Thank you Cider for teaching me the filter completed option in the crafting log, I've been doing all the crafts and kept worrying I'd miss an unticked craft amongst the others
I have found that having a set goal in sight does wonders for my gaming sessions and my progress with said sessions. I dabble in achievements, but mainly I hunt mounts and minions. And during the period when I was chasing the Blackjack I was super set on making sure I did as much Gold Saucer things as there were to do. I would do Fashion Report every week. Minicacpot every day. Jumbo cacpot every week. Triple Triad Tournaments that up to that point I didn't even know existed every other week. I even did Verminion. Then once I got the 3m MGP for the Blackjack I just stopped, and this despite still needing 3 more mounts from there.I had gotten my perceived goal, and so while there are still things I need to get I don't feel the pressure to get them anymore. Having a focus like a task list is sometimes needed to get the drive to actually chase those things you want to but have no need to get immediately.
Oof, I feel you on the burnout. I feel like that's somewhat unavoidable for anything, no matter how much you inherently love it, but it's great to hear that planning out the next achievements helped :) Also didn't realize you were full time streaming now! I remember you considering that several months ago, hope that's going well in general! I might tune in for the next Savage prog stream!
I’m new to the game and I just found and subbed to your channel last week. Your approach and love for the game and the grind is an inspiration. I was worried because of the title but now I’m excited to see what you’re up to next. Thanks for the great content!
Welcome to the game, new friend! Some of us (especially those on a *Lot* of time many days running) can feel the need for a break, but that's ok. Even the Director/Producer Yoshi P has said it's good to take breaks when you need them, and come back when you're excited again. That being said, I'm disabled, and play a frankly excessive number of hours daily, and have for years, so a little break here or there is really nothing against this game, it's more me giving my brain new stimuli. As for what *you* have in store for you, you've got a great story, phenominial community, tons of fun side activities you can get engaged in and totally lose track of time, if you don't have a local clock on your screen lol. I wish you the most wonderful of journies!
@@arcanadawn Thank you for the warm welcome! I haven't played an MMO since about a month after The Burning Crusade launched for WoW and I remember getting really burned out from grinding rep to get a Talbuk mount. FFXIV really hit me the same was WoW did when I first played it but there's so much more to do and I really like how the progression works. I recently updated to a paid account and I'm loving it!
@@jeepgun I would recommend taking your time, ignoring (most) yellow quests (seasonal events are usually yellow, as are, I think, a few other good side ones to get) and just enjoying the ride that is your MSQ and story quests. I'd also advise dipping your toes more into the side content, if you're interested (like PoTD or The Saucer)
Burnout is insane... I'm going through a "play other games" moment right now and I love how I can still watch your videos and this series without thinking "Maybe I should get back on" because they're just that good.
haha funny to see my tell in the video! cool that we were both working on the crafting log! idk if you use teamcraft, but it has been so nice for keeping track of all the mats i need! so maybe it would be helpful for when you go for more of the unique recipe achievements ^_^
remember that gaming and fun isn't just doing content thats pre laid out and included in the game, but also making your own sidequests. I'm leveling botanist so i can use it to make an actual botanists compendium of all plant species in Ethierys. so basically naming models and such even if they aren't collectible/gatherable. Make your own fun.
I've been chunking away at my Crafter/Gatherers myself. Gotta say, having mostly spent my time just filling in Grand Company Supply requests... I'm having fun. Kinda regretting I didn't tackle these earlier, even if it's been slowing my progress towards the S9 gil mount.
eyyyyy, this is exactly what I've been doing the past week, and I've been making lists for things too because it helps out immensely. Glad you're able to find a way through burnout and still do things you want to do!
The burnout is real. I barely have logged into FFXIV myself lately. I even completely missed the Rising Event. I got two sets of raid gear and don't care to get more or cap my tombstones. But I have some other things to play. I do look forward to your eventual videos of your FF1 playthru.
Same, I even missed the FF15 event that gives the 4 seater car when it came back around a few months ago, sucks because I've been waiting years for it.
