So I got Invited to the Dawntrail Media Tour...

[@kiiturii]

bro unironically the best mediatour video, with how heavily edited down all the other ones I've seen have been, I thought something more casual like this wasn't allowed to be made and it had to be purely informational showing off new features

[@ExileTwilight]

They were allowed 40 minutes of footage I think? So that's probably why most are so heavily edited.

[@kiiturii]

@@ExileTwilight woops uploaded about 1 hour 5 minutes of footage at least

[@fancymustache3793]

​@@ExileTwilight somebody spent several hours for the dyes and clothing so 40 minutes is not all they had actually

[@puraasneira]

I didn't even know they could explore the zones and kill the marks

[@ExileTwilight]

@@fancymustache3793 40 minutes of footage they could show* is what I meant.

[@xXellasaurusXx]

seeing your lalafell without the big eyebrows at 1:00 feels so jarring, she's like a cryptid

[@OmenOfStorms]

because of watching cider spider I have toto put on the caterpillar eyebrows or it just looks weird

[@hazardyoutube1121]

i forgot it was eye paint because of cider lol

[@chibiwibi]

it looks horrifying

[@CiderSpider]

Finally, some media tour content! I had a prior engagement which prevented me from preparing videos ahead of time. Hope you all haven't burned out on media tour footage yet! >:D What are you looking forward to the most?

[@kitt8132]

Wait, didn’t you upload this earlier today? I swear I watched this video like 4 hours ago.

[@SmurfRockRune]

@@kitt8132 He did, very briefly. I was gonna get to it after I finished what I was already doing and it was gone by the time I was ready to watch it.

[@Maria_Erias]

I'm looking forward to new glams, new furniture, a new deep dungeon, and whatever Bozja-like thing they've got planned. I'm sure the story's going to be great, but we all know that real end game is looking good in a good-looking house.

[@EllieBerryPie]

This will be my first expansion and I’m very much looking forward to learning all the job changes

[@cj_skywalker]

Looking forward to joining the Clan of #guyswhoplayfemmelalasbecausetheyareuglyinreallife (I've seen your streaming with full body camera, don't deny it. Don't worry, I have the face of a troll so we can both be female doll girls trying to hide our ugly. ;p And yes, I've played mostly Lalafells of both genders so I recognized your dance as that of the female Lala. [The booty shaking is female Lala dancing while the male Lala does an Irish jig.]) But seriously, I am kicking myself for not spending more time in FFXIV catching up on stuff. I'll probably just binge play a marathon of nothing but for the rest of the week to get all those raids, alliance raids and trials cleared so I can play as Pictomancer in Endwalker MSQ. XD)

[@epiceric9]

The Wesk Alber x Cider Spider crossover I've been waiting for

[@TrueChaoSclx]

Here lies Cider Spider's street cred. Gone but not forgotten, dead at the hands of a cruel games journalist.

[@Crane-u6p]

and now that same journalist has caused a bunch of healers to boycott healing until changes happen

[@TrueChaoSclx]

@@Crane-u6p not sure what you're referring to, but I'm a healer who's been pretty unhappy with the state of healers for years, so.. based.

[@Crane-u6p]

@@TrueChaoSclx there was an article that posted and some Reddit posts saying some healers are boycotting healing until tanks either get less healing or healers gain a bigger dps rotation

[@rustyjones7908]

​@@Crane-u6p translation: a games "journalist" saw some unpleasant nerd complaining and used it as an ai prompt.

[@AkaAkoVT]

@@rustyjones7908 What bugs me is how accurate that might well be. I used to be a journalist... but got laid off after the site started using more and more AI "assistance". Not especially happy about that :P

[@reprogremTTV]

Memes or not, I'm glad you got to do this! Honestly, I think just seeing you dink around is much better than someone mapping out optimal rotation A, B, or C, because it's almost certainly what the average player is going to be doing once this releases. Full on 'oh what's that over there? okay what can I do here? hey what's that!' and so on. You did a lil bit of everything and had fun with it, that's the important part.

[@Val_Grnnx]

That sounded like a biblically accurate Wesk Alber

[@OilFreeFeathers]

Sounded more like a hormone drug addict.

[@sinom]

I really love that you basically just made your normal type of video but in dawntrail

[@lukethefluke7]

9:00 shout out to the chad who replied to you "THEN WE DIE LIKE MEN"

[@mulefatelluri]

22:08 oh hey it's the Grinding Gear boys!

