Beginner's Guide to Lore in Final Fantasy 14

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  • @shadowsapphire100183
    @shadowsapphire100183 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +82

    Welcome to FF14 our XBox sprouts! Never be shy to ask for help, most of our community is happy to do so!

  • @NotTheWheel
    @NotTheWheel 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +28

    Don't worry about getting to the end. Enjoy the story all the content you do will feel relevant for your character so it's fun to just enjoy the story.

    • @iantaakalla8180
      @iantaakalla8180 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Also, you really should do as much as you can: quests are how you make sense of the world as opposed to just being swept up in one campaign against the Ascians by being immune to tempering

  • @camposforce93
    @camposforce93 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    I have been playing this game for 8 years, and yet when I saw this video, I ended up hyped as if I was a sprout. Till sea swallows all!

  • @nspaulding07
    @nspaulding07 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +10

    Your videos are always excellent. But this video went above and beyond to provide a solid starting point. Well-worth any new player watching!

  • @Celis.C
    @Celis.C 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +8

    I started FFXIV 7 years ago as I do all my series and stories: completely blank. No expectations, no spoilers, just trying it out and seeing it for myself.
    I was hooked from the very first _loading screen_ . There's something about the minutiae of the loading screen that captured my attention, like I was about to enter a place of significance.
    I also went in with the intention of just trying it out and see where my _adventure_ would lead. No desire for rushing to endgame (tip: the game starts at level 1), no knowledge of the length of the MSQ (for the better) and just taking it as I went. I highly encourage such a mentality when first starting the game! Welcome to Eorzea!

    • @Just_Call_Me_Tim
      @Just_Call_Me_Tim 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      That, if I may be so bold, is the best way to do it! Before I could get everything installed, I watched a few videos, but basically only about classes/roles and races. Started Miqo’te, restarted as Elezen, switched to Hyur and I think I’ve settled on Lalafell. My god… those goofy little buggers have me in stitches (should’ve just started there since I like playing smaller races in games anyway)!

  • @djennings802
    @djennings802 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

    Been playing this game since ps4 ipen beta and just wanna say welcome to a wonderful experience Xbox newbies

  • @JRTimemobile
    @JRTimemobile 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    Welcome lore newbies! The scribe here is one of the best in the lore scene of xiv so, listen well and remember, "the story is worth different things to different people."

  • @PalhacoCapitalista
    @PalhacoCapitalista 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

    This is exactly what new players need in relation to the lore! HELL YES

  • @LightbladeRiulo
    @LightbladeRiulo 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +7

    Me with “To be continued” in the corner of his screen: Hmmm yes fascinating.
    In all seriousness I welcome all the newcomer sprouts to the game! May you walk in the light of the Crystal!

  • @808MichiOtaku
    @808MichiOtaku 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +12

    Welcome to the world of Eorzea new sprouts~!
    Great synopsis!

  • @dazzlemasseur
    @dazzlemasseur 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +46

    Never skip a cutscene or suffer the lack of context for the rest of the story. At your own risks.

    • @gardenstateboss
      @gardenstateboss 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      not really you can always goto your room & watch ever cutscene how many times you like. Unlike other games FFIV had this feature since 2.x

    • @JamesRogers1983
      @JamesRogers1983 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      @@gardenstatebosstrue, but you’re missing it in the moment it’s happen, all the excitement etc.

    • @ShermTank7272
      @ShermTank7272 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      @@gardenstatebossRewatching cutscenes in the inn is a nice boon, but I highly recommend _not_ doing so on your first time around. It'd be like telling someone to read only the first paragraph in each chapter of a book, and saying "you can always go back to read the rest of the chapter later".

    • @FuryXDMGS
      @FuryXDMGS 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      Listen to this WoL
      You'll skip some seemingly boring scene about Alphinaud feeling remorse for his actions while a band of Garleans is about to finish us and when the loading screen ends you'll be on a Go-kart and an Urianger will be counting down

    • @JamesRogers1983
      @JamesRogers1983 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      @@FuryXDMGS spoilers!

  • @amitamaru
    @amitamaru 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +12

    This was a great synopsis, Scribe.

  • @Raven-um2wf
    @Raven-um2wf 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +10

    Welcome new friends! A world awaits and most will be happy to help how we can in your adventures

  • @SuikodenGR
    @SuikodenGR 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    Welcome Xbox Warriors Of Light!
    Don't hesitate to ask for Tips & Tricks!

  • @JamesRogers1983
    @JamesRogers1983 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    Welcome everyone :) thanks for joining us, jealous you get to experience all this for the first time. Just started a second non skipping play through and excited to see what I may have missed. Good luck, have fun, take your time and most importantly, enjoy. There is no rush, savour every second of it.

  • @stoicraziel6272
    @stoicraziel6272 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    What an amazing primer 😊

  • @pitta3114
    @pitta3114 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    Commenting so more sprouts can see this great video!

  • @lushdontu4015
    @lushdontu4015 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    I know this is a random question, but it has been on my mind for ages. Where does the wol keep all of their mounts?

