Joey Begs Garnt NOT to Play Final Fantasy XIV Online 

The best part about FFXIV is that it's a game that respects your time. It doesn't punish you for not playing, and you can leave for months and come back without missing a beat. That said, I've played it for 8 years. 😀 Join us. 😀

Here to see Connor saying, "I'll never play FFXIV"

Joey proving the saying: You either quit in ARR or become a walking advertisement to FF14

Joey: "Garnt plz dont get into a MMO game especially FFXIV." Also Joey: *Gets into another gacha game again*

FFXIV is unlike other MMOs in that it's an RPG and story first, MMO second. And that story is amazing - possibly my favourite of all time. It's worth playing for the story alone.

Joey seems like the person that easily gets addicted to something.

I logged on Twitter for the first time in two months and the first thing I saw was a tweet from Garnt saying something about: "I like Final Fantasy XIV." Joey must feel like a misguided parent about now.

This didn't age well from Garn't most recent tweet.

ffxiv is one of the few games I've finished in years... and it's technically five games in one. I started playing last August, and finished Shadowbringers the day Endwalker released. EW is more than just a game to me now, it actually helped me cope with real life anxieties... particularly about losing my hubby. I often think I probably won't be able to go on without him, but I would probably play through EW again to hopefully find a way to cope with it, it's main theme is what makes life worth living when it seems like all hope is lost? It goes through all the philosophies that have been debated for the meaning of life. It also made me cry... a lot.

Y'shtola is going to ruin the poor boy

Where are now? FFXIV liking Garnts' tweet that he likes FFXIV, and Joey being as disappointed as when your kid says he's quitting law school to pursue his dream of being an artist.

I feel sorry and jealous at the same time when I hear someone never played FFXIV because they have the chance to experience one of the best written story ever to be put on videogame for the first time.

So let me get this straight Gatcha:ok FF XIV: OH GOD NO

I could watch garnt play ff14 everyday, man I'd be so fun watch him break down from the story and maybe get a video

As someone who recently just started FF14, Joey is in the right to save Garnt from it. It's addictive and all I'm doing is just gathering grinding/doing Hand and Land quest. IMO if Garnt gets into it he would get too addictive to it not cause the grind, but also because the story will suck him in. IT'S THAT GOOD and I'm not even at heavensward yet EDIT: Also the community is too wholesome, literally had 1 person gave me high level/tier stuff and on valentine someone gave me chocolates... this community

Loving seeing this uploaded after Garnt QRTs his XIV tweet with "why do I feel like I just joined a cult" Welcome to Eorzea Garnt

Here I am, applauding Joey's Willpower while I play FFXIV and a daily streak that started in August last year.

FFXIV is so damn good. It's a fantastic blend between MMO and JRPG. Gets better with every expansion and the best thing is that it respects your time. You can stop for a year and all the content will still be there and relevant.

Joey is definitely disappointed now…

The thing about FFXIV is that it's a fully fledged Final Fantasy game. While most MMOs are all about the gameplay loop and keeping you playing as long as possible, FFXIV has a classic FF narrative (in fact, possibly the best one in the franchise) that keeps you interested and immersed while also providing a great gameplay loop. This means that people searching for an MMO experience will still find that, while people more interested in the RPG aspect of things can engage with the game in an almost singleplayer way, enriched by an actual living and populated game world. If you have the time to invest into it, there's an insane amount of side content to play through - but if you can't dedicate too much time you can simply play it as you would a normal game and never worry about missing stuff. All content is always relevant and you never feel in a rush to experience the game

This aged well. I literally woke up to FFXIV liking Garnt's tweet

To answer Joey's question about server congestion, it's not just the story. We got a TON of new players before the expansion due to the Wowfugees.... pair that with people coming back for the EW expansion (there was a long content drought) and you've got a ton of new players + returning players all logging in to play. I've never seen so many people play before (been playing since 2.0) lol it's insane. Edit: also wanted to add EW was such a big deal because it wrapped up the 8 year story arc. But like most people have mentioned, it's easy to come back to if you stop playing for awhile!

