Positivity!

So there are a lot of threads on here complaining about the game in some form or another, or asking for changes based on poor experiences. While there is nothing wrong with these threads or ideas, I feel like it's also important to think about and discuss things in the game that we enjoy, or that have left a positive impact on us.

The only thing I'll ask in this thread is that you not argue with what someone else says they enjoy about the game. We all have our own opinions, and for something like this, they are all valid, as they relate to each of our personal experiences.

So, Eorzea, what's good?

cat girls .

Personally, I love the story. I enjoy games that remind me I have these things called emotions. So far, only games to actually make me cry are MGS3: Snake Eater, The Last of Us, FFXV and FFXIV.

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cat girls .

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Crafting a bunch, just wish my character's non-existent ass didn't sadden me so much. Usually I'd be doing PvP because its sooo much fun, but Frontlines is barely ran because SE focused on Feast or rewards instead of all their modes and they still have gc restrictions when they could've given it to us earlier so we have something to do while we waited for the next patch....but Dailies are fun! ....before grinding them over, and over...

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Hot lizard men.

AuRa boys for days.

Chocobos!
Also, the community. Been through a lot of MMOs and FFXIV has by far the best community for a game that has been around long enough for people to become cynical shitheads.
The only time I've seen a more welcoming community was when Everquest first launched and everyone was a noob.

Good on you, people.

Everything other than male lizards and manqo'tes.

My friends.

Forums are mostly for criticism and discussion about issues, for every game pretty much.
It's good for the game and the community.

As for whats good? Well I returned almost a month ago and I do love the comfy atmosphere in the game. Played WoW for a while, but its just not as comfy to spend time in. I feel like WoW forgets to have fun with the quests and other activities. The soundtrack in FFXIV really made me think why most other games have awful soundtracks. Final Fantasy soundtracks aren't as good as many make them out to be, but they do have an actual soundtrack. Not just non-confrontational ambient music. There are actual songs, lyrics, proper pieces of music that are both memorable and fun to listen to.
Too many games just have that boring, forgettable backround music that I end up turning off overtime.

Also the vast variety of shorts, panties and thigh highs in my retainers inventories is magical at this point. Never too much of those.

Final Fantasy 15.

Story, and how they involve your character in the cut scenes really makes it feel like you are a part of the world.

My chocobo, so much more than a mount, they are your side kick on your adventures. Little touches like them perking up when you see them at the stable makes them so adorable! :)

The community in general is really awesome. So many kind people, those of you who take a moment to help someone out with your wisdom or just sharing what you have done I think really help so much! Thank you all! :)

I really enjoy the environments in this game, so I tend to spend a lot of time just wandering around, appreciating the scenery and helping people I come across, there are lots of cool little hidden things to see.

I also have a lot of fun glamouring/helping friends with their glamours, most of the gear design is great.

I also enjoy things like the music, runs of PotD when things get interesting and friendly people show up, seasonal events, quests, and soloing things unsynced. Primals with friends are fun, too.

I like how the WoL is central to the storyline and I also like how the WoL meets characters again and depending on if you have finished their sidequest or not they will say something else.

I love how there's always something to do when I log in! Even picked up my skinning knife for the first time since first getting ltw to 60 in 3.0 and actually devoted a bit of Gil and time to bettering it a tad. Also, dragon girl babes and cute kitties~ Just wish I could have more booty and I'd be the happiest little dragon!

Hildibrand Manderville.
I'm catching up on two and a half years of hiatus, and this questline makes me laugh out loud irl.

(Girlfriend on the couch giving me the occasional weird look though...)

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Hildibrand Manderville.
I'm catching up on two and a half years of hiatus, and this questline makes me laugh out loud irl.

(Girlfriend on the couch giving me the occasional weird look though...)

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My boyfriend won't give Hildibrand a chance, it's hilariously written and I love it.

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My boyfriend won't give Hildibrand a chance, it's hilariously written and I love it.

