Death of a Game: Flyff

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3:11 - Timeline begins
17:41 - Final Deduction
Sources:
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flyff
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en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gala_Inc.
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mmohaven.com/blog/2022/07/05/...
en-flyff.play2bit.com/
• Flyff China - Trailer
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• Flyff Grinder - Free F... (Baguette)

[@nerdSlayerstudioss]

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[@wasteurtime5677]

i dont know about this. Encouraging breakup from smoking/vaping...by using another enhalant product???

[@afvpegknight]

No thanks i don't want to die of lung cancer

[@planescaped]

lol, some real pearl clutching grandma's in here.

[@chrome_disco]

@@KaiObelisk it's not vaping and doesn't have nicotine, although i'm very skeptical (to say the least) that it's actually not harmful

[@nerdSlayerstudioss]

Yes, me making a base living means I am the same as corporate greed. Dear lord please don't watch my videos anymore with this horrible argumentation skill, it's actually insulting. @@KaiObelisk

[@Akursedtime]

My childhood game. My parents struggled financially so buying consoles and their games was incredibly difficult. I only had Pokemon FireRed. But when we got our first computer. Flyff was so much fun. I even got my friends into it. A lot of good memories on there.

[@Alex-nr4xb]

Same, I played WoW through high school but after quitting I went on a small tour through a couple MMORPGs with Flyff being one (others being Rappelz, RF Online, Perfect World International, and Allods Online). I didn't play Flyff for too long but I found it really charming.

[@adamkostowicz7289]

My dad would get a Xmas bonus and instead of putting money towards a dependable vehicle or for the longest time laundry was done in the tub and we didn’t have stove, anyways my parents instead made sure me and my brothers had the best Christmas. Those mornings unwrapping the snes, N64, PS2 and first Xbox were priceless….crazy thing is my 2 younger brothers still game

[@minty9245]

Love love loved this game, so many memories 🥲

[@JestyTV]

omg i had the exact same experience growing up! but switch fire red for a 2nd hand n64 with a couple of games a controllers with a ton of drift 😅i kinda addicted my close friends to it!

[@TheCateon]

The feels... nostalgia... ughhhh

[@TastyTardis]

All the boys in my class played Flyff religiously. It literally brought us all together and stopped the bullying. We were all brothers in arms and even had our own guild which became quite successful. After months of dedication, we even managed to kill Clockwork regularly. I miss those simple and good times. I'll cherish them forever.

[@D3lgadosensei]

What server ?

[@TastyTardis]

@@D3lgadosensei It was on the german server Steamwalkers I think.

[@aseel7845]

omg respect

[@Jay-dk6hf]

Same, i literally played this with two of my prior bullies......So amazing how that works right?

[@lilsand.]

What an amazing memory! Cherish it forever, its so beautiful!

[@sarysa]

I was the third GM for this game back in 2006, going by "Janica". (my normal char was sarysa) Back in the day they were headquartered in San Jose, CA. I remember driving up from the LA area, interviewing while having been awake for some 30 hours straight, driving home thinking I botched the interview and sleeping for like a whole day straight after. Was pretty damn poor at the time and I took a huge risk doing so. Couldn't afford a hotel and was afraid I'd oversleep and miss the interview. Found out a couple days later that I got the job, moved into a crappy house-turned-apartment with ern..."noisy" neighbors, and worked for Gala-Net for about 10 months. Most of my time was spent in Flyff, but near the end I spent some time with Rappelz as well. It got my foot in the door in the games industry, so I'll always appreciate it for that. Thanks for taking me down memory lane with this one, Nerdslayer. :)

[@Red-in4fx]

Rappelz! That's a game I haven't heard of in a long time.

[@sarysa]

@@Red-in4fx Heck I barely remember anything about it except it having a more realistic style. There's an old expression to not get high off your own supply, and that goes for staff who happen to be MMO addicts. 😹 Once you peek behind the curtain the magic is lost.

[@rafayb]

Thanks for taking me down memory lane! I remember you as well as the first GM - Chris! also recall FeeLz! Did you ever work with them?

[@sarysa]

@@rafayb FeeLz was probably after my time. Chris and Jax were the only other GMs during my tenure.

[@HalCogan]

I remember when the game first kicked off here, there was a GM (one of the first ones I think) who got fired because he was always giving away loot and would spawn stuff for his friends and people who worshipped him, etc. I remember it being a big deal after they got rid of him. It was less than a year after that the game went full cash shop-dependent. I remember them messing with the dice % so much at that point it became a necessity to buy the cash shop protections or else you were guaranteed to lose whatever you were trying to upgrade.

