I Played FFXIV For An Entire Year On The Free Trial

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  • @CaffeinatedDad
    @CaffeinatedDad  17 วันที่ผ่านมา +8

    If you all want to get a good cup of coffee and Buy one for me. Use Code "CDG" at www.koffeekult.com for 15% off your entire order!

  • @williamedward1666
    @williamedward1666 17 วันที่ผ่านมา +68

    6:06 Meracydia, pronounced Meh-rah-sid--ee-uh. Basically australia with dragons, from what little lore we have so far

    • @matheusmedeiros3349
      @matheusmedeiros3349 17 วันที่ผ่านมา +9

      Australia with dragons, probably some "normal" people, tree people, and centaurs (as Sephiroth, Sophia and Zurvan were summoned there)😅
      Probably some more voidsents and maybe some Alagan bizarre experiments too...(Again)

    • @terraglade
      @terraglade 13 วันที่ผ่านมา

      we def going there for a future expansion or as part of a future one >.< dunno when tho

  • @supertired6412
    @supertired6412 17 วันที่ผ่านมา +89

    New year, new traumas for the Dad of Light!

    • @Lordoftheapes79
      @Lordoftheapes79 17 วันที่ผ่านมา +3

      He's about to lose that title 😂

    • @CaffeinatedDad
      @CaffeinatedDad  17 วันที่ผ่านมา +3

      Let's goooo!

    • @usualrain7082
      @usualrain7082 14 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

      @@CaffeinatedDad Dad of light is actually tittle of a tv series that is made my actual events; It's plot is that of a son reconnecting with his father through FFXIV. I recommend a watch. I think there is multiple version though I am not sure.

  • @NakuruKouChannel
    @NakuruKouChannel 17 วันที่ผ่านมา +24

    this video right before 4.56 stream is just *chefs kiss*
    hope you enjoy the ride, Caff dad.

  • @michaelstiller2282
    @michaelstiller2282 17 วันที่ผ่านมา +26

    Because you took the time to take in the story from the beginning. From here on out is just a rollercoaster.

  • @filipvadas7602
    @filipvadas7602 16 วันที่ผ่านมา +14

    Friendly reminder, Yoshi-P has stated that the Free Trial is likely to keep expanding in the future, which is WILD since I think most people never thought they would add Stormblood, let alone potentially Shadowbringers as well at some point down the line.

  • @jaesaces
    @jaesaces 17 วันที่ผ่านมา +16

    I'm so happy that you're having a great time with the game! The best is yet to come, too!

  • @WhisperRavensong
    @WhisperRavensong 17 วันที่ผ่านมา +21

    So glad you tried and LOVE the game. It has been a great time watching you play FF14. And you will experience so many more amazing moments with this game. Its why FF14 is my MAIN mmo and don't see that changing anytime soon. I LOVE FF14 and so happy you are enjoy these amazing shared experiences with all of us in the community!

    • @CaffeinatedDad
      @CaffeinatedDad  16 วันที่ผ่านมา +2

      Thank you for being on this journey!

  • @DeliciousMorsels
    @DeliciousMorsels 17 วันที่ผ่านมา +4

    Starting off the new year experiencing peak. I'm so excited for you

  • @JelaniWood
    @JelaniWood 16 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

    So glad you joined the community. Been a fan since I happened to catch you that very first stream! Looking forward to all of the rest of your journey!

  • @MichealHallowell
    @MichealHallowell 17 วันที่ผ่านมา +4

    So glad you’re loving XIV! Can’t wait to see your playthrough of SHB, EW, and DT!

  • @Reika-bun
    @Reika-bun 17 วันที่ผ่านมา +4

    Just gotta say it’s been an absolute joy watching your stream and your journey through the world of ffxiv so far :D

    • @CaffeinatedDad
      @CaffeinatedDad  17 วันที่ผ่านมา

      It's been a great journey! Thank you for being apart of it!

  • @Melishi911
    @Melishi911 17 วันที่ผ่านมา +3

    I've seen you on Goblin!! I remember telling my bf at the time you had a goofy name we had a giggle.
    ascian is Ass-eee-in
    Masayoshi Soken (the composer) is a musical Genius.
    Dark Knight is a great story and looks like you are leveling it for your upcoming playthrough :)
    Take your time with the upcoming story :)

  • @Tolly7249
    @Tolly7249 17 วันที่ผ่านมา +5

    Thanks to whichever wonderful human being gave me a month's membership to this channel! I really appreciate it!
    FFXIV won me over very very quickly when I first played in 2023. I'd come off ESO because I got hit by the microtransaction curse, and PSO2 for the same reason, and finding out that FFXIV's cash shop isn't part of the game and the free trial went right through Stormblood got me to give it a try.
    The Waking Sands broke me in the BEST way. It made me sit back and pay attention. Since that moment I've been unashamedly hooked on the game. Any story willing to punch you in the gut that hard is worth my time and my money.

