Eorzea

[@adamboyd1132]

@@happyninja42 Honestly, it's easy to miss, you don't see that group together until the HW patch content, but once you know, it's hard to miss: they're wearing the artifact gear from ARR for their classes... and the 6th member of the party you don't see between the 1.0 trailer and Shadowbringers.

[@La3nus]

Posting a video while we suffer from Maintenance... clever Jesse, very clever.

[@SilverLuna07]

Hahaha, he was very upfront about that on either Geekenders or Twitter.

[@bassheartstrings]

My theory is he also wanted to be done with the video before the xpac so he had more time to play haha

[@4mb127]

Why must we suffer...

[@Struzzylive]

But we don’t, we can do something else while we wait

[@Meun]

Now only if he could pronounce the names properly

[@masterrhyno]

1.0 ending with the scene of Bahamut just obliterating everything is possibly the strongest game endings of all time "Oh btw you failed" servers shut down. I remember watching videos of people gathered around watching Dalamud descend in real time, pretty chilling

[@JulianSkies]

Sitting there just /waiting/, listening to the heavily distorted version of Answers. Just sitting there with the other players, knowing it's going to end soon and... And... And just uncerimoniously seeing that 'connection lost' screen.

[@Omnomface]

They're still on youtube. You can see the moon slowly descending, untill finally...the servers go out and the trailer plays.

[@RKumono]

Yea, well, I was there. No real way to describe how haunting it was in those last days and weeks, and especially in the last hours knowing it would all end for good and you, the player--the hero--had failed. So marvelously designed by the team to bring that to and end and bring in what we have now. It's cliché, but--you had to be there to truly know what it was like.

[@christiansolid1702]

My FC still sits around toghether just before servers go down for the 48 hour maintenance 🤣.. Crawlers are crazy 😅

[@ChatteringApe]

This is why I love the animation at 23:48 . Since I first saw it, with no knowledge of 1.0, I thought, "This is the hero of all the RPGs you've played, realizing he's failed, thinking this is the end of the world." Beautifully done!

[@NezeruGaming]

Jesse this has got to be the cleanest footage of 1.0 we've ever seen.

[@KitsuneSoup]

You can still go play 1.0 if you like. There're discords dedicated to rebirth, and they're releasing much better screenshots and movies.

[@sariarosegold]

@astiagogo looking terrible was the one thing 1.0 never did. it was everything else that was bad XD

[@NobuxD]

I prefer 1.0 cutscenes... Fight me.

[@nighteyeswolf]

@@NobuxD using actual mocap, movement was soooo much cleaner in 1.0's cutscenes, at the behest of it's massively doggish performance hit.

[@bl00dm0urne]

​@@nighteyeswolf "They used mocap?! No wonder why my cutscenes moved like those stop motion animations!" P.S It joke

[@dunethewanderer8944]

My own memories aren't as clean as that 1.0 footage.

[@kimaclaret]

Mine aren't either. My potato computer probably didn't look like that anyway. 😅

[@jtabox]

or you can set up a private 1.0 server and record high quality footage yourself

[@Lycox15]

Everything I hear about the gameplay of 1.0 makes me glad I never had to suffer through it, but anytime I hear about the story and how it leads into ARR, I start to wish I was there to experience it.

[@sosajc15]

it was bad but people overstate just how bad. main issues were really lag and performance. most game issues such as content and QoL changes would’ve came eventually as the game was only given updates for around a year until they ultimately decided to scrap it and build it from the ground up.

[@ryouma1717]

iam a 1.0 player and i remember the last days of the game as the red moon got bigger and bigger in the sky and you could hear hydaelyns song echo throughout the world then the epic moment when the servers went offline and the cutscene played was glorious it had me in tears and thinking back to those days also brings tears to me eyes

[@twocatsyelling723]

It was like 2AM here when the servers went offline. I was ready to say "welp, that's that" and go to bed. Then that cutscene starts. I didn't sleep much that night lol.

[@stridera]

I wish I had screen recording software installed. It was amazing and I wish I could remember what I did during those last moments. Just a big group of us sitting around waiting for the end.

[@CrioChamber]

I had the chance to be there. I had a sibling who, coming from FF11, was active at the time shortly before and during the time they allowed people to play free. They told me I should join the game, especially since I had played FF11 with them on private servers, however I had heard about the horrors of 1.0, so I said no. Something I regret to this day.

