Final Fantasy XIV Hot Takes

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Originally Posted by TheMightyMollusk

The game has way too much emphasis on giant flashy glowing effects and particle storms for everything. If anything it makes it less impressive because the flash hides whatever's actually happening.

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It's a sad case of uh... animation power creep?
With each expansion animations have to get more extravagant in order to showcase their increased power visually, it'd be pretty underwhelming if Glare III wasn't a big jump from regular Glare.
But that said we're 5 expansions deep now so we're definitely starting to reach a point where things are just too flashy.

At the risk of making some people upset:

People expecting Animal Crossing/Harvest Moon levels of depth from Island Sanctuary, which essentially is a mini game in a much larger game, are completely lost.

Remove player housing entirely and never bother implement it again

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Originally Posted by SylvAlternate

I am perfectly OK with how healers currently operate

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The whole rotation and gearing system is so awful, you don't know what the best gear unless someone calculates it for you or the best speed or the best rotation or best stat or best bufffood. I really miss that simplicity and it's not even like it's some min max garbo, the bosses are super tight on dps checks too, an absolute F Tier for me in this game and something I didn't get to enjoy even after a year of gaming.

White Mage should get AreoIII back
Scholar should get back the ability to control & Command the Fairy
Ast should get back Royal Road, but as a CD that Buffs your Current Card

POTD and HOH solo play was designed by a Battle Designer sadist, and having tried since 2017, but still failing to nonsense RNG.

I want throw my hands up in the air, and just give up but I'm too stubborn at the same time.

I made it as far as floor 97 solo, and that is the farthest I ever reached on HOH, and got destroyed by a stupid trap.


Now for POTD...idk what the heck they were thinking with 1-200.

The game should be designed so that a healer's main purpose is healing.
The game should be designed so that a tank's main purpose is tanking.
Mindblowing and controversial, right?

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Originally Posted by Kansene

The game should be designed so that a healer's main purpose is healing.
The game should be designed so that a tank's main purpose is tanking.
Mindblowing and controversial, right?

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Careful, thats dangerous thinking.
To add to this, Healers and Tanks need more responsibilities and there should be more mechanics tailored to them.
I think this is a better way of making them more fun and engaging rather then just flashy moves and complex rotations...or..skill trees which at the end of the day just makes everything about optimization rather then fun.

Blm should get a buff to auto attacks or get a little familiar that does int scaling auto attacks when they're in melee range to sweeten being given a melee spot :p

Cure I/Physick/Benefic I/Diagnosis should generate Provoke-degree of enmity.

I uh ... I unironically enjoy Lord of Verminion;;

"To The Edge" would make a great dungeon theme or something, but in my opinion it just doesn't set the appropriate mood for a climactic boss battle against the BBEG. It's chill, mellow, kind of laid-back feeling. Good track, but completely out of place compared to the type of epic bombast we usually get for a clash that caps off a main story arc.

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Originally Posted by Fyrebrand

"To The Edge" would make a great dungeon theme or something, but in my opinion it just doesn't set the appropriate mood for a climactic boss battle against the BBEG. It's chill, mellow, kind of laid-back feeling. Good track, but completely out of place compared to the type of epic bombast we usually get for a clash that caps off a main story arc.

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To the Edge felt like the ultimate send off for Ardbert however, so its somewhat fitting.

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Originally Posted by Kansene

The game should be designed so that a healer's main purpose is healing.
The game should be designed so that a tank's main purpose is tanking.
Mindblowing and controversial, right?

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I think this could only work with a complete removal of gear score because of how fundamentally different healing/tanking are to dealing damage. For tanking/healing you either survive or you dont, surviving better only matters as much as it leads to additional damage currently. Meanwhile DPS allows for an endless increase that still gives benefits.

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Originally Posted by Ameela

Is this really that hot of a take? Feels like most people agree with it outside of the BRD thing (and PLD mains)

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The BRD part was the hot take, but I needed some lead-in context.

Alright, time for a nuclear take: TP was a good mechanic and being mindful of it was a big part of what made HW and SB melee fun.

"Close in the distance" is super lame and overrated. I think it's the lames song of the whole OST

Lukewarm take; EW was a mid expansion at best, full of unnecessary filler and stakes that never felt like they mattered given how little they actually ever impacted anyone of note outside of random, nameless NPCs. While certain moments were great, the twists were extremely predictable, "mysterious" motives were extremely clear, and nearly every potential branch was cut off before it became anything meaningful (the body-hopping was probably the most egregiously pointless.) Not even going to get into the insane levels of pandering w/ certain characters returning, and what felt like a "no way in hell this was planned from the start" vibe, with how many new concepts and characters were introduced solely in EW that either make no sense retroactively, or are based on extremely vague hints that could have been connected to virtually anything.

I still hate the Insatiable remix for Shadowbringers mid-bosses. The MSQ from 5.1 to 5.4 drags on forever. And I still dislike the tailing, stealth and escort quests in EW.

All jobs should start at level 1. Make the starting weapons work the same way as Menphina's Earring with attributes that scale with your level. No need to invent dozens of low level weapons. If you want a fast track to max level, there are jump potions.

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Originally Posted by MontecristoSandwich

Not even going to get into the insane levels of pandering w/ certain characters returning

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This bothered me a lot. I do enjoy certain characters but that doesn't mean I want to see them pushed into the story as much as possible, even if they might not belong. I want them done justice and if their time is up, then their time is up for the most part.

