Zepla reacts to A Crap Guide to Final Fantasy XIV - Magic DPS by JoCat

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[@TheKarishi]

Having seen JoCat talk about the desire to make things outside the Crap Guides series but having it be the consistent highest views, that joke about Minimum Wage hit a little too hard.

[@Eta_Hoyimi]

Garfield was a side character originally, it's a thing that the audience sorta owns your work after you make it. Kinda weird I guess

[@DarthZ01]

he's allowed to do whatever he wants. complaining about having an instantly viral series because you dont feel like making it is like complaining you have a 1,000 dollar paycheck that you need to clock in and work to earn. he's free to sit around not making what the audience wants, but not if he wants the paycheck. pretty entitled imo to be pissed that people only watch what they find entertaining instead of religiously watching everything of his just because he wants them to.

[@Bezimienny]

@@DarthZ01 Right, he should just be a reaction andy like all the other youtubers.

[@jocatunofficial]

@@DarthZ01 he's said on stream multiple times that he DOESNT want people to watch everything he makes just because he's the one who makes it. I think here he was just sharing the separate unrelated issue that despite getting millions of views, his crap guides make very little money. $600 for 1 million views is not very much.

[@davidlewis5312]

​@@DarthZ01I mean I watched the panel he did on this and that is a partial take away. What I think should have been taken away is his initial failure. If you get hot because of something like the crap guides and your follow up is a 45 minute op piece in your normal talking voice about a midstream game.... you areasking a LOT of the audience to give that the time of day.

[@RinrinFran]

Once again we're blessed with a timeless song.

[@danilooliveira6580]

so obviously he will have to make a full version now

[@wowplayer00]

What song is that ???

[@marcuscorvin9998]

@@wowplayer00 The original song is to the tune of "Mexican Hat Dance". The way he's using it is more like from "Animaniacs - Yakko's World"

[@shadexdemarr]

Animaniacs song was on point. Wonder how many were old enough to remember that one. Very nice.

[@darkknight00621]

Everyone’s favorite “HELLLLLLLOOOO NURRRRRSE”

[@HenshinFanatic]

"No, no, finger prints" "I don't think so."

[@JustAnOldPyro]

I'm sorry but you needed answer that phrased as a question.

[@jimmyray1328]

JoCat needs to do a full song of all the current blue mage spells.

[@airiakizuki5592]

if you see a cartoon protagonist without eyes there is a 95% chance its pornography

[@DarthZ01]

or someone just died and it's a shonen mc about to unleash 110% of his power in revenge.

[@SulfuricDrake]

Correction: if you see a cartoon character, there is a 95% chance it has pornography

[@thehoodedteddy1335]

@@DarthZ01exactly, that’s the other 5%

[@TheQman69]

that Animaniacs reference (the song is what Yakko sings when he names all the countries in the world) just brought me back to my childhood watching it on TV after school in the 90's.

[@lordabyss]

And us states and there capitals

[@ChandaniAranka]

Same :)

[@omgvague]

How very zany and totally insaney.

[@Dracobyte]

It is based on a Mexican song.

[@gokkiyoutube]

A group of Blue Mages it called a "mimicry", like "a school of fish": "a mimicry of blue mages".

[@ManxoChu]

Friendly Clarification on Slide-Casting: You are free to move when there's **0.50 sec or less remaining in your cast.** This is regardless of what the initial cast time is. 2.5 sec cast? Wait til 0.50 sec or less. (80%) 5 sec cast? Same. (90%) 10 sec cast? Same. (95%) Needless to say, it's not always 80% done. JoCat's explanation of Slide-Casting is sound, just not the actual numbers involved.

[@Nazuiko]

its ping dependent. Close enough to the end of the cast bar, by the time the server sees you moving the spell animation is complete and wont interrupt you. At very high ping, read: you live in California, slide casting is MUCH harder. At bad ping you can slide cast with nearly a third of the bar left

[@richardwicker8456]

I've become so used to slide-casting since I'm a BLM main that I do it even when I don't want to; I've accidentally slide-casted my teleport skill on many occasions.

