"The main cities are still filled with half-naked catgirls" The one and true metric of popularity

@NoBuddy89

9 ай бұрын

It is, endgame content is not the only viable content. I've had 100 times for fun hanging around my FC house talking shit than I ever did raiding.

@Ratoncitow

9 ай бұрын

to be fair they don't need rewards added by the dev to justify their existence (hello criterion), they are the reward!

@ArchieGamez

9 ай бұрын

​@@Ratoncitowneed to grind to get booba bikinis 😂

@Daktangle

Ай бұрын

It's always either half-nekkid Miqo's, or Lalafells doing ungodly things to each other.

I can't believe the stat allocations are still a talking point for some people. It was a false choice. A single piece of materia gives more stats now

@villaniousmustache4898

9 ай бұрын

Stat squish be like

@Azdaja13

9 ай бұрын

You only ever allocated stats to your main stat anyway so it was pointless.

@TheFrantic5

9 ай бұрын

The illusion of choice is just a noob trap.

@AsianIdiots323

9 ай бұрын

Wait people still believes this is a thing? AFAIK races stopped giving stats AGES ago and even if they did, the math made it so there is less than a 0.05% difference. That's literally such a small number the game just treats it as it doesn't even exist- what the hell is +2 to a stat going to do when you have +1900 crit already??

Lynx Kameli's video was 99.9% them babyraging and 0.1% actual constructive criticism

@providencebreaker1558

9 ай бұрын

The only legit criticism he had was the relics. Being able to upgrade it on patch day after knocking out a few cut scenes is bad game design no matter how you look at it.

@cynthiahembree3957

9 ай бұрын

@@providencebreaker1558 I will agree with this specifically.

@NoBuddy89

9 ай бұрын

Nah that's fine, people need to learn to play games for the experience rather than the rewards again. This Achivement mentality has truly ruined a lot of good games, I mean... back in the day we played quake for 10+ hours a day and there was 0 progression in that.@@providencebreaker1558

@NBSgamesAT

9 ай бұрын

He also touched upon the 2 min burst that a lot of player criticise but yeah. That video was a lot of baby raging no matter how you look at it. And an other thing: At the start of the video you can see how he deleted his char. You usually don‘t do this if you just wanna quit. The fact that he did delete his char tells me that he is either stupid or has other reasons that he might not have mentioned in his video.

@normalmighty

9 ай бұрын

A broken clock is right twice a day. They grabbed anything and everything into a pile of insults to throw at the game, and the surface level arguments for actual points of criticism just happened to be hidden in the pile.

Thank you for making this. Those doom and gloom videos from other people were getting tiresome.

@aiellamori

9 ай бұрын

True, the game itself wasn't making me want to stop playing, it's the community currently that makes me want to stop playing

@MT-so2mk

9 ай бұрын

Are you surprised? The devs have been ignoring player feedback for way too long. People have a reason to act like doomers as a lot of us came from WoW and we see the same patterns that WoW devs were showing.

@twocatsgaming6628

9 ай бұрын

@@MT-so2mk Are you sure you're not just confusing "disagreeing" with "ignoring"? One is not the same as the other. If players ask for something, and the devs don't deliver on it... it doesn't mean theyr'e "ignoring the players". It means they don't agree, or that the requests otherwise don't fit into the game based on numerous factors that only the devs are privy to. Listening to feedback does not guarantee they're going to agree. Disagreeing with the feedback does not mean they're ignoring it or don't care what the playerbase thinks. If SE didn't listen or didn't care about its players, ARR would never have happened in the first place.

@anteprs7908

9 ай бұрын

@@MT-so2mkhi mr dummy the dev didnt ignore the player feedback the players aka the causals love ew it the 10% sad loser midcore player who are crying for the first time in life a expantion doesnt cater ot them in post launch

@ChandaniAranka

9 ай бұрын

​@@MT-so2mkpiss off. I've been with Wow since 2004 until I quit 2012 after started FFXIV alongside wow in 2011 That to dare say the XIV Devs are the same path as wow is beyond insulting. That you do not get what you want even me who has asked for stuff for over 10 years now still hold no grudges against FFXIV Devs. Wow Devs I frequently told them how I felt and I saw that they didn't give a single care about their fans. Heck they even insulted them on stage on blizzcon.

“HA HA DEAD GAME GUYS” says every person who no longer finds newer content shiny and is impatient for the next dosage of bossfights and dungeon crawls SO many games get called dead, but everytime its because the complainers are bored, not because nobody is playing the game

The dying trend is so bad for the community and makes more people leave. I'm extremely disappointed in the content creators who participated in this trend

@anteprs7908

9 ай бұрын

SHE DID IT TOO

@acupoflatte8594

9 ай бұрын

​@@anteprs7908Most tubers, including her, showcase both sides. Giving actual feedback, listening to the community outcry, friends and family etc. Another good example is Zepla. The minority 1% are the tubers baby raging and not giving literally anything worthy of a single braincell. I'm a new player of 4 months, currently in SHB, and even I can tell what's a valid opinion piece and what's there to be a pos

@anteprs7908

9 ай бұрын

@@acupoflatte8594buddy she openly cried becuase we got solo and casual content in ew even when last 2 expantion post content catered to midcores. she made a video 2 weeks ago doing the same think lynks does. zepla isa minority and the ppl who complain are to micore players are 10 % of the playerbase .

