The Final Fantasy XIV New Player Experience...

Ah FFXIV such an awesome experience. A game that is actually fun to log into...bunny girls are also a huge plus, too.
Like actually though, they look really good.
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[@ToxicGamez]

Hey all, recently uploaded the next video to my FF 14 journey: Heavensward! Click here to watch but be warned, it's a long one. Great for those of you who only watch my vids while on the toilet. kzbin.info/www/bejne/hJnMiqqsgZKjiaM&ab_channel=Krucial

[@JJellMeister]

Also the gold saucer events spawn every 15 and 45 minutes into an hour

[@adrammelechthewroth6511]

Black Desert Online REALLY needs a teleport system like in FFXIV. I don't care if it makes using your horse pointless. BDO 's world is so bloody big that fast travel should be mandatory. Unlike BDO, FFXIV did travel right.

[@Kayenne54]

Something that is immediately noticeable, (as in - different from other MMO's) is that any crowded city area, is filled with conversational noises. Not just music playing, but the sounds of people talking. The more people, the louder it all gets.

[@roetheboat1]

It's not just conversational background noise. If you are out doing FATEs in a large group, or doing Hunt trains, they do the same thing with battle noises. When combat starts, it'll suddenly switch to battle cries, shouting, and metal clanging. It was pretty funny during the Ishgardian Restoration events. Basically, we were rebuilding sections of Ishgard and you would participate in large group events to reward you with a massive amount of EXP for any of the crafting jobs. But for whatever reason, it would default to the battle background noise meaning that you had blacksmiths, carpenters, cooks, etc screaming bloody murder and making it sound like it was a big battle to the death when we were really just building bridges and stuff.

[@Kayenne54]

@@roetheboat1 You've obviously never wielded a hammer enthusiastically, and got your thumb instead of its intended target.

[@lucylu3342]

Not to mention going to any shop area in a town makes it so you can hear players all around you blacksmithing or weaving clothes, it just all sounds alive lol

[@ICountFrom0]

You mean, building bridges... TO THE DEATH! *stabs you with his weaver equipment*

[@DeathSithe92]

*Coughs in guild wars 2*

[@ToxicGamez]

I am actually hooked into FF right now, and no it is not because of bunny girls. It's because I can summon fire frogs off GCD. Ok. Maybe cus of bunny girls too.

[@arneheuvinck6255]

Weird...

[@kfcchickengod335]

Cool I want to get into it but I really don’t

[@dtrain8163]

Bunny Girls...

[@Draking15]

does this mean you're jumping ship as well?

[@kail_6019]

Burn bunny girls

[@akaoeudoxia117]

As someone whos been in FFXIV for a long while, I agree with almost everything that was said. Beyond turning off Everyones effects. You can go as far as limited since you'll want to see where healers place down healing bubbles for you get healed in.

[@piprix4293]

party, limited. everyone else , off hehe

[@jonathansoko1085]

Yeah, for dungeons and raids, tuning it down is a must, or else you wont see whats happening. Even with it turned down its still hard to see whats going on. I wish there was more specific options, being able to turn EVERYTHING completely off except healers would be amazing

[@Leroset]

@@jonathansoko1085 Suggest it to the dev team! They have taken action on these types of player requests in the past, and it doesn’t seem too difficult to implement.

[@Karma-Code]

@@jonathansoko1085 especially for savage content.

[@benji272]

@@Karma-Code Especially for BLU Parties. You can't see shit when everyone uses nightbloom haha

[@matthewharrington420]

“Milady” “I’m a grown ass man” Im dead

[@GriziDaWiz]

Hey dead, I’m dad. I’m not sorry.

[@TheNefari]

Now gimme the bunny girl

[@FagatronUchiha]

That'l ain't no problem🤨

[@parkermand]

@@GriziDaWiz 🗿

[@mikeoxlong567]

Bruh 💀

[@GuitarJester89]

With so many more people trying 14 now. Having the entire base game and first expansion as a free trial with no time limitations will really pay off.

[@pr3287]

Yeah im glad they changed that because game is so boring at the beginning…Fetch quests and 1-2-1-2-1-2 combat

[@BrotherHood-xh9sg]

The only problem is the queue and how a free to play player can't queue up when the server is busy.

[@TheSixStringGuy]

@@BrotherHood-xh9sg when it says waiting in cue, switch to another world and character then switch back and keep trying to load your character. Works 98% of the time and takes 1 minute

[@BrotherHood-xh9sg]

@@TheSixStringGuy I see, I just got send back then as it would't queue a free trial player. But I wanted to play the game so I bought it. So I no longer have the problem. But thanks anyway.