[@bugsybro3011]

I've always just relied on having an emote (for me its dance) on my screen next to my cast bar and when it lights up I can start moving, seems to always work though haven't checked if its the earliest yet.

[@Taygon45]

@@Nazuiko So THAT'S why it was so hard to learn

[@chaosae3143]

@@Taygon45if you set an emote on your hot bar, the moment the emote is usable is when you can start to move

[@pearhams2]

That Blue Mage spell song though... 💯

[@dokb1942]

As a RDM main i can confirm that after rezing the whole party, and other alliances, destroys our MP faster than our LB3 blinds the party. I also appreciate the fact that JoCat put the tank job symbol in with the others for RDM, I have nightmares about tanking Nymia... when i said step on me i didn't quite mean it so literally.

[@allochervenkall9819]

Reminds me of the time I queued as RDM and my friend as a healer for a trials roulette in Stormblood and got Lakshmi, my mana bar was non-existent from rez and he used healer lb3 about 3 times, but we got the clear first pull dangit.

[@dokb1942]

@@allochervenkall9819 I love JoCat's magic dps video because he calls that out for RDM... Lucid needs to be looked at for cool down and potency lol

[@killa_kirby1297]

So glad to see ur vids again. Watching ur ild vids made me wanna play ff14 again. Keep up the goo work

[@GBS4893]

Honestly i had a blast with BLU since the patch, but it involved more fooling around than anything else Plus rotations got really enjoyable from my point of view On the low side of things I just wish they made some of the tank utility spells instant and abilities, but it's compensated by the fact that i find the bonuses very satisfying

[@CorgiusLord]

"What about Blue Mage?!" "What *about* Blue Mage?"

[@rwiersema]

You just reminded me of an awesome mage back in the vanilla WoW day named faxmonkey. Thanks for that :)

[@fernandozavaletabustos205]

JoCat has deliver onto us a new animated video and its awesome!

[@Dracobyte]

Yeah!

[@SkyKingAzure]

He's calling out Pint, isn't he? XD

[@Pravaification]

I had the same thought when he said "Suck it, Black Mage!"

[@dragonzarecool6416]

Started as thaumaturge and still main black mage for everything, its early levels make it hard to get into if you've already played another job, but in high level content its one of the most satisfying and challenging, but seeing that #1 on enmity is a high you'll always want to ride

[@burtwonk]

Zepla doing any FFXIV content brings the happy!

[@VikCachat]

Aside from healing a bit on white mage I mained BLM through to endwalker then on a whim decided to try Reaper. Mind blown.

[@DragoonZell]

I started playing a month ago and picked Black Mage so I guess i am wholly ignorant of how much work I'm putting myself through being only level 69 but i love the class so far and really it's just gotten better and better from the start. Only off putting thing is that i do have to relearn my "rotation" every few levels. Summoner also looks like a fun magic class as well. (my other class iv'e been working on is Dragoon......because obvious reasons)

[@cadinsordacovale]

Any job you level as your first job is pretty painless since you have the MSQ. When people talk about how hard a job is to level, they generally talk about levelling alternate jobs without MSQ quest XP :)

[@DragoonZell]

@@cadinsordacovale Iv'e been splitting the MSQ between both Dragoon and Black Mage each are level 65-69 and I just finished HW and now am at post content.

[@DarthZ01]

the cool thing about summoner when leveling is the rotation basically stays the same, you just add new spells into the spots where you had nothing before, and the existing spells become flashier versions. you go from "use fire summon, do 1-2-3, use wind summon, do 1-2-3, use earth summon, do 1-2-3, wait until fire summon is off cooldown." to "use fire summon, do 1-2-3, use wind summon, do 1-2-3, use earth summon, do 1-2-3, use big dragon, fire summon is off cooldown by the time big dragon ends." to the same thing, except big dragon turns into phoenix every other usage. changes nothing about the rotation but the 2nd, 4th, 6th, etc rotations have different spells literally just in the exact same spot.

