How Do I Feel After the FFXIV Honeymoon

[@has9793]

So many things to do, just not the things you want to do, that's how I felt in this!

[@Tigerbro6]

Your video echoes a lot of my own sentiment about FF14 and why I always come back when a new patch is up for nearly 7 years now. The way that it doesn't force me to clock in is specially wonderful for my mentality and changed how I viewed paid subscription mmos a lot. Every time there's a free thing we can get in the game I can see how that model helps us get these contents out. It makes me wonder why gamers are so against it in the first place. FF14 is a really good game with a great single player story. I'm hoping that with yoship's push towards allowing people to play the game by themselves people can give it the chance it deserves as a numbered final fantasy, for its pretty much the only thing that square released in the past 5 years that I actually care to this day.

[@SamTheLemonBoy]

7.0 will be a huge revolution for the game, just you wait!

[@erineclair]

man you have a lot of great content. thank you for putting this out. i take my time with any game i buy- and truly FF14 was worth my money as i can stop and play something else and return anytime i want to. playing this game motivated me to draw again when i was already about to quit art (which was my source of daily income) and it also motivated me to try not being scared to put myself out there again. make videos that idk if anyone will watch but I had fun editing and always come back to for good memories with my friends. and so much more. but yes- i always remind people, play it on a pace you want. its not a fast food kind of thing you plow in one go and now you're tired of it.

[@MizukiTheUnderPro]

My friend once put it, Final Fantasy XIV is like playing Animal Crossing. There is nothing you have to do, but you can just pick a project and work on it.

[@SamTheLemonBoy]

Never played it, but I have a watched it enough and enjoy the music enough to know that it's a much more chill and less frisky version of XIV

[@hubertusbruch2146]

Great watch! Very valid points and I especially love that its a tad calmer than your other videos. Keep it up lemon, much love.

[@SamTheLemonBoy]

Thank you so much! Yeah, still found ways to be a little chaotic!

[@ImortalEnvy]

Watching your stuff for about a week now. This earned the sub. Now I want to see what else you'll do.

[@AzuriteTV]

Based video and top tier editing like always, it inspires me to try my hand at more humourous content and better editing! ♥️ On the topic of the honeymoon phase, I started out in 2.0 and I think the catgirls honestly got me interested lmao, but once i got hooked to the game, I just couldn't put it down... now 8 or is 9 years later..? I'm still playing it to this day with some breaks and hiatus's inbetween, and I still have content I want to do, I've done all the savage and ultimate raids but I have yet to challenge Eurekas or Bozjas hard raids or do BLU content, so that's my plan for 2023! All I can say is dont feel bad about taking breaks when you need them but I'm really glad your enjoying the game because your content is great and it's always nice to see your new videos! 🥰

[@SamTheLemonBoy]

I'm excited to see what kind of content you come up with, maybe being more adventurous in your guides as well~! And thank you so much for your kind words and sharing your story as well, it's greatly appreciated

[@bendonatier]

For me the bit of content I put off, only recently chewing on was blue mage. It's such a nifty little challenge with a decent enough story. That said maybe get someone to power level you to 70 with fish throwing strats, before going spell hunting and playing in the masked carnivale

[@SamTheLemonBoy]

I should give BLU a try and experience it one day

[@venanreviews]

On point, I never play to keep up anymore, I play to do what I enjoy doing.

[@SamTheLemonBoy]

Games are for fun, you're just playing the game how it's supposed to be played!

[@Ashura_Lex_Veda]

(Hi, it's Emerald LexVeda here, you've met me!). I came from Phantasy Star Online 2. In that game, there wasn't enough content, and what there was to do was too "samey". Grinding the same combat zones over and over again. My "problem" with FFXIV is there is *too much* to do! So many choices that I often feel overwhelmed. I look to more experienced players (such as my in-game wife) to pick something to concentrate on but we both aren't good at making decisions. I wouldnt have even known about chocobo racing or MinionHammer 40,000 if it wasn't for my wife! But, too much content isn't a bad thing. At least there is always something to do! Just gotta roll a dice and pick something!