[@teadora99]

@@BrotherHood-xh9sg I've honestly never had a problem with queues. Whenever I log on during peak time I'll be put in the waiting list but it usually only takes a few minutes max to get in so never found it to be a problem tbh. Do the US servers just have really long wait times?

[@preciousshatterings177]

"Limsa is one of the most impressive cities I have seen in a game." Just wait till you see the Crystarium XD.

[@JackgarPrime]

And I think Endwalker is gearing up to set the bar even higher!

[@wiseman46237]

@@JackgarPrime Yea DA MOON

[@JackgarPrime]

@@wiseman46237 Old Sharlayan is looking pretty nice, too

[@seonteeaika]

3 major cities still remain way more populated than Crystarium though. Even some side towns in Realm Reborn are extremely populated all the time.

[@TheNefari]

now say Limsa Lominsa many times :D

[@BaphometSA]

as someone who just used fantasia to become a lalafell and spens all his free time at the gold saurcer or dancing around in limsa i agree. this game is fucking fun

[@bigbay1159]

yeah if its not Goldsaucer I will always pick limsa. I like gridania and ul'dah but limsa is just special.

[@evangel1460]

Insane to think Asmon, Savix, Pilav, and now Krucial are playing FF14. I quit WoW 2 years ago and have been playing FF since then, never thought I'd see the day.

[@SensationalBanana]

Wait for 10.0.

[@Plainsburner]

@@SensationalBanana Streamers will always try it out for sure, we will see if it is any good though. I've decided to wait a bit to see if it is worth my time before jumping in again. Didn't pick up shadowlands because looking at the progression a month in made me think it would not be worth my time personally. If a couple months into 10.0 it looks quality, I'll probably pick it up.

[@Zonofgod]

I can't believe that many wow players still insist on their love for WoW and they don't even realize they were brainwashed by Bobby Kotick game design

[@He_who_rides_many_winds]

Played FFXV and got bored, maybe I’ll play this instead.

[@honestlywhatever]

@@Zonofgod nostalgia is pretty powerful in that regard. if not stockholm syndrome lmfao

[@missleiadragonitemaster7597]

We did it boys. We got all the WoW streamers on our side. Next stop: WORLD DOMINATION! *also bunny girls, with the femboy bunnies coming this November*

[@userunknown1030]

i for one am glad you did the streamers wow is really why the game is where it is at that and the elites of wow who cry about every little change in the game. glad they are going to bad they will be back.

[@noonenowhere877]

@user unknown Good News: the streamers you seem to hate are not coming back to WoW. Bad News: Neither is anyone else. Enjoy your copium while it lasts dude, reality isn't gonna let you do so for long.

[@userunknown1030]

@@noonenowhere877 thats cool dude like i said don't care about the streamers or wow elities they are the ones who always fuck up the game with there pissing and moaning so fuck them.

[@pascalheinrich3990]

@@noonenowhere877 stupid question from a German. But what is Copium?

[@soidz4569]

The community and liveliness of the people within it cannot be understated. Immediately after creating my character and moving around in one of the major cities, I could *feel* it. There was a cool anime protagonist club filled with epic looking figures posing quietly while off to the side, standing perfectly still were a group of mimes who in turn stood nearby an...exotic entertainment of perfectly synchronized dancers. And more! I spent at least an hour looking around the city to find more groups of people doing their own thing to liven up the place. That alone was enough to get me to be an enthusiastic fan. That life is something I felt when I first played WoW and is much of the reason why I play MMOs in the first place.

[@Smelliott0]

"Tired of using sign language, swap to a Texan" well hell I was calling off mmos but here's krucial pulling me back in. Great video as usual and I guess I'll be making an account to bring back the fun and magic I used to feel with wow.

[@katomamundara8106]

A Texan with a LAUNCHABLE DRILL CANNON, mind you :D

[@TheNefari]

i actually like using the emotes :P

[@jamajnasoares5702]

Wow, look over there: FUN! I missed this. :D

[@ToxicGamez]

Fun in a game? My friend Wake up, you have anima to grind...

[@KronosHobbes]

@@ToxicGamez A lot of people have…resistance…to doing those weapons. Ahyuck.

[@NerdlySquared]

Loving MMO life rn.

[@TheNefari]

the FUN in FUNAL FUNTASY :D

[@NickaLah]

I started in Gridania and I'm lvl 52 so far, I also haven't seen degenerates there so far... although my Ul'dah is fairly normal, too. Limsa is exactly what you expect it to be, though, lol.

