The Fall and Rise of Final Fantasy XIV | Episode Three | A Realm in Peril

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[@PSYCHdust]

yes, i am interested in a 1.0 story review video.

[@gigisilk798]

Aaron Hansen I second that. It was the second storyline for me and I never finished due to the various reasons of the video

[@rairai5114]

Naoki Yoshida (A.K.A Yoshi P) was a Godsend, he managed to make 1.0 playable and even somewhat fun! I don't know how he did it but I think was his "gamer" nature that made it possible to find ways to make lemonade our of that sack of "lemons" he was dealt. I love that man.

[@goblinrat6119]

Yeah. It's pretty amazing when you look at what he had to work with. Imagine getting something like this dropped on your desk and then having to fix it. Nobody would have been surprised if the game was just allowed to die, like usually happens. I'm really happy Yoshi P put his honest to god best effort into it, and that the effort was really, really good. When you look at the interviews and his appearances in general, it's easy to see he really cares about what he's doing. The man has passion for this game, and it really shows.

[@tHeWasTeDYouTh]

Yoshida drew some inspiration from his long-lasting enthusiasm for MMORPGs, having played such titles as Ultima Online, EverQuest, Dark Age of Camelot, World of Warcraft, Warhammer Online, Rift, Star Wars: The Old Republic and Guild Wars 2.[6][9] As a result of his direction, reviewers and commentators have credited Yoshida with "rescuing" the Final Fantasy XIV project.[10][11][12][13] SE had the right person to fix the game, he had played a LOT of western MMOs and knew the pros and cons of them so he used all that knowledge to fix FFIV which was stuck back in 2002!!!

[@carlosramon6102]

Yoshi P is overrated. All the fixes 2.0 made could have been done by the original team. The initial disaster that was 1.0 was because of the shitty time constraints and rush job imposed on the XIV team.

[@kanokingdom3321]

@@carlosramon6102 They created a phone game mmo instead of a PC modern day mmo.

[@DemonLordSparda]

@@carlosramon6102 Then why did all of the fun stuff happen in 1.0 after he was put in charge? What a rubbish comment. Time constraints do not exain the awful game systems.

[@Yokai_Yuri]

Jesus, Yoshida really cleaned the toiled of a severe diarrhea.

[@PubstarHero]

I remember playing beta, getting out into the first area, getting level 5 and going "Man, this is probably the worst MMO I've ever played" and quit shortly afterwards. For ages, I've wondered why I hated the game, but the memories are flooding back - 'thanks' to you.

[@NuclearCherries]

It's always amazes me that they managed to salvage such a terrible product. Well, not just salvage it, but also turn it into one of the best and most popular MMOs out there. Yoshi P has to be commended, truly. Especially with how broken 1.0 was. A lot of the game design just doesn't make sense. Sounds absolutely awful.

[@stockloc]

Yoshida is the shining example of why the game director needs to fully understand a genre before making it. Player first, game developer second.

[@JoeVillarosa]

Honestly, whenever I see Yoshi-P, I get teary-eyed. It's so clear when you see him in many interviews and other public appearances that he cares very much about this game, and that he put in a lot of effort in reinvigorating/fixing it (results are apparent). I wish I could speak with him without the language barrier. It was great to see him at Fan Fest.

[@MxMoondoggie]

At least things will start slowly getting better now Yoshi P is on the scene. I like to think he burst into the room when SE was in mass panic with his sunglasses on protecting him from his own golden glow like "STEP BACK! I'LL HANDLE THIS!"

[@danvine6315]

Yoshidaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa, the most passionate developer i have ever seen, he is my idol.

[@KaminoZan]

There is actually a point in the ARR main story that if you go to the Waking Sands, into that storage/hangout area, you'll see Urianger sitting with Y'shtola and he's wearing his 1.x Arcanist staff. The same staff model was re-used for the Gnath, one of their number is holding it when taking your character and Ysale to meet Ravana.

[@kingofgame981]

Gosh, that last part of the video gave me a great chill on the back and also a broken feeling in my heart. It is that man! It is him that brought the light into the abyss! And then the video end there...

