I Tried Playing Flyff Like a Roguelite. Here's How Far I've Got.

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Leveling in Flyff is tough already as is, but that doesn't stop a giraffe from making things any more difficult. I took leveling a step further and crafted my own way of enjoying the game in a different way - transforming it into a roguelite.
I cannot trade with players. I can't buy or sell items from vendors. If I get buffed, there will be consequences. But most importantly, the character is gone forever upon death and we have to start over. But the fascinating part of roguelite is that some things from previous runs are kept, which makes progressing easier on later runs and even encourages death.
There is a twist though. Viewers can interact with the stream at all times and can turn things for the better or worse. Progression isn't always guaranteed. The fate of the character is ultimately in the hands of the viewers...
So far, I've made 6 characters on the series. And in this video, I'll show you the progress I've made.
0:00 - Introduction
0:46 - The Rules
3:28 - Totori0
15:20 - Farron1
22:41 - Merlin2
34:57 - CharlotteLinlin3
36:55 - Rosalia4
50:28 - Farron5
55:17 - Outro
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[@emenalus]

Hey guys! Sorry for the lower quality of the footage and sound in this video. I didn't know how to record my streams properly at first which dropped the quality significantly, but I've figured it all out now. Further stream uploads should be a much better viewing experience :)
Apologies for the lack of uploads lately, I've been busy getting myself out of vacation mode and planning out new content for my channel(s). Hopefully I'll start uploading more regularly again

[@jailsondias4102]

Hi there. Mattie here, this is my fake account, although I'm sure you'll remember me...
Been following your content quietly, but have been busy myself as I'm wrapping up my undergrad program (Energy Engineer). Love your content, you're very funny and engaging as a youtuber. Quality and informative content with a touch of the box thinking. I personally like to call that Giraffe Thinking.
I'll be making a comeback to Flyff Universe in 2025, probably when the next FWC server rolls up. Ready to go full pay to win, max level and full eq. gear. I will also be willing to help any newbie on the way, and also fool around like we used to do back in the good ol' days.
Cheers buddy, keep the good job up.

[@emenalus]

Of course I remember you Mattie! We've shared lots of fun memories together even though it's been a while. Glad to see that you're up and about and still care to come and see me from time to time despite how busy you are. Glad you're enjoying my content for what it is

[@Kuudllaty]

Great video! Keep it that way. 10/10

[@emenalus]

Quite different from what I usually make, but glad you liked it!!

[@SaedGanayem]

Thank you for uploading the videos, Flyff has a spot in my heart, been playing the game since 2006…

[@emenalus]

Don't we all

[@Mitsunee_]

just started playing this game again today after bingewatching your guides. Bit lost still and flyffipedia doesn't seem to want to load, but I did manage to figure out where to buy Vagrant armor after not dropping a single suit ever and now I keep getting Magician gear (even tho I picked Merc) D:

[@emenalus]

Very sad to hear that Flyffipedia doesn't seem to work for you :( There's also alternatively the Madrigal Inside's database, but as far as I understand it's quite outdated. If you also have any kind of a prompt or an obvious obstacle that comes your way, maybe you could ask about Flyffipedia troubleshooting in the official Flyff Universe Discord :)
You can find mercenary items from the Shield shop if you ever feel like you're not dropping any, but mind you that you might also wanna consider buying sets or set pieces from players too once you have enough money. They'll come with bonus stats on top of just defense.
Hope this counts as a little helpful and that you'll enjoy the game regardless, thanks for watching my videos and hope you enjoyed this one as well

[@januschristianpascua8037]

I enjoyed this :D

[@emenalus]

I'm glad to hear that! :>

[@arijit123ful]

Btw what browser do u use for play flyff?

[@emenalus]

Google Chrome :)

[@mhamdabo5478]

unforutntly gala and webzen succeded in destroying this game it used to be fun back in 2007 to 2010 but now its just a pice of pay to play or stay noob nothing else

[@emenalus]

Yeah, I agree with that sadly. I have repeated many times over that 2007-2009 or so were the golden ages for the game, after that it's been slowly deteriorating to the husk that it is now :/ Flyff PC barely has anyone left.
Flyff Universe was a nice pillar of hope at its launch in 2022, but as of late I've grown concerned about how little GALA cares to keep the game alive but rather milk it as much as they can and toss it away. A shame really, a true passion project which loves the game and not the money would be important for a game like this but such a breakthrough is impossible with such an unfitting publisher x.x

[@peagames2002]

@@emenalus I don't know what you are talking about, most of playerbase are competing and taking benefits in FWC server for 2x exp and loot for the entirety of summer. Currently during that event there isn't that much of activity in Totemia or other servers. (When that event ends, players with their new toons will come to their respective servers for better ping, with good loots in them to sell and share.)
Also, money is irrelevant, if you don't have the will to keep leveling up. I've seen sassy little dolphins flash their nice +10 weapons, but sat on their 120s for months. Months I say! They were quite envious that I got very far from them since I chose to play this game every day and do few % goals every day.

