They're cookin' with gas now! - Valigarmanda (Extreme) w/ NEST

[@DrakGamestein]

Trying a lot of new stuff this expac! With my growing home responsibilities I'm letting more people help with the process. Kev (who manages the highlight channel) stepped up to help edit the base vid and Scribble handled the avatars and text as usual. We're trying out a new editing software. All that to say, there are gonna be hiccups and errors here and there but I hope you'll let them slide as we iron them out. :) Also thanks again to our sponsor today. Use code " DRAK" to receive $5 off for your first #Sakuraco box through my link:team.sakura.co/Drak or your first #TokyoTreat box through my link: team.tokyotreat.com/Drak

[@Northymark2]

I love the homely feel, friends just having fun and the videos always reflect this. Hope home life is going well Drak and everyone involved

[@Dentere]

“There must always be a Gaslightingway,” Corey said to Drak as he disappeared into the ether.

[@wadeslilson4385]

Gives strong "the dutchman must have a captain" vibes. Part of the ship, part of the crew

[@Lancefh_ENV]

What do you mean? There's always been a Gaslightingway. Didn't you do that one side quest?

[@AzimoKBM]

He's actually in the raid you just can only see up to 8 people at a time ( PS4 limitations, hopefully they deal with it soon )

[@Someone-dv7hw]

​@@Lancefh_ENV I see😂

[@caster25000]

"Don't worry, brotha, I shall carry on in your stead." - Drak, taking up Corey's mantle of Cleavingway

[@CurrencyChampion]

>keaton on tank >jesse back on heals >drak on domestic terrorizing this will be a good expansion

[@virys.5887]

Was a little shocked to hear Corey is not part of NEST anymore. But learning that he had to leave because of his Job and not because they fought is a huge relief. Hope he finds happiness and that he and the rest of the team maintain a great relationship in privat :) Loved their synergy, but it will be cool to see new faces ☺️

[@Evilman_520]

Everyone: "Twisters!" Hans: "I sense a disturbance in the force... it's as if someone called out a cursed mechanic, then suddenly was silenced..."

[@Xblazer755]

Honestly glad to see that other tank players enjoy Mountain Fire as much as I do. I genuinely feel like that is the best tank mechanic we've had in such a long time, if not ever for Final Fantasy XIV. Love this fight!

[@keaton_kiht]

I absolutely looooved the tankbuster. It's genuinely the reason I decided to tank this tier. So I'm thrilled to bits.

[@Xblazer755]

@@keaton_kiht - That's awesome! I'm sure you'll do great! Tanking this expansion is looking like it's gonna be a fun time if mechs like this are what we can expect moving forward!

[@keaton_kiht]

@@Xblazer755 It's my first time tanking in 4 years. So I'm really stressed, but so fuckin' excited. I'm happy with things so far!

[@gabrielfurtado2171]

@@keaton_kiht as someone who took it to finally tank main a tier and also finally get a static to raid in 4 years too, it sure is scary at first but dang it feels awesome, here is to more awesome Tank Mechs in Dawntrail!

[@DoortoTwilight777]

“If it weren’t for the fact that I need you to live, I swear to God…” Need that on a coffee mug or something lmao

[@keaton_kiht]

it's so true too LOL

[@speedstar7]

7:00 good thing Hans wasn't there to hear that _small_ _non-overlapping_ _circles_

[@Greco4915]

We must protect the Moogle at all costs!!!

[@keaton_kiht]

I love the "target acquired" debuff I now carry. XD

[@DrakGamestein]

I’m just happy they gave us the option to kill tanks this time around.

[@keaton_kiht]

@@DrakGamestein Of course you'd be happy about that a;lsdkjf;laksdjfl;

[@Harrowing999]

@@keaton_kiht such is the life of being the squeaky toy. You have become Drak’s stress ball

[@toomanyinterests2271]

@keaton_kiht this calls for a team up, Jesse is waiting

[@Clankio]

Definitely going to be weird to not have Corey around (Hope he's enjoying his new job and able to join the fun again soon), but it seems Drak is filling Corey's role just fine xP Poor poor Keaton though.