[@kayonesoft]

I'd love to see a 1.0 story video. It's really hard to find detailed information about the 1.0 story. (Actually if someone could point me towards a repository of all the 1.0 quest text that'd be amazing!)

[@NotSoMelancholy]

Man the cinematic in 1.0 looks way nicer then what we have now.

[@Genis94]

Hopefully with the dropped PS3 support in Stormblood they might be able to up the visuals. I doubt we're gonna get mocap like 1.0, but that's fine.

[@Genis94]

Well yes, but we don't know exactly how much they're going to upgrade the visuals and animations.

[@mozaniikuun87]

the power of motion capture :3

[@Lecruidant]

Dont' forget, it looked so nice that many high end rigs couldn't run it fine either lol They had no idea how to properly make models in this game

[@Inariele]

i had to that time a damn good computer, let me just say these cutscenes came with a heavy price that wasnt acceptable for a mmo

[@ReshiramR52]

I recently became a fan of Final Fantasy and started playing the originals, and I find these series of videos very interesting. Thank you for making these. I hope to see the rest of it and also the 1.0 story one

[@naseralsalem236]

pretty cool that we now know the meteors aren't exactly a dalamud foreshadowing

[@riezexeero7392]

Yoshi P really saved the game. When he stepped in as producer, 1.0 became great and the next installments (2.0 and 3.0) as well.

[@ss3dj]

As someone who is a big fan of FF14 ARR, seeing just how different the game was in 1.0 is really eye opening.

[@theastrovert]

YES PLEASE (regarding a 1.0 story summary / lore synopsis / etc. video)

[@brunoribeiro1387]

Thank you so much for you work, you didnt know how your contribuition can help our community!

[@OJtheLIONKing]

The most frustrating thing at the time was how much the hardcore FFXI fanboys (and I did play FFXI for seven years so I was hardly a stranger) defended every single one of these terrible design decisions on the forums. We can look back and laugh now, but it's almost understandable how badly things turned out when the dev team and those hardcore fans were stuck in their own bubble completely ignoring how gaming had changed since FFXI came out. It really is remarkable how Yoshi-P turned things around.

[@writer_man5318]

I STILL see the occasional person defending 1.0's design choices.

[@hawk10101982]

I saw the opposite. As a hardcore XI player at the time, I trashed XIV's initial launch for all its shortcomings. Hell you couldn't even invite people unless they were next to you. You also couldn't see party members on your map. And the lack of an AH was just inexcusable.

[@OJtheLIONKing]

I did the same, and so did my friends who jumped to XIV. The militant fanboy types, for lack of a better label, were the loudest on the forums for a long time though. It happens in every community but it was especially bad in this case where everyone outside the group could see it was obviously not good.

[@oceandark3044]

And look on the bright side, they didn't HAVE to listen to reason. Take EVE Online, for example. EVE's not done "badly", per se, but has never matched the heights of other MMORPGs, especially considering it never had much competition in its niche market. Countless voices, over the years, have told its developer, CCP, that what they need to do is make the game more broad and limit the effect of its overworld PVP. In fact, CCP has had the most success when straying from that PVP-based gameplay. Some 75% of its current population (a ratio that has remained relatively constant since launch) stays in high-security space. Enabling station-walking (that is, getting out of your ship and walking around) was added with plans to allow people to share areas in a way you'd think would be obvious by now. In fact, I think their most popular feature is something called a Sansha Incursion, a randomly-spawning mass-PVE event that sometimes ends up in the popular high-security space. So why haven't they gone forward with it? A very vocal niche of very hardcore fans are literally fighting any voice that hints that, perhaps, modern EVE isn't best suited to be built around its overworld PVP. The aforementioned station walking? The reason it never turned into a true open world experience is because that vocal EVE base decried it as completely useless, and raked CCP over the coals for "wasting their time". The Sansha Incursions? The last time I was on and visiting the forums, those same players were similarly scourging CCP because everyone was just waiting for the Incursions to spawn in high-security space. The rest of space, some 60-75% of the universe, was becoming relatively barren and the core vocal group was yelling at CCP to introduce means to force high-security-based players into space with mandatory open world PVP, or to allow them more freedom to disrupt them in high-security space. EVE's been around a long time and has had millions of players, but never really a massive concurrency. They've got one, massive server which has never, in the time I've watched, risen high above 70k players. The population has steadily declines as space-based MMORPGs, especially faster ones with better PVP, have come and bitten chunks out of their market share. Recently, the game went free-to-play in desperation, which from all accounts has done nothing to help the population. So count your blessings. SquareEnix could have gone the CCP route, afraid to alienate its comfortable core audience, even if they were small in number, because of their vocal criticism. Instead, they listened to reason, and we got a better game for it. It takes a LOT to admit that not only are you wrong, but your most ardent supporters are also wrong. I give SE a lot of credit for that; that's a huge gamble and for them it paid off.