    • @CaffeinatedDad
      @CaffeinatedDad  17 วันที่ผ่านมา

      I think that's the best and worst part, I start second-guessing everything I am seeing and over analyzing all the thoughts I had each major moment

  • @KlavsBomzis
    @KlavsBomzis 17 วันที่ผ่านมา +16

    Oh boy, shadowbringers is going to be a ride, have fun ❤

  • @Craytonex
    @Craytonex 16 วันที่ผ่านมา +2

    Appreciate your attention to detail and dedication to XIV.

  • @Schwaka
    @Schwaka 7 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Hell yeah, glad to see you're still going! The algorithm decided to stop recommending your videos about 8 months ago, and I thought maybe you took a break from the game. Now I've got like 50 videos to watch lol.

  • @kuronaialtani
    @kuronaialtani 17 วันที่ผ่านมา +3

    My journey with FFXIV started thanks to a friend as well, back just before 5.1 released, when the free trial only took you to level 35 in ARR. I had just come off of a bad burnout in warframe, and was going to take a long rest from gaming, when said friend who had been playing FFXIV suggested I try it. When I wasn’t convinced, he said to me “you can be a short dragon girl.” I tried the game-realized I had to get HW to be an Au Ra-and leveled out to 35. By then, I was completely hooked. And the rest is history for four years running

  • @rowdyretromoose
    @rowdyretromoose 17 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

    Yeah, the note at the end about non-main story stuff that you haven't even dug into is the reason this game's kept me hook beyond just its story. There's so much you can just pick at and dive into, some for short periods of time, some for unreasonably long periods of time. Stormblood's Eureka exploratory content is probably at the top of that list.

  • @adamboyd1132
    @adamboyd1132 15 วันที่ผ่านมา +2

    I'd like to mention that Papalymo's sacrifice was sure to work.
    Nothing with a "shin" can resist the sort of kneecapping a lalafel can dish out.

  • @cattysplat
    @cattysplat 10 วันที่ผ่านมา

    I did the same but back during 2020 when the trial only went up to Heavensward/level 60. The game still has absolutely insane content if you do everything. Especially if you do all the crafting and gathering jobs too which each feature their own story. On the free trial you cannot simply buy the crafted quest items from the marketboard, so every craft becomes a quest of it's own, going out to find and gather materials, refine them into components then craft the final high quality item, which is it's own minigame with no guarantee of success. It's far more personal (albeit time consuming) an experience. The novice network being my guild was great too, did coils synced which was epic. Never felt like I needed a sub until I wanted to move on.

  • @o_p3459
    @o_p3459 4 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Free trial player here since post EW. My experience was kinda black n white since I had no people to hang out beside my older brothers who were been convincing me to play this game. I stopped playing after I finished HW content and I wasn't aware of side contents like Deep Dungeons/Blue Mage spells hunt, not until StB expanded on free trial, I was very excited and that was when I unlock Eureka content. I stopped for few weeks and went back to finish the MSQ and had rough time irl so I spent my whole time progging Eureka. Now all of my jobs are lvl 70 max doing side contents while I'm almost done with my eureka weapons and I'm in good cozy static group doing farming mounts/relic weps/achievements and such. Weekly raids starting ARR as we're currently at coils. Never been so happy, couldn't ask for more
    im glad you having good time while on free trial! You should try Eureka content/deep dungeon!

  • @AtypicalWarrior
    @AtypicalWarrior 16 วันที่ผ่านมา

    I remember your first FF14 video and I was happy to see it and then to see you stick with it!

  • @BaisatsuMusic
    @BaisatsuMusic 17 วันที่ผ่านมา

    I've been enjoying seeing your journey up to this point and look forward the rest of it :)

  • @JamieBarrington
    @JamieBarrington 17 วันที่ผ่านมา

    I love your content, Caffeinated Dad! Just about every day, I've been checking my Caff Dad notifications, especially now that you're about to reach Shadowbringers (my favorite!). I'll admit that I can be an energy vampire when it comes to this part of the story and you're one of my fav FFXIV TH-camrs. It's just so fun watching this story unfold with new eyes. You're awesome, Caffeinated Dad!

  • @Scerttle
    @Scerttle 17 วันที่ผ่านมา +4

    Oof, seeing the "Finest pupil's ally" title gave me the feels!

    • @Scerttle
      @Scerttle 16 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

      I also enjoy that Zenos' fascination with the WOL is just "oh man, look at this guy, he's living for adventurer and the next big challenge... I love next big challenges and literally nothing else about this miserable planet!"

  • @DXDragon38
    @DXDragon38 2 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Coming back after Titan to see the destroyed Waking Sands and carrying out the bodies is what got me hooked to FFXIV. From there, I paid attention to everything and made sure to talk to each NPC from then onwards, seeing so many fascinating interactions and one-off lines of Lore than fleshed out the world. I still do that even now in Dawntrail :D
    Enjoy the incredible journey of Shadowbringers! It will not disappoint.