[@kylefreeburg9353]

It's all about the server. I'm on balmung cause it was preferred when I signed up, and it's full of RPers. My friend is on a more raiding centric server and there's just about no one even dressed weird

[@OriginalDrGonzo]

@@kylefreeburg9353 Couerl is pretty bad. Lol

[@holy_shoot_its_grace]

Aaa we were on the same world! I switched over to Crystal recently. I'm sooo freaking happy you're having fun!!!

[@moosetraxx]

This looks awesome! The way you presented this & a lot of things you recorded really makes me excited for a new final fantasy like I haven't been since I was 9. I've played through quite a few Final Fantasy's. The first game I ever chose in store's was VII (though im not sure why my child brain chose it, I'm super glad I did) followed by Tactics and 9. I've been playing practically my whole life and there's very few I haven't played. Thanks for the video man! I'm stoked

[@stsars13]

"Swap to a Texan" IM DED

[@RAWatson1989]

When Justin comes out with another good video from the bushes, "Clever girl" hahaha miss all you party people. I moved to the south like I told y'all, medical coverage starts next month, and there's so much good BBQ down here

[@ToxicGamez]

You got outta this place? Send me some of that bbq Richard

[@MetAlexTHVK]

Just here to let you know your Gold Saucer segment completely sold me on this and now I'm level 20 and loving this game.

[@potatochipofdafuture]

As much as "fighting a clam" in one of the intro dungeons isn't exactly exciting, it's about as close to the female form a lot of us will experience.

[@EatMyVlogs]

What about the plethora of cat and bunny girls running around this game half naked? I think THAT is the closest you'll get my friend.

[@alexanderrahl7034]

My character is level 36 now, but I still can only do dungeons for level 15 to 20. What do I have to do to start unlocking dungeons around my level? I'm also trying to blaze through the MSQ, I'm at level 27 ones now but I keep leveling faster than I can progress 😬

[@quinnroemer4108]

@@alexanderrahl7034 Quests with blue icons unlock game features such as glamour, dungeons, raids, and trials. The main story will unlock the dungeons you need to do for those quests. Also make sure you are doing your job quests to unlock your abilities.

[@alexanderrahl7034]

@@RTuga02 I don't think I've touched a side quest since between 20 to 28. It's dawning on me just how long the MSQ really is. I finished the stuff with the Ala mhigo refugees and now I'm being sent off to the black shroud. And the quests still say 27 on the top left lol. I'm almost 39 now. Where should I go to pick up the companion quest? I have Gysahl Greens and a mount, but when I try to use the greens it says "you don't have a companion" I just thought the people running around with a chocobo pet, had it because of their class. Like conjurer or archer.

[@RTuga02]

@@alexanderrahl7034 guessing you're talking about being able to have your chocobo fight alongside you. Then the quest is called "My Feisty Little Chocobo". You have to talk with a NPC on the South Shroud (in Camp Tranquill, you have an aetherite crystal to teleport there). Yeah, the MSQ for ARR is loooooong and dragged. It used to be worse. That's a consequence of the dev team having to rework the base game (v1.0), wich was a mess.

[@schnitzelboy9587]

Krucial: "You need to use these Crystals , otherwise, life would be pain, and if life was pain, you'd be doing torgast." Me who still plays WoW and has fresh max level alts with no legendaries: Ah, Humor based on my pain. That being said the video is great so far Krucial, I like the new content you're putting up.

[@ToxicGamez]

Thanks Schnitzel. Always good to see u

[@changsiah2]

as much as I prefer not to kill them off and prefer to redeem themselves still have competition and whatnot ( if you say you want that idea then your souless)

[@TheNefari]

a pain we need more of :D

[@changsiah2]

@@TheNefari hope not

[@darnell2024]

cant wait to see your future ff14 vids!! im so glad you liked the game. as a fellow wow player escaping to it i hope you have as much fun as i am!!

[@malta071]

Friend of mine butchered Limsa Lominsa so bad, that I spent 30 minutes looking for it on the map, thinking it's a new city. Great video btw, the only thing missing is mounts as I believe people would be impressed by how easy to get some are and how cool they look:)

[@zolitarycontent3712]

Watching this video as I prepare to jump back into FFXIV after 2 years. And god damn it, this is the most entertaining video I've seen covering this game. I'm not only hyped as hell, but now also subscribed to your channel 🤘

[@kottet09]

Welcome to eorzea, happy to have new players. Gridania was my starting city and is still my favourite

[@RyukashinTV]

I've been playing Final Fantasy for 5 years now and I love seeing how other people experience it for the first time.

[@nointro]

So I have played ff to lvl 60 paladin and lvl 35 thaumatarge or whatever it is…. But that was a long long time ago. I don’t really even remember playing. So how can I get back into the game? I am certain I didn’t finish any of the main story lines. But I’m not sure where to start, what class I should be playing, etc… any advice would be greatly appreciated!