[@beefkat5370]

Just dropping Answers in there like that is brave. Straight to demonetization, do not pass Go. But it deserves to be here, and for that, respect.

[@Jaewing]

My man not oly dropped answers uncut, but the whole damn cinematic in one go, mad respect

[@alanepithet2931]

Yeah, that's not just Answers; that's the entire cutscene it came from. One of the most important moments in Eorzean history in full cinematic glory.

[@NobuxD]

Is it coptwrighted heavily?

[@Draylin41]

@@NobuxD There's a version of Answers on the in-game music player that would get claimed immediately if you were to play it on a livestream, but I think playing it with the cinematic is fine. Something similar with Dragonsong from Heavensward too. The music company behind those songs have caused a lot of problems over the years for FF14 enjoyers.

[@SH1NK1R01]

@@NobuxDsquare has an open stance on the music from specifically 14 where it MUST be accompanied by gameplay footage or part of some other form of commentary/discussion. If it’s a complete rip of the song as a video it gets flagged. So no he is likely safe. As there are many channels that do rip the songs and just show footage of them playing the game in the background to avoid copyright.

[@Billy.Bacsko]

That 1.0 and 2.0 cutscenes make so much more sense now and hit way harder, damn

[@AuroDHikoshi]

1.0 stopped at the teleport and had a screen saying "every ending had a new beginning" so the full wasn't for about 2 years until you go to see the resolution.

[@rustyjones7908]

The cutscenes between phase 1 and 2 of the Endwalker final trial makes more sense.

[@jimjam7928]

13:10 "Ardbert Derpland" What a name.

[@matthewkrumlauf9990]

Thank you for drawing my attention to that, I assume it is an edit or an edited gift from someone on the ff14 team. (I wonder if some of this is archived footage from the team, because I do not see footage like this from 1.0 often.)

[@firefly1509]

@@matthewkrumlauf9990 mmm, my other thought would be... datamining-slash-thirdparty-server (which I think is quite fair for a discontinued game)

[@In-Midnight-Clad]

​@@matthewkrumlauf9990 Well we know Jesse didn't put hours and hours into getting 1.0 running somehow, then recreate his Derpland character just so he could get good footage to make this video for us. That would be crazy!

[@HikingFeral]

@@firefly1509 There's a software server of 1.0 available to download and play for free. It's very unfinished and an extremely large file size. All you can do is walk around and see some cutscenes. Most everything in it is broken or unusable.

[@Raganui]

When I saw him I went 'hey, it's Ardbert'

[@webaker]

"Thou must live, die, and know" ALWAYS makes me well up

[@sonoskay]

“There has never been a single awnser. You gather pieces of happiness, precious and fragile, only to lose them. Then start again. On and on it goes, until death takes you into its gentle embrace.” No one can tell me from start to finish FF14 wasn't about human suffering and struggle. 😭

[@argentbast]

@@sonoskay There is suffering, yes, but there is also hope and joy. Even the full ending of Answers mentions it: "Thy Life is a riddle, to bear rapture and sorrow To listen, to suffer, to entrust unto tomorrow In one fleeting moment, from the Land doth life flow Yet in one fleeting moment, for anew it doth grow In the same fleeting moment Thou must live Die And know"

[@AnnoyingSquib]

"Look to those who've walked before. To lead those who walk after." I came in during HW. That part usually gives me chills. Answers is such a wonderful heartbreaking song.

[@Shadethewolfy]

"No, it will not! For there has ever been sorrow. Mankind was but spared its biting sting for a time!"

[@NCamico]

My favorite thing about actually being there during the end of 1.X was during the final couple of weeks during the Fall of Dalamud. They basically let the reins loose on the GMs and they would go to various aetherytes as Garlean legates, talk smack to players then spawn hordes of troops.

[@CallMeNoa]

There was one incident where GMs spawned a bunch of monsters outside Ul'dah and players blocked them with goobbue mounts to protect the city. This actually got mentioned in ARR as the "great goobbue wall".

[@Sketchblopp]

Have you met one of the reporters? I heard in another video reporters from the local in game news papers appeared here and there, handled by GMs of course, and were asking the players for statements and gossip and stuff.

[@nyu3801]

@@CallMeNoa Iirc, its also what the dead goobbue in thanalan is a reference to :')

[@mb2001]

1.x had GMs?

