Board 8 > Article: How I played FF14 wrong and wasted 400+ hours

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SHINE_GET_64
07/17/23 1:53:45 PM
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https://noisypixel.net/how-i-played-final-fantasy-xiv-wrong-400-hours/

he probably shouldn't have played it wrong

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Leonhart4
07/17/23 2:00:33 PM
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This is why I can't risk playing FFXIV

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Xiahou_Shake
07/17/23 2:00:56 PM
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This also led to me not learning you could even change Jobs for the entire 400+ hour duration I played FFXIV.
Man what the fuck

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TheManaSword
07/17/23 2:05:54 PM
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> wants to play game purely for the story
> does not pay attention to the story at all

ok

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KamikazePotato
07/17/23 2:08:10 PM
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Xiahou_Shake posted...
Man what the fuck


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Solioxrz362
07/17/23 2:10:17 PM
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What a weird article lmao

"I started an MMO even though I don't like multiplayer games, dropped a ridiculous amount of time into it, never really learned how to play it properly, and now I hate the game. Just wanted to tell everyone!"

Cool story bro

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masterplum
07/17/23 2:13:25 PM
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Solioxrz362 posted...
What a weird article lmao

"I started an MMO even though I don't like multiplayer games, dropped a ridiculous amount of time into it, never really learned how to play it properly, and now I hate the game. Just wanted to tell everyone!"

Cool story bro

Reminds me of everyone who loudly complains how unfun it is to get every korok seed in Zelda.

How about you dont do something so unfun then?

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mnk
07/17/23 2:14:10 PM
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How did they put 400 hours in if they beelined the main story and did barely any side content and didn't change jobs? And then also somehow didn't absorb any of the main story.

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UshiromiyaEva
07/17/23 2:15:31 PM
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This article reads like an AI wrote it.

Not due to the actual events or statements, I mean the repetitive nature of the verbage and actual sentance structure, as well as how it keeps alluding to stuff without ever clarifying, feels AI generated via prompts.

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masterplum
07/17/23 2:17:24 PM
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Because of all of this, seeing Final Fantasy XIV tends to cause negativity to resurface. The only way I can see myself ever trying FFXIV again is if it were to receive a completely offline single-player version.

This has to be a troll. 400 hours is his worst ever gameplay experience

BUT HE WOULD TOTALLY DO IT AGAIN IF IT WAS JUST OFFLINE

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mnk
07/17/23 2:21:24 PM
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UshiromiyaEva posted...
This article reads like an AI wrote it.

Not due to the actual events or statements, I mean the repetitivenature of the verbage and actual sentance structure, as well as how it keeps alluding to stuff without ever clarifying, feels AI generated via prompts.

This would make sense.

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Solioxrz362
07/17/23 2:21:47 PM
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So, if you start up FFXIV and end up liking it, thats fantastic, though if youre more similar to me and realize youre absolutely miserable over 100 hours in, then stop.

like, no shit sherlock lol.

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-hotdogturtle--
07/17/23 2:36:13 PM
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UshiromiyaEva posted...
This article reads like an AI wrote it.

Not due to the actual events or statements, I mean the repetitive nature of the verbage and actual sentance structure, as well as how it keeps alluding to stuff without ever clarifying, feels AI generated via prompts.
On the other hand, this is such a stupid premise that it is only believable coming from the mouth of an online video game journalist.

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colliding
07/17/23 3:01:46 PM
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is this better or worse than playing FF14 the right way and wasting 400+ hours?

but yeah they should've quit after ARR

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Dels
07/17/23 3:11:48 PM
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But Ive always heard that FFXIV could be played entirely solo; this quite understandably intrigued me. I, of course, had a difficult time believing it, though I was constantly told how this was the case. If I had to attach a percentage, Id say around 97-98% of the people I asked said that complete solo play was possible, so I was inclined to believe that crowd.

I just straight-up don't believe them on this. Every single time I've seen someone ask how solo-able FFXIV is, the answer is "It's basically a single-player JRPG/visual novel but you do sometimes have to zone in to dungeons/bosses with other players". No one ever leaves out that second part, certainly not 97% of people.
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Dels
07/17/23 3:13:49 PM
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The only reason I became an Arcanist was because that happened to be the first Job quest I selected.

