The Limsa Lominsa AFK experience - FFXIV

i see them all over the place, they never move, they never log off
they just... stand there. MENACINGLY!
but for real some people in FFXIV are really into AFKing in limsa
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[@OkamiG15]

"It's the Warrior of Light, Sultana. They're... dancing. They've been dancing the same dance for over a year, in their smallclothes!"

[@adcon00]

Do they also wear the Archbishop's hat?

[@OkamiG15]

@@adcon00 Ah, a fellow Coerul native? Though I could believe there’s a lot of naked popes dancing in front of the Ul’dah Aetheryte

[@Sol-ct9oe]

His sentence is still being served to this day...

[@xandirnich_237]

​@Vivina Vina the only naked dancing pope in Ul'dah I've seen is Nosaj Blackrock in Coeurl lol.

[@FrogAssemblyLine]

Can't forget hobo obobo on faerie

[@theequalizer694]

You forgot the part where they violently snap their head to stare directly at you.

[@GentleBones1]

Jesus, I imagined that and just about jumped lol freaky.

[@newmethados5817]

I remember seeing the same guy AFK staring at a wall for like 3 weeks straight. He was standing by my Grand Company desk and every day I would stop by there I saw him. Just standing in the corner, looking at the wall. Never moving

[@anteprs7908]

he must be a wilson fisk fan

[@soldierorsomething]

Too much blair witch

[@damocles7406]

Don't acknowledge them, else you'll see horrors beyond comprehension.

[@BirdCyclops]

I stared at the AFKer and the AFK stared back at me

[@Mr.S353]

@@BirdCyclops the Afker’s methods is beyond comprehension

[@HezrouDhiaga]

NPCs: "Nobody understands why the Warrior of Light has been standing in the quicksands dancing for fourteen hours straight. Perhaps it is their riggerous exorcize routine that makes them so powerful against the Ascians! :O" The WoL: dancing trying to swoon some manbear Hroth or Roe for that strong-arm ERP they heard so much about in shout chat

[@drexfivemorning3930]

I remember there was a time restriction when the game would log you out after a certain period of time for a patch or something, and the people who do AFKs did everything at their disposal, so they won't get logged out.

[@BirdCyclops]

Ah yes the 10 minute rule they did for endwalker was the latest one

[@Scarloc17]

Good times

[@TarossBlackburn]

That 10 minute logout is enforced every major expansion, usually up to the .1 patch.

[@Suberi909]

30 minute at least during endwalker release, I had just enough time to do my groceries and get back without being yeeted back into the multiple hour queue.

[@Spore9996]

I still don't know why people AFK for days at a time in FF14...

[@Dogbot3000]

Imagine not afking at the inn to have sick tunes playing in the background.

[@satsui2424]

imagine not afking in ala mhigo with the hardest field theme to exist

[@Tindall4CO]

To this day there is still a person dead in front of the atheryte in Ul’dah. He appeared like two or three months ago and he is still dead there. Don’t know how he got there or how he has died and remained dead all this time but people have started to play music and other things around the body. It’s become a landmark at this point

[@lauraacevedo1308]

which WS? i need to see this XD

[@Tindall4CO]

@@lauraacevedo1308 Zalera on crystal I think

[@speed4lyfe127]

​@@Tindall4CO I saw him at Gridania a few days ago, before he went back to Ul'dah. I was so confused. His name was Scar Sloth or something.

[@greysimpson548]

Yeah-- was waiting for someone to mention him

[@pocketdirt338]

There's a Lalafell on Cactaur who does this too and the Raen man at the Aetherite

[@julto8kirby]

Jake Peralta's "coolcoolcoolcoolcool" should always be visualized like how you did it.

[@MJuegaES]

I feel like I've probably worn a hole into the floor of The Wench from all the idling I do there.

[@sweatysunder4681]

I was expecting the punchline to be that they lost their house for not stepping on it in a month

[@dankerus9642]

in Aether Jenova we have Mint Dew, the eternally dancing catgirl who still manages to get raid gear. Currently she dances at the aetheryte in the latest hub.