@acupoflatte8594

9 ай бұрын

@@anteprs7908 Minority of youtubers lol, not minority of players. Cry somewhere else man.

@Shiirow

9 ай бұрын

@@acupoflatte8594 Zepla has always been a baby rager, same goes for Xenos. if he isnt crying about WHM not giving him bene, he is complaining that the game doesnt solely cater to him. he reminds me of old vanilla wow players who hate on "retail" because it moved past old systems that grew stale and outdated.

Considering I personally know a few people who just picked it up for the first time due to the Free Trial expansion to Stormblood, I would say the "it's dying" doomsayers are just those who struggle to see what else they can do. Heck, I'm at "endgame" and have made it my personal goal to clear each EX before Dawntrail... WITHOUT a static. On Crystal. The game isnt dying, but I am, inside.

@hinatachibi7223

9 ай бұрын

Most people struggle to see what else they can do in the game is because they stick to grinding hours on end on one thing, or do all their weekly things in one sitting then scream there is no content. There is so much to do, but I understand that there are some features in the game that others might not enjoy however, no one can sit here and say there is no content when only doing a singular bit of content over and over. It boils down to people wanting to find a reason to stay logged in when they can just play another game or do something else (you see all the people who just afk in the game? XD)

@yujiandou4658

9 ай бұрын

Is Crystal different than the others?

@pforgottonsoul

9 ай бұрын

@@yujiandou4658not a very good raiding scene from what i've heard.

@ShermTank7272

9 ай бұрын

@@pforgottonsoulAs a raider, yes Crystal folks tend to go over to Aether for raiding in PF since there are a lot more high end parties in PF on Aether

@Honatuto

9 ай бұрын

​@@ShermTank7272what they said. I joined before it was set in stone, but Crystal is where you go for RP, Aether for raiding, and Primal for ??????

I feel like my relationship with this game as a veteran player is fairly healthy. I've always been a variety gamer, so I don't mind coming back to FFXIV when new content drops that interest me. Because of how high quality the content usually is, I always feel like I'm getting my money's worth. I'm also now busier with other things as an adult since I started playing this game in my early 20s, so the catch up gearing is nice.

As someone who has played MMORPG's since EverQuest... Yeah I got no long study to provide on this. FF14 is probably, even now, the healthiest MMORPG on the market. And I play most of them. I think the best and most succint explanation I could give is that herd mentality on MMORPG's turn people incredibly thickheaded and when their favourite *Oshi uWu Content Creator* says game bad then those attached to that creator will immediately parrot the sentiment. We had people like that in Vanilla WoW, Burning Crusade. We had them in Heavensward, Stormblood. Idk. People gonna people.

@normalmighty

9 ай бұрын

Whenever anyone starts losing interest in a game after a long time playing, they seem desperate to paint it as an objective problem with the game instead of just accepting that they might be ready to move on to the next game.

@ainsart

9 ай бұрын

I really love hearing the perspective of old school MMO players. I reckon we tend to lose the forest for the trees when a bad take spreads around like the flu, and folks who've seen it all before are needed for a fresh dose of reality. Feels really encouraging to hear you praise FFXIV! :]

@Glenningway

8 ай бұрын

So, Asmon basically.

We all know an MMO is dead if either they announce it's shutdown or when AeriaGames is the new publisher of it. XD

FFXIV community: I wish the devs would add new stuff, all expansions feel the same! Just do something new and fresh! Experiment some more and don't be afraid to try something new! Devs: *Adds new stuff FFXIV community: WHY WOULD YOU ADD THAT?! It is so stupid and bad, a waste of resources just remove it! I hate it! How can you be so dumb? Devs: Le sigh...

@apoc35

9 ай бұрын

My current theory is the stupidly simple relics this expansion are the developers responce to exactly that. Damned if they do. Damned if they don't

@warllockmasterasd9142

9 ай бұрын

Let's not forget that the devs are being critiqued for not doing something new. in the expansions where they've done nothing but experiment.. and in truth people just want another Eureka or Bozjan. you know the same old same.

@yeetusdeleetus4697

9 ай бұрын

Thats an imaginary argument and also the "new stuff" was island sactuary - content that is literally objectively dead, less than 0.074% of all players have the title for reaching rank 10. Criterion has no rewards and again less than 2% of the entire playerbase has even completed normal version let alone savage. You can ask for new fresh content and also be upset when that new fresh content was developed poorly and not thought out at all. Remember that you pay over $300 per expansion, its very tonedeaf and immature to just say "hah you didnt get your money's worth? must just be whining LOL" Players like you are the direct problem with this game, not the community and not the devs, the toxic casual minority like you who have never accomplished anything in game, dont understand it, and have clearly never been good at anything in your entire life lmao.

@kohlicoide2258

9 ай бұрын

Btw they rework PvP in this AddOn "Dead content" before.. funny how no one talks about this.. just Bozja here.. Bozja there.. i mean some people literally hate Bozja and the relic grind

@warllockmasterasd9142

9 ай бұрын

people just want to find a reason to hate on the game now that it is bigger. @@kohlicoide2258

if FF XIV is dying, then WOW is Zombie Game, and lost ark is Skeleton game

@normalmighty

9 ай бұрын

God forbid the "FFXIV is dying" crowd sees the stats for GW2, the other MMO I love playing.

