Who came back to watch the beginning again after they finished Endwalker

As us in the FFXIV community says: You either quit during ARR, or you become a walking advertisement. Welcome, brother.

@randomboiyo6254

2 жыл бұрын

False, none of us ever leave our chair.

@Rakka5

Жыл бұрын

The truth of this statement has been proven once again.

@melissas4874

Жыл бұрын

One year later .... :)

@Skdjefkrkfnfne

9 ай бұрын

@@melissas4874 2 years later :D

Seeing Garrett Then, and Garrett Now: "I wish I had Final Fantasy hair." You done it, Garrett.

@oberoneledthar3782

10 ай бұрын

Yeah, somehow all ex wow streamer get better hair when they come over to FF XIV..... The Stuff from the Hildibrandt Quest must work even in the Realworld

@kiriuxeosa8716

9 ай бұрын

Its the Aesthetician quest they unlocked it in real life!

Why do WoW players always bring up cat/bunny girls as a weird thing? WoW has more furry races than ff14, but they are somehow normal?

@Amovetv

2 жыл бұрын

I think it's really just a frame of reference thing. I'm coming from 15+ years of WoW so the more traditional anime approach of adding ears and tails to humanoids stands out compared to say a Worgen which doesn't really look like a person. Hrothgar being a bit of an outlier in that they REALLY look like lions.

@PinkFluffyAlex

2 жыл бұрын

@@Amovetv That still means that WoW has more furry races. *I'm* fine with all the races in both games, but it's always funny watching people say FFXIV is a furry game with all the anthro races running around in WoW. I guess I just don't get how what amounts to a headband stands about more. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

@redmiles5634

2 жыл бұрын

It's the degree of sexualization. The furry races in WoW look more animalistic so they don't tend to trigger that same reaction in most folks as walking into a capital city in FF14 the first time and seeing the crowd of barely clothed female characters that are just humans but with animal ears posing around the aetheryte. Hits different for most folks because they see that and realize yes, that is intended to be appealing. Whereas tauren women in any outfit are clearly only going to appeal to a specific niche.

@MrTyler7070

2 жыл бұрын

They cant cope with being furries

@Kuroganemk2

2 жыл бұрын

WoW = Furry Game, FF14 = Weeb Game.

The fact that you and your wife spend 30min looking at minions sounds super wholesome. Honestly if that's your kinda speed I think you're going to have a good time. ARR in particular feels very nostalgic and brings me to a simpler mindset.

@Amovetv

2 жыл бұрын

Definitely my speed. And instances of just stopping and taking in other players' personalization keep happening. I keep stumbling across random displays of players just hanging out and being awesome.

So a general rule of thumb is if you're finding enjoyment in the early levels of the game, which tends to be a filter, then your love will only grow. The game is like a non stop ride of constantly getting better and adding more and more features as you level that it's kinda crazy.

@Volkai

2 жыл бұрын

The only time I’ve found my enjoyment of a job change significantly by level was with Astroogian, which I love playing in the Nocturnal Sect stance we’re losing at 6.0, and which it doesn’t get until level 50. I did not much enjoy how it played in Diurnal Sect. Definitely an outlier.

@Dualities

2 жыл бұрын

yeah if u enjoy doing 300 hours of repetive story questing mybe

@isybub6

2 жыл бұрын

@@Dualities I find if you don't take the time to read and listen to all cutscenes and dialogue, the story quests are omega boring. But if you pay full attention, even when it gets a bit tedious, it makes all the quests have soooo much more meaning and weight, feels a lot less repetitive.

@megamage911

2 жыл бұрын

@@isybub6 Yeah I never felt anything was really repetitive, cuz I just read all the quest dialogue which ads proper context for everything you do. Hell, some of the most I enjoyed questing was when I unlocked the Firmament and did all the quests there, where none of them involve any combat, hell, it's mainly just you going from place to place to talk to people, but all the characters were so good that I loved doing it.

@jasonwright2665

2 жыл бұрын

@@Dualities The story is far from repetitive if you actually take the time to read the dialogue and pay attention to what is going on.

there is a FATE in a Shadowbringers area that is called "Pray Destroy the Waking Sands" which i think is a nice joke poking fun at one of the most common lines of "Pray Return to the Waking Sands" in most of ARR

@Knightveil

2 жыл бұрын

"I was JUST THERE, Minfilia! Gods, this could have been an email!"

When to not use suggested gear.... There are really only 2 situations. 1. You're a high end raider and you're following someone's optimized stat priority for the current BiS gear. This is super not important if you aren't doing Savage and Ultimate fights, but you can raise your DPS a bit if you follow a spreadsheet that's telling you the iLevel 510 stuff with the Crit is better than the 515 stuff with the Direct Hit for your DPS because DPS calcs. Not relevant when not full caught up to the gear treadmill in endgame. 2. Tanks below level 50 can sometimes be suggested "Disciple of War" (which includes tanks and all physical DPS) gear that's meant more for Dragoons than it is for you. They avoid this later on by putting more careful class requirements on almost all gear from 2.1 onward (specifically referring to Tank gear as "fending" and Dragoon as "maiming", Monk/Samurai as "striking" etc...). Make sure your armor prioritizes actual defense over iLevel as a tank below 50, or you might be giving your healer a hard time.

