Krimson KB Reacts: Jocat's A Crap Guide to Final Fantasy XIV - Melee DPS

[@KrimsonKB]

Y'all, I know the sound is gone at 12:15 KZbin flagged it and muted it. Nothin' I can do about that.

[@NekoYuki]

Bruh, can I just say "screw the algorithm"? really is a killjoy sometimes.

[@Sterncold]

and once again YT bs happened since it's not even muted on Jocat's vid...

[@dragonriderabens9761]

Man, I really wanted to know what you were sayin there

[@elijahfeuerstein4710]

Oh okay. Was worried I was having technical difficulties...

[@cparle87]

I've watched half a dozen videos of this, his original, and several reactions, and yours is the only one it has nailed. Sads.

[@TheLangenator]

As a monk player: Please just let me throw a rock at them! It doesn't even have to do that much damage, just something!

[@KawarrenD]

I've been hoping for a cool air punch for the longest time I swear.

[@rajabuta]

I'm still baffled MNK doesn't have an air or Qi punch

[@stebanbas2]

Especially since one of the signature skills of the Monk in other FF games is Air Render.

[@PuppyDash]

I’d honestly like a move like the bards repelling shot, using the enemy as a springboard to escape danger zones.

[@IKMcGwee]

Is settle for a rock chuck! Let me do something at rangeeeeee besides /beesknees

[@cosmicneko7225]

"give monk a ranged" yes please lol, imagine if monk just pulled out a blitz ball and kicked it, or stomped the floor earthbender style and kicked a rock at their tarket

[@KrimsonKB]

I'm down let's go

[@Eweiit]

Aren't Hadouken's the standard issue ranged weapon for monks?

[@aureliodeprimus8018]

@@Eweiit In WoW monks have at standard "mystical green force lightning" with the additional option to do either the Hadoken with the slow build up of a Ka-Me-Ha-Me-Ha or to use the ultimate ability of Nami from League of Legends (basically summon chi that jumps between enemies and allies/yourself, damaging/healing in the process).

[@hellfrozenphoenix13]

I'd be down for them to get a new "Fist of" attack that's dedicated to making all your attacks ranged for a time. Not only would that fix the "no range" issue, but it would do it in a fun unique way.

[@leafgreenbeast]

or any of the numerous the ranged monk skills from tactics

[@jesternario]

Let us not forget that Hildebrand Maximilian Heliodore Manderville is a lancer, so not all Dragoons need be tragic backstory. Some can be comedy sidekick.

[@kevinsantos5050]

Hildibrand is not a Lancer he is the Gentleman of Light, inspector extraordinaire

[@jesternario]

@@kevinsantos5050 😄

[@rajabuta]

It should be ROGUE that has a tragic back story 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@solerosable]

I mean, if he is a lancer, then he still perpetuates the same joke about them. Always on the floor/in the ground.

[@kevinsantos5050]

@@solerosable That's a very good point he is the Lancer of light lol

[@knicknac95]

As soon as I saw this one come out I was waiting for Krimsons response to drop. And BOY was I not disappointed!

[@KrimsonKB]

Thanks for watching, everyone! And go subscribe to Jocat if you haven't! As for the muted section: copyrighted music. It happens.

[@cparle87]

I love how you started counting off all the "p's". They WERE rather impressive. And then checking your WASD keys. lol

[@rebellyanmagic6409]

"Y'all know you're Naruto running??" Ah. A man of culture. No doubt with bayonets for days.

[@BWA85]

Bayonets for days? Bayonets For Days!

[@ChaosMind10531]

@@BWA85 also... B*tches love cannons!!!

[@tigerwarrior1787]

@@BWA85 Pop Pop, watching Heathens drop!

[@AStrangeWindmill]

You know the worst thing about monks not having a range attack? In most FF games they appear in, they do. Give me my Aurablast, damn it.

[@elementalprime3179]

I literally didn’t find out about the rear gap in the target circle until I watched this video oh JoCat’s channel. I’ve been playing this game for two years and I never knew, I always just went with my gut on exactly where the “rear” and “flank” were.