@TomTheOwl68

9 ай бұрын

Because saying others are worse somehow makes your's better 😂 Expect meow comments from ff14 players.

@GloopyGoop

9 ай бұрын

@@TomTheOwl68what does this mean

I've played on and off since Heavensward and the negativity always comes around near the end of a cycle. Yoshi P is king, the game is good, and the community is one of the best around.

@SkyknightMu

9 ай бұрын

I’m not sure Yoshida enjoys so much lionization. Still, he always wanted it to be possible for players to leave the game for a time for any given reason (a mentality that probably didn’t win him over with shareholders). So I again ask why any given hardcore would want the game to bind them 24/7/52. How is any sort of addiction desirable?

@MrTalithan

8 ай бұрын

@@SkyknightMu 'Cuz they love the game sooooo much that they want it to be an endless wellspring of content forever, especially if they're a FFXIV streamer, cuz they need to stick with one game or their metrics will go down'.

@SkyknightMu

8 ай бұрын

@@MrTalithan ...Are they there EXPRESSLY for the metrics?

@MrTalithan

8 ай бұрын

@SkyknightMu it's a well observed phenomenon that jumping games bleeds viewers, cuz the crowd that's there to watch that game being played will leave when that game isn't being streamed, minus the people who are genuinely there cuz they like the creator.

@SkyknightMu

8 ай бұрын

@@MrTalithan More that I'm asking if they're here solely for popularity to begin with. I have a feeling this kind of channel we're talking about isn't something I have a proper grasp on.

I've only just started playing FF14 and this video was brilliant

I just got into the game recently, and I'm struck by how friendly everyone has been to me as a sprout. I'm also struck by how many sprouts there are on my server. We're not dying. We're just evolving.

@methos4866

9 ай бұрын

As a veteran player i love seeing sprouts run around. Makes me nostalgic for when i first started.

@Starscall

9 ай бұрын

I'm a... I think 3 month sprout? Long time MMORPG and online gaming veteran. The XIV community as a whole, especially in game, has impressed me greatly. IE, I love the mentors on my server, they're helpful and really nice! (Unlike the mentors I've seen on some other servers, cough cough I'm looking at you Jenova. Why is your NN always so mean when I visit?)

@bellidrael7457

9 ай бұрын

I have over 2000 hours played, and thus far, have in memory, 2 TOTAL negative experiences with players. I don't necessarily count like, new players who don't listen to instructions, or people who aren't good at their job. I mean like, people who get upset that you make a mistake. 2 total times. I think that's part of why I keep playing. I enjoy being a part of a community that actually love their community. Games like WoW, League, Overwatch... the communities hate themselves. You go in and it's nothing but hatred thrown everywhere. Like they hate the game they play, so they hate the other people who play it too.

Ff14 bout to get a huge influx of players with the Xbox players

You and Swagesound are absolutely always the biggest encouragers for buttsliders.... and I am here for it. Not every glam can withstand the power of 2B boots!

@zeng58

9 ай бұрын

lol i still play the game even still dj i love to talk to swage when he's on

I will also say that as someone who played through the game in ShB, one of the most annoying things I encountered was veteran players rushing through dungeon content as if their lives depended on it. I just wanted to sit back, relax, and enjoy the pace without being pushed through it all. Since they added the trust, I've gone back and done exactly that. I made a new character, and am just making my way slowly through the content. And I'm enjoying every moment of it.

@ianheckman6655

9 ай бұрын

P.S. The solo duties that replaced Cape Westwind and the Steps of Faith were so much fun.

@virgilthemob1242

9 ай бұрын

What's so interesting about wasting time killing trash mobs in dungeons? Some people just want to do their roulettes.

@ianheckman6655

9 ай бұрын

@@virgilthemob1242 Because it's your first time in the dungeon and you want to look at the scenery? Smell some morbol roses?

"The Devs actually deliver what they promise!" *laughs in Female Hrothgar*

@Queen_Elyana

9 ай бұрын

I think that they release in on JP fanfest as usual there we have hear every single new race and end of 6.5 msq we see pair new npc's legs and its datamined. Its just legs, but furry legs. So that gives hope its female hrotgar.

@Winter_RainVT

9 ай бұрын

Sometimes they even deliver what they dont promise - like Male Viera. At least Hrothgirls were announced.

@dains6623

9 ай бұрын

laughs in viera and hroths still not being able to wear hats

I just wish jobs at later levels had more variety, monk from levels 60-90 has NO changes to it's damage rotation even reaper gets something cool at level 80 I wish all classes are at the very least more unique in dawntrail, it's the big 100! Go crazy please!

I am very new to this game, only been playing about a month though, finally got pulled into it when a friend was making a new character on stream and though I had never played it(or any other Final Fantasy game besides Crystal Chronicals), it evoked a sense of... comfy nostalgia for me... played it for two weeks, then bought the full game because I was enjoying it that much(might be dumb but I also wanted to get sage which wasn't available in free trial xD), I can say it doesn't seem at all to me like it's dying, always people on even in the middle of the night and the few times I have played with randoms the wait time has been pretty short to find them.

@Starscall

9 ай бұрын

I bought the game same day I installed it. So I'm there with you on the early buying club. (I also bought my first mog station glam that day too. lol) I can't say I particularly regret that choice, I think I'd find the free limitations restricting.

@TheXtremeSS

9 ай бұрын

Same. Bought the game about a month ago and there's loads of people playing it.