[@retokazene5085]

​@@Sketchblopp and this reporter actually made an ingame appearance as an npc is one of the Rising events

[@KalanArkais]

*spoilers for the video* I never even realized that I didn't actually know why the armies were fighting at Carteneau. And Gaius helping stop Nael, what a twist! It's really cool to finally see all these scraps of the 1.0 story brought together after only getting parts of the picture for years.

[@iantaakalla8180]

Honestly, now it really makes sense why Gaius seems weirdly conciliatory even as he professes he sees you as savages to rule over. Unlike most Garlean rulers, he actually would have provided stability to Eorzea (at the price of the tribes not being able to summon Primals for protection) and improved the lands within a Garlean framework, and his rhetoric is not just justification to raze whomever lives there once conquered.

[@trigunner6968]

​@@iantaakalla8180 hence the line, "Such devastation, this was not my intention." - Gaius Van Baelsar

[@gratuitouslurking8610]

@@iantaakalla8180 I think this also ties a lot into a lot of why he's so bitter to the player during the Praetorium speech and a few of his interactions prior as well. He interprets the actions during the Answers cutscene as nothing more than another Primal summoning instead of basically a once-in-a-lifetime specialized ritual to try and halt a Calamity, and thus grew a lot more incensed at the city-states in kind.

[@seablade214]

There's something interesting role play wise with that too. It feels like tons of characters who were not able to know the details just assumed it was just Garlemald and Eorzea fighting for land. To the public suffering from amnesia, it'd easily get covered up about the whole moon cult thing.

[@Ferret440]

Help, I still don't understand why they were fighting in Carteneau. If the leader with all the control was dead, and Gaius wanted nothing to do with the moon, why have the army fight there?

[@NabaniSaa]

Thancred praying at one of the sigils that, now finding out Loisoix made, hits so much different in the ARR cinematic, sheeeesh.

[@Saragraph]

Funny detail that was probably cut for time reasons is that 1.0 players who rested at, I think it was inns? They could actually be shown a special cutscene that foreshadowed the calamity! And iirc a hauntingly distorted version of Answers, which is the song that plays during that final 1.0 cutscene, would play throughout most of the world as the plot got super close to the calamity and the game to shutting down in transition to 2.0. A version that is very like 1.0's distorted Answers is still played every year during the annual Rising event in certain locations in the three starting cities.

[@IrideaeSnowbloom]

Answers - Reprise appears to be the song title of the hauntingly reverbating version

[@Saragraph]

@@IrideaeSnowbloom Thank you!

[@Telris86]

Yeah it was crazy. It was not resting though. It was an actual log out function by using your bed. Next time you log in you would see the cutscene that basically acted as a nightmare you had while you were sleeping. Caught many people by surprise. 1.0 had its major flaws but overall it was an unique experience that made it special. It's kind of sad that so many people never got to experience it. I also remember fondly the rumors and speculations going around what that small red dot in the sky is. Before the corresponding patches hit and nobody knew what it was there were major discussions ingame and in forums about it. You could even notice it getting bigger from patch to patch and speculations ran wild. The entire buildup to the end of 1.0 was just magical.

[@MistyKathrine]

@@IrideaeSnowbloom Answers - Reprise is actually a bit different as it only has a small section of the lyrics. The song that played during the end times is usually known as "Dalamud Answers" The full version of that song is over 10 minutes long, you can find it on KZbin.

[@speedyconkiwi]

the battle of carteneau will always make me tear up. no matter how many times i've seen it, there's so much emotion in those scenes and the music and now after we wrapped up this insane storyline, it makes it even better. thank you for including the entire cutscene! my little lala lady is a proud carteneau survivor and i can't wait for the adventures that await her next!

[@1Vergil]

Everytime I see that Bahamut scene... goosebumps. Truly incredible. I love this series and I can't wait till you get to Heavensward.

[@matthewhostetter8974]

Answers will always go hard. Also, I always forget theme used for the Tweleve has been with us since ARR as well.

[@SilverLuna07]

Ever since learning that scene played for people at the end of 1.0, it's had so much more impact. It's an amazing cutscene and extremely sad.

[@Sketchblopp]

Afaik it also wasn't the full scene, from what I heard you didn't get the happy ending part...? (Take it with a grain of salt though, I wasn't there.)

[@chickenspy1854]

@@Sketchbloppyeah it cut just after the MC was teleported out. And we were all left there to wait and hope the game came back as planned. And when we came back for ARR, the entire scene played out. Very cool idea for the transition.

