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[@firockfinion3326]

>Does nothing in the character creator except raise the bust slider to maximum. I feel called out.

[@schwarzerritter5724]

And yet, the character is still flat as a board.

[@Dasmesee]

@@schwarzerritter5724 Not if your FemRo . Let's just say they take real advantage of the slider 🤤🤤

[@bahamter]

@@schwarzerritter5724 Hello Lalafell.

[@TITAN_101]

As a person who started as a cat-girl but changed to a really short Fem-highlander, boob envy is a thing I didn't think I could have... & I'm a guy IRL the fuck Square-enix

[@WhiplashSL]

Honestly, the bust size for most of the female races are fairly large (with Lalafels being the exception, since their bust size is either flat or slightly less flat). I play as a female Au Ra with a bust size of 60 (I think?) and my character’s breasts resemble either B or C cups (probably closer to B cups). I’m sure that if I raised them to 100, it would look more like D cups, but I know femRoes at max are ridiculously large (as well as their overall height).

[@Dewkeeper]

"The story is not optional" * Tries to leave * 🔫🤠 "Did I stutter?"

[@ismirdochegal4804]

yes. But not fast enough.

[@jetnight88]

Ugh 😡

[@synopsix9729]

something about a cowboy aiming a squirt gun is somehow more threatening

[@Volkbrecht]

It's what made me quit after a week or so of quite enjoying the pretty landscapes.

[@I_Crit_My_Pants]

@@Volkbrecht I mean you could just skip through the dialogue and cutscenes you're not interested in... forced cutscenes and forced dialogue are few and far between.

[@Tijuanabill]

The chat box is 100% accurate. Final Fantasy writers are so talented, they can write one sentence worth of dialogue, in only 47 dialogue panels.

[@Pompadourius]

And yet still come out better for it than the WoW novel series that has taken priority over its in-game story.

[@Tijuanabill]

@@Pompadourius Pretty much. But from what I can tell from Nobbel videos, those books suck too.

[@margotrosendorn6371]

Clearly Urianger is head writer lol

[@Tijuanabill]

@@margotrosendorn6371 "Indeed". 🤣🤣😂😂

[@Longlius]

"I'm a seasoned MMO player, I don't need to know about WASD" *10 minutes later* "what the FUCK is a leve?"

[@backgroundcharacterj5071]

I'm maxed out on all of my melee dps and I still don't know what that is to this day

[@axelvoss9653]

Having finished ARR and played for roughly 500 hours I can safely say no one needs to know what leves are.

[@2Shiba]

Leve is approximately 10k worth of gill. - Average carrot nibble enthusiast

[@MrKt25]

5 secs of character creation. What a Guinness World Record level.

[@DuoSpear]

Meanwhile me customizing for 2 hours

[@judicatorhurayth1927]

Incredible@@DuoSpear

[@amunago080]

Friend of mine just went with defualt, I think alot of just trying it out people put in minimal effort.

[@Tufmuo]

Демпинг.

[@anonymoose2210]

Priorities

[@d.3nd352]

Carbot: "skips cutscene" Final fantasy players: "So you have chosen Death"

[@Pironesia]

Ngl i cried a little

[@aquabreeze7612]

Sprout mistake, they’ll learn.

[@kiraakashiya7986]

I thought the same thing I was like noooooo

[@Redymare]

A collective gasp was audible that day.

[@bikerboy3k]

It's literal fucking garbage until you hit heavensward. So much useless shit it's mind numbing

[@JoCat]

welcome to the club

[@MontegomeryLoL]

Collab when?

[@bigsmerf8158]

hi jo!

[@alrown7476]

It'd be funny if you sneak a warcraft toon into your crap guide to dps video, in carbot style ofc.

[@SirFuzzi]

This crossover happens in my fanfic, you don't even understand.

[@Sultschiem]

@@MontegomeryLoL canon ship, when?

[@Taylor-cu1ki]

Carbot: "skips cutscene", Final fantasy players: "Surprised tataru face"

[@jackiedoherty1716]

cutscenes are 80% of the games

[@josephrichmond4506]

It's necessary for the video length; I think he was implying with the dialog that the player accidently clicked yes.

[@patricknguyen4848]

@@jackiedoherty1716 True i don't have time for lore in rpg mmos, gotta start whaling for top 1 prizes.

[@corvoattano8567]

Carbot plays like a complete degenerate

[@xaendark]

@@corvoattano8567 you mean "a man of culture"

[@Oxxyjoe]

"Before I was a champion of the kingdom, I was quite a bust slider."

[@kyero8724]

@I care I dont get it

[@Turha101]

@@kyero8724 Seems like a spammer

[@ManteIIo]

BOOBA size all that matters! 😅

[@Yorukin]

"Alright, welcome to Gridania, sprout! Let's get you started on a long and very involved story quest line!" I kinda want to explore... "Did I stutter?"

[@Vonbva]

the story line make you explore EVERYWHERE, that's a final fantasy -_-"

[@Limrasson]

@@Vonbva But the quests sort of make sense. In Thanan most quest are related to merchants somehow for instance.

[@unixtreme]

I have to admit this made me quit the game the first time around and not play it for like 6 months...

[@unixtreme]

@@Lucian_Andries report him for spam.

[@DDCRExposed]

Not knowing anything about FFXIV, this helped explain the whole video. Thank you.

[@damianxi4133]

>skip the hints without reading them because you played an MMO before >realize that you don't know how to play your class because you didn't read what ur class gauge does

[@Ryu-tl8vy]

Players who choose lancer and dragoon : "You guys have class gauge ?"

[@damianxi4133]

@@Ryu-tl8vy dragoon have blood of dragon

[@Ryu-tl8vy]

@@damianxi4133 If my memory is not bad, this is not a permanant gauge.

[@kennylee12313]

@@Ryu-tl8vy It's a permanent gauge - only starts at lv 54 though, because that's when you unlock Blood of the Dragoon. At higher levels, you get traits and skills that enable you to keep it up forever if you're pressing your buttons right. That's when you become a DRG with formal training from the motherland. xD

[@damianxi4133]

@@Ryu-tl8vy someone skipped the hint

[@Menelker]

Now I know this is fiction, no one spends less that 30 minutes in their character creator.

[@shadenox8164]

Eh they'll probably finish ARR then use their fantasia and spend an hour on the character.

[@bomjur]

Spent prolly about 5 hours in total, changed main character 3 times with fantasia, created about 20 twinks to test different chars. I really need free character change(

[@Beyondthegalaxies824]

Yes they do

[@shadenox8164]

@@Beyondthegalaxies824 Its a joke dude you can chill out.

[@kristajohnson9173]

@@Beyondthegalaxies824 ^ definitely a dude who played a dude

[@jude_210]

The wow player's biggest enemy: Reading

[@FiendMatadorSlayerOfNoobs]

They can't even read their own quest texts, LOL!

[@davidsabillon5182]

Hey guys, to be fair.... Have you seen the quest text for wow?

