Was my entire childhood a lie? FF XIV

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u/stratusnco Dec 08 '24

a real ff fan lets others enjoy the franchise without being gatekeepers.

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u/Air_92 Dec 08 '24

Big true, don't let yourself be put down by anybody.

Chances are their life a so miserable they feel the need to validate themself to the detriment of others.

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u/rook119 Dec 08 '24

the guy is wrong anyway. a real FF fan loves FF6 and hates everything else

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u/SuperStealthOTL Dec 08 '24

A real fan of anything hates that thing more than anyone else.

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u/Esperagon Dec 08 '24

Checks out. Big Kingdom Hearts fan, know all the lore and can explain 90% of it to a willing listener.

I also consistently acknowledge said lore is stupid as shit.

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u/WaitAZechond Dec 08 '24

90% lol As someone who has played them all, this comment is the most accurate thing I’ve read all day.

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u/Esperagon Dec 09 '24

They keep changing the time travel rules so I dont know how its supposed to work.

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u/Mean-Government-2381 Dec 08 '24

Kingdom Hearts fanbase is one of the sweetest.

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u/Rayseph_Ortegus Dec 08 '24

No matter how tempered my view of the other games in the series, this is how I feel deep down.

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u/DrumcanSmith Dec 09 '24

I don't hate everything else, but I can confirm FF6 is Best FF.

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u/Diabolikal_Slug Dec 09 '24

Real

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u/Darkwing__Schmuck Dec 09 '24

It's funny, 'cause this was pretty much the sentiment from a bunch of fans who are now in the 40-50 age group.

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u/rook119 Dec 09 '24

I'm in this age group :)

Fav is FF7 remake (starting rebrith now)

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u/EvaUnit_03 Dec 08 '24

They play an MMO. Of course they are miserable. I've never met a happy mmo player who life's the game.

And I say that as someone who played WoW for 6 years. Worst 5.5 years of my life. It was only bearable due to friends. And as they left, it got progressively worse.

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u/IceMaiden2 Dec 08 '24

I mean, we should just let people enjoy playing what they like to play without resorting to gatekeeping or, in your case, calling them miserable. I'm sorry your experience with WoW was like this, but I genuinely love playing XIV (as well as other FF's) and I'm a pretty happy person, more or less.

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u/Air_92 Dec 08 '24

I can only speak for myself and i put my 1000ish hours in FFXIV and it was the most relaxing, pleasurable gaming experience in my recent years. Waiting for a severe price drop so i can try Dawntrail.

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u/Garth_Vaderr Dec 08 '24

This is nothing as far as gatekeeping goes. I still don't think I've seen any community with more gatekeeping than metalheads.

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u/Simian042 Dec 08 '24

You're right about metalheads, but the comic book fandom comes really close.

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u/Garth_Vaderr Dec 08 '24

Plus those two fandoms have a ton of overlap.

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u/jenpyon Dec 08 '24

FFXIV is amazing and is a worthy FF title in its own right. Of course toxic people exist on there, my experience of it over the last 8 years has been 99% positive and wholesome.

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u/Alveia Dec 08 '24

I play WoW and XIV casually and am plenty happy. Just like everything else in life, moderation is key.

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u/EvaUnit_03 Dec 08 '24

You mean you didn't play it for 8 hours a day??? Filthy casual.

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u/Alveia Dec 08 '24

Yes, I said I played casually. XIV especially is very well setup to respect your time as a casual player.

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u/ktrad91 Dec 08 '24

Nah mate absolutely love my time in XI and XIV over 1000h in XIV alone. They're fantastic games that definitely aren't for everyone. Also enjoy the rest of the series except for II wasn't a fan and have yet to play V though it's on my list

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u/spoinkable Dec 08 '24 edited Dec 08 '24

I hope you don't get downvoted into oblivion.

Anyway, if you've never played XIV, even the endgame raiders only have a few weekly goals that amount to a few hours total. And those are just to get super-duper iLevel gear! You don't need to even touch that gear to get access to new content. I remember having to practically treat WoW like a second job just so I could keep up when new stuff dropped.

There are lots of these endgame-grinding players who make alts specifically so they can play more frequently because the game purposely doesn't reward that style of play. What it does reward is fucking around with your island sanctuary for glams and mounts, crafting and gathering for gil (which you already earn more than enough of), finding Treasure Maps for glams and mounts, grinding one fight for its glam and/or mount... just lots of purely optional content.

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u/whiskinggames Dec 08 '24

Been playing XIV the past few months. My days are genuinely happier. Going through the story is like unwrapping gifts after gifts.