Joey : doesn't play games because he gets addicted Connor : plays games on stream to make his addictions, work

I started playing in December as a Free Trial player then Endwalker dropped and sales closed. After it re-opened immediately purchased it. Phenomenal game and the Free Trial has like months of content if you want to try

Connor just started FFXIV Online

Meanwhile Connor just dive in this game straight 15 hour stream of this game.

Guys, you know what we have to do. We have to make Joey play FFXIV.

I understand where Joey is coming from but FFXIV is designed to be put down, you can just play the story and unsub until the next expansion and not be punished or feel like you've missed anything, unlike most gacha games.

14 is a great comfort game. Literally got me through my first semester of college. Also the game made me cry more than anything else has in my life up to this point. As a game to sit down and enjoy some content every now and then its good, as long as you can put the story down while you're progressing it if you have responsibilities. I get easily tired out by games so its easy for me to do. FF14 is a game about the journey, less so about the end game, which is something very important to keep in mind I think. Most MMOs you rush leveling to reach cap and do raiding, whereas FF14 takes you on an amazing journey that starts out meh, and slowly evolves and builds into one of the most satisfying experiences I've ever had. I really don't think there's anything else like it. Oh yeah, also cat girls.

There's an appreciable level of irony on display watching 3 men discuss the dangers of obsession while surrounded by a shrine to a particular medium they've structured both their personal and professional lives around. If one can prevent anime/manga from interfering with their responsibilities, one aught to be able to prevent a game.

As a FFXIV-Player that LOVES the game. Balance is the key. I still go to gym, cooking, cleaning and AFTER all my tasks i log in. But yes, MMOs or Games in general will keep you from stuff. Like drawing... ...crafting with wood or resin... Stitching.... ...but on the other hand, i can do things with friends after work - because after 8+ hours of work+ Household+ daily tasks like gym- you simply do not have the time anymore to drive somewhere. So its nice to talk and do things together online- no driving, no stress... :)

Coming back from Connor's FF14 stream btw (RU-vid recommended me this). Just wanted to mention Gacha games are 1000% way worse for your life than MMOs imo, especially if we're talking about FF14 specifically. P.S. Connor said he would never play FF14, look at him now! XD

Joey warned Garnt not to play Conner: That wasn't directed at me sooooo xD

The problem with FFXIV is that it doesn’t stop improving. A toxic relationship that continues to treat you better and better

Joey : “ I need to be a functioning member of society” That says a lot about society

FFXIV is a totally different game compared to when it launched, so I encourage anyone who only tried it in the early years to give it another look. FFXIV is at least one of the MMOs that does not actually engage in many FOMO mechanics like daily chores to the extent that it happens in games like WoW. It's entirely possible to get tons out of the game just playing through the MSQ (main story) and Class/Job quests alone without ever really getting into the MMO aspects. It plays just like a regular FF game, just with an MMO end game.

Given that Connor recently started FFXIV I would love to see this topic revisited...

Missing out on ff14 is actually such a big L in life

I absolutely understand Joey here. As someone with a destructive habit of hyperfocusing, if i dive into something head on, everything else gets shut out for a few days. Considering MMOs are a timesink, these few days become weeks and maybe months

Garnt: it wasn't a massive explosion Me: ah I see what you did there even if you probably don't

I don't think that FFXIV is that addicitve, it is a really casual MMO you can play the story on your own speed and you can't really progress grind if you reach max Lvl. Garnt will probably will like it Connor proabably not.

I started playing FFXIV recently and finished ARR and most of the way through Heavensward and if you have the voices set to Japanese you'll be constantly recognizing them from all sorts of anime (early on lots of Fairy Tail va's) and whilst the english text doesn't like up with it the story is still amazing so far and it can be a bit of a grind mid ARR but its worth pushing through it.