[@warlockwarlord169]

I wish more people like you commented in the forums :) from time to time a thread missing and prizing 1.0 pops up there and please someone link this series of videos there XD

[@Xilibrius]

this has been a great look back and seeing all that was going wrong with it. i cant wait for episode 4

[@7hurricane]

Your video series brings back painful and hilarious memories (I'm a player from the launch of 1.0). Great job so far! :) I was really hoping that you would go into the other 1.0 content that drove people crazy: crafting and gathering. Crafting had a skimpy system with minimal commands, and no way of knowing how to HQ, how durability was lost, or how progress would be made before executing a command. Gathering, on the other hand, had a terribly frustrating mini-game that, if done correctly, would reward you with a RANDOM item, and a RANDOM % chance at being HQ, which made it completely unpredictable and you could spend hours trying to get the item you wanted. Both mini-games are playable in ARR's Gold Saucer. Are you planning on mentioning these elements in episode four?

[@SpeakersNetwork]

Yes, I am planning to go through the crafting and gathering systems in the next episode! Even though it pains me to relive that horror. Glad you're enjoying the series :D

[@TrueKingOmega]

Oh please don't that was a literal nightmare

[@BloodlustParadox]

I fucking loved the tone of change when he was talking about walking around all black shroud xD

[@Draylin41]

I would very much like a full story summary of 1.0 at some point. Not because I'm expecting it to be good but just so I can understand what happened before the Calamity that is the backbone behind A Realm Reborn's initial story.

[@hazukieru]

I'm in the same boat as you. I want to know what happened before the Calamity lol

[@Dinjoralo.]

For someone who got into XIV with 2.0, hearing about Limsa being the most convoluted city is plain bizarre. For me, Limsa is the most navigable of the starter places, prolly down to that aetheryte plaza right next to the strip mall. On the flipside, Ul'dah is something I just can't get my head around. Even with the aetheryte points, it's hard to find what I need sometimes. Also, woooow those cutscenes look super good compared to the current ones. Prolly because the new story quest has more meat on its bones.

[@writer_man5318]

From the gamplay I've seen, 1.0's story quests weren't just so much less but every story instance was a cutscene. It's not like 2.0 (or even 1.23) where some of the story is done just by talking to an NPC and moving on, but entirely within cutscenes which was not very much.

[@Ryotsu2112]

Limsa was more vertical than horizontal, so you often couldn't see what the next level looked like until you ran up or down a spiral path. It was pretty damn confusing at the time.

[@EvanCWaters]

Currently I'd say Gridania's the most tricky to navigate, damn place is laid out like a suburb.

[@Sigmarue]

I'm loving this series so much! I didn't touch 1.0 until after Yoshi-P came onboard, and I'm told what I played of 1.0 was probably its prime. I can't wait to learn more about the early days of Yoshi-P's transition.

[@keithnaori9923]

I love, love, love how you put your videos and said XD especially espisode 1, your 'documentary' type, I laughed so hard.

[@PhewzGlory]

Subscribed a million times! Incredibly informative and even though a little cringes throughout the episodes you have done an exceptional job and wish you nothing but success with your videos! looking forward to part 4.

[@jacksmith2582]

I want to see a 1.0 story video. Also good job on this video! :)

[@jamesvanhorn6737]

Definitely would love to see a 1.0 story summary! I joined the game on the tail end of ARR around when Heavensward launched, so I never got to experience it.

