New #FFXIV video day! When I counted up every death in the game last video, there was one question that kept coming up:
How many people has the Warrior of Light killed?
...if I didn't run the numbers, you wouldn't have believed me.
youtu.be/l_dDrYuJS4k
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Aaaand it's new #FFXIV video day! I counted up all those deaths, so what were my takeaways from it all?
Well, I definitely noticed some interesting trends, particularly across different expansions. So let's talk about them and dissect just what they mean.
youtu.be/O3hia9rLIyw
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New #FFXIV video day! And it's time to ask the hard-hitting questions:
Who's the worst dad?
You know, in any other game this would be an easy question. But FFXIV's got like, a dozen competitors. SERIOUSLY overproviding on this field.
youtu.be/UqH-LXgHNpc
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New #FFXIV video day, and we're getting as political as FFXIV ever does.
This game loves writing world leaders making Big, Important Decisions for their people. But what does it like those politicians BEING, exactly? And how much of that is a good thing?
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youtu.be/6_X7wLlw_PU
New #FFXIV video day! 7.4 happened, so let's talk about all the big reveals, the MSQ's convoluted references to FFIX, the Arcadion going Full WCW...
...and why I don't think I like the patch?
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youtu.be/Js5AGlSKyzU
New #FFXIV (ish) video day! I sat down with @vivisangry.bsky.social, to talk about the best flavor wins (and losses) of the FF MtG set!
It turns out, some of these cards are MUCH better fits for their contents than you'd have ever thought.
youtu.be/MEqoltolfOc
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New #FFXIV video day! The Pilgrim's Traverse has a whole bunch of fun lore for people game enough to fight through the whole thing, so I did just that! Get ready for unanswerable philosophical debates, sabotender societies, and of course, weird body horror!
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youtu.be/qSc307Ml4fk
New FFXIV video day! Let's talk about that big reveal in 7.3, everything it could mean...
And all the reasons it's a terrible idea they shouldn't have done. And how even if there's good ways to take this, it might have already done the worst damage it could.
youtu.be/G49MkQpQkf8
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New FFXIV video day!
I'm done saving the world! Now that none of it is facing an apocalypse (this week), let's ask the next most obvious question: which one of FFXIV's many cities would be the best for me, a 2025 human being, to live in?
youtu.be/q36fyii7Osw
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New FFXIV video day! Patch 7.3 has happened, so let's talk about everything we learned, all the stuff that happened... and, somehow, a weird amount about 25 year old sidequests from an entirely different MMO!
youtu.be/8XHiHS70Q_0
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New FFXIV video day! I love Dawntrail, but let's talk about my biggest problem with it, that seriously hurts the whole story around it:
Gulool Ja Ja is just too unbelievably cool a dude.
Yes, I'm serious!
youtu.be/CNSsj4xcCd4
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New video day! Let's talk about characters that have been 'doomed by the narrative' of FFXIV's story.
Characters and groups forced down a specific path, not because the character or their fans would want it, but because sometimes, a good story needs sacrifice.
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youtu.be/VMPlfhoizKU
New video day! (Yes, again, so soon!) With the Occult Crescent being connected to the War of the Magi, we're gonna spend some time going full History Channel and brushing up on an old war!
Somehow, it involves Eureka.
youtu.be/2GteGe-PAPE
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New video day! As a FFXIV lore nerd who semi-recently got into Magic, I had to review the #FFxMtG FFXIV deck! Let's go through it all, and see what kind of flavor wins and losses we've got!
Fair warning, this one's unscripted, which is not normal for me!
youtu.be/pvM3fCdjC9I
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New video day! I decided to have some fun pursuing a very silly question: what's the most impressive win the Warrior of Light's had? The Biggest Deal Thing we've ever beaten, both in power and reputation?
And then I made it a tier list, because those are fun!
youtu.be/jJPZGifFZPE
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New video day! 7.2 was a real good patch, so let's talk about my new favorite villain, the quietly disappointing character choices in the Arcadion, and the weird amount of times we went 'this is a trap, but we'll walk into it anyway'!
#ffxivlorevids
youtu.be/PBGY7lqwjpQ
New video day! We're talking about the Passage of the Unbound: a group that includes, potentially, the dumbest people we've ever met. (Yes, including Hildibrand.)
But there's more going on than just that, so let's talk about it!
youtu.be/Unx03YFXbaw
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New video day! Over the years FFXIV's had a good few protagonists, all finding different ways to fill the same very specific story role. So what is that role, exactly, what does it ask for? And who was the BEST at it?
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youtu.be/NBq4DSrDC2Q
New video day! Today, rather than talk about one thing, we're talking a whole grab bag: let's correct the record on a bunch of common FFXIV lore misconceptions you hear from various parts of the fanbase!
youtu.be/8J6_ii7r38U
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New video day! I I went over all of #FFXIV patch 7.1, going over all my thoughts about it and observations from it! Usually the first patch is a lightweight one, but this one decided to hit REALLY HARD.
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youtu.be/mESkdMQRUt8
And to cap off this catchup, the last 'proper' video that wasn't already posted here: a weird thought exercise about how FFXIV characters would play out both in writing an fan response if they were the opposite binary gender. It makes sense, I promise! #ffxivlorevids
www.youtube.com/watch?v=jE0e...
How did Bakool Ja Ja become a big hit? Nobody could've seen it coming! ...but in retrospect we really should have, he is EXACTLY the FFXIV fanbase's type. #ffxivlorevids
www.youtube.com/watch?v=62Ex...
With Dawntrail I've been entirely doing story-focused videos, and I've been loving it; Dawntrail's story is great, and while the lore's getting settled it's a lot of fun to explore how it's written.
Here's one about how Zoraal Ja's underappreciated. #ffxivlorevids
www.youtube.com/watch?v=xFhr...
And then I made a video all about the Ancients' weird fucking lore, because damn does it get funky. And weirdly quiet at times.
This is a society with no clear interest in art, that has an art portfolio in their government. What does Altima even DO? #ffxivlorevids
www.youtube.com/watch?v=ofbx...
At the end of Endwalker, I wanted to do videos on a subject Dawntrail wouldn't touch. Because that worked so well with PotD in Shadowbringers!
Fortunately this time it worked: the Ancients, long dead, didn't come back. But what do we do with them now? #ffxivlorevids
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Oql_...
I don't like Hildibrand, and play his stories begrudgingly because sometimes we learn Lore Facts from them.
But in Endwalker, they told a joke so good that I felt compelled to highlight and explain it. ...because it's a joke aimed at lore dorks. #ffxivlorevids
www.youtube.com/watch?v=DCj3...
Once the Twelve raids were wrapped up, it was only proper to, finally, cover them in as much exhaustive detail as possible.
Fun fact: Althyk has exactly one known follower, in the entire game. Not one group; one guy. #ffxivlorevids
www.youtube.com/watch?v=D1Z3...
And the person who writes fish lore said their favorite is Ultima Thule, so it only felt right to point the camera there for a showcase of every bit of fish lore in the entire zone!
Content warning for 'pictures of gross fish'. You'll understand. #ffxivlorevids
www.youtube.com/watch?v=RoHm...
EUREKA! Again!
Eureka Orthos, which wasn't out yet at the time of the last Eureka video, had way more lore than a deep dungeon usually does, to the point where I was the first person documenting some of it. #ffxivlorevids
It has ARR relic weapon lore. Somehow.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=DtTu...
WHen talking about a particular body of work as much as I (and a lot of FFXIV's fanbase) does, it's worth exploring not just what got made, but how. So I made a whole video on the FFXIV writing process, as much as it's been explained to us over time! #ffxivlorevids
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yk6p...
