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[[File:800px-FFXIV_Logo.png|thumb|450px|Your social life just got one-shotted by [[Final Fantasy XI|Absolute Virtue.]]]]
'''Final Fantasy XIV''' is the fourteenth game in the [[The Simpsons (animation)|groin-grabbingly]] [[Running Gag|popular]] ''[[Final Fantasy]]'' series. It is an [[Massively Multiplayer Online Role Playing Game|MMORPG]], similar to ''[[Final Fantasy XI]]'', and timed exclusively to the PC. There is both a standard and a [[Limited Special Collectors' Ultimate Edition|Collector's Edition]], whose buyers were able to start the game 8 days early, get one month of free service, [[Feelies|two exclusive items, a themed journal, and some other bells and whistles]].
The game is set in a region called Eorzea, on the planet Hydaelyn. Eorzea is a bit more "high-tech" than Vana'diel was, with airships akin to ''[[Final Fantasy XII]]'', a wider arrays of guns, and with an actual system of roads. Eorzea itself is a sort of frontier, being implicitly a great deal less developed and 'tamed' than surrounding Aldenard, although the various cities have existed for at least centuries.
▲''Final Fantasy XIV'' is the fourteenth game in the [[The Simpsons|groin-grabbingly]] [[Running Gag|popular]] ''[[Final Fantasy]]'' series. It is an [[MMORPG]], similar to ''[[Final Fantasy XI]]'', and timed exclusively to the PC. There is both a standard and a [[Limited Special Collectors Ultimate Edition|Collector's Edition]], whose buyers were able to start the game 8 days early, get one month of free service, [[Feelies|two exclusive items, a themed journal, and some other bells and whistles]].
▲The game is set in a region called Eorzea, on the planet Hydaelyn. Eorzea is a bit more "high-tech" than Vana'diel was, with airships akin to ''[[Final Fantasy XII]]'', a wider arrays of guns, and with an actual system of roads. Eorzea itself is a sort of frontier, being implicitly a great deal less developed and 'tamed' than surrounding Aldenard, although the various cities have existed for at least centuries.
Before the start of the game, the [[Steampunk]] Garlean Empire had set to use their overwhelming military force to conquer Eorzea, starting by razing the city-state of Ala Mihgo to the ground. The remaining four city-states- Limsa Lominsa, Ul'dah, Gridania and Ishgard- militarized to meet this threat, but before another shot was fired the Garleans mysteriously halted their advance, leaving the city-states with a large armed force and nothing to fight against. They banded together in an uneasy peace, forming the Guildleves System to employ these new mercenaries and investigate the secrets behind the Empire's sudden invasion and retreat.
The original "1.0" version was notorious for being filled with bugs, frustrating mechanics, a confusing currency system, ugly UI, and many other problems. Following fan outcry, [[Square Enix]] was left with a decision: Either fix what they could fix in the original game, or destroy it and completely rebuild the game from the ground up. They choose the latter. The game was then re-titled: "Final Fantasy XIV: A Realm Reborn".
The leaders of Limsa Lominsa, Ul'dah, and Gridania confronted the Garlean Empire in battle on the fields of Carteneau, where the Garlean's unleashed their ultimate weapon, the [[Eldritch Abomination|Primal]] Bahamut, from the Red Moon, Dalamud. Bahamut laid waste to Eorzea with his [[Breath Weapon|Teraflare]], Causing Eorzea to [[Terraform]], before disappearing. Many lives were lost on that day, and to make matters worse, whenever someone tries to remember them, [[Laser-Guided Amnesia|All they can remember is their silhouette against blinding light]]. Those went died or went missing during Carteneau are called "Warriors of Light". It's been 5 years since then, and Eorzea is in a state of tension, and the Garlean Empire seems to be plotting something...
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** Also applied liberally to otherwise nameless filler NPCs (Glowing Goodwife, Mocking Miner, Positively Pungent Pirate, etc.)