1:56 Thank you. God forbid someone is emotionally invested in something. Heck, I wish I felt so strongly about a narrative, and I kinda envy those that break down crying at dramatic moments in the story.

Literally every time i log in i see more FFXIV people playing than ever before. Hating things is just a trend nowdays. A very stupid trend. I love your video ❤

@yeetusdeleetus4697

9 ай бұрын

Well, it objectively is bleeding massive amounts of players. Not a bad game just a really bland and mid expansion, itll pick back up next expac

@GMMesmerize

9 ай бұрын

​@@yeetusdeleetus4697can you show me the numbers on that? And how this drop off is more significant than previous expansions at a similar point in time?

@anteprs7908

9 ай бұрын

@@yeetusdeleetus4697objectively that bs using a third s1party web site that the dev yoshi p state offer false numbers back in the day isnt show of proof

@tomanadawnstar5078

9 ай бұрын

​@@GMMesmerize Well, if we look at the Bansho's census, you can actually see the number of active players increasing, for what it's worth. And if these are new players, good for them. /shrug

@GMMesmerize

9 ай бұрын

@@tomanadawnstar5078 yeah, like... "Objectively bleeding massive amounts of players" is a BOLD fucking claim when it directly contradicts actual numbers like what you cited. Do you mind linking that census btw?

It's been a very frustrating trend for me and my friends who are still enjoying this game daily. I don't see how you can be bored unless you've spent thousands of hours doing everything worth doing. There's only so much a new Expansion can bring to keep you entertained. The quality of some things were less good than in previous expansions, I completely agree, but... I feel like it's not very warranted to make it as big as it's become. Like with any 'outrage' everyone's trying to make the most 'heartfelt' and louder opinion until we get to the point that things are plain bonkers and wrong. Bitter, like you say.

I think we reached peak bitter when that raider started lashing out at everyone that doesn't raid or how he does. Name another game reworking old content for new players? That's an undertaking only Yoshi has ever done and others sometimes but rarely do. You have to be critical in a way that reaches consensus if you want developers to change something. I'll always take free gil from anyone who thinks the game is dead though.

@normalmighty

9 ай бұрын

I'm actually grateful to that guy, because he made a lot of the community finally remember that this discourse was meant to be about a couple of specific issues with the current endgame patch content, and it somehow devolve into walls of "game is dying, EW is worse than 1.0, devs should be fired for this content." I feel like people are finally snapping out of it and realizing that, while the original points of criticism are valid, the game overall is doing perfectly fine and there's still plenty to do.

@ArchieGamez

9 ай бұрын

For real, if this was Bungie/Destiny they would just fucking delete legacy expansions and only let players play latest ones 💀 Of course there are some other real issues need to be fixing like some jobs and healers need changes but attacking on other sub groups of the community aint it

Hi, can you share what reshade ir gshade you use? Your game looks awasome

All you need is one person who just happens to not like the game anymore and everyone goes crazy. The game is good. That's it, if you don't enjoy it anymore, you can talk about but don't go along saying the game is dying. I just got here and I absolutely adore this game, IT IS AMAZING. Great video! :D

Always glad to see a new AvyCatte upload!

I would love to replace Zepla with Avycatte as spokesman.

thanks for a great vid, showing the actual reality of the situation.

Glad someone here is finally pointing this out. Though in my experience, I feel the FF14 crowd on KZread (or just the internet in general) feels like a small fraction of the entire community. And I feel I tend to experience the actual community on the game itself, rather than the small bubble that's the internet, where particular folks go on there to scream. I also think this has been an issue not just for FF14's youtube community, but just every youtube community in general. And I feel it's because KZread's algorithm has just gotten THAT bad. The algorithm unfortunately rewards negativity. And this has sadly affected A LOT of KZreadrs and how they create their vids. Even otherwise intelligent and well-meaning folks can be affected. Even if they're trying to be grounded and honest, you can tell their words have been warped to some degree due to the KZread Algorithm culture. And I feel bad for a lot of KZreadrs out there. I don't think it's entirely their fault. KZread really needs to fix this. I think the reason I enjoy your vids is because you're not trying to just scream like it's "Video Twitter." You're not trying to "fight" for opinions and criticism and declaring it all "important." You're just being you. You express how you enjoy the games you play in a way that's not cloying. You're having fun, and you want to share that. But you clearly make vids for yourself and not for appealing to some audience. And I think that's awesome! Whether you're playing FF14, or other games like Baldur's Gate 3, you express how much they really bring a unique joy to you like no other. And I think that genuineness isn't something you always see on KZread these days. So, thank you so much for continuing to be you on this insane site!

As a veteran player since ARR, thank you for this. Seeing this video among the lot of "XIV is dying" vids makes me feel better. It was getting tiring seeing all of those.

Thank you for making this video. I agree with you, sometimes these trends end up being the loudest voices about little things that don't apply to everyone.

i kinda love how you put a mario cosplay at the beginning of the video on the release day of mario wonder. great job avy!

We can't show up at Yoshi-P's house in the middle of the night.. *yet*

THANK YOU! for not joining the meta! they no lifed the game and they are bored. those vids are for collecting views.

I am a cat mom enjoyer

/salute from the Stair Guardian of the Ul’dah aetheryte plaza in Balmung! Love the community so much and can’t wait to have many more years of fun. ❤ EW has given me so many amazing memories and every day I’m still meeting new friendly sprouts.