[@RyukashinTV]

@@nointro Tanks/Healers will obviously get you through dungeon ques quicker, but ultimately you can play whatever looks fun. The nice thing about 14 is that you only need 1 character to play all the jobs. I would say pick what looks the most interesting/fun to you and complete the main story. Then branch off and level up other jobs and try them out.

[@nointro]

@@RyukashinTV thank you! I just loaded it back up and im overwhelmed at the amount of quests and items I have!

[@Idividezero]

Great video, I just wanted to clarify a few things. 1) Trick Attack increases the damage the target takes from EVERYONE. 2) The Gold Saucer is pretty much exactly what he said, though I'd add that it's also like a casino where the house always loses. You either win a little or a lot, but you ALWAYS win. There's also a weekly transmog prize where you get certain items, dye them a certain color, and present yourself to the judge. You get 10,000 MGP just for participating, another 50,000 if you match 80% of what he asks for, and a title if you get 100%. 3) Normal quests never send you to go kill 15 things, or to go gather 5 things with annoyingly low drop rates. I specified normal, as there are a few exceptions, such as... 4) At each level cap (50, 60, etc), the game has what WoW would call legendary weapon quests. Every combat job has one (and crafter/gathers do at 80), and the first few parts have roughly 10% drop rates. But for many, the weapon appearance is completely worth it. 5) And no, the game never makes you feel that you *have* to do anything. This is why you see people in cities just playing music. You can do this, that, or nothing at all if you want, it's completely up to you. Welcome to the game ;)

[@lootmaster1337]

You had me at 100% flip on spacebar. Damn the 27% chance on s nightelf just doesn't really do it sometimes

[@ToxicGamez]

Ikr. Roll ninja, embrace flips and frog summons

[@Skelli91]

I just started FF14 2 days ago after months wondering about trying or not.... (as a wow player since 2005) and I must say WOOOOW this game is sooo amazing ... i am already 42 haha and it is so plaisant to fully discover a new game !!! I am so impressed RN ! The game is magical and wonderful to explore so far and i cant wait to continue...

[@ICountFrom0]

ALways thank a bard that's playing music. They are always one report from being banned for life. They put out such huge risks just to entertain us for a few minutes.

[@h1dron145]

Why is there such risk?

[@ICountFrom0]

If you ever do the quest to unlock perform, read the fine print.

[@phoenixflamegames1]

@@h1dron145 most bards use mods to play the music because the way you are supposed to play it is absolute garbage. Mods aren’t allowed and therefore they can technically get banned any second.

[@h1dron145]

@@phoenixflamegames1 Oh thanks for the information,didn't knew that.

[@hashihime1703]

@@phoenixflamegames1 That and DMCA

[@CowsR4me]

you can use /cpose while doing various animations like /groundsit or /sit in chairs, or /doze (if you have it) also if you have your weapon out and use it. theres also a button hotkey in the emote menu for it. probably useful for making youtube videos

[@vixalotl5617]

As someone whose been playing FFXIV for 2 years now, I think this is a pretty alright vid. Is nice to see and hear what kinda things new players say about the game. Keep up the work, WoL o7

[@Kanamon22]

Fun, such a weird word must of the time for a couple of years. Glad you're having fun, shit gets crazier so enjoy the ride! And if you need any crafting item I can gladly help

[@NerdlySquared]

FF has been amazing ❤️ I’m glad you are having as much fun as me.

[@SpawnOfJenova]

Let's go! Been playing for a few months and kept seeing more and more WoW KZbinrs try it out. Was waiting for my boy Krucial to give it a go.

[@projectfear22]

Nice seeing this. I just started yesterday and i love seeing people roleplay as musicians.

[@LazyBeastGaming]

Glad your enjoying yourself mate! Cracking video 👌🏻

[@jhkgyg098]

SHE REAL TO ME!! You could really feel that in homie soul like damn.

[@Nootelley]

I already started playing a month ago but videos like this respark my interest in new jobs lol. Awesome video man

[@kierynkelly7374]

Fun vid man Good to see you enjoying your gaming again

[@PartofyourworId]

This game is honestly one of my favourites to heal in, WoW made me an anxious wreck ngl. 😂 People are so sweet and positive and I actually really enjoy all three of the healing classes. AST is my fave tho, the versatility of regen and shields means I can play it tailored to the party/other healer. I also actually feel useful because my dps isn’t TANKED like it is in WoW, I can actually take care of myself without having to level in a dps job.. Also yes I’m playing a bunny girl, life’s never been better.

[@userunknown1030]

its because you don't really have to heal in this game unlike wow.

