timmyjimmy3647: Getting hit by all those attacks absolutely served an important purpose. It triggered EVERYONE. That good sir is a quality of it's own. Never change
blueseclipse725: Not gonna lie... I'm impressed that you did that Gogo fight without Diamondback.

I'm ASTOUNDED that you pulled it off without Aetheric Mimicry.
sgtmajbelanger: Best BLU leveling guide:
1) Do whatever ya want
BlueAcademy: Doing Carnivale with no guides is some of the most fun I've had in this game. Sure not every stage is a banger, but the puzzle solving is a ton of fun!
rowboatcop4451: Now granted, even after 45 episodes, I find the "Tremble!" joke pretty dang funny. But for some reason the Final Sting Tremble into no spell really got me this time. Got off a really
Dracoape: Congrats on embracing the true spirit of blue mage: finding a way to cheese things.
Apollad2: If i recall, there is an achievement for defeating Gogo quickly without failing a mechanic., just gotta defeat him about 11 minutes faster.


So, we'll see you here again someday Cider! Muhahaha
salemfae: Reciting the intro with cider every episode gives me the good ol serotonin
Slipfish: Your commitment to doing shit however you want because its fun and fuck guides is the exact reason I subscribe. We need more of this in gaming, especially MMO gaming.
CassiusKent: "I know there is a better way, but that better way is DUMB, and BORING, and doesn't provide good CONTENT, so I'm going to do it whatever way I want and you're gonna LIKE IT."
You're right. We do like it.
manesium: Cider spider : "everything i learned about blue mage have been learned without my consent"
matthewhostetter8974: MAD Baby has the power of Choco Meteor... Everyone now dies
asham868: I too thought that fight was impossible without diamondback.....gotta say im impressed!
psycholuigiman: Baby is seriously mad because peeps told him you don't have to get hit to learn a spell, which is apparently something the game tells you in the first BLU quest.
CottommyKingWizard: I think what Soren Johnson meant to say was "Given the opportunity, XIV players will optimize the fun out of a cider spider video".
Keep up the good fight, King. Learning things for yourself is good for the brain.
emperorpancake: When I finally beat Gogo and got my last Triple Triad card, ending a year-long card grind, I sat in stunned silence.
DevilSeiji: snapshotted heals are sooooo goood. I just love it when I cast my heal, the raidwide hits but the partys hp bar basically doesnt move.
Rotaretilbo: Progress report. Lalachievements score 17,200. Another slow week. I picked up The Customer Is Always Right: Ameliance IV doing weeklies, and Reforged: Majestic Manderville Harp Bow with excess poetics. Still haven't climbed out of the Satisfactory-shaped hole.
Necrofitz: I respect not wanting to guide your way through BLU. I accepted for my sanity that I would take the efficient solo leveling method, how spell acquisition works across each situation, and just who and where gives what spell without fixating on what any spell actually does. Means I still get surprised by everything I learn while I didn't lose dozens of hours to slowly fighting every enemy in the game 40 times juuuuust in case.
connorhamilton5707: Guides are often written by a single person, but that doesn't mean they got all that information on their own. Guides are usually made after various people have gone through these processes, and are more often than not a collection of the easiest or most effective ways to go about doing something that the community as a whole has figured out. It's very rare for a guide to be solely crafted through one person's experiences, and it usually only occurs because the game has a very small community with no one else trying to discuss anything. Even ones that start as a solo endeavor may end up becoming a communal effort as other players see the guide and offer different perspectives leading to changes in the information provided.

Successful MMO's usually have very large communities, and actively encourage sharing information to help keep interest in the game alive. While trying to do everything without guides is commendable in principle, it's not necessarily feasible for this type of game. There's so much extra trial and error experience that you would have to put yourself through, that is meant to be gained through conversations with others that have tried in your community. There's also information you may have been given in-game that you either missed or forgot (I've seen a few comments mention as much), and having people point that out probably shouldn't be seen as giving you a guide, and instead just be seem as a reminder of game mechanics.

With all that said, I'm not trying to say how you enjoy things is wrong, I just have to point out the flaw in your reasoning. I have never played FFXIV myself, and cannot give any guidance in the game. I just enjoy watching you attempt getting all the achievements, and it's better if you have fun while doing so.

Oct 08 2024

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