[@jariu9612]

If this is who I think it is they have multiple accounts, and just multi box to leave that one there.

[@EurrikkeEdward]

Aether Siren, the eternally dead at Uldah main Aetheryte entrance Caster Takasu(?) too

[@feyefall4855]

Also in Jenova, we have Cooked Toast who hangs out at the Adder's Nest. They're almost always passed out on the floor by the entrance. Though one time they disappeared for a couple days, and ngl, I was a little worried about them.

[@Tysonbaradad]

Aether Ada, we got The Loogie in purple suspenders step dancing at the Limsa lominsa aftcastle aetheryte

[@Pundae]

In halicarnassus we have the valentines who dance at the limsa aetheryte. They recently moved to a different spot and I about lost my shit

[@Himatatsu87]

The topic always confounds me. The need to run a game in the background just to afk in it in the hopes that someone messages you.

[@VentrexTheXVth]

It's the same as going to public square or park just to read. Some people like to be around others.

[@Vakrios]

I just want to make friends but no one acknowledges my boring Hyur ;_;

[@Spore9996]

@@Vakrios Am Viera, come to Zalera sometime and chat

[@kylethomas9130]

Been on guard duty at the post for over a month, and he never found out what happened to her clothes. Such mysteries may never be uncovered.

[@Majima_Nowhere]

"And over here we have this blue-clad masked mage, who one day exploded and has remained dead in that exact spot ever since." "Gross, I can't imagine the smell..." "Actually, they haven't decayed at all. The body is still warm. Our best chirurgeons say the soul remains, but is for some reason unwilling to animate the body." "Creepy."

[@Silversky1113]

In the balmung quicksand, there's always someone afk behind the inn desk called Fake Employee or something. If you're reading this, please stop using the sweep emote. The sound is so annoying. 😢

[@kelmirosue3251]

Lmao what a legend

[@dkb201998]

Sweeping? I usually see them do the fake busy emote usually behind the inn npc

[@okllo]

WoL has mastered photosynthesis 😎

[@emily3790]

Less Clothes = More Sun

[@nekochiyu5060]

This reminds me of the Link player in Brynhilder. Always dancing at the top of the stairs by the aetheryte in Ul'Dah That man has not stopped jamming for like over a year

[@fucqtard1057]

The poor souls that dare to have an opinion inside of his proximity though, that guys a psychopath.

[@nekochiyu5060]

@@fucqtard1057 Oh dear, what happens? I never look at chat or pay attention to those things

[@fucqtard1057]

@@nekochiyu5060 To put it simply, he harasses you. He has a very explosive behaviour and generally just seem like trouble.

[@rezhigwind]

And there is a Dancing Thancred that afks at the most recent hub every expansion. He and Link are the icons of Brynhildr.

[@nanachimakenshi2512]

On my server we have a dancing guy in a moggle outfit with their sometimes copy dancing across from them. A Lalafell bench. Then the bara Roegadyn and Hrothgar bench on the other side.

[@UltimatBlitz]

We have a big Roe with an afro in the Golden Saucer, near the mini cactpots. The only times he's not there are when the auto kick for idles during expansions are in effect. It's been actual real life years.

[@Radicalbeast]

apparently that moogle is an asshole from what I've heard.

[@Firestar4041]

Grumpy Townsfolk: "This is why we should ban adventurers!" Guard: "Oh calm down Jerry. Who else will get your weekly orders from Moggal-Mart?"

[@ethelana9627]

The Loogie permanently dancing beside the adamantoise aftcastle aetheryte :D

[@leewiens9912]

If turning on the game is the first thing you do in the day, and turning off the game is the last it might just be easier to leave it on permanently.

[@RamNaima]

What about power usage and the wear and tear on your computer?

[@MoxInaBox]

This reminds me of my favorite warrior of light. Tank Program. Man just lays down AFK in front of the way to the market board in Limsa on Ultros. He's awesome

[@krieg3565]

shout out to that one Lalafell laying on the ground in the Merchant district

[@No0neat]

"Why is there a giant line of lalafells all doing a sincronized dance right here in the middle of the hawk's alley?"