Nice level headed take, appreciate seeing a lot of my share thoughts out there in a video like this

I watched Xeno's 3-part video picking this Lynx dude's so-called arguments apart piece by piece. The Lynx dude is just plain bitter and not worth any more of our time, so good riddance to him! I have actually been replaying the revamped MSQ, and I am pleasantly surprised at how well they remade the Cape Westwind fight into a full 3 phase solo duty complete with an adds phase between Phases 1 and 2. Rhitahtyn sas Arvina is a worthy test for new players to overcome now. And let's not forget Lahabrea! His solo duty is also something to experience for yourself at least once. My alt is still early in post-ARR, so I have no comment on the Steps of Faith solo duty. At least not yet.

I got annoyed the first one I saw come across my dashboard. And then they kept coming, and coming... It really seemed less of a fact, and more of an opinion that some people had and they were yelling as loud as possible like "PLEASE VALIDATE ME!!!" in an attempt to coerce people into thinking it XD

Thank you !! You said everything I was thinking, most of the people complaning, for my point of vue, are people who probably "played too much" FFXIV, or people who are missing half the content by skipping MSQ, Tribal quest, etc, or even people who are not even trying the savage or ultimate content...So it's not that the game is becoming easier, or that there is less content, because that's not right you juste have to see all the content, but it's probably because they played way too much and are "bored". I mean if Yoshi-P is telling us to play other games if we are bored, why keep playing when bored to the point of getting to this point. Play other games ! Take a break ! FFXIV IS game that does no require of you to play every day of the week to be able to enjoy it's content. Take a break and come back later !

Took the words straight from my mouth. I was so annoyed with all these content creators complaining because there wasn't enough Grinding. Maybe they noticed not everyone makes a living off the game and many people have jobs, families, chores, and errands. It sucks for me because the minority of streamers are the typically the most influential to the changes. I love that ffxiv is looking out for both new and busy too.

@SkyknightMu

9 ай бұрын

I don’t follow how people like grinding-or being beholden to but one game in general-in the first place. Grinding doesn’t exactly feel like it meshes with any (non-Disgaea) narrative out there.

The "simplification" is okay, it's that the difficulty is becoming simple as well. The easy stuff gets easier, including exs (zeromus, final trial of expansion, easiest one). I shouldn't be in 24 mans day one, never hitting lb3 unless scripted, never wiping, and skipping the tail end mechanics.

@maryine8515

9 ай бұрын

While I'd personally enjoy more difficulty in the alliance raids I'm not surprised they were easier given that people were cheating the alliance raid roulette to get only crystal tower and whine every time they get Dun Scaith. Sends an obvious message to the developers.

Also, we don't need just butt sliders. We need muscle sliders. For all races. Except Lalafells.

Thank you for being a voice of reason.... Yours is the only video I have watched about people complaining about FF14. I try to stay away from the negativity and just enjoy the game my way. I am an MSQ girlie and I like doing story dungeons with the NPCs that I am traveling with in the story line, make it feel immersive. I love reading and FF14 is a video book where I am the hero and I tell my own story with in the story that is given to us.. I think the Devs give enough story and background and lore to build our own story. Yes some of the contest like realm reborn was a bit loooooong, still is and some content is a bit tough for me.. but that is alright. I can find more things I like about FF14 than not. ( btw I am a cat mom of two cats LOL Meeeooow)

Yo! New to the game (started yesterday) and I already think you're gonna be my go-to for info! It's really hard to find someone positive these days in regards to gaming so your content is a breath of fresh air! Thanks for being positive!

1.0 player here. I took a break between HW and ShB, and now again post EW to focus on other things. I still love the game, I still sub (to keep my houses of course) and I can't wait for the next expansion! I have yet to play Post-EW content, simply because I felt like the 10 year long story coming to a finale was a fitting time to try other things for awhile. I plan to come back fully around the time Dawntrail drops, and I plan to start fresh with a new character to experience the story and content from a new player's perspective. This time with a completionist goal in mind :) I understand the complaints about the game. For me, the people I played with have either moved on, passed away, or just simply don't have the time these days to play. So the world can feel a bit lonely. That's not saying that's the game's fault at all, but I can understand Veteran players like myself, taking a step back from the game and maybe looking at it more critical without others beside you taking in the experiences. For me, I think the game is going in a great direction, and I can't wait for the new content, classes and story. I just really hope we can get some updates to Grand Companies and maybe finally get personal airships like I've been hoping for from the minute Sky Pirates were introduced. I just want to be a full blown Sky Pirate already!!!

As a "new" player from within the past year, I've definitely benefited from the shorter MSQ in ARR as well as the Duty Support/NPC duties in the game as I also play during odd hours (american on Chaos DC.) Even at those odd hours the game is far from "dying" and you mentioned so many good parts of the game that I either currently enjoy or look forward to experiencing once I unlock them. Also all of your FFXIV videos to date have been fun, helpful, hilarious, and wonderful. Thank you!!!

I'm glad you enjoyed my Mario haha that was a nice surprise

Thank you for this. Happy to see some push back on the clickbait. You’ve earned my subscription.