[@hubbabubba5177]

@@userunknown1030 don't have to heal? Someone is still early on in the game

[@RoyalKnightish]

@@hubbabubba5177 He doesn't realise that healer in 14 is GOD Even both Asmon and Limit Max love healers in 14

[@userunknown1030]

@@hubbabubba5177 yeah no you barely have to heal i don't even know what healers are in the game for lol. if not they wouldn't have made the comparison to how they where anxious healing in wow, because it is much more involved then in ff14.

[@changsiah2]

as much as I prefer not to kill them off and prefer to redeem themselves as we still have competition and whatnot ( if you say you want that idea then your souless) and i have plan to go back to ff14 when i exams and money of Subscription as well as endwalker ( despite the title to the end of the whole game and it's just a storyline)

[@cenaazem]

I haven't laughed so much at a First Experience video in ages lmao. Been hearing so much about this game, then found out that some of my guildmates in Black Desert play it too, and now after watching this I've signed up for a free trial and I'm downloading it.

[@SapphireDragon357]

1 month later, how's that going?

[@Victard]

Man your videos are so funny, I think I could watch you explain or play anything. :D

[@fethre]

That was really entertaining to watch, can’t wait to try the game out!

[@semiramisubw4864]

Still boggles my min. I jumped end of Legion to FF14, just came back for SL bcs i got kinda lorebaited, instant regret and got robbed off my money. FF14 has 1/3 of the WoW budget and provides basically in EVERY aspect way more and ejoyable stuff, not just this boring mess of M+ and raids + broken pvp and freaking Choreghast and other grinds that let your brain burn.

[@freddykingsley]

Agree Just wish ff had actual pvp

[@Ower8x]

@@freddykingsley They are going to be changing pvp ... details will come in a Live Letter at the start of November just before Endwalker hits

[@HighQualityLeftover]

Welcome to your "break" from World of Warcraft. That is how it started for me too. Cut to 3 years later, an i'm still on my break. ;)

[@ew72360]

I just started FFXIV this week and this is, hands down, the BEST review! So funny! Subscribed.

[@viciousinu4001]

i remember watchin yer videos from WOW years ago. good video my guy!

[@TheDarkDalhia]

Yea i'm gonna be needing more FFXIV vids from you dude!

[@markup6394]

And then there comes the time when you have to watch out for the bosses animations to know where the attack goes off - no telegraphs for you! :D

[@pantherman8719]

Storm blood I think doesn't it start there?

[@markup6394]

@@pantherman8719 Could be, yes...

[@randomperson-sn4rj]

@@pantherman8719 I think so

[@phoenixflamegames1]

@@pantherman8719 yeah

[@TheNefari]

no are on the floor to indicate you are screwed ?

[@LelouchVIBritannia-xc3wv]

I'm downloading this tonight thank you for the review :) I will try it out and let you know

[@Oniiray]

Going to start my journey here in 2023 here with the wife, we are both new to gaming and have some friends that won’t shut up about this game, looks good! Can’t wait to play and see what crazy things we will see! 😅

[@dragonweirdocreap]

15:02 Don't worry, even at max lvl in the most recent expansion the game stays a "play me of you want, not play me because you need.". Unless you have a house, in that case yawl need to log on one a month lol.

[@randomperson-sn4rj]

Housing is the real endgame

[@TheNefari]

login to not get evicted :P

[@rektyrektingson4668]

That's nice to know

[@jonjosephsanjuan4693]

I hope you unlock the Hildibrand quest lines, they're pretty funny. FF14 has been a breath of fresh air as I haven't been subbed to WoW in over 6 months.

[@TheNefari]

oh yeah the quest lines are really good :D

[@TenebrisGladius]

@@TheNefari It is something that only a Mander-manderville man can!

[@LunGreenStar]

Hello! I am a Gridania regular so it makes me happy to see someone praising Gridania xD I feel like it's a really chill place hence why I am there all the time, when I wait on queue or just to meet up with my friends when we log in, we also very often hear music there cause people just LOVE to perfom at the main atheryte, it's quite cozy though :3

[@solrun9524]

hi

[@persefffony]

Ooo would love to see a video of you visiting clubs / venues!

[@kennylee12313]

Glad you're having fun with the game. I would like to point out that Shadow Fang is actually a GCD, just with its own unique cooldown. However, if you use it, you still have to wait for the global cooldown of 2.5 seconds (or whatever your skill speed makes it) to use your next GCD weaponskill.

[@thephantomsith]

This was Hilarious! Thank you for making this video. It was nice to see as a new player!