  • @brandondimopoulos9534
    @brandondimopoulos9534 14 วันที่ผ่านมา

    I just started playing this a week ago , been subbed though but the story is great and same with the community. Had my free company assist with some hard dungeons for my msq and was never rushed to skip my story. It's been a great experience and recently reached lvl 50 on my black mage completing the first part of the story now onto the next expansion and to see where I'm taken weeeeee

  • @moe3120
    @moe3120 10 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

    I quit WoW after playing it off and on from 2012 till 2021 for ff14 around may of 2021 and havent looked back since startijng in 2021 till now iv racked up 4100 hours on ff14 its truly a game no like other and i love it, there is still so much for me to do even after 4000+ hrs, Also and IMO the music for ff14 from the start to finish for any content iv done HAS NOT MISSED

  • @ohdoggy
    @ohdoggy 17 วันที่ผ่านมา +20

    14 isnt a mmo with a story slapped on, its a story put in an mmo format, I wouldn't pay a sub to play any other game, yoshi p is the one true god

    • @jamestan5105
      @jamestan5105 16 วันที่ผ่านมา

      Yeah. In this, NPCs come to fight with u as the story progresses. And all this will be coming to the Mobile version later too.

    • @ShitOwl
      @ShitOwl 14 วันที่ผ่านมา

      ishikawa deserves atleast 50% of the credit that yoshi-p deserves its also why dawntrail was a misstep

    • @coqpit69
      @coqpit69 10 วันที่ผ่านมา

      And then Yawntrail happened

  • @dafire9634
    @dafire9634 17 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Great video, looking forward to more!

  • @DayleDiamond
    @DayleDiamond 17 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Thank you for sharing your journey with us.

  • @kaleiohulee6693
    @kaleiohulee6693 17 วันที่ผ่านมา +4

    Happened to see you tanking my roulette the other day... leveling DRK perhaps.
    Glad to hear you're enjoying the ride, but buckle up for Shadowbringers it will be quite the experience.

  • @daggersnight1373
    @daggersnight1373 17 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

    Cant wait for you to get to Shadowbringers. Ive been following you since your first video on 14 and Im so glad you listened to Galactic. Shadowbringers is amazing and we actually named our son after a character in it. (I'll edit this to say who after you get that character to avoid spoilers)

  • @canderia
    @canderia 17 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Stb has one of my favorite story moments. When you're in the cell with the redheaded woman, and she sees your journey with her stolen Echo. And she asks you how you keep going after so much loss.

  • @seekittycat
    @seekittycat 17 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

    Galactic Gigachad thank you for your hard work

  • @zabuza3663
    @zabuza3663 17 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

    Soloing Nidhogg extreme as a dragoon is one of my personal favorite moments I had in game 😊

  • @bargainbincatgirl6698
    @bargainbincatgirl6698 17 วันที่ผ่านมา +3

    1:48 Is funny that you have a preconception of Final Fantasy XIV from WoW sources as a "weeb game". The other games of the Final Fantasy franchise have always been pretty "serious" in their story even if they look kind of weeb. FF IX is the one more weeb-coded but, as a youtuber said:
    "Those who play Final Fantasy IX quickly realized that its friendly exterior was just a tiny veiled cover up for the giant box of depression hidden within".

  • @robert-yz2hw
    @robert-yz2hw 17 วันที่ผ่านมา +3

    I didn't start off on the trial, maybe I did, but the "you can't do that" stuff ended that quickly if so.
    ARR was good: basically WoW but with better world building stories.
    Heavensward was good: basically a WoW expansion, set in a frozen area with dragons and a war between the dragons and men. Had its very good moments, but the one moment that most people get worked up about didn't impact me really because I didn't care about the character that much.
    Stormblood was very good: I liked that we were split between two new conflicts and being forced to deal with one after attempting to deal with another because we weren't strong enough (I didn't realize the fight before that was an auto-lose. I was playing as bard and just kited him for an hour or so until like 20% health where he stunned me and one shotted me).
    Post-Stormblood (pre-Shadowbringers bridging content) was exceptional: this was the moment I realized I was playing an amazing story. Stormblood felt like WoW's Legion or a bit better, this, this ramped things up.
    Shadowbringers was exceptional: when you finish it, hunt down reaction videos to the ending. The tears are warranted. Amazing storytelling.
    Post-Shadowbringers and Endwalker were both incredible: probably not Shadowbringers level, but they did a great job wrapping up the loose ends of the story that people likely cared about (and even some that I completely forgot about). Endwalker is very much a product of the COVID era though, story wise.
    A bunch of things came up after Endwalker that basically took me away from the game (I pop on periodically for events mostly), so I can't speak for Dawntrail. But the Hydaelyn (sp?) cycle? If I could be memory wiped and New Game Plus ARR-Endwalker, would definitely do it again. One thing I prefer about it over WoW is that from base game through each of the expansions, we're building towards something. WoW always felt like 'work work work beat the big bad for the game/expansion, Here Comes a New Challenger unrelated to the previous.' If FFXIV's glamour was replaced with GW2's system but with the cleanness of WoW's transmog, it'd be the perfect MMO (for me).