* [[Alien Sky]]: Hydaelyn has an unusually bright starfield and [[Final Fantasy IV|two]] [[Final Fantasy IX|moons]], although the second is ''very'' small and difficult to see at certain times of night and moonphases. A less common instance of a non-in-your-face [[Alien Sky]].
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* [[An Adventurer Is You]]: It's what every character is recognized as by the NPCs.
** Interestingly, they don't think much of you for it. In Eorzea, 'Adventurer' seems to be akin in laymen's eyes to 'dirty, violent, feckless, job-stealing vagrant'.
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* [[Back Stab]]: Attacking monsters from behind gives you various bonuses such as an increased critical hit chance.
* [[Badass]]: Gaius van Baelsar. His first appearance involves him fighting {{spoiler|Yda, Papalymo, Thancred, Y'shtola and the player's Path Companion}} all at the same time. And he doesn't even get hit once, while his enemies have to protect each other and pretty much do their best to avoid turning the battle into a [[Curb Stomp Battle]].
** [[Badass Adorable]]: The weapons dropped by Good King Moggle Mog XII have names such as "Murderous Mogfists" or "Malevolent Mogwand", and are some of the best in the game. They also make a [[Verbal Tic|"kupo"]] sound whenever drawn, and look like [http://img823.imageshack.us/img823/1754/semttulowrq.jpg this].
* [[Bare-Fisted Monk]]: Completely averted. The pugilist class fights with their fists, but needs claws or cesti to do so. It's not possible to fight barehanded, you have to equip a weapon or tool in your main hand, as that's how your class is defined. Can still sheathe your weapon freely, however.
* [[Barrier Warrior]]: A popular set-up for tanks in-game is to make use of Thaumaturge's Punishing Barbs and Stygian Spikes with Conjurer's Shock Spikes, which effectively deals equal damage as taken, restores MP for each hit taken, as well as deal lightning damage and stun the enemy respectively.
* [[Battle Theme Music]]: Where to even begin. There are six regular battle themes, one for each major area and one for dungeons. Then, there are at least three different boss battle themes, four different guildleve themes and the behest theme, not to mention the new instanced dungeon theme, shopshae theme, beast tribe strongold theme, a remix of the moogle theme used against the moogle primal and "Primal Judgement", used as theme for the other Primal Battles.
* [[Beach Episode]]: Early August will be seeing the implementation of swimsuits via summer festival event. This news was announced with screenshots of female [https://web.archive.org/web/20141208003920/http://static.finalfantasyxiv.com/topics/images/86/97/949_1.jpg Hyur and Miqo'te], and a [https://web.archive.org/web/20141208003917/http://static.finalfantasyxiv.com/topics/images/86/97/949_0.jpg Roegadyn], sporting the new outfits on the beach.
* [[Bishounen]]: Every Elezen and a good number of Hyur. Of course you can play as one, too.
* [[Call a Smeerp a Rabbit]] - In addition various monster examples, not just the Hyur, but the Elezen, Miqo'te, Rogaedyn and Lalafell, are called "human" in the game's earlier publicity. However, since launch, the convention seems to have become 'the spoken' or 'sentients' instead.
* [[Catgirl]]: The Miqo'te race. Think Mithra from [[Final Fantasy XI]], minus the characteristic noses (though they can be added during character creation), with more slender ears and tail variation, and a different culture.
** Cat Boys will be added in a future patch due to fan outcry for Male Miqo'te and Female Highlanders and Roegadyn. Concept art for all of these and actual models for the male Miqo'te can be found on the offical forum.
* [[Cherry Blossoms]]: Appeared around the cities as part of the [https://web.archive.org/web/20130811130545/http://lodestone.finalfantasyxiv.com/pl/topics/detail?id=f767124daabe5125df3a06968ccc12d93af54878 'Little Ladies' Day'] celebrations, presumably playing off the upcoming [[Japanese Holidays|Girl's Day]] festivities in Japan.