[@DragoonZell]

@@DarthZ01 It would be really cool to play an instrument as a bard.....to bad I have 0 understanding of how to read notes or put together sheet music lol.

[@xSHIELDBREAKERx82]

JoCat is a blessing to humanity.

[@TheViper079]

tip for those having difficulty with slide casting just put an emote on your hotbar when it lights up you can move again

[@MrRoho05]

I e been waiting for this video

[@awesomeswifter1138]

How did balmung ERP go to all of crystal ERP i domt get it

[@Drako2k0]

You say blu can ERP cause they have sticky tongue, but blu is shunned because they also have bad breath 😂😂😂

[@Boredperson360]

the wow mage vid you refer to gotta be: ArcaneMFury World of Warcraft Classic.. an absolute classic :,D

[@cvbghj132]

Finally he did my mains!!!!

[@bashfulgg]

please make a new video about the mounts on ffxiv

[@WTFShelley]

240p, 'unregistered bandicam' logo, angry metal copyright infringing track, alterack valley, undead mage, MAXIMUM 2009, LETS GOOOOO!

[@zsoltlang2144]

I would love to have sum as our 4th tank, dunno why yoshi chan did not made a 4th yet

[@Brassmonkey3242]

What was that metal clip from?

[@fancymustache3793]

Ngl after seeing the teaser for the new limited job coming with dawntrail part of me wonders if blue mages and beastmasters are going to be able to participate together. Or will they be forced to continue the burning hell that is finding other BMG and BST to do any content as the job?

[@renamix]

Only clicked for the link to new Jocat Guide.

[@1232lesach]

hmm before changes to smn over time, we technically could tank of sorts. We were a dot machine with a "rock tank," wasn't the greatest tank but at least was a "tank." Then changes led to smn just being a summon all to then repeat over and over :).

[@Karloss00]

8:08 - Don't forget Toad Oil and Ultravibration. "Tiddies go brrrrr"

[@AvarFeralfang]

1000 needles was useful at low levels; once you can deal 1000+ damage with any other AOE spell (or perhaps less if you consider casting time) it becomes useless.

[@jazix01]

BLU pride, let's go!

[@nitemare1004]

yea... i still struggle with black mage, i barely have a rotation even with some of the best guides out there. summoner is fun because it's been simplified, red mage is fun too, blu mage is just weird, but great for moogle tomestone farming IF aurum vail is part of dungeon list.

[@LadyTsunade777]

BLU is great for a lot more than just Aurum Vale. I participated in and distinctly remember that one Tomestone event where Binding Coil Turn 2 rewarded 3 tomestones per run and took literally 30 sec per run with a group of 8 BLUs. I also participated in a more recent one where Battle On The Big Bridge awarded tomestones, and farming Greg was similarly fast and fun with 8 BLUs. (tho it was 2 tomestones every 90 sec or so)

[@nitemare1004]

@@LadyTsunade777 i remember the one with the 8 blu mage with binding coil 2, at the time i didn't have blu and just ran prae many many times

[@Dracobyte]

JoCat is one of the best animator content creator!

[@ChandaniAranka]

BLM is the best job. Been BLM since they added the job system to 1.0. I just love the more strategic and turnbasey feel of BLM that not a single other job has made me interested in swapping main. Gunblade would have but it was a tank. I love FF 8 so much and was sad that they made it a tank job xD

[@photomatt11]

That’s how I got my Ifrit jacket

[@puig3853]

5:00 😂 tank smn? That was a 2017 thing with titan summon and a bad to no tank in group.

[@silverian]

OK.. it's all about having BIG hat!

[@A_Wzone]

It makes me feel very old that people dont understand that song is a parody of "Countries of the world" from the Animaniacs

[@DarthZ01]

same... even older though when people didnt realize spooky slice was a parody of monster mash... and that song was already old when i was a kid.