[@naienko]

Keaton's noises are going to be my fav thing about NEST in Dawntrail.

[@MyVanir]

@@naienko Keaton noises have been the best thing in EW too.

[@naienko]

@@MyVanir and now we're going to get SO MUCH MORE

[@Spiritwonder420]

Wait Corey is gone :(

[@DawnAfternoon]

@@Spiritwonder420 on the bright side he's gone because he got a really promising job Good for Corey in all seriousness

[@Algol_Veilios]

Corey may be out for now (Hope he's doing well! I know things have been good for him, but scheduling called for him to leave), but it's nice to see Drak continues on the spirit of Thunder Buddies. Happy Dawntrail, Drak! Looking forward to seeing new videos! Also, 10/10 tankbuster. Actually one of the best ones I've seen.

[@Harrowing999]

While I will miss Corey and his shenanigans, I am happy for him for his new job and opportunities and wish him all the best. But Drak will channel that Corey energy and go even further beyond what a gremlin thought possible!!! (At squeaky toy Keaton’s expense)

[@giv3m3ahug70]

I like to think all of NEST shares one collective brain cell and with every new member each of them has less time with it

[@AMNElement]

So they're all Orange cats

[@giv3m3ahug70]

@@AMNElement basically

[@SneakyMuffin]

The fact that five out of eight party members got in on the happy feet bit, and two different times it was in synch. That's how you know it's gonna be a good static.

[@leetaeryeo5269]

"I'm concussed!" from Kiht gives real Ralph Wiggum "I'm in danger!" energy and I love it

[@keaton_kiht]

That's just my perpetual state at this point. LOL

[@MrMallardg1]

Hey! I think that you, Kev, and Scribble did great with this vid, and it feels like watching a usual NEST vid (which I know seems like a weird thing to say, but I mean this as a compliment to dissuade any worries about newer creative processes and different editing software). Can’t wait to see y’all’s adventures in DawnTrail!

[@scottwagner2566]

Interesting that the dynamic is now "DPS griefs tanks" and not the other way around.

[@keaton_kiht]

IT'S BECAUSE I'M WEAK. SEND HELP, HE WON'T LEAVE ME ALONE.

[@FirestreakRodimusPr]

@@keaton_kiht that's quitter talk Keaton. Remember you have Shirk.

[@PikminH178762]

this might be the best Extreme they've done

[@Greco4915]

I can’t wait for their run of Everkeep EX.

[@ShermTank7272]

Seeing Drak play Monk again... nature is healing

[@TheRyegar]

Tank Keaton wasn't something I was expecting but it is very welcome.

[@rairyujinx6670]

I Thought things would be different when i heard Corey left but watching this I have come to realize that nothing has changed and I love it.

[@juicegirl2696]

I’ve always loved these videos, and they inspired me to try high end content on expansion for the first time during Dawntrail! It’s so much funnier knowing the mechanics now, thank you for continuously making these!

[@LaughingComedian]

I love that muscle memory makes people shuffle back and forth during lightning phase ice mechanic Because every other time that comes up its motion, but in that phase (and the spread for ice phase) you just need to be on a floating area, no motion required

[@FirebirdEternal]

It's so good to hear y'all having fun with content, just feels great to get that vicarious joy

[@AngelScolarus]

Perfect! It's the NEST Neapolitan. A trial boss that comes in NESTs three favorite flavors: friendly fire, cold spicy, and thunder buddies

[@SekundesCCFFVII]

Thanks for the video Drak ! Side note : you effed up the timer at the beginning of the video, sponsor ends at 2:30 and chaptering ends it at 2:00

[@doragonsoruja]

It feels so nice watching these videos. Especially since I’m able to do the stuff they’re doing on-content. It’s like a nice little checkpoint for me and a reminder of the person who got me into this game who I miss everyday and the people I met or reconnected with because of this game. From barely doing Garuda Ex as a lvl 50 DRK to clearing blind week 1 savage. Hopefully one day I can get lucky and run into him maybe in PF to raid with him or for something memorable That being said, I can’t wait to see how they handle a certain mechanic in M2S, it seems like no one knows how to handle it lol

[@Nalehw]

17:58 Shout out to that SLICK rescue on the char who couldn't Arm's Length due to LB. Quick and precise.