[@lucylu3342]

"The beginning of the game? What's that? All I know is endgame." You guys can take your time here, no need to rush lol

[@TeaMMatE11]

"you have to read bro, you have to reeeaad."

[@janusan89]

@@davidsabillon5182 I actually did, i had an addon called Storyline which made the questing a lot more engaging. The quests are surprisingly well written and there's some good story too....too bad not many actually bother to read them!

[@feelgood1839]

New Player: Tutorial is boring let me finish it! Tutorial: Congratulation, Quest is completed. New Player: Really? Tutorial: Yeah You can go now. City 1:13 New Player: No take me back, I'm not ready. TAKE ME BACK!!!

[@pedropereira6888]

First time I check the map I see the gunbreaker quest with level requirement of 60 and I'm already scared ahahahaha

[@Rafael1984]

@@pedropereira6888 Yep, same. I just saw the Paladin's, closed the game. I'm not ready for this kind of game lol

[@christianhagel6835]

At least it was Gridania, not Limsa at night :p

[@jetnight88]

@@christianhagel6835 my god at night? I still have the nightmares

[@jacobkern2060]

@@pedropereira6888 All the expansion jobs (Gunbreaker is one of them) are locked behind you getting to 20 levels under the expansion's level cap. It's to prevent skipping past all the early stuff.

[@commissaradrian9214]

The funny thing is sometimes those starter windows do give information that's necessary but because the ones before them were redundant people just click right past them. Then there's all the stuff that the game doesn't tell you. It's...a lot.

[@seralucii]

During my first try of the game I skipped many annoying help boxes, ending up overlooking astral fire and umbral ice status of the black mage. After realising what happened I now read all skill explanations for every new class I take up

[@YouWillBeHappyOrElse]

Sprout: "Cutscenes and tutorials, yawn, I'm just gonna skip all this..." Sprout in open-world: "Why can't I teleport? What's a market board? Do they just expect me to figure this all out on my own?!" Sprout in dungeon: "Limit Break? What's that? I've never heard of this." Sprout several weeks later: "I DON'T UNDERSTAND ANY OF THIS!!! WHY AM I GOING TO THESE PLACES AND WHO ARE THESE PEOPLE?!" Sprout, reinventing the wheel: "There should be a way for people to learn about this stuff without having to ask other people!" You have no idea how many times I've encountered this.

[@TheLazySamurai]

Literally any game will have a large population of these people, because, "Der, action, play now. No want know how play, just play!"

[@elchikoriko592]

I do enjoy other ppl being miserable out of their own stupidity. Ngl

[@sunstonespice]

One that sticks out to me was I started nerding out with a level 60 PLD main (level cap at the time, I think patch 3.2 was current) over a character that appeared in the Hildibrand quests showing up in PLD job quests and that I loved that stuff and he was so baffled because he skipped every cutscene and bit of dialogue he could as a WoW vet. He skipped…. everything…. boosts weren’t even a thing yet….In *Heavensward*….

[@phoenixred240]

Yup, reminds me of one streamer. So proud of skipping things as she's just here for the raids and yet asks so many very basic questions. Really painful to watch so I skipped her as well lol.

[@stephscottdraws4342]

@@phoenixred240 yeaaaaah.. it does get painful in higher dungeons when a tank has zero idea what they’re doing and you a 2.0 vet have to explain basic tank skills. 😔 like guys.. I get you wanna get to the end, but getting those smith quests at the beginning and learning your class rather than just jumping in with all these skills you have zero idea how to use.. it’s painful. I don’t mind helping, but it’s painful lol.

[@thomassynths]

Buggy: The bust size didn't properly render outside of the character creation screen.

[@MrDezokokotar]

Its the Cyberpunk 2077 way. Look, we have genitals - so spicy, so edgy, so mature. ...but you can only see them on the character screen and nowhere else.

[@GekoHayate]

It does, but most chest pieces after early arr don't utilize your customization choice. There IS a definite difference when using items like the hempen camise though.

[@rennaaa6667]

@@GekoHayate There's a difference on each chest piece, it's just that each chest piece has wildly different default size that then gets altered by the slider, so it's not uniform.

[@Thagesthoughts]

Seeing the orc and night elf having a good time warms my heart.

[@noomloom535]

Oh no its just a roegadyn with sharp teeth and a purple elezen

[@xaarxyc]

@@noomloom535 Even so, it's same two from previous video.

[@judicatorhurayth1927]

Hah!

[@dexteradams6515]

I didnt see that at first but Im glad you pointed it out.

[@blueshell4859]

Look how happy the orc is walking with his new cat girl friend 😊

[@grumblegnome]

I quit years ago and im playing it for about 4 weeks now. There are times where im getting a real quest fatigue. But even then there´s so much other stuff to do. Approaching the game as a "Final Fantasy" game instead of an mmorpg took me a few tries to adapt my former mindset to. But it worked :)

[@aeon5566]

But wait, weren't you enthralled by the main story quest that made you hand out cookies? Best quests in any RPG ever!

[@gigvanity6289]

FFXIV was the first MMO I had played where reading through the guides actually helped me significantly.

[@deanospimoniful]

WoW player: "Wait, you're not supposed to ignore everything until you get to the level cap?"

[@good_playlists]

I feel like this is true but i've also seen a few WoW players that stick around for the story and i love there reacts to it.. FFXIV assumes its everyones first time in an MMO a huge chunk are WoW players right now so they know the basics the help text is just a hassle for most of them lol..

[@deanospimoniful]

@@good_playlists You can turn help text off in the options.

[@Raziel312]

Yeah, that always mystified me when I played WoW. Here is this vast world, full of history and characters. Meanwhile everyone around me is: GOTTA GO FAST! Gotta make my numbers bigger so I can RAID! Raids are where the items with the REALLY big numbers are! EVERYONE WILL BE IN AWE OF MY NUMBERS!! Running the same instance over and over again for those numbers is certainly worth blasting past this living, breathing world I pay a subscription to experience!

[@davidsabillon5182]

@@Raziel312 so what your saying is everyone is basically waiving around their dicks to see who's biggest?

[@C4Hertz]

@@davidsabillon5182 yes, that was the game in a nutshell when i played it 12 years ago, I can't imagine it's changed

[@nerulon089]

The skip cutscene hurts my eyes. But everything is on point. Literally can't see anything, soo much happening in the cities. Which can be a good thing, but really overwhelming for a new player.

