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Final Fantasy XIV Has a New Starter Guide Video Tutorial Series Covering All the Basics | MMORPG.com

SystemSystem Member UncommonPosts: 12,599
edited August 2022 in News & Features Discussion

imageFinal Fantasy XIV Has a New Starter Guide Video Tutorial Series Covering All the Basics | MMORPG.com

If you haven't set foot in Eorzea yet, Final Fantasy XIV has a new Starter Guide video tutorial series, introducing all of the basics to get you started and perhaps into the famous free trial.

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  • Whiteshade92Whiteshade92 Member UncommonPosts: 95
    What is this artstyle? Doesn't match with FFXIV.
    It's like they hire someone from Fiverr...
  • user298user298 Member UncommonPosts: 152
    It's kind of cute but a well-designed game shouldn't encourage people to watch YouTube videos, instead it should explain everything within the game itself, and FF14 still isn't doing a very good job in this regard.

    And yea, the art style is not very fitting. Would be better if they just used in-game character models for everything in these videos.
    Scot
  • TillerTiller Member LegendaryPosts: 11,485
    These are great for a quick introduction to the game for a new player.
    SWG Bloodfin vet
    Elder Jedi/Elder Bounty Hunter
     
  • skeaserskeaser Member RarePosts: 4,205

    user298 said:

    It's kind of cute but a well-designed game shouldn't encourage people to watch YouTube videos, instead it should explain everything within the game itself, and FF14 still isn't doing a very good job in this regard.



    And yea, the art style is not very fitting. Would be better if they just used in-game character models for everything in these videos.



    All this is explained in game as well. SqEnix seems to want to make REAL sure everyone has gotten the tutorial in game through pop-ups, the tutorial quest-chain for playing your class, and these videos.
    Sig so that badges don't eat my posts.


  • HyperpsycrowHyperpsycrow Member RarePosts: 954
    To play ffixivix what do i need to to buy ?
    Im confused over all these version i can buy.

    Also i see there is a trial




  • TillerTiller Member LegendaryPosts: 11,485
    To play ffixivix what do i need to to buy ?
    Im confused over all these version i can buy.

    Also i see there is a trial

    Play the trial first.

    If you like the game buy the Complete Edition if you want all expansions to now (Heavensward, Stormblood, Shadowbringers, and Endwalker).

    The Starter Edition includes the first expansion (Heavensward).


    SWG Bloodfin vet
    Elder Jedi/Elder Bounty Hunter
     
  • HyperpsycrowHyperpsycrow Member RarePosts: 954
    Im trying hard to register for a free trial account..they should make a guide for that also cuz its more easy to hack in to pentagon than creating a shitty free account !!

    I created a new account and was sent of to a google authenticator site since i cant use ther own app cuz i dident buy the damm game yet.

    Then i installed the damm game and it asked me for my game ID and password and a one time passowrd. I typed all the ID and codes correctly and it says my password is invallid....God game FF !!  More like F for FAILING LOLOLOL !!!!




  • user298user298 Member UncommonPosts: 152
    edited August 2022

    skeaser said:



    user298 said:


    It's kind of cute but a well-designed game shouldn't encourage people to watch YouTube videos, instead it should explain everything within the game itself, and FF14 still isn't doing a very good job in this regard.





    And yea, the art style is not very fitting. Would be better if they just used in-game character models for everything in these videos.






    All this is explained in game as well.



    No. Many of the things, including stuff that was shown in videos, is not explained well in game, requiring people to Google stuff or ask people in Discord or discover things because someone in game pointed it out. I still meet new players who don't even know that they can finish Hall of Novice quests (which should be mandatory for every new player) to get a decent gear set before doing their first dungeon, or that they're supposed to equip a new job stone (something that should be mandatory) for their GLA/THM/LNC/CNJ once they reach lvl30 and do special quest to upgrade their class.

    Some players still don't know all the cool stuff (new instances/stories/rewards/locations) you can potentially unlock by doing "blue" quests and so they skip them thinking "these are just like regular fluff quests" until they start unlocking flying. They also don't know that some unique FATEs do not appear on map (until you're next to them) and do not spawn every day and these unique FATEs give out unique cosmetic rewards not obtainable through other means. Or that they can save a lot of in-game currency when using fast travel if they can do things like buy Aetheryte Tickets using different kinds of in-game currency (Allied Seals/Centurio Seals). Or that "travel speed" upgrades you buy with Seals only affect ground speed of the mount and do NOT affect flying speed of the mount. And many other things that players do not know because this game is TERRIBLE at explaining stuff through in-game help/text. And instead of useless videos like these (something that many new players won't even bother watching because they won't be even aware that these exist) it would be much better if the developers improved the in-game help.
  • Asm0deusAsm0deus Member EpicPosts: 4,618
    Hyperpsycrow said:
    Im trying hard to register for a free trial account..they should make a guide for that also cuz its more easy to hack in to pentagon than creating a shitty free account !!