This part is also kind of sus. You don't get your first job by randomly stumbling into your first job quest - you pick it on character creation. But maybe they've just forgotten since it was 3 years and 400 hours ago.
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th3l3fty
07/17/23 3:17:26 PM
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SHINE_GET_64 posted...
noisypixel

found the problem

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paperwarior
07/17/23 3:17:50 PM
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-hotdogturtle-- posted...
On the other hand, this is such a stupid premise that it is only believable coming from the mouth of an online video game journalist.
I have a theory: the concept was devised by the author to make people mad and generate clicks, and to save work they had text generated by AI.

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swirIdude
07/17/23 3:25:41 PM
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There's a few sites using very wordy articles to get higher on Google search results, so this could be an example of that and not even using AI at all.

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-hotdogturtle--
07/17/23 3:49:07 PM
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paperwarior posted...
I have a theory: the concept was devised by the author to make people mad and generate clicks, and to save work they had text generated by AI.
That would still mean that it didn't actually happen.

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UshiromiyaEva
07/17/23 3:52:25 PM
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-hotdogturtle-- posted...
That would still mean that it didn't actually happen.

I mean it is pretty odd that this article about an account that will supposedly no longer be used has no actual screenshots or character/player names whatsoever, and does not specifically mention a single specific event in the game.

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KamikazePotato
07/17/23 3:56:23 PM
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This may or may not have happened, but it wouldn't be shocking if it did. People are this stupid. They usually just don't out themselves so blatantly though lol

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Aecioo
07/17/23 4:19:04 PM
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UshiromiyaEva posted...
This article reads like an AI wrote it.

Not due to the actual events or statements, I mean the repetitive nature of the verbage and actual sentance structure, as well as how it keeps alluding to stuff without ever clarifying, feels AI generated via prompts.

Yeah I got a few paragraphs in before the "I'm getting ahead of myself/I'll get to that later" constantly made me start to wonder

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foolm0r0n
07/17/23 4:34:19 PM
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Couldn't he just go to the area 5-10 levels before and grind a bit to get decent armor and job exp for a few hours? I can't imagine you can ruin your whole character permanently just by playing poorly.

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paperwarior
07/17/23 4:36:42 PM
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There is such a thing as bad writing, and the people who write clickbait articles probably aren't world-class talents. I was also thinking that 400 hours into an MMO the author hated would be difficult for a professional writer, but these articles are sourced from anyone willing to freelance for a quick buck now.

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KamikazePotato
07/17/23 4:38:42 PM
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foolm0r0n posted...
Couldn't he just go to the area 5-10 levels before and grind a bit to get decent armor and job exp for a few hours? I can't imagine you can ruin your whole character permanently just by playing poorly.
The game literally gives you good armor/weapons as free story mode rewards.

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Aecioo
07/17/23 4:39:34 PM
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paperwarior posted...
There is such a thing as bad writing, and the people who write clickbait articles probably aren't world-class talents. I was also thinking that 400 hours into an MMO the author hated would be difficult for a professional writer, but these articles are sourced from anyone willing to freelance for a quick buck now.

It's the editor in chief for the website

Have never checked out their site but this was enough for me to assume it's all garbage

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paperwarior
07/17/23 4:42:05 PM
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Yeesh, I can tell how they get their reputation, then.

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UshiromiyaEva
07/17/23 4:45:15 PM
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The way FFXIV works now, you can buy gear using a currency you get for playing the game normally that is the same level as the previous expansion's level cap, and can carry you through the entire following expansion. You don't have to actively starting working for *anything* until you've completely caught up with the game. Also unlike other MMOs you aren't specing out your job/class in any way, the job is the job, same for everyone. Even down to your race choice, yeah there's TECHNICALLY a difference, but to even call it infinitesimal is a gross exaggeration, (I don't even know if it's still in the game?). The only time anybody ever tries to utilize race selection for game mechanics is picking Lalafells to make jumping puzzles easier to postion yourself for.

It is quite literally impossible to "mess up your character", it's not how the game works.

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KamikazePotato
07/17/23 4:49:30 PM
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To give a different-genre analogue, this article is like if someone played DMC5 for 50 hour and said they didn't enjoy it. Then they complain that the combat got repetitive. Then they reveal they never knew they could buy new combat abilities. And also this version of DMC5 occasionally asks you if you'd like to buy new abilities, and they always ignored it.

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