[@magnuscarlsson9969]

Yeah before you learn how to reduce alot of the clutter like player names etc. xD

[@rinnnnnnnnnnrin]

The default ui is especially bad on ps4...omg its unplayable by default cause everything on ui is so large. Since 2019 I've completed all the story,raids(not savage) and gotten almost all classes to 80 annddd transferred to pc so i never have to touch that loud and hot garbage console(mine specifically) ever again

[@rinnnnnnnnnnrin]

@@magnuscarlsson9969 yuuuuup

[@rinnnnnnnnnnrin]

@@magnuscarlsson9969 gave up the first time playing in 2018,came back in 2019 and spent the first few hours tweaking everything methodically so i didnt miss anything

[@magnuscarlsson9969]

@@rinnnnnnnnnnrin I've basicly played with the same settings since time immemorial... I honestly forgot alot about how the base UI look like at this point. xD

[@marajango]

I feel like most WoW players are still in this mindset of rushing to endgame as fast as possible because they have been conditioned by Blizz over the years that everything their game has to offer besides the latest expansion is irrelevant and a waste of time. So when they come into FF hot to hit the ground running, the game first off pulls the brakes and tells you "hold up, we do things differently around here" lol

[@DanaTheInsane]

Not me. I enjoy leveling. I am in no hurry to reach maximum level. I want the experience. I am a 13 year (former) World of Warcraft player.

[@pingas4248]

Could you really ascribe wanting to do starting area quests and killing mobs at level 1 to a desire to rush to endgame? FFXIV earlygame story makes you meet a bunch of characters and gives you no incentive to care about them. It does pick up once you chew into it a bit, but just because Blizzard sucks now doesn’t mean we need to clown on people for wanting to play their MMO when they start it.

[@frophix3880]

You need to realize that most of the MMO players wants to play end game content... Thats why wow was always top. Just because people play ff 14 right now, doesnt mean they want to do something different than end game content.. They want to do EXACTLY end game content. And which of top 5 has closest end game to Wow ? You are right FF14. Anyway i think biggest part in FF14 boom have streamers which hyped it. And it will slowly go back to normal player numbers soon

[@Xfacta12482]

I was personally in no hurry to level, it's my favorite aspect of an MMO, but the FF starting experience is incredibly frustrating. It's like 15-25 minutes of dialogue pages before you ever get a taste of the game

[@azurblueknights]

@@frophix3880 I doubt it. WoW's done for, despite Blizzard's mad scrambling to implement shit that should have been done at the alpha of BFA. As someone who came from WoW to FF14 years ago, once you get even a small taste of FF14 going back to WoW and all of its shit show is a really tall order. And when you discover that Square actually listens to player feedback for the most part... Warcraft has only stayed alive this long because a lot of its player base were simply too scared to try something new; Warcraft is the only MMO a lot of them knew. With Blizzard finally driving so many of its players to FF14, I imagine a lot of them are simply here to stay now. Also "most MMO players wants to play endgame content" is a pretty false umbrella statement. Warcraft players were conditioned by Blizzard to only care about the endgame for that current expansion because that was the only thing worth doing. But in FF14, everything up to the endgame for that current expansion is valuable and isn't a complete waste of time. Even doing endgame content for A Realm Reborn has a purpose, and that content was endgame years ago now.

[@stephenflint3640]

1:15 Let's be honest here, this is perfectly accurate. I purposefully found the controls that show/hide player names EXPRESSLY to clear out the name flood. It was horrific.

[@jacobkern2060]

This isn't accurate in the slightest. It's way too clean, there should also be separate nameplates for each of those player's pets.

[@achicken4761]

That's the feeling after moving from WoW to FFXIV but once used to it it really becomes a pleasure to read the story and take your time to enjoy things.

[@emilyedwards4914]

I think most WOW players are so used to quest stories not being important....and then they forget that they are playing a Final Fantasy game when they come to XIV. Even a lot of the side quests have excellent story archs. Like the Manderville detective one, or the story of Palace of the Dead.

[@mattvoelker241]

@@emilyedwards4914 Even the crossover quests have lore to them, and i love it.

[@emilyedwards4914]

@@mattvoelker241 yeeees! The monster hunter crossover quest line is one of my favorites!

[@MysticLuka]

@@emilyedwards4914 the nier raids are incredible i love them so much. ultimate crossover

[@Wuh1988]

I didn't watch a single arr cutscene if u could skip and I only watched maybe half the content in HS and SB. Wasn't until I hit shadowbringers that the story actually seemed worth going through and I enjoyed it outside of ilmeg (found the content to be incredibly annoying in that zone). Also, I did enjoy the absurdness that was the manderville questline. I've played wow for 16+ years and only recently stopped because you can only do so many 15-20+ keystones each expansion until you finally get bored because they stopped innovating a long time ago and everything they release is to reset your character and keep you grinding like a second job. I enjoy many of the aspects of 14 thus far. Even if I hadn't played wow all those years I probably would've skipped those scenes all the same as im just not a big story person. I feel like there is such a thing as too much detail and arr kinda set the tone for me to skip stuff as I viewed Plenty of what I did watch irrelevant to what I was doing when I tried it years ago before they rebuilt it. Won't say that any of the stories outside of ShB is bad, only that it wasn't for me. I can share the blame with wow a bit here too as their story hasn't made a bit of god damn sense in a very long time and they're a big reason for my lack of caring for what little story I do watch. I feel like they ruined story telling for me and I have to be in a pretty good mood to even entertain story telling. Only thing I wish ff14 had from wow is their transmog system. I understand how to use the glam dresser and it's not an issue, only that it simply could be better and I need more glam slots as I already capped the 400 in a month and a half. I will say ff14 does respect your time compared to wow. It's extremely refreshing to not feel punished because you decided to take a night off. There is so many things wow should take from ff14, but the biggest thing is what I said above. Ff14 makes content that respects your time whereas wow makes content that simply punishes you if you don't commit the time. Two wildly different styles of playing and I'm very happy that Yoshi and his teams hard work is finally getting massive returns. The difference between such a humble leader in ff14 compared to a smug thinks they know it all game director at wow explains the vastly different design styles.

[@baktiy.s.1065]

This is so accurate. I love FFXIV to death, but even I know that its definition of 'new player friendly' is not the same as 'longtime-gamer-but-only-just-started-FFXIV friendly'. That's why I always tell people to treat it as a Final Fantasy game first, an MMO second.

[@jetnight88]

So much dialogue… why is there so much dialogue?

[@davidbernardino8109]

@@jetnight88 because it's story focused

[@jetnight88]

@@davidbernardino8109 can’t they just have voice actors for the whole story? Like why is Commonsense taken so long?

[@davidbernardino8109]

@@jetnight88 because it cost money? That should be common sense as well. From what I understand, ARR had a relatively small budget because of the fuck up, as things progressed through the expansions they got a bigger budget and so more dialogue was voiced.

[@Vengir]

@@davidbernardino8109 That, and they would never be able to address your character by name.

[@Trayer13]

Perfect timing for this content for me. Just finished the Realm Reborn storyline for the first time last night!! Great job, Carbot!!!

[@rjg27]

Ah, i see you too have developed depression.

[@user-qm9ql9ho2w]

Prepare yourself for the absolutely worst and longest never ending quest chain 2.1-2.55. I played it and now taking a break from FF, it was that bad. But I heard very good things about FF expansions, so I'm gonna return to do them one day.