[@tvpolo2863]

Hello, I am currently working as a FlyFF GM in US/EU server. Glad to be introduced by Death of a Game series. Thanks! I am trying to make the game better and better, and I do admit that the game is pretty old.. Still, we are trying to develop as much as we can and give nostalgic and great experience to the remaining players. I hope this video tingles something old players had in their heart, and I do hope players come back and feel how the game was compared to their childhood. Thank you again for NerdSlayers Studios for making the video. See you in Madrigal! Flyfferings!

[@Armadan7]

Doing God's work 🙏

[@plon4742]

@@Armadan7 Hi GM Doda! Glad to see you here!

[@asoca1337]

nah not going to play such a p2w game, if there are way better games out there such as FFXIV.

[@finnleyjack331]

YOOOO add gunslinger

[@programmingbasicsbykalata7617]

You want only money, you cant levelling because xp is very bad. Just fix your game, not works properly. Try to steal some idea from WoW, please. Before years quest items was pet food, now we have pick up pets and you need real money for it. Pay Pay Pay PFlyff

[@Langharig_Tuig]

Flyff also was the first MMO that got a pretty big playerbase through banner ads on Newgrounds. Most ads at the time in the banners were completely disregarded by the community, but Flyff caught people their attention and gathered quite some playerbase... man I miss all my friends from Newgrounds and playing whatever was the latest MMO from the ads. Flyff, Maplestory, 9Dragons

[@bookimatt]

It’s funny that you mention that because that’s how all three got me. The flash game to mmo pipeline was real.

[@Ronbotnik]

lmfao i also played all these, i never realized how effective those ad banners used to be... shoutouts to Miniclip and Newgrounds

[@aldenencluna6409]

Nice.

[@kevvymetall749]

Holy shit this gave me a legit brain blast. I was wondering how I even found this game as it was my first mmo. I was like 9-10 years old playing games on newgrounds lmao

[@goldman77700]

Newgrounds was something truly special-music, games, and videos. Almost all of was user generated. Never seen anything like and probably never will again.

[@comaiscool]

An unexpected one, but I'm curious to hear about this one. I have fond memories of playing this with my brothers

[@israelblanco7490]

out of all the games that this series have covered, this one is the one that hurts the most for me

[@seymourbutz6951]

Shouldnt hurt you can literally load up right now.

[@NogitsuneRinn]

This one hits hard for me. I played it while in middle school. I started out as a Billposter then moving on to Ringmaster. This game still brings back memories for me. Used to love standing in the arena tanking Asal from BPs as a Ringmaster. When they nerfed the skill that allowed us to do that , I kinda just took a long break.

[@romboloyo]

I think the skill was called “prevention” which would trigger on low hp amd got nerfed.

[@spuddy98]

When you'd be standing in the Arena and see a BP running up to you wearing lvl 1 gear, you knew it was stacked full of mp and the Asal was gonna be brutal. 😅

[@Sweetluckk]

@@spuddy98Asalraalaikum never scaled off int or mp consumption.

[@10SRobson]

@@Sweetluckk The amount of mp you had when casting asal did scale the damage. The simplified formula was str/10 times by mp then +3000 +attack.

[@AccountProto5X]

I never played Flyff, but I remember seeing the banner ads for it on flash game sites and Newgrounds in particular. Being in Southeast Asia, there were even posters advertising it in internet cafes and malls. Somehow, I'm glad to see that it's still kicking, albeit mostly in a different form. So many games that you cover on your channel die in a way that feels tragic, for greed or mismanagement or just the passage of time taking players away to newer cooler games, so it's nice to have the occasional happy ending.

[@janusan89]

Damn, I remember playing this game with friends INSTEAD of studying for my exams. Good memories.

[@YntriCate-vd4ex]

Same😂

[@magsiii6055]

This one hits home especially. Thank you for this episode.

[@TheMathxz]

I'm just glad there is portuguese subtitles to this video, FLYFF was a huge success in brazil and it was my childhood game, i started playing with my brother in law at the time and a while after he quit and gave me his RM i used to play with that account buffing my BP and it was so fun, recently i tried the web version for nostalgia but at the end of the day i just don't have enough time to grind like i used to but i left with a lot of good memories! Ty for this video

[@gameoverhell6952]