[@SamTheLemonBoy]

Set yourself on a goal and make it, but don't overpopulate your to do list! And yes I remember you! :D

[@earendurvoneinzbern7585]

I want a wedding chocobo! 😭

[@andream5462]

This was a fun vid, and I enjoyed the soundtrack xD

[@SamTheLemonBoy]

It was a fun time to see which songs to use! :D

[@spacetaco048]

It's actually insane how relatable this video is to me. Even down to my love for music producing. I use FL Studio and I suck at it :D

[@SamTheLemonBoy]

Yooo, just practice and practice, keep messing about and you might come up with something that you really like, that's what I do! :p

[@lordheri1152]

Remember when I met you all these months back? My first time socializing with someone outside of my FC :3 and everything after that... it became my true endgame!

[@SamTheLemonBoy]

How can I forget! Really great times, hope to make more of them!

[@DrakeWurrum]

"It's like a bookshelf, and all those books have bookmarks in them." Oh you mean like my Steam backlog! When instead I just log into FFXIV to idle in Limsa...

[@SamTheLemonBoy]

Y... yes!

[@heliosdrachenys]

Great vid!! Also, speaking from a true endgame perspective(which we all know is ppppphhhhhasion, what jacket is your character wearing at the end? (the one with the moogle on the back)

[@SamTheLemonBoy]

Unfortunately, it's a store item, which is called Street Wear, or something like that, gives two tops, I happen to use one of them xP

[@SmilePecoSmile]

More than anything, what I want in FFXIV is a reason to go out in the world with others and do things. There's so little to do in these zones that requires other people that doing anything besides sitting in a city or house party feels lonely. No one's talking in zones. No one's coordinating. I've never seen anyone camping spots for cool stuff. It's always just me and maybe a sprout who happens to be in an area because they're doing their MSQ and even then there's not much to do in the MSQ besides talk to NPCs and queue for a dungeon. Even the people I see when fishing don't communicate often when I speak to them. I don't want to make comparisons to other games but I think this is an area that could be improved upon.

[@SamTheLemonBoy]

There are Discord servers dedicated to this stuff, like Rare Fate spawns and stuff, but I do see where you're coming from, it would be nice

[@user-jh2gl3hh5z]

@@SamTheLemonBoy I see what you mean, but the amount of special fates seems so miniscule right now. It feels like we dont even get many achievement fates anymore that give out special items, besides the special token ones (ex chi, fox lady). I feel like they should do some more similar things to the Odin fate, something that encourages players to actually explore these areas looking for the challenge, it feels more like a community effort than the way these other special fates work nowadays.

[@iceman3317]

@@user-jh2gl3hh5z I agree with this is Peco's. All people do is sit around and barely talk. I rarely see anyone outside a major city and I am on Mateus, which is one of the fullest servers.

[@oladfdeka1180]

Great watch, i dig your editing style!

[@SamTheLemonBoy]

Thank you so much! I really appreciate it! :D

[@ArchangeVie]

I’ve had many small burn outs with that game but I always come back lol (2750hrs of playtime 😂) been an entire year now that I’m on the grind to get all jobs to 90 only 5 classes left to go, I also as a side objective really want “goddess of war” title and bard is actually the last I need to get that but I really didn’t like playing that class up to 30 😭 so now I feel like leveling black mage, basically my formula after all those burn outs is definitely to not force something i don’t particularly feel like doing I really want the title but I know I would feel very annoyed by leveling bard atm

[@SamTheLemonBoy]

Leveling jobs is quite the struggle, but at least you get the fluffy flying camel thingy called an Amaru or something, good luck on your goals! I have some goals myself! :D

[@cutecats532]

I left the MSQ on a shelf for a year after HW. 😥 I leveled all my other jobs to 60+ instead.

[@SamTheLemonBoy]

And that is a goal that you achieved in the end, having fun in a game as it was meant to be!

