What I really love about the FFXIV patches is the amount of QoL and improvements to older contents they do in them. It really shows that they care about more than just endgame and hardcore players.

I love that Mike hasn't even played the bulk of the patch, and he still loves it. The adventure plates were a huge surprise to me. Everyone I check has made one.

I was never a PVP player in FF. After initial experiences, I believed the flaws to be integral for an mmo with a targeting system. But patch 6.1 made me a PVP fanatic! I'm so happy to be proven wrong by Yoshi P. yet again

I was so happy with the MSQ Roulette changes. Not only did they make them shorter, but the bosses are actually threatening now. Surprisingly, Gaius looks harder than most HW dungeon bosses lol. A lot of the attacks now show up, then only show the AoE circle/bar for a split second, just like modern dungeons. This helps teach players that sometimes you have to look at your surroundings. I was even surprised to see markers like Stack, Tankbuster, etc. appear in these dungeons. Honestly, this makes me envy new players because they get to experience ARR in a much better light.

One of the issues with prae and castrum is that we could originally skip those cut-scenes. The problem was that veterans would skip and pull back to back. Many new players then were more or less upset that they couldn't enjoy the dungeon for what it was, and new players were stuck in cut-scenes or "forced" to skip because "you can watch them later @ the inn" if they wanted to do the fights. They made them unskippable so new players wouldn't be "forced" to skip. People would find ways to still make it faster cuz it was boring. Just clarifying for those who never played XIV before the forced cut-scenes to know their original (and clearly mistaken) reasoning.

This is a great "something for everyone" patch. Crazy loaded up from top to bottom! And technically there is more content coming for this patch with the new sidequest lines.

I want to imagine that when a group zones into a raid that the boss just gets shown everyones adventure plate like at the start of PvP and just goes "I can't believe I'm about to get farmed by these people"

Ey you're gonna love the "odd numbered" patches then! Some history for whom might care: I believe it was Stormblood when they announced they would cut down the dungeon count per patch (only odd ones at the time) to focus development on other side activities and quality stuff. Until then we were getting two dungeons per patch. Of course this was met with quite the shitstorm of "GRAAAAAH LESS CONTENT?!? LESS DUNGEON????" but we can see this was the wise choice. THIS is content, adventurer plates and glamour plates and all that jazz are, arguably, the result of this shift. An extra dungeon can easily be forgotten after it falls off roulette, but this? It's forever.

Mike experiences 10% of the patch content: "THIS IS THE BEST PATCH EVER" Love to see it. Presonally, the new Alliance Raid just blew my balls off.

I really enjoyed the patch. SE basically gave us a bunch of toys and said "go". There was a little bit of everything for everyone.

i went into some old dungeons for relic grinds and was stunned when the tank busters were telegrabphed with the shadowbringers tank-buster animation xD such a huge quality of life difference

Ultima Weapon as a trial is the absolute biggest win of the old revamp, the fight was a joke for 6 years after release and now it’s glorious again.

The new direction of the MSQ has me so freaking excited by where to left off, the Alliance raid was incredible, CC is so fun, and the new Adventure Plates surprised me with how it just added this really cool immersion factor to the world. This patch has been absolutely huge so far and really makes the game feel like its moving forward to something brand new with Endwalker!

It's really insane how Rhitahtyn and Lahabrea went from jokes that lasted 5 seconds to full-fledged boss battles.

1. Alliance Raid : blew my socks off, best ever? close with orbonne 2. MSQ: Set up the new threads while being down to earth and getting some good time with a favoured char 3. PVP: I hate pvp in nearly every game but i've actually sat down and had fun bashing away at this. Enjoying my class fantasy in small doses is nice. 4. Endsinger: Great music great difficulty, great fun blind 5. Plates: Glam/customisation is not my thing but seeing others creativity, so so good

I've become completely addicted to Crystalline Conflict. It definitely has room for improvement, but I love it and just can't stop instantly re-queueing after every match, win or lose.

Look at that smile. The smile of a man out of a toxic relationship with bobby.

So glad you found this mmo. Its so nice to hear you give positive after positive review. To be honest, you are much funnier in these, than in the wow vids.