[@Senelfist87]

Fantastic video bro, I definitely have to say my favorite memory of 1.0 was the fact that exploration was a hell of a lot more fun and interesting than it is in ARR. It gave me a FFXI feel.

[@Alexycui]

Nice to watch this documentary history of FFXIV. Thank you.

[@ThatRipper]

Best FFXIV KZbin content I've seen yet, great job man

[@skurlik2120]

Would LOVE to see a series detailing the story of XIV 1.0!

[@TheClairezy018]

This is the best episode yet, you keep getting better! I'm really enjoying learning the history of this game and all the odd little idiosyncrasies. Please keep it up; I look forward to learning more!

[@TifaIA]

I'm still triggered by 1.0 The Black Shroud maps. I'd love to see an episode on the other main story branches for each City State. As well as how the crafting/harvesting systems worked. The initial concept of having an MMO where you didn't have to fight all the time, and you could focus on a Disciple of the Hand/Land job was nice. Wish it would have worked out better in 1.0....

[@IrishHaire]

More please! Also, a summary of the 1.0 storyline would be fun to watch ;)

[@peachschnapps]

I really enjoy this series! It's super informative and I appreciate learning about and seeing what 1.0 was like since I only started playing at 2.5! Thanks for making this :)

[@Tsunamiwolf777]

Thank you so much for this video series. Its great to know the history behind FFXIV. Can't wait for the next episode! Keep up the awesome work!

[@FoxFireStorm]

There was a search system added much, much later in 1.0's life. But all it told you was the /name/ of the retainer, and you still had to find it in the sea of Retainers. I will say however, as a legacy player who stuck with this game through everything from its opening (as I was a poor sap that bought a CE version) to its day of closure (as I was there when the servers finally shutdown). It was, in fact, a wild ride. I even remember when the previous director wrote an apology to everyone and that him stating to all of us that he was stepping down. Then Yoshi P, as you bring up in the video, stepping up and then, well-- I'm sure you'll cover that in your next video... which is when we all go to the inn Room one day, sleep in our beds, to wake up to a /wonderful/ nightmare cutscene. :3

[@bbarrett726]

I've watched up to the end of part 3 so far and it's a very enlightening look into 1.0. I bought a PS3 in preparation FF14, but was unable to experience it until ARR.

[@Skl3ros]

as someone who only started playing ff14 a couple months ago this series has been a real revelation and I'm really eager to see the next vid

[@Megad00mer]

This series is awesome. Can't wait for part 4. Would also love to see a 1.0 story recap.

[@Soress9]

Major yes to story summary please. Thanks again for making this series.

[@runacocona7724]

This series is definitely enjoyable to watch xD Thanks. Always curious how the situation was before 2.0.

[@manic221]

That ending was beautiful man! Cannot wait for the next episode keep going

[@RyukoPresents]

Thanks for making these videos. I lived the 1.0 experience (as a former player of FFXI and a current player of FFXIV), so it's nice to see a little recap... so much of it is a blur, and I can't imagine the amount of research you needed to do to fact check yourself. So... you definitely deserve credit where credit is due. Thanks for documenting this.

[@JamesCobalt]

Another great video! They keep getting better. And yes, would love a story summary. I was one of those players that gave up early on. I don't know if I ever even did a main story quest.

[@FirstNameLastName_255]

I'd love to see a story review video from you. These videos are so well made imho

[@khantryder6893]

love the history man! Will be waiting for More!

[@BloodlustParadox]

Nooooo!! please new episode now!! I love it so much. gaaaah I'm curious on what's gonna happen next now lol

[@jesseberg3271]

My brother and I are watching these together.We'd both love to see a story video.

[@Ephremjlm1]

I tried looking for the storyline for 1.0 on youtube and couldnt find it anywhere. That would be a niche video but I feel like for newer players that would clear things up a bit.

[@jorginhoc]

Great vid. Cant wait for next one (and yes to 1.0 story review) :)

[@ddot196]

Definitely do a 1.0 story. I would love to see that. I have always wondered what the original game was like.