[@BirdCyclops]

dont look at them, thats how they decide who they target next

[@SuperAwesomeReasons]

I know of a legendary Limsa AFKer on my server who's been standing under the aetheryte pavilion tree since at least I started playing. For context, I first noticed them several months before Endwalker released.

[@starrygeek]

On Crystal Brynhildr, there is this Thancred in Old Sharlayan by the aetheryte who is just always dancing. They never move from their spot, they look just like Thancred, clothes too and they just..dance while AFK. I swear they were still there even after maintenance.

[@ooccttoo]

On Famfrit, there are not one but TWO massive groups of AFKers. The Jades, a group of identical Hyur women dancing in a circle in perfect syncronisation, and the Weaboo Police, a group of identical Roegadyn men who just stand there menacingly. There's also technically the Weaboo FBI, but I consider them to just be a subgroup of the Weaboo Police.

[@fake_7106]

Once upon a time I was apart of Oliver nexus’ free company in balmung. He stands in the same spot every time he afk’s, apparently he’s been doing it since the beta. Travel to balmung and you can see him in limsa I guarantee it.

[@cosmicallyblue]

I started hanging out in Aether Faerie and in the Saucer there's Hobo Ohbobo, forever dancing. It's so mesmerizing to watch...

[@cvf4ever]

the deranged WoL scaring NPCs lmao

[@BFTAC0]

Is no one going to say anything about Mr. Blackrock the sexy dancing pope in coeurl? He's in ul'dah. I have never seen him not dance in his spot. Edit: Oh, there's the comments, they were the first few. Of course.

[@binhhoangbapham7231]

on my server, there was a snowman (Nekoo K) who's always on the bench night after night for years now

[@ProtoHelio1]

On Primal Excalibur we have an AFKing default WoL in the Gold Saucer named John Finalfantasyxiv. He just...stands there...menacingly... Also shoutouts to Hero Senpai of the FC "OwO" who is always idle in New Gridania's aetheryte Plaza.

[@offperception]

Don't forget Deadbear Lakshmi at the first retainer bell in Limsa.

[@ProtoHelio1]

@@offperception OH THE PERSON IN THE FULL MOOGLE OUTFIT I FORGOT!

[@offperception]

@@ProtoHelio1 Yes, they are wearing a moogle type outfit, but without the head and chest parts, I think.

[@waywardwriterryu7185]

Back when I was still in Adamantoise before me and my friends packed up and moved to Dynamis, every day when I would go to the Maelstrom headquarters to unload my extra junk gear there would be a dude step dancing on the stone rail between the drowned wench and the hq, weeks later I went back to get better queue times and the dude was still there, he may even still be step dancing to this day

[@VtAneila]

Can confirm. Returned after 10 years since 2.0 and he's still there dancing.

[@Nyx_Avatar]

lol I haven't played ffxiv in years so this must be what my character is doing

[@That1Smug]

I love how in gilgamesh theres a big lalafell wall we lalafell always participate as a daily ritual. To support our eidolaon leviathan

[@izmiziyashikhu8493]

Glazrael..... ever faithful

[@LeReal]

There was this lala on Crystal (Zalera) named Bug Boy who’d always be sleep every time I’d log in two years ago, haven’t seen him since the AFK time limit during EW’s launch sadly

[@jenniferduckworth9514]

I saw him in Limsa a couple days ago! What a small world. Another regular that graces my eyes on occasion is "Dolly Farton".

[@darkblood1192]

I have been seeing the same cat girl dancing infront of the aetheryte since Stormblood...Till now

[@Soridan]

Oh, I expected the AH HA HA HA HA... HUAA sound bit.

[@YumiGoblin]

Look, the warrior of light's business is the warrior of light's business, mkayyyy?

[@BroBercules]

"You'll never find a more wretched hive of scum and villainy.". But really, Limsa is a cesspool.

[@firecrand]

De una! Yo empecé en ese pueblo y desde el primer dia de juego hasta el nivel 30 vi al mismo pj tirado en la plaza central.