Same I wanted to stop after Post Endwalker was lame but Dawntrail MSQ really killed it for me and I've quit now after a few years it was fun while it lasted. But it's been bad with nothing fun left to do for far too long now
@boogiebam7104 It's funny we are still watching FFXIV content even though I quit right at DT launch too. I often think about going back to do deep dungeons and relic runs, but would not get DT expac just yet and would comfortably stay at lvl 90 for a bit longer.
Feeling the Burnout thing a lot, mostly because since dawntrail my leveling of my other jobs got bottlenecked by long queues when it comes to roulettes, but also the expert roul grind has been wearing at me. Deadwalk doesn't feel hard anymore as everyone gets better geared but it remains tedious... Also don't forget your combat retainers can be sent to go gather drops like those horns. Personal example: Wolf Fangs for Spiritbond Pots lmao 19:35
I don't usually comment on yt videos but here it goes. I enjoy your content cause you're an amazing content creator. I don't care if your grinding achievements or playing whatever game you want to. You're just that good and cannot be stopped. Hope you find a good way to solve this. Cheers from Brazil. :D
Great video as always! I'm currently having the same issue with burnout; I may try your checklist idea as I am a very goal-oriented lady and I keep logging in and then just not knowing what to do. Thanks for the videos and as always, I look forward to seeing the next one! 🥰
I just want to say, it was your achievement videos that helped me get through my burnout (and also birthday depression). Also, when you went to bronze lake to take the ferrry, you can just fly across now :)
I know it's been a long time, but I'd really love to see you finish off the "mad because small" videos - it's what brought me to your audience to begin with. Finishing it would be the LYSE you could do.
I would really like to tell you "It's fine, take it slow and take a deep breath, we will be here for you." but although this might be true, it's like saying "Stop earning money." I'm sorry you're feeling exhausted right now and for what it's worth, I know that feeling all too well with my current job. I whish I had an answer for you but it seems like you have already found one, creating a battle plan to get back into the flow and have fun again. Hang in there 💜
I just got that, got halfway through the DRK anima weapon in 3 days as a sprout. And gone through all the Alexander raids in a day on normal. It was all great, until I went in blind into A12, and it humbled me. Now's the time to do some MSQ and take a breather. You're seriously amazing man. I respect the hard work
This is exactly what's kept me from getting burnt out lol!! I've been bored at work sometimes, so I'll look through what achieves I have left on lalachieves and think about how I could work them in as like a daily or weekly grind instead of waiting to binge them all
The only MMO i ever regularly played was Star Trek Online, starting from it's season 3 (just out of Beta) up to they released their "play as Dominion characters" update. Honestly my burnout was pretty severe, I felt I had reached a point where there was simply nothing left to do. I had multiple max level characters from each faction, maxxed out research trees on multiple of those, owned a vast fleet with each having claimed every free ship from every special event up till then. I've never played FFXIV, but it certainly seems to get far more content updates than STO does.
Been there, done that. For me it was in the Minecraft modding project I work with. Over last year work in my team had gotten to the point where we'd crunch on every single thing we made, since everything was expected to be done "right now". Main thing that kept me in was the sunk cost fallacy at that point - I've been there for the best part of a decade, so I can't just leave, right? Luckily putting the foot down in front of the project leads worked and we got ourselves bigger planning windows and more consistent tasks, which allowed us to have fun with it again.
I'm real interested to see what you do next! I'm still whittling away at the free trial myself. I'm not even done with Stormblood's MSQ but I'm glad I've knocked some items off my personal check list so far.
"Let's overspend on something I could have bought from the shop" This is why I sell certain items you can buy in the shop. People with gil to burn will buy them. They don't make a high amount of gil individually but if I don't have anything else for my retainers to sell, it's at least something to fill the slots and make something rather than nothing.
holy crap, to know im only a couple of days ahead of spider in playtime and ive burned out more times than i can count is astounding im surprised and impressed it took you this long to need a freshen up!