    I created a new account and was sent of to a google authenticator site since i cant use ther own app cuz i dident buy the damm game yet.

    Then i installed the damm game and it asked me for my game ID and password and a one time passowrd. I typed all the ID and codes correctly and it says my password is invallid....God game FF !!  More like F for FAILING LOLOLOL !!!!

    They have the shittiest sytem/account registration ever.  Whats even funnier is older original players like myself that have A realm reborn can't try the trial. We would need to make a whole new seperate account etc.

     lol

    Brenics ~ Just to point out I do believe Chris Roberts is going down as the man who cheated backers and took down crowdfunding for gaming.





  • LTBKLTBK Member UncommonPosts: 91

    Whiteshade92 said:

    What is this artstyle? Doesn't match with FFXIV.

    It's like they hire someone from Fiverr...



    It's made by the Western branch and only for the Western audience. I don't think that it fits the original artwork either, but it's not the first time that something like that has been done on the Western side of the game. And I'll stop giving my opinion there.
  • LTBKLTBK Member UncommonPosts: 91
    edited August 2022

    user298 said:



    skeaser said:





    user298 said:



    It's kind of cute but a well-designed game shouldn't encourage people to watch YouTube videos, instead it should explain everything within the game itself, and FF14 still isn't doing a very good job in this regard.







    And yea, the art style is not very fitting. Would be better if they just used in-game character models for everything in these videos.









    All this is explained in game as well.






    No. Many of the things, including stuff that was shown in videos, is not explained well in game, requiring people to Google stuff or ask people in Discord or discover things because someone in game pointed it out. I still meet new players who don't even know that they can finish Hall of Novice quests (which should be mandatory for every new player) to get a decent gear set before doing their first dungeon, or that they're supposed to equip a new job stone (something that should be mandatory) for their GLA/THM/LNC/CNJ once they reach lvl30 and do special quest to upgrade their class.



    Some players still don't know all the cool stuff (new instances/stories/rewards/locations) you can potentially unlock by doing "blue" quests and so they skip them thinking "these are just like regular fluff quests" until they start unlocking flying. They also don't know that some unique FATEs do not appear on map (until you're next to them) and do not spawn every day and these unique FATEs give out unique cosmetic rewards not obtainable through other means. Or that they can save a lot of in-game currency when using fast travel if they can do things like buy Aetheryte Tickets using different kinds of in-game currency (Allied Seals/Centurio Seals). Or that "travel speed" upgrades you buy with Seals only affect ground speed of the mount and do NOT affect flying speed of the mount. And many other things that players do not know because this game is TERRIBLE at explaining stuff through in-game help/text. And instead of useless videos like these (something that many new players won't even bother watching because they won't be even aware that these exist) it would be much better if the developers improved the in-game help.



    To be fair, all that is actually explained in the game, including the gear rewards. It's just a case of players not reading properly what the game is telling them. i know that some people get tired of reading text and just skip parts of it or "read" it fast, but in that case it's not the game's fault that they don't know stuff later on. As I said earlier, notice how these videos are exclusive for the Western playerbase. It should tell people something, because the japanese players aren't demigods that know everything without being taught.
  • TillerTiller Member LegendaryPosts: 11,485
    LTBK said:

    user298 said:



    skeaser said:





    user298 said:



    It's kind of cute but a well-designed game shouldn't encourage people to watch YouTube videos, instead it should explain everything within the game itself, and FF14 still isn't doing a very good job in this regard.







    And yea, the art style is not very fitting. Would be better if they just used in-game character models for everything in these videos.









    All this is explained in game as well.






    No. Many of the things, including stuff that was shown in videos, is not explained well in game, requiring people to Google stuff or ask people in Discord or discover things because someone in game pointed it out. I still meet new players who don't even know that they can finish Hall of Novice quests (which should be mandatory for every new player) to get a decent gear set before doing their first dungeon, or that they're supposed to equip a new job stone (something that should be mandatory) for their GLA/THM/LNC/CNJ once they reach lvl30 and do special quest to upgrade their class.