The 6.1 Patch is a quality of life patch in FFXiIV. The MSQ and Alliance-Raid are just a bonus :)

PvP matchs in this game, for me, are: "OMG, how am I this bad?" or "OMG, I'm amazing!" And there is no in between. 🤣

6.1 Is fucking amazing. They've knocked it out of the park with this one.

Really refreshing to see them take some time to address old issues and give some TLC to older content - also makes perfect sense as 6.1 is meant to be a new start for the game. Far too often I see games focusing solely on recent content rather than looking at the big picture. As much as we all love new content to sink our teeth into, an MMO needs constant QoL updates to keep those gears turning smoothly.

I can't wait to see you do the final EX trial! As someone who's watched you since my wow days of olde I'm thrilled to see you do endgame content in real time in this game I call home :D

I went to PvP with zero expectation just to get the extra adventurer plate decorations and the Bolvar glam. Ended up going to bed at 5 AM despite working the next day because "hey just one more game" and "hey, gotta leave on a victory." This is the biggest surprise of the patch for me, the teams who worked on PvP should be really proud of themselves.

Awesome video as always! You are so right on all points. I've always been amazed by how the game is created and treated from ARR through the current expansion. Only in FF14 is "old" content anything but, because between the roulette system for levelling and the occasional visits to familiar places it's always done with care and with the whole playerbase in mind. I came back to the game about 5 months ago and wish I never left. It's been a treat catching up on everything and sharing the journey with you and your community. Cheers!

really love the redesigned dungeons. So glad Toto-rak isn't a maze anymore! xD

I ported into the Wolves' Den Pier today to mess with my buttons and was amazed that the place is just packed now! Every time I've been in there since I started playing regularly last summer that has not been the case. And yeah, the story is good in the MSQ. Looking forward to your take on it!

Adventurer plates are SO fun! I love to mess around, see other people's reactions to those super lewd ones, I laugh at the really silly ones. People are so creative with them

Mike is about to become the conductor of the hype train itself! :D Great to see you are enjoying yourself, greetings from germany!

I really love the fact Mike is enjoying FFXIV so much and is just having one hell of a time with, well anything really

As a long time FFXIV player, since 2.0 BEta, 0.1 patches have always been QOL but honestly this is easily one of the best QOL with PvP and Adventurer Plates alone, not even talking about the early ARR dungeons. The MSQ and Alliance Raids were also amazing in terms of set up And we still have Ultimate and we still have Housing And we still have DC travel I'm REALLY pleased. Possibly one of the best patches in general that wasnt JUST from MSQ hype

I know this sounds wierd but I actually kinda like the new housing system? When I got my house they had all plots available for FCs only or current homeowners for 2 weeks. It was a gamble and not friendly for any new time buyers. Which were a LOT, and many people tempt left their FC to try and get a house. Now you go up to the plot, put a bid and come back later. There's no spamming the sign and trying to scare off buyers, you can see how many people have put in a bid, and you have a timer set for when you need to log back in and see if you won.

It has all been pretty amazing. The MSQ is a really good start to a new story with some brilliant moments and the Alliance raid is probably my favorate Alliance raid so far and I have really enjoyed the new PvP system. I have mostly gotten the Ultima Weapon fight in the MSQ roulette but it is really night and day on how much of an improvement it is. All this of course before we have the Ultimate released and the new Tribe quests, Hildi quests and the new Custom Deliveries in a few weeks.

So excited that you’re excited!

My adventure plate is a lalafell with a mustache standing behind the DPS logo and using it as censorship bar while wearing nothing but skin color tights.

The best is yet to come! THE HIPPO TROLLEY!!! And the ultimate, cant fcking wait for the ultimate baybay!

I mso happy Mike has continued playing and enjoying FF14 even after the Endwalker MSQ. I really really was looking forward to seeing Asmongold and his Chat react to some of the major events in Shadowbringers and Endwalker but he seems stuck on bashing wow... at least we have PREACH! I'm glad 6.1 has him so hyped!

Adventurer Plates were definitely the sleeper hit of the patch. It had a lukewarm or "what the hell is this?" reception when it was introduced but since we've gotten our hands on it, it's simply been fully embraced. And the chaos from the creativity is a joy to see. When I zone into raids and trials now I check out the plates of my party. It's great fun!

Now that I up to date with patches, I really started to appreciate the amount of cutscenes even more. Getting a quest dialogue when there's a bunch of other players in same location really breaks emersion of you being the WoL

It's my first time experiencing a new patch as well. I was playing during the last year of ShB, but I was still catching-up. The thing that impressed me the most about this patch, besides the quality of the new content, is that seemingly no stone was left untouched. No matter your playstyle, or how much you play, there's something for you there.