I'm in a "playing other games" moment right now. I love XIV. it consumes my life when I'm playing it. I also love achievements. Luckily, I am just a player paying a sub, not relying on it for my income. And honestly, that exact sort of thing is what keeps me from trying ot make any of my hobbies into income/business. I made a (very lackluster) attempt at setting up an etsy shop to sell my crochet. and that went downhill fast because i realized that I much prefer being able to walk away and put it down when I lose interest. and the pressure of performing on a schedule, to other people's expectations, and becoming a small business owner with all the legal/financial entanglements? Turning my free time fun hobby into a job? turning all my free time into work? Nah. I walked away from that real quick. Sucked all the joy out of it. But I'm so glad there are people out there who find thigns like that fulfilling and push through the burnout and show up regardless. I am thankful for content creators like you, and so many others. Because even when I'm not playing XIV, I'm still in the loop, still watching content, still loving the game. and it lets me still enjoy the game, in a different way, while taking a break for myself. glad you found a way that will hopefully kick your burnout. Best of luck going forward. I always look forward to your content. :D
I've encountered some burnout on different types of content, and my solution was basically what you're doing. I moved to a different part of the game and worked on that for a bit. Tired of Bozja/Eureka? I did some blue mage and got the Morbol mount. Tired of blue mage? I did mentor roulette, and then extremes when I was tired of that. Now I'm on the firmament here and there while watching your stream and I've come back around to really wanting to do Blue Mage content!
You should combo crafting with desynthesis, craft it and then break it apart. You can work on 2 achievements at once while sparing your inventory and get some of the materials back for other crafts which will save you gil 😊
Take it at your own pace Cider. Relax and keep having fun. I've been rather chill on my own achievement grind. Still working on maxing my combat classes. I am now 31 total levels from being completely maxed. I did get a pleasant surprise in the form of "An Extract Science V", extract 5000 materia from spiritbound items. That is the hardest extraction achievement, so I was very happy. The only Materia Achievements I have left are for affixing materia. I need to do it 6500 more times to get them both. It will be easy, but time consuming; I can just affix and remove a low rank materia from low level armor again and again.
I think the material supplier you can get for a house or apartment has most of the items from all the low-level guild vendors. Maybe a few more things, too.
hahhah! unique recipe achievements is coincidentally what I'd just started working on last week on my own achievment grind (which you inspired) God the housing materials supplier is a GODSEND for all those low level recipes
With last weeks video I was hoping that Mentor Roulette would come back on Mondays, but if you're feeling burned out making these weekly achievement grind videos alongside your streams, I think we'd all understand if you wanted to postpone bringing that back to give yourself more free time not doing the roulette or the editing required for the video. I'm glad that you found a good way around the burnout issue though. I'm also lazily going through all of the unique recipes right now, but how I'm doing that is leveling up jobs I haven't used yet and crafting all the gear for them. Right now I'm working on Gunbreaker, but it looks like I already crafted most fending gear since I've been using all three other tanking jobs since Heavensward.
Hey there! Thank you so much for all your hard work and your awesome videos! ❤️ You’re very fun to watch and I love your voice! But hey, burnout is no joke (obvious I know) so please take good care of yourself. ☺️
You too got the burnout? Got it this week and it's even affecting my capacities to do trials and even weeklies like Custom Deliveries. When it happens it happens and is really unavoidable
Speaking as someone who is definitely burnt out with ff at the moment, the chill vibe for this weeks video was perfect. And I think you can definitely see you slowly go from disinterested in the game to slowly regaining that achievement dopamine hit as you find what works for making it fun again. Definitely going to go and make a list today to get back on that grind 🦾
Sorry to hear you've hit a bit of a funk, dude. I've always found your videos to be very entertaining. Hope the lists and switching things up works for you!
There are plenty of people who will watch you no matter what you play. Content creators aren't defined by people that watch them for what they do. They're defined by those who watch them for who they are.
The other way to get antelope horns (or any non-purchasable, mob-drop only items) is by sending out a battle class retainer to go and farm some for a venture or two.
