History Memes / FinalFantasyXIV

** Dead Sweepers [[labelnote:Explanation]]In raids, some people will walk over to a dead player and just use the sweep emote instead of rezzing them (since it's much faster for them to just return to the starting area/release) as if to say "We're not rezzing you". Some people [[/labelnote]]
* "Disruptive RP"[[labelnote:Explanation]]role-playing is typically not against the rules - but like anything, some take it a little too far and try to skirt the rules. Oten using a JustJokingJustification to try and tell players what they're doing is not intentionally meant to harass them. Although Square-Enix ''does'' actually have a list of rules for what constitutes disruptive Role-playing. [[/labelnote]]

* How did you end up on the First?![[labelnote: Explanation]]To celebrate the game coming to Xbox, a tweet was made from the Xbox account with a picture of a cute Miqo'te girl waving with a question asking where the first dungeon was. However, players quickly realized the background of the picture was of ''Il Mheg'', on the ''First Shard''. Jokes flew quickly, ranging from the stereotypical idea of players level skipping without knowing the mechanics to the girl having [[Manga/OnePiece Roronoa Zoro]]-levels of NoSenseOfDirection to the Crystal Exarch ''really'' having bad luck (or at least missing his temporal mark again) when recruiting the Warrior of Light.[[/labelnote]]

* "Acorns Savage" [[labelnote:Explanation]]The Gold Saucer GATE Leap of Faith currently has three maps, one for each of the three major regions in ARR. The most recently-added map, "Sylphstep" (based in the Black Shroud's Sylphlands), is widely seen as the hardest one, with one of the obstacles requiring the player to jump over a series of acorns and pine cones. The game engine already makes for an awkward platformer, and the acorns provide plenty of HitboxDissonance such that a lot of players struggle whenever this obstacle is placed on the map.[[/labelnote]]

** RIBIDE RIBIDE RIBIDE. [[labelnote:Explanation]] Team Krile, a popular Japanese streaming group racing Dragonsong's Reprise, uses Text-To-Speech call-outs. Due to their TTS bot's Japanese accent, their "Living Dead, Living Dead, Living Dead" call-out ended up sounding like "[[{{Engrish}} RIBIDE RIBIDE RIBIDE]]" to English viewers. With how Living Dead is used ''very'' early on in an extremely difficult encounter, as well as the rhythmic and catchy way the bot says it, "Ribide" quickly became a popular FanNickname for Living Dead. It helps that Living Dead itself was recently buffed to be much more useable. [[/labelnote]]

* JUSTICE FOR FANGS [[labelnote: Explanation]]The ''Dawntrail'' benchmark featured a number of changes to characters and the Character Creation screen to coincide with the first graphical update to the game. While the majority of the feedback was positive, there were a number of changes which some players considered steps backwards. One of the biggest changes was Keeper of the Moon Miqo'te characters having the size of their fangs significantly reduced, leading to calls to change this. The cry of "justice for fans" eventually changed from a rallying cry to a triumphant one when Yoshida invoked an AuthorsSavingThrow, announcing that there would be a second version of the benchmark released with this feedback in mind.[[/labelnote]]

* "ultimate/perfect legend, btw" [[labelnote:Explanation]]Said to/by someone who has the title of either "The Utlimate Legend" or "The Perfect Legend" and they fail mechanics on regular content as a means of Main/SelfDeprecation. The titles are awarded to players who complete The Weapon's Refrain (Ultimate) and The Epic of Alexander (Ultimate), some of the hardest content in the game.[[/labelnote]]

* ZODIARK TRANCE! [[labelnote:Explanation]]A mocking quotation of a fan-comic that depicts Hydaelyn as a villainous RonTheDeathEater and has the Warrior of Light go into a 'Zodiark Trance' to fight her. Has long since become synonymous of mocking people who misunderstood or intentionally misinterpret Venat/Hydaelyn, usually to [[DracoInLeatherPants portray the Ascians in a better light]].[[/labelnote]]

* Clive's PTSD [[labelnote: Explanation]]The FFXVI crossover will have Clive Rosfield coming over to Eorzea and he and the Warrior of Light battling his version of Ifrit. However, Eorzea is ''not'' the best place for him, what with all the summonings and mounts that take up the forms of firebirds and all that, not to mention the copious amount of crystals scattered all over the realm and its hub areas. Becomes HarsherInHinsdight when it turns out that a different PTSD is ''exactly'' what Clive is going through when he arrives.[[/labelnote]]
** "Shit! I can't move!"[[labelnote: Explanation]]During the event, Clive becomes trapped and unable to help, uttering the line in response. Since such a curse had never been said in-game outside of YeOldeButcheredEnglish, it came out of nowhere and surprised players. Cue jokes of Clive being a Dragoon or Black Mage player or Xbox banning players for the scene.[[/labelnote]]

* Clive's PTSD [[labelnote: Explanation]]The FFXVI crossover will have Clive Rosfield coming over to Eorzea and he and the Warrior of Light battling his version of Ifrit. However, Eorzea is ''not'' the best place for him, what with all the summonings and mounts that take up the forms of firebirds and all that, not to mention the copious amount of crystals scattered all over the realm and its hub areas.[[/labelnote]]

** Red Chocobo Calamity [[labelnote:Explanation]]Part of the quest chains that unlock the Ridorana Lighthouse raid has you searching for Montblanc, who is attacked by a pair of red chocobos. The chocobos can use Choco Meteor and they use it ''a lot'', which inflicts Vulnerability Up and can stack. On the day the patch went live, a lot of players were spawning their chocobos to fight for the quest, which resulted in a ''lot'' of meteors going off as well as tons of players dying.[[/labelnote]]

* How did you end up on the First?![[labelnote: Explanation]]To celebrate the game coming to XBox, a tweet was made from the Xbox account with a picture of a cute Mi'qote girl waving with a question asking where the first dungeon was. However, players quickly realized the background of the picture was of ''Il Mheg'', on the ''First Shard''. Jokes flew quickly, ranging from the stereotypical idea of players level skipping without knowing the mechanics to the girl having [[Manga/OnePiece Rorono Zoro]]-levels of NoSenseOfDirection to the Crystal Exarch ''really'' having bad luck recruiting the Warrior of Light.[[/labelnote]]

* ''Final Fantasy XIV'' is an equal-opportunity {{fanservice}} provider. [[labelnote:Explanation]]The game has been noted for the number of MrFanservice characters, along with efforts to ensure that there are {{stripperiffic}} outfits available to both sexes. This can even go so far as to make previous female-only outfits into unisex ones, such as a PlayboyBunny costume or the [[BellyDancer Thavnairian Bustier]]. As a result, the game has garnered a sizable fanbase among women and {{LGBT|Fanbase}} communities for making sure those who are into the gents have something nice to look at.[[/labelnote]]