I will say this, XIV becomes the ultimate comfort game once you catch up with a lot of the content. You can really burn through podcasts and let plays in the background while grinding out levels and side quests without skipping a beat.

0:05 Keep cheering! Joey can't yell over all of us!! xD Whoever that was, I love you

I use to have that same type of feeling of being addicted when playing monster hunter world, I poured a ridiculous amount of hours into that and loved the series ever since. Similar with MH rise but not as heavy with world but I'm waiting till they announce more info on the sunbreak expansion there releasing this year.

Any anime fan honestly owes it to themselves to go through the Main Story Quests of FFXIV, not only is it one of the best RPG stories of all time, but it hits all those anime fan buttons.

Wait till Garnt finds out about Shadowbringers being a certain genre

A year ago i watched this, i thought "this could never happen to me" A year later im grinding for endwalker relics and trying to level all my classes to 80...

“I tried to give a money company” made me laugh so much.

Now I'm not saying that this episode was the one that made me finally break and play the game but... *over 1,000 hours later*

Trash Taste special inside the FFXIV , studio made inside player house and decorated in a Trash Taste fashion. Glamour contest , fan meet ups, late night party and more. Possibilities are endless :)

Thank you Joey, you saved Grant from being addicted to a game with a great story and community. Now instead, he is addicted to gacha, he has spent thousands of dollars, argues with wife about game play time rather than play together which was the point of getting into 14, and he just can’t stop himself from getting more Waifus and playing in all his free time.

you guys should play together, and it will be another content that you guys can made too and community would welcome and love to hear you guys opinion when playing the game 😁

Here from 2024. All 3 boys have now played FF14. The vote is out on whether everyone likes it though.

Joey joked about the Majhong thing but no people actually play the game solely because of how well made that version of Mahjong is. The best player of FF14 Mahjong is just a level 18 Gladiator and has been for literal years

Update: We have failed, expect yearly videos in Garnt's channel from now on

Nobody tell Garnt that FFXIV has an isekai arc.

I mean honestly as someone that put off playing it for pretty much its entire life. And picking it up just before endwalker. Its 100% worth playing. Best mmo experience i have had by far.

i recently started playing free trial - and the most memorable thing - is music, beatifull songs, what hitted me hardest were the primal ones, especially the Shiva, also the story, for examble the bloody banquet

I did play it and it does take over your life. I do think about going back but I'm so far behind now it will take forever to catch up and I'm not entirely sure my ps4 has enough space for all the expansions. Miss my old guild mates though.

Playing it for 7 years, was used to play it every single day but now only weekends, is super addictive and a good game

Can you manage your play time? Get in Can you not do that.... don't, you'll lose yourself to 500 hours of story content.

As someone who is playing FF14, I completely understand not wanting yourself or others to start it. It’s just like getting into One Piece; it only gets good well after the Sunk Cost Fallacy kicks in, but once it gets good it gets good.

"I'm trying to give a company money, and they refuse to take my money" coming full circle now that their payment servers are having issues processing some visa cards hahaha

Hey, I am 41 and have been playing 14 for a couple of years now and it's a beautifully done game. Garnt, honestly, I would suggest starting it. I think you'd really enjoy it. Also... Triple Triad... that is all xD

Man this is definitely a good year for RPGs I'm so hyped for ff16 and dragon quest 3 hd 2d remake

Yep, played through realm reborn with a brother and the days just flew by, its a dangerous thing

32:40 Close. Level 92 is the halfway mark for maxing a level 99 skill.

This just makes me wanna play it

It’s fine. I play 14. I take breaks. Dad of 4 and a paramedic. Manage your time and you’ll be fine.

"I'm just gonna never do it" 8:14 He says

You guys should do a Trash Taste MMO stream.

this aged nicely

Garnt will appreciate the story and aesthetic of this quite a bit, I'm sure. I hope he posts gameplay of it sometime.

