Final Fantasy XIV Hot Takes

[Silver-Strider]

Stormblood showed us picking a side... although we already have done that. Shadowbringers and Endwalker lean a lot into the anime tropes, beating enemies with the power of friendship and having enemies become friends. Somehow this makes people create memes about Stormblood being pro-war because killing a bunch of people and forgiving (mass) murderers like Zenos or bird girl is apparently a sane way of acting according to the playerbase at large.

100% I was ready to throw hands with Bird Girl on her introduction if only the game had given me that option.

[Karious]

I feel like the new 24 man downplays and trivializes the importance Loiusoix had, and almost mocks his character. "Oh, he summoned the twelve to try to save Eorzea? Well they weren't the real twelve lmao what a loser". Like wtf.

[VeyaAkemi]

I feel like the new 24 man downplays and trivializes the importance Loiusoix had, and almost mocks his character. "Oh, he summoned the twelve to try to save Eorzea? Well they weren't the real twelve lmao what a loser". Like wtf.

Didn't Gaius call this out as far back as ARR? to quote our man...

Are the "Twelve" otherwise engaged? I was given to understand they were your protectors. If you truly believe them your guardians, why do you not repeat the trick that served you so well at Carteneau, and call them down? They will answer--so long as you lavish them with crystals and gorge them on aether. Your gods are no different than those of the beasts--eikons every one.

He wasn't *fully* correct, as his belief was that the Twelve didn't exist at all and were merely fabrications of faith like any other Primal, but he was completely right that the Twelve Louis summoned were Primals, and this serve to highlight the racism and hypocrisy of Eorzea towards the Beast Tribes, Gaius would've been completely shallow as a character if he was wrong, so to me it was always clear that he was right on the money.

The raid series also doesn't paint Louis as a "loser" for "failing to summon the real Twelve" at all, quite the opposite, Azeyma considered this feat to be a representation of humanity's hope and faith due to how this allowed them to survive a Calamity.

[TheMightyMollusk]

Primals based on other beings have literally never been those beings. Shiva wasn't the original Saint Shiva, Thordan wasn't the original King Thordan. Why would the Twelve called by Louisoix be any different?

[Kyrj]

My hot take is if you're going to impose a strict no third-party tool rule, then get rid of dps checks on fights. How can I tell if I'm putting out the most dps that I can if I have no way of checking it?

[Mimilu]

I hate when you get to the point during Tribe Quests when you turn in 2-out-of-3 of your dailies and you rank up your reputation (I think it's usually Respected). You just wasted 30 points and you still have a daily to turn in after you complete the rank up quest. Why not instead of 990, make it 1200? You'd still complete it if you did all the turn-ins. (◎ヮ◎)

[BRVV]

I hate when you get to the point during Tribe Quests when you turn in 2-out-of-3 of your dailies and you rank up your reputation (I think it's usually Respected). You just wasted 30 points and you still have a daily to turn in after you complete the rank up quest. Why not instead of 990, make it 1200? You'd still complete it if you did all the turn-ins. (◎ヮ◎)

Can't you turn 2 in, do the quest, turn the third in (and accept 3 new ones if you're under rank 7)?

[Mimilu]

Can't you turn 2 in, do the quest, turn the third in (and accept 3 new ones if you're under rank 7)?

You can (which I do) but it just feels unsatisfying if that makes sense. Like, it doesn't line up. I know it's a small thing that most wouldn't notice but that's what hot takes are for. (ﾉ^ヮ^)ﾉ*:・ﾟ✧

[Jkap_Goat]

I hate Ystola, like I understand she's the poster girl for xiv, but so is shantotto and she wasn't around the WoL in FFXI all the time.

what I love about FFXI in every expansion is that you meet someone new, new people on your journey and when the expansion arc is over, they go their separate ways, you do sometimes see them in other expansion cutscenes but that's it


sorry Im tired of seeing the scions every damn expansion, especially Ystola and her dry character.

I also loved that the story in FFXI wasnt about ME!, it was about other characters, like you are important , the story tells you straight up but its the other characters like lilisette or Lady Iroha

[Jkap_Goat]

lilisette, i love her character and WOTG was my favorite storyline



arciela, story protagonist in Final Fantasy XI: Seekers of Adoulin



Lady iroha



also the great thing about the storyline in ffxi i wasn't getting praised for every single thing i do like in ffxiv, its very annoying