@Volkai

2 жыл бұрын

Other times to not use suggested gear: There are several level 1 or 10 XP+% items that you want to keep equipped until they no longer grant their bonus XP instead of the recommended gear - the Friendship Circlet in particular (obtained through the new player recruitment system) is a serial offender of this.

@Koranthus

10 ай бұрын

Just an update, im pretty sure they raised all the Disciple of War gear's armor values to tank levels so that this isn't an issue anymore.

One thing I wish I knew was how important even the most minor characters can be. There's been moments in Shadowbringers when a character I last saw in A Realm Reborn or Heavensward shows up and I just have to wrack my brain to remember them. Never take a single NPC for granted. You never know who's gonna show up later

Tip: if you're teleporting to a town thats absolutely covered in side quests you dont want to bother with, holding control will bring the teleport up to the top above the quests so you can click it

@princessjello

2 жыл бұрын

........... oh?

@zfezzani

2 жыл бұрын

I finished Endwalker and didn't know this was possible xD Thank you !

Watching this almost a year later, the start of an adventure, somehow feeling nostalgic.

One thing I wish someone would have told me when I started - at level 30 there is a blue side quest called My Feisty Little Chocobo. I recommend doing this pronto as it unlocks your companion chocobo which you then summon during fights and level up along with your character. It gets talent points as it levels and you can spec it as dps, tank or healer...so if you're playing a squishy mage, it's really nice to have a tank chocobo at your side taking all the hits for you.

@Inhaledcorn

2 жыл бұрын

After it reaches rank 10, you can feed it Thavnarian Onions to increase its level cap, up to rank 20.

@mayalewis2956

2 жыл бұрын

I loved my chocobo, hes saved my ass so many times lol

@rosieweaselby

2 жыл бұрын

Yes! Only, I think it’s more around 20 right after you are able to join a Grand Company? :)

@TifaTakeuchi

2 жыл бұрын

@@rosieweaselby It's level 20 to join a Grand Company and buy the chocobo license, but the fighting quest is at 30.

@Koranthus

10 ай бұрын

@@rosieweaselby Level 20 is when you get your chocobo mount quest, 30 is your chocobo battle companion quest.

When it comes to stats, it's actually fairly simple - all classes have a main attribute like Strength, Dexterity, Intelligence or Mind that increases the potency of their skills. Strength for melee (except Ninja, which uses Dexterity); Dexterity for physical ranged classes; Intelligence for casters and Mind for healers. Tenacity and Piety are tank and healer specific stats respectively - you can ignore them as other roles, and if you see them on a piece of gear you can instantly identify what it's for. Critical hit is exactly what you imagine; Direct hit is kinda like Critical hit, but it's a linear damage increase rather than quadratic. Determination works like the main attribute of your class, but at basically half efficiency - it's basically a versatile dump stat since it works on all jobs no matter their role. Skill/Spell speed are interesting, as they directly shorten the cooldowns of your skills/spells and autoattacks. Certain classes don't have too much use for it like Ninja, as that job has other ways of decreasing its cooldowns. And that's pretty much it! There's also Gathering/Perception and Craftmanship/Control but those are purely for gathering and crafting classes respectively (yes professions in FFXIV are a class in itself, with their own stats, gear, skills, rotations and questlines)

@thest0mpa

2 жыл бұрын

In wow terms determination is like versatility but without the damage reduction part

@Volkai

2 жыл бұрын

@@thest0mpa so Versatility = Tenacity?

@magnuscarlsson9969

2 жыл бұрын

@@Volkai Tenacity is sort of a universal stat for tanks: It increase dmg done, dmg taken and healing recieved, but only if you are a tank class. But not many players gear for it since Critical hit and Direct hit give better returns on damage... and everyone gear for damage in FFXIV. I only really use Tenacity while leveling since it helps alot if you are below the max levels for the dungeon(Once you are at max or downsynced it gets worthless). But that's pretty much only possible if you bother with materia in the first place, since you gain more from just upgrading ilvl.

"You gotta have blue hair!" This Homestar Runner quote has literally defined how I create characters in video games. Hell, even in FFXIV, I went straight for the blue hair.

@Amovetv

2 жыл бұрын

Homestar Runner has been creeping back into my mind like it's 2002.

Tip: Gshade Yes, it's a third party program which is technically against TOS, but the producer, director and designer of the game could care less about TPP unless it harasses other players or provides an unfair advantage with gameplay. Don't be afraid to use reshaders to make the game more crisp.

@vaidenkelsier7757

2 жыл бұрын

I took the dive and tried gshade this year finally after eight years of playing and it *really* does do wonders in making it look really crisp. There's a lot of oversaturated presets, but you can definitely pick the one that suits you the best and god it looks so good :D

@zolli21

2 жыл бұрын

Only problem I have with Gshade is that my controller doesn't work for some reason.

@Rc3651

2 жыл бұрын

Gahade was a game changer. Amazed that I held off for so long

@ColorOfSakura

2 жыл бұрын

Actually, GShade is not against TOS. The devs have said Reshaders are not considered against the Terms of Service or anything and that they don't consider them "Third Party Tools" in the same vein as things like DPS meters or mods. There's a post on the forums where they actively address a player asking about it, and assure them that reshaders are perfectly acceptable to use.

@MrBezazel

2 жыл бұрын

Gshade makes cutscenes look AMAZING. I could still play the game without it, but it definitely would feel less vibrant.