I love the Adventurer Plate so much I went out and got my AST Lux over the last two days just so I could use the animation in the plate.

Surprised how much the plates are. I've fiddled with mine almost everyday so far.

Still waiting on preach's MSQ videos on shadowbringers and endwalker, whenever that may be 🤣

solid top 5 list Mike! good times!! and yes, the fun continues!

Crystal Conflict is amazing. You are totally right, ranking up doesn't feel great right now, but the gameplay itself is fun, fast paced, and rewarding. It is also really cool seeing your adventure plate before the matches alongside others. I honestly hope they consider doing this for Dungeons where you can maybe see your whole party briefly before the dungeon starts.

Starts and ends the video with a smile. Beautiful.

Really appreciating the no spoiler video Mike! My internet crapped itself this week so I’m on day 3 of no internet with the new patch :( was too intimidated to try the PVP but might give it a go this time

I was surprised in how much I liked the plates too, usually I get choice paralysis with these sorts of things, but as I tried it out, I got to piece more and more of how my character seemed. PVP is also super fun, and is probably one of the least frustrating pvp content I've seen in a game ever. Oh and Preach! You should definitely check out FF9 since you loved 14, there would be plenty of moments where you witness something and be like "Hey wait that's...!" And that'd be really fun to watch your reaction. Keep at it man, love your stuff

great video! this patch is really nice

Mike you are in bro love to see so much joy in your eyes

Thanks for the good Overview!

Those adventurer plates look so fun, reminds me of the addon you had in vanilla wow years ago where people wrote the character biography you could view

Between PvP and being shocked with glee/horror at the adventure plates I haven't gotten round to touching much else so far. Can't wait!

13:15 Same here,i just logged in and went straight to the adventurer plate. I didnt really care about this feature when they announced it but damn i absolutely love it now

Nice video as always 👍

I have to say that I spent a lot of time designing my Adventurer plate. That was quite a fun activity all on its own!

ohh boy can't wait for u to do the Alliance raid

The best part of the Praetorium/Castrum revamp is that they made it so much better for both the new players and the roulette, rather than just for one. It is the initial climax of ARR - Now it feels appropriately challanging, and enganging for that. You aren't just rushed through by 7 other people, with no idea what's happening. You actually get to do the dungeon. And for the roulette, it's both shorter, and the fights are enganging, so when you do the gameplay it's actually fun. Pretty impressive stuff, and I think it vastly improves 2.0. 2.0 now ends on 5 fantastic combat encounters back to back (Cape Westwind, Castrum, Praetorium, Ultima and Lahabrea), as opposed to 3 just awful ones.

That Alliance raid is crazy good.

Another legendary Preach Gaming video. Man i love it. Great Job Mike! Another Home Run.

can't wait for the alliance raid stream

Nice analysis preach

Who else gets excited for preach videos now that he is doing FF14 content and just seems so much happier? I love it man, so glad you got away from the toxicity that was WoW. You seem so much better for it.

I thankfully had an alt that was shortly before Cape Westwind, and omg...the change to that is FANTASTIC. It's an interesting fight and it has STORY going on during the fight! I highly recommend New Game + to do the new Cape Westwind fight as well as the new Lahabrea fight which is also pretty damn cool now. The transition in that one is awesome.

6.1 is one of the best patches they've done

Was super surprised by the pvp!

God damn I can't wait for you to go thru MSQ and alliance raid. They went full ham for this patch it's unbelievable.

I am just happy to see Mike so exited

So happy about the qol in 6.1. I've been asking for things like being able to see what minions and orchestrion rolls I already have since Heavensward.

Can't wait to see your respons te the msq and the new raid. You're gonna love it for sure 0//

I just love the amount of gathering and crafting I have to do do make the new gear for crafters and gatherers... Just "love" the sheer amount of solutions, danburite, and hannish. Sarcasm aside, I do enjoy crafting and gathering to an extent, and prefer it over pvp. I prefer Adventurer Plates over pvp too. But crafting and gathering? There are even some--albeit easy, and probably will be needed again later on--legendary fish to catch. I'm glad you're enjoying the patch's content and QoL stuff, and I hope you enjoy the story and new raid as well.

such a juicy patch. was worth the wait! they delivered on all fronts

They also made Trust work in leveling dungeons 1-50 which is great. I made all my combat Jobs 50+ 6 months ago so i will have to wait for future patch when they will finish it and make 50-70 ones also work :)

Agree wholeheartedly with this list. I’ve been playing the pvp for years and omg crystal conflict is such a change in the best direction! I can’t wait for them to polish it a tad more kah! And omg the portraits, I’ve sunk too many hours already 😂

Paladin feels really good in the new PvP, the Phalanx LB is such a game changer when set up correctly, there have been several times I've won a match because of it.