[@myth5588]

@@user-qm9ql9ho2w please do return, Heavensward is really good, 2.1 to 2.55 is a slog but all that sets up an amazing expansion

[@spamcatcher1034]

@@user-qm9ql9ho2w Square actually trimmed and weeded 2.1-2.55 aka "the slog" a year ago. It's half the size it was. The youngins coming to the game will not have to suffer as we did.

[@spamcatcher1034]

Welcome! Keep going! Heavensward is a hell of a ride!

[@mattgarrett2583]

I started playing this recently. Good fun, now i'm a 2ft tall badass with a pompadour that defends the squishy mages.

[@gilian2587]

Evil little critters. Don't let Tataru or Nanamo fool you. These are hobbits with the soul of Sauron. Their schemes are many, they are ancient, and they are patient. Not unlike the mice from Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy.

[@SaintofQuartz]

Pretty accurate to the first 5min of gameplay. Also: taking a new class or profession involve getting a giant spiel on its historical significance.

[@WhiplashSL]

The whole “learning about the class’s history” part when you’re picking your starting class is optional, though it isn’t when you’re doing the class/Job quests for them (unless you willingly skip them).

[@NataliaNeeSama]

Imagine that in real life ? "Oh so you want to be a Police Officer, lets go through the story of Police Officers ever sense the ancient themes!"

[@HitodamaKyrie]

@@NataliaNeeSama Maybe they should. Might mean less crap cops in the end.

[@warl0ch]

At least later they give the pop up warning telling you that cutscenes are going to take a long time. I ignored that warning for the ones at the end of ARR going into Heavensward content and missed a lot of them. I was really lost. Fortunately, the journal at the inn lets you rewatch them.

[@christopherlee7334]

@@NataliaNeeSama they do that in the military in boot camp. "Here, memorize every medal of honor recipient, all the major battles we've fought in, all our..."

[@dizheld2866]

Yup, the thing about FFXIV is that it assumes it's your first MMO in terms of the early start (which makes sense since it's part of a single-player RPG series), but gosh can it make the transition wonky for MMO vets coming in. That being said it's worked perfectly for me because a bunch of my friends that I've gotten into it ended up with it actually being their first MMO, and a few of them their first video game at all. So in THAT regard the restrictive opening ended up surprisingly super helpful. 😂

[@lethargicwizard]

The informative overload and active help windows have just always been super overwhelming when you first start out, and I wish it was better integrated into the gameplay a little bit. Navigating windows is very Japanese game design

[@KrullMaestaren]

Silly how long this has plagued the industry, only thing it really needs is a window asking "is this your first time playing a ?" Then skip the typical stuff and jump to anything unique for this game... I guess it will be a really short tutorial in most FPS games?

[@romdog1818]

The only thing I struggled with, having never played an MMO, but not being a stranger to videogames has been the enemy AoE snapshot, but only because it makes absolutely no visual sense, and comes directly from tech limitation of sorts. It's the most videogamey aspect of the game, and can really take you out of the experience when you first discover how it works. Though I did pick up on it quick enough, and has become second nature to, if there were ever the option for FF14 combat to NOT behave that way I would welcome it 100%. Also, MMOs seem to like their slow af starts (from what I've seen), and I never could figure out why early dungeons have to be boring as they are. Sure it gets better later on, but that's WAAAY later on. It's not like players would be overwhelmed if given the core kit upfront (main combo chains, most role OGCDs).

[@magnuscarlsson9969]

Honestly I sort of wished the game held hands longer(but less intense at the start) given so many players stand around at 60+ still not knowing many basic QoL-utilities or even base rotations. I don't mind explaining stuff to people when asked, but I feel a bit sorry for those who never ask/had anyone to ask. Because some features are just such immense improvements to the player experience, but are never properly explained by the game.

[@lethargicwizard]

@@romdog1818 the aoe snapshot thing is a means of countering latency. Everything is done client side first, and syncs up on "ticks". Since the game only cares where your character is the very second an enemy cast finishes, you can run that raid at 200+ ping and still be fine

[@Thanaroa]

Just take it slow and enjoy it, recommend not skipping cutscenes. The context is really nice and makes even the most lame task seem more important. You'll appreciate the investment later on.

[@JavierSegura]

Ain't nobody got time for that.

[@JavierSegura]

@Fusajiro 30% of the players couldn't care less about the text in the quests. They just want to kill stuff and get strong.

[@shadenox8164]

@@JavierSegura Okay just don't complain if you don't understand what's going on.

[@Zraknul]

If you really hate the story, you can straight pay to jump to the current expansion and miss months worth of story.

[@Thanaroa]

@@JavierSegura looking at that pfp, you look like the kind of guy that skips story

[@jayone8891]

You need to make a vid about renewing your sub on ff14 and how absurdly difficult it is!

[@diode_wow]

I remember my MMO transition to FF14. I skipped the tutorials because, obviously I have played MMOs, I know this shit. Then I spent a decent ammount of time in Limsa pressing every button on my keyboard trying to find the different menus. Then I remembered that you DO have to read in some MMOs and its not just about killing random mobs constantly till level cap.

[@tooox8604]

skipping the story is okay for people who dont REALY care about the story and just go for the gameplay. BUT people should also remember that skipping the story for the first time and doing new game plus for the story is a different experience from taking the story seriously from the first time, there's a lot of reveals, surprises and deaths that means alot the first time you see it. And a lot of people regret skipping the story at first because they liked the story on the expansions. So if you're a person that knows him/herself that you think that you will regret it, DONT SKIP THE STORY.

[@dungeonmaster16]

Ngl ppl can semi skim ARR story since some parts (talking sprites, wine collecting, tataru, etc…) is eh. Once ppl reach heavenward story then yeah bit more attention to the story. Plus ppl can always recheck quest logs and rewatch cutscene in their inn room if one day refresh on what went down if skim or forgot. Legit ARR quest was peak “okay other mmos got fetching, go back and fourth mechanics to stretch our story so we should do that.” Then by heavens “okay so a lot of ppl hated those mechanics WoW and similar do. Let’s tone that down and keep things in one tts i with minimal back tracking okay?” Took me avg 250 hours to reach heavenward story. Mainly about 100 of that was procrastinating, lvl up cooking and lancer and chasing down triple triad cards.,

[@Blitzkrieg1605]

I don't play MMOs for story. I couldn't care less about the story in an MMO. That's what singleplayer RPGs are for. I tried playing Elder Scrolls Online in a free week. Oh my. OH MY. I would have regretted so hard if I would have actually paid for that. It was basically running from NPC to NPC and getting experience. Tried a dungeon. Complete face roll in 5 man. Even managed to do another dungeon with just 2 people when I was underleveled. This video applies so well to ESO as well. That's why my most played MMOs to this day remain WOW, Guild Wars 2 (light story compared to ESO and FF14) and Rune Scape (the old one back in the day). I will NEVER understand the allure of a story focused MMO. What's even the point of the MMO features? I sure hope GW 2 won't follow this trend in the new expansion.

[@sefas7]

Nah, skipping most of ARR is totally fine, even for people who care about story. I would even encourage it because ARR'd beggining is boring and filled with non-important busy work.