In this case, I'd like to bring up Emet. He has a really, really nice voice, but it felt wrong to have him narrating EW. I'll give Elpis a pass, although I'm sure many will find it debatable. And finally, I don't believe him or Hythlodaeus should've been a part of the finale of EW.

I absolutely adore the character, but it comes to a point where the fanservice feels a bit wrong.

Hot take (I think. I feel like taking a shot at this.):

Nobody ever asked for some 70s soft rock in the final stage of an MMO, let alone a JRPG.

Alexander had the best raid music. Fight me.

Or better yet, RISE WITH ME!

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Originally Posted by Blueyes

All jobs should start at level 1. Make the starting weapons work the same way as Menphina's Earring with attributes that scale with your level. No need to invent dozens of low level weapons. If you want a fast track to max level, there are jump potions.

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You know, I don't think I've ever agreed with you in the past. Not on the jobs starting at level one thing - that's stupid. But cutting the fat off of low level weapons with something like 'looms from WoW or Menphina's earring? Genuinely a good take.

Random homeless person saves the world will be an accurate description of the story until the housing system is fixed

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Originally Posted by Pyro2hell3

Random homeless person saves the world will be an accurate description of the story until the housing system is fixed

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The WoL is still a ward of House Fortemps, so technically we're not homeless. We just can't really interact with the manor in any meaningful way.

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Originally Posted by TheMightyMollusk

The WoL is still a ward of House Fortemps, so technically we're not homeless. We just can't really interact with the manor in any meaningful way.

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I like how we're their ward and still have to sleep in the most disgusting inn of the game if we want to sleep in Ishgard.

That thus far Endwalker just in general seems like a step down from previous expansions.

My personal hot take at the moment: dont like the ShB resistance weapon as inhave to play dead content (delubrium reginae) to progress. Or stupid PotD with abyssmal drop chances even in higher floors

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Originally Posted by Bladedance87

My personal hot take at the moment: dont like the ShB resistance weapon as inhave to play dead content (delubrium reginae) to progress. Or stupid PotD with abyssmal drop chances even in higher floors

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Yeah that grind sucked balls, but I like the glam of my shiny flame-covered chakrams :)

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Originally Posted by Bladedance87

My personal hot take at the moment: dont like the ShB resistance weapon as inhave to play dead content (delubrium reginae) to progress. Or stupid PotD with abyssmal drop chances even in higher floors

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Yeah that's annoying, built an entire raid that's hardly used since it's not in DF. Current auto queue is useless since it starts with 2 people.

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Originally Posted by Blueyes

All jobs should start at level 1. Make the starting weapons work the same way as Menphina's Earring with attributes that scale with your level. No need to invent dozens of low level weapons. If you want a fast track to max level, there are jump potions.

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Originally Posted by Videra

You know, I don't think I've ever agreed with you in the past. Not on the jobs starting at level one thing - that's stupid. But cutting the fat off of low level weapons with something like 'looms from WoW or Menphina's earring? Genuinely a good take.

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The thing about those earrings that level with you, is you can't glam them because technically their "item level" counts as 1. So unless they figure out a way to bypass that issue, be prepared to play 80+ levels not being able to change your weapon's basic appearance.

If instance housing ever comes to FFXIV, it should be in the 13th. If powerful voidsent can create their own domain based off of their warped and tattered memories, then whose to say we couldn't do the same thing? Albeit, with little help since we lack the aetherial energy to fully create our own little domain. Perfect place to have instance housing! :3

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Originally Posted by Soge01

If instance housing ever comes to FFXIV, it should be in the 13th. If powerful voidsent can create their own domain based off of their warped and tattered memories, then whose to say we couldn't do the same thing? Albeit, with little help since we lack the aetherial energy to fully create our own little domain. Perfect place to have instance housing! :3

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That would actually be pretty cool.

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Originally Posted by Soge01

If instance housing ever comes to FFXIV, it should be in the 13th. If powerful voidsent can create their own domain based off of their warped and tattered memories, then whose to say we couldn't do the same thing? Albeit, with little help since we lack the aetherial energy to fully create our own little domain. Perfect place to have instance housing! :3

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Ahhh, there's nothing like the hellish screams of starving voidsents to start the day !

Wake up, coffee, slaughter all who oppose you in this endless hellscape of despair, breakfast.

Endwalker had me playing my chosen job(s) less than both ARR, HW and SB respectively which feels like a troublesome direction. More jobs than ever but less gameplay with every expansion.

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Originally Posted by Blueyes

All jobs should start at level 1. Make the starting weapons work the same way as Menphina's Earring with attributes that scale with your level. No need to invent dozens of low level weapons. If you want a fast track to max level, there are jump potions.

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I disagree, I think the least thing this game needs is more streamlining.
Inconvenience is what makes video games fun in the first place, without inconveniences what's the point of even playing? Just make everything start at level 90.

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Originally Posted by Ameela

I disagree, I think the least thing this game needs is more streamlining.
Inconvenience is what makes video games fun in the first place, without inconveniences what's the point of even playing? Just make everything start at level 90.

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Inconvenience can definitely go too far though. Especially in these times when several game devs purposefully make features as awful and boring as possible on purpose only to sell you shortcuts to the "good part".

As with many things there's a healthy middle part.
Inconvenience serves many useful purposes in making achievements and rewards feel earned, but stray too far and people will start questioning why an inconvenience that serves no other purpose but to be inconvenient even exists.

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Originally Posted by TheMightyMollusk

Alexander had the best raid music. Fight me.

Or better yet, RISE WITH ME!

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U want some real hot takes?

Rise is trash, Locus is trash

The best track in Alexander is Mobeius.