    • @Poldovico
      @Poldovico 17 วันที่ผ่านมา

      When I started during Stormblood, the trial used to only go to level 35. I believe it changed sometime during early Shadowbringers or right before so it would go to level 50 and the end of ARR patches. After that, it was upgraded to 60 and Heavensward patches. Now with Dawntrail it goes to Stormblood. I imagine Shadowbringers will be in the trial in about a year and a half.

  • @joalex79
    @joalex79 17 วันที่ผ่านมา +7

    good luck with shadowbringer :)

  • @xiaocheng6643
    @xiaocheng6643 17 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

    "Who... WHAT are you?" is and always will be one of the best lines in the game.
    Buckle up, Shadowbringers and Endwalker will be one hell of a ride to the end!

  • @Eucep
    @Eucep 17 วันที่ผ่านมา +2

    There is only one thing good about Asshat, if you play Lala, at the moment he shows his true colors, he goes into insane bend so he can vent his rage into your face.

    • @elgatochurro
      @elgatochurro 17 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

      I wanted to like the guy but he refused that entirely out of pure spite

  • @tngdragon
    @tngdragon 15 วันที่ผ่านมา

    I AM SO HAPPY FOR YOU

  • @georgeristo
    @georgeristo 17 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

    One of the only games that has ever made me cry. About 1100 hours well spent before i moved on

  • @Miyao05
    @Miyao05 17 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Welcome to xiv then! As someone who been here since relaunch 2.0, its always great to see new player experience even to this day. :) May shadowbringers give you joy.

  • @Pravaification
    @Pravaification 17 วันที่ผ่านมา +4

    I'm really surprised to hear that people didn't like your first FFXIV video. As a long time XIV player, I thought the observations and jokes you made were hilarious! I guess some people don't have a sense of humor...
    Well, I'm glad you stuck with the game and have been enjoying it! The best is yet to come :)

  • @realcolormusic
    @realcolormusic 15 วันที่ผ่านมา

    You can only do this if you haven't played the trial years ago before because if you did you need another e-mail to register a new account or you have to pay monthly

  • @ApolloMCXI
    @ApolloMCXI 12 วันที่ผ่านมา

    I loved heavensward so much. The story was incredible.

  • @ShylliosDruid
    @ShylliosDruid 17 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

    Shadowbringers and Endwalker are the best expansions story wise imo, enjoy de ride ;)

  • @VaellinTheBard
    @VaellinTheBard 14 วันที่ผ่านมา

    9:50 YES. DIBS. HE KILLSTOLE US.

  • @rachnyd3585
    @rachnyd3585 17 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Always love seeing another new player ensnared in the best mmo in the common era 😌

  • @pyrotius
    @pyrotius 17 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Oh I love the unlimited free trial, I was on that for like 2 years just doing all the random side stuff.

  • @hirudemonstrife
    @hirudemonstrife 17 วันที่ผ่านมา +3

    The shackles are about to drop off too. Welcome to the other side of realizing well shit, this is a good game!

    • @CaffeinatedDad
      @CaffeinatedDad  17 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

      I've been saying that for quite a while I mean cmon now lol

  • @ViciousGibon
    @ViciousGibon 17 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

    I just started the game literally one day ago and is true that is slow but I don’t know somehow I like it.
    I will try to get the best of the free version and then consider paying

  • @thewitchiebunny
    @thewitchiebunny 17 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

    Meracidia. (Mare-uh-CID-dee-uh) xD
    Here's hoping you continue to enjoy your time in the game. Forge Ahead, my friend!!

  • @ponderingForever
    @ponderingForever 17 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Stand tall, Brave Little Spark!

  • @filipvadas7602
    @filipvadas7602 16 วันที่ผ่านมา

    If you loved Zenos, you will ADORE Emet Selch. He's a huge part of the reason why Shadowbringers is considered the best expansion...

  • @NicoHannes
    @NicoHannes 17 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

    I had to laugh a little at 0:15 . After 120 days of in-game time i'm still enjoying the Free Trial (I know im a leech and a blight upon ffxiv but it is fun) Sometimes it can be a bit annoying for group stuff like hunt-trains or S-ranks but over all there is so much to do... (on day i will have all my relic weapons)

  • @XargenTelNada
    @XargenTelNada 17 วันที่ผ่านมา

    You should really look forward to getting to know Tesleen

  • @Khailward
    @Khailward 17 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

    To borrow a phrase:
    Dad is not prepared!

  • @lacdirk
    @lacdirk 17 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Part of the reason the combat feels different as you progress through the expansions is that you don't get all your skills at the levels you're at. ARR combat was really hard when it was current content, partially due to animation lag but also because there were sooo many actions. Ever since then, combat has gotten easier.

  • @Gorasta100
    @Gorasta100 17 วันที่ผ่านมา +2

    Does anyone know what armor was Caffeinated Dad wearing in The Vault clips?