[@khaledyassin718]

Awesome video my dude!! Any idea what you're gonna do a video on next ? (Also LOVING THE MOTION CAPTURE, plz can I borrow it from time to time 🥺)

[@SamTheLemonBoy]

Never truly have an idea, but ideas come by slowly little by little, and yes, you maaaayy borrow it

[@iceman3317]

Content good for new players. People who have played for multiple years have finished everything or there is no reason to go back to old content. Like for me, and playing at my own pace, I finished the MSQ within about 2 or 3 months of starting the game. While also fishing and going other stuff. That was year 1. Then of course EW game along, so I took a couple of months breaks so I didn't get burned out. I finished EW quests, that were out, within a few weeks. Bringing us to 2022. I took about a 3 months or 4 month break and then I started playing. And I did all of Eureka within about 5 months, while raising all of my crafting and gathering skills to max and finishing almost every bit of content for craft/gathering jobs in that same amount of time. While also doing all old stuff such as raids and quests. By October, I took another break till about February. So now I've finished, every quest in game. Every old raid and dungeon. And I've completed Eureka. As well as trained a number of other jobs. Which I will never play tank or healer, so I don't touch those. And I don't touch classes I do not enjoy. This is all by a 'new player' which I'm not new anymore. But now that I've made it to endgame and done all old content, there isn't really anything left to do. And I've never been a Raider, so while I'll so Ex Trials and normal raids. I will never touch Ultimate or Savage because it isn't something I enjoy. And I'm never going to go to the nightclub crap, because it is just something I don't enjoy in the least.

[@iceman3317]

That is about 1500 hours of actual game play. The rest of the time about 107 hours more, has just been standing around doing RP or decorating Apartment or island. And I am sure a lot of the other 1500 hours is waiting on que times.

[@iceman3317]

As for community, it is just like WoW. Everyone is silent and don't speak. Especially in dungeons and even raids. And those who do speak, are usually negative. I used to enjoy doing Fetes because so many people were doing them a year after EW, but now it just kinda died after October of 2022.

[@SaltedMallows]

5:27 Simple Math, DarkSouls sound effects in video + "We Cried Anthem"= You watched that Artorias the Abyss walker video ages ago didn't you

[@SamTheLemonBoy]

I definitely did watch that a long time ago, but the sound effects are always and will always be a big inspiration from Ed Edd'n'Eddy, and the legend Kitty0706

[@SaltedMallows]

@@SamTheLemonBoy noice

[@zinga6076]

Wake up babe, new Sam video just dropped. But seriously, I echo a lot of your sentiments especially in the "Endgame" department. But I get that the devs don't want us to be pressured to log in. Kinda sucks that PVP gets shafted though.

[@SamTheLemonBoy]

PvP is a nice piece of chaotic content, that's why no one wants to do it, at least not everyone

[@Sufferhymn]

Great video, brother, as always! I watched it three times already. 😎Firstly, I am glad to hear you are looking after yourself, especially after surgery!😇 TL;DR For my comment, Good game, great community, lots to do, and I'm still very much enjoying it! And another fantastic video!🥰 I think you discuss some really good points. I've been playing this game since 3.2, and haven't really taken a proper break except for when other games come out. E.g., Elden Ring made me neglect FFXIV for the longest time. My major timesink WAS the interaction with other people, PvP/Savage/Extremes, then it became Housing, and then I got into making videos. But I never felt obligated to return, which is why I love it so much.😇 Personally, for me, the community is what keeps me in this game and a big reason for my own positivity, outside of my personality naturally being that way. When I was a Sprout and I went into Sastasha for the first time, coming from WoW and other MMO's I was just quiet, and I got met with "Hello, let's have fun!" and some guidance on what to do, and that made me happy.🥰 Then I found that happiness in the interaction with other players was the norm.😇So I wanted to become a part of that positivity and spread it in my own way. I can count on one hand how many toxic players I have met in FFXIV, vs. the countless times in WoW/LoL and so on.🤩✨ From the POV of another video maker: really fantastic editing, which is a big part of what sets you apart from other types of commentary videos (can we swap soundbyte libraries?😅)I like that you added the bobbing up and down to what are static shots to emulate movement, which is much more visually interesting than standing on a backdrop with /converse playing. 😎👍Also, the fact that you managed to blend the sound effects and what's going on in the background with your voice without taking away from the points you are trying to make is a skill, except at the part where the Woodwailer fights the scorpion (which I laughed really hard at😂) This is easier said than done, but never feel like your personal thoughts don't matter, because I watch your videos for their entertainment value, the editing, to learn what I could do with my own videos, and humour (because you have a similar sense of humour to me), but most IMPORTANTLY, it's for you, your personality, and your take on things and the way you present them. ✨ So keep up the amazing work, brother. Look after Number 1. (That's you ☝😎❗❗) and keep doing what fulfills you and make the world a little better with your video making and music production! 😇🥰