    Some players still don't know all the cool stuff (new instances/stories/rewards/locations) you can potentially unlock by doing "blue" quests and so they skip them thinking "these are just like regular fluff quests" until they start unlocking flying. They also don't know that some unique FATEs do not appear on map (until you're next to them) and do not spawn every day and these unique FATEs give out unique cosmetic rewards not obtainable through other means. Or that they can save a lot of in-game currency when using fast travel if they can do things like buy Aetheryte Tickets using different kinds of in-game currency (Allied Seals/Centurio Seals). Or that "travel speed" upgrades you buy with Seals only affect ground speed of the mount and do NOT affect flying speed of the mount. And many other things that players do not know because this game is TERRIBLE at explaining stuff through in-game help/text. And instead of useless videos like these (something that many new players won't even bother watching because they won't be even aware that these exist) it would be much better if the developers improved the in-game help.



    To be fair, all that is actually explained in the game, including the gear rewards. It's just a case of players not reading properly what the game is telling them. i know that some people get tired of reading text and just skip parts of it or "read" it fast, but in that case it's not the game's fault that they don't know stuff later on. As I said earlier, notice how these videos are exclusive for the Western playerbase. It should tell people something, because the japanese players aren't demigods that know everything without being taught.



    Honestly I feel this video series was put together to introduce people who may have never played an MMO and or FF. If I wanted to get someone I knew into the game I would tell them to watch these videos as short concise intro to the game.
    SWG Bloodfin vet
    Elder Jedi/Elder Bounty Hunter
     
  • LTBKLTBK Member UncommonPosts: 91
    edited August 2022

    Tiller said:


    LTBK said:



    user298 said:





    skeaser said:







    user298 said:




    It's kind of cute but a well-designed game shouldn't encourage people to watch YouTube videos, instead it should explain everything within the game itself, and FF14 still isn't doing a very good job in this regard.









    And yea, the art style is not very fitting. Would be better if they just used in-game character models for everything in these videos.












    All this is explained in game as well.









    No. Many of the things, including stuff that was shown in videos, is not explained well in game, requiring people to Google stuff or ask people in Discord or discover things because someone in game pointed it out. I still meet new players who don't even know that they can finish Hall of Novice quests (which should be mandatory for every new player) to get a decent gear set before doing their first dungeon, or that they're supposed to equip a new job stone (something that should be mandatory) for their GLA/THM/LNC/CNJ once they reach lvl30 and do special quest to upgrade their class.





    Some players still don't know all the cool stuff (new instances/stories/rewards/locations) you can potentially unlock by doing "blue" quests and so they skip them thinking "these are just like regular fluff quests" until they start unlocking flying. They also don't know that some unique FATEs do not appear on map (until you're next to them) and do not spawn every day and these unique FATEs give out unique cosmetic rewards not obtainable through other means. Or that they can save a lot of in-game currency when using fast travel if they can do things like buy Aetheryte Tickets using different kinds of in-game currency (Allied Seals/Centurio Seals). Or that "travel speed" upgrades you buy with Seals only affect ground speed of the mount and do NOT affect flying speed of the mount. And many other things that players do not know because this game is TERRIBLE at explaining stuff through in-game help/text. And instead of useless videos like these (something that many new players won't even bother watching because they won't be even aware that these exist) it would be much better if the developers improved the in-game help.






    To be fair, all that is actually explained in the game, including the gear rewards. It's just a case of players not reading properly what the game is telling them. i know that some people get tired of reading text and just skip parts of it or "read" it fast, but in that case it's not the game's fault that they don't know stuff later on. As I said earlier, notice how these videos are exclusive for the Western playerbase. It should tell people something, because the japanese players aren't demigods that know everything without being taught.





    Honestly I feel this video series was put together to introduce people who may have never played an MMO and or FF. If I wanted to get someone I knew into the game I would tell them to watch these videos as short concise intro to the game.



    I'm not saying that the videos can't be helpful. My point is that the game is the same for everyone (well, except for China and Korea), yet these videos are directed only to players hailing from the west. Resources were allocated into making them only for a certain part of the playerbase, so they must have seen an issue existing only on players with such background. And if the game is the same, it's easy to tell that that's not where the fault lies in regards to a lack of information.
  • JakobmillerJakobmiller Member RarePosts: 694
    I thought it was cute. Sure, art style doesn't match, but it was informative and funny.
  • JudgeUKJudgeUK Member RarePosts: 1,701
    edited August 2022
    We've had so many new members asking lots of 'how to do this?' questions that my fc made a new-member-info section in our discord, full of new player guides.
    This will definitely help.
    Post edited by JudgeUK on
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