    • @chrisdiekrasse4420
      @chrisdiekrasse4420 17 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

      I think it is the dreadwyrm gear. You get it from the coils of bahamut, turn 2 . Check eorzeacollection, dreadwyrm set of maiming

    • @Gorasta100
      @Gorasta100 16 วันที่ผ่านมา

      @@chrisdiekrasse4420 Thank you

  • @bibiskga
    @bibiskga 17 วันที่ผ่านมา

    If you were that invested from just up to stormblood be ready for one of the most exciting journeys for the next two expacs :)

  • @haodesu
    @haodesu 17 วันที่ผ่านมา +4

    Two years for me...

  • @Shiirow
    @Shiirow 17 วันที่ผ่านมา +3

    hes not flirting, he is fanboying, people desperate to make it look weird.

    • @elgatochurro
      @elgatochurro 17 วันที่ผ่านมา

      They hate joy

  • @GalacticW
    @GalacticW 17 วันที่ผ่านมา +4

    i see thorden for 8 hours every week

  • @BlazeBuds
    @BlazeBuds 15 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Would not be hard these days to play for even 2 years on a free trial. Back when I started the free trial was to 15. So much I still haven't done

  • @AurumKHK
    @AurumKHK 17 วันที่ผ่านมา +2

    Welcome to Shadowbringers!

  • @djukor
    @djukor 17 วันที่ผ่านมา

    I also squeezed around 450 hours out of the free trial. Back when it only went up to lvl 60.
    I did absolutely everything you cold possibly do in the free trial. Except for Alexander Savage. I did beat Coils thou Minimum Item level.
    I got all my combat jobs to lvl 60 and then when i finished the story i wanted more and bought the game.

  • @Pubstarkudda
    @Pubstarkudda 14 วันที่ผ่านมา

    What's your favorite class so far?

  • @markup6394
    @markup6394 17 วันที่ผ่านมา +2

    "GW2 story - 6/10", thats sums it up nicely. Not to trash on it, but whenever I was hoping for some deep lore to explore, GW2 turned out to be as deep as a puddle. And there is just so much potential, it became frustrating ^^°
    Sorry for that little rant. Congrats on beating the Free Trial! Enjoy Shadowbringers, and dont forget your tissues ^.^

    • @cattysplat
      @cattysplat 10 วันที่ผ่านมา

      GW2 suffers millennial, Josh Weedon writing. Full of "that just happened", 4kids level voice acting and pacing all over the place. Each expansion feels like it was designed by completely different people. The action combat is incredibly good though, that most just ignore the story and smash stuff. No gear treadmill or subscription makes it incredibly unique in an MMO world full of FOMO and old gear being made worthless each content patch.

  • @travismueller8282
    @travismueller8282 8 วันที่ผ่านมา

    I really want to play the game but it sucks that having paid for it once before I can never go back until I pay for it again.

  • @AquaShibby3000
    @AquaShibby3000 16 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Say it with me, everyone, one brings shadow one brings light...

  • @andrebastos3785
    @andrebastos3785 16 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

    Wait till you play Shadow Bringers, great story and you're right to have noticed Emet, one of the best villains in any Final Fantasy. Enjoy the spectacle going foward and to be completely cheesy, may you ever walk on the light of the crystal

  • @akf_ua
    @akf_ua 14 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

    Enjoy the thing while it lasts Caff
    *cough cough* …Dawntrail…
    *cough cough* …Wuk Lamat…

  • @celanis7164
    @celanis7164 17 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

    Enjoy Shadowbringers. It's going to be a ride.

  • @sadmiqoxiv
    @sadmiqoxiv 11 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

    The community of xiv is a coinflip, 11 years of playing has really driven that point home.
    They are some of the best and nicest mmo players i have ever met, but also have the massive downside of having the most unhinged terminally online weirdos i have ever seen in a game.
    Steer clear of the RP community, its not what it used to be by any sense, just a massive group of weirdos/sex addicts that cant tell the difference between a game and reality. Its a shame, because pre-2019 the rp community was amazing.

  • @aeolussvichi7680
    @aeolussvichi7680 16 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Listen to Answers again AFTER you get through Endwalker.

  • @robbaskerville253
    @robbaskerville253 17 วันที่ผ่านมา +5

    I'll never understand why people talk down Stormblood. It was bigger and better than Heavensward in every way. But everything people say about Shadowbringers is true, it's storytelling at it's best. I want to say something about Zenos but...

    • @VaellinTheBard
      @VaellinTheBard 14 วันที่ผ่านมา

      It really is the division in the story, I think. Bouncing between Othard and Ala Mhigo made the story less smooth. And this was also the first expansion we truly left the original city states behind (the subplot of HW had us back in UlDah quite often). It had some high hurdles to climb.
      Ive come to appreciate SB even more now as the first expansion the WoL felt like a character over a puppet, but its still my fifth favorite expansion of FF14

    • @cattysplat
      @cattysplat 10 วันที่ผ่านมา

      Loved Stormblood story. It was dark, gritty, emotional. Then Shadowbringers retconned Zenos and isekai'd the story just at it's culmination. Which felt pretty unforgivable, even if Shadowbringers had a fantastic story all it's own. It just should of happened at a cleaner slate.