* [[Class and Level System]]: Of the [[Final Fantasy Tactics]] "one character can play whatever class they want at any time" variety, with aspects of a [[Point Build]] system. This has been changed in a patch to one where each of the classes is a separate level and the global "physical level" is abolished.
* [[Comm Links]]: Linkpearls are used just like in FFXI, you also stay in contact with NPC organisations with whom your character is signed linkpearls ones given you by their representatives.
* [[Counter Attack]]: A staple of the pugilist class.
* [[Cut and Paste Environments]]: Currently, the game has enormous expanses of land that re-use some assets to fill out the
* [[Cute Little Fangs]]: A trait of the Keepers of the Moon Miqo'te.
* [[Cutscene]]: Surprising for an MMO, this game has a lot of these. This is nothing new to players of FFXI, however, aside from the presence of voice acting in some high quality cutscenes.
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* [[Five Races]]: Each analogous in appearance to XI's races, and each with two clans:
** '''Hyur''', the closest to normal human beings, and a direct analogue to the [[Final Fantasy XI|Hume]] [[Final Fantasy XII|race]]. They are split between:
*** '''Midlanders''', standard human-types;
*** '''Highlanders''', viking-types, only the males of which go adventuring (and are [[Highlander|not immortal]]).
** '''Elezen''', the requisite [[Our Elves Are Better|pointy-eared]] race. They are split between:
*** '''Wildwood''', wood elves who live in the forest;
*** '''Duskwight''', dark elves who live in caves.
** '''Lalafell''', a "thief race" of halflings. They are split between:
*** '''Plainsfolk''', those who live on the plains;
*** '''Dunesfolk''', those who live in the desert.
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*** '''Seawolves''', sea-faring men.
* [[Foreign Cuss Word]]: The city-state of Gridania, at least, is apparently in love with British expletives, firing liberal ammounts of words such as shite, arse, bollocks..
* [[Free to Play]]: After giving away free month after free month, Square decided to [[You Have Failed Me...|replace the development team leaders]], and do away with the monthly charges until they could 'provide a plan that outlines a level of enjoyment that will satisfy both us and our customers'. In [http://www.eorzeapedia.com/2010/12/31/4gamer-interview-with-naoki-yoshida-part-1 an interview], the new director Naoki Yoshida also said 'we’ll have reached that point once we've developed a system where we listen to the voices of the players and then communicate back what we are going to do, how we are going to do it, and a deadline for when it will be done.' This is evidently now the case given the publication of a recent [https://web.archive.org/web/20121109020254/http://lodestone.finalfantasyxiv.com/pl/teaser/ development roadmap] for a massive rebuild including a complete engine and server architecture replacement, and the announcement of resumption of a subscription fees, which started at Jan 6th, 2012.
* [[Gameplay and Story Integration]]: During certain cutscenes, NPCs (and the player character) will openly use Aetheryte teleportation.
** Pretty much everything related to the seventh umbral era is reflected in game and commented by NPCs, from weather changes to the increase of monsters' size to the changes in Dalamud.
* [[Getting Crap Past the Radar]]: Well, not so much getting it past it, but openly dancing in front of the radar with it. The first NPC you can talk to in Ul'dah is obviously a prostitute and several of the dancers in the same city's local pub make it very clear that dancing is not all they make money with. If your character is female, the (female Lalafell) master of the adventurer's guild will tell you she enjoys measuring some manhoods from time to time.
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* [[Global Currency Exception]]: At guild shops, where items must be purchased with "guild marks" instead.
* [[Good Guy Bar]]: The first place you visit after arriving in your city of choice. Also where you can take guildleve quests.
* [[Guide Dang It]]: Every bit as much as its predecessor.
* [[Healing Factor]]: Your health and mana regenerate slowly over time. Significantly faster while your weapon is sheathed, and yet faster when sitting down.
* [[Hello, Insert Name Here]]: Natural, this being an MMORPG.