[@zordiark9673]

@@chickenspy1854 But there is even another version.. in which Louisoix defeated Bahamut.

[@chickenspy1854]

@@zordiark9673 yeah I’m trying to recall when that extra scene was played… was it bonus content or like a new game+ thing? Because I don’t think I ever saw it in game. Only in KZbin videos

[@SamusKnight2K]

​@@chickenspy1854 the scene you're thinking about is in the Binding Coil of Bahamut, FFXIV's first true raid. If anyone wants to see the true climatic ending between Bahamut and Louisoix then I strongly recommend gathering up some friends and doing the raid. It's supposed to be 8 man content but considering it was made for level 50's you can probably unsync it and still win.

[@anydaynow01]

Hearing this makes the rest of the Gaius arc make so much more sense! I played a bit of 1.x but was too turned off by the game play so I went back to FFXI. When ARR came out I waited until people were raving about the improvements so I was playing again by 2.1. I wish they included more of this story in ARR! They touched on it at times in the side stories but man, what an intro into the world, I really wish I stuck with it just to hear this story real time. I wish they would do a Eureka type thing where we go back in time and live the events again, maybe cleaned up a bit to fit the current story and story telling cadence.

[@Shadethewolfy]

What you said makes no sense. "I played a bit of FFXI but was too turned off so I went back to FFXI"? HAH?!?! (The joke is that 1.0 and FFXI share a dev team and it recycled a lot of design philosophies from FFXI, while still having its own systems.)

[@1candondor]

Man Gaius even in 1.0 was a secret hero in waiting. So true to his character to "unite" the world for the better in the way he believed. Rad

[@bl00dm0urne]

"And so, Gaius learned not to listen to the words of someone who clearly lost their marbles that he forgot he had a memory of a goldfish and decided to listen to the words of someone who clearly lost their marbles, but this time they were wearing a black hood and red masks."

[@1candondor]

@@bl00dm0urne he got offered a mega tank. Can you really blame him :^]

[@joinsideke]

@@1candondor It ate primals, how could he say no? (Oh man he really should have said no.)

[@Rob_Thorsman]

​@@bl00dm0urne Such devastation... was not his intention!

[@beantiful7414]

As a new player that only recently finished arr, this was genuinely so cool. It puts 2.0 into better perspective, i would see all the cutscenes but i wouldn't really get it or care. Really makes me appreciate the game more. These videos are fantastic. Can't wait for the next lore vid!!!

[@SgtSandflea]

This video should be watch for all those who are thinking about coming into the game. I've seen so many people lost because they don't know what's going on. This could help create a nice stable base for new players. Though watching this... the nostalgia was palpable...

[@ChatteringApe]

Yes, as I understand it, this is Jesse's purpose for the series. This is why he only covers what was known at the time each video addresses, not everything we know today. Part of what's great about the writing is that we sometimes learn things we thought were true are wrong, or at least not the whole story. Jesse wants people to be able to watch up to whatever point they want, and play from there on without spoilers. I expect this will hold in the ARR video (e.g. he won't mention what happens to people after ARR) and for later expansions.

[@christabelle__]

I started at the end of Stormblood in 2019, and I still didn't know most of this! The White Raven WHO? xD

[@coolciaran69]

Does Jesse secretly have a personal 1.0 remastered server hiding somewhere with all that quality lore footage.

[@knightsolaire5351]

There is currently a way to set up a 1.0 server to explore the world and whatnot

[@Fojabass]

I imagine he used Project Meteor, which is a server emulator for v1.23b (the final version of 1.0).

[@xivlore]

Private servers or AI upscaling.

[@75skyloftmexican]

The video even used Arbert Derp something…. The real conspiracy is… where Jesse got the footage

[@heliosknight2126]

Even though I've experienced this lore from playing 1.0 , seeing it all together in a concise way makes watching the footage at the end hit much more satisfyingly! Great way to get hyped before the new expansion, thanks for the great video!

[@MythrilZenith]

Yay more FFXIV lore! Edit: Gosh dangit Jesse, how did you know I wanted to watch the full ARR cutscene at the end of all that? Actually got me to cry. Knowing all the leadup makes it SO MUCH more impactful.

[@anydaynow01]

I know right, the WHM watching after us as we dash back off into battle like a worrying mother watching her son go to war uppercuts me in the feels every since time I see it!