[@MissMultiConsole]

personally love a good storyline but i have found myself skipping it a lot in most mmo's ffxiv is a different the storyline is so good!

[@Exil_mh]

If you want to skip, skip. Some don't care about the story, they came for the gameplay and FF doesn't gate them from it ( in the sense that if they skip cs and dialogue it won't punish them )

[@sizzychittybangbang]

I remember a wise pandaren that once told me "Slow down. Life is to be savored." :)

[@MrDoot-hj2ir]

"I was a hardcore endgame raider and I've played multiple MMOs. I don't need this" **fucks up several dungeons because they weren't with tank stance, doesn't know what tf is a Job Gauge and thinks Healers should only heal**

[@AmyGabrielleAmber]

True story

[@kitethetwinblade]

Healers should only heal, but I'll get tomatoes thrown at me for defying the player meta groupthink that's set in over the years.

[@AmyGabrielleAmber]

@@kitethetwinblade > Be me, 60lv WHM levelin with newbs in low level dung > My aero eats up over time 75% or more hp of one mob > My stone KO's one mob hEaLeRs ShOuLd OnLy HeAL >_> Not in FF14.

[@kitethetwinblade]

@@AmyGabrielleAmber That isn't the issue, so much as it's those who yell that they had to heal you instead of playing their healer like a dps class. They want healing to be an afterthought to the point they resent even doing it. Dropping a dot once in a while or a stone when there's nothing to do is fine - the game depending on / requiring the healers to essentially abandon the entire idea of being a healer and trying to minimize the amount of heals so much that they may as well not be healers, is not fine.

[@Gamerdude775]

If you cant do enough DPS that I as a healer need to do damage, you need to get better at your job

[@Jchmcom]

A new era has begun. Goodbye Azeroth.

[@mitlandir5761]

Lots will go back, mark my words :D

[@Elmithian]

@@mitlandir5761 Why do you think that? It is not like Wow is gonna improve at all under the current overlords...

[@ch3cksund3ad]

@@mitlandir5761 when it's free I'll go back on occasion But fuck that dumbass monthly shit You have to be a sucker for that

[@Mysterious-Merchant]

@@ch3cksund3ad annnnd this is why i never played properly WoW and only have lvl 20 characters lol

[@mitlandir5761]

@@Elmithian because lots of people are just too hooked on wow, no matter what. They think they are doing something significant, like A new era is beginning! No, dude, a new era is not beginning, just a bunch of dudes temporarily switching games. I follow a lot of mmos (even though I don't play anything right now) and wow refugees always end up demanding changes to make the new game more like wow, while simultaneously claiming they hate wow. They might as well hate it, but most of them are hooked. You'll see

[@Guilmonhero]

This is technically why people said you should boost if you're not big on any video game's story. But here's what you should do after you decide to boost and go straight to the raids: *Do HARD MODE difficulties FIRST, BEFORE doing Extreme to Savage difficulties.* There are mechanics that are carried over from the lower difficulties from the raids and yes, while Savage difficulties will have a couple of completely new attacks and dangers to watch out for, there are still some things that you still need to worry about that are still there in the lower difficulties. Basically there are times you need to *let the Tank and Healer use their Limit Breaks at the RIGHT TIME or you will all die (because you share the Limit Break Meter with EVERYONE in the raid or your own 8-man party of a 24-man raid),* there are quick time events mid battle where if you don't follow the instructions in time you will die and in some battles one of you failing causes a total wipe, and special moments in battle like being blown up in the air and you and your allies can do nothing but dodge attacks in the air while you're falling back down. There are various crazy things that happen in some raid battles that you need to know by the time you do Savage Difficulties that is *more than just dodging attacks.* Once again, *do the lower difficulties first (even at least once) before doing the highest difficulties.* Because if you've played games where people get mad at you for not knowing certain things when you do higher level content or you're the one that gets mad at these kinds of players, do you honestly believe that Final Fantasy XIV will be any different?

[@SuperHalo-rn4rr]

I have to say, even 7 years ago I remember being crazy excited starting the game. Also nervous because it was technically my first true MMO (played FF11 but different days that lol). But while following the tutorial, I easily adjusted.

[@east3rcat]

As a sprout, I remember that beginning cutscene and reading all those tool tips. For some reason, I forget that video games use WASD for movement. Because I started in gridania, I made that my grand company city after lvl 20-ish in story. For all the sprouts, take the game slow. This is a marathon and it is a lot easier to enjoy the game in small chunks.

[@PrincessNine]

Games popular now so people feel they have to get in quick. They really need to listen and exercise patience

[@john22590]

Can we get a carbot version of the Manderville questline?

[@mickbotcast]

PLEASE

[@LordofSadFac]

Give it time

[@2tendo]

I would love to see it 💕

[@MissMultiConsole]

manderville questline is the best!! so funny :D

[@MurakamiTenshi]

Yes!!! Someone has to let him know about its existence

[@Sorcerer86pt]

Ok, that was awesome. Also the loot screen merch display... Well done

[@Bahamut_Omega]

This is great! I laughed so hard at the help screen pop up aggravation. Comedy gold right here. Watched so many new player streamers try to get past the intro quest in the same way.

[@Stephenmc21]

that instant first cutscene skip = 95% of new wow refugees. Instantly have no idea why your character is significant.

[@specialnewb9821]

Because in wow your character isn't.

[@Zraknul]

Wow story: Alliance: "You're part of the alliance, go save the world and kill the horde!" Horde: "You're part of the horde, go save the world and kill the alliance!"

[@sparhawk2195]

FF14: You're the Warrior of Light, go and save the world like every other jrpg.

[@OmegaOmni1]

This is accurate and I almost spat out my coffee trying not to laugh so hard.

[@AngelusJudex2099]

The wow refugies in the town 😂😂

[@TheSattocs]

God this is so accurate. Love seeing your unique brand of comedy/parody brought over to the game I love so much. You always hit the nail on the head so perfectly. Funny thing is the starting experience used to be SO much worse. A lot more pop ups and spam and unskippable hand holding.

[@lkain619]

As a ffxiv player since 2.0 omg this had me rolling on the ground

[@Demkkai]

I was also like this, until I realized this game doesn’t force you to rush to late game or else you are getting behind. It feels good to have time for yourself and explore whatever you feel like exploring.

[@dinnayboi8077]

Except if I wanna raid I have to rush through the most boring questline I’ve ever experienced in a game. Basically pigeon simulator.

[@09jorgewords09]

I'm not gonna lie, but I never felt that the game forced me to get to max level, unless I wanted it to be at max level. The only problem is that wow has not a permanent and good sync down system for old content, but you can still try it, is just that there's no people doing it on big numbers

[@aechean]

@@dinnayboi8077 They're building a world, and they're building that world without assuming you're an MMO veteran. There are many slow storylines, but they build on each other to create an absolutely fantastic story. Right now is the best time to go through the story. ARR is very much pigeon simulator, but it is going to build into Heavensward, Stormblood, and Shadowbringers. Shadowbringers is one of the best RPGs of all time. Not just MMO, but RPG games.