So I'm likely late to the party, but here are some useful things I can quickly think of: - Underneath your main scenario quest ribbon (yellow banner, red meteor icon with two footsteps in it), you'll find notable quests. These include: class quests, job quests, chocobo mount unlock - Once you have your chocobo mount around the level 20 MSQ mark, progress to level 30 on any combat job and you can unlock combat mode for your chocobo! This means you can call it out in the overworld and have it fight with you! - Once you've unlocked your chocobo's combat mode, you can unlock chocobo saddlebags, which gives you extra inventory space! Note that you can only access this inventory space outside of any duty. Welcome to Eorzea!

Some things: 1. Yes, the MSQ got buffed and streamlined a bit. That's the main reason you're outleveling the content. You'll notice that each quest has a level attached to it, which is the level you were expected to be when you took it. It isn't uncommon to overlevel the MSQ by around five levels, maybe more. If you created your character on a Preferred server, you'll have the Road to 70 buff (an icon at the top of your screen will call this out) which buffs your XP gain even more. 2. Yes, in general use the suggested gear, except as others have noted. The important thing to remember is that the preferred gear system pulls exclusively from your armory chest (ctrl-I) rather than your main inventory. You can set things up so that newly acquired gear goes in to your main inventory instead of the armory chest, but if you do, be aware of how the preferred gear system works. 3. Yes, teleport around with the aetherytes. But be aware that in Endwalker (6.0) the fast travel system is being changed so that the cost of the teleport will be based on your distance from the place you're going to. It probably won't affect lower level players who are hopping from, say, Gridania to Fallgourd Float, but when you get in to the later expansions the cost may well be prohibitive as it costs 999 gil to hop from Gridania (or anywhere on Eorzea) to Kugane, the big main city in Stormblood. The cost can be mitigated a bit by some Free Company buffs (Free Companies are like Guilds in WoW), but it's still a good chunk of gil. 4. The Glamour system isn't as robust as WoW's Transmog system, but it works within the limits of the game. It has similar limitations (certain gear can only be worn by certain classes/jobs) but the sheer number of good looking pieces makes up for that for the most part. 5. Once you've unlocked the first two dungeons, you'll also unlock the Roulette system. Think of it like WoWs Looking for Dungeon feature with one big caveat: when you're running roulettes it's probable that you'll get grouped with higher-level players. This is by design to ensure that lower-level players can complete their dungeons and nobody has to wait inordinate amounts of time to get a dungeon run randomly. The higher-level players get an XP boost based on the difference between their actual level and the level of the dungeon they're in, so roulettes can be a great way to level alt jobs or just to fill in that little bit of XP you might need for the next level and the next Job Quest. 6. One last thing, and you may already have figured this out. In combat, when you see the orange telegraph, you run out of it, but once that telegraph disappears you can run right back to where you were, the animation won't hurt you as long as you weren't in the telegraph when it disappeared. This is really helpful for tanks and melee DPS because you don't end up moving the boss/target and the meless won't lose as much DPS because they run right back in and maybe get back in their positional area. 7. Okay, I lied. Last one. Play FFXIV like it's a single player game with occasional multi-player content, because that's how it's designed. You are the hero and the people you're working with (or willbe working with) both know that and *know your name*. FFXIV is really a single-player JRPG with MMO trappings and that's part of what makes it work so well.

I migrated from wow to ff14 over the summer and there are two points that really increased my satisfaction with the game as I played though it. 1st ARR is their version of Burning Crusade, I really enjoyed ARR and was quite content with it. I was disarmed by how much the game was able to improve over the course it's expansions, how good the jobs feel and play, how good the story, environment and systems all feel. 2nd and this may just be me, but wow had ingrained in me a min maxing scarcity mindset. This does not really exist here. In this game if you don't optimize something, it does not matter that much. Capping on a currency does not matter much because they shower you with it. Picking the wrong piece as a reward is okay because there is a vendor that sells the other. The game is much more generous, less punishing of it's learning curve and has more respect for your time than any other I have played in this genere.

@Willias

2 жыл бұрын

I don't think ARR really compares to the Burning Crusade at all. ARR was a complete rebuild of the game after the original FF14 completely and utterly failed. The reason the game improves so much is because A Realm Reborn was a complete recreation of FF14, and was done over only 2 years. Heavensward is where the FF14 team really attempts to do their own thing, as ARR was mostly meant as a Final Fantasy flavored WoW-clone.

@solusgamer164

2 жыл бұрын

@@Willias, unfortunately ARR isn't exactly a "complete rebuild" of ff14. Technically, it's still built on the faulty 1.0 foundation which rears its ugly head literally every expansion. In fact, it could be very well argued that the current delay on EW is due to the spaghetti code that makes up the framework of ffxiv.

@iryoku2

2 жыл бұрын

@@solusgamer164 Yoshida was asked specifically about how much the legacy 1.0 code is holding them back in a recent interview, and his response was exactly the opposite of what you're claiming. He claims that the team has been diligent at removing technical debt whenever they run into it. Spending the time to rewrite problematic parts of the code whenever they find something that is holding them back. On the client side, they replaced the entire engine (1.x was using Crystal Tools, 2.x and onward are using a heavily modified version of Luminous), and from what Yoshida has said, there isn't much code left from 1.x on the server side, either. He also talked about the reason for the delay when they made the announcement, and he took all of the blame himself. He said that it was his own perfectionism, and that he requested too many last minute changes because he wanted it to be perfect, but that didn't leave them enough time to the QA team to finish their work. That isn't to say that they haven't made design decisions that they regret, or that have held the game back. Years ago Yoshida called out the ACN → SMN/SCH split as one of their biggest mistakes, and it has definitely caused them a number of headaches over the years. He also recently mentioned that he regrets the design of the glamour dresser system, and it seems that a WoW or GW2 style transmog and wardrobe system was on the table at one point, and he regrets that they made the choice not to go down that road.