Thank you for the video. I am ready to move forward. There are lot of exciting things to look forward to that I want to set off sailing to a brand new adventure. I love the trailer, which reminds me of the Chronicles of Narnia: Voyage of the Dawn Treader. Our avatar’s will get a 2.0 upgrade. There are so many amazing things going to happen. As I said before. I cannot wait to start and exploring other parts of Etheirys on new grand adventure. After all, are we not adventurers, I do not want to stay safe in a little cozy cottage in Eorezea. Get out and have some fun.

just joined the world of FFXIV in the last week and have sunk so many hours, and yea its been really disheartening seeing all of those videos so thanks for being a reliable hopeful youtuber for the community ^^

Game is definitely not dying, people took that one video wayyyyyy too seriously cuz he actually makes solid points (though they’re lost in all the jokes and elitist commentary) but yea game will be fine haha. Always enjoy your content btw!!

@DW-fl3ee

9 ай бұрын

Honestly his points were mostly bullshit.

@jroberts2nd

9 ай бұрын

The guy who stopped playing and made a clout chasing video? Yeah he was full of shit.

@warllockmasterasd9142

9 ай бұрын

He didn't make any solid points. He just sounded confident at the start and then his bitter-ness took hold. his Video was personal. and he attacked everyone.

@captainziggy82

9 ай бұрын

@@warllockmasterasd9142 ok

@ofmoosenmen

9 ай бұрын

The dude literally advocated for bringing back attribute points... no... just no... He VERY clearly was complaining for the sake of it.

@ 7:23 ohh look at that clean UI design Very pleasing to look at

On the topic of things being removed from the game (really class powers), I honestly miss Mana Shift....being a Black Mage while in my Umbral Ice phase and just giving 2000 MP to the Healer when their mana was running low during a wall to wall pull or needing MP to Raise a player felt like I was contributing to the group outside of just throwing big damage numbers at adds or the boss. I am aware that Button Bloat can be an issue sometimes and the more space I have on my Hot Bar, the better.....just man I miss Mana Shift....

Well said! Thank you for making this video. I came to ff14 two years ago after leaving "another MMORPG" and am still finding lots of things to explore and do. I also love the atmosphere of the community after the toxicity I left behind.

Thank you for your vid. ^^

I feel like this was well said. Its been a rough time for me to properly voice my side. I often feel like I'm not allowed to love the game as much as I do. There's been a certain snob aspect of 'you're ruining the game if you aren't critical enough.' Verbatim ive seen people say that. & all that aside, I really respect how you're approaching the fact that its not as dead as it seems with all the scary talk. No reason to be alarmed old & new players a like. This game actually still one of the most populated and most loved mmorpgs out there, & I hope your video and your channel is what reaches new players.

I just want my shadow flare and bane back on sch :c - great video btw that trend was really getting old when ffxiv is booming more then ever, being an 8 year vet since arr ffxiv is at its peak and that peak hasnt really reached a limit yet.

I appreciate that videos like this are getting more traction. The game is in an INCREDIBLE state for new players, with easily 1,000+ hours of content for them to do, and yes the patches have been more spaced out, but I really don't think that's a bad thing

@virgilthemob1242

9 ай бұрын

You can get double that if all you wanna do is "content", but as far as really good content is concerned, 500 hours might be closer to the mark and I personally blasted through all of that in 6 months or so. Then you really gotta find your own enjoyment in attempting Savage/Extreme/Ultimate stuff, roleplaying or socializing.

We aren't even done with the current patch lol

Avy, you cheerleader you! I pretty well agree, the game isn't dying, but there are people I've seen move on, and just as many new people in their place. I'm at a bit of a stall in my gameplay, but I keep logging and doing a few things here and there. :) Yoshi P said we can break from the game. It's Halloween anyhoo, so Castlevania and Bloodborn call to me!

"ppl are still horny" LMAO XD I love you Avy so much. My honest take on this is that ppl are (of course) overreacting, because the features they decided to debut on this expansion were not for the community overall taste. It's true that most of the content on the last patches were more geared towards 1-4 players max and the playerbase is well accustomed to have this post-expansion content as "more engaging" because of Eureka/Bozja zones in the past, where people used to spend most of their time in big groups and having a sense of "ppl playing together" even though is just a FATE grinding for relics (and, by the way... the decision on purely tomestones for relic farming in this expansion is a joke tbh). Overall, I think the devs are trying really hard to implement (and test) new things and the recurrent features (which ppl usually expects to show up) were considered just an afterthought.

Thank you for the video. You spread some much needed positivity.

Dude this happens very expansion, the videos and everything. It’s hilarious. I’ve been around since Heavensward, it literally happens every time 😂

For some reason your intro makes me really happy.

i started playing xiv in 2018...the ARR msq was a traumatic experience because it was such a slog. i'm glad they shortened it for new players because i'd say that was the hardest part for me to overcome. i started just sort of running around doing random stuff and leveling other classes instead of working on the actual story. i only powered through the msq so i could get the ffxv crossover event car mount the first time they did it

I started playing the game when Endwalker released. I remember HATING having to wait 15 minutes just to do a dungeon. Fast Forward a year later, they added Duty Support for the older dungeons, so now newer players don't have to suffer through what we went through. I think the FF14 developers do listen to content creators, but they don't let their feedback derail their vision. If the devs completely catered to everything the veterans want, new players would never be able to catch up. FF14 is the only game I play everyday. I've been playing for two years now and every time I play, I enjoy myself.