Thanks for covering a game I spent a very long time in since the US closed beta! I played the game since October 2005 and at one point even became one of the official moderators (direct content with the GM team at the time) Though I feel like a lot was skimmed through. Sorry this will end up being a long comment. For example, before being a MMO the game was originally being developed as a single player PC game as a passion solo project. The creator is the same who would go to lead another game project called "Arcane" later and he left pretty early before Aeonsoft merged with nFlavor to make GalaLab, and he had some pretty ambitious plans about group airships and expanding air combat (the game used to have a very unfinished aerial combat before it was completely removed later) which were scrapped when he left. The game does feature a couple "endgame" features in form of Guild Sieges that happened once a week and Secret Room runs, both which were exclusive to Guilds. The decline of the game's player activity also started because of bizarre design decisions like forcing server wide PK on every server during the game's then cancelled Version 8 which got enough backlash to make them eventually limit PK to one specific server (Demian in case of US, which would forever be the most "dead" despite having 2x exp and drops). That mess pretty much caused the first small wave of vets leaving, then it happened again in larger amount when they introduced the Awakening system (RNG based easy to apply random stat boots to any gear with wide range) which threw a huge wrench into the game's semblance of class and build balance. Ever since then (Version 11) pvp in particular became extremely broken with a handful of builds (Asaal BPs know what I mean) being the only way for a Guild to stand a chance due to absurd amounts of damage awakening provided. The game was always p2w, but it started making the free content increasingly more punishing with updates, with every new feature added being just a vehicle to push their cash shop sales. Like introducing the Master->Hero system knowing full well players would have a hard time grinding the Master levels normally, thus it came with the introduction of the first "Premium" leveling area, with a free equivalent being filled intentionally drastically tougher monsters to tempt players into leaning towards the real premium area tickets. Some small corrections as well: 1. US Flyff didn't open with 8 servers right away. It started with 2 upon ending its closed beta: Lawolf and Aibatt, each with 4 channels. The subsequent servers would open over the course of 2~4 years since. 2. The first mergers happened during the gpotato era. IIRC 8 US servers became 5. Then there was another one a couple years later due to the decreased player activity. I remember it very vividly because there was a whole system about preserving your character name and such. And I'd argue there were two other additional main factors in the game's loss of player interest and fall from spotlight: 1. Severe lack of money sink combined with rather large amounts of money (penya, not real cash) being generated through the many pve areas meant the economy of every new server opened got very inflated very quickly. I remember in the US servers before Flyff Universe towards the V19 era when majority of the trades were impossible to be done through private shops since everything was costing billions of penya. 2. Before Flyff Universe seemingly fixed this Flyff was full of loopholes in its coding that allowed for very easy to replicate duping and crazier exploits. Pretty much every server in US went through at least 1 mass duping crisis. I remember a lot of vets just quitting at some point due to the lack of confidence in security too, and how poorly the duping was handled by staff. 3. Western players felt like their feedback was not listened to - further corroborated by GMs flat out admitting to mods that the developers would reject 90% of suggestions and struggled fixing the simplest of the bugs. 4. The game became full of bugs, skills that didn't work as they should, etc, a few minor ones that took developers YEARS to fix. Overall you're really not wrong about the items listed for its downfall. I just think a lot more could be said about the game's problems. I've been following this channel for a while though and love this type of content so thank you again for bringing this game to people's attention!

[@litchtheshinigami8936]

i fully relate to this. i also started playing very early on (it was either ver4 or ver5 that i started playing. i'm european though so i was on a different server) i remember the change from v8 wich actually made me extremely anxious playing because i am one of those unlucky people that always ended up on a server where high level players just decided to camp a low level area (from what i remember they only added the PK limiter later on aswell as even Flarine was a breeding ground for higher level trolls that would bully low level players to a point where they eventually made Flaris PK free and put a level 20 tag on it.) i also remember them rolling out some events here and there eventually that gave some limited use items along with teleports to event/paid areas that gave more exp grinding than the regular areas.

[@Zamoxino]

back then when i was very young casual player and meta-pvp stuff didnt rly affect me at all. there was still a thing that pushed me away from flyff... it was a "fix" that prevented you from creating a desync that let you attack from very long range on other player screen. (you could press move with mouse in some direction and instantly press "S" to stop your char on YOUR screen. the problem was that on server side u would still run to the place u clicked... so now if u would give a command to auto attack something behind you on your screen it would look perfectly normal but on server side and other ppl screens u would shoot from that place u clicked with your mouse... not from place where u canceled the movement by pressing "S"... that could end up with crazy situations like you shooting with 4x bigger range... and that bug also worked with melee) fix was deserved for sure but it caused another bigger bug that affected pretty much every player that use melee char. if your char would not stand near its target on server side it would cause you to miss every attack you make till u will get in proper range... so now everything looks fine on your screen but you are missing your attacks for like 1-4secs till server will catch up that u are actually standing in correct distance from your target... cause internet back then was not rly perfect it was RLYYYYY getting bad if u got ping above 70-120 and it was still affecting ppl with "perfect" ping anyway. most melee builds were just auto attacking for whole game so with that update they made grinding experience rly fking terrible