@azurechan

2 жыл бұрын

@@iryoku2 I read that they tried to do a WoW style system, but that the code (at the time) could not handle the large amount of glam possible in the game. It caused too much lag.

@iryoku2

2 жыл бұрын

@@azurechan I had read that that was a contributing factor to the current design as well, but it's interesting to hear that Yoshida now regrets that choice. It's also interesting that it's a counter example to his claim that they've tried to eliminate or rewrite problematic code when they run into it, which may be a factor in why he now regrets that decision, it's a time when they didn't try to overcome limitations of legacy code.

Will never understand people saying that FFXIV isn't a nice looking game... It's absolutely beautiful, even over and above with WoW which looks so dated these days.

@Yume03

2 жыл бұрын

It’s what people are used to I think and art is very subjective ☺️

@jademerrydown2943

2 жыл бұрын

@@Yume03 I will say WoW has some amazing looking zones, their art team is in overdrive.

A good tip starting out, when they teach you about the novice hall, go in and do all the training exercises they offer. not only do you get decent gear at level 15, but it teaches you some of the fundementals you'll see more and more often as you get through the game because it isn't necessarily all gonna be just get in wipe the boss get out in dungeons.

@christopherperkins2361

2 жыл бұрын

That decent gear includes a bonus XP ring which is good up till level 30 for every class.

@kedolan4992

2 жыл бұрын

I've heard people say they somehow completely missed the novice hall, so for anyone reading who might have: if you're at the first dungeon (or after it), then it should be available to you! You can go to any of the starting inns, and look for the guy with the big sprout icon over his head: you can start the quests from him. Each role you do the quest on will reward you with a set of starter gear (for your role, ie melee dps, caster, tank, etc), which will usually last you into the early/mid 20s, and the final step will reward a ring that gives +30% xp any time you're below lvl 30, and works on all combat classes. You should do it at least once to get that ring, and if you're not familiar with how your role works in dungeons (like first time playing healer or tank, for instance) it's worth giving them a go with one of those classes. If you already know how to play your role in a dungeon you don't need to repeat them unless you want the gear set (though you might already have it from another class you did it on), but that first clear for the ring is super important.

Man, I love hearing WoW 1-gamers talk about how "FF looks weird, this is way worse than how WoW looks." It's like, how deep in the abyss are you that 2007 cartoon graphics are your "pinnacle of design" lol I say this as someone who has played WoW for a decade (unsubbed in april, could not continue supporting them), who has been over 2k rating in 2's and 3's, who's had over 2k IO in multiple M+ seasons, and who progged Mythic N'zoth for over 200 pulls to get the kill in 8.3 with my great friends in the guild. I've gone hard on every aspect of the game, but goddamn is it mid when it comes to graphics and onboard UI

@KB-di1xv

2 жыл бұрын

I've never played WoW but I personally love its art style, it oozes classic fantasy to me

@firedrake110

2 жыл бұрын

@@Sonnabend00 Savage

@GarethXL

2 жыл бұрын

it's because WoW is extreamly stylized which doesn't age as bad as realistic looking games like FF14 that will age as time goes on with technology advancement

@firedrake110

2 жыл бұрын

@@GarethXL that's the thing about 14 - every time it moves on from supporting older consoles, it gets a new graphical update to help stay relevant

It's soooo weird to me, hearing them call WoW "pretty," when I played WoW late Vanilla up to Legion (I've also played XIV from ARR to now). Yes, there's stylistic differences, but holy crap... XIV is infinitely better looking than WoW in every aspect. It's not even a personal preference. Please, get your eyes checked.

@furanpyon

2 жыл бұрын

To be honest, I've never tried wow because it looked fugly to me XD Illustrations are pretty good, but in game graphics... uff!

@RocRolDis

2 жыл бұрын

Part of it is personal preference and part of it is like confirmation bias. WoW was the most popular MMO, so it must have done everything right, including visuals.

@HMNNO

2 жыл бұрын

@@RocRolDis it definitely done something right, that’s why it revolutionized mmorpgs, the issue is that the past decade they been too content on their success and didn’t keep up the standards of current mmorpgs. Now WoW literally pop the bubble and a lot of players are realizing that WoW isn’t the standard leader anymore and for a long time it haven’t

@ansalem12

2 жыл бұрын

I'd say this is a problem of equating graphics to art style, but they're different things. FFXIV is objectively better graphically but some people might prefer the art style of WoW. WoW generally has more vibrant colors so if you really enjoy that kind of thing you might prefer WoW's style more. Personally I like them both for different reasons, and I think WoW's style can be really good at times, but overall FFXIV wins by a landslide for me. It's mostly because of character/glamour design and set piece design (as in the theatrical definition of "set piece"). It's hard to imagine WoW being able to beat the Churning Mists at night or the Ocular, for example, and those aren't exceptions they're the norm. Like, I'll never forget looking back at Limsa Lominsa from the newbie zone at night during a firework festival and that's one of the first things I experienced in the game. Granted I haven't played WoW in a really long time so I'm just going by what I've seen in videos and screenshots recently.