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Its fun, but (this is probably, just me) did anyone feels like something was lacking with the 3.0 Hildibrand questline? I liked the 3.4 one, but the previous ones were a little meh. The quests feel shorter and I noticed that we do not have new trials. One thing that I noticed is there are no NEXT TIME PREVIEW, its like they were not planning on making a Hildibrand questline for Heavensward.

Technically they weren't. They caved into community demand and brought him back last minute, so 3.0 Hildy's gotten a bit of 'Early Installment Weirdness' of its own to contend with while the writers 'catch up' to the rest of the development, I'd imagine.

I enjoy that I finally found a class that I am now comfortable with: tank.

I'm dominantly PLD, but enjoy DRK as well. These classes makes my experience in the game better:

- If we didn't meet a dps check, I know it's not my NIN, BRD, or DRG that caused it.
- If tank swaps are 100% successful, or I'm using my tools to alter the mechanic (using Cover on the current MT in Sophia Ex).
- As an OT, my damage out is sometimes higher than that of my DPS classes.
- I spam content, so going as a tank makes this go faster.
- I like that many people on my server respect my TANKS, giving me a second chance after doing horrible as a DPS.

Ugh I thought this was the Duty Finder thread, disregard

I like a lot of things, but the community is the biggest one. I know it varies from server to server, but I honestly have never felt so welcome as a new player before (First MMO, First PC game). If I KOed on fates, a passing SCH/WHM would throw a res. I made the mistake of using a Fire II on a mob in Central Thanalan, and ran screaming while wasps tried to murder me, some random Monk ran over and killed them before I died. And my first run of Satasha I got this really sweet PLD that walked me through how dungeons work, and the bosses and everything (I now know this is not typical behavior, and usually you get speedrun tanks that ignore everyone because Satasha is so easy and no one seems to like it lol).

Anyway, it left an impression, and I've since made a lot of good friends through this game.

Been here since the beta on 2.0, and i knew the game way before... Despite i wanted to play, i didnt had a good pc at the time. There are a few things i dont like of the game and we could make a different thread about it, but things i like?

-Story.

I know the first part can be a bit heavy, or meaningless in some way some of the quests. But looking at them now, i know they have sense and value in the grouth of the character. An example would be the quests before facing Titan... Running around gathering ingredients, doing chores... And for what? The NPC wanted to teach to the WoL to enjoy life more often. You have your duties, you sacrifice for other, but they teach you to travel and look around... to enjoy life and the pleasures it gives.

I dont know why someone could play a game to skip all this without reading what they are fighting for, really.

And the feels...

-Graphics, music, etc.

The lighting effects are awesome, the music is... Well, it was good, and has moved to the better in the recent/past updates. With the new PC we can make they could release a HD texture pack or something to resemble 1.0 :P But thats a personal opinion on the matter. Overall, it's not that bad.

(And seriously, do you even look for imperfections in the mid of a fight?)

-NPC.

Well... there has been lot of talking in the forums about this matter. Like the Scions being... I dont know the word now, just woke up a while ago ¬_¬ lets just say they werent interesting at the eyes of some players, i dont know if i am talking of a huge population of the playerbase or not. They have added depth to them, you can read the emotions each time they talk, they move... An expample would be the voice of a certain companion in the lastest mission of the Warrios of Darkness. You can feel the pain in hi/her* voice while talking, about WHY he/she did those things.

The npc didnt bother me at the start, but right no? i want to know MORE about them.

*Not revealing who he/she is incase of spoilers

-HILDIBRAND!

Just one word: Awesome.



Overall, there are a lot of things that i like of the game. There are a few points i dislike like i said, but... I enjoy playing it. Sometime i wished i could restart it and play without knowing what i could encounter in the next scenario, or the next patch being so huge that it gave me months of playtime.

It has been a good journey, so far.

