Final Fantasy XIV Hot Takes

[Raoabolic]

I demand Reverse Harem no Jutsu!

One of the seven dark arts that turns your target into a kissless virgin?! The Hokage sealed it for a reason!

[Soge01]

I demand Reverse Harem no Jutsu!

This. We need this! :O

[Fyrebrand]

I think the take most people have is that he wasn't riddled with moe anime tropes like G'raha was. He was a dork, but he was toned down. For justified reasons, if anything to keep the plot's tone.

He just evolved from "Serious FFX G'raha" to "Fun-Loving FFX-2 G'raha." Just without the twin handguns and booty shorts.

[BaconBits]

My main gripe is how boring the loot can be besides glamour. I think if you gave a skill system like where weapons or armor gave minor buffs, passives, or GCD's that would spice up not only the grind but also the battle system, which has its ups and downs.

Now i know this is virtually impossible to balance and implement but just little things like that would be cool. Like maybe even stat buffs for sets like how there are already some in the game. Maybe if you had all 5 pieces of some dungeon set you get NIN's huton duration increased max by 5 or 10. just small things like. or for Dragoon you have a 5% chance to replenish a jump. I know it may be stretching but i just think it give three things ( of course in my opinion)

1. more exciting combat
2. more exciting gear grind
3. a personal feeling your character is a tad different then the next Copy and Paste lvl 90 "insert class here" that you are.

Again i know this is TREMENDOUSLY hard to implement this late into the game. But it would take a B+/A- MMO to me to A++

I would immediately make a jump spam build for the sole purpose of spamming Je Suis Monte in chat.

[Raikai]

I don't know if this is a hot take or not because I've never seen anybody complain about it...

Savage raid loot system is awful, because it penalizes Party Finder casual raiders way too much, since you can only try to loot for your first clear for the week, and with a bunch of strangers, there's no loot distribution going around, so you can potentailly have a bad luck string of week after week only relying on pity books.

Idk how to mend this without impacting static groups though.

[Nononu]

Lalafells aren't kids. They neither look like nor act like children. The people who think so are the weird ones, and as a short adult who gets side-eyed for just living my life, I'll die on this hill. (Let's not even discuss the time I got told all the problems in the world, including my narcissistic egg donor hating me and my father dying of cancer, were all because I mained a Lalafell. GG, WP.)

The Fortemps are not good people. While Emmanellain certainly deserves the punch Thancred gives him, it's not cool his father does it, and yes, there is a difference. I don't even need to discuss how honestly creepy and bratty he is. And it's never addressed. You think he changes after the grand melee in Heavensward post-MSQ? Nah. He doesn't, despite all his big words.
Artoirel isn't any different from any other older noble son. Besides just being absolutely boring, he's insufferable - a brat just like his brother, just in a different way.
Edmont cheated on his wife and employs children. I don't respect or like him.
And I kind of find Haurchefant creepy as well.

I like all the expansions.

I like the side-quests. I like fetch quests and quests that do nothing but give you insight into a small, microscopic portion of the world.

I like Yda. I like Lyse.

¯\_(ツ)_/¯

Not here to JADE and I don't change my mind on subjective, non-consequential media-related opinions so you can quote me but I won't respond!

[Carin-Eri]

The "Little Sun" cutscene is very much overrated - it's not particuarly funny, not particuarly clever and served little purpose beyond giving the actually rather bland Y'Waifu another 'look how sassy she is' moment.

[TheMightyMollusk]

He just evolved from "Serious FFX G'raha" to "Fun-Loving FFX-2 G'raha." Just without the twin handguns and booty shorts.

More's the pity.

[Hoehenflug]

Feeling sorta spicy today:

1. Savage raiders that want to cripple RDM Raise are the same people that would have wanted Astro Cards to change. All needs to be the same for the sake of measly % and muh Drifting. It's why we can't have nice things in our Battle System.

Verraise has been fine for multiple expansions. Idc about Savage Raiding, I do care for Casual Content like Alliance Raids, Daily Roulettes and Exploration Content. Limit it in Savage Raids for all I care.

2. Summoner can have Multiraise as well. Summoner was the only one with Multiraise in TA1/TA2.

3. FF Tactics based sidecontent like Bozja makes for a more compelling story than MSQ. Lyon is more interesting than any of the Scions will ever be.

4. I don't get the deal with Estinien. He's unlikable und ugly.

5. Armor designers have been nailing it this expansion, I have to admit.

6. The fact we didn't get a variety of veils wearable by all classes this expansion is criminal, especially when so many NPCs are wearing them during cutscenes. Release the face veils!

7. Since they took TP and Threat away, it's okay for Ninja to be a selfish DPS instead of flat Buffslave with Support Tax. Take Mug away please and buff it to SAM levels. Ty.

8. SB is still the best expansion. Best music, best city, best glam, best gameplay, best story (very last time it was grounded and political, really).

9. HW was bad and there was nothing to do back then.

[Midareyukki]

He just evolved from "Serious FFX G'raha" to "Fun-Loving FFX-2 G'raha." Just without the twin handguns and booty shorts.

And here's MY hot take.

I want that glam.

On Male Hrothgar.