[@davidsabillon5182]

If you play ARR like any old JRPG it's fantastic. The game is just so charming that I was enjoying the music while I was people watching and turning in quest. 14 is about the journey not the destination.

[@theburgundynetwork3432]

@@dinnayboi8077 this game not for you buddy

[@NulienTia]

1:15 is so inaccurate. It's only displaying names of players... it should also be displaying titles, minion names and their owners' names, npc names... it should be WAY more cluttered. On a related note, I definitely recommend new players go into the name display settings and cut down some of that clutter...

[@crashb2007]

THIS, especially for Alliance Raids and whenever you're in city-states.

[@davidsabillon5182]

Don't forget the free company your in

[@NulienTia]

@@davidsabillon5182 I knew I was forgetting something, thank you.

[@dingding12321]

"Welcome to the Salty Spittoon. How tough are ya?" "How tough am I. How tough am I!? I beat the entirety of WoW Classic as Enhance Shaman." "Yeah, so?" "Without disabling scrolling text." "Right this way, sir."

[@OneBiasedOpinion]

It’s been years since I started the game. I forgot how overwhelming it was at first before I truly got my feet under me.

[@toodleselnoodos6738]

You’re gold Carbot! A true master of honest parody content! That’s literally how I felt the first time I gave free trial a try 2 years ago when I was still committed to WoW

[@kou7191]

Same, I only got to talk to Mionne before I had enough with cutscenes, it was only years later when I had enough of WoW that I went back with a different view and now I'm not looking back

[@BlueShellshock]

Shoot, this was me trying to join GTAV online. So many blips! So many text boxes! And they just kept coming up! I thought it’d be like tutorial boxes where they get tucked away after popping up once, but no, they kept coming back!

[@Celis.C]

I guess you tried to read a novel like you would a news paper cartoon. WoW really negatively impacted player expectations for other games.

[@yumri4]

@@BlueShellshock Well after the beginning of the game they are much less common as you would have done almost everything already. That is when some actually want them to come back when they run into the reason why the tutorial existed in such an annoying way. When you compare them FFXIV is better as it is being updated with longer story content per expansion pack than WoW is. Also the story character of Y'shtola is cool and made in such a way to make her attractive. To this what race she is you also can be which is good as you don't always have that in all MMORPGs. Just in FFXIV you have around 6 or 8 races with 2 sides to each thankfully you can be either gender for all of them. So if you want to be human you can be human, an elf girl with big boos long ears that too a bunny guy with small ears and fluffy tail that too. That thing i choose was a elf furry thingy which i have heard is describe more so as a cat boy than an elf. The amount of customization you can put into it can take you hours if you really get into it or no time at all if you go with the presets. ... oh yeah to those who will probably comment about race being effectively species that is normally in Final Fantasy. You also have the choose of skin color so whatever color you want you can have as long as it is a normal skin hot pink people running around.

[@armorvil]

Still, I wouldn't be surprised if this video was made because Blizzard asked Carbot (with monetary compensation or not) to take a jab to FFXIV. I mean, they're their main competitors in the MMO department, right?

[@Xbob42]

The greatest barrier to entry for FFXIV: Terminal WoW brain.

[@asghard5073]

TRUTH

[@Blitzkrieg1605]

What's the point of making an MMO if you fill it with content designed for a singleplayer RPG?

[@Xbob42]

@@Blitzkrieg1605 What a bizarre and leading questions with no real purpose. An MMO isn't defined as what you personally want it to be.

[@Blitzkrieg1605]

@@Xbob42 Elaborate. What is the point of an MMO with single player content? What is the point of having MMO features when you don't need to use them? WOW (wotlk was my last wow experience, don't know anything after that) as an example designed the content around groups of players. It actively rewarded player interaction. I tried Elder Scrolls Online. It was so unbelievably boring. So much story I couldn't care less about. Easily the worst MMO I ever played in my life, if it can even be called an MMO. I ask again. Elaborate. What is the point of creating single player content in an MMO? Why not make a singleplayer game out of this content?

[@Xbob42]

@@Blitzkrieg1605 You seem to be under the misconception that FFXIV having content suited to a single-player game means that there is no content designed around multiplayer. That couldn't be farther from the truth. On the contrary, these days, the WoW leveling experience is far, far lonelier than anything in FFXIV, except instead of an entertaining story to keep you interested, it's just walls of text and killing shit. FFXIV is friendly to solo players, but it is not exclusively tailored to them. You still need to do group content to proceed to the end-game, which is, you guessed it, lots of group content.

[@ButtKraken01]

Really excited for you to make more Final Fantasy content! Final Fantasy is my favorite series

[@sunstonespice]

A WoW player being blindsided that FFXIV actually has story it cares about and a ton of tutorials.

[@marcelor.m4108]

I've played WoW for years, they have story too, but unfortunately they didn't make a smooth way to make community care about, cinematics is ALWAYS a good way to make that

[@SierusD]

Thank you Carbot, this was excellent. Hope to see more of your takes on our wonderful world of Eorzea!

[@jaayy787]

Y'all gotta remember it's a final fantasy game first an MMO second . So coming from other MMOs where you have all this freedom to explore the world and do whatever the hell you want that doesn't really exsist much in FFXIV. All final fantasy games are pretty similar in that notion where it is very linear movement with tons of story and cutscenes

[@jaayy787]

@ERA CASTE oh no for sure I'm right there with you in just saying compared to other games FF normally is linear in it's traversal . So people gotta remember even the director says it it's an FF game first and foremost then an MMO .

[@n8pls543]

What this is, is an MMORPG, without the RPG stripped out like most modern MMOs. A game that has lots of players for you to interact with, and a narrative.

[@jaayy787]

@@n8pls543 right ?! XD

[@brendanwesolowski2899]

@@jaayy787 Very true. I remember being incredibly salty after I hiked my first character to the other faction's starting city (wanted to grab a class) only to find out the door's locked until you push through the story quest that tells you to go there. It doesn't ruin the experience, but if you don't have the right expectations you're going to bonk into a lot of walls

[@jaayy787]

@@brendanwesolowski2899 that's very true and a good way of saying it . Expectations . Mostly everyone goes is expecting ffxiv to be like every other mmo and are highly disappointed when they find out it's heavily story based and everything is locked behind it

[@davemustang8173]

Don't forget, Yoshi-P himself said it's Story first, gameplay second

[@arionell]

Are we randomly quoting our god and saviour now? Ok, Yoshi-P also said that Healer's shouldn't be doing DPS. Thank you Yoshi for allowing me to semi AFK 90% of your group content without getting reported. Very cool.

[@liquiddude9855]

NO HE DIDNT, He wanted to make a WoW clone, that was always the main goal !