[@MKyle_H85]

As someone that played since the original 1.0 beta, the final event they did culminating in the cutscene as they shut the servers down was such a moment.

[@AuroDHikoshi]

For it was definitely a move to decide to shut down the game and do what Yoshi-P was doing at the time.

[@Kairamek]

"The heroes failed" is a common enough backstory to a game. But to actually play through that failure? I envy you just a little. Not too much, 1.0 was a hot mess.

[@chickenspy1854]

@@Kairamekvery true, but by 1.21, the game was pretty enjoyable. I remember that specific version number because that’s the one I recall the game truly turning around for the better in so many ways.

[@Squallcloud95]

I could have the greatest day ever then suddenly hear Answer and become sad.

[@ThetaAlpha2737Blue]

I finally made it to the Shiva fight after several attempts of trying to get into XIV and that phase transition as sealed the deal on getting me hooked. Looking foward to watching this to recap the main quest!

[@Ronandthecamelspiders]

Exact same here, the track kicking it made me realise there was a bit more going on design wise

[@CallMeNoa]

The Shiva music transition is what hooked me in back in the day too. It's so good.

[@melting7912]

No way, that's the point that got me hooked as well! Now I'm an Ultimate raider all the way at the end of Endwalker, waiting for tomorrow for Dawntrail to release 3 years later. Have fun playing through the game!

[@kimaclaret]

Welcome on in! Enjoy the journey!

[@adamsbja]

That gets a lot of folks, though of the people I know most of the ones playing back when ARR was new got hooked by Titan. Under The Weight never really hit me the same way, for me it was Garuda. Anyway, music good.

[@herebejamz]

Ya know, I just realized the leader of the VII Legion literally trying to summon a "meteor" that he worships is an extremely blunt reference. Even with a fire walk.

[@CallMeNoa]

Yeah the numbers the Legions are named after always reference that game. Like the VIth Legion were the ones after the Warring Triad in Heavensward.

[@Dracobyte]

Nice FF 7 reference!

[@grimscriven]

That cinematic still gives me goosebumps and makes me cry.

[@Emulcool]

answers is just ...something else.

[@CastorGaming]

Thanks! I love your FFXIV lore videos, because they are well written and easily digestible primers into what had become one of my favorite games.

[@ajzekind]

Loremaster Coxstradamus has blessed us with LOOOOORE. We love you, Jesse!

[@mizzanni]

I'm so glad you included the ARR cinematic uninterrupted. It's honestly one of the most impactful pieces of media in the Final Fantasy franchise as a whole. Gives me chills EVERY time.

[@Saber9933]

It's been YEARS and Answers still gives me goosebumps. Incredible

[@DecimusGaming]

Thank you so much for making this video, Jesse ❤ As someone that's helped code and rebuild 1.0 from the ground up (even in my own very small way), I'm super happy from seeing people take such an effort at making sure all the great lore and story from those days isn't forgotten to time, and I love seeing everyone here take an interest in this. Looking forward to seeing the rest of the series.

[@DTCubone104]

The Moogle on Nyquil speaks to my soul

[@matthewmacomber6278]

Can't help but tear up during that Bahamut scene that ended 1.0. I barely even played it, yet it's just so heart wrenching to see the collapse of a society and the heroes to truly fail.

[@farefire90]

i may not have been playing the game when 1.0 started but man, Answers always makes me cry like a baby

[@bunnyboygamille]

The BGM is so well done and chosen. Just wanted to mention. It's nice watching this after just finishing Dawntrail.

[@retroredmour6623]

I will never be able to watch that cinematic without crying ugly tears, while also singing along to "answer"

[@IvyTinwe]

You are not alone, my friend

[@Rayweo]

Uploads this while servers are in maintenance? He knows what he's doing! Thanks Jeese!

[@anydaynow01]

Yep, crazy how with this maintenance we are starting a brand new arc from one that began with the story from this video over ten years ago! I mean like I played this game after just getting out of the military and there are people I play with now who were babies then! And the game lore just keeps getting better at that! Can't wait for more of these videos!

[@TheoVorster]

I've always been meaning to get around to watching a MSQ compilation of a 1.0 play-through (and still do), this is such a nice informative booklet sized summary of 1.0, and in only ~20 minutes.

[@Tom-Pendragon]

Saved me from Maintenance pain, Jesse. Thank you ^^

[@thegneech]

Watching the ARR opening cinematic post-Shadowbringers is like "Go, Warriors of Darkness, go!"