[@swingrope]

Every world on every server has 1

[@rxdestiny]

you make my day, It's very funny and the voice is lovely

[@BirdCyclops]

Oh thank you so much!

[@Oku37]

It's the permanently dead player in uldah on cactuar. We miss them when they are offline.

[@pentagonofpeople]

Special shoutout to Nexus: The buff moogle that dances in Balmung limsa nearly 24/7 with his identical clone: Wind-up Nexus

[@AngelofAmbrosia]

If I have to AFK for chores or the phone or something, I try to find a scenic spot and turn on music that fits my current mood.’

[@mimikyoo]

Love these ff14 experience vids so much. subbed!

[@BirdCyclops]

thank you so much!!

[@mellomanic6767]

s/o to The Loogie on Adamantoise who’s been dancing in place dressed as Waluigi for like 2 years

[@MothOnWall]

Day 31: The wax sculpture switcheroo was a complete success! No PC is aware I have already departed, observing from the comfort of my hotel room. Additional note: One player was intrigued enough to observe for a month straight! Must test with other sculptures for future study. ... that's really all I could think of. 乁⁠(⁠ ⁠•⁠_⁠•⁠ ⁠)⁠ㄏ

[@PC-Doodle]

I try not to make eye contact, for my own safety of course.

[@JayHog1992]

Me watching the rabbit demon sweeping the Uldah stairs for over a month. (If you're in Lamia, you'll notice him often.)

[@kaizerslinkard4832]

In my limsa there is just a body, someone has died and no one has attempted to move the body and it's been there for what feels like months

[@user-yg7sh9fh2y]

"She's just standing there, MENACINGLY!" by random NPC.

[@cloudiexiv]

THIS IS HILARIOUSLY ACCURATE!

[@mortalitydoesstuff8965]

I once met a man named Dankus Tankus in limsa. Dude wasn't even playing a tank class at the time

[@thornangel16]

She’s naked because glamour. Don’t try to understand it. 💅

[@BirdCyclops]

Lmao

[@okllo]

fashun

[@ShadowxOfxTudhope]

As a Balmungian, we have a Moogle Roe on bear armor doing the sundrop everyday, Madlad even has a alt account to run a bot for it.

[@twevara]

im a coeurl server player, and every time i pass through ul'dah i give a little prayer to stripper pope

[@litsaber]

At least this one isn't a DRK making a sizable crack in the ground and refusing to move their weapon

[@NotTheWheel]

There's this one Lala I know that literally I've never seen him move he's always standing under the tree in Limsa. Granted I'm normally in Gridania but yeah. It's odd. Like he doesn't even queue dungeons or anything.

[@Katsuma2024]

I have not seen Deadbear Lakshmi (Primal, Excalibur, Limsa Aetheryte Plaza, next to the retainer summoning bell) move in EIGHT! YEARS!

[@offperception]

I've seen her move during major patch days. Also saw her in Bozja when it was current.

[@AkariYuudou]

My afk spot of choice is locked on to the Limsa main aetheryte, already tabbed to the world list menu. Reason: people are so impatient that there's basically no other way to get to off-world S ranks than to just sit there waiting at one of the three places in the entire game where world transfers are possible, one click away from the actual transfer--and even then, your odds are 50/50 at best. (Yeah yeah, early pullers, don't blame everyone, blah blah blah, but you can only blame them so often when even established pull times only give you about 3 minutes at best to get through potentially huge queues, nobody shows even the slightest sympathy to folks who miss out due to trolls/impatience, and mob mentality absolutely kicks in once anyone pulls and the whole group goes ham.) I do my best to ignore the...activity going on around me in the meantime.

[@MasterChibi]

Damn Warrior of Light got cake. Really? I love cake!

[@BirdCyclops]

cake?? what flavor??

[@MasterChibi]

@@BirdCyclops Vanyilla?

[@fluffykitten077]

There's a freaking bat roosting on the guild chest in Omega. Someone should call an exterminator or something...