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As for whats good? Well I returned almost a month ago and I do love the comfy atmosphere in the game. Played WoW for a while, but its just not as comfy to spend time in. I feel like WoW forgets to have fun with the quests and other activities. The soundtrack in FFXIV really made me think why most other games have awful soundtracks. Final Fantasy soundtracks aren't as good as many make them out to be, but they do have an actual soundtrack. Not just non-confrontational ambient music. There are actual songs, lyrics, proper pieces of music that are both memorable and fun to listen to.
Too many games just have that boring, forgettable backround music that I end up turning off overtime.
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Yeah i enjoy FF music in general, but a big part of that is its beautiful simplicity. With the legion pre event when you did the broken shore scenario and you come back to Stormwind there is that kinda nice playing music on the airship and as you travel to Anduin. So I was like "wow a theme in wow that might get my attention again!?" So i found out that it was Anduins theme...which is a gd 20 ish min long score XD

As to what i like: The story....holy s**t do I like the story. I know its not perfect etc but it is awesome for an MMO, and its nice to have it all happen and be in game. (looking a you wow!) I like the "feel" of the game...you can lounge around in it without feeling like you should be doing other things. The awesome community, yeah i know there are some bad apples etc, but overall the community is incredibly friendly without being just dull. The gameplay, I have issues with some of the gameplay at start specially past your fist class and you have the grind left only, but come lvl 40+ it just starts to feel very good for me and the pacing I personally enjoy. )I like my rpgs to still feel a bit old schoolish so shoot me :P) the Dev team, ive been playing ff 14 since 1.0 and I was about to quit when I heard Yoshi-P took over and some of his thoughts on the direction of the project, so I decided to stick around. I know some ppl disagree with the direction the devs go at times and thats ok. That said imo a good dev team is one that can also say no and stick to their design and this makes me wanna see their vision come into being even more as time passes.

See, I'm kind of backwards. A lot of things people complain about, I enjoy. A 'put-a-railroad spike-though-my-skull' grind for someone else is my paradise. The unpredictability and chaos that is known as duty finder is what I call fun. Having to do 100 MSQs between 2.0 and 3.0? Thank youuuuu! I love how these things constantly keep me stimulated and logging on for more.

All the little details like how my earrings sway when I turn my head and watching the sun set in the south shroud. The backgrounds and music will stay with me forever. There are many fun fights with Thornmarch, Diabolos, and Gobmachine VI being some of my favorites so far, and some dungeons are so gorgeous, you need to go back unsynced to really take them in.

I really enjoy the crafting and gathering systems, and it is where I spend most of my time. I enjoy growing thavnairian onions for the community.

I could on and on with what I love about this game, but most of all I love my character and her chocobo. I've come so far, yet there is still so much to do!

My brother, after years of nagging, has finally decided to play.

- Made new friends, met some of them in real life.
- Graphics are mazing, I wouldn't mind taking a break just to walk around.
- Story made me cry.
- Hildibrand is awesome/fabulous.
- OST are <3.
- Nice Community.

That Duracell powered chocobo chick in Tailfeather.

You know I do my best to always stay positive in the game. Even if I'm having a bad raid run, and I complain I try to find something positive in it such as maybe I just need to work harder. I always try to be that one positive light for my FC by helping out. Finding the good in things, and setting an example by keeping any negativity to myself. I'm here to have fun, that is the main thing, and I want everyone else around me to have fun as well. Everyone has a bad day, and I don't see a reason to make their day even worse. Be it in a dungeon where a players having some rotten luck, or someone in the FC is venting. In addition to that I always thank everyone regardless of what it is. I see every dungeon, raid, hunt or group I join as an privilege, not a right, and I appreciate the opportunity they've given me. Most importantly I've found if you play for fun, and the story everything else is just an epic bonus so I'm not stressing about getting gear.

Featherfoot, because thoseA12S adds can't touch this when s&!t hits the fan!

I'm really having fun with frontlines. :)