[@davemustang8173]

@@liquiddude9855 that is so incorrect it actually hurts

[@lysandermorgensonne9850]

Your content has always made me ugly-laugh a lot of the time, but this one left me in tears. :'D All of the little easter eggs (Yoshi-P, chocobo birdies, the night elf and orc chilling...) were cute, and the ever-increasing number of Active Help alerts is SO PAINFULLY ACCURATE. The only way this would have been 100% on the nose is if she'd been a catgirl. Looking forward to more of your shenanigans :)

[@sterlingwynn3190]

So accurate it hurts, but I love it. Haven't laughed this hard since your BFA cinematic video. Can't wait to see more!

[@ElfWanderer]

Well, at least this is not soo bad, as PSO2. Uh, I drop PSO2 because of millions info for beginners in every aspect. In Every Aspect!

[@lucylu3342]

@@ElfWanderer Oh god pso2 was a nightmare for beginners lol I remember being so confused because I noticed that "Fun" was a currency

[@Blackfo1990]

Goodbye Azeroth... you will not be missed. HELLO FF14!

[@yanastase]

Welcome to eorzea take your sprout ^^🌱

[@lucylu3342]

Welcome! Honestly I kind of envy new players, I wish I could experience some things in FF14 for the first time again, you're in for a ride lol

[@darkgear999]

You know, my first instinct was to defend the game but...he's not wrong LOL

[@xen_ninj4]

Btw.... Elrond at the start of the video like "Come to the Light.." when he was talking to stubbed Frodo, hahahah so awesome! (Hydaelyn is light, so accurate hahaha) Once more a great video guys! /thumbs up

[@C4Hertz]

I believe that was not Elrond but a developer for FF14 Yoshi P. Elrond doesn't wear glasses after all.

[@xen_ninj4]

@@C4Hertz the words you listen at this point are elvish language from Lord of the Rings and is Elrond when he spoke to Frodo when he was wounded and almost fall into darkness. If I remember well the words meaning was like "step into the light"

[@Guydude777]

Solid work Carbot. I'm hyped for this series!

[@thegamebrewery8129]

TBH I do to enjoy that Carbot shares the same affinity for caricaturesque criticism no matter the Title :)

[@matejbosela9093]

Ah, another Spiffing Brit fan, have a nice day and a cup of tea, Sir! 🍵

[@zavulon422]

You're not going explain anything, are you? :)

[@mizukame]

I perceive frustration in you, visitor from a foreign land :p Long are gone the days where you'd log into a MMORPG and just wander around. In a game with so much content like FF14 though, I actually appreciate all the tips the game shows.

[@Varyaggaming]

This feels so weird to watch, not only from a WoW players perspective but someone who played since Feb 2020 on ff14. I love the story and would pay attention to every non-voiced line, even in WoW I read the quest text, yes I'm MAD. I can't imagine how Wow players that dont care about story will feel going into ff14 and then get...this, It's great. No seriously, just give the story a try, I know WoW was terrible at being a good and interesting narrative with good writing and worldbuilding but ff14 has all that in spades! Amazing animation, although I judge you severely for not starting out In the GREAT AND GLORIOUS LIMSA LOMINSA!

[@balambgarden1349]

Wow had a good narrative until Cata came out. Legion was also good. From the story perspective MOP, BFA and WoD too. Cata was bad, Shadowfuck is extremely shitty. SL is like the new Star Wars Movies "Lets copy things from our own franchise"

[@Lynkeus01]

I strongly and VERY strongly disagree with you. I tried FF14 many many years ago and I left the game before I even hit the 50 because of its horrible and long main story. Had many friends telling me good part starts after that but geez it was seriously uninteresting and repetitive, sending me back and forth just to only watch some non-voiced line. Hell devs now let you skip that story quests with money! Even they know that people want to skip it and they charge you for it!.

[@MenrvaS]

@@Lynkeus01 FYI, the skip potions are available because players asked for it, and it was a pretty long time ago. It is for changing data centers, not skipping the story for the sake of skipping. No one will recommend new players to use it. Also, they knew about the post ARR quests and cut it down quite a bit in recent updates. Also, if you are willing to try it again, read all of those repititive and uninteresting dialogues. They are things that will be used and mentioned again later in the story and future expansions.

[@CL-jq1xs]

@@MenrvaS why not just sell server transfer if the purpose is for changing data center?

[@MenrvaS]

@@CL-jq1xs They already have that and it is free under some circumstances, but the players would lose their estate and other things.

[@Weiwulah]

Did anyone else notice that the iconic "I'm being repressed!" intro is gone????

[@SteelShadow07]

He missed the very first leg in the FFXIV journey. Defeating the Mog station. Awesome short :)

[@davidsabillon5182]

This 👆

[@leadpaintchips9461]

God, I never had so many issues trying to give a company my money.

[@Seanana_]

@@leadpaintchips9461 preach

[@Winter_RainVT]

I love the editing at the end; even to use old school menu sounds and the victory themes.

[@Khalirei]

This is entirely the perspective of a WoW player. Customization doesn't matter? check, skip cutscenes? check, unable to read text dialogue? check.

[@dalampslayer]

That stereotype of WoW players unable to read quest logs is so spot on.

[@gvulture1277]

this isn't exclusive to WoW players, its pretty much every video game player who doesn't want to be lectured to after spending money

[@dalampslayer]

@@gvulture1277 mmk, don't think it's being lectured to. More along the lines of letting you know information as to where things are, and how the plot is progressing. But tomatoe tomato.

[@manaswin123]

@@gvulture1277 dont want to be lectured and then died in the actual fight and raid like certain streamer? lol

[@flamingchickin]

i mean after a bit of playing I realize go to question mark and do this. turn in this. still kinda like wow. I don't have to patience to read all the stuff on screen

[@erikaswanson2170]

@@flamingchickin i skipped alot of dialogue on screen too and perfectly understood and enjoyed the story. a lot of dialogue is kind of quirky character building for NPCs so that you can see they aren't copy paste. it's more like "here's a little tid-bit for you to chuckle at" as opposed to "you MUST read this in order to advance!" not necessary to read, but, can be entertaining for those who stick around.

[@Ryukai-san]

Cant wait to see the - You find out there's no corpse running or spirit healers and have to either wait for some kind person to res your floor tanking backside or res at your home point '(aka hearthstone point) which is in a different continent, because you only found this out after you died... - episode :D

[@Vengir]

It's not a big deal, to be honest with all those teleport fast travel points.

[@Ryukai-san]

@@Vengir I know, but when you come from wow and die for the first time not realising, you DO have a moment of 😱😱😱utter horror (as your brain is set to think you have to run all the way back)... until you remember about the teleport ability. 😅

[@seralucii]

I've leveled several jobs to 80 and still forget to change my resurrection point while leveling new jobs with the hunting log, ending up getting mobbed and killed more often than I would like. Though I do make an effort to revive anyone I come across.

[@osamudazai579]

Too bad FFXIV doesnt have a "This isnt my first mmo" level tutorial

[@patrickreynolds5463]

Levels 1-50 is the tutorial

[@Lunethzero]

As soon as you come to the realization that you don't have to speedrun the start is when all the seemingly complicated stuff starts to sink in. Then after that it just keeps getting better.

