Final Fantasy XIV Hot Takes

[Arkdra]

My hot take is that the majority of jobs are better now than they have been. RIP to healers and Dark Knights specifically but everything else is either better or maybe just slightly worse but not enough to be worth complaining about. Condolences to old smn mains though. I enjoy the new smn a fair bit and it's definitely my preferred caster now but I feel for the people who liked the old playstyle and then got something completely different.

[Shougun]

Oh I have one...


I like the PvP kits more than quite a few job's normal ones. Particularly because the job identity seems better played out in the gameplay.

[BRVV]

I don't know why people are hyped about Yawntrail and at this point i'm almost afraid to ask.

All we got was the basic stuff. 2 new jobs and the scions in the trailer... what is special about it? Same old, same old...

Yoshi even said the infamous claim that we need time to relax after WoL saved the universe. How long do we need? Wasn't this the excuse for Island Sanctuary? Will we stay at home for 8.0? Will we get into a nice retirement home and play bingo in 9.0? How much chill do you need in a VIDEOGAME???

[Jojoya]

I don't know why people are hyped about Yawntrail and at this point i'm almost afraid to ask.

All we got was the basic stuff. 2 new jobs and the scions in the trailer... what is special about it? Same old, same old...

Yoshi even said the infamous claim that we need time to relax after WoL saved the universe. How long do we need? Wasn't this the excuse for Island Sanctuary? Will we stay at home for 8.0? Will we get into a nice retirement home and play bingo in 9.0? How much chill do you need in a VIDEOGAME???

Did you stop to consider that most people are playing video games to chill out and destress from the other things they have going on in life?

There can still be things to do without everything having to tie into an end-of-the-universe-Calamity.

[EgilTheStressedMage]

Did you stop to consider that most people are playing video games to chill out and destress from the other things they have going on in life?

There can still be things to do without everything having to tie into an end-of-the-universe-Calamity.

Play Proteus or read a book if you want to chill out, the rest of us want to play a damn fun video game.

[BRVV]

Did you stop to consider that most people are playing video games to chill out and destress from the other things they have going on in life?

There can still be things to do without everything having to tie into an end-of-the-universe-Calamity.

Dorfromantik and turn based games and management games are all way more chill than FFXIV unless they want me to fall asleep during Dungeons which almost happened once. (Great healer design)

Idk why it has to be vacation mode. I never said it has to be "universe ending" edgelord stuff like EW. Typical fanboy answer from you

I wanna see G'raha munch into a big slice of chocolate cake. :3

I hate when the "joke" is just him biting excitingly. If however his face would be full of chocolate and he didn't realize it would at least add something.

[Absimiliard]

"The Scion beach episode" might be the dumbest idea for an expansion I've seen in a while, and I had a front row seat for Pandas and Pokemon.

[Aword3213]

I’m actually fine with animation lock

[Shurrikhan]

I’m actually fine with animation lock

Same. ...At least, conditionally.

Movement Lock:
For instance, I'd take fine trajectory-locks (wherein the direction of movement set when you actuate the skill will very briefly lock you into movement in that direction for the next finely-sliced 'step' of the animation) over nonsensical gliding animations (floor-sliding Stormbite, Venomous Bite, True Thrust, etc.), though it actually annoys me that I can't continue using WASD during the travel-time of most gap-closers in order to curve, shorten, or extend that gap-closer slightly, at least where the animation shows separate fine movements that would seem individually manipulable.

The Actually-Global Cooldown:
If you mean the <~0.6s + roundtrip_ping> period after using any action for which we can't activate any other action... also agreed on the 0.6s part, so that our skills don't ghost or convulse through their animations, also agreed, minus the being further penalized for our ping.