Final Fantasy XIV Hot Takes

[LittleChickenNugget]

New hot take:
No one offends each other faster than raiders and non-raiders saying the tiniest peep against each other.

[Ramesses]

Of the compositions that I actually listen to outside of the game, those are basically ARR and 1.0 reuse such as Answer. Or they are from HW.

And nothing from Shadowbringers?

Or did you skip through the whole expansion?

[Raoabolic]

The last stretch of EW was weak because all emotional pull is rendered null because of the established macguffin.

+1
EW's ending was VERY weak compared to the end of ShB. I hope by 6.5 I do a 180 on my take but I really don't expect it, that said I would rather be pleasantly surprised than right.

[Fyrebrand]

We don't need more classes or races.

I always like to see new jobs, but I think new races in a game where you're expected to only play one character is a complete waste of time. That goes double, now that we've seen how those new races get rolled out with only one gender at a time and problems with headwear.

[Conundrum]

+1
EW's ending was VERY weak compared to the end of ShB. I hope by 6.5 I do a 180 on my take but I really don't expect it, that said I would rather be pleasantly surprised than right.

EW just felt like endless fanservice, if you stripped it out the expansion is empty...that doesn't even count the retcons and pulling bird girl out of their @$$. It also reiterated how they're afraid to kill any characters that matter. I'm taking an alt through the MSQ, and it's just driving home how many times major characters should have died but somehow completely recovered.

[Zanarkand-Ronso]

Only hot take I can think of is if one doesn't like something, move on from it.

It'll be alright without you.
Really.

WHOA WHOA WHOA.......this IS a Hot Take.
Put on some Mittens man, before you Burn Yourself.

We don't need more classes

I agree
Job Balance has been bad and it will only get worse with More Jobs to Balance

We don't need more Races.

LIES
We Need Bangaa, at least 1 more Playable Beast Race to add more Options and Fanservice since we got Viera.
We should get Ivalician Moogles for another Short Race Option so the Lalafell arn't all Alone.
And Sure why not, update & add in Lupin, because Im sure people would love to be a Battle Puppy....and its weird we didnt get them instead of Hrothgar (I still love them but still)

[Raoabolic]

EW just felt like endless fanservice, if you stripped it out the expansion is empty...that doesn't even count the retcons and pulling bird girl out of their @$$. It also reiterated how they're afraid to kill any characters that matter. I'm taking an alt through the MSQ, and it's just driving home how many times major characters should have died but somehow completely recovered.

My biggest issue is the writing.

EW SPOILERS





The entire first two acts felt like they were trying to tell a story emphasizing the fact that everything is finite and to enjoy/make the most of your life only for the finale to throw all that out the window and go full shonen jump. I like a good shonen/hero story but don't set it up as something serious only to go full anime tropes like that. It seriously felt like the writers wrote themselves into a corner at the end. The bird girl could have even worked but it felt like a missed opportunity in general. At least we got Flow and P4's theme. Those sounded pretty sweet.

[Kolsykol]

No one cares if you play a Female Roegadyn or Elezen, you're not special ( 99% of Femroes use the identical face too lol ).
Some people act like it's some great accomplishment or something and like it makes them better than others.
I've played both and what I started as and have played the most of is Female Highlander which is also one of the least played too.
I didn't play any of these to pretend like I am special I played them because I liked them it's no different than someone playing a Miqo'te because they like them you're literally doing the exact same thing.
Having an unusual preference doesn't make you deserving of a medal.

I am obviosuly talking about a certain vocal group of people, but I've experienced it ingame too not just on the Forums, Reddit and Twitter.
Whenever I've played any of these I've had usually people who also play them fetishize my character and act like we're best buddies out of nowhere because we play the same race and gender combo.
It's kinda weird tbh.
People who act like they're superior to everyone who plays Miqo'te in particular because they're the most popular are just being kinda pathetic imagine putting that much value on what someone else plays in a video game.

Edit: It's also especially bizarre when part of acting superior about it is because they think negatively of Miqo'te or Viera in particular because they're '' sexy races '' but then they themselves fetishize the hell out of their Femroe.
It's like people who fetishize modest women and find it really sexy but then give people shit because they find skimpy clothes sexy.
Why tf are you acting superior for having a different sexual preference rofl? It's still a sexual preference it's quite literally the same thing just expressed differently.

[OhNooo]

StB was the best expansion for overall gameplay. Don’t @me

[Caurcas]

And nothing from Shadowbringers?

Or did you skip through the whole expansion?

After my initial playthrough, in game music was off 99% of the time.