I wasn't playing during ARR, but during the Cloud Server Test I did all the DoH/DoL I Made That III/I Found That III as a challenge and can confirm the base 1-50 recipes were not enough for most, if not all of them - I remember having to dip into furniture because I didn't want to level more than I had to, and I think I even had to do some Master Is for CUL? I think? because I couldn't get a given mat for a furniture piece because it was seasonal or something
@Cider Spider my best recommendation for dealing with burnout without leaving the game would be to make new friends to run your chosen content with. new people can really refresh things imo.
I'm not looking at the crafting list right now myself, but I think the reason sphene is so cheap on the market board is that it's used for VIT-based accessories, which are basically useless for ARR, since everyone uses STR/DEX/MND/INT.
I got burnout recently as well. I'm trying to level my alt jobs, but I'm taking a step back and playing an evil playthrough in Baldur's Gate 3. It hurts my heart and the camp is lonely, so I also started a good playthrough at the same time.
Burnout is completely understandable. The game is kind of dead right now. The real expansion content isn't until the patches arrive and the first isn't until probably the second week of November. I've got over 8300 hours in the game and I generally just log in to check my ventures and maybe farm a couple of vouchers to sell. Next week I'm diving into FF16 on PC and hopefully that will hold me for a while. Have you done the deep dungeons yet?
I'm currently prepping for all my crafting achievements now while I've only just started Endwalker. I call it my Shopping List, where I figured out every item I need, including crystals, and when I wanna play 14 but not sure what to do or I don't wanna do anything too intensive I work on gathering everything I need, while my retainers passively get me my crystals (some currently up into the 70k range of what I need to get). My friends call me dedicated but crazy lol but what they don't know is I'm gonna craft every item but 1 of each category in secret, pull them into a party under the guise of "hey you got a minute? I wanna show you something" then spam how ever many dozens of achievements into the chat and watch them lose their minds as it keeps going XD Yes I'm also doing the Ishgardian Restoration crafts at the same time to make this even worse/better. Please send help. No really, I gotta farm 8k fleece, send help lol
My interest in FFXIV has waned in the last month or so. A case of "I've done everything there is to do". (Not literally everything, but I did touch the majority of the content.) I've played for over 10 years. I have over 21,500 achievement points with the Lalachievements system (it's about a thousand higher in the game). With barely any ingame friends, anything left is pure grind. I have ended my automatic subscription a few days ago, and my sub ends in 5 days. Still enjoying seeing content though! Grind on, achievement hunters!
I finished my zodiac Relic collection about two weeks ago and now I’m taking it slow and playing other games for abit before going for Eureka/Anima relic collection.
I got burnt out recently because I'm working on getting the rat mount from Dawntrail fates while doing 9 hrs per week of raid prog (we cleared this week, so it's not as bad now) I've just been playing other games like ffxiii or core keeper
I saw you buy that Holy Water and I screamed. You can buy that in Idyllshire 😭I guess it takes much more time going there, but there's a Scrap Salvager in there that sells tons of items that are specifically for making the items necessary for finishing your crafting quests in Heavensward. I recommend going there to check out items first, or just see if there's a buy price before picking things up at the market board. OR OF COURSE if you REALLY need to get it done as soon as possible, you do you. This will just be left here for newer players who would like to know that there ARE things you can purchase from NPCs.
@rustyjones7908 That's great. It probably is worth less because of that on your server, because there's no demand. It sells for about 2700 Gil from the NPC, which admittedly is less than what Cider bought it for, but he bought it in bulk of 10, so 10,000 Gil instead of 2700. Hopefully he needed to use all 10 of those, because oof otherwise.
@@JKtheSlacker Once again, I said that while it may not be a thing for the dude with 80 million on his character, that there are *definitely other* players who would benefit to know this stuff, and would definitely be willing to pay 500 extra gil to teleport to a place with no marketboard to buy something for 8000 gil cheaper. It also is funny because he points out how *expensive it issss* boohoo. If he is announcing it out loud, but not mentioning that he knows about the Scrap Salvager, then maybe he *doesn't* know.