[@omegagilgamesh]

"Ninja is for those who enjoy American Football: for every ten seconds of excitement you a minute of fuck-all." Has JoCat ever actually WATCHED American Football? 10 seconds of excitement to 1 minute of boredom is baseball. FOOTBALL is 10 seconds of excitement every three or four plays when the referees don't call a penalty before the play starts, and there's 5 minutes between all plays unless the clock's still counting down.

[@Aghul]

I've played FFXIV almost since ARR's release and I only learned about a year ago that the circle under the enemies isn't actually cut off in the back because the ground is uneven but because it indicates where the rear end starts and ends xD

[@RealWorldGaming]

We kinda do have a Hadoken it’s called Elixir Field except it’s aimed at the ground and not the enemy

[@LordDeathwing17]

The fact that you actually stopped mid-sentence to check your WASD keys got a nice chuckle out of me.

[@draycos7189]

Didn't learn about positionals until E8S. Was a tank my whole time in FF then joined an fc, got some raiding buddies and lvled Dragoon.

[@Xardion55]

Didn't know about positionals until I decided to try using Monk. During which case, I _had_ to know.

[@Lrbearclaw]

3:20 - Monk. Hands down. If you play on controller, you are down to 2 full bars in Endwalker, this is after they merged 5 skills into 2 buttons! All the other melee don't overflow 2 bars like this.

[@ShikiWantsA_Hug]

I play with controller and never had that issue with monk.

[@AuroriaLunestia]

I had to google positionals when I started leveling melee jobs. I felt like an idiot thinking that the flank was the rear. The definition of flank is literally the sides of an animal or human. At least I learned something! XD

[@aureliodeprimus8018]

That is the spirit.^^ Never stop learning new things.^^

[@BladeOfThePoet]

It took me about 5 years of playing to figure that out I just went by model visuals. Which meant I was stupidly running around trash mobs in the overworld for quests trying to get my positionals out.

[@fernando5819]

Monks work different than most melees regarding "ranged skills", they have the skill "Six-sided Star" which is 2 in 1 GCD that have 4-5 secs cooldown after use, while not strong as 2 regular gcds it does about the same damage as if you hit a regular GCD and then a ranged attack from other melees, just need to remember to use it as last skill before going away from boss then dash back into the boss after the aoe is gone and you are good to go. Also if you got a lot of downtime you can spam "meditate" to being able to use "forbidden chakra" when you go back which is strong and compensate for your lack of ranged attacks.

[@KrimsonKB]

no gimme hadouken.

[@aureliodeprimus8018]

@@KrimsonKB Or Air/Earth Render. A touch of Whitebeard never feels wrong.^^

[@emilyspector2728]

Just call me Flipper! Proud DRG here!!! And just started SAM and I just hit the sparkly buttons. Your laugh is making me crack up!!!! Also RPR….LOLOL

[@skyelily8601]

I honestly want MNK's ranged attack, be them ripping a boulder out the ground and yeet it at the enemy.

[@KrimsonKB]

Spammable Hadouken. Or Blitzball. Or Rock Throw. Or just Wave Fist from Final Fantasy Tactics.

[@craigfunk3453]

Why not Earth Slash?

[@coltonharmon4134]

Hall of the novice....? That's where you learn about the ring...and you get an exp ring to wear.

[@CorynSilver]

I kinda wonder if the “extensive adjustments” to DRG they mentioned was just simplifying the rotation to reduce button bloat. Maybe it’ll be like reaper and just have no positionals for 1-2-3 but the 4th will still have them

[@tenjenk]

The readjustment seems to be related to the core changes they're making to how crit, etc work. Also the PVP DRG LB is interesting mechanically in that maybe we wont be positionally locked into animation when we jump?

[@caosisaac]

Im hoping they remove wheeling thrust and fang over claw from the hotbar and have them replace the 3rd hit theyre tied to respectively like how the continuation combo works for gunbreakers.