@SosejTV

2 жыл бұрын

I think the issue most players have is the distinction between art style and graphics, they are different. Artstyle is unique and both have their artstyle which is subjective Graphics is purely engine and hardware related on texture and such (which can be further improved with tools such as Gshade ).

Oh man I had no idea Kyle and Garrett made a FFXIV podcast. I used to listen to you guys on ITN. I eventually left that game behind and started my journey in FFXIV. So glad I can now hear you guys talk about my new favorite game.

Wild listening to Garret in this after the Endwalker finale last night.

@iantaakalla8180

Ай бұрын

Honestly, it feels like his attitude just before playing FFXIV feels like WoW burnout, because he really took after FFXIV very quickly (after initial start-up).

Some miscellaneous tips: - if you don't like going through the separate tabs in your inventory: Go to Character Configuration -> Item Settings(2nd button on left) -> set Inventory Interface to "Open All"/"Expanded" - all mounts play music and many have their own music. But if you don't wanna listen to it: Go to System Configuration -> Sound Settings -> turn off "Play Music While Mounted. - it's fine to say you're new in a dungeon and if you want tips, it's alright to ask. - if you're really strapped for Gil, you can use Chocobo Porters instead. They work like Flight Masters in WoW, but Porters take way less time. Just talk to them to unlock riding to and from that Porter.

Talking about people just having fun wait until he discovers the gold saucer

@FlickTakFlakAttack

2 жыл бұрын

Or even finding out about the dedicated community which plays the game almost exclusively for Doman Mahjong

Also - I have to say I'm super excited for you playing this game! It's been so fun to have all my favorite creators switching from WoW to FF14 with me, it's like we're all in this hype train together, and it's so nice having fresh content online for old content in game, rather than relying on years old videos and reddit threads.

@NickaLah

2 жыл бұрын

I'm glad a lot of creators have switched over, although I'm a bit sad that Hazelnutty stopped playing... which is weird because she seemed to be really enjoying the content, so I dunno what happened. TBH, some people still playing WoW made snide comments, so I dunno if that was part of it or what. I did notice some of her mods didn't seem too happy about it, either... even if they weren't overt about it.

It's enlightening to watch this video a year after it was posted. SO much has happened. This was a joy to watch.

Hello! Just found your channel today! Thanks for the suggestion KZread! I love hearing people's first time journey through FFXIV. Now for some tips you may or may not know by now: 1. You can turn off cutscenes that start at the beginning of every dungeon in your settings. You can also turn off chat noises every time someone messages you or that annoying bar that pops up every time you get a friend request (especially during cutscenes), etc. Really go through your character/system settings. You won't regret it. 2. You can bring up the chat window during cutscenes and hide it again by right clicking one of the chat tabs. Pressing enter when you leave the cutscene will bring it up again. 3. If/When you find yourself blocked from entering a new dungeon because your gear ilvl isn't good enough, check your accessories first! This is often the most overlooked gear piece for many and as a result they usually end up being your lowest ilvl pieces. Replace these with higher ilvl pieces and watch your ilvl soar! 🤩 ....By a couple points at the very least. 😂 4. Not really a tip, but glamour is considered true endgame in FFXIV. 😉 These are just a few of the tips I wish I knew when I first started playing. And I know you've been playing for a while now, but regardless, welcome to FFXIV! 😄 Edit: I realize you've more than likely already seen these tips as I'm watching your videos from oldest to newest so my apologies. 😅

So KZread started recomeneding you guys to me a few days ago, and I started watching your recent content, love it, and its always fun to see a new players take on the game/story, and where they think it's going but something about your channel felt familiar. Well finally got around to checking out you older videos and realized I had seen this one before. Then I remembered I had decided to check back on this channel later, my exact thought was "I'll check back in in a few months when this becomes a dedicated FF14 channel"... and well here we are.

"I want final fantasy hair." Good news from a year in the future -

As you approach the end, time to revisit some of these old gems.

One other thing about gearing - it is *extremely* straightforward from level 50-79 (at the current time, that straightforwardness will extend to level 89 when EW comes out). Once you get to level 50, there is something called Tomestones of Poetics that you can earn from doing duty roulettes + other stuff. Tomestones of Poetics can be used to buy near BIS gear for level 50/60/70 (and 80 when EW comes out), if you reach the town that sells them (Revenant's Toll in 50, Idyllshire in 60, Rhalgr's Reach in 70 (only after you beat the Stormblood base campaign), and Eulmore will allow Poetics buying when EW comes out for 80 (towards the end of Shadowbringers base campaign)). You can literally survive on that gear from level 50 all the way to just below max level.

@Willias

2 жыл бұрын

Just be warned though, your power will wane towards the end of an expansion's level range doing this. Tanks get somewhat squishy at level 68, for example, if you're still wearing level 60 poetics gear.

Would love if these episodes were a bit longer. Good stuff love the new show.

27:50 Back here doing a project lark, don't worry about what it is, and hearing this I'm glad this worm still persisted through Seat of Sacrifice. o7

When you are in a big city like Limsa/ Gridania/ Uldah, attune yourself to all the little aetheryte crystals found all over the cities and then use those (and the big aetheryte) to travel everywhere in the city from then on. It will save you a lot of headaches trying to get around a big city. You can set up to 3 preferred main Aetherytes for cheaper fast travel besides the one that you set as your home. The map is confusing at first but you will get used to it.

also looking back at some of their old vids! so cool to see this channels development.