It blew up more now because of twitch and the fact that ppl can acknowledge it for more than just being an anime mmorpg. The game literally makes you feel like a hero and not just calls you one. The themes and lessons are so heartwarming and close to real life that even if you play alone it's as if you embarked on an epic quest of your own.

Best thing about FFXIV is that you can treat it like a single player RPG and still have your greatest time with it. The MMO part is just on top. In fact until you hit max-level you should play it almost entirely like a single player game because the main focus of everything in this game is the story. The only parts where you actually have to interact with other people is when you hit a dungeon or a boss in the story. And with the next patch they're making it even more single-player-like because they're expanding the so called trust system, which allows you to play dungeons with the story NPCs instead of other players, to the original 2.0 ARR content. It was originally introduced with ShB and only works with newer dungeons, but they're now working to enable it throughout the whole story. Anyway, point is, you can just play through the story and enjoy it like you would a single player RPG and then decide whether or not you want to also do the optional, more MMO-ish things. (which also bring stories with them that only expand the lore)

FFXIV is easily the best story in all of gaming... For me. Especially Heavensward, Shadowbringers and Endwalker expansions. So just for that, it's so worth it!

XIV had a fantastic story and music and that kept me going so long... but seriously, I sincerely do not understand how people stay entertained with it once they finish the main story quests. The endgame and gear bored me to tears, loot was so BLAND, I feel like I was always more excited for the cosmetics of gear than I ever was for the stats. Theres no buildcrafting or choices, everything is so standardized there was no room to inject personality into your role or character. Regardless, feel like I personally enjoyed FFXIV more like a Single player experience, meaning just finishing the story bits, than I did as a MMO experience, but I still enjoyed it. Plus that Free Trial is certainly top of the line for the genre, if anyone wants to dip their toes in its certainly worth it to try.

To be fair - while XIV does offer plenty of MMO style content you can lose yourself in if you want to, it's first and foremost a regular FF game. Tons of people just play through the story and then stop because that's a "complete" experience in ways that most other MMOs don't really have. (Also, way less to none of the usual trappings of "you HAVE to keep playing to be able to keep up"...like, no. You can just put it aside until the next expac and the game will provide you with everything you need for it at the start of the next expac.)

Peak ffxiv addiction is changing the in game clock to Eorzea time and thinking it's the real time because the blinds are closed and you've been up for 2 days and you're delusional

FFXIV is a game that you can put down, that you can have a life around. It's just like a really good book though, where you keep saying "just one more chapter" at bedtime. If you can have the control to put a book down, you'll be okay. If not, then maybe not. I will say though, there is a TON of fun to be had, something for everyone, it's an amusement park. Watch Pint's FFXIV video and you'll get a pretty good start of game overview.

I want Garnt to do a video on XIV. It’s absolutely my favourite game of all time!

It does indeed have Mahjong. On JP at least. On NA and EU you have to sit in queue for an hour since no one on actually plays it. There's even a really cool title you can get from it but it's one of the hardest to get because the average ff14 player takes one look at the Mahjong tutorial and turns around to ERP more.

You can absolutely lose a lot of time in the game, but it doesn’t force you to log in or grind any daily quests. I manage to fairly easily balance two jobs, a relationship, and progressing through the current savage raid tier without much trouble at all.