[@MarcatoSoundMusic]

I am very proud of it. :)

[@nijiru4448]

As a note, the move that kills for the enemy limit and enrage is Tulidisaster. "Tuli" means circumcision in Filipino.

[@enlongjones2394]

As a guy who played FF6 as a kid, I’m so happy with how cool they made the Valigarmanda battle.

[@takuyadvt]

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[@wavypavy4059]

The new outro is cute! And I'm glad to see I'm not the only one feeling the increase in damage. Endwalker shield healing was so cruisey because even most savage fights I did there weren't a lot of instances that required mit and now I'm suddenly very attacked to seraphism letting me spam shield casts while running.

[@enlongjones2394]

I love seraphism. The heals and the shields feels so chunky

[@siralden5112]

I'm so happy to see the tradition of Thunder Buddies has continued into Dawntrail! 🌩☺

[@KINGOFTHESPARKS755]

This ex is actually incredibly cool. Its not too hard, has some really creative mechanics (mountain fire anyone!?) And the weapons even look good. Lets hope they keep this going!

[@reverieofmusic436]

These videos makes me both happy and sad at the same time. I love living vicariously through them, but it makes me sad knowing I'll never belong to a group that has fun like this.

[@TransientWitch]

Kenny should be filled with confetti, since he likes to explode so frequently!

[@ScribbleLiz]

-writes this down-

[@Harrowing999]

@@TransientWitch the Grunt Birthday Party noises from Halo are ringing loudly in my head

[@ShermTank7272]

@@ScribbleLizScribbles is best editor confirmed

[@liviealamode]

11:42 LMAO i literally said the exact same thing to my static when we were progging lightning phase, glad to know thats a shared sage experience

[@venanreviews]

5:14 Jesse looking like a pile of ashes with eyes "MAKE IT STOP... PLEASE" LMAO

[@eyeoftomato9547]

I love how Keaton somehow seemed to turn "noises of fear and/or pain" into its own language, and is slowly teaching it to everyone else. On an unrelated note, i feel the strange desire to apologize to Drak.

[@TaurusVersant]

mountain fire really is one of the best tankbusters they've ever come up with

[@dendenpower8618]

God I love the thumbnail. PvP Mode engaged indeed through this whole encounter.

[@88Ravenfeathers]

I will now pop ale heals until morale improves - same Jesse. Same.

[@IAmAwesomeRocker]

Poor Keaton. She is now filling in for Drak who is filling in for Corey lol

[@keaton_kiht]

H U H?!? PHRASING??? ASL;DKJFL;ASKDJF;AJ

[@IAmAwesomeRocker]

​​@@keaton_kihtomg I meant filling in for. How did I miss that 😂

[@righteouself9928]

So existed for Dawntrail Nest stuff since this is going to be the first time I actually join a Tier from the start with the intent to fully finish it. So I can just laugh along while completely understanding what the fights actually require of someone

[@razblue2204]

Just noticed the switch to “One Sassy Child” lmaooo

[@armoredpanzer]

listening to Keaton panic is just the highlight of my day. Great video

[@lizardkip1663]

Looking forward to more nest shenanigan's for the new tier! found yall towards the tail end of endwalker and have really enjoyed your content since! Also really like the new outro!

[@vaex_darastrix2194]

such a good fight, and i cant wait to see you guys deal with the chaos of S2

[@Thentavius]

In this season of NEST: EVERYONE is passing the buck with the singular brain cell.