[@gameoverhell6952]

@@Zamoxino The melee bug reminds me of when servers were having this constant position lag making your character teleport several steps back at random. That was the point I gave up playing forever lol

[@Zamoxino]

@@gameoverhell6952 ye thats the part of that bug as well. back then b4 fix it would make your char attack from very far range and ignore position desync. after the fix u would miss the monsters and then get teleported to the place where server think u should be when u will finish your action. if u would try to do the exploit i explained above with new patch u would stand in place on your screen after pressing "S" and then after few secs u would probably get teleported to the place where u clicked... in old patch it would teleport the server side char to the place where u were standing on your screen

[@martyrofgrenth2136]

I grew up playing Flyff and really enjoyed it. Hearing that these days you don't even need to download the game, I actually played it a little bit yesterday night and this morning through the web browser :) It's still pretty fun actually and the music bring great nostalgia!

[@neetenshi]

I thought Flyff was pretty well-known, I heard of it a lot back during my MMO days, though I never gave it a try myself. My main MMO used to be Jade Dynasty, which I would say is a lot less well-known. It wasn't all that great, but the community always kept me going back. R.I.P. JD, at least the private servers still live on.

[@lilo19951995]

I knew Flyff stood for “fly for fun” but I always thought you were supposed to pronounce it “fliff” lmao

[@goldman77700]

That's how I pronounced it and how I believed how most people did.

[@Spielestyler]

Nah, many people say Flyff not "fliff" its basically how you grew up pronouncing it@@goldman77700

[@Ing0r0]

I did the same bro

[@thetimberkit]

Fliff is always how I pronounced it

[@_zealos_8213]

Same here, but closer to "Flife" for me, like "Fly-life." Got a life of flying ahead of you after all

[@midnightpurple]

One of the few games that left a lasting impression on me. I still think about FlyFF every now and then and I'm glad to see it hasn't met a depressing end like most old online games. It's a weird, bittersweet feeling hearing you say the game lives on in various capacity. It's like seeing an old friend - whom you used to be super close with, but just naturally drifted apart - is doing well.

[@Dracowinges]

Ah I remember playing this a whole lot back in the day, really digged the flying hoverboards. Not many games with that. Felt even back then that it suffered from the eastern MMO problem of 'Kill x quests' where X is a big number of enemies places in the vicinity...

[@Flytermo]

This was such a pleasant surprise to see in my feed!!! Flyff was my life throughout my younger days alongside Gunz The Duel. I'm SO stoked that you've now since covered both of the games (and in such delightful regards too!) on your series. Both these games made so many fond memories for me as well as pals I still have to this day. Between checking out a bunch of mmos over the years, my time was always spent after-school gun-slinging in Gunz and then chilling out in Flyff and vice versa. Rinse and repeat ♥ To this day I still kill some time on Gunz private servers once in a blue moon and always go back to enjoy Flyff's incredibly nostalgic music with a quick youtube search and vibe out ❤

[@gothwifefriend]

Did not expect to see a nerdslayer studios death of a game series on the first MMO that i played as a kid. One I found community and joy in, where I made so many friends over the years I played. A game that genuinely shaped who I grew up to be through interactions with so many different people from different walks of life and different countries all over the world. Gods, the memories of playing FlyFF with my friends and guildmates and even strangers sticks with me to this day, a decade and a half later.

[@kennyken6172]

flyff has some of the best mobbing ever. you could run around tapping monsters and drag them all together and then aoe them all down

[@Mokoccino]

I just randomly remembered about Flyff today and googled it, was interesting to know it's (kind of) still available to play, so many memories coming after school hopping on a Skype call with my classmates and flying around grinding mobs. Loved the video and gonna watch more of the Death of a Game series

[@julienfrisson9372]

I am French and I can confirm that in France in 2005 the game was a hit like no other, it was my first mmorpg and my favorite mmorpg today, just a shame that it was never modernized like WOW which it is modernized all the time, while flyff for fun, the more time passes, the more the game becomes more like nothing. Same when gpotato and all the players left, no one at the end of the 2000s was still motivated to stay on the game which was dated on all levels. Honestly it was a joy and I will remember this mmorpg all my life! It's clear to me that other MMORPGs today are just 100 times better.

[@defrte]

May i suggest rappelz for this series ? The pet system is iconic and lives rent free in my head. I was around when the first angel and cerebus was tamed, it was such a flex

[@hiro45ful]

This game was so cool! My cousin introduced me this game a long time ago! Unfortunately time does not sit weel with this, but sad that Flyff 2 was not even mentioned on video.