[@HoodedLefty]

I think we all know that the “certain gentleman” deserves his own video to himself (might work better as a series of shorter videos though)

[@rickharvey4727]

Man, that opening to the cutscene with the deep voices singing Answers STILL gives me goosebumps.

[@averagejoe5309]

I can't wait to learn about ARR when 8.0 is about to release!

[@SpacedogD]

I followed your first 2 videos years ago when i first started ffxiv. Glad to finally see a 3rd video, please make more.

[@Scapemaster00]

We'll just have to wait for the next expansions release maintenance for the 2.0 lore.

[@perunarieska9182]

Finally we have continuation for Jesse's lore videos! ❤Been waiting for this

[@tinybee7780]

This is such a well made video. I will always appreciate the former history teacher giving lessons about one of my favorite games. These 1.0 cutscenes were really something else, especially the WoL and the Archon's confrontation with Gaius. Much more fluid than what we currently have right now. Hope we can come back to this style again some day. 18:33 This little tidbit kinda makes me wish that this was mentioned during the Myths of the Realm Alliance Raid - if not by the NPC scholars then by the actual characters and bosses in the raids themselves. That transition from 1.0 to ARR is definitely a once in a lifetime thing that you had to be there o fully experience what the hell just happened. From the server shutdown to the eventual reveal of 2.0, pulling off that kind of miracle is such a monumental feat. Makes me wanna rewatch the Noclip documentary all over again.

[@joshkupka]

The editing and animations in this are sooo cute! Hats off to the editors and animator!

[@broadwayfreak678]

the goosebumps I had when the End of an Era footage started, man. I never got to play or even touch 1.0, so finally having some concise context for everything was absolutely wonderful and made me remember just how much I love this game. I cannot *wait* for the rest of the lore vids!!

[@lowisca]

Jesse you broke my heart... How could you do such a masterpiece of a video?? That was just so, so perfect, in ways I can't explain. Thank you for doing this, I cried and feel even more in love with the lore of this game. They need to link your video in the main menu of the game, because no one should start playing without this.

[@twocatsyelling723]

Been playing since 1.0, and never saw the history put so clearly and concisely. Very nice job!

[@Stuppern]

Aahhh that cutscene is still my all-time favorite. I'm still glad I was a part of the 1.0 gang, but boy the game was not very good before ARR. I remember when ARR was announced - how I did not at all believe they would be able to relaunch the game and be successful, how very wrong I was! And here we are, one day till another great expansion

[@TheWillCubed]

Jesse that was OUTSTANDING. Thank you for giving me something to get me to the next dawn!

[@crazydoc0812]

Thank you for your series on Hydaelyn history up through 1.0. I'm a newly minted sprout who began playing FFXIV about 6 weeks ago, and your videos have really helped me get up to speed with the history of the world I'm playing in.

[@mpythonfan828]

Thank you Jesse for giving me my FFXIV fix I am feeling the lack during this 2 day maintenance before Dawntrail!

[@Spookybluelights]

I can't believe Jesse got away with putting the entire "End of Era" trailer in there.

[@PostTimeskipSam]

Thank you for this video! I had no idea, they really fleshed out Gaius character like this in 1.0! Very cool!

[@timbrown4928]

I still remember standing under that damn red moon. The feeling of hopelessness and utter dread. Still the most impactful event in all of my RPG experiences. Then a ray of hope.....Thank you again, Yoshi P, for you sacrifice and commitment to saving this game.

[@joinsideke]

Thanks for this. I only started playing about two years ago, and the game does not do a great job of explaining the previously existing lore. I don't think it was until I hit Coils that I realized the French guy everyone was always talking about was the same old guy from the opening.

[@Balekkar]

I could listen to you recite lore to me all day. The more you make of this, the better.

[@MisterNightfish]

So glad you're making these. I just started playing again after 4 years of hiatus and I really need a refresher on the lore.

[@missteriouskitty]

Maaan this is the summary I had been missing!! I didnt learn any of this context around Dalamud, Cid, and the Empire until I stumbled into the Bozja questline. Then I asked a veteran friend to fill in the blanks... First time I really felt liked I'd missed out in not being around for 1.0!

[@kendric99]

I've been pretty seriously playing 14 for the past 5 years, and had looked into some 1.0 lore so I knew a bit of this. But even so you managed to lay it out so clearly and cleanly that I learned a few new things. Bravo sir! Outstanding!