  • @WhyseWytch
    @WhyseWytch 16 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Welcome to Shadowbringers. It only goes harder.

  • @supekele
    @supekele 17 วันที่ผ่านมา

    I agree with you that STB was stronger than people give it credit for. Its themes were grounded and relatable. By contrast, all this god-slaying crap was the stuff that kinda lost me, but everyone else loves it. You'll probably have a similar reaction to DT when you get to it, because it tries to go back to being grounded after all the doom and gloom, and I really enjoyed it while everyone else hated it again.

    • @iantaakalla8180
      @iantaakalla8180 14 วันที่ผ่านมา

      In a very funny sense, the Warrior of Light would not be that good in protracted military battle. Namely, the Warrior of Light is both that powerful and equipped to deal with legions of people and is therefore a diversion you can always exploit, but if you do station the Warrior of Light somewhere public and they bring their best and that best contends with the Warrior of Light then that’s it. The Warrior of Light feels more like a tool to punch upwards at the root of a problem. This means that the stories involving the Warrior of Light tend to be stories where you figure out the root of the problem and bypass military engagement. That was done with ARR (bumrushing the three Eorzean Castrums and the Praetorium before Gaius/Lahabrea is set up), Heavensward (you are literally a party of four figuring out whether dragonkind can be reasoned with, and they can’t currently, but currently Thordan is really racing to take advantage of this endless war to be an eternal ruler who can stop dragons and has killed your supporter), Shadowbringers (by cooling through all the Lightwardens it is very clear Emet-Selch instigated stuff, and he can’t take that you are an imperfect solution to his problem), and Endwalker (after literally running from place to place, you can figure out that Meteion is a thing) and even Dawntrail, because the armies of Alexandria are weirdly are incompetent. Meanwhile, when you are running around you are easily manipulated (post-ARR, Stormblood). That suggests that part of the issue of Stormblood, beyond the issue of Lyse, the caricatured villains save Fordola, and the running back and forth, is the fact that Stormblood is not just a straight power fantasy.

  • @kaossverige
    @kaossverige 17 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Welcome and Enjoy I guess? 😅🖖

  • @Membummi22
    @Membummi22 15 วันที่ผ่านมา

    I feel bad for rushing the realm reborn

  • @ponderingForever
    @ponderingForever 17 วันที่ผ่านมา

    6:56
    Teledji Adeledji

  • @hisoka8202
    @hisoka8202 วันที่ผ่านมา

    hf with ShB, best expansion in my opinion with no downsides

  • @ReddTre
    @ReddTre วันที่ผ่านมา

    3:00 makes no sense.
    In the early 2010s wow was not at its peak. It was going through its Mists of Pandaria expansion, the most divisive one and FF14 had just launched ARR

  • @sleepytotem9806
    @sleepytotem9806 10 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Tell me you only paid half attention to the story without telling me you only paid half attention to the story: "Yda was never a real person"

  • @nevertrumpfromthejump
    @nevertrumpfromthejump 17 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

    There have been a handful of games that made me feel disrespected. Pretty much as soon as i sense that the devs and/or the publish doesnt value me, i drop the game. Does my one less player count matter in the grand scheme of things? Probably not. Its just a matter of principle. Ive played FFXIV for nearly an entire decade. Ive never felt disrespected by the devs. Thats not to say i think its a perfect game or the devs are perfect people instituting perfect business practices. But perfection isn't what matters. It isnt hard to respect a player (or consumer). It isnt. Thats all i ask of devs of live service games. Just respect me and respect my time.

  • @LyonelXx
    @LyonelXx 17 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Imagine he playing shadowbringers man....

  • @wolfofthepast
    @wolfofthepast 16 วันที่ผ่านมา

    You are not prepared for Shadowbringers, enjoy.

  • @acerayquaza
    @acerayquaza 17 วันที่ผ่านมา +3

    Regarding Stormblood and people's negative pre-disposition towards it, there's two main factors. None of what I say here will include spoilers for future content.
    The first is the fact that it's a very politically-focused story, compared to the operatic narrative of Heavensward and the emotional grandure of Shadowbringers and Endwalker, and a lot of players who come to Final Fantasy for the 'fantasy' were put off by it.
    The second is an unfortunate misogyny issue that a large portion of the playerbase (especially those not used to examining media critically alongside their own biases) suffers from regarding Lyse as a lead character, and this issue also carries over into ARR with Minfilia and DT with Wuk Lamat. All of these characters have very clear male analogies in other media that people love, but sadly they don't see the similarities here.
    Something to keep in mind regarding people's opinions of expansion stories is that many people are saying those things from a 'this is how I felt at the time' point, rather than a retrospective stance that takes the full saga into account. ARR may be a very standard story template and be quite slow at points, but it sets up things that are still being paid off in both main story and side content over a decade later. Stormblood for many is the odd expansion out in terms of tone, compared to HW, SHB, EW etc, but it contains some of the most important narrative keystones of the entire 1.0-6.0 arc of the game's story. There's more I could say on this topic specifically, but I am unable to do so spoiler-free until you reach the current endgame.
    As a long-time player, I look forward to your continued journey.