[@deepsp_ce]

lemme get dat insta

[@klipehgaming5286]

Man, I'm happy to see you playing this game, as fellow sub since a while back on wow :) you regained your comedy ;p

[@devinhoran7295]

Glad your enjoying the game, welcome to the community great video!

[@lottiederex]

it took me until like lvl 50 to realize what the aethernet did 😭 i had been attuning to most of them and thought it just labelled the area not teleport you LMAO .. i was walking around for so long!!

[@ramencakes5196]

so same tho Hahahahahahah

[@lazyswayze3123]

As a word of advice, doing the MSQ will easily along with dungeons and very few side quests allow you to fast track through the story of FF14. All this really depends on is if you want to be immersed in the amazing story that is being told in the game(for all you folks from WoW its not really a patch by patch story the A realm Reborn Story is finally getting completed in the newest Expansion Shadow Bringers. With the Up Coming Expansion End Walker capping off that story and starting on a totally new story for this game. So there is plenty to enjoy since all your investment in the story or lack thereof isn't the same issue you would have in WoW since you don't have to go watch Nobbel videos to understand it or buy the books. To understand the plot.) And Let no one tell you that you even have to do the story you can buy a Boost if you want(its something offered by the game let no one tell you how to play a game you are paying for.. like seriously..) If you find that you want to view the game later there is always New Game+ which you can go through the whole story over again if you like. Overall Final Fantasy XIV is an amazing Game that I feel like Everyone should try at least once with its amazing free trial that has a ton of content not to mention the story and so much more.. Its very much Not a WoW killer But it doesn't Need to be. This game offers in this time of need a welcome breath of fresh air that is for the first time offering competition to WoW that it needs in order to become better. I hope to see any and everyone who decides to give this game a try in Eorzea soon!

[@KayaFiend14]

MSQ alone will level you enough now. They increased exp gain from them. Making it even easier for new players to get into the game. Great comment other than that minor detail. 👏

[@lazyswayze3123]

@@KayaFiend14 Thanks!

[@pascalheinrich3990]

It gives enough exp to lvl 1 Job to 80 At least and give the time to Level other ones

[@OriginalDrGonzo]

This game is the closest any mmo has done to actually kill wow. There was a huge surge of wow players jumping ship to ffxiv not long ago.

[@jeojofabad5949]

Didnt notice that was an 18 minute video. I enjoyed it a lot. Good job!

[@Beatjoy5511]

Haha this was amazing dude ur hilarious. Also this was posted on my bday, it was a nice gift

[@liamwilson7549]

As someone who just finished the entire games story including all of the raids and trials I find this video hilarious 😆

[@jasonbourne4865]

Playing FFXIV has been on my bucket list for years now, and two days ago I finally got around to it - and so far it has not disappointed. Sure, it has aspects that feel like generic MMO-fare, but there is also a lot of really good stuff going on in the game. The biggest positives so far have been the new player experience and the way quests are handled (good pacing, easy to reach objectives, meaningful with good rewards, not too many at once - some MMOs tend to clog your quest journal REALLY fast!!!). Apart from the somewhat convoluted process to setup the account and get started, Final Fantasy XIV is the best MMO experience I have had in a very long time and I wholeheartedly recommend it! P.S.: Contrary to the author, I found the game to be anything but overwhelming; it does an excellent job at easing new players into different aspects of gameplay and new things are explained plainly and clearly by the game's help system.

[@bananameep5700]

8:16 Mans really kept the play guide in his hotbar

[@Zaecute]

Good to see you having fun :) I'm probably gonna clear some space and try ff14 after I'm done setting up my alt on tbc

[@noztk]

The base game +the first expansion is free to trial Just try to avoid cutscene and give it some time to hook you with the combat. It really takes few levels.

[@Zaecute]

@@noztk Awesome, thank you!

[@semiramisubw4864]

@@Zaecute if you like story than watch the cutscenes, fetch ones you can mostly skip. the basgame builds the world for all expansions and is refered consistently, so later on you maybe dont know why you fight some enemys and their backgrounds.

[@soulvestige8584]

The "Tired of using sign language? Swap to a Texan." had me rolling.

[@EatMyVlogs]

That Ravana boss fight was one of my favourites so far, crystal tower raids were awesome too. Can't wait to get to the higher level content.

[@Halwyn_Parrish]

Higher level content is fun as hell! It amazes me that even after all these years that the FFXIV dev team is still able to find new and creative ways to keep fights interesting.

[@gostreiver8036]

I’ve done up into stormblood so far and will just say Ravana is one of the coolest “antagonists” ever in a game I’ve played. Not only is his fight epic as hell. His boss music is one of the best soundtracks I’ve ever heard. And I stress that he’s an antagonist not a villain because he follows a code of honor and keeps his word even in defeat

[@bigbay1159]

Have you faced Brute Justice yet? If you haven't.... : )

[@thomash341]

@@bigbay1159 When I first heard Brute Justice’s music, my only thoughts were “I have to get my friends to blind run this raid” and “Where’s the orchestrion roll”.