[@A_Wzone]

@@DarthZ01 yeah that one made me feel old too

[@Fungus8mycrab]

Damn what that sticky tongue do?

[@JohnRSoviet]

I gotta tell you, I've felt VERY slick when I slide-cast my Communio as a Reaper in savage raids...until the server says I didn't ;_;

[@christopherr6284]

BLUE MAGE NANI YOSHIP?!

[@kou7191]

That's why I unironically call BLU "Moogle Tomestone Mage"

[@kevindenis9551]

Oh yeah? Big hat required? What about Viera or Hrothgar who can’t see hats at all due to Squere never bothering to put in ear holes for rabbit and lion ears, or just simply hide said ears so they can actually wear freaking hats??? You mean to tell me my bunny girl can’t just lower her ears along the hair line just to wear a big goofy hat? This injustice cannot continue, we must cast Ultima upon them and make them give us our ear holes atop every hat, or accommodate for them so the dream can at last be reality. 😆

[@foxrings]

Wait, why does blue mage clear dungeons quickly? (WoW refugee currently off MMOs ATM.)

[@ZephWraen]

They're considered a "Limited job" meaning their kit is not balanced around the rest of the game on purpose. As a consequence of this their level cap is also always 10-20 levels below the current level cap (depending on what part of the expansion you're in) to keep them from blowing through current content. Because they're not balanced around the rest of the game, you also can't queue up for content like you can on any other job and instead can only go into some content and only as a pre-made group or solo, that way it doesn't ruin the experience for non Blue Mages. TL/DR: think of Blue Mage less like a class and more like optional side content. Fun if you're into it, but intentionally kept apart from the rest of the game.

[@elusivejumper]

Blue has 2 skills made for clearing trash packs. Ram's Voice freeze mobs around you and Ultravibration is an aoe that insta kills frozen mobs. This won't work on bosses but Blue has some skills to cheese bosses too. Missile has a low chance of taking 50% of early bosses HP and Final Sting trades your life for a big chunky of damage.

[@foxrings]

@@elusivejumper tx! 🤗

[@DarthZ01]

blu mage is the closest thing to playing as a raid boss. you have no balance compared to everything else, and your abilities are literally from the monsters/npcs. hence it can solo pretty much anything but current content with ease, however is isnt allowed in level sync'd (pretty much time walking) or current content group finders.

[@thehoodedteddy1335]

With all the react andys these days we really do need to bring back the “THINK FAST, CHUCKLENUTS!” Meme

[@boogieanimal]

Moogle blue time XD

[@Havoc10K]

my blu mage is level 13

[@trip30s]

Blu mage let me solo this dungeon faster than a WAR.

[@josephmckee3605]

Summoner rocks and you get sch as a bonus

[@woodchuck94og]

RIP

[@Zenith118]

2:06 LXIX is 69. Fire Nice

[@kaxel1229]

I haven't learned all of the Blue Mage spells, cuz well blue mage, but I feel like they have a great oppurtunity to rework it to be an all-rounder that can work with the rest of jobs. However, like I said I don't know most of the Blu spells so I could be wrong entirely on that hypothesis.

[@kyotanaka920]

They have no intentions of doing that. In fact, that might've held water at it's release with how weak all it's spells were save for a select few... Then Square decided to fuck it and add completely busted spells from 60 onwards. Ultravibe, deep freeze, heals and shield that costs exactly 200 MP to use, and the countless primal spells that are steadily getting more and more powerful. They are beyond the point of bringing the job in line with the others, because the job trivializes almost everything. The only thing it cannot trivialize are the infinite damage mechanics that demand Tank LBs, or the fact that despite having tankier spells they are still as solid as a wet paper tissue. Like JoCat said, if it was made a normal job, the balance team would be on suicide watch. Just enjoy that class for what it is. I'm 4/6 of the way done to get my own Morbol Mount, which consists of an all blue mage party clearing T5, 9, 13, A4S, A8S, and A12S. Not to mention its the best job to farm old content with. Got maps leftover from shadowbringers or need to make your coin purse heavier? Blue Mage and old treasure maps. We're still holding out in more content but Square keeps insisting us being around relic stuff would be a disaster, or that blue mage in deep dungeons is a terrible idea. Meanwhile the main selling point of the job, Masked Carnival, was so negatively received that they are only giving us 1 new mission per blue expansion.