[@SuikodenGR]

Excellent job on the Video! It was getting suspenseful at the very end and felt very much like doomsday for FFXIV 1.0 the way you narrated it. Keep it up! :-D

[@kaerun]

Great video! You have certainly have improved since last two videos! can't wait for the next one (Yoshi-P v1 era) :)

[@acrnm]

01:35 - The Aetheryte crystal for Limsa was never where it is now in ARR / HW. In 1.0 it was actually located on the upper 2nd level of Limsa next to where the Grand Company is in present day. EDIT: 3:00 shows the original Aetheryte Crystal location in 1.0

[@StormsparkPegasus]

When I first saw this series, I misread it as "rise and fall", and I was thinking wait what? FFXIV is doing great now. I didn't start playing until early 2015, so I didn't have any experience with 1.0, though I had heard about it. Then I realized, it said "fall and rise". The only things I know about the 1.0 storyline are the references in Realm Reborn. I think a recap of the 1.0 story would be great. I did watch one at one point, but the person doing it rambled a lot and it was very hard to follow.

[@YavinPrime]

I just got back into FFXIV last month and 'am having a lot of fun with it. This series is really great. I was one of the early adopters of FFXIV 1.0 and yah everything you're saying is true it was a mess. I got mild anxiety going into the Black Shroud. It was so easy to get lost in.

[@AlfonsoSRT]

Yes, I'd love the story summary.

[@Kiko1234567890123456]

thank you so much for this video series, I was so curious about what happened with 1.0 and know I can find out the brutal truth.

[@TrueKingOmega]

My God the memories...when you mentioned the chocobos I just laughed cuz it was HELL walking EVERYWHERE, and if you died you had to start ALL OVER AGAIN...unless there was a checkpoint along the line...

[@MarmaladeJelly]

I'm not one to typically comment on videos, but I've been enjoying this series way too much to not express what a great job you're doing. As someone who never had the (dis)pleasure of playing 1.0, it's so interesting to see what a disaster that game was. Having this new perspective also brings an entirely new appreciation for what Yoshi-P and the crew managed to do for FFXIV! Keep up the great work! Looking forward to episode four!

[@RamblyBear]

I just gave a like in the first minute because you weren't afraid to acknowledge mistakes. Nice one. Never even played this game, only played FF8 and I still find this very interesting.

[@FelipeCotti]

You should try a good FF later, then.

[@RamblyBear]

Felipe Cotti I didn't mind it. I really couldn't play FF7. I'm not usually worried about graphics in games, but even back in the day I could not handle the blocky characters. Was thinking of playing 9 lately, otherwise will wait for the 7 remake. I have played and thoroughly enjoyed Chrono Trigger though.

[@Erydanus]

When all this went down, I heard such interesting things from my friends who played FFXI (who I used to play with, but I had quit XI). Keep in mind, XIV was made by many of the people who made XI so that it was so overall BAD is mind-boggling. But when they went off to make XIV, the people who came in to help XI did a lot of things the players loved. A lot of restrictions were lifted and while many people eventually felt XI went off the rails later, there were already signs that maybe these devs weren't actually the best they had to choose from.

[@seiverdamross]

man this is such a good set of vids, as a 1.X player you are doing it justice. when you get to the crafting don't forget the rampant botting >.>

[@Faerindel]

Oh dear, the retainer shop system is a real throwback. MMOs from the 2000's (of which I remember Silkroad and Cabal Online) would only allow *your character* to set up a shop somewhere and you'd have to go and hunt what you wanted like in a bazaar. Having an NPC that would have your shop active while you actually play would have been an improvement! The guys who first implemented auction houses in MMOs should receive more recognition.

[@TruthsEcho]

Love these videos, would love an entire lore story for 1.0! Can't wait for the next one, keep it up!

[@gathererslinkshell5876]

ok i have to say i love how u do all of these. i never had the chance to play this game before it was redone and after seeing all the videos till now i think i was "spared" lucky me??? anyways i love all the humor and i love all the special effects. great job! i am eagerly waiting for part 4

[@Gsoda35]

I was going to test ffxiv on my new pc this week and now I am stuck on this lovely adventure by Speakers Network instead. =)

[@ssjMits]

I'd be interested in seeing the summary of the 3 starting main story lines. Really enjoying these you're putting on.