[@revi6482]

I don’t know why but I feel personally attacked by the character creation skip.

[@davidsabillon5182]

I try to not get triggered and think, what would Yoshi P our lord and savior would say. And he would say Dave, the boost and skip chapters they buy will go directly to the oceana data center and servers.

[@KindredBrujah]

@@davidsabillon5182 Great way of looking at it, bud. :D Also to more voice acting for future expansions. Rock on, content-skippers.

[@MilanOodiah]

If it's your first time though, don't skip the cutscenes 😅 there's a good reason so many people say that.

[@THBbon]

So glad you switched. I can watch again!

[@liriellbaenre4971]

Yooooooooooo this is great! Thanks man for the second good laugh in a long while. Your content is amazing hoping to see more FF stuff from you

[@RedHoodRubyRose]

This is so accurate to me that it hurts XD This was literally me when I joined FF14.

[@colbymarkward]

The Lord of the Rings joke at the beginning killed me.

[@TheDonitus]

Crazy that I had more patience when I was 10 years old than adult wow players have.

[@XxSpacePotatoxX]

i love this so much bc it really did feel like that when i started playing. it was so much all at once and now it just feels like a no brainer

[@yanipheonu]

Definitely has that JRPG logic where you just have to go along with the plot to make things happen.

[@dragonbretheren]

I'm stealing this quote, but "FFXIV is my favorite single player Final Fantasy game that other people happen to be playing at the same time."

[@davidsabillon5182]

Well because it is a JRPG....

[@hkoizumi3134]

Water is wet

[@naikyou]

Let's be real, if they ever gave me agency I'd immediately defect to the villain faction and slaughter the other main characters. So it's probably better that they just string you along without choice like all the other JRPGs.

[@zextthenomad2916]

[me] I'm an expert in wow, whatever FF 14 has to throw at me, I'm pretty sure it'll be easy. Also me: 1:15

[@blueshoals]

XIV's biggest strength is also its biggest weakness: The meticulously crafted narrative.

[@DazePhase]

As a player who comes from WoW, it was quite an experience at the beginning. The game is so good, love it! ♥ P.S. Don't skip the cutscenes. The story is very well made and worth reading.

[@xeferial]

It may seem like a lot but don't skip the story! It's so worth it to experience it. The base game can be slow but it builds up to such a big world with many great characters!

[@nale5126]

Nahh, play the game however you want

[@jakken666]

@@nale5126 Yes this. Just don't gry and whine about the story is shit if you skip it all and blame healers because you stand in multiple AOE... Not calling anyone out here Q...

[@NerdlySquared]

@@jakken666 But what if I search every ocean and still can’t find the eels? 😆

[@jakken666]

@@NerdlySquared Thx for the laughs xD

[@futrzasty]

imagine reading in story based game KEKW

[@Lunzatis_Palemoon]

Thank you @CarbotAnimations. As a vet of FFXIV, these videos are hilarious. I can't wait to see more.

[@yhonue]

Oh my!, it had a boob slider! Instant like haha. After the long introduction and the long quest taking... There is, the ARR raid with non skippable cinematics! D:

[@NaegeruGaming]

5 seconds on the character creator and skipping the first cutscene? Am I the minority? Is this common? Spent nearly an hour on the creator and never skipped a cutscene that I haven't already seen since the first time I started playing (about 2 years ago)

[@zolo5993]

Of course not. Its meant to be a joke.

[@johnwoodgate2932]

I don’t think it’s common, but maybe the cutscene thing at least is more common among WoW refugees as they’re used to a game with less story focus and a more gogogo community mentality.

[@jayd8701]

Well, next series character probably realises the green buttons she flicked off are info that is supposed to make your life easier %)

[@zavulon422]

Me, playing in almost any rpg: -skip intro -character customisation: random/default -"hey kitty, wanna name this one?" -skip skip skip -"Hello, adventurer... (skip) it's dangerous to... (skip) you are chosen... (skip) now go." -play around 10 hours -"this game is preety nice" -realize that you've ruined the character and half of quests and don't understand what's going on -create new character, don't skip anything -"ah sh1t, here we go again"

[@KeroroGuy62]

When I first started playing I was trying to catch up to a friend who was already in Heavensward, so I skipped all of ARRs cutscenes before realizing that there's actually a plot going on.

[@Seedmember]

Not gonna lie. That character creation scene is very accurate.

[@TrueMeKazik]

Meybe for you dude ^^

[@xentharas5629]

Nope sorry, it is not. Only if you are a weebo. I spend over an hour to create my catboy

[@Seedmember]

You guys really took my comment seriously? Impressive...

[@kly8105]

You mean you really take yourself seriously?

[@Seedmember]

@@kly8105 In a parody video? No. But they did.

[@Dracobyte]

This video deserves more views!

[@HayTatsuko]

I love this to bits. I've been playing XIV for a couple of years now, and I am very well aware that one doesn't _need_ to make alts, but I do it anyway because aesthetics of different races in the game. This opening march of education is easy enough to get through (there's no timer on the dialog boxes for the first guy!) but then you get to The Smith around level 15 or so, and have to suffer through the _timed_ dialogs in the training arena. Hate them to pieces. Is worth it for the "Brand-New" gear if you're being Gil-wise, but man... I could get through that _so_ much faster without those timed dialogs.

[@Azzona]

HQ Daily Dungen ..... i think i must not more say XD

[@Holyrelic1279]

i like the touch of the chocobos running around the guys head after she smashed the sign on his head.

[@RadanValenta]

That cutscene is Elrond speaking... 😁❤️

[@BigParmesean89]

Welcome Carbot! I can't wait to see more

[@liftea7304]

I like how this video perfectly shows WoW players playing XIV for the very first time :D Intro skip? check Ignoring all advice the game gives you? check Ignoring story and npc textboxes? check Trying to skip the tutorial like in WoW? check Being confused because you ignored all of the above information? check :D Well done Carbot. This video is amazing. Can't wait for more :D

[@DanaTheInsane]

I am watching everything and I am reading everything. I am enjoying the noob experience.

[@alexbrooks2235]

Wow player and can confirm skipped everything. Never have I seen so many go here and kill one mob then come back quests in a game tho. Please tell me it gets significantly better than the utter dumpster fire of the 100 brain dead quests at the end of ARR?

[@TheOberjarl1]

@@alexbrooks2235 It will, don’t worry. I recently survived the end of ARR and HW is great so far

[@under-dog5390]

Just needs the "buys a boost and dies every 5 secs at level 80" one.

[@Zraknul]

@@alexbrooks2235 Things get more interesting, but the MSQ isn't about challenge, it's about story. Sidequests for raids/trials are more interesting at the 50/60/70/80 level caps. They get more complex as the games goes on. For the 8 man raids and trials, you can unlock extreme/savage/unreal modes which are a lot harder if done as designed (ie: on level with item level sync). That's the actual "guild raid" type content.