* [[Hide Your Children]]: Averted. No explicit violence is done upon children, but some of the storyline moments feature child characters very prominently (Gridania's main story especially), young characters find themselves in serious danger more than once, and the game does not shy from exploring the consequences.
* [[Hobbits]]: The Lalafell
* [[Holiday Mode]]: The Starlight Celebration event.
* [[Hyperspace Arsenal]]: Wherein your off-hand equipment is stored.
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** Those capable of detecting the Echo's use (often by having the gift themselves) will occasionally recognise an unfamiliar person in their memories and realise what's going on. Those with this ability who haven't given their permission - such as Raya-o-Senna - of course consider this [[Mind Rape|very, very rude]].
** The game is also a little sneaky about its use. Prior to the Echo being explained when the player character is invited to join the Path of the Twelve, the Echo receives very little suggestion. As its use is preceded only by a soft 'whoosh' noise and a very subtle screen effect, often with no change in location whatsoever, it is only in retrospect that many players will realise certain events early in the story were actually their experiencing NPCs' memories.
* [[Lady Not-Appearing-In-This-Game]]: The "recruitment posters" for the Grand Companies caused some tiny confusions in some of the gaming forums. Because one of the posters (which is probably a parody of [https://web.archive.org/web/20190318000618/https://www.mtholyoke.edu/courses/rschwart/hist255/la/delacroix.html Liberty Leading Her People]) was mistaken for a depiction of Kan-E-Senna, the Company's commander, and some were sadden that "wasn't showing up in the game." Albeit Kan-E-Senna totally resembles a young teenager and this was a different guy from the woman in the poster.
* [[Level Grinding]]: An attempt by Square Enix to kill this trope has lead to the "fatigue system", see [[Broken Base]] and [[Anti Poop Socking]] above.▼
** Fun fact: the woman on the poster is actually one of the twelve gods of Eorzea, Nophica.
▲* [[Level Grinding]]: An attempt by Square Enix to kill this trope has lead to the "fatigue system", see [[Broken Base]] and [[Anti
* [[Little People]]: Lalafell, the spiritual successors of the Tarutaru.
* [[Lost in Translation]]: One that caused some major xenophobic [[Epileptic Trees]], the Japanese fanbase was "[[Blatant Lies|pleasantly]]" surprised to discover that Chocobos<ref>Always spelled チョコボ/Chocobo in both Japanese and English</ref> were renamed to the Kanji for "Horse-bird/馬鳥" by the development team. This, combined with the announcement of a Chinese release and the hiring of a Chinese localization team to translate it after the game was released, led to the [[Fan Dumb|natural]] assumption by some that the entire development of the game was outsourced to China. This is despite the FFXI development team basically transferring entirely to this game. Then, when the fanbase screamed bloody murder about this, they were renamed "Chocopos". Er, whoops. Thankfully, since the new producer took over, his first priority has been to keep players of all regions informed and listen to their suggestions.
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* [[Obvious Beta]]: Final Fantasy XIV was released lacking so many features, and with so many known serious game design problems, that it was more of an obvious alpha. Unusually, the developers actually apologized for it and canceled subscription fees until it is up to snuff—essentially, putting it right back into beta!
* [[Oh Crap]]: Invoked by Y'shtola, when Leviathan shows up during the boat sequence.
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* [[Omniglot]]: Those possessed of the Echo, as a consequence of their ability to touch the souls of others.
* [[One-Gender Race]]: Subverted. There are plenty of male Miqo'te, but nearly all of them live in solitude. Even the females rarely end up living in cities. As for female Roegadyn, they exist; one important NPC is a female Roegadyn. Their actual availability to the players is scheduled for 'by the [[
** Both of them apparently have character models already prepared that are just waiting to be used, and the developers have [http://forum.square-enix.com/ffxiv/threads/891-Missing-Genders-A-request-for-Male-Miqote-Female-Highlander-and-Female-Roegadyn?p=86669#post86669 recently stated] that they hope to have them implemented at least by the release of the [[
** The Highlander Hyur also have only male adventurers, but females are planned to be playable as well.
* [[One Size Fits All]]: Bar a very few items.