[@RoseAlchemist22]

I will never not get shivers any time that small flute tune plays, the one when the WoLs reappear after the battle of Carteneau. It's such a simple theme but it's FFXIV's most iconic sound for the wonder of adventure.

[@AnaRustenholtz]

I'm really glad you're back Jesse. I remember watching you back in the early Skyrim days and I loved your content and humor so much. It made me sad when I saw your content fall off and hoped you'd one day find something new to focus your immense passion on. And now you create content for my favorite MMO. Thank you for sticking to your hard work and dedication and being here today. Glad to have been a long time subscriber of yours.

[@LoopStricken]

Man's never stopped, he just does Twitch now.

[@Titanius_zos_Aires]

Jesse, this was amazing. I've been playing 14 for 2.5 years now and the 1.0 stuff has always been somewhat known to me...but never organized so I could actually understand it. You did that. Thank you.

[@warllockmasterasd9142]

In other words 1.0 ended its story on a letteral cliffhanger. Well played Yoshi.

[@Sargewithnumber]

I am a new players, currently in heavensward, and I gotta say I really enjoy these little lore video for beginners. They are pretty well made and compact, while also been very interesting to learn about. Also Answer still hit me in the feel

[@RPGOmen]

There is also the Path of the Twelve, who were all gifted with the Echo and were an organization dedicated to gathering and protecting them. They merged with the Circle of Knowing to become the Scions. Though there were Path of the Twelve members in 1.0 that you could recruit and they will help you; I think you could even make them into retainers if I remember correctly. The ones you couldn't recruit were seen helping with especially dangerous missions in the later patches of 1.0 and they reappear in 2.0 in the Waking Sands. They were dejected that no one know who they were as they were the original Warriors of Light that everyone forgot about if you didn't have a 1.0 character yourself. Sadly, they perished during a particular event, symbolizing the death of the 1.0 warriors of light and paving the way for the 2.0 warrior of light if your character didn't progress in 1.0.

[@jonathanbaker4361]

The Battle of Charenau remains pretty much the single most inspiring cinematic I have ever seen and heard. My introduction to the world of FF14 was watching these heroes enter into a desperate battle just to see it break out into a world ending calamity. Most men would fall to their knees and resign to their fate it was so hopeless. But they gave all and stood again until being forced to retreat so there would be hope to fight another day. So epic.

[@percivaldotburgers]

Answers will always send shivers down my spine. Impeccable use of this legendary moment, Jesse. Love ya dude

[@xion-rosegirl8472]

I’m most grateful of this explaining the lore of 1.0, as I’m a new player I felt pretty disappointed of hearing how it’s impossible to find this kind of stuff but this really explains well and I love it!

[@anonymousnobody1818]

love that he puts the final/beginning cutscene in too. ugh so good!

[@metrovalleyeats]

Ahhhh I get chills watching that cinematic every time! I could only imagine how intense it was to be there AS it happened!!

[@johnoneil9188]

Actual shivers. For me FF14 1.0 was always the MMO that failed and then had to be rebooted but having watched this I can tell how much effort and soul still went into it and its story. That end was absolutely bombastic and what a great way to prepare the game and the story for a whole new beginning.

[@jonny1494]

ty for leaving the full cinematic is always gives me chills

[@AnActualRealPotato]

Answers is such a powerful song and such an insane cutscene. Like, when I started playing FFXIV, I had no idea who any of these people are, what even was going on for at least half the runtime. I didn't play 1.0, I didn't even know there was a 1.0. The earliest time I was made aware of FFXIV was A Realm Reborn. The earliest I ever saw anything of the game was Heavensward. Answers, as the opening to ARR, I saw when I started playing later on free trial, and meant next to nothing to me. It just looked flashy and cool, and also important somehow, but I didn't have context for anything so I just accepted it and moved on. Then, after I beat ARR, I decided to watch it again. So much has suddenly made sense. Now, watching it again after beating Endwalker, it means so much to me. Hearing that song... uhhhh the emotions it makes me feel. Incredible. Absolutely insane. Thank you for giving it the gravity it deserves.

[@oprime0078]

Hell yeah imma send this to my friend who just started!

[@MeThorvald]

Seriously - the "you know which" song, really hits differently now. I've always loved it since I've heard it all those years ago.