You mentioned you mainly play melee classes in WoW and wanted to give a casters a try... Why not both!? Check out the Red Mage they weave in melee attacks with their spell casts. TLDR of the play style if they cast a short spell their next spell is instant cast which can be a big nuke. Check it out when you unlock Heavensward expansion!

@Amovetv

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks Oppressed. I had heard I might like Red Mage but no one really mentioned why. That sounds like a fun loop.

@Lv28fighter

2 жыл бұрын

@@Amovetv They have a caster and a melee phase. Basically every other spell you cast is instant cast and you have 2 elements of spells: white and black . As you cast them, it builds a bar for that element up to 100. Once you get both to about 80 it’ll enhance your melee combo where you charge to the target and stab them in the face, then you do 3 additional stab in the face melee attacks , followed by a final back flip attack where you keep backwards and shoot shit at the target. In higher levels, after the backflip you get enhanced spells that add into this combo.

@continuallyblessed44

2 жыл бұрын

Red Mage=best class ever created in a MMO lol.

@Inhaledcorn

2 жыл бұрын

Funny thing: Ninja is kinda like a reverse Red Mage. It's fun, but there is some memorizing involved with your casts.

@greggreyes6869

2 жыл бұрын

@@continuallyblessed44 the utility of RDM with verraise in doing raid/alliance raid runs with random people is god tier. if you are in a stack, not so much but being able to raise 3-4 people within 10 seconds is a pull saver. the rez mage

Watching this at the end of 2022 - Garret's hair is so much more glorious these days 😆

I really loved seeing this video pop up on my front page. When I bailed out of Hearthstone and HotS a couple years back, my biggest regret was drifting away from your podcasts as a result. Really hope you stick with this and I get to listen your content more often again. =)

@Amovetv

2 жыл бұрын

We've been talking outside of recording and we're both pretty hooked on FFXIV. More of this content is a safe bet. Happy to hear you found us again.

This was really wholesome and interesting to listen to. Basically, a realm reborn is your origin story and sets the stage for future events. If you find arr fine, you'll do just fine with the expansions too. :) Relating to fashion, arr has some... interesting pieces. You'll churn through gear pretty fast early on so don't worry too much about your outfit until higher levels. We all have to wear a dunce cap and short shorts at some point as casters. XD As a tip: there is an option to send new armor pick ups to your inventory rather than you armour chest. This will save you a headache tracking down unwanted gear randomly dropping in dungeons.

@Cyberspark939

Жыл бұрын

Items in your inventory aren't ever addressed when using recommended gear though

I think a big thing for WoW players to know is fitting 1-2 oGCDs in-between your GCD, instead of using an oGCD after the GCD timer is up. A general rule of thumb is actions listed as "Weaponskill/Spell" are on the GCD and "Abilities" are oGCD. I think only BRD and SAM break this rule.

Personally I fell in love in ARR during the Coerthas zone. It had been ao long since I laid down to sleep and thought "I cant wait to wake up tomorrow to play!". Its the game that keeps on giving imo, there's so many extra details to the world and characters that I adore. You can truly see their effort

Somewhere on the screen (upper-left by default) is the name of the current Main Story Quest. If your current job has a quest available, that quest will be listed right below the main story quest. You can click either of those to see where they start.

Here from the future where Garrett has grown ff hair and is in love with ff game dungeons.

The hunting log and all those early sidequests were designed to get you up to speed with your second/third/twelfth job, they and the ring you get from completing "the hall of the novice" are godsends when it comes to pushing through the first 15 levels.

Tank LB can be used on some emergency cases like when Healer is struggling to keep everyone topped up, maybe one healer died or inexperienced... I used tank lb when stack/raid wide is coming up and when my other CDs are already used.

@christopherperkins2361

2 жыл бұрын

It's nuanced, but often the healer can use the LB at that time as well. Really only time you have to Tank LB is ultimates. In dungeons, Ranged DPS should LB trash. Letting it sit at full is just wasting it, you'll have LB again before final boss.

@EPICZEUS.

2 жыл бұрын

@@christopherperkins2361 Certain normal raids and one trial also have a required tank lb3 - Soul of the Creator being a prominent example.

@christopherperkins2361

2 жыл бұрын

@@EPICZEUS. you are correct.

Hello Garret and Kyle from the past ! Just a little message to let you know you should be proud of your future selves !

I dunno why this came up on my feed again, but after following you guys up until now it is pretty fun to see this again

@mrbastos

Жыл бұрын

also wow, I forgot how short Garrett's hair was

@Amovetv

Жыл бұрын

Wild right?! Now it’s the longest I’ve ever had it.

Tip: You can keep trying to add more materia than what slots you have if you've learned to meld items yourself. Right click on any equipped piece and select "Meld", you'll notice items that already have materia in them will be available on your list... they will disappear from that list if you can no longer add more materia to that item. Also, sometimes you'll notice some materia won't give you extra stats, look at the bottom of the screen when you have an item highlighted and it will show you the maximum amount you can have of any stat. This only applies to melding items yourself, though, which means you need a crafting job at or above the level required to wear that gear. I've got weaving up to lvl 58 but my main job is lvl 70, so I can't meld anything on her right now :( Melding in this way also means that new gear might not be suggested to you, I think because the materia that has been added still outweighs a new item until you meld that piece.

