Final Fantasy XIV Hot Takes

[fantasiaaddict]

I heartily agree. Aside from some of the race specific starting gear, there are precisely TWO and only TWO pieces that have high heels: the 2b boots and the Omega-F suit. Both of those badly distort the shape of the feet. Hmm, upon reflection, there might be a set of heels available from the Golden Saucer. Does anyone know if they are actually high heels and if so, do they avoid badly distorting the shape of the feet?

Agreed with your post, also, the Housemaid / Loyal Housemaid set and Bunny (+Chief) sets from Gold Saucer have heels, however, I wish we just had regular old high heels that are a solid black that we can dye any color. We almost had open-toed heels, but SE just had to screw them up with the ankle strap not connecting to the actual heel! (See Endless Summer Sandals. I don't even know how they messed that up.)

[Eraden]

Agreed with your post, also, the Housemaid / Loyal Housemaid set and Bunny (+Chief) sets from Gold Saucer have heels, however, I wish we just had regular old high heels that are a solid black that we can dye any color. We almost had open-toed heels, but SE just had to screw them up with the ankle strap not connecting to the actual heel! (See Endless Summer Sandals. I don't even know how they messed that up.)

Because of the unfortunate way in which the devs had decided to cut off feet at the ankles in terms of delineating apparel, I myself would prefer high heeled ankle boots that could be dyed. This way you could wear colored hosiery and not have to worry that it would only look like simple leggings. High heeled pumps would be nice too but they should come in two flavors. One that the shoe itself could be dyed and one with a "sock" that could be dyed to match the legs.

[Jirah]

Ff14 isn’t that good, story can only take a game so far and it’s only praised because of its very mild transparency with the player base and not being WOW.

I’d go as far as saying its very overrated, not helped by influencers

[fantasiaaddict]

I’d go as far as saying its very overrated, not helped by influencers

Louder for the people in the back. So glad someone brought this up.

FF14 is a very overrated game, but just because it's overrated doesn't mean it's a bad game, it does have some faults, but it relatively is a good game overall. I always found FF14 Youtubers and Influencers to be really cringe. They're always one of three things, a over-dramatic and try-hard raider who has nothing better to do in their life, a bootlicker who only talk about the good parts of the game, or they have nothing to do besides degrade the game to its absolute limits.

Adding on to this, I feel like a lot of parts that are meant to be emotional for the story are quickly ruined by how Youtubers will be so dramatic over them in my opinion. We get it, your favorite character died, you had your chance to cry, now please move on and don't make 5 videos dedicated to that character, thanks.

[Anhra]

I do got another take:

Wearing a full Armorset isn't Glamour.

Glamour is the effort of creating something new and unique with different pieces. Wearing a entire Set however, is like competing in the Masterchef Competition by preparing frozen Pizza bought from your local Supermarket.

[Vahlnir]

I do got another take:

Wearing a full Armorset isn't Glamour.

Glamour is the effort of creating something new and unique with different pieces. Wearing a entire Set however, is like competing in the Masterchef Competition by preparing frozen Pizza bought from your local Supermarket.

I can't say I agree with a full armor set not being glamour, but I too like to put together an outfit from various sources (ideally having each piece, even down to the accessories coming from a unique source) to make something more unique, even if it takes me a few minutes, hours or days. If I can't see the rings or bracelets, however, I usually don't bother. But if I can...same deal.

[Tsiron]

I do got another take:

Wearing a full Armorset isn't Glamour.

Glamour is the effort of creating something new and unique with different pieces. Wearing a entire Set however, is like competing in the Masterchef Competition by preparing frozen Pizza bought from your local Supermarket.

Agreed, and I'll take it even further, using more than one piece from the same set is cheating

[Absurdity]

I do got another take:

Wearing a full Armorset isn't Glamour.

Glamour is the effort of creating something new and unique with different pieces. Wearing a entire Set however, is like competing in the Masterchef Competition by preparing frozen Pizza bought from your local Supermarket.

I'd say it technically still counts as glamour since it's a set you glamour over whatever else you're wearing, it's just a very uncreative glamour.

And that really shouldn't be a hot take either, full armor sets are designed to look good together so of course it takes 0 effort to make it look good together.


As for my hot takes:
Shadowbringers is a vastly overrated expansion. Great story but mediocre everything else, basically the exact opposite of Stormblood.

Endwalker's plot turned into generic JRPG nonsense halfway through where you kill both god and then satan with the power of friendship, the stakes are also nonexistent because you know that none of your walking plotarmor companions are going to die.

[Lau298]

depends, im a tank with a passion for heavy armor, more armored looking pieces tend to mismatch easily with pieces of a different set,how dye affects it from the texture themselves, i have only a few glams with different pieces that i am personally satisfied with.

[Soge01]

It's okay to yell at people and kick them from your party when they don't want to learn and play their job right. I don't care if you pay a sub. When you put zero effort to read your tool tips and learn how to play the game then you should not be allowed to enjoy any content that involves other players because you are ruining their experience in game and not the other way around!