[@sheenovh1182]

i found out about the rear gap at when i started the game B) im so cool just kidding, i started as monk who just sees positionals and says *ill take your entire stock* i would move like a monkey doing breakdance. even with the recent rework i still do the positional bcuz pure muscle memory/trauma lol

[@Zerosenpai25]

when he said cat bird and monke i imagined master oogway for that last part

[@MoonTiger88]

Which DPS is bloated? SAM, my man. So many skills could be just.. combined RDM style. Hits for X damage for the first enemy, then x-50% for the rest.

[@larsbohmer6319]

I prefer BLM, but I leave everyone their own. I tried Samurai and judged it as to easy to pull off, I like the more complicated Jobs to play :/

[@rajabuta]

@@larsbohmer6319 it's not easiness. It's bloat. And DRG also very bloaty. Which is why I guess they're getting adjusted in consideration of future patches.

[@larsbohmer6319]

@@rajabuta I mean, I like if you don't just have to press Buttons in an Order on repeat. BLM has to watch were they stand all the dang Time to keep up Enochian and learn the Fights to know exactly WHEN to place those Ley Lines. Basically anything that doesn't has me Fall asleep while playing the Job

[@rajabuta]

@@larsbohmer6319 hence why BLM isn't even in the running about bloat. Difficulty is not bloat

[@larsbohmer6319]

@@rajabuta yeah, I like that more ^^

[@craigfunk3453]

Before I made my actual character I made others in the character creator to mess around and the 1st happened to be a Pugilist, while annoying to learn without a tank, I did learn my positionals very quickly

[@allenridenour1826]

Whenever I hear the spooky slice, all I can think of is zoidburg from futurama signing it

[@waywardphoenix3188]

As a Reaper main, I enjoy doing the spooky slice. Although my Coral blue number 5, 70 gloss slashes are for giving my enemies the kiss of death.

[@TokumeiCosplay]

Technically, Enlightenment can be used as a Hadouken. But I can't recall the exact range this early in the day. (At least, I'm thinking it can. It's what I usually do.)

[@KrimsonKB]

I don't believe that one is spammable.

[@Zerosenpai25]

@@KrimsonKB it isn't

[@samuelbattershell3413]

He actually made a AMV of The Spooky Slice!

[@adriannebee2056]

I didn't realize what constitutes rear and flank until I did p1s. I started raiding at the start of Shadowbringers with Titania EX.

[@et3inuyasha]

Devil's advocate for the Monk, they do have something to do while out of range: MEDITATE TO OPEN YOUR CHAKRAS SO YOU CAN HIT THE FORBIDDEN CHAKRA WHEN YOU GET BACK IN RANGE. I play Monk a lot, and I still forget to do that sometimes.

[@KrimsonKB]

Not-devils advocate: gimme spammable Hadouken

[@et3inuyasha]

@@KrimsonKB Next expansion.

[@Wryven28]

i know this is late coming but he came out with a full version of spooky slice

[@wingedparagon4448]

Like an off tank having fun... Why you gotta call me out like that, JoCat? 😂

[@fernandozavaletabustos205]

Great reaction as always!!

[@abigaillewis2662]

I play Dragoon, Reaper, and Bard mostly, but I actually watched Jocat before playing Dragoon, so I have been really careful about when I do my evasives. However I still die because I end up just barely clipping the AoE areas, so I still feel bad afterward lol.

[@nicgara8781]

mnk's enlightenment has some range on it though its not that far and you have to charge up your chakras to use it and you'll just save it for the forbidden chakra since by the time you get all the stacks you need, you'll be back in melee range

[@destrinbriar1019]

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[@kovacsbenjamin7960]

FInally! I'm a healer main and I'm lvling up my drg and mnk. I really don't know why drg is considered the best "beginner friendly" melee dps job. That shit is bloated as fuck. Mnk require at least 400 IQ to press 3 buttons in a different order once in a while...but god at least I don't have to go through a 5 button gcd combo TWICE and line up every ogcd I have. And I have A LOT OF OGCD WITH DRG.

[@sennaka]

My primary is healer too....started DRG, then said eff that and unlocked Reaper. Now DRG makes so much more sense after leveling that!