[@kyleyu9543]

This game was my eye opener to MMORPG, I remembered going to an internet cafe I was may 10, and saw someone playing, I was so amazed. This game will always be in my heart.

[@Artenuga]

was WAITING since discovering your channel for this one

[@ejlorbz]

Finally someone making a vid on Flyff. This was my first MMORPG ever and one of the first PC games I’ve played. It was incredible as a kid realising I can play a game with so many people at the same time just doing their thing and you get to meet them. I remember I would know most people farming the same mobs in the area since it took really long to level up in flyff. I wish modern MMOs go back to the levelling and the journey than the speedrun to end game.

[@AniDeMax]

Flyff was basically the first MMORPG i've ever played so many great memories

[@Y0y0Jester]

First off: Excellent video. Really wonderful job, perfect narration, stellar research. Second: I want to write a comment on Flyff but I can't because I feel this weird blend of overwhelming emotions in my stomach. Something about the game is simply magical. Its distinctive style, the font, the colors, the UI, the early armor and class design, they absolutely nailed everything IMO.

[@domitabs]

Watching this while playing Flyff Universe! I originally played it from 2006. -2008. Good times.

[@fawli86]

Ahhh sooo many fond memories. The battle theme and the busy streets of Saint Morning, partying at level 40+ at those marionette mobs alongside the totems and those waterbulls. There was a time when mobbing was still legit even for a mage especially for an elementor. those nasty dual wielders during guild vs guild and psykeepers who root you for days. but above all, it's the consta-party that reached level 100+ while making friends along the way as we level up together.

[@Flamec45]

My childhood. Flyff was the first eastern MMO I ever played. It also exposed me to a huge genre of music with songs like the SaintMorning field theme in your vid. Good times with this game I remember leveling up and unlocking psykeeper and regretting not going elementor

[@TheDuckofLaw]

thanks for this series - I've really enjoyed them all

[@Dustyxz]

Amazing game. Flyff was the first MMO game I was introduced to with my older brother, it was truly some good days and bonding with him and random players online. I was like 8 around that time, growing up with this game definitely changed me as a person and I always return to it year after year. I'm 23 now... time really goes fast, I miss it so much.

[@Dustyxz]

The most painful memory for me was seeing everyone slowly go offline throughout the years. No goodbyes, no updates or any sign of leaving... I really wish them well.

[@ambergalaxy25]

Are we the same person? Lol, my brother showed me and I was around 7 or 8 I think. 24 now. It became a big thing when I showed all of my friends in the neighborhood. BP was my fav overall. Psykeeper's hovering mechanic was so satisfying. I think a psykeeper was the first I got to 60. This was the game I've probably devoted the most to in my life.

[@Bruce_Mazi]

Subscribed to the channel years ago waiting on this one (that pipe dream type beat) and its finally here 😮

[@Whiteshade]

I still remember grinding with my friend as Billposter and Ringmaster class. I nearly played every mmo at those times but I played the Flyff, Knight Online and Tales of Pirates mostly.

[@BennyS515]

My first mmo ever always go back to it now and then for the nostalgia. nice video!

[@Bee-rt5qf]

AHHHHH. I saw the RO one and knew you’d have this one. I played this with my younger brother, we had a blast and we bonded so much over it. Lots of good memories ❤

[@Fuerwahrhalunke]

Just the music... Goosebumps everywhere. This was my youth.

[@HeadsetHistorian]

Really glad you covered this! I didn't know it at all but very important part of gaming history.

[@SiliconChipCookie]

I remember having very little patience for the grinding back in the early days. But whenever I go chilling in the game, I would go listening to its music and just look at pretty aesthetics.

[@pepsikthelegend8367]

Tears of Sadness and Joy, thank u for covering this, this game was my childhood

[@roviH]

This game was the first MMO I actually really got into when I was a kid. Thanks for this video, it brought back a lot of memories.

[@BrownieSyndrome]

God damn, the music from this game took me right back. I remember my brother introducing me to this game, and I spent the entire summer indoors on the computer grinding away. Left if for a long long time then one lonely day at Uni I was checking out private serves, starting play DopeFlyff and then before soon was a GM there for a few years. (Shoutout to anyone who remembers Dopeflyff).

[@litchtheshinigami8936]

i have so many good memories of this game. playing during one of the events and managing to get my first character to 60 while playing with someone else and having a blast. i've met a ton of people ingame and ended up playing a ton with them however unfortunately none of those old characters even exist by now however the memories will forever be locked within myself

[@shadiafifi54]

I swear, I would never have known about half of these games if it weren't for this channel. Great work as always, NS!