[@SamTheLemonBoy]

Yo this made my night, thank you so much for your kind words and thoughts, I really appreciate this, I will not take this for granted, and I was so glad that I came across your channel and your content, because it always makes my weekends that much more fun!

[@yne494]

I love this game, but I never play it these days, the socializing became exhausting after basically being bullied out of my longtime fc :/

[@SamTheLemonBoy]

I'm really sorry to hear that, I hope you find a more suitable FC in the future that is more chill and accepting!

[@yne494]

@@SamTheLemonBoy Ty !!

[@Kottery]

Bruh, 3000 hours already??? I've been playing since around patch 2.1 in ARR and I've got 3588 hours played...

[@aaronsound]

thanks a lot!

[@vornamenachname6282]

I DO EVERYTHING WAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH

[@SamTheLemonBoy]

HOW?! AAAAAAHHH

[@vornamenachname6282]

@@SamTheLemonBoy I just love the game, I do combat Jobs, Crafting Jobs, Retainers, Glam, Gil Making, Island. I always have a main focus which is at the moment to get all combat Jobs to 90, im about 70% there, then Crafting, some Days I just do what I want regardless of rewards, do some light RP, there is a nice cat café on Raiden, FC Events(Like Glam Runs, Treasure Maps or Mount Runs)

[@vornamenachname6282]

Oh and still have the Deep Dungeons on my List and Eureka and Bozja

[@kuronaialtani]

I've found it hard to go and play other games again If I'm not playing anything I want to play FFXIV, if I'm not playing FFXIV I want to play FFXIV I don't know if I ever had a honeymoon phase with it as thanks to alts I always find a reason to log in and just do whatever, be it roulettes or island sanctuary or sitting afk in my room on the orchestrion I've never felt forced to play, I've never felt like I wanted to stop (the one time I did I made my first alt and thus fell in love all over again), and I think no other game will ever give me the same feeling

[@SamTheLemonBoy]

You never felt the need to take breaks or play something on the side while you afk'd? That's pretty cool to hear this side of the story!

[@kuronaialtani]

@@SamTheLemonBoy I've dipped my toe into a few games on the side, mostly arknights on my iPad, but yeah I haven't really felt a desire to play other games on my PC besides FFXIV since I burned out on Warframe to the point of quitting, in which a close friend suggested FFXIV to me (he then quit FFXIV and went dark online, idk what happened to him since) Destiny 2 couldn't hold me with the heavy fomo to get better gear Lost ark was interesting for a bit but tap to move games never really hold me as I'm twitchy Game I'm most looking forward to right now is blue protocol though, and I've been meaning to return to Titanfall 2 for some time as well

[@vina_silverbrook]

what a precious video... can only agree, especially with all the gorgeous bungirls in the video ♥

[@SamTheLemonBoy]

Something about those bunnies

[@revazbre]

Very good very nice!!

[@akhemo2734]

Good job on the vid homie

[@SamTheLemonBoy]

Thank you so much!