[@Author_Gamer]

Podcast invite incoming???😏

[@jgswweet]

Hey dude! It was a great time playing with ya, it's a shame I wasn't able to get you some footage of the S-rank in the other zone - it would've been really cool to have that cataloged before launch.

[@CiderSpider]

it shall remain a mystery

[@GhostAeonWolf]

was it S rank or A rank? that wasp looked more like A rank.

[@thomasm.2360]

Good that the game journalist helped those mentors with the boss

[@MrGoofyGooberson]

James will be remembered for his heroic acts in the media tour

[@wavypavy4059]

Finally, an angry baby to answer the big questions like what lalafel bedsheets look like

[@Iceyicez]

Bit weird that's your first question.

[@thaliauliasz6479]

Sooo true! No one else could answer this question. The fact he did it just for kicks was really funny 😆

[@miraihibino1277]

This is unironically the only video from the DT media tour that I know of that actually shows of the FATEs and shows of some changes. Bicolor gemstones confirmed, the exp bonus now also seems to boost the amount of bicolor gemstones you get AND it seems stackable. 16 gemstones is the norm, but you got a boost first up tp 20 at 23:08 and then the FATE immedietly after with it rewarding 24 so yeah something is going on here and whatever it is I'm loving it. Looking forward to max out my shared FATE level again!

[@SoraShadowdancer]

I think that different FATE types give different amounts of gemstones. I don't think it's related to the maiden at all. But. I might be completely wrong!

[@miraihibino1277]

@@SoraShadowdancer Oh that's also an interesting theory! I'm more inclined to belive it's the buff personally since we see the little arrow next to the bicolour gemstones on the "fate complete" and reward prompt, since that is how it works for the exp buff curenttly. But yeah, guess we'll just have to wait and see!

[@mocmeo4425]

I love how different your contents always are from every other creators for this game, keep it up

[@MsSjofn]

The Ironheart lady is the sightseeing NPC this time around, all of the not-ShB sightseeing log NPCs are members of the Ironheart family.

[@andilus]

Mizzteq at 5:07! Name matches her media tour character name. Honestly, this video gives me a really good sense of what experiencing the expansion will be like, a really nice complement to all the info videos out there.

[@Nazuiko]

Fem highlander on Paladin with white hair? Thats definitely the Mizz herself

[@SynodicScribe]

I'm so incredibly jealous. lol

[@Caktoz]

A crime that they didnt invite you as well

[@normalmighty]

I hope they invite you next year. I feel like we got a mostly good spread of everything, but were left kind of light on environmental lore insights.

[@dragonboyexz]

Probably to prevent leak from you manage to figure the plot.

[@Tom-Pendragon]

The fact they didn't invited you is a disgrace D:

[@Soyboythoughts]

Im pretty sure i saw you in a mentor roulette

[@JDiduhDee]

0:51 that was arthars' catgirl lmao

[@FreshLexo]

He was there day 1. Cider was there day 2.

[@kayomarsali]

he says it was LlamaTodd's near the end, so still one of the people who did the no healer run.

[@NiveusMilitis]

Welcome to Tural! I like swords. Welcome to Tural! I like swords.

[@ShakalDraconis]

.... you just sent me back 20 years, well done.

[@hentaidude666]

.....8 bit theatre?

[@rabid_si]

@@ShakalDraconis HADOKEN!

[@TrexelCat]

@@rabid_si Fighterdoken!

[@Zelkiiro]

I hope it involves keeping your pants on.

[@droppedcombofiend2707]

Videos like this are why you're my favorite FFXIV creator. Everyone else's videos are very informative, but this is so much more genuine. It gave us something the others didnt. More like what the game is actually like, rather than just stats.

[@ShakalDraconis]

0:39 - Lil' JC immediately spotted.

[@SoraShadowdancer]

That "HE'S WEARING PAJAMAS" party chat during the first dungeon boss, lmao. Adorable. I have no idea who typed that, but, adorable.

[@goodsherbear]

Hey a Wesk Alber cameo!

[@Myrtneough]

Do I hear potential collab?