[@Wrathgir]

Man I was on Flyff alot back when it was version 6-8 I believe. My ex bf got me into it around the time I was finishing up college. Back at Version 6 you didn't have points to put into your tree of abilities. You had to use them and that is how you maxed them out. I was what people called a Ringmaster on there. Every day I would see other Ringmasters spamming heal on themselves in town constantly. Then when in I believe it was either version 7 or 8 they added the putting points into the ability trees. They made everyone change to that setting. To me was a weird move cause you had less points to spend on abilities and seeing as most Ringmasters had them maxed at this point, made it significantly harder to find someone to lvl with. I had a Knight that turned me down cause I didn't have max buffs/heals. Which to me you have to now be lvl 120 (or whatever lvl it is) to get maxed on all your abilities. To me I thought using the abilities was a great way to max them rather than spending points. At that time it was actually unique for a MMO to do. Most of them had the skill tree stuff or lvling to get there to that ability. Also I noticed when Flyff Gold came out here, they also changed some quests. So in the older versions of Flyff when you would go and get your flying mount, they had it to where you had to build the broom to fly on. You had to find 3 pieces to do so and it was quite a fun little quest at first. When Flyff Gold came out though they changed it to where they practically tell you how to fly and hand you the flying mount ability. Kinda made it so dumbed down and more like "here you want to fly right? have a broom/board and get out of my face." One thing I have to point out, yes there is a story. Though unlike most MMO's the story is just readable on their website (well least it use to be). It was about these 4 clowns that ruled over the lands or something. Trying to recall the full story, but they were evil and one of the events back in version 6 had one of the NPC's (Bill) was kidnapped by one of the clowns of the world and we had to go find and save him. Though where we went to rescue him was in a cave where there was hordes of boss monsters that were spawned (including the big one Clockworks). Well it was loads of fun back in the day. The GameMasters (or some of the devs at the time for the US version) would come in and make appearances and also one of them was the forum moderator. Yeah those were the days...Though I hear they do that now in the newer one, which I am glad cause that also made it a bit more special than just another grinding game. The one big flaw of Flyff IMO was the theft. So it wasn't hard to log in or transfer items to other players. I got hacked all the time sadly and lost my Cash shop Items. I had that buff pet shown there that was X900 evil tron that was taken. I bought it one year for my birthday and about a year later it was gone. They didn't have items locked to the account so it was so easy to take things. You had to either constantly changed passwords or always be on to not be hacked. Other than that I didn't think cash shop items were that bad really on there. Other than the buff pet I just had cosmetic items and sometimes the full shouts for a month. I liked playing hide and seek sometimes or trying to get a trivia game together. Yeah I liked coming up with random stuff to do. Heck I could go on and on gushing how I had an amazing Guild in the game and the music. I was apart of the guild GodHunterZ and I was one of their main Ringmasters. I would help the guild leader on many lvling excursions, and also he just hung out with us in the old PVP arena outside Saint Morning. Considering this was a free to play game, I had tons of great fun over the years. I even at one point had an idea for a game that was simular to flyff in many ways, but I never created it. Also I dunno what it is, but I don't mind the style they went with for their MMO. It could just be me though.

[@moonmun]

Man. FLYFF... I remember playing it in computer cafes and trying really hard to reach level 30 or something I forgot--to be able to fly with the hoverboard. Once I was able to fly, I just lost interest slowly cos I was happy nyooming around xD Def one of the few games that allows combat while flying.

[@chozer1]

This game was one of the first games i ever played back in like 2006 along with runescape warcraft 3 and later league of legends. good times

[@magsiii6055]

I know I already commented, but hearing all the music brought out some core memories and damn, I really should find a pserver to play around in.

[@iamxamy]

Thanks, this video brings such a nostalgic vibe

[@tae912]

6:26 wow... These songs and esp this one takes me back... I used to play this with my older sister during my childhood. I am 32 now and this still hits hard 😊

[@callumlauder6468]

Great video bro! Look forward to watching you're channel grow and can't wait for the next upload

[@nerdSlayerstudioss]

More to come!

[@SaedGanayem]

Wow, the nostalgia is real. i played Flyff since 2006 Thank you for the video

[@ncrtrooper7153]

I miss this game all the time but remember the grind, so I stop missing it.