  • @benjaminfinlay829
    @benjaminfinlay829 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    If you buy a story skip, I highly recommend watching a story playthrough to get all the context for what's happening.
    Playframe's series (with Dan, player of Durmin Durami,), is a good one to go for. It's currently on hiatus, but has so far covered everything in the MSQ up to the start of the Shadowbringers (plus some particularly relevant side-content).

  • @gratuitouslurking8610
    @gratuitouslurking8610 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +8

    I keep forgetting Rogue isn't a starting class.

    • @VentrexTheXVth
      @VentrexTheXVth 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Damn shame that and we never got a musketeer

    • @gratuitouslurking8610
      @gratuitouslurking8610 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@VentrexTheXVth Having arrived in the Endwalker times, I assume musketeer was going to be the pre-Machinist?

    • @VentrexTheXVth
      @VentrexTheXVth 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@gratuitouslurking8610 that what I heard I only came in at the end of Shadowbringers

  • @BorgWolf359
    @BorgWolf359 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Thank you for this our Lore Master Synodic Scribe! I'd like to welcome our fellow Warriors of Light from Xbox! Our FFXIV family & now yours will gladly help you out whenever you need it! May The Light of the Mother Crystal forever keep you in her Grace!

  • @DXDragon38
    @DXDragon38 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    Welcome aboard new Friends!
    The wonderful world of FF14 awaits! May you walk in the light of the Crystal

  • @jrtime228
    @jrtime228 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

    This was a great cumulative intro to the game scribe!

  • @gregorieschmitt5578
    @gregorieschmitt5578 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Love this game! So glad it is finally in on Xbox - just started a gladiator on midgardommar with the tiger looking race - definitely would love to meet some people to play with

    • @gregorieschmitt5578
      @gregorieschmitt5578 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

      I am lev 20 glad with lev 6 miner job clas

  • @MisterVyle
    @MisterVyle 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +10

    Welcome to Eorzea.

  • @shimasclan
    @shimasclan 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Phenomenal video, Ser Scribe.

  • @JDSleeper
    @JDSleeper 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    There was a spicy dragon center in that red moon!

  • @Mizra1985
    @Mizra1985 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    Welcome all Xbox sprouts!! 🌱

  • @Wanderingsage7
    @Wanderingsage7 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +6

    Gridania: I mean, there's the racism undertow between the wildwood Elezen, the Duskwight Elezen and the keeper's of the moon, but otherwise yeah, it's pretty chill.

    • @SynodicScribe
      @SynodicScribe  9 หลายเดือนก่อน +13

      I mean we could just as easily go over the poverty and wage gaps in Ul'dah as well as the violent underbelly of Limsa. No country in FFXIV is clean. lol

    • @astrealbrizbee9815
      @astrealbrizbee9815 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@SynodicScribe Bozja is pretty clean now lol

    • @SynodicScribe
      @SynodicScribe  9 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      @@astrealbrizbee9815 Tends to happen when you're entire civilization is glassed by a massive explosion. hahaha

    • @gratuitouslurking8610
      @gratuitouslurking8610 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

      I mean if we wanted to sit here and sling mud at Eorzia all day, dare we mention the beast tribes the city states have been equal parts warring and/or suppressing all this time? There's also Ishguard and it's 1000-year draconic genocide wars noone remembers truly how they started, and don't get us started at how Gyr Abania got under Garlemald's thumbs to start with...

    • @acgearsandarms1343
      @acgearsandarms1343 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      @@SynodicScribeThere’s clean, and then there’s sterile.

  • @gothfox8196
    @gothfox8196 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Welcome on, new brave little sparks! We're happy to have new players diving in the lore.
    (Side note: I appreciate the subliminal Dark Knight messaging, Scribe ;) )

    • @SynodicScribe
      @SynodicScribe  9 หลายเดือนก่อน

      I may have a bias. lol

  • @deskcat6795
    @deskcat6795 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I’ll get to sit around and tell stories of for almost a decade we played the same 2 fights between either fighting the ultimate weapon or some goons everyday for story roulettes

  • @maxkid6446
    @maxkid6446 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

    i actually welcome the new guys from the xbox

  • @jereboy2005
    @jereboy2005 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I've been wondering, is calling the planet a star a FF trope? It threw me off when they started calling it that in the msq and it still throws me off whenever I see it? I've not played the other FF games so I'm not real sure.
    This is a great intro into the setting and game. Gives some good background without digging too deep into lore or any spoilers revealed throughout the story. I'd forgotten that limsa only starts with 2 options for classes. I need to check out more of this guys vids, I like his style of presentation!

    • @sinom
      @sinom 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      @@SynodicScribe
      Sun = 日
      Star = 星
      Planet = 惑星
      But "星" can also mean planet, just usually you don't call earth or the sun 星.
      Though in general in JRPGs in general and in final fantasy calling a planet a "star" isn't uncommon.

  • @pythiusplaysgames
    @pythiusplaysgames 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Welcome new Warriors of Light! FFXIV is quite the journey, so buckle up for a grand adventure. Take things at your own pace as the journey is the destination. And explore as much content as you can!