[@titaspeza7980]

Haven't seen any of your videos before, but i have to say. This one was amazing! You earned a sub! Also, the footage from 1.0 used was just incredible. Kind of made me want to at least try 1.0 :D

[@mizukiayu]

As someone who missed out on 1.0 and was uh...less than invested in 2.0, thank you. Thank you thank you thank you for all the effort, the footage, and the care put into this video. I only hope you have the means to continue, because this is absolutely brilliant and a wonderful way to brush up on lore!

[@SypherKyaeon]

There's just something about that cutscene, man. I think it's a serious contender for one of the best of all time. And it sets you up so perfectly to understand and respect Louisoix, even if you didn't play 1.0. That moment when he lets go and smiles gets me every time. Not that Answers doesn't draw an ugly cry from me EVERY time I hear it, but I digress... It'd be one thing to let all the NPCs talk him up in ARR, but showing him stepping up to face Bahamut like that, his persistence in protecting the Adventurers, gah, gets me in the feels every time, too. Also, it lets ARR players somewhat understand the shoes everyone is trying to fill and why that's a nigh-impossible task. Oooh, hey, on that note, it's been a while since I watched it, but the fact that Thancred is dourly praying near the symbol Louisoix set up, in contrast to the other Archons just enjoying being alive nicely teases his arc in ARR.

[@Everene]

Damn that Battle of Carteneau, it get's me crying each time. Being there in game with the Moon ever approaching knowing the game was close to it's end, unaware of Yoshi-P's plans it hit's me so hard each time. The music and visual's were and still are the best.

[@newmethados5817]

Thank God someone finally made a good break down of 1.0 I wanted to know the story of 1.0 for so long now. I seen so many break downs of the events leading to ARR, but could never find one that explained the actual games plot.

[@Grimdehawk]

First off as someone who just started playing FF14 earlier this week I have to say these Lore videos and this 1.0 Video gives ALOT of insight on questions I have had since the start. So thank you for not only answering some of those questions but also giving me something to watch during game maintenance. There are so many more story questions I have right now as Im on the level 27 MSQ that will hopefully get answered as I get through the story. I look forward to your future FF14 videos and really appreciate the work you put into these videos and the information give, and also the non spoilers and working in timeline order as information is given to the player.

[@alexf2316]

Excellent lore video! I only started playing FFXIV about 3 years ago and only learned about 1.0 after I'd been playing for a bit. This is the first 1.0 video I've seen dives into the content way more than the Battle of Cartenau and the arrival of Bahamut. Great job!

[@valack03]

damn got chills at 20:00. I remember playing and seeing this as the servers went down. even the great Gobbue wall fell.. But we WoL returned and been kicking ass ever since.

[@tulip4444]

it has been such a joy watching jesse fall in love with xiv and become a lore nerd hahaha one of usssss

[@cemi_3877]

my favorite story/ cinematic in all of 14... I think. The movie with the song and the war and everything, its just so expertly done.

[@MoiselleTheFae]

I'm so glad to see you back on this! You did a fantastic job here Jesse. Kudos for just straight up playing the final cutscene. Very important, not just for context but for tone as well I feel.

[@Elinshir]

Thanks for keeping me sane with the videos good ser, the grind has been long for me recently

[@ZeniteZero]

Thank you, Jesse. This reminded me of how much I love this game.

[@matthewhostetter8974]

I always love it when Jesse Lore deep dives or goes into crazy theory crafting. With Dawntrail a day away I can't wait to see how much Jesse gets right. Also no matter how many times I've seen the Answers opening and theme it always hits hard. It really it is one of Uematsu's greatest pieces.

[@Kat097]

"In one fleeting moment, from the land doth life flow.... in the saaaaaame fleeting moment thou must live, die and knowwww" that part always gives me goosebumps...

[@devonwilson8306]

God, every time Jesse drops one of these lore videos I'm reminded that he is a damn good teacher.

[@RandomNickCanada]

I think, in my opinion, the coolest part from 1.0's end was the fact that, for a period of time before the final moments, there was a final battle versus Bahamut and a small sneak into ARR. At least, if I remember correctly XD I watch one of my favorite youtuber's at the time challenge it, and it really made me want to play ARR and be part of the story beyond it. Of course, it took my years before I actually did, but since then, I've found my love for the story, made numerous friends, and have had nothing but fun, fury, and fright throughout all of ARR, HW, SB, ShB, EW, and recently DT.

[@rashido_grey]

No lie, every time that video plays I get teary eyed. Absolutely amazing video and emotion in it.