    • @elgatochurro
      @elgatochurro 17 วันที่ผ่านมา +3

      Bruh it's not misogyny that I don't like lyse, minfilia, and am getting sick of wuk lamat... I worship Shatotto.
      Minfilia felt useless, lyse didn't understand or connect with the people she said she cared about and barely helped us with ANYTHING during stormblood it felt. Wuk lamat still comes across as clueless and naive as she was the start of her journey.
      This isn't because they're women, i hated alisae AND alphinuad because it's their behavior and actions. The writing gave me a story of Alphinaud growing up, maturing, accepting and growing from his mistakes and flaws. Alisaes first character redemption arc is stuck in coils which is optional and i never did. Yet i see her still put her hands on her brother like she's going to hurt him. She's much better now but i absolutely hate seeing her harm her brother despite it being "humorous"
      You can call sexism, misogyny, etc all you want but I love the female characters on the same basis i love the male characters, their behavior overall. I loved seeing mwerybs arc, even earlier scenes telling alphinaud that as leader of her own nation she had their best interests at heart first and not this grand dream alph can't even fund. The seedseer in the role quests later took part in the front lines helping to keep her people safe. And it's not just combat, Tataru has grown into a confident miracle worker and while I found her cute at first i honestly didn't care about any of the scions until Tataru decided she herself would try to keep the scions out of debt with her various attempts at various trades. Never on the Frontlines but always looking after us.

    • @acerayquaza
      @acerayquaza 17 วันที่ผ่านมา

      @@elgatochurro You claim it's not misogyny.
      And yet you claim Minfilia is useless when she's the leader of the scions, does an incredible amount of political manoeuvring over the course of the story and is called to a higher purpose post-ARR. Just because her character arc took place in 1.0 and she's not an active combatant, does not mean she's useless.
      You also claim that Lyse doesn't understand or connect with people, and barely helps us. She is a refugee from her home country who struggles to connect with her own people due to fleeing the country at a young age, a theme core to her arc and directly spoken of multiple times in the text. She not only rallies the peoples of two separate nations under garlean rule to rebel, but leads the charge herself and then proceeds to help Ala Mhigo rebuild as a standalone nation.
      Next, while I have to limit my examples with Wuk Lamat due to spoilers, Wuk Lamat's character template is identical to that of an extremely popular character from modern media, Naruto Uzumaki. Both of them are characters who believe in the best of humanity, trust fully and wholeheartedly, are mainly emotion-driven, and refuse to be broken by the world around them even after being shown the worst side of the villains of their story, who are a direct mirror to themselves. One of these characters is widely beloved, and the other is decried by many.
      You also say you never bothered to do Coils, which means you do not have the full picture of her as a character. I do also hate physical altercations as a basis of humour, but you cannot rightfully comment on her character without doing that content.
      Finally, while you give example of three female characters who you like, take note of the fact that all of these characters are background or supporting roles, and not primary members of the stories they are part of as with Minfilia in ARR, Lyse in Stormblood, and Wuk Lamat in Dawntrail. Multiple studies have been done that show that women are perceived as being the majority voice of a conversation even when they speak less, and mixed-gender groups perceive there to be an equal representation of men and women when there are significantly less women, while an actual equal amount is perceived to be a greater number of women. One such study is linked here: pure.mpg.de/rest/items/item_68785_7/component/file_506904/content
      My statement of Misogyny is not an accusation at any one person, and my points made are not an attack against you. They are a showcase of the unfortunate state of mind of a *significant* portion of the english-speaking western world, including women and not just men, who hold subconscious biases and fail to realise how deeply they affect our interactions with the world around us. I can hardly call myself free of these biases myself, much as I continue to work to remove them.
      Thank you for proving my point.

    • @elgatochurro
      @elgatochurro 17 วันที่ผ่านมา

      @acerayquaza you can defend it all you want but it doesn't change that what I said rings true.
      And yet still you'll call misogyny