[@SargntSagara]

Very good video! loved it! Hope u continue the ninja way. gotta be the hokage :P

[@marcman94]

Glad you're enjoying it! Judging by your levels you aren't, but it's nice to know that if someone are interested they can play everything you showed for free. It really makes the barrier to entry very small.

[@fish3977]

tbh, the naval city is definitely the least beginner friendly with the forest one being the most basic with it being just all on one level

[@roetheboat1]

I think the weird separation of the various cities is due to technological limitations with the game being on PS3 at the same time. Gridania (forest city) is split between two subzones, Old Gridania and New Gridania, but the Aetherytes are labeled in a way that makes it easier to figure out. Limsa Lominsa (naval/pirate city) is split between two subzones, the Lower Decks and the Upper Decks. I still find Ul'Dah (desert city) to be the worst because it's split into like 3-4 subzones. Ishgard (main city in Heavensward) is similarly split into various subzones. However, but the time you get to Ishgard you're pretty accustomed to the wonkiness so it isn't AS bad. In Stormblood they switched so that all of the main cities (Rhalgar's Reach and Kugane) were in the same subzone. So you didn't have to go to a loading screen trying to walk to the grocery store. Shadowbringers actually kind of backtracked. The Crystarium is a massive size for a city zone, and I don't believe that it has any subzones that require loading when moving around. But because of its size you're just better of using the Aetherytes to save time. Eulmore, on the other hand, has 3-4 subzones. All of the important endgame vendors and such are all on the same subzone (where the main Aetheryte is) so you don't have to worry about the other subzones with the exception of sidequests and MSQ. I'm not sure why Eulmore has subzones, since FF14 dropped PS3 support in Stormblood or Shadowbringers.

[@krislovetaylorswift]

uldah is a nightmare to navigate with the map as a new player

[@HyperfixationWizard]

I'm hooked onto FFXIV not because of bunny and cat girls/boys but because playing Black Mage and Dragoon is the closest I'll ever get to role-playing as a nuke in an MMO.

[@Aestareth_]

ever played BDO ?

[@dreambiscuits]

This video was so enjoyable to wacth. I love the sense of humor you used! Got a sub from me!

[@AquarialDeloAtlantis]

"intense exposure of light" on Ravana made me chuckle thinking about Shadowbringers as a whole. Play with sunglasses you're gonna need them!

[@timthenecromancer3320]

So many have switched to this game. I might have to look into it as well

[@quekZo95]

Do it. *NOW*

[@Baromunk]

I keep telling people: "if absolute white on your screen hurts your eyes, your screen is not setup correctly for your eyes". Yes, the game likes the flashy boombooms, but your own screen should not be able to go up to a level of brightness that hurts you.

[@Umbrellify]

im dumb as hell and that bit actually made me paranoid for my vision. internet says you can get a camera flash in your eyes 100x and its not gonna be damaging, and u need like 30s+ of constant bright light exposure for damage. and then i realized people frequently see the sun out of the corner of their eyes and even glance at it. so yea im just a paranoid idiot

[@Lother1n]

Dunno how the f I missed this video but anyway. Krucial's editing is top notch

[@FernandoComicsOfficial]

This was the best review I've seen yet.

[@BKPrice]

"Fighting a giant clam doesn't exactly scream out fantasy to me." It does more than robots and spaceships.

[@JackgarPrime]

Science fantasy, my man!

[@hiroshi1195]

"Gridania is peaceful and happy" Do you think we should tell him about the lancer quests?

[@rugalbernstein5913]

He's level 51 DRG he probably knows already.

[@hiroshi1195]

@@rugalbernstein5913 Oh, I thought he's a ninja

[@rugalbernstein5913]

@@hiroshi1195 he is, but you can see later in the video he's leveled up multiple jobs, and he at least picked up all the melee dps minus samurai.

[@timobatana6705]

A pro tip for gamers if you want to keep healthy eyesight. There is a podcast by Stanford professor named Andrew huberman here on KZbin called the huberman podcast from that podcast I have learned that prolonged screen exposure such as us gamers are exposed to many eye problems starting with soreness and headaches all the way up to actual retinal damage and disease such as myopia. A way to greatly mitigate the chances of getting myopia or eye degenerative related ailments is to simply view bright light in the morning such as outdoors but not direct sunlight on your eyes. Gazing at far distances will relax your eyes especially during a gaming session and it's like flexing your bicep it is extremely good for your eyes and will greatly mitigate myopia which is short-sightedness which you will develop if you stare at screens all day everyday especially late at night.