The most powerful of tools - making a LIST! Heck ye list enjoyer
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I wanna know the lore behind the Pringles in the oven.
I have a big list of achievements to work on :D
My ADHD brain over here having trained itself to completely ignore any kind of list or reminders I make...
It's true that witing things down physically makes them somehow more real.
>Say he has poor time management
>Gets more done in a week than I do in a month
Has poor time management the same way Aymeric does.
Shit last time I got shit done in a week, I was making a whole set of crafting gear…and most of that was done the day AFTER the week I planned it. XD
This video was EXACTLY as long as a Praetorium run with 2 sprouts, the prefect vid for FF14 players 😂
im...actually watching this in prae.
I actually noticed antelope horns are ridiculously overpriced for a mid level ARR item the other day.
@@shibukamiya8428 Same
@@rustyjones7908 Supply and Demand x.x
The bit with Wuk yelling out 'Sphene' as you sold the item sent my sides into orbit, well played sir
Came here to say that!
if you feel burned out, just remember that you still have to get all the achievements in minecraft :)
unironically one of my favorite videos
Thank you Cider for teaching me the filter completed option in the crafting log, I've been doing all the crafts and kept worrying I'd miss an unticked craft amongst the others
Btw the level 50 crafter rings you get for unique crafts can go in the armoire so doesn't hurt to grab them and put them away
Same, when I saw that i thought ”why did I never think to click that cog in that menu?”
@@MzyraJ More items need to go into the armoire..
@@ExileTwilight 1000%, I want to put the achievement crafting and gathering tools in there too
I have found that having a set goal in sight does wonders for my gaming sessions and my progress with said sessions. I dabble in achievements, but mainly I hunt mounts and minions. And during the period when I was chasing the Blackjack I was super set on making sure I did as much Gold Saucer things as there were to do. I would do Fashion Report every week. Minicacpot every day. Jumbo cacpot every week. Triple Triad Tournaments that up to that point I didn't even know existed every other week. I even did Verminion. Then once I got the 3m MGP for the Blackjack I just stopped, and this despite still needing 3 more mounts from there.I had gotten my perceived goal, and so while there are still things I need to get I don't feel the pressure to get them anymore. Having a focus like a task list is sometimes needed to get the drive to actually chase those things you want to but have no need to get immediately.
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Oof, I feel you on the burnout. I feel like that's somewhat unavoidable for anything, no matter how much you inherently love it, but it's great to hear that planning out the next achievements helped :) Also didn't realize you were full time streaming now! I remember you considering that several months ago, hope that's going well in general!
I might tune in for the next Savage prog stream!
I’m new to the game and I just found and subbed to your channel last week. Your approach and love for the game and the grind is an inspiration. I was worried because of the title but now I’m excited to see what you’re up to next. Thanks for the great content!
Welcome to the game, new friend! Some of us (especially those on a *Lot* of time many days running) can feel the need for a break, but that's ok. Even the Director/Producer Yoshi P has said it's good to take breaks when you need them, and come back when you're excited again.
That being said, I'm disabled, and play a frankly excessive number of hours daily, and have for years, so a little break here or there is really nothing against this game, it's more me giving my brain new stimuli.
As for what *you* have in store for you, you've got a great story, phenominial community, tons of fun side activities you can get engaged in and totally lose track of time, if you don't have a local clock on your screen lol. I wish you the most wonderful of journies!
@@arcanadawn Thank you for the warm welcome! I haven't played an MMO since about a month after The Burning Crusade launched for WoW and I remember getting really burned out from grinding rep to get a Talbuk mount. FFXIV really hit me the same was WoW did when I first played it but there's so much more to do and I really like how the progression works. I recently updated to a paid account and I'm loving it!
@@jeepgun I would recommend taking your time, ignoring (most) yellow quests (seasonal events are usually yellow, as are, I think, a few other good side ones to get) and just enjoying the ride that is your MSQ and story quests.