FFXIV is the first mmo I've ever played, it is now my most played on hours

ffxiv is one of those games that has the best parts of what an mmo is like. I started from runescape and would play mock mmos that attempt at an mmo space but its more of a streamlined single player experience with limitations of actually experiencing an mmo. Wow always interested me but i know i couldnt get into it because that wasnt my kind of game and anything id hear from it was that it was more of a job more than a game. that is until xiv. Xiv shows me all the best visuals i expect from a final fantasy but with xiv there seems to be this combined player experience that is unlike any other game ive seen or played. Yea its mad addicting, they wrote and created a world that seems breathtaking while enticing you with a sense of adventure. the more you dive deep into the world the more you are taken into xiv giving players a more personal experience like that of a singleplayer game but within an mmo. the idea of getting friends together to do raids, hunt for items, and above all bring people together. it isnt perfect, no game is perfect. but if there is one thing xiv has over almost all the games ive seen is its story. ARR is the beginning but ive seen everyone say if you get past ARR you will pass everything and actually take in the world youre playing in. though im madly addicted im just happy people play the game in general because the game has that effect over people which is a marvel to look at. I'm not a hardcore gamer but having the comfort and choice of choosing casual content to harder content is a breath of fresh air and i dont feel like im behind from the high tier players that do that hard content. plus the community too is another bonus to the game as a whole. Though no group is without its toxic player base the majority of the players you come across are actually nice and not trying to piss you off all the time. Xiv is just one of those slowburn animes or shows that you have to put your own investment into to gain what its trying to present. youre rewarded with good story, fun fights, awesome equipment, and above all you are rewarded with a community that loves FF as much as you might do.

FFxiv is a RPG first and then a MMO. It is totally viable to play the story, cancel the sub and come back when a new patch arrives. You dont have a fear of missing out, no needed hardcore grind to experience the endgame and it values your time perfectly. It can be played for 5 hours a day when you really want to complete it 100% or just a few hours a week to play your story and level a character. FFxiv as it is now is a great and modern MMORPG that can be played by busy working people with family or a student with to much time. Try it and take all the time you need. The free trail goes up to level 60 and you experience the somewhat boring but good world intruduction part for free and the first expansion, where the game really starts to shine.

Being a responsible adult I spent two months binging the story of FFXIV, but now it´s a super chill game and I can just pop in and do whatever I feel like and there's so much variety of content I think it will be a long time before I get bored. :D

the story is top tier, especially once you get into the expansions dont treat it like an mmo treat it like a very long ff game

Well...if you're streaming FFXIV, Garnt. You're solid. It will pay for itself in donations. People LOVE watching popular personalities play FFXIV. Otherwise...don't do it, ha ha. It's reaaaally good. I'm an 30 year old boomer and it's like all my favorite FF game crammed into one.

BTW, Shadowbringers is an Isekai.

The nice thing about FF14 is that the respect your time. As a full-time worker and a father, I can sign on for maybe 4 hours out of a whole week and have plenty of fun and not feel pressured to play more

Greetings from the Praetorium :)

I got the physical pc disk when sales were down thinking I could later transfer my character to steam when sales are back and it worked with no issue bu once sales were back up I found out you cant move characters from pc to steam

There was someone who picked up the Free Trial and progressed the story long enough to reach the Gold Saucer. They only started XIV because they wanted to play Mahjong, it's wild. Also Ocean Fishing is fun.

13 Sentinels is awesome, check it out. Play all the story missions you can before doing any combat.

FFXIV was my first mmo that saved me during 2020. I highly recommend if you have the time to play it. -You just have to give yourself restrictions on playtime.

Garnt should play and then make a video gushing about the game. :D i would love that. There's loads to talk about for ff14

As a person who has been playing FFXIV for 8 years, my whole family plays, and since 14 years old, I can highly say that this game is addicting. I still log in every day to do the daily stuff that resets each day. There is so much content and grinding. When I am que for duties, I clean or do the other things that need to be done IRL until that duty pops! XD It's definitely fun to play with friends and I even got my fiance to play because I would not shut up about it. It has good customization, story, characters, MUSIC, and areas. For me, I am glad that I started early because it would be hard to catch up if you causally play. (cough cough, I am looking at you, fiance.) Definitely only get into it if you are looking for distractions or a good MMO to play.

I dont know, you can play FF 14 and still be responsible adult and member of society. A responsible Adult can manage their time, while also having fun. If you afraid getting addicted, then there's something wrong with your ability to time management