[@kovacsbenjamin7960]

@@sennaka my main problem is the ogcd line up. I use geirskogul with high jump in the opener and I press everything on cd between the 5 button combo... it's fine. But as the fight goes on I feel like I'm just freestyling my rotation. I can keep up the geirskogul + high jump combo but every other ogcd is totally random and I don't know if I'm doing it right or wrong

[@zirilan3398]

@@kovacsbenjamin7960 the rule for that is pretty simple: High Jump and Geirskogul on cd, everything else within your Lance Charge-window. Life Surge is reserved for Full Thrust (or whatever the Upgrade is called). As a general rule: don't overcap on stacks, put it into Lance Charge if possible. Whoops made a pretty good video for that, Wesk Alber's Guide is also very good

[@Krescentwolf]

"We get it..." Yeah... 10+ years of Floor Dragoon memes is.... more than enough.

[@kusapedia]

For you who enjoyed the crap guides, i shall guide you toward more final fantasy XIV knowledge and direct to you the video : "Final Fantasy XIV 1.0 in a nutshell" by Trueblade Seeker Shall you enjoy the truth power of Yoshida San

[@demithevampireking4285]

I don't understand why "Your partner in dragonslaying? What kind of dragon slaying? thats up for you to decide!" ALWAYS PUTS THE EFFING SAO ABRIDGED- "Trying to impress a master swordsman, eh? Get him to plant his enchanted sword in your cave of wonders? Do battle with the fearsome dragon within?" "What the hell is the dragon in that metaphor?" "Chlamydia." "Annnnd we're done here!"

[@DeepbloodFang]

I'm never getting that song out of my head, am I?

[@chloekaftan]

We need a full version of the spooky slice song for halloween 2022 as well as for the modding community to make that music play whenever i enshroud 🤣😂

[@adriannash2705]

You’re in luck, he released one not too long after this one

[@dragonriderabens9761]

So it begins 7:50 and I JUST realized what he meant by this because you said "too soon"

[@coltonharmon4134]

He did my boy urianger wrong there...

[@Sammysnows]

MNK actually have range but you have to get 5 chakra first and the you can hadoken. that means spamming your meditate key 5x before you can damage while other melee already do more range dmg

[@KrimsonKB]

So just give me Hadouken or Wave Fist from FFT to spam.

[@markstanzel1632]

Figured it out instantly

[@EG-hy9mv]

Hey,do you take reaction suggestions?

[@vagabond142]

12:16 does the audio cut out for anyone else here? I think KZbin muted your vid, Krimson :(

[@KrimsonKB]

yep. nothing I can do about that.

[@vagabond142]

@@KrimsonKB 🤕

[@SpiritRetrieverGaming]

besides hadouken for monk kamehameha would also work and personally preferred

[@markboon2024]

As a Monk main I feel the pain.

[@jude2214]

Monks be like: No ranged attack? Nah man, free chakra

[@STOPTIMMERTIME]

I mean monks do have a power geyser, but yea nothing doing if enemies go outside of 20m

[@ReaverPrime]

I've never understood how Monk had Chi Blast in FFXI but never in XIV.

[@KrimsonKB]

Hell they even had Wave Fist from FFT.

[@skibrymhabor2440]

Not just the XIV community, the "loldrg" meme has been around since at *least* FFXI Rise of the Zilart

[@icy-lemon-limeyesiwasthatt7439]

did anyone else lose sound between 12.12 to 12.49 of the video, or was it just me this happened to

[@KrimsonKB]

copyrighted music that got muted.

[@icy-lemon-limeyesiwasthatt7439]

@@KrimsonKB ok, thanks for answering.

[@sennaka]

leveling a dragoon. I feel seen

[@Keldiur]

I miss frontal positionals. Fun times.

[@KrimsonKB]

a lie

[@Keldiur]

@@KrimsonKB you my good sir have no culture. There was nothing quite like launching a sneak attack right in someone's face for some reason. Did Dragoon have one? Hard thrust perhaps? Donno, made it fun when healers yelled at you for not paying attention to boss cleave rotation.

[@CorynSilver]

I kinda wanna play monk for the dash

[@LucarioBlade]

We need aura bolt for the monks.