[@hkoizumi3134]

FFXIV has a low requirements for all activities. This is by design. The game was meant for you to go out of your comfort zone and try new things. When I hear someone who quit FFXIV because they had "nothing" to do had missed the whole point of FFXIV endgame. I would go as far as saying this is one of the bad habits we all picked up from other games, especially in other MMORPGs. It took me a while to figure this out myself. For example, Job system in FFXIV where you can switch to any class using one character. This is there for you to entice players to try another class or an entire different role. Whereas other MMORPG conditioned players to create a whole new character and go thru all the trouble again of starting over. Further and further discourage you to try more classes.

[@SamTheLemonBoy]

Yeah, this is a breather compared to other MMORPGs, I would say so myself

[@miqotesoulia8620]

PREACH! (+10 points for the Halo reach background) Inheritor rank anyone?! heh

[@SamTheLemonBoy]

Very pretty ambience!

[@ArnnFrost]

I kinda bored to death coz like you said, what's left for me to do is not exactly what I want to do ;p And honestly, I no longer have any motivation to do nothing outside of the MSQ. got nobody to play with or talk to (I'm just insufferable, this one's self inflicted even if its the result of my bad interactions here...), hard content is too stressful for monke brained me on top of overthinking+worrying about inconveniencing other players or getting char grilled for being a dum dum ( **Vietnam flashbacks** ), lvling other jobs is boring, have no interest in getting any more mounts or glams and so on. I always take a month break after every 30 day sub so i don't kill my interest in the game completely from burnout, so imma be back when the new content comes out in January then take a break till the next on and continue this cycle xD Don't think i ever did this with any other MMO i played before... so maybe this one's straight up isn't for me coz I come from the Action MMO with controller side (last was PSO2, base gameplay good, terrible community and game systems, incompetent greedy developers) to be and not WoW like everybody else around, idk.

[@SamTheLemonBoy]

And that is completely understandable, I had the same feelings too, until I found a static that I can feel very comfy with, and hopefully one day you can find one too, and enjoy the difficult content as well! Also if you have any game recommendations do let me know! :P

[@ArnnFrost]

@@SamTheLemonBoy Hopefully xD as for games, currently I'm in the hype train for next year's return of Armored Core atm!

[@SparkShadow212]

@@ArnnFrost I still can't believe Armoured Core is coming back after all these years.

[@ArnnFrost]

@@SparkShadow212 Tell me about it, a part of me has been revived when that trailer came out xD We're not dead yet, Raven!

[@melaniebiberger2191]

I can play this game for a long time Bit when i feel like taking a break i just do that and then i come back with a new patch and have no issue catching up

[@SamTheLemonBoy]

A really chill thing about this game

[@mezz0075]

I got sudden flashbacks of dark souls 2 from the music.

[@SamTheLemonBoy]

Pleasant little memories, I hope

[@mezz0075]

@@SamTheLemonBoy Of course!!!!

[@esmolol4091]

Imo people who reached nearly everything in this game like to help low level players. There's always someone who is willing to help with low level content, craft some superuberduper stuff for someone and help with grand company crafted items or ressources for leveling crafting.

[@donimmortal7692]

I am glad that you recognize the comedic genius of quitting FFXIV for NW from our upcoming star comedian.

[@SamTheLemonBoy]

It is completely fair to think one game is more enjoyable than the other, albeit even if it is a bit of an alienated opinion

[@medivh1035]

Lol, yes ffxiv reddit is definitely toxic. I see many new players asking questions then get down voted. Nice video anyway. And l liked the game enough to try to do content that l like less with workaround solutions.

[@SamTheLemonBoy]

Reddit knows no bounds of mercy

[@michaelsc78]

Yea- taking my time with this game. 8 years done and I still have things to collect. heh

[@SamTheLemonBoy]

I hope to see myself like that in 7 years

[@ViewTube_Emperor_of_Mankind]

The FFXIV community is very divers and has all types of people. Some are just louder than others and then there are the people that just scream all day like a loon

[@lucasrodriguez8957]

I want more Xtreme difficulty content, but we get only one xtreme every 5 month or so.