[@nicholasaragon4126]

I'm hooked on these!!! Excellent job!

[@shadowpod13]

YES!!! I sooo want a video talking about the 1.0 story. I've enjoyed the 2.0 story a ton, but I'm curious to see what the 1.0 story was like and also what sort of story happened to lead into 2.0. Please make that video, if you haven't already.

[@brandonarvelo422]

I love these videos, when I was younger I wanted to play 11 and also 1.0 but couldn't and never knew the story! but no I'm recently finally playing and loving realm reborn this video helps me understand and appreciate the game much much more! thank you for making theses videos and breaking them down for us who love ff, or started playing reborn! now the story make much or sense! thank you! keep it up I'm looking forward to the next video!

[@PilferpupCartoons]

An important note in leveling early in the game, is the fun part, (which was INCREDIBLY fun) was going through mid level ares (monsters were actually really scary) with a group of 24-36 people, and burning entire halls and rooms of monsters with a team. Really fun, the BAD PART, the teeth grinding lava enima painful part, was that if your weapon was low durability or broken, you recieved UP TO 10% normal exp, (THEY NEVER TELL YOU THIS). And exp was randomly generated on attack (mages could only exp as long as they had mana, which was about 10 spells). And beyond that, it would take over 12 hours to gain 1 level after level 8.... (farmed all day before work, all night after, gained about half a level). There were merits that i would never replace as it had a few things that made it more enjoyable than any other mmo, but otherwise the flaws outweighed the posatives. :/ P.S. Really enjoy your content!

[@MisterKevo]

Thanks so much for making these videos! I need more of these! I've had some fun conversations with some of my 1.0 player friends. They say that you have been actually very nice, and it was much more terrible than you portrayed it.

[@Jericut]

First off: yes I am ABSOLUTELY interested in a full story recap. Second: I didn't start playing 14 until after ARR, but I'm feeling some real bile fascination for the original game. I kinda wish there was a way to check it out just so I could get it out of my system...

[@BakedWeeb]

No wonder Yoshi P always looks like he aged so much in the past 5 years. I can't wait to hear you guys talk about how the revamp was achieved. I can't imagine the amount of work that went into it.

[@USSDragonfireNX84]

I have to say - these videos are of amazing quality! As someone who loves ARR/HW i've always been so curious as to what 1.0 was like, and just what it was like, not because I think it was in any way superior to what we have now but almost...morbid curiosity lol. I would quite like to see a review video on the 1.0 story - I actually did some research and made a summary video myself of a play through I watched of the 1.0 story on my channel, but a lot of the detail is missing as I just wasn't there so I would love to fill in those blanks. But keep up with these videos they simply amazing - you're great at presenting them in an interesting, entertaining but also funny way which is no small achievement!

[@CharlemagneIfrit]

Woo I remember a couple of the players in those clips! I played with Jerbird and Shadowskill on Selbina/Ridill till the end. Great series so far.

[@Leonesaurus1990]

CharlemagneIfrit Hey, this is Jerbird. I remember you from Ridill. I remember partying up in the old 1.0 shroud. I'm on Excalibur now. Which server did you move to, Charlemagne? I recognized your name. lol

[@CharlemagneIfrit]

HI Jerbird! I'm on Sargatanas now, haven't logged in for ages though. Most of our LS moved there from Ridill, not many of us left now. Altinius Sohmeti and Heather Licious quit, Charlie Xenn moved to Ragnarok, dunno what happened to Shadow Skill. I think most old the old Ridill crowd went to either Balmung or Scally, one or two stayed on Ridill. Best two servers were Ridill and Selbina, only one that didn't have a server merge if I remember right. I may have an alt on Scally so might come say Hi some time.

[@enju2601]

Would love to see a summary of the 1.0 story, keep up the good work!

[@Leonesaurus1990]

Good job on the episodes! Really enjoying your work on them!

[@rickycolton9761]

this series is great and I have played since launch of 1.0. I really wish someone would have warned me about starting in the black shroud area though and yes I did have to walk all over that place. Waiting for the gathering and crafting thing to come up. Keep up the good work and can't wait for the next episode.