    • @elgatochurro
      @elgatochurro 17 วันที่ผ่านมา

      @@acerayquaza "And yet you claim Minfilia is useless when she's the leader of the scions, does an incredible amount of political manoeuvring over the course of the story" She did hardly anything worthwhile I remember... at all, in fact no one seems to know she did ANYTHING at all. being a leader and sending lackies to do the work isnt even worth noting.
      "Lyse not only rallies the peoples of two separate nations under garlean rule to rebel, but leads the charge herself and then proceeds to help Ala Mhigo rebuild as a standalone nation." Again, nothing really worthwhile. Nothing we weren't already doing. She came in and didnt even try to understand their plight before demanding they throw their lives away for her. she starts off going into it no better than Alisae and Alisae at least has the hindrance of naive youth.
      "Wuk Lamat's character template is identical to that of an extremely popular character from modern media, Naruto Uzumaki." EWWWWWW NOOOOOOOOOOOOOO, THAT GARBAGE OF A CHARACTER AND ANIME???
      "who believe in the best of humanity, trust fully and wholeheartedly, are mainly emotion-driven, and refuse to be broken by the world around them even after being shown the worst side of the villains of their story, who are a direct mirror to themselves." THATS THE PROBLEM, SHE IS STILL A CHILD
      "You also say you never bothered to do Coils, which means you do not have the full picture of her as a character." Yeah but it was optional content, side content, and I still have the previous behavior of Alisaes growing temper tantrums and running off to solo save Eorzea. nothing you say would or could actually make me want to do old redundant content for that part of the story for a character Ive utterly hated... maybe its better? cool but im already fine despising her guts.
      Finally, while you give example of three female characters who you like, take "note of the fact that all of these characters are background or supporting roles, and not primary members of the stories they are part of as with Minfilia in ARR, Lyse in Stormblood, and Wuk Lamat in Dawntrail." You're right, and they're far better regardless, go have your girl power moment elsewhere, hell im playing a chick. Moonbreda, Merwlb, and Kanna a senna were all active, the girls in my conjuration to white amge quest line were active, they did not just sit around and have me work for them.
      You claim sexism yet the same can be said about what? The men, we havent been talking about them, and you ignore them completely because girl power obsession... pretty sexist tbh.
      "My statement of Misogyny is not an accusation at any one person, and my points made are not an attack against you. They are a showcase of the unfortunate state of mind of a significant portion of the english-speaking western world, including women and not just men, who hold subconscious biases and fail to realise how deeply they affect our interactions with the world around us. I can hardly call myself free of these biases myself, much as I continue to work to remove them."
      youre not going to win the sexism arguemtn tbh... The West has very pro female laws such as alimony, divorce courts, child support, and more. imagine even saying that the West is bias against women when you can lose your job, your house, your car, your pets, your kids, and your life at the whim of a woman lying in the West. Should I grab the false rape reports too like Mattress girl? oh and dont forget, when a woman rapes a man the news calls it "forced sex" and babies can undergo non consensual genital mutilation in the west only if theyre a man. This along with the constant white man bad narrative found in modern western media as well as DEI hiring processes and how Covid shutdowns and "essneital workers" were found to be made specicially to benefit anyone who wasnt a white man.
      th-cam.com/video/_45ts5YOFuw/w-d-xo.html "man doesnt throw away his life for random woman"
      "man who made a breakthrough in science is now having to apologize for wearing a shirt women found offensive"
      th-cam.com/video/WheYVFL2Nqw/w-d-xo.html

  • @EpicKman316
    @EpicKman316 12 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Shadowbringers is the best

  • @zombiejesus7445
    @zombiejesus7445 17 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

    Have you tried ESO or SWTOR?

    • @DarkKnightofAnime
      @DarkKnightofAnime 17 วันที่ผ่านมา

      He’s done a couple videos on ESO but not SWTOR

  • @lapisaconite3120
    @lapisaconite3120 17 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Comment for statistics

  • @yabiyabi
    @yabiyabi 17 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Why do I have an awkward secondhand embarrassment about 7.0 ... good thing the worst expansion is not included in the free trial....
    What an incredible video. I wish I knew you of your channel sooner so I could watch your journey.

  • @martonszentkiralyi2251
    @martonszentkiralyi2251 17 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Shadowbringers is the best FF14 gets, it sets such a high standard Endwalker was kinda doomed to fail in some sense. Dawntrail isn't as bad as some say, but they did make some questionable choices, its review bombed into oblivion by a loud minority but people still play and enjoy it

  • @demolzgaming1427
    @demolzgaming1427 16 วันที่ผ่านมา

    i love people enjoying the game the game is realy good but after they took away my paid expension after a break whitout giving the money back im sure il never play with a paid account again if a company can decide on them selves to remove your acces to content you paid for id play for free. not worth it to rebuy a expension i already paid for

  • @Memyx
    @Memyx 16 วันที่ผ่านมา

    You pronounced "Emet" correctly, but "Selch" is pronounced like "Selk".

  • @jamestan5105
    @jamestan5105 16 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Too bad it doesn't include Endwalker & Dawntrail..

  • @soldierorsomething
    @soldierorsomething 17 วันที่ผ่านมา

    One year on free trial sounds like a nightmare to me 😂

    • @sonysdad4709
      @sonysdad4709 17 วันที่ผ่านมา +5

      As long as you have a friend with paid membership it doesn’t really matter too much not having market access I’m currently at 200 hours and in post heavensward and the only thing that is annoying is inventory space when leveling crafters and gatherers