[@ashleytrotter4959]

I have stolen the “Certified Panhaima Moment” quote a couple times as I am a Sage main. Makes me giggle

[@DawnAfternoon]

16:05 Sam bringing in NEST memes from all the way in Heavensward lol

[@maximillianleaf5997]

watching this is bringing back all the trauma I had from my first normal run of this

[@exorcistintraining13]

As a healer for this fight I find this very entertaining considering my own static has several members like nest so it can be very chaotic healing at times lol

[@irrationalsense]

That thumbnail is gold. XD

[@GoodnightMoon4]

I'll have you know, whenever there's a twisters mechanic i still yell "TWISTERS" in a reference to your oldest vids

[@rebornlink1687]

Nest chaos always makes my day, thanks for the laughs

[@commanderkitsune8524]

Drak, you've become the Corey to Keaton at this rate. XD

[@DrakGamestein]

There must always be one.

[@commanderkitsune8524]

@@DrakGamestein Corey is a title at this point. Hope he’s doing ok though as I didn’t see him in the video.

[@keaton_kiht]

@@commanderkitsune8524 Corey mentioned in his discord and on his twitter that he'd be taking the tier off because of work and other personal irl things he needs to take care of! He's doing fantastic from my understand. He'll be back though, don't worry about that

[@keaton_kiht]

@@DrakGamestein Biiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiitch (affectionate while also derogatory)

[@commanderkitsune8524]

@@keaton_kiht awesome. And then it’s back to Drak getting the gaslighting. XD

[@Sammysnows]

Keaton saying stop from getting taking dmg remind me of jessie during HW where boss can crit

[@jijonbreaker]

Good thing Hans isn't here, Twisters would've knocked him out for the entire tier.

[@WolfmanXD]

Rhaya - I'M THE TANK NOW! Me - he's so lucky Corey and Jesse weren't tanking, because that's a double shirk moment.

[@DaedNevar]

i love this fight so friggin much

[@simbaaslanii2666]

Drak being the one trolling is so unusual, intrigueing.

[@TaeynWolf]

WElcome back Drak! Glad to see your content again! Hope you and the Fam are well. These comments and jokes got me cacklin!

[@acehealer4212]

10:08 That would be great. You could grind for the Triple Triad card mount OR you could just level Astro.

[@Deranox]

I can't wait for all the rescue shenanigans from Jesse. I hope this will be Shadowbringers 2.0 :D

[@TemLightKiBlade]

What’s really weird is in terms of savage/extreme this will be the first on I’ve actually done the fight myself before watching this since Bismarck.

[@firesoy]

grats on defeating Valid Amanda!

[@Fantasygod930]

Ah the first dawntrail NEST fight pure chaos as always

[@GamingFoodie]

The outro is so cute!

[@KindredLamby]

Wow I couldve waited a few more days to order my tokyotreat box 😅 Oh well, hopefully get to use your code next time!

[@Croob22]

Keaton on PLD? Let's gooooooooooooooooo!

[@gamerbun866]

So Drak. When you do your Dawntrail playthrough vid... assuming you do... there's one boss that gives you the "Trouble" status and it curses you to "be a nusance to your party." If you don't call this the Curse of Corey I will be very disappointed in you.

[@DrakGamestein]

Haha that should be on the way soon. Kev handles those edits so once he’s done with MSQ himself we’ll get those out. I actually still have to work on the first Expert dungeons for a vid. But I know what you’re talking about and I’m pretty sure I had a comment for it lol

[@danielkallman8614]

Aaaaah i love the new outro

[@therunawaygirl5096]

Jesse complaining about Lightspeed during this fight is the exact reason I didn't pick AST until Savage hit. I love AST, but man did it need the buffs it got. These fights are fun but have way too much movement

[@empressmoni5381]

fun fact all monks have really stretchy arms thats how they are able to hit vali without being right next to it you just cant see it

[@RukukuRuku]

It's so strange seeing the Patreon Elite at the end and not seeing Dragostea Din-tei from Malboro.

[@AExorcist]

FFXIV RNG picks mechanics: I have 4 options to give these people so it can be a challenging/interesting fight. *sees NEST load in* I will know present only one pattern for the rest of night till the end to gaslight the person doing callouts. :) I firmly believe that 14's RNG is sentient and specifically likes to fuck with nest.