It's crazy this was only a year ago and now your heading into Endwalker. I hope the journey has been fun so far!

A moment in history, for sure.

this was fun! hope y'all check in again soon with progress/thoughts!

Bless these lads, Glad you're having fun! Welcome to the game!

Don't forget the level 30 quest, I think it starts in Camp Tranquil, to have your Chocobo fight with you in open world content (they can't go into dungeons or instanced content). I see so many newer player that should have their chocobo helping them, but they probably don't even know that it is possible. As your chocobo levels up, it gets skill points that you can spend to modify it's fighting style (eventually it will get enough points to learn all skills in all 3 of the trees).

2 tips for you. I switch the nameplates to initials. It allows me to see who is in my FC around me but limits the text confusion. and second is there is plenty of experience to level 2 class/jobs in the MSQ. if you like tanking pick up a tank to bounce between your caster and tanking so you don't lose out on that exp

I had to come watch this on on video! I love Garret's quest of "I don't want to love FFXIV" and he is failing it now!

@Amovetv

2 жыл бұрын

There are few experiences I enjoy more than being wrong about things that turn out to be fun.

Lol….well that’s one way to get the communities support by calling it a condescending “weeb game”

Been watching the old streams and these older recaps just to have something on the tv while I unwind and make dinner. As a somewhat recent (within the last 6-8 months) viewer; I had no idea you had a previous channel name "Nexus Gaming News". Now I'm scouring your vids to find the first instance of the current name.

"The Textures are rather Flat" *Fast Foward to SB MSQ Dungeons "The Textures on these walls is amazing!"

Don't forget you can fight along side your chocobo, don't miss that quest!

When you talked about nose cone armor, my first thought was "Ah, you have found the trash can set."

"I want Final Fantasy hair." 4 expansions later...

One thing about dungeons in this game :) Hard versions of dungeons are not only different by monsters statistics. Whole layout and bosses changes so it's basicly different dungeon, just with the same general theme :)

@MrBezazel

2 жыл бұрын

And additional story as well! The hard version stories can be completely different or linked to the normal version of the story. :>

Gshade improves the vibrance/saturation SO much

the only time the suggested gear button will lead you astray is if you're max level and disagree with its choices after you understand the stats

I'm just about to finish the last patches of the game, started playing in August. My biggest suggestion is when people tell you to stick to MSQ and not do side quests, it's not just for efficiency *now*. It helps a ton to have all those quests available later when you're leveling other jobs and looking for sources of XP! Looking back I wish I hadn't ignored that advice in the lower levels.

@NickaLah

2 жыл бұрын

I've even held off on doing some blue quests, because I kept unlocking dungeons when you don't really get a chance to play dungeons over and over while working on MSQ. The plan is to go back on an alt job, I might even do it on my lvl 60 Bard when I'm ready to unlock everything else since I switched to Dancer at lvl 60. The progression guide will make it clear what you need to go back and do regardless.

1. MSQ is the best way to lvl up as a new player. 2. Have fun. No need to rush. Stop and enjoy your surroundings. Explore the various features of the game. You might be surprised on how easy you can get sidetracked. 3. Gear is mostly thru quests & raids. 4. Gil isn’t as important as currency in other mmos. Good to have plenty of Gil but having a lot isn’t necessarily a must. 5. Beware of Glamour (transmog) it can be hilariously addictive. To many, glamour is the true endgame. 5.

@Amovetv

2 жыл бұрын

JUST unlocked glamour and I'm already spending too much time making sets out of the sad amount of gear I've collected.

@Knightveil

2 жыл бұрын

@@Amovetv Fifteen plates is nowhere near enough for the real endgame. :)

Should check out the NoClip documentaries or the Speakers Network documentaries from the players perspective when you complete the Realm Reborn base scenario.

To bring up gear, there simply isn't the gear treadmill we were used to...gear comes to you sort of organically as you go, and then there's tome gear that you can gain over time.

One thing that is very easy to miss and helps a lot in the early game. Hall of the novice training. At the tavern in every major city is someone with a green leaf icon over their head. Those npc’s offer a series of short introductory quests that teach you the basics of your role, (in this case, dps) most of those missions will reward you with gear that should still be effective for you until you get close to lvl 30. At the end of the series, you get the brand new ring. It has better stats than any other ring you’ll get in the early game and gives you a 10%xp buff up to lvl 30. Highly recommended that you pick it up.

Glad to have you guys in Eorzea! Sit back, relax and enjoy ride

well well well, look what popped up on the home page as i wait for a stream to start it's kind of hard to believe that it's already been a little over two years since this video came out, and about two years since the algorithm noticed that i was watching a slew of ffxiv videos and decided to send me your way. i'm glad it did. certainly i greatly enjoy your streams and videos and podcast episodes, but more than excellent content, and even more than an awesome bromance, i return here regularly and lend what support i can because y'all are just... good people. this is a game routinely praised for its community, and it has plenty of great streamers and content creators with their own great communities. but y'all at grinding gear have built something that feels really special, and i feel that ultimately it stems from the fact that you two are just honest-to-goodness good folks. so thank you, garrett and kyle, for being who you are. all right, enough schmoop. my tip for sprouts is this: play the game at your own pace. ffxiv has so much to offer that it can sometimes be overwhelming or intimidating, and you might think you have to rush to get to the "good" stuff at the end, but it's not going anywhere. you won't miss out on anything, and there's plenty of great content along the way. take it from a certain streaming duo: you don't need to rush to have a great experience. so have fun--and

I appreciate Garrett's willingness to try, and be honest about what he does and doesn't like about the game. That's some good stuff right there.

