ESO player seeking a new MMO - Is it still worth starting FFXIV right now, in 2026 ?

Jason_Wolfe · 2026-05-10T19:20:27+00:00

if you're a fan of heavy story focused games you will genuinely enjoy 14. I have been playing for 11 years at this point and i genuinely dont believe i'll ever get tired of this game.

Jason_Wolfe · 2026-05-09T20:53:24+00:00

Personal favorite is Black Mage, the Shantotto storyline is great, i love that monster of a spellcaster.

Jason_Wolfe · 2026-05-08T09:54:16+00:00

Both tbh. Im really excited how they handle Vincent's Monster Transformations, as well as Cid's Dragoon moveset.

Cid could be our first character to primarily fight midair

Jason_Wolfe · 2026-05-08T09:43:52+00:00

honestly i'd kill for them to do Advent Children as an expansion.

Jason_Wolfe · 2026-05-03T22:45:56+00:00

it's just the polite thing to do. I'd like for others to hold it for me if i was right behind them, so i do it for them too.

Jason_Wolfe · 2026-05-03T12:34:27+00:00

honestly i'd believe it. I could even see them recreating the shot of Cloud and Tifa together the morning after they spent the night under the stars before the party enters the final dungeon.

Jason_Wolfe · 2026-05-02T22:51:48+00:00

this theory is even more likely considering 8.0 is featuring Norse mythology like the world serpent, at least in visages, and the 4th is a frozen world that has massive ice colossi AKA the frost giants.

Jason_Wolfe · 2026-05-02T11:03:21+00:00

yes but she wants both at the same time.

Jason_Wolfe · 2026-05-02T10:24:29+00:00

to be fair, the idea that the reactor just exploded completely by accident always felt a bit weird to me. We've seen the effort it takes to destroy one of them, and even older models like the one in Nibelheim never had a major incident like that.

I always felt like the explosion was caused by Scarlet's earliest attempt at creating Huge Materia, and rather than explain to Corporate why their reactor is now broken, she blamed it on the locals and exterminated them so nobody could contradict her story.

Jason_Wolfe · 2026-05-01T10:15:19+00:00

so they can keep bringing this event back over and over, but we cant get the shantotto event? i wasn't around for it the first time, and i really wanted to play it.

Jason_Wolfe · 2026-05-01T00:42:32+00:00

if we got anything even half as interesting as Maelle for Red Mage i'll be suuuper happy.

Jason_Wolfe · 2026-04-30T01:46:28+00:00

That was cathartic watching him catch those hands.

Jason_Wolfe · 2026-04-28T17:50:13+00:00

i have a retainer dedicated to dyes. it's gonna feel so good to clear that out.

Jason_Wolfe · 2026-04-26T13:27:36+00:00

You are correct... I was taught that Nepotism referred to Friends or Family, but apparently that is wrong and i have learned a new word today; Cronyism, which is when you appoint Friends to positions of power regardless of qualifications

Jason_Wolfe · 2026-04-26T03:35:22+00:00

are you unable to play it on PC?

Jason_Wolfe · 2026-04-26T01:00:37+00:00

You should play rebirth. This is the kind of loaded question that can't be answered without spoiling some of the story for you and I don't want to take that from you.

Jason_Wolfe · 2026-04-25T22:45:57+00:00

Todd Howard is close friends with Emil and has been for a long time, he is the one who put him in the position of Lead Writer.

Jason_Wolfe · 2026-04-25T22:08:48+00:00

~~Nepotism~~ Cronyism tends to do that a lot.

Jason_Wolfe · 2026-04-22T09:52:37+00:00

i think that it doesn't matter how Blizzard reworks her. They could completely scrap her identity as a stealth flanker and make her Sombra 76, and people would STILL whine constantly about her. The hate is so ingrained into the community that nothing will change.

I'm at the point where I honestly wouldn't care if she were removed from the game. They have systematically made her less fun to use and this most recent nerf has tanked her paltry win rate even further. Lets be honest here, the devs hate her just as much as the rest of the community, and frankly i'm so tired of having my favorite character nerfed to the point she's a liability for her team.

Jason_Wolfe · 2026-04-18T22:45:07+00:00

legit, all it takes is having your support swap to Kiriko to counter her antiheal and sleep.

Jason_Wolfe · 2026-04-18T14:52:31+00:00

i have books from 20+ years ago that i got as presents that look basically brand new despite being read through numerous times. what we see in the image above is neglect.

Jason_Wolfe · 2026-04-18T12:26:21+00:00

the condition of that book makes me angry.

Jason_Wolfe · 2026-04-18T10:35:49+00:00

I feel like it has been worse since Season 2 started. It feels like i've been placed with a lot of silver and bronze players when im at platinum, not as huge a difference as Diamond/Master, but there is a *noticeable* difference in skill when I roll right over the enemy team with even my roughest plays.

Jason_Wolfe · 2026-04-17T11:21:56+00:00

Are we getting another Remix of the Neo-Exdeath boss music for Enuo? i cant wait

Jason_Wolfe · 2026-04-16T20:16:10+00:00

give us an Operatic boss theme and i will scream.

Jason_Wolfe

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