We've seen the multiple posts, by the devs, on trying to do their best as the servers reach critical levels, and recently we experienced the nigh end of all things with crystal, and balmung, becoming preferred (even though still quite a bit of people). .
Yet more and more content creators who are fairly major are recognizing FFXIV; of course we know of some of the recent streamers, but I thought this one was fairly unique too:
Carbot Animations, who has made loads of animations for blizzard games, just made one for FFXIV (Aug 21):
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7u1oXhiHJM0 [From WoW to FF14]
The seams that are stretching on all the servers it seems are only going to get more and more stretched lol. There is no end in sight XD.
It's true that FFXIV has had a few great launches, but if all this new blood sticks, then who knows if Raubahn will be all right... ;) (I know they'll do their best, which has worked out in the past for launches, these circumstances just seem quite stacked against the idea of a smooth launch lol - not predicting doom just looking at the tsunami and going "weeewwwwh lawd, good luck flood barriers xd!" haha).
On the video though it was classic Carbot quality (good stuff), I liked it, hope others feel warm watching it too. Exciting to see a channel I've enjoyed to start making content on a game I primarily play.
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08-25-2021, 09:01 AMShougunCarbot makes a video for FFXIV. . Servers can't catch a break ;)
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08-25-2021, 09:04 AMvan_arn
It’s a quality video, but it only makes me excited about what is to come from carbot in the future. There’s a *lot* to make fun of in xiv, and it’s going to make an amazing series.
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08-25-2021, 09:05 AMFyrebrand
That got some good chuckles out of me. Thanks for sharing! :D
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08-25-2021, 12:35 PMKaijinRhada
Carbot is everyone's best friend <3
It was, sadly but also funnily, pretty spot on (the end especially). I was pretty excited to see he released something for FFXIV, and I look forward to more! ☆*:.｡. o(^▽^)o .｡.:*☆ -
08-25-2021, 04:27 PMRanaku
Glad the fella is no longer being repressed. About time.
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08-25-2021, 06:43 PMKranel_San
I still remember Carbot first videos on WoW earlier in 2014. (Not the best of days of WoW I know...)
but it made my day :)
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08-26-2021, 02:09 AMVahlnir
That was great. I love Carbot's videos. They are almost always top tier.
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08-26-2021, 05:25 AMWilford111
I can't help but feel bad for WoW. Not just the players but the developers.
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08-26-2021, 10:27 AMNicodemus_Mercy
I loved that right after we saw the panning scene of scantily clad gals in suggestive poses, we saw scantily clad guys in the same suggestive poses! lol! :) Yay for parity!
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08-26-2021, 10:51 AMDrou
I have been subbed to his channel since the star crafts days. His content always manages to makes me laugh. Plus this is not his first branch off from a blizzard game. If you look on the channels playlists page. He has a playlist (4 videos) on Black Desert Online.
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08-26-2021, 11:21 AMDarthgummibear
That video was pretty spot-on. Always liked his work.
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09-05-2021, 04:33 AMLarirawiel
There is a new Carbot video:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qxz3h6uaPuU
:)
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09-05-2021, 06:05 AMKranel_SanI don't know why, but I guess I'm one of the few ( If others exist ) ex WoW players who didn't skip any early quests, didn't complain about the texts, and read all the tutorial tips and pop-ups at a slow pace. It feels weird...Quote:
Originally Posted by Larirawiel
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09-05-2021, 06:15 AMLarirawielSame here. I am an ex WoW player and I read every quest text without any exception. :) But in the video there is a lot of truth especially the movement tutorial thing and the invisible walls. :)Quote:
Originally Posted by Kranel_San
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09-05-2021, 08:13 AMForteNightshadeLook up the "Cosby Suite" and ask yourself if you still feel bad for the developers.Quote:
Originally Posted by Wilford111
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09-05-2021, 09:14 AMVahlnirTo be fair that was mostly the development leadership amongst a circle of closely guarded friends. But that doesn't excuse any of it. It was disgusting behavior on their part regardless of their job positions. The simple fact that they protected each other for so long is why Blizzard is in the situation that they're in. I'm not one to blame the entire dev team for it, however. There's plenty of people, innocent people, being caught in the crossfire at the moment just because of who some of their supervisors or fellow co-workers are. Guilt by association, more or less. It's easier to blame the collective whole than individuals. There are a LOT of individuals to blame though, there's no mistaking that. And I'm sure even now that investigators have only just begun to scratch the surface of this debacle.Quote:
Originally Posted by ForteNightshade
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09-05-2021, 10:04 PMLarirawielThe "Cosby Suite" was a tiny fraction of the developers working for Blizzard. Blizzard has hundreds of developers. I would not blame them all. :)Quote:
Originally Posted by ForteNightshade
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09-05-2021, 10:08 PMDBriggs304
Eh...they all knew what was going on in the company.
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09-05-2021, 10:15 PMCaitlyn
Well, if you leave all past scandals aside, you have to choose between:
- Play the game with the personal relationship where you spent years and effort into it, but watching how it gets worse with each expansion and any patch makes your effort worthless. Yes PvP is great, but the community is toxic as hell. And the devs responds like: f*** u, pay us!
Or.
- Play the weeb game which is similiar to the game you loved but it gets better and better with each expansion and provide tons of content each 3-4 months. PvP is mindless, but at least the community is friendly and helpful (except mentors). And the devs work pretty hard over the years. -
09-06-2021, 12:48 AMGameoversCaitlyn gets a hug for truth.Quote:
Originally Posted by Caitlyn
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09-06-2021, 04:59 AMJojoyaPlenty of former WoW players are reading through everything and enjoying the slow pace. Not every WoW player was a GO-GO-GO speed runner as much as the vocal edgelord community would like others to believe.Quote:
Originally Posted by Kranel_San
Most of the development team was not involved in that or the other incidents that have been revealed.Quote:
Originally Posted by ForteNightshade
So yes, I do feel bad for the low- and mid-level developers who were just trying to pursue their passion for creating games. They weren't in the position of being able to stop that behavior by others and many times were the victims of it.
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09-06-2021, 05:08 AMKyrjI don't. WoW is one of those games where even with the lawsuit they would've been fine....if their game was good. It is not. The devs did this, so they can have it.Quote:
Originally Posted by Wilford111
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09-06-2021, 05:39 AMAllegorThe video was literally me the first time I did the free trial, because I still had the 'WoW mentality', it was only years later that I tried again, but this time looked at the game with a different perspective - that XIV isn't "WoW 2" and I shouldn't expect it to be. I've been having a blast ever since.Quote:
Originally Posted by Kranel_San