[@ochydochy]

Beacons of our society! Tank Program for one! A big roe who plays dead for months now, in limsa on crystal! Folks use him as a landmark when giving out free minions

[@mXl2]

I saw this guy once in limsa standing in front of the aether, I logged out sleep, woke up go to work and when I got home logged in. The same guy is right there like wtf is he playing on a server or something

[@MooChoochan]

Sometimes she eat one egg.

[@JDSleeper]

Every server seems to have someone who is always AFK in Limsa dancing eternally, playing dead in a rabbit suit, or just standing there with their HW DRK Relic weapon.

[@noskalborg723]

The comments are GOLD

[@alphared920]

For the past 2 week, every time I go to Limsa, I see a pair of Miqote lesbians and a buff Moogle. And everytime, it makes me more and more irate

[@Mangoekaki]

Shoutout to Mint Dew who has claimed the Sharlayan aetheryte aa her base of perpetual songbird dancing...who apparently has been this AFK cryptid since 1.0

[@dadkwashere]

In sarg its always a bunch of afk legends or the weeaboo police

[@jacktangent]

there's a male roegadyn who dresses up like hitler by the limsa aetheryte on EU twintania (light) and stands there for hours on end

[@TenebiCenturion]

Not sure what I expected but I wasnt dissapointed.

[@Jian13]

The WoL sustains themselves off pure aether. She's naked to better absorb that aether.

[@DucksAreEpic]

Rottens Flesh in Twintania

[@wetnoodlex]

This Warrior of Light... is he dead? People just stand on him and there's no reaction. It's been 3 years...

[@obligatorylynx308]

"Thats the person who has killed the most powerful beings this world has ever known, brought together nations, and yes has traveled to places you can only imagine in your wildest dreams. So awe inspiring to see them here." Guard 1 "I get that... Its just... Why are they dancing so silly and asking for erp..." Guard 2

[@MewnFrostFang]

NO CLUE

[@ZurichiVonVorst]

I only go to Limsa when I need to get company seal from all the old armor and weapons I get. Sometimes i do ask pee chat what class I should level next. So youtube comments what class should I level next. Black mage or Bard?

[@BirdCyclops]

Bard 💅

[@LeReal]

Bard, the Aoidos leg & feet gear is peak glamour 🔥

[@Chichaetomate]

Wait of the WoL can eat but doesn't need to... Does it need to poop?

[@BirdCyclops]

ive never seen anyone do that so...

[@ScrewBall105]

Their digestive system is a digestive mobius loop, ever continuing into itself with no end

[@VentrexTheXVth]

I heard from an interview that all their waste gets turned into aether. It's why there are no bathrooms in the game.

[@HezrouDhiaga]

It poops Aether, clearly.

[@HezrouDhiaga]

@@BirdCyclops That explains why we still don't have Toilets yet for housing

[@angimauri8092]

Accurate

[@jacobdagun3670]

Don't shame Nosaj like this. Man is a national treasure to Ul'dah.

[@Wbfuhn]

Are these people doing this just to admire the character model? Take a picture or record a video and put that on loop.

[@thedeaforc]

Wonder what her AC is?

[@LazyIguana]

Shall we disrobe as well?

[@Pendrargon]

So there is people who open the game the entire day just to stay still for hours ? Like what do they do in the meantime

[@dorian6032]

Heh

[@ZyxieRumor]

*[Meanwhile in Crystal - Coeurl server - Ul'dah]* *NPC 1:* See that? *Points at Nosaj Blackrock* That's the Warrior of Light. *NPC 2:* I see. *NPC 1:* What's funny is that he's been dancing on those stairs for as long as I can remember. Like for years. *NPC:* Really? *NPC 1:* Yeah. I mean there would occasionally be other people to join dancing around him from time to time. *NPC 2:* Huh...btw why is he naked, only wearing 2B thigh boots, and a pope hat?

[@Aitherea]

Why is she naked? As a fellow naked woman in FFXIV, let me answer this for you. It looks good. 🤣

[@JustSkram]

Imagine paying a monthly sub to just afk

[@joeschmoe2843]

What a waste of electricity

[@tommydeforrest3338]

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