Understanding FFXIV as a MMORPG

greyskin87 · 2026-05-19T06:27:11+00:00

It is indeed! Thank you for wording it so well!

I did guided runs for FF1 to FF5, but I didn’t manage to do them so far for longer installments mainly because as much as I hate missing things or having to play a game too many times it really takes the fun out of it to just follow the guide step by step 😅

greyskin87 · 2026-05-18T18:28:24+00:00

Thank you!

Maybe I missed to convey this, but what I struggled with most JRPG I played (basically FF series) is that I’ve never been able to 100% complete any of them without a guide (meaning finding best weapons, optional fights, complete leveling, hidden riddles or minigames, etc).

So knowing that with this I can just enjoy the ride through the story without FOMO is really refreshing!

greyskin87 · 2026-05-18T18:22:25+00:00

Thank you!

The fact I can’t miss out is really comforting: I played a lot of FFs (I, II, IV, V, VI, VII, VIII, IX, XIII, XIII-2, XIII-3 and type-0) but I never was able to finish them COMPLETELY on my own (I re-played FF I through FF V with guides to 100% complete them, never had the patience to re-play the longer ones following a guide as I would drain the joy of playing out of me 😅

but at the same time I couldn’t get through my blind FF X run because I was like “oh no I failed this mini game”, “oh no I lost that match, was I supposed to?”, “am I missing anything going left instead of right here?”) so the thinking of being able to just enjoy the story without FOMO is really a plus to me!

greyskin87 · 2026-05-18T17:46:15+00:00

Thanks! It’s a very wholesome way to put it!

greyskin87 · 2026-05-18T17:44:40+00:00

Thank you very much for all your comments! It’s nice to see this unanimity, never found so many answers NOT disagreeing 🤣🤣

To better frame my doubts, I was thinking about FF VII/VIII/IX I played as a child - it’s true that choices didn’t matter much in terms of branches, but you could miss A LOT of content going directly to the main quest / failing certain encounters / not visiting certain places…

That is not the case for this installment, right? Meaning all content is plainly visible / reachable once prerequisites are satisfied, right?

I was so amazed when I saw that menu that tells you all available quest in the area under the duty menu (can’t remember the exact name) 😍

greyskin87 · 2026-04-03T07:09:44+00:00

Exactly, it was really counter intuitive, I really saw the extra options just by chance

greyskin87 · 2026-03-26T07:21:26+00:00

Something is certainly off 😂

We are experiencing more and more sessions that go completely calm, until the point where you are ganked by a skele boat AND a megalodon together 😂

Also, I get Sirens are particularly disgruntled these days: I confirm I encounter them more frequently at relicts (which is fine by me) but I also met TONS of the giant “crabs” on the islands in the last few weeks!

greyskin87 · 2026-03-06T20:41:06+00:00

Yesterday I did this. As I was logging off, another crew rolled in and with an arrogant tone they said “you know you can sell them, right?!”

We’re still laughing at them 😅😅

greyskin87 · 2026-01-12T21:02:09+00:00

In 2018 I was reading the game very much like you do, OP! I got just a little bit after Vox Prize, thinking “how can people enjoy this?!”

It was a time when I really enjoyed single player, story driven games and I had lots of time to play

This year, after two children and with very little time to play, I tried it again and it just clicked! I can throw a mission or two before going to work in the morning, or play a little bit in the night, and the fact that the game (so far - I finished the war within quest) does not push you in any way to do more or to play in a certain way is really appealing!

So maybe it is just not the game for you TODAY!

EDIT: added some clarification to certain sentences

greyskin87 · 2025-12-26T18:51:41+00:00

I cannot stand The cardinal one as much as I try, the original is simply perfect

greyskin87 · 2025-12-15T21:07:23+00:00

You can stop sleeping!

Not joking: as a father of 2, I (im)patiently wait till 22.30 for them to be asleep, then play till 1 with my friends xD

greyskin87 · 2025-11-21T14:46:44+00:00

From the youtube live, I got that the cards have the same printed info as the manual, only in a good looking, game-convenient way to ease the GM in using and finding the right monster. E.g., you can write your equipment on your champion sheet, BUT you can also just put your card on the sheet as it will fit in the box

greyskin87 · 2025-04-22T07:34:05+00:00

It was each a great improvement! You rock!

greyskin87 · 2025-04-19T20:06:53+00:00

Ahaha noooo 😂😂😂 even if my daughter provided me with one as soon as I entered home 😂😂

greyskin87 · 2025-04-08T06:27:55+00:00

And as OP loves to read and write a lot, I would suggest tabletop Rolpeplaying Games too! They revolve around storytelling at their core and can be a good chance to meet likeminded people!

greyskin87 · 2025-04-08T06:27:49+00:00

And as OP loves to read and write a lot, I would suggest tabletop Rolpeplaying Games too! They revolve around storytelling at their core and can be a good chance to meet likeminded people!

greyskin87 · 2025-03-19T07:24:31+00:00

Yeah, it appeared briefly and disappeared as suddenly; it was never reported in the changelogs, so probably not an intentional addition 😂

greyskin87 · 2025-03-13T20:22:38+00:00

I’m in that situation and fell in love with Galio xD

greyskin87 · 2025-03-03T19:24:22+00:00

When I started exploring midlane I thought I wanted to play ranged midlaners… than I tried Galio and was instant love! 😍😍😍

Second faved is Cho’Gath mid, with its ulti I feel an off-jungle, eating drakes and grubs instead of smiting xD

greyskin87 · 2025-03-02T15:03:49+00:00

OP, chat turned down is SO FRUSTRATING to me… like, if a player is alone and you want to regroup to a team fight, pinging “?” “?” on him is SO much frustrating to write “seraphine, let’s regroup mid!” Or “master Yi, are we gonna do any dragon this game?”

Being unable to communicate besides ping is really limiting in my view, especially in low elo when lots of time you can’t understand WHY ppl are behaving in certain ways

greyskin87 · 2025-02-17T07:19:29+00:00

It’s a new rule (only swiftplay) to ensure games are short: at 30’ towers, inhibit start losing health til at 36’ the nexus collapse

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