[@MaindexOmega]

Look i'm not saying that you should stop messing with dragoons, what i AM saying is that it's time for a new joke

[@crosssquirrel4293]

Actually monk has a ranged that is howling fist enlightenment :) it is ranged just half ranged of other melee…

[@KrimsonKB]

That doesn't count and you know it doesn't.

[@firehawk7922]

hope we get ranged dps

[@anonymousxaela761]

Why's the samurai section muted?

[@KrimsonKB]

music

[@Heldemon]

@@KrimsonKB I don't think he'd put in music that could be dmca'd and get him a strike? Okay, I looked in his description and it seems he uses a site that provides royalty free music but you have to buy a license. I don't think they would bother striking reaction videos as it potentially helps get them clicks/sales by more people seeing it but who knows.

[@spearsage]

@@Heldemon the scene, as well as the music, are very similar to ghost of tsushima's special duel scene. Maybe that's why youtube freaked out. That said, it's indeed weird since Jocat's original video does not seem to have similar problem.

[@Heldemon]

@@spearsage I'm pretty sure youtube just removes video and gives a strike unless muting is something new. Only heard of/seen twitch doing that for copyright music. I thought krimson had muted it himself, but I could be wrong.

[@spearsage]

@@Heldemon I believe Krimson had to mute that part exactly because youtube freaked out about it. Otherwise I don't think he'd feel the need to do that. Sometimes youtube just refuses to publish a video (due to various silly reasons) and ask you either mute or cut out a section.

[@AngelTerri]

You on Crystal? Sheeeeh I need to meet you! I'm on Coerul!

[@jatoetenel]

the sound is gone at 12:15

[@KrimsonKB]

KZbin muted it.

[@markedred]

*sees Ninja Mudras 3 symbols long* LoTRO Wardens : Amateurs jk lol, dangit I still remember all my Gambits after almost 7 years of not touching the Warden class. Pure muscle memory at this point. Someone remove these from my head 😆

[@tabuukiller13]

Wait what did you not get? The zootopia sloth but?

[@TheSpiritBeaver]

Give Monk Aura Bolt yo.

[@vampjoseph]

I'd rather not say but it was before they updated the ring.

[@amethist6774]

5:48 monks already have a hadouken, but they can't spam it they have to get 5 meditate stacks first.

[@KrimsonKB]

Yes and that's the point: give them a spammable.

[@amethist6774]

@@KrimsonKB it's spammable every 7.5 seconds

[@amethist6774]

and only 15 yalms of range

[@amethist6774]

im teasing a this point, i get it, i play monk a lot, to be honest, i've never realised i dind't have a long range attack before someone directly pointed it out. you can greed easy pz with the dash tho.

[@TheFrantic5]

I pay for premium and still get muted videos. F off KZbin.

[@KrimsonKB]

Eh?

[@MoonTiger88]

@@KrimsonKB There is a part in the vid at the samurai duel where it's muted.

[@KrimsonKB]

@@MoonTiger88 KZbin flagged it. I had to mute it.

[@KrimsonKB]

KZbin flagged it. I had to mute it.

[@belld.s5276]

Just give the monk a ki blast range man xD. Or a flying palm strike or somethin' lmao. Anything.

[@coltonharmon4134]

You can goku zip around with monk!

[@excruciater3740]

5:50 they do and it's called enlightenment. Just spam Chakra gain while dodging orange aoe and you cam piercing hadouken enemies with short range. But it's still range!

[@zabuza3663]

Dragoon is best job

[@amethist6774]

4:33 took me about 5 minutes of playing monk. it's not that hard to understand.

[@KrimsonKB]

For some it is. For some it isn't.

[@WineRedEchos]

monk has hadouken. if you need to walk away for a second just hit SSS and meditate. sure it kinda sucks but ya know. monk.

[@KrimsonKB]

I can't throw it further and I can't spam. Not Hadouken.

[@HenshinFanatic]

Just give Monk Air Render

[@Jdawg319]

Lul hellsing abridged, yall know you're naruto running 🤣

[@neilkirby6160]

lol drg