[@zangetsu1500]

love the new outro

[@InsanityReborn]

Yeah.. I'm healing this EX and savage tier, too, Jesse. Probably the whole xpac, honestly. And also on AST. I feel your pain. And everyone elses'. Shit HURTS. And we DON'T have a RDM or SMN..

[@ToastyCoyote]

Mountain Fire is so cool

[@lck0ut348]

RIP BootDK, you will be missed

[@benanderson6096]

It bothers me that morale was misspelled as moral, but that's really a me problem. I love these videos as a whole and this one is exceptional!

[@ScribbleLiz]

I noticed that too. Oops! I get breath and breathe mixed up sometimes too. XD

[@GuiltyOne438]

@6:56 I think that Sam might have a good stage voice.

[@TheBADProductions]

idk why but the sound seems off in this video

[@ShivaServer2009]

Aww, Corey's banter is missed.

[@Iybraesil]

Aaaaaaaaah that outro is so cute

[@arceus227100]

Is it just me? Or does drak sound quieter then the rest of the group? Like hes set to a 3 maybe 4 while the rest is at 6?

[@KokuryuXio]

I see Drak has become Corey this expac. 😂

[@Laterose15]

Mountain Fire makes me want to learn tanking

[@MemoryOfDarkSky]

Good vibes~

[@kuldana413]

Valigarmanda: THROWING FLASHBANG! Oh that was a frag teehee :3

[@ArcCryptidArt]

I want the wings mount so bad :(

[@craigfunk3453]

Same....but 80 kills each on the EXs seen 8 wings between them, and my highest roll across them all was a 25. Im just RNG's punching bag at this point. Sadly I don't have any friends to make my own mount farm squad

[@xandirnich_237]

Oh how I’ve missed this lmao

[@kyeras]

I miss hans and jesse, but really love the new additions to nest!

[@midlanivirdwym]

Yessss DT Extreme. It serve a catharsis for me cause i need to save to buy a new Computer to play again XD

[@UltimaGuardianStatyx]

....I know Drak hates it when people ask about this stuff, but since I can't find any information on Twitter and don't know where else, I am going to ask FOR THE SAKE OF CURIOSITY ONLY: Are Woops and Spofie going to be taking part in raiding this tier, or are they doing their own things?

[@keaton_kiht]

Hi! I'll actually answer for you. Spofie has stepped away because her mental health was taking a massive toll. Woops and NEST have decided to take a break from one another in a very peaceful way. So basically, you have it correct; they are basically doing their own things now!

[@commandguthix]

​@keaton_kiht not that it is any of my business really, but from what I heard from Woops himself is that he got kicked from NEST no? I do hope it was a mutual agreement and peaceful for doing their own things and taking a break, but it didn't sound like it from one part.

[@DrakGamestein]

@@commandguthixI did ask him to leave. The arrangement wasn’t working out and that was the conclusion we came to.

[@commandguthix]

@@DrakGamestein I see, well I am sorry to hear that, but am looking forwards to plenty more amazing videos from NEST.

[@UltimaGuardianStatyx]

Ohey I did not expect a response from someone in NEST. Much less on both of my recent comments. Why KZbin didn't notify me, I have no idea. Anyhow hopefully the potacken and thunder buddy can come back soon after IRL settles down.

[@miklymick5]

double wammy is Rhaya mch which for some reason the dev dont like it doing dmg even though it give no buff lol

[@Azzarra_Evardoux]

I like Tank Keaton :3 she's more direct with her anger.

[@keaton_kiht]

and it's all directing at Drak. Mostly XD

[@Azzarra_Evardoux]

As it should be XD

[@LihoShammy]

Aw, I was hoping there'd still be a NEST reaction to MSQ.

[@DrakGamestein]

It’ll come, just a little out of order.

[@LihoShammy]

@@DrakGamestein Yay \o/