[@scymension]

I've been coming back to flyff every now and then since I was introduced to it in 2008. No MMO has ever caught me as much as this one even if the grinding gets too much at some point, it's always fun to start again

[@Rika731]

Played this game a TON in middle school and I had a great partner in crime I would level with, share accounts with, and we even built a third shareable account between the two of us. Felt like we had the game mastered even though we never did clockworks or anything but grind. I vividly remember some long into-the-night hours-long conversations with people who I wonder about even today. Special game to me and got me through a hard part of my life also.

[@xianeli8473]

Used to play this with my family, I barely remember anything about it but I have huge nostalgia for this game.

[@Drayle88]

Flyff was my first MMO. I never could afford the pay parts, but I had so much fun making characters and discovering classes. I never knew they frontiered Flying tho, thats super cool. Excellent research as always.

[@line4381]

The sound track will always have a special place in my heart ❤

[@RedCruuve]

I'm not joking when I say this, but I started playing Flyff when I was 5 or 6 years old, and it was an mmo that me, my dad, and my brother played religiously at the time (my dad put a lot of money into it IIRC). It was also my first exposure to an anime artstyle. Even the simple stuff like the item/skill icons make me feel nostalgic. For these reasons, it will always have a place in my heart

[@Ori-Sal]

I played for round 5 years in the middle school . I remember i was in guilds, parties and friends round the world. Was super exited to get HERO. Me and my cousin were playing together. I was a jester with yoyo, he was a ringmaster. We loved playing together. Doing CW, Fight in the arena and just handing our there. Creating shops at night haha, Its been 16 years ago and the game still rocks! (Iceped)

[@dustinmartin3549]

I remember this game on my list of free to play games I played as a kid, it was fun.

[@SidneyLaRose]

I remember spending hours on the family phone with my childhood friend, looking at the computer's screen as the game downloaded ! We played this game soooo much back then. Great memories

[@KCOCGOD-SKCUSLRIG6669]

I cant forget powerleveling using Knight's Power Stomp on top of a mushroom while a mob of Mushpoie are gathered below. A very simple game yet a lot of fun. Good times.

[@ambergalaxy25]

or elementor tanking like 20 mobs in dungeons that were 20+ levels above while turning to throw an attack before running again

[@Pofflecake]

This was my first ever mmo I played, I absolutely loved it, the community it had was amazing, I used to have some of the best rm buffs on the server and used to hang out at bang hill with my other friends helping newbies by buffing them

[@ahicks2048]

Almost makes me want to cry. My first mmo it had everything i ever wanted in a game and turned me on to the genre. Given the time in my life when i found it and my thought process, i think at this point im searching for an experience that i'll never find again.

[@tomokig2655]

I played this game for some time when it started in Germany. This game hit a certain spot - it had an anime-style, you could fly (for fun) and the setting was somewhat relaxing. It was a fun experience and I had some nice experiences. But after a while the game has become a grind-fest which lost me and I continued my MMORPG travel to new horizons and games. I tried this game a few years ago after changing their publisher but the magic was simply gone.

[@lightzang1303]

I remember playing classic FlyFF a lot when I started high school. Whenever a "Dropbox Event" started, I got up an hour before I had to go to school, and just grind out monsters till I got a dropbox. I remember opening one box near the end of the an event and scoring a Pick Up Pet! I never forgot that special gaming moment! (BTW, that pick up pet was a kitty!)

[@toysoldier6093]

I remember all the ads on sites like Newgrounds back in the day, but I never played. Nevertheless, it's good to hear a story about an MMO that has flown gracefully into the sunset.

[@sunyavadin]

I do love learning about these lesser known games that completely passed me and anyone I know by, but had pretty strong cult followings.

[@PantaPomf]

This game is full of nostalgia for me and my early teen years. I hated the grind, but the community was one of the best I've ever played in an mmo with such cool and fun systems. It's a shame you didn't touch upon the music, because of how good it was, and iirc Flyff was one of if not the first mmo that had it's own seperate battle tracks that would fade in and out of combat.

[@nunyabusinesss1476]

Wow I had never even heard of this game until now. Ty for the info as always :D

[@xphasis4258]

I loved the Video. Will there also be a Video about Rappelz anytime?

[@guigui22s]

Man one fondest of the memories I have about Flyff was its (original) skill system! It was pretty unique because to master a skill you had to use the skill. This meant that it was really grindy but man it takes me back to the mid 2000s.

[@Eldnoa]

This game was a core part of my childhood, my best friend BIX and Sheeber bonded in flyff and even used to sell tanking services instead of doing Homework!!! ahhhh Good Times

[@Xubelo]

I adored this game. I am from the UK & would play with random people from Japan 😂 I also played with a friend from Belgium. It really was a great childhood game. I suppose everything is good as a child. My favourite game was always Zelda but I loved the style of Flyff. My Belgian friend introduced me to it &, at the time, it was surreal how big it was for me (& the idea of playing online with anyone).