I'd also advise dipping your toes more into the side content, if you're interested (like PoTD or The Saucer)
If you ask me getting burned out is absolutely a part of the process of achievement hunting lol
Achievement unlocked: Burnout.
Burnout is insane... I'm going through a "play other games" moment right now and I love how I can still watch your videos and this series without thinking "Maybe I should get back on" because they're just that good.
The Sphene ad libs are a hilarious addition XD
okay the spheeeeeeeeene got me
That crafting montage xD so funny and put me in an excellent mood
"Get noise polluted, idiots!" was so stupid I laughed out loud.
The last half of the video definitely brought back your old energy.
haha funny to see my tell in the video! cool that we were both working on the crafting log!
idk if you use teamcraft, but it has been so nice for keeping track of all the mats i need! so maybe it would be helpful for when you go for more of the unique recipe achievements ^_^
remember that gaming and fun isn't just doing content thats pre laid out and included in the game, but also making your own sidequests. I'm leveling botanist so i can use it to make an actual botanists compendium of all plant species in Ethierys. so basically naming models and such even if they aren't collectible/gatherable. Make your own fun.
I've been chunking away at my Crafter/Gatherers myself.
Gotta say, having mostly spent my time just filling in Grand Company Supply requests... I'm having fun. Kinda regretting I didn't tackle these earlier, even if it's been slowing my progress towards the S9 gil mount.
Everytime the tiny "Spheeeene" pops up it kills me
eyyyyy, this is exactly what I've been doing the past week, and I've been making lists for things too because it helps out immensely. Glad you're able to find a way through burnout and still do things you want to do!
The burnout is real. I barely have logged into FFXIV myself lately. I even completely missed the Rising Event. I got two sets of raid gear and don't care to get more or cap my tombstones. But I have some other things to play. I do look forward to your eventual videos of your FF1 playthru.
Same, except I always do the events but yeah don't play much.
Same, I even missed the FF15 event that gives the 4 seater car when it came back around a few months ago, sucks because I've been waiting years for it.
Same I wanted to stop after Post Endwalker was lame but Dawntrail MSQ really killed it for me and I've quit now after a few years it was fun while it lasted. But it's been bad with nothing fun left to do for far too long now
@boogiebam7104 It's funny we are still watching FFXIV content even though I quit right at DT launch too. I often think about going back to do deep dungeons and relic runs, but would not get DT expac just yet and would comfortably stay at lvl 90 for a bit longer.
Feeling the Burnout thing a lot, mostly because since dawntrail my leveling of my other jobs got bottlenecked by long queues when it comes to roulettes, but also the expert roul grind has been wearing at me. Deadwalk doesn't feel hard anymore as everyone gets better geared but it remains tedious...
Also don't forget your combat retainers can be sent to go gather drops like those horns. Personal example: Wolf Fangs for Spiritbond Pots lmao 19:35
I don't usually comment on yt videos but here it goes.
I enjoy your content cause you're an amazing content creator. I don't care if your grinding achievements or playing whatever game you want to. You're just that good and cannot be stopped. Hope you find a good way to solve this. Cheers from Brazil. :D
100% Agreed here, from the usa. I'd watch you put out different kinds of content too.
Great video as always! I'm currently having the same issue with burnout; I may try your checklist idea as I am a very goal-oriented lady and I keep logging in and then just not knowing what to do. Thanks for the videos and as always, I look forward to seeing the next one! 🥰
Hearing the music from The Burn made me realise how ingrained in my memory that mist dragon is
All of us still on the omni-crafting grind are here laugh/crying with you 😅
I just want to say, it was your achievement videos that helped me get through my burnout (and also birthday depression).
Also, when you went to bronze lake to take the ferrry, you can just fly across now :)
I know it's been a long time, but I'd really love to see you finish off the "mad because small" videos - it's what brought me to your audience to begin with. Finishing it would be the LYSE you could do.
3:35 