[@waterelementX]

I was really seriously contemplating getting into 1.0 but since of the time I was both at home and not working, I didn't get a chance. I remember I had only seen the trailers and got super excited for it. Later I got into the ARR beta on PS3 and finally joined up for a solid few months around the time HW came out. Good times ever since.

[@salmence100]

Yo big ups for making corrections according to the comments. Takes a good content creator to not get mad at corrections!

[@cyne122]

At the end there... "The Man.... The Myth..... The Legend.... "

[@neocaleric]

All hail Yoshi-P! The Wandering Minstrel is the true hero of Eorzea! Can't wait for the next episode.

[@MrRaijuu]

I never played relase version of game because of ridiculously high subscription cost added up with every new char or retainer, but I had played beta and the worst thing as i recall was crafting system where you had to guess crafting materials by the look of finished gear and guess your progress only by the color of a shiny sphere. And you could start the game as crafer class sic.

[@IggyTube]

Retainers and Ward weren't around during launch. We largely relied upon the NPC merchants, that had nearly no equipment, or we had to find a crafter to make even basic equipment. (no NPCs sold shields for example.)

[@baenling]

A story series would be awesome. The little footage in here with all the NPCs is so cool, I recognize them from ARR! Would love to see what they were like in 1.0.

[@purplefreak3]

Tanaka might of took full blame but there was so much more wrong with how SE in general handled the game.

[@goblinrat6119]

Seeing these videos, it's AMAZING how badly Square screwed up. It seriously feels like NOBODY in the development team had ever even played an MMO. Every fact I hear about 1.0 sounds like a bad joke you'd make up if you wanted to describe some sort of a monstrously bad parody of a functional MMO. At the same time, it's even more amazing how Naoki Yoshida (and his team, of course) managed to save all that. Sure, they had to LITERALLY destroy it and build it up again, but still. And I'm seriously happy they managed to bring about this rebirth. I picked up FFXIV about a month ago, and it's just amazingly good, from so many perspectives. I don't usually like MMOs, but I love this one. As a game, it feels really fun to play. As a Final Fantasy game, it made me realize I still have goodwill for the franchise and it's managed to rekindle my old nostalgia. Hell, for the first time in a really long time, I actually feel positive about Square Enix. Thank you Yoshi P, your game's already given me a whole lot of good feels.

[@UmatsuObossa]

You COULD ride chocobos in a later patch, starting with rentals, and then personal chocobos. But it's important to remember also that before chocos, and in all of 1.0 in fact...there was no dash. So that on foot treck would be entirely in normal run speed, unless you have the special pre-order bonus shoes which could let you dash like for 5 minutes every hour or something. Also, the main story also got much better and genuinely pretty awesome in later patches. In addition to the story there were real time events played by mods where an NPC from the story would show up at a camp or town and act out a scene and interact with the players.

[@Phii-Delity]

Really love this video series! Great job. I was not around for 1.0 but i've played XIV since 2.1. Seeing what came before ARR is really mindblowing. You are a very charming narrator too! Looking forward to episode 4!

[@eathelyn_enavin]

Love your videos ^^ They're super informative. I started playing FFXIV just after the launch of HW (was my first MMO too) and i would love to know the story of 1.0 ^^

[@Erantiel]

I'd definitely watch a 1.0 story recap!

[@SilverWolfe97]

I'd like the 1.0 story expanded, sounds neat!

[@Xanerithe]

I can't wait for the 4th episode!

[@Minusoh]

The standard cutscenes in 1.0 look a lot nicer than ARR in terms of animation. I appreciate how ARR's cutscenes are animated using the same emotes players can use, but that also makes the scenes look really stilted. 1.0's look a lot smoother and, at times, even more expressive. Also, I would absolutely love a video summary of 1.0's story! It'd be really nice for an ARR-only player like me who's trying to write their character lore-friendly.

[@MixzawaV3]

I was stationed in Okinawa when this came out and remember my friends telling me to stay away from this title. Was pretty let down at the time as I enjoyed FFXI but glad it was reborn.