[@emenalus]

@peagames2002 FWC and Flyff Universe aren't the main points behind this comment, so I think you might've missed the context! That's understandable though if you haven't been following Flyff during its later years, but after the golden years of Flyff (2007-2010 or so), it was given to another publisher and the things for the original game started to take a turn for the worse. The original game still exists, but is definitely far from healthy in terms of activity because it essentially turned into an arena spender heaven. That however, is a matter entirely detached from Flyff Universe x)
Talking about FWC and Flyff Universe though, I'm still in the favor of grinding over spending money in this game and I always have been, but FWC is simply designed to be a big cash cow. I don't know where you got the idea that all those items people get will be up for selling and sharing, everything except your gear and premiums will be removed upon transfer and linked to your account, including your penya! What's actually going to happen is that the majority of the transferred players suddenly don't have any money to spend and there'll be a huge market crash for fCoins since people are willing to pay for any amount out of desperation - this happened last year too :/
I'm all in the favor of easier time for F2P players with getting better gear and catching up with the spenders, but the deeper controversy behind all this is the FWC Golden gear. There's nothing else in this game that spells out "P2W" as strongly as having a time-gated period to get yourself a set of max level gear with a ludicrously low drop rate that actually has better stats than regular, to incentivize giving you the edge over the others in end-game activities both PvE and PvP, even if only by a little. And that bit alone is to encourage people who've already burnt time and money into this game to get far only to do it again, because there's massive FOMO involved. And even if you managed to reach to level 160, getting a hand on these items without actually spending is a task next to impossible when even the clean items go for hundreds of dollars as we speak. You gotta either be a REALLY clever market trickster, burn every single minute of your life into this game to make up for the money you're not willing to spend or perhaps both, because I don't think there's going to be enough of these items in circulation for everyone even in the five months' time. Like I previously stated, the drop chances are really that bad.
Not everyone of course aims to get up there to get the best gear possible and that's fine too, I didn't join simply because I don't have time to make anything out of it. But I can't come to respect a company that will repeatedly take advantage of its players who've already put so much into the game with a carrot unobtainable any other way. Even the double rates would've been enough, but not for GALA. They didn't want to leave people with a "choice". I was against FWC already last year because I smelled the rot as soon as it was announced, and admittedly it hit me pretty hard when they decided to do it again despite how many protested against it x.x
It's one thing to keep playing a game despite its faults because you still enjoy it, but it's a very different dimension when you're making content out of it for thousands of people and serving as free advertisement material. And I don't think my dignity can tolerate staying loyal to such an exploitative company and keep encouraging people to play this game.

[@peagames2002]

@@emenalus I don't think you're much of 'free advertisement' if you have such short term negative approach of the game. It's not an easy game, if you wish to run to endgame in few months. Would've expected you to learn that from 'golden age' flyff which IMO was worst age Flyff had. Flyff was way worse before Universe, having a lot of penya was out of question unless you dug deep in raids. Even high level mobs didn't give gear worth of penya to sell. It was incredibly inflated in economy even at beginning years and it got worse as years passed. Let's not even dwell with awful gears that only a very few were beneficial to respective classes.
I would take abysmal drop rate for coral weapons over garbage PC Flyff. No matter what, it was garbage from the very beginning until browser version was made. I don't know if you ran to 90s in PC Flyff as well. PC Flyff even in old times, was garbage for multi clienting and made grind sessions a nightmare.

[@emenalus]

@@peagames2002 Don't worry, I never stated that Flyff PC was better than Universe, only that it got even worse over time. I'm still of the mind that Flyff Universe is the best the game's been to date, but it could've been so much better with a less greedier management. Besides that isn't a topic I've discussed so openly in my videos, so unless I make a video explicitly about it, most people will find the overall feedback for the game from me positive x)
I also wouldn't call it short-term negative, I've observed GALA during Webzen years a long time, way before Project M/Flyff Universe was even brought up and it was quite apparent to me that maintaining server health wasn't their main priority. I cast my doubts as soon as Gala became a part of this project, but I've kept the lid tight because I had a lot of hope for this game. But after these couple years, I've kinda started running out of it - I haven't started considering other game content on my channel for no reason :/