Happy Friday and holla!

Can’t wait to see this stuff when I get a new computer

This was my first ever caught up patch and it was amazing

Yea, adventurer plates is my #1 and I DID NOT SEE IT COMING

Interesting thing about the adventurer plates: it looks like they are starting to implement unlockable elements that you can earn in-game (and maybe even a few in Mogstation in due time), so the customization potential likely will not end here! That said, the revamped dungeons are quite nice (although I believe they mostly focused on story-related ones to line up with the Trusts), especially the MSQ roulette dungeons which are now actual fun dungeons to run. This was also the first time one of my sprout friends had seen a stack marker, which was an interesting moment... XD

I'm loving the PvP and the plates, it's so much fun to see what people can come up with, and to try out making my own for different jobs. My DRK portrait is edge incarnate and my DRG one looks like he's dazed, confused, and probably drunk.

Love that you're enjoying yourself Mike! There's another amazing thing about 6.1 that's so damn good. The Cape Westwind duty! Please check it out on KZfaq - it ties in so damn well to the Garlean storyline in EW. So good! (Lahabrea Trial too!)

Damn called out >_>,,, guess I have to do my adventureplate...

Your hair looks great Mike!

I noticed the ticks yesterday and thought I was too stupid to have noticed them before. It is a really helpful change.

Guild Wars 2 could use a rebuild of their old dungeon content too.

First time doing revamp Prae. Gaius wiped half the team....

Mike you're wholesome and your chat and your PG teams and guild mates ♥️☺️ can't wait for the party and the start of MSQ 👍👍

It's getting better and better

4:30 - Main Scenario roulette gave a ton of poetics and exp because the ONLY 2 dungeons you could get were Castrum Meridianum and Praetorium. And Prae gave more exp than Castrum because it was longer. You couldn't get anything else in that roulette.

Grinded so much PvP so far!

You used to be able to do WoW's version of Adventure Plates back in the original armory in BC. The Adventure Plates showing in PvP really made me interested in playing, let alone you don't have to unlock it.

The alliance raid was truly a highlight for me, though pvp has also been a ton of fun. Also some great job changes too

Crystaline Conflict Overtime For Dummies (Important for people playing this game mode. Pin it if you want.) 1.) When 5 minutes are up, the game does what I am calling an Overtime check. The overtime check works like this. If there is a team pushing with the crystal when 5 minutes are up and they are in the lead, they immediately win. If they are not the team that is winning, then that is when you go into overtime. 2.) To win in overtime is dependent on which side you are. If you are on the losing side, your goal is to just get a higher percentage than your opponent's highest percentage score when they last had the crystal. Exp: the enemy team managed to move the crystal up to 55%. Your goal as the team with the crystal is to just get to that 55% because the moment you cross as much as a 0.1% you win. 3.) If you are the winning team, your goal is to regain control of the crystal. if you manage to recapture the crystal before the enemy is able to pass you, you win the game. 4.) note that I have not said that you need to reach 100% to win the game for overtime. You just need to get further than your opponent if you are the losing team and you need to regain control if you are the winning team. Hope this helps any Crystaline Conflict noobies out there

Like you I also haven’t touched msq. Its pretty much been pvp and adventure plates for me. I do need to get on it though to play with friends

For me the biggest features are the "checked if aquired" and adventure card. I haven't done any content since 6.1, I've only been doing my card, and decorating our new large fc house we won in ishgard before they paused the lottery

FFXIV patches come with some changes people like and some people don't, but you can always tell that the team has tried to understand what the players want to play and how that matches up with the gameplay experience they want to provide.

You missed out that on PVP not only the LB, all job basically has different skill that is very thematic with their class fantasy compared to the PVE one.

Dat Alliance Raid tho...so excited for when Preach gets to it. The fights were just FUN.

Wish there was a extra "special" level sync mode, where you class is also synced down, how the classes used to play back than ... so some can really experience how it was back than (for the better or the worse)..., and old players get a real blast from the past :D