[@GalaxyV39]

Been a while since I've heard about Flyff, I have good memories of playing this game with my brothers with my lvl 20 acrobat

[@T3hXinro]

I absolutely loved this game back in the day! My brother played Maple Story and I played Flyff. The yoyos were the coolest weapons in any game.

[@AdrianePonsaran]

I’ve been playing Flyff again, and it’s so convenient how u can just play on the internet browser. I love experiencing the nostalgia, reminds me of when I was a kid. I got to meet with other players who played the original versions as well. And we made a guild! I recommend u guys give it a shot

[@Sorias_Sire]

I remember playing this game back when i was a teenager but never really being able to get properly into it, i always got burned out trying to grind the buff class to unlock flying which took hours/days of just mob farming for exp. I even went as far as to count how much exp each monster gives each level just to know how many i would have to kill to level up xD

[@Jaxiedits]

the soundtrack is so good it keeps me coming back 15 years later

[@UltimateSafireSun]

FWC server made a lot of people come back to the game this year. I do wonder what the future holds for flyff universe after the event server is done tho, great video!

[@OgBear447]

It’s funny I came back and felt this way and you make a video lmao

[@blodhthringa]

I played this game all the time when I was younger. I am so glad that Flyff Universe exist based on version 7 of the game. I have played it a few times and the nostalgia trip is great.

[@nutsa575]

My childhood game, so many memories. The soundtracks are still some of my fav

[@Jlmetante]

Im happy to be playing this game again with unlimited time at home, no more paying to cafes but I miss all my childhood friends. Im now level 40 while working full time in corporate lol

[@lanoche]

Nostalgia lol. First game that made me actually buy a Video card to play it on and set me in the path of learning how to build PCs. I bought a GT8800 to play this game and didn't know you had to plug BOTH power connectors and I was wondering why the game and my pc was running shit. Brought it to Best Buy's geek squad and got told I had the wrong power supply and they were surprised my pc didn't blow up. After that I researched and learned lol.

[@asiandeyu5737]

nooo, :( this was my childhood. So many memories and dramas and life long friendship were made here.

[@narutogoku2767]

Everytime i feel pure nostalgia with this game im 21 ive played this since i was 7 yrs i think and damn i miss it sometimes

[@acertainmysteriousvirtuoso6150]

Man I remember this game back then when I'm still a kid, haven't played it though only watched my older cousin and his friends play. Man early 2000's is so nostalgic.

[@Byrd_Gaming]

i loved this game man ngl, went back for a level up event a few years ago and got 3rd, Solid memories.

[@seanbacatan5097]

Man, thanks for making this video. This was the game that made me an MMORPG player. Shoutout to the FLYSWATTER guild in the PH server!

[@Infarlock]

That was my first and only MMORPG I ever played, what an amazing game I named myself BattleRM and I wasn't even a battle ringmaster :D I was a normal INT one, and renaming yourself was so expensive Had a good close friend in Aibatt server called SnowFlake which was an archer, was cool. I exploited the hell out of that free Gpro Spro Apro for people who logged in, became rich af after I held them for years and resold for like x4 the price they were at that time. Good game, sadly it will never be the same as it was, we all grew up

[@aurelien1695]

Flyff, literally my childhood, but now only private server are good to play

[@fremzter]

This game was pure joy, you actually get to interact with random players. The flying was so satisfying and I did more flying than fighting sometimes lol.

[@valtterilyytinen13]

I sometimes just tryed to "find new places" 😂 i was sure there was More land over the clouds in the maps 😂 oh the good old days

[@drantino]

oh man this game i remember play this a lot, highest i got was a lvl 68 elementor that had a tank focus(could rivel knights) with how much i shoved into health. infact this game was where i created my current username and have made it my focus user name for a long time now. i even still remember a lot of the 1-70 spawns vary destinctly because of doing it more then a few times. the game did suffer from a intense amount of grind that for like 5 mins of work wasnt even 1% a lvl in the later portions of the game, and experiencing the Pservers says that it just got worse considering the 130 range is when it felt like how the 60 range was on the main server. their are a few things that i do still fondly remember like you interact with the combo system, being able to setup unique effects with what you feel is needed gave it much more intrege even without the forced combo structure of some because it gave increased cast speed for what you put in the combo

[@ghostlymoth5653]

I absolutely am here again to recommend Remnant Knights. It didn't last very long but I loved it growing up and I really think it deserved more time to grow. The music is *chefs kiss*.