[@SamTheLemonBoy]

They will make Criterion Dungeons more fun, trust, cope

[@celalshakon]

Genuinely the only problem I have with XIV myself is that there is no midcore content so-to-speak, current extremes are fun but there are only 4 of them. You could also argue that extremes aren't midcore either

[@SamTheLemonBoy]

Not sure what you mean with midcore, would like to understand that better :o But also they have tried something like Criterion Dungeon, but we all know the feedback afterwards

[@celalshakon]

I have entirely forgot about criterion, that's honestly a perfect example of midcore content.

[@smol27]

The whole ban of 3rd party tools just feels like an easy way to not have to worry about things like toxic or horny people

[@DeusGamez]

its not that although it does work as deterrent cause even content creators are no exception an will get banned see: Arthas, Xenosys, Haru Hissatsu, Savix, an others. but its to cover Square Enix's ass in case someone trys to threaten to sue or charge them for a crime so this is why they adopt the policy of zero tolerance however Naoki Yoshida is lowkey fine with you using whatever tools so long as you don't promote toxic behavior, porn of their assets, harass people with them, or cheat. all of which break the game's Terms of Service agreement you sign when you register to play the game. so in other words it removes all legal responsibility on SE and instead punishes the offender/violator.

[@natebroadus8474]

FFXIV doesn't penalize you for taking a break, and I love that. When I run out of things I want to do, I'll take one--but I'll always come back. That much I know for sure. I'll ALWAYS come back.🙂

[@SamTheLemonBoy]

I Always Come Back...

[@terrificlife1576]

me exp is meh... from all top mmos the class design is the worst.... no matter what i play it feel the same

[@SamTheLemonBoy]

A lot of people have been talking about most jobs feeling the same because of the typical 2 minute burst window job design, so yeah, I can completely understand where you're coming from

[@starofaetherius]

The addon drama isn't that extreme. Maybe you feel it more because youre a streamer and there do be some dumbass snitches, but really square will look the other way so long as you arent actively showing them off. You can find 3rd party tools being used by dance crews, roleplayers, musicians, glamour enthusiasts, crafters and gatherers... its pretty much okay anywhere except for raids and PvP, PvP being the biggest sin. Just dont *flaunt* your tools and stick to lightweight stuff for streams. Lot of streamers use gshade and are fine for example.

[@SamTheLemonBoy]

Yeah, for sure, being a content creator does give that drama more weight. But just simply disabling everything when it comes to content creation and then bringing it back up when the show is over, just simple solutions for modern problems xP

[@menkjell]

getting back to the books? man you can't even read in the first place. loved the vid though, weewoo

[@SamTheLemonBoy]

Bro.. wee woo

[@providencebreaker1558]

Sounds like most of your issues stem from who you choose to surround yourself with rather than the game itself.

[@SamTheLemonBoy]

That can sometimes be the case, but not really

[@ioverslept.]

Majula theme W insta sub

[@SamTheLemonBoy]

I love the FromSoft Music productions

[@phucleenguyen6424]

ur cringy songs r amazing!

[@SamTheLemonBoy]

Thank you so much for thinking so :')

[@timbrady1176]

I've always been perplexed by this notion of this game encourages breaks when things like housing, unreal, and savage looting exists for instance. If you take a 2 month break and own a house, well bye bye house. You wanna gear your main job for the upcoming ultimate? Too bad you need to log in every week to make sure you get a chance at that loot and a book! You wanna take a long break from the game and come back after a couple patches of content our out for you to explore? Oops! You missed the certain unreal trial(s) that gave you an experience of older content at 90! Oh, and not to mention those rewards are also on a weekly lockout >.>. As someone who hasnt played WoW, it seems like how people play this game can just translate to WoW (or any MMO) IMO. There is plenty to do in that game as well. The game isn't truly rushing you, just go for it! If you want to do something when its current, then you'll have to grind for it. If you dont care about it (which seems to be this playerbase and is a fine mentality to have), then just take it at your pace.