[@ericwr4965]

Very informative very funny And definitely now subscribed Thank you sir 👍

[@zerwif]

The game has a lot of time sinks, almost all at whatever the current level cap is. Relics, Anima, Eureka, and Bozjan were all way more grinding when they were brand new, but are now more relaxed. Endwalker will likely have something similiar for level 90s.

[@magnuscarlsson9969]

Ain't it kinda wierd that FFXIV have gone unnoticed for such a long time within the WoW community? I've been playing FFXIV and WoW for years(untill i finally dropped WoW mid BfA, I just couldn't deal with it anymore). Since FFXIV have almost no FOMO content outside of events, It was always easy to shelf it for a few months at the start of a new WoW tier and just resub when WoW slowed down and then have a boatload of stuff to do when you return to FFXIV. It was sort of part of my own patch cycle back then. Now i play FFXIV as my only MMO, because WoW unfortunately ain't fun anymore. But I've replaced WoW with other genres of games and it also allowed me to catch up on titles I had wanted to play but never had time for while playing WoW.

[@emetanti]

It didn´t go unnoticed, most the youtubers just realized that with Shadowlands burning that theres more to gain from 14.

[@steveklass6823]

I know for some people that me have stayed away from it because we got a bad first impression (Played pre ARR) and thus didn't consider going to it for quite a while because I would think of that first thing. Game is completely different now and I am entering heavensward but yea... That bad first impression had me and probably many others turn a blind eye to it for a long time.

[@magnuscarlsson9969]

@@emetanti Nah they actively ragged on FFXIV for being a bad game and now when they finally play it they realize it's acctually better then WoW in most aspects and have been that for a very long time. Honestly if it wasn't for my guild I would had dropped WoW already back in 2.0 or at the very least in Heavensward.

[@Hooga89]

It has gone unnoticed by *some* people, but I played it first time in Heavensward a fair bit, which is like 6 years ago now, I've always known it was the only real competitor to WoW in terms of quality.

[@dinovoldo544]

The only FOMO I can think of is the Feast mounts and the Garou event.

[@Raumes513]

Haha the bard bit reminded me of lord of the rings online I was smithing and a group of bards started playing that closing time song and I listened to it all that was a really cool experience

[@NicholasMcdermottNick]

Glad you are enjoying XIV. FFXIV has been a fun game to play, I so like the story in the game and honestly playing the game for 5 or so years I barely notice the GCD anymore, unless I get into a level 15+ dungeon then woof. Also Glamour is endgame.

[@Mnkeys]

You nailed the best part of the game. I get distracted, I talk to people or dance around. I actually roleplay interact with the community. I cry at the story. Its so refreshing

[@Triage_3]

I have been playing ARR for 8 years and somehow this video made me love the game even more. The world just feels so alive. Thank you.

[@shelbythroesch6842]

Ayyyyyy Hyperion here as well! Glad you are loving the game! Also I thought I knew the FC ASTRAL lol

[@korena97]

Idk if you’ve done your own captions but they are spot on compared to others getting thousands of views lol as some that’s hard of hearing I appreciate it 😅

[@CocoManiaDX]

7:00 hits so fucking hard

[@julianrestrepo6209]

Imagine that, make a fun engaging game and your player base will be happy, who knew o.o

[@ariisky_]

Holy shit a force unleashed reference First ever vid I've seen of you and I'm already impressed :D

[@SupremeLoui]

I play final fantasy and I found this video correct and funny keep up the great work!

[@Lordoftheapes79]

I suggest playing with the nameplate settings. It'll clean things up a lot, especially in large crowds. Good video, I enjoyed the review.... Been in the Gold Saucer all morning...

[@Pikachu-qr4yb]

What do you mean

[@Lordoftheapes79]

@@Pikachu-qr4yb you can turn off nameplates, but leave them on for just your friends.

[@shemac1482]

My favorite things about all the final fantasies in general is that I feel like they want the epicness of the story to remain, but also will put something in the game just because it's awesome or silly or hilarious. They dont use excel spreadsheets with game play time logistics to determine everything that's in the game.

[@TheNefari]

the story is a huge plus :D

[@pascalheinrich3990]

I remember in Ff10 that I spent a little to much time in Blitzball then it was neccessary because it was so much fun

[@shemac1482]

@@pascalheinrich3990 blitzball is a yes.

[@clotzopelu2464]

Bro u used the song from Mass Effect, what a king!

[@Mytroid]

Bravo! I had such a good time watching this video thank you!