[@danilooliveira6580]

@@kyotanaka920 personally I think instead of thinking about getting BLU in line with the rest, we should get a new limited job. maybe a physical ranged beastmaster that capture mobs and use them like pokemon. since pets is absolutely awful and completely impractical for normal game, then make a limited job around them as a way to play with the idea.

[@nepspartan-7597]

​@danilooliveira6580 "you see that squirrel over there? I'm gonna throw Shinryu at it!"

[@AeonKa42]

ah, so thats why we didnt get blu spammable duties.

[@chozengaming8547]

Great video from Asmongirl

[@Eyllena]

Blue Mage raid Speedruns were ridiculous. Something like 20 seconds in and all but one of you is dead, but so is every boss in the instance

[@GrumbleGombol]

You neeed to make your camera smaller. By like. 50%. So people can see gameplay better.

[@CaelThunderwing]

god forbid if JoCat ever looked at FFXI

[@schenira8004]

Also, please tell Summoners to use rekindle on tanks during w2w pulls instead of themselves

[@crystalgoddess4085]

And to have Red Mages use Magic Barrier during raid-wide attacks, makes the healer's job that little bit easier too.

[@williamk52]

Please please please increase the volume. Your videos are all so quiet lately.

[@Red_Ring_Of_Death]

Blu was great in FFXI… Sigh…

[@DrClawizdead]

Black Mage here! JoCat forgot a LOT of stuff! For example: • As a BLM, YOU are the big hat/dick DPS. As such, you must constantly remind everyone in the raid (if there is a SAM, you must DM them and compliment them on "how hard they are trying" don't forget the smiley face :)) • All the other raid members are there to support you by STAYING THE HELL AWAY. Seriously, stay away from me. • Playing a Black Mage is like owning a Toyota Celica: Mechanics are to be ignored. If the healers are any good, I won't have to move! • YOU are the hardest class to play (efficiently.) If some other class with their ameba-brain rotation HAPPENS to out-damage YOU because YOU, through no fault of YOUR own got one-shot by a CLEARLY broken mechanic, ALWAYS blame it on a lag spike. *Even though it was my MOM coming into MY room without knocking to bring me my pizza rolls.* Also: fuck RDM

[@mugendono23]

You guys heard it, Zep is maining BLM in 7.0 lol

[@airiakizuki5592]

i dont play this game but if i did i think red mage sounds the most interesting

[@foxschoolforsquirls7886]

BLM 4 LYFE

[@Noobie2k7]

I feel like we can still see too much of the video, you should make your camera and chat a bit bigger next time please.

[@SCAR3DY_C4T]

blm goat

[@Red_Ring_Of_Death]

“So… Don’t watch a video unless you have a sense of humor.” Based AF Zepla.

[@Bomb6A9Head]

i hate disclaimers

[@atheist101]

Everyone knows its the healz fault the blm died. Damn healz should have out healed the aoe I'm standing in

[@doomoftheend]

Does Zepla still think they are called '"crap" guides because the advice is bad???

[@vexmythoclast9476]

Hey my Blue Mage is in this video! 🥲

[@Massacari]

Poor Blue the greatest waste of potential they should just scale it back make it a normal job and give it new skills you learn during Xpacs

[@LadyTsunade777]

No.

[@xhelan131]

I'm sorry but there IS something wrong with not playing your job or role properly. The people that want to clear content NEED their team to play correctly. I'm tired of this catering to the lowest common denominator. Go play in your sanctuary if you can't be bothered hearing it, but if you're trying to actually do group content, you need to pull your weight. Why play otherwise?

[@halflucan]

RIP

[@fernandozavaletabustos205]

What? Did someone died?