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[[File:800px-FFXIV_Logo.png|thumb|450px|Your social life just got one-shotted by [[Final Fantasy XI|Absolute Virtue.]]]]

 

 

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 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...

* [[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'.

* [[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]].

* [[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.

* [[Holiday Mode]]: The Starlight Celebration event.

* [[Hyperspace Arsenal]]: Wherein your off-hand equipment is stored.

** 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.

** 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-Poopsocking]] above.