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** Lalafell probably count too, even though they're not technically critters.
** Forget all of the above, the lambs around La Noscea are the most adorable little buggers [[What the Hell, Hero?|you'll ever violently slaughter.]]
* [[Scenery Porn]]: ''And how.'' Note that the Square Enix approved desktop for the game in Japan is [https://web.archive.org/web/20130426214057/http://www.frontier-k.co.jp/sp/campaign001/index.html over 300,000 yen], which converts to over 3,000 dollars, and you need ''every bit'' of that rig to see the game in maximum detail. Your eyes will thank you.
** Of course, the game is still playable on a GeForce 8600 GS despite the apparent minimum requirement of a 9000 series (not that it looks all too great).
* [[Scenery Gorn]]: Should you survive a run to [[The Very Definitely Final Dungeon|Mor Dhona]], you'll be greeted by {{spoiler|the wreckage of the Garlean mothership from [[Where It All Began|the FMV opening]], encircled by the dessicated corpse of a dragon}}.
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** In a city to the West of Limsa, there's a Roegadyn named "''Im''modest Mouse".
** In the Twelveswood surrounding Gridania, there is a type of Galago (monkey-creatures) called "Curious Galago".
** Several sidequest names qualify, from "Call of Booty" to "Gore a Lizard, Hurry".
* [[Solid Gold Poop]]: At the end of the Halloween event, it was revealed that the cookies given by the Imps were actually Chocobo dung. [[Go Mad
* [[Status Buff]]: Every class has some kind of way to increase their power in a fight.
* [[Sticks to the Back]]
* [[Stop Helping Me!]]: A recently added, non-optional tutorial is very much a case of this. The tutorial locks out ''all'' functions that haven't been introduced yet, however obvious, important, or innocuous. Further, it interrupts what was originally smooth narrative, and when it was first introduced, the locked targeting mode function defaulting to 'Friendly' meant that the combat section of the tutorial was actually impossible to complete with a gamepad.
* [[Stripperiffic]]: Subligars are already confirmed to return. In addition, some female versions of armor are a bit skimpier, and for some reason the base Elezen male outfit is some kind of inverted
* [[Talk Like a Pirate]]: Everyone in Limsa Lominsa, obviously.
* [[Unusual Euphemism]]
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* [[Weapon of Choice]]: The weapon you use defines your current class. Equip a different weapon, and your Discipline changes. Also realistic is that you can effectively equip any weapon or piece of armor in the game at any Discipline Rank. Logically there is nothing stopping you from equipping that [[Infinity+1 Sword]]... except that considering you are a novice Gladiator. Thusly your "lack of skill" translates mechanics-wise as any degree of penalties to the weapon's effectiveness, meaning you're not even going to get [[Infinity-1 Sword]]-level performance. Incidentally, newer gear is requiring a certain rank and class to equip it, which may not be as realistic but makes balancing a lot easier on the developers.
* [[Well-Intentioned Extremist]]: If the various dialogues and hints are anything to go by, many of the {{spoiler|Garlean Empire's}} actions were done in order to ''prevent'' the end of the world and not out of malicious intent. Then again, they probably could do that without brainwashing people and conquering entire City-States.
* [[White-Haired Pretty Boy]]: Cid, somewhat unusually for the series, although maybe not considering [[Final Fantasy XIII|Cid Raines]].
* [[Zerg Rush]]: The maximum party size was initially 15. There are also plans for group vs group battles, of which 'Behests' have already been implemented. However, as of patch 1.17, the maximum party size has been reduced to 8 for exactly this reason; it was felt that [[Zerg Rush]] tactics took the strategy, and to a lesser extent, the fun, out of such large encounters.
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