1: Log in. 2: Golden Saucer dailies/weeklies 3: Everything else.

Coming back to this video more than a year later, and I can definitely say that long-haired garret is best garret.

As a ffxiv player who has played since around 2018 I totally agree with the butchering names! I pronounced Alphinaud as alphinod the longest time!

A year plus later, I'm listening to the podcast...while doing Gold Saucer, and have to giggle about how it's a game you can relax to. So true!

Been watching your jounrey since the end of 2.0 but now jsut got shown this by the algorythm.. you guys have grown a lot (especially the hair!) hehe great to see your first takes on the game

this video is 2 years old now but the one thing i like about this game is that it respects your time. you can take a break for as long as you want and coming back and there is nothing that punishes you.

Teleportation costs ramp up quickly at low levels, and there's a period there where you're not really making enough money questing to be able to teleport whenever you want. That's where the Chocobo Taxi comes in. It works like the flight path system in WoW, is about 1/10 the cost of a teleport, and there are way stations in some locations that don't have an Aetheryte.

Man, it’s been a journey. Excited for 5.3!!!

Hey since you liked minions or non-battle pets so much. Some minions have extra features like being able climb on your shoulder, or head if you're demon. If you do /beckon while slecting your minions they'll climb up. Another one is /handover if the minion allows it they come to you.

Love seeing the beginnings of our humble adventurers!

You have to initiate levee quests to start them, it took me a while to figure that out.

I just spent FAR too long going through Gamerescape trying to figure out what PLD weapon that was. I have legit never seen the Giantsgall Longsword before, and I've been playing since 2014 lmfao

Happy for you finding enjoyment in FFXIV keep up the good work, recap of your journey of adventure podcast is a good video to make 🥳✌️

A fabulous way of using Yellow-blah quests is using them to level blue mage

did you do the training smith quests? gives amazing armor and a ring that exp boosts until lvl 30

@Amovetv

2 жыл бұрын

I did, but I've been leveling so fast I think I was 28 when I did them. Love the armor though. Still using some of it.

Couldn't agree more about the music, and also about how there's just so much to do that feels engaging and welcoming for solo or casual players. Not only does this game just flat-out respect your time, but never has a game soundtrack immersed me so wholly. There are a LOT of things to love about FFXIV, but those are a few of the top items for sure.

RE: bards, we actually have a wide variety of instruments on tap, and I have even been to a few concerts where a band of bards played guitars, harps, flutes, horns and drums. They were playing 90's alternative rock, so there's a lot you can do there. I stop to clap whenever I see a bard performing.

Happy two-year anniversary of Trying The Weeb Game

There are certain situations in which *every* class should use the limit break, honestly For tanks, there are specific raid bosses where, if a tank does not pop their LB3 right before the big attack, it's a guaranteed party wipe no matter what else you do For healers, you _never_ want to use an LB 1 or 2, but high-level raids typically reserve their LB3 for healers so that half-wipes can just be insta-rezzed and get back to boss mulching For melee dps, they're the ones to normally pop LB, since they just get high single-target burst damage and that's obviously super useful against bosses But there's also something to be said for letting ranged/magic dps pop LB instead, to insta-clear massive pulls of trash right before the boss, which can seriously up your time-to-completion on the dungeon. This is best done in lower tier content, where you can get an LB and then just have the tank do a wall-to-wall pull through the whole dungeon, pop invincibility, and then have the summoner Terraflare the entire dungeon population into aether mist while the healer and other dps play triple triad in the back of the room

To prevent potential whiplash: Summoner (the job that will become available for the Arcanist class) will be getting a rework in the newest expansion coming out in about 2 weeks. Nothing to worry about, just that if you see buttons on your hot bar change in two weeks, that would be why.

@Amovetv

2 жыл бұрын

I heard about this and it sounds pretty cool. I need to go watch a recap of the changes though.

@muuhnkin4611

2 жыл бұрын

*4 weeks.... It got delayed to the 7th. December 😢😭

Hey Garrett, glad you're enjoying the game. I'm a long time player of FF14. Started with 11 as my first MMO and never played one of the JRPG before it. Played WoW since pre-cata. I've wanted to do a sit down talk Q&A with a newbie. Let me know if there's any interest.

ohhh im so happy to hearthat garrett is a lore nerd. you're going to love this game.

For teleport in the city use crystal, then use the home point free if u go to certain places often other than that yeah just teleport without caring about gil. I rarely does it tho sometimes the music and just looking around is great

Under the bar that tells you what MSQ quest you are on from time to time is another quest... that is your currently available job quest.

Gear pieces that deny you using head gear or foot gear are newbie traps.

You keep using that word, but I don't think you know what it means. I have a friend who is a true weeb. He had his hair similar to the Japanese. He learned Japanese. He moved to Japan. He ended up marrying a Japanese girl. So, saying that this game is weeb is strange because it's produced by a Japanese company. You might want to brush up on your vocabulary.