[@Decode04]

No one else seems to have noticed that you're getting 16 Bicolor Gemstones, and in previous expansions we were only getting 12, so you did bring new information that I didn't see anywhere else

[@Phaxallion]

I love that it looks like killing a forlorn maiden increases the amount of bicolor gemstones you get (one he got 20, so a bonus of 4) and the next one he killed with the buff gave him 24 so a bonus of 8. That's a huge boon for bicolor gemstone farming.

[@SapphireDragon357]

ShB gave 12, EW is 14. Makes sense DT will be 16.

[@koopa_kicker]

Gemstone cap raised from 1000 to 1500 too

[@SoraShadowdancer]

He got 24 for one of them. I think they might be scaling them based on FATE type. Big bosses being 24, helper quests being 16, and bunch of little mobs being 14. Would encourage people to do the helper quests, which tend to be ignored.

[@Phaxallion]

@@SoraShadowdancer I don’t think so cause he did a couple of boss fates and only got 16 for those. Only the ones with forlorn maiden and the following one while having the buff gave a bonus in bicolor gemstones.

[@Blubbii88]

From all the media tour videos, this got me the most excited for dawntrail. It was simply like playing yourself and exploring the world.

[@FelixSunblade]

This media tour video made me even more excited to play Dawntrail because it showed someone actually just having fun with what they enjoy about the game. I can't wait to get in and spend hours walking around zones and finding new stuff, not analyzing my job's rotation.

[@AngelMercury]

Really loved your relaxed meme version of the media tour. It feels like a player perspective, very fun and relatable. I hope they have you back next time.

[@TuftyTaltan]

I really like that "having the worst hotbars" is such a universal feeling. Everyone deserves the chance to make their screen scuffed as hell

[@rune_prism]

the zones are downright gorgeous. despite being similar to thavnair, they still manage to feel wholly unique whilst still retaining some of that jungle-esque/heavy foliage beauty. i'm very much looking forward to being able to explore them :D yours is the first (and only) media tour video i've watched, so i wasn't sure what to expect from it either, but the stuff available is pretty cool! getting to mess around in the zones and look around to your heart's content is pretty damn fun, even if you weren't able to find more marks within the 10h limit

[@Zero-ELEC]

Elsebee Ironheart is definitely the sightseeing log NPC! In the Source, all of the sightseeing logs are handled by members of the Ironheart family! Ironheat is the person who made the maps.

[@CassiusKent]

I actually really appreciate you for just screwing around. Everyone was just so locked in on numbers and rotations it’s nice seeing people get bodied by an overworld mob lol.

[@TheVivi13]

Really says something that even though there's so much media tour information out there, you reading FATE dialogue from the new zone is still interesting and entertaining to me

[@brokenQuins]

Hands down the best media tour coverage out there. This smol baby is such a gem to have within ff community. Thank you 🥺 (With streams also being S+ tier “background noise” material)

[@MalzraAirwynn]

I can't believe nobody but a dungeon boss would dance with you.

[@KadeFaolan]

this was actually super cool. Even though i watched the videos that other content creators made about the actions and abilities, which were also very good btw, i didn't get that same feel that I got from this one. Obviously the memes are always appreciated but seeing you go with the other creators and be like "we're killing this bug, get in here!" was just awesome. Love the video, definitely loved this kind of approach to the media tour.

[@Kitty-Cat]

Looking at the new race ingame: Cider Spider: *I sleep* Grinding achievements: Cider Spider: *real sh!t*

[@hamado8587]

Charity Ninehart looking mighty dapper in that new getup. Kinda hyped for the new content now. Hope they go easy on you regarding the achievements.

[@Veishan]

I'm so glad you and Wesk got invited. You guys are definitely at the forefront of 2020s FFXIV content creation!

[@freikugel663]

The only media tour I've seen so far (and trust). Appreciate the tour, Angy baby.

[@SoraShadowdancer]

Congrats on being invited to the media tour! How exciting! And you got to meet Yoshi-P! Did he remark on your voice at all? I feel like that's one of your most distinctive features. Don't feel bad about memeing around. I think you did exactly what they were expecting you to do and I think they approve!

[@Kriselia]

12:45 Never underestimate A ranks... remember the twerking instakill minotaur?

[@gothicshark]

honestly, so far, my favorite Media tour video, as you actually looked around, most video are people showing rotations, ability changes, and maybe the dungeon. You actually looked and fought random mobs... first look at the bird fish and that weird Croc.