  • @Kakurady
    @Kakurady 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    As expected, this will now be my go-to lore primer for new adventurers. Before watching, I was concerned that it would spend overmuch time on the 1st-4th Astral Eras, as another lore creator has done. I was surprised that details of each era were omitted altogether, mayhaps for the best as the lecture to keep the seminar from becoming overlong.
    I appreciate pointing out the progressions from classes to jobs. But maybe a reference to the race video series would also be helpful: personally, I wish I had known more about each people and their typical names before I started playing. As it stood, my main character has a half-joke name containing real-world references (that nevertheless is appropriate for gender and clan).
    2:16 I always thought that your induction into the Scions implied that the Echo marked you as a chosen of Hydaelyn, and not Her making you Her champion because you possess the Echo. Perhaps I was influenced by the official forums in thinking so. But now I've went back and looked at the dialogue, it seems to lend neither theory credence.

  • @HikingFeral
    @HikingFeral 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Good job for not mentioning how Urianger dies. That would have spoilt much.

  • @xodox1271
    @xodox1271 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Its okay to skip cut scenes, especially if they are bad filler scenes.

  • @adjwindu70
    @adjwindu70 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Welcome xbox players. Try not to rush the game. Take your time, sample the diffrent offerings. This place is like an amusement park so many different ways to have fun.

  • @wrathshorts2894
    @wrathshorts2894 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Welcome new sprouts. Good luck getting a house.

  • @Wordsman
    @Wordsman 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    Incredible transitions, and a great foundation of lore starting out! Will 100% send this to someone, though you forgot to mention the Rogue class in Limsa. Not a hard addition but nonetheless omitted, I assume by mistake. Love your work man! Keep it up!
    EDIT: apparently Rogue comes later and I totally forgot! Thanks for the reminder.

    • @shadowsapphire100183
      @shadowsapphire100183 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      I think he omitted it since you can't start as a Rogue off character creation. That would be my guess.

    • @Wordsman
      @Wordsman 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @shadowsapphire100183 really? You can't start as a rogue? But it starts at lvl 1? Holy crap I never noticed that if it's the case.

    • @shadowsapphire100183
      @shadowsapphire100183 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      @@Wordsman yup, you have to level one class to 10.

  • @dullahandan4067
    @dullahandan4067 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

    Yeahh ARR needs some rewrites to make sense now huh?

    • @SynodicScribe
      @SynodicScribe  9 หลายเดือนก่อน +6

      I try not to think about it. lol

    • @mlemlemmlemmlem
      @mlemlemmlemmlem 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

      I haven't thought about it lol what parts?

    • @gratuitouslurking8610
      @gratuitouslurking8610 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Personally if they wanted to worry bout consistency I'd rather the energy be put into a way to look at some of that 1.0 content, even if it's extended clipnotes via the Echo. Maybe a day of hanging with the Scions and the gang and you witness many of the Before Meteor events with thematic duties like Castrum Fulmin or a reimagined Nael fight.

    • @dullahandan4067
      @dullahandan4067 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@mlemlemmlemmlem echo vs blessing changes. Motivations of Hydaelyn. In particular her supposed attempts at preventing calamities. I mean it is all accurate to a degree if it is assumed the player character is being lied to. Or is tempered...

    • @Kekira
      @Kekira 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      ​@@dullahandan4067But the actual function of it hasn't changed, just the context.

  • @Dastreus
    @Dastreus 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Aaahhh tears on my face. I finally have the perfect video to show people when trying to talk them into FF instead of my pathetic autistic rambles.

  • @vtheman1850
    @vtheman1850 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Welcome Xbox players
    The ERP is on Balmung US , you can't miss it.

    • @TRONgirl_EXE
      @TRONgirl_EXE 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Specifically, the Quicksand tavern in Balmung’s Ul’dah. Everywhere else on the server is more casual

  • @deskcat6795
    @deskcat6795 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

    1 tip to all new players DONT PICK LANCER!!! RUN don’t listen to anyone listen to my warning you and your friends will enjoy like 1000x more

    • @Lulink013
      @Lulink013 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Why not though ? What's wrong with it?

    • @gratuitouslurking8610
      @gratuitouslurking8610 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@Lulink013 As someone who leveled it, I think it's a jab at how kinda basic it feels at the Lancer state. Lancer is heavily focused on single-target until way after 60, and the Dragoon's jump capabilities often has you rapidly moving your character (and thus hitbox) so it's easy to mistime and land into hurtzone or fall off an arena side if you're not careful. Dragoon is a bit of a meme as a 'floor tank' for the jump skills especially.

  • @FarelForever
    @FarelForever 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Oh thank Goodness, I was worried about the influx of casuals in the game ruining my time
    "Wow, we're fighting Ifrit! A real summon"
    Me: 😒 PFFFF, the proper term is PRIMAL! Get it together N00B!
    " 😦 ........"
    Me: Oh, and could you kindly turn tank stance on? I can explain the concept better to you if you want 🙂

  • @simonshura9144
    @simonshura9144 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

    This is hilarious because idgaf bout any story in my games i play 🙃🤭