Thanks for this, I'm sorta on a break due to BG3, but it's fine! And every time I log in, there are players every where, I never wait more than 5 min for queues, it's great. Narrative wise I do think it's a little.. uncertain, but we KNEW that was coming, were warned, one chapter ended, a new one will begin.

Tch, I've been playing the game for almost a year now and I still haven't even gotten out of ARR. Just seems like every week I run into something new that distracts me and keeps the MSQ into a drip-feed, lol. Yesterday it was ocean fishing, before that it was PVP, and before that it was filling out my gathering log for mining and botany. For me at least, there's still plenty to try out, though I could still see why some folks might feel like their preferred content has run dry especially if they've been playing for over a decade now.

The problem is, instead of dealing with the issue and making it getting better with more content, the lack of content gets worse. Removing Bozja and the Relic chain (because handing in 1500 tomes isn't one) and instead adding variants that got stale after 2 weeks was an extremely bad move. Also, objectively, during the SHB lull we were still in the COVID period and people were staying home more.

@providencebreaker1558

9 ай бұрын

XIV is developed two years in advance, so we won't know if the trends that developed during covid will carry over into dawntrail. I'm willing to give them a pass on endwalker because they were dealing with lockdowns and diverting resources to XVI. If dawntrail is as watered down or worse then we might have a problem on our hands.

@ZechsMerquise73

9 ай бұрын

The tomes. God. I wish they had tied the relic in to the variant dungeon system instead.

Thank you for making this. It really did need to be said, possibly shouted even.

If a game is popular enough for people to still care about it supposedly "dying" then that should tell you everything you need to know.

I have to say you have such a lovely easy to listen to voice

I played FFXIV since late Shadowbringers. Before it, I played WoW from late Burning Crusade. And before that, I played Guild Wars 1. Over the years, there was only one constant. "This game is dying." If there is one way to measure the health of a game, it probably isn't the prophecies of the playerbase. Rather, it would be the number of such prophecies. A dead game wouldn't have that many people prophecising its imminent doom.

"People are still horny." True words.

What server are you playing in for the quicksand to be THAT packed!!?

Ive been playing since 1.0 and Im glad things like TP and the attribute points were removed. they always felt like holdovers from a previous design philosophy, and were just carried over simply "because". like with the double class requirements for jobs, didnt serve any real purpose other than to make you level a second class simply to unlock the job of your choice.

It reminds me of the Asch Paradigm where if enough people say it's dying that everyone will eventually conform to it as if it were truth. The 'it changed now it sucks' vibe is definitely going around in a select handful of videos. The only complaint I ever have with job changes is such: If you're going to add/remove class abilities please give players with capped or previously capped jobs the option to have a pre-made abilities set of hotbars assigned so we don't look over everything to make sure we get all the abilities assigned. (I'm looking at Ninja and Machinist with overlooked abilities, especially MCH).

Thank you for this.

Ive only been playing since the middle of last year, and tbh I don't feel like the game is dead at all. The only times I ever have trouble finding people to queue up with me in the duty finder is when Im playing before like 5pm on a weekday tbh, but I regularly see plenty of people running around in the main cities and out in the open world. We're between expansions right now so obviously there's gonna be a bit of a lull in activity as people go to play other games, but once Dawntrail comes out I'm sure people are gonna be coming back in droves, just like they did in Endwalker (which I wasn't around for, but I heard about how incredible the wait times were just to log in)

I wanted to buy the game and checked YT to see how it was doing. Nearly all the vids were about how the game is dead and stuff like that, so I didn't get it. Then I was speaking with a friend who said they play all the time and the game is doing great and I should try it. Bought it 3 days ago and its wonderful!

@niall2236

9 ай бұрын

@Pentzer I would have done, but it was 50% off for the complete edition on the square store. So I just decided to get it while it was on sale as I would have bought the whole thing anyways later

😂😂😂 Avy love your channel, never fails to make me smile and laugh, thank you!

I play since February 25th 2013 which was Phase 1 beta for the original, and still love the game. People have been like this since forever, one player in the FC taking a 1 week break.... OOOOO GAME IS DYING !!! curent state of FFXIV is a bit slow but understandable since they want to make a graphic overhaul also, and they worked on FFXVI which isnt an excuse but still im sure it affected in some ways, also they didnt expect the game to last this long since it was reanimated, and they need to make a brand new storyline.

Very well made! I agree with your overall stance. The game is far from dying and I like that they are experimenting with different kinds of content. Feels like they're building up towards something bigger to sort of pull it all together. At least I hope. I'm not against criticizing the game but the way ppl do it is ssooo not good. So very "I KNOW WHAT IM TALKING ABOUT THE GAME IS DYING AAAAAAH" while for me its like "its a nice idea but i hope they expand on it better next time" like idk why thats so difficult to do instead...

Is sad that most of the videos who are made like that "ff14 is dead" or some bs like that is from old wow players. Just sad that they wont say that at the start and straight out lie.

@normalmighty

9 ай бұрын

The Wow migration in the first place happened like it did because it was a crowd of players who want to only ever play one game, and who can't come to terms with even moving on to a different game without everyone they know agreeing that the old game is totally dead now and completely unplayable. It's not a surprise at all that they were gonna repeat this with FFXIV eventually

As a mentor I have access to the Novice Network which tells me how many Mentors to Sprouts are online. I am on a low population server and yesterday I saw roughly 50 sprouts online and 40 mentors online and this was early in the morning. So to me that is a sign the game is doing fine, if that is what the NN state was like in off peak. Given that I assume half those sprouts were bots and alts, it tells me that there are still new people coming into the game, I'll put a lot of that done to the aggressive advertising campaign SE is currently engaged in to prep for the next expansion. But 40 mentors however, that suggests veteran players of 3+ years are still very active in the game. Considering 80% of the population are neither sprouts or mentors, I feel the fears of the game dying are vastly overstated.

I played for about a year in 2013-14. I picked it back up a month ago. I am having a lot of fun with the game and I’m excited to catch up on the content I’ve missed. Seems like it is thriving to me.

If I recall correctly, Yoshi P stated that Dawntrail is essentially A Realm Reborn 2. It's the launch point for *another* series of expansions, as such the game easily has another 10 years at least in it. As for the current state of the game, I think it's doing fine. Maybe the relic weapons could have been a bit more involved, but they are easily the most accessbile so far. My chronically ill and disabled partner has found them to be the by far the most enjoyable to do at the time of launch, being able to run content they find enjoyable and comfortable to do instead of going into a timed zone needing intense monotonous grinding of fates/outdoor monster.

The "Final Fantasy XIV is dying" argument is really weird since they are actively working on bringing it to a whole new platform. Like, if it was actually dying, SE wouldn't be like "yeah, the game is coming to the X-Box too".

Honestly, I think a lot of veterans have just been bored of the predictable content release pattern which is the double edge sword of stability. Also despite so many people i know saying they didn't like eurkea or bozja I think and from the cry out of it not being there, that grindy end of patch exploration zones like Eureka and bozja give people something to work towards. Sometimes retention mechanic content isn't bad and even asked for which seems to be the case this time. All that being said I agree the game is not dying not even close, this drop off happens every expansion. However what most ppl seem to miss is Endwalker or rather the lead-up was an anomaly, it was the end of 10+ year story arc and got so much extra advertisements from streamers that the player base swelled to unheard-of numbers nearly doubling compared to the other expansion growth. Because of this it is expected to have a larger drop-off due to a largely influx of new ppl. Many of them Joined for the end of the story hype train that was endlwalker which concluded within the same expansion so they left and some stayed. Which is all pretty normal. The FF14 community is healthy tho a little bored right now and that's okay.

Dead game? 🤣 My server doesn't seem to notice. Unless I play in the middle of the night, there is always a login queue.

Yeah it didn't feel good when I came back from a small hiatus happy and excited to dive into the game again only for a bunch of random youtube videos to pop up and tell me my favorite MMO is "dead". It got so annoying that I began unsubbing or outright blocking anyone who dove on that trend. As for simplification - this is the sort of thing that happens with every MMO. Sometimes it's overdone, but personally it doesn't feel that way to me. Then again I'll admit a few of the older dungeons do feel a bit...too dumbed down. I recently did Keeper of the Lake and was a little dismayed at the lack of the more special mechanics. But it's certainly not enough to make me think the game was "dead" or "too easy" now. Also 3:57 I tried extremely hard to visualize that. All I got was you eventually tripping yourself and slamming against that rock anyway. Mission failed successfully!

You have to be my favorite newer ffxiv creators

Your content is so cozy and real But I agree, Im still in the game and tho I'm not raiding hardcore like before and other games like BG3 are sharing my time I still find time to run with my FC and goof around.... like when we all got on gobwalkers and stormed the residential districts and wrote in peoples house guestbook

As a player of 10 years, I didn't even notice that attribute points were gone until sometime in ShB. When I did realize, I was like "Oh... good." Simplification isn't necessarily bad. I'm in my 30's now, I don't have the time to play that I did 10 or even 5 years ago, I don't mind it becoming more accessible one little bit, so long as they don't oversimplify things. And people who have been too long in the sauce are quite often failing to notice that this game is still very complex as a whole.

As someone who really doesn't like the current state of FFXIV, I don't think it's dying, I just think Endwalker has been very mid.

Game doesn't feel empty at all. Queues still pop as usual.

I will concur with others here and thank you for trying to bump against the doomium trend. For my part I admire and respect the devs trying to maintain and future-proof the earlier content, and for trying something new with island sanctuary and V&C dungeons. Calling them lazy, as some content creators have done lately, is the biggest insult I can think of and I find it shameful that people have even entertained throwing that word at CBU3. My main criticism is really only about the 2 minute meta and some job design decisions. Also, in spite of thinking the references to the lynx video was an entirely justified dunking, the further "simplification" we've seen of some jobs from Shadowbringers to Endwalker actually does have me slightly concerned. They said they were largely fine with the level of complexity in ShB, and the game grew just fine back then while the classes and raid buff distributions were as they were then. I think of stuff like Kaiten, the summoner change, how Reaper and Paladin plays at lower levels and not wanting that for every job (one job per role being really accessible is fine, but please don't make all of them like that)... I understand removing attribute distribution or TP points, but I think they could stand to be careful from here on out. That is the extent of my criticisms. Otherwise I loved pandaemonium, the myths raids were undertuned but otherwise really cool and had distinct and fun mechanics with lots of personality. I actually enjoyed the 6.x storyline by and large, I have had a lot of fun with Criterion. And I am SUPER stoked for Dawntrail.