[@stevenscearce]

If you're at all concerned - the "look I'm just going to explore the new stuff" videos are actually kinda rare - this was a joy to watch Very little of the youtube stuff over the last week was someone just going "what's actually out here to mess with" no knock against rotation theorycraft, but I enjoyed the change of focus

[@SirVyre]

Float like a butterfly, get stung by a bee!

[@GMMisha]

"com goes to the Viper for being a Lalafell" FINALLY! embrace Laladom!

[@nayoppi]

one of, if not the best, best videos i've seen from media tour! NOW I'M SO EXCITED FOR DAWNTRAIL!!!

[@trinioler]

Genuinely one of the better forms of MT videos I've seen. This covers a lot more of the actual player experience in dawntrail, and I love it.

[@justinphan3976]

This is best way to present an mmo... play and explore the world

[@sageata_verde]

Unironically the best media tour video i've seen so far!

[@Leon-he1yd]

"All I did was meme" like a true Lala

[@EmilyTempest81]

This was a great video. Your reaction to the jobs would be fun to watch.

[@Aybrix]

I've been watching the job adjustment info pages but it was amusing and refreshing to just see some silly sight seeing too. I'm dummy excited for how PRETTY it's all gonna be!

[@SarahJaneTTV]

Amazing job Cider!!

[@mikechua9560]

Thank you for bringing quality content Cider ... loved the video and the content. It's nice to see just daily life in Tuliyolal even if alot is omitted cuz of Square.

[@aaronsound]

I very much enjoyed seeing you do something else than achievement and mentor videos. Thanks a lot i really liked this :}

[@SirVyre]

Bad Days to be Warrior: 2.0 and 4.0 Bad Days that actually bothered Warriors: File Not Found

[@hockey1973]

9:47. The crossover we didn't know we needed. "When all hope was lost, he descended from the heavens"

[@clymacs9241]

For some reasons you're the person who finally got me curious enough to check a media tour! Glad for what you covered, Cider!

[@slayeroffrog]

its a great video, while I apreciate the folks who did guides, its also great to get a taste of what actual gameplay in the expansion is gonna look like

[@Narrendor]

This was a delightful change of pace what with all the guides and such - more of the casual experience :D

[@LazeeUnicorn]

I love the commitment of you dancing with every living soul (players AND monsters) without discrimination

[@Tolly7249]

Honestly I had more fun watching you meme around and explore than I have with any of the other media tour content. I'm so glad you had a good time and got to meet Yoshi-P! That's so cool!

[@hjordan2814]

30:47 The Ironhearts are the family that gives you the sightseeing log in ARR, and then also add to your log every expansion

[@EllieBerryPie]

Seeing this was the key to me finally understanding your hot bar set up.

[@nospoiler]

Oh don't worry, your hotbars at least still go left to right in the proper way. My HUD is setup with vertical 2x6 bars to put a wider gap every other skill, meaning that my hotbars keybinds on the technical side are like... hotbar 1: 1, 2, shift1, shift2, ctrl1, ctrl2 etc, and then hotbar 2 is: 3, 4, shift3, shift4 etc. It certainly took a lot of rebinding when originally setting up, haha. But it looks nice so worth!

[@Lulink013]

I think mine might be worse because they represent my actual keyboard except the right side of each hotbar is a second copy for alt+key binds. The result looks atrocious even though it's super comfy for my hand that doesn't have to move much from the movement keys.

[@kitt8132]

I swear I watched this already like 4 hours ago.

[@cj_skywalker]

This just came on for me and it's 1:30 in the morning; I should be asleep but I had to support the Spider. ^_^

[@SirthOsiris]

I did see it was up earlier, then disappeared for a bit before I could watch it.

[@MissPoplarLeaf]

I KNEW YOU GOT INVITED when you posted about getting back from vacation!! Congrats and deserved!

[@salemfae]

Oooo yay for s sneak peak at a hunt mark! I can't wait to figure out S spawn conditions with the group :D and the chaotic trains oml

[@markup6394]

30:52 --- I think you'll unlock your sight seeing log with that NPC... I guess if I had the chance to go to such an event... I'd just run around, too XD Havent watch any of the job-related videos, I'll try and learn the new jobs when they release :) Cant wait for all those quests ^.^

[@t-wrecksthenerdasaur7468]

Good on you man, you're moving up in the world ;) I hope Yoshi P continues to shine upon you. While I will probably never actually play FF14 (despite being a long time FF fan) I will live vicariously through your adventures.

[@FuyuYuki92]

I'm just shocked that you recorded yourself doing fates and somehow still made it super entertaining. That's such a skill.

[@kindlessthing]

I'm so happy for you, and proud of you! Keep on keeping on!

[@Xbob42]

This is the quality media tour content I've been wanting, glad *someone* made it!

[@mattwo7]

I like how the legally required watermark says "final" adjustment/changes as though they won't get patched after release.

[@GamingFoodie]

This was my favorite media tour video! Just relaxing and fun. Plus llama murder! Where else can you get this kind of content?! Nowhere I tell you!

[@matthewhostetter8974]

Still very cool that you got to be part of the Media Tour. Thank you for sharing.

[@emperorpancake]

Drowsie is also now my favorite thing in the world.

[@Kazagari]

Like others have said, so awesome you got to be a part of this and show us how to really play the game. Fun seeing a few other recognizable creators there. (Fellow lalafel enjoyer Lil JC while you were momentarily someone's catgirl) Neat Scholar got some similar stuff to Astro, being given a dps thing to do after doing a thing like Strategem/Divination. (not looking forward to what they did to our cards this time though)

[@rowboatcop4451]

Cider you fool thats a manatee, a mammal, not a fish. Loved the vid, and would love to see your class opinions, even if its not thorough, your style is just fun!

[@SoraShadowdancer]

Took me a minute to recognize it, but yes, can confirm. Is manatee. There is also a manatee minion that I very much must have. It's shown after you get your score in the benchmark.

[@The_TylrG]

I like that, when you spawned as a catgirl, you were right next to Jesse Cox. He would have /dance'd with you for sure.

[@Sygness]

Jesse was day 1 iirc. So that was the person who got that account for day 2 and hadn't used their fanta yet. If they'd have danced remains a mystery 😅

[@Edge2177]

Thanks for the coverage Cider.

[@miklymick5]

cider spider doing real god work, learning S rank monster mech to make hunt train easier.

[@ventolivre6945]

2:32 Biblically accurate kneecap destroyer

[@nahliphen]

30:45 anyone with the last name Ironheart tends to be the NPC that gives you the sightseeing log for the current expansion

[@Sephalia]

I appreciate that you went in and just played the game. Refreshing after just hearing all about the new job skills which I frankly don't care about all that much. Certainly not as much as TWENTY PLUS BICOLOR GEMSTONES are you kidding? Now THAT'S a game changer.

[@kizu00]

thanks for showing something different than viper and picto ^^

[@ArtForSwans]

Once again Cider Spider releases a video teaching me things that others didn't, except this time it's unreleased stuff. Nobody even mentioned that the new tomestones are called Aesthetic or even tried to fight a hunt mob lmao

[@Jaciekakes]

Other media tour videos: rotations, interesting new features of classes. Angry Baby: lets get started on the achievements I guess

[@meriwidget3474]

Definitely a unique look at the media tour! I'm so glad you got to go and meet Yoshi-P! Well earned!

[@LuckyRyo9989]

There’s something oddly wholesome about probably all these content creators practicing with the new jobs for videos but coming out to do a hunt. Feels like how the game is intended haha

[@lilyabrams3547]

Definitely interested in seeing your reaction to the job changes

[@KrystinaTheAlien]

I really like how you didn't focus on the job changes and showed some more overworld things. Good to know I can continue farming bicolor gems in preparation

[@infamoushavoc3590]

I'm only 11 minutes in and this is one of my favorite Media Tour vids. I hope you get invited again!

[@patz_ferreira]

i’m so happy that you got this opportunity. you deserve it cider!!!! hope you know that ❤

[@highlycaffeinated998]

6:41, he was finally forced to heal with the proper fairy on SCH

[@HildeTheOkayish]

I like how you just played around. so many people focused on the jobs, which is good ofc! i want to know that. but i also want to know how just playing around will feel :p it is what i will be doing after all. and you are the only one i have see doing that yet

[@Cragon]

Your hunt research is much appreciated!

[@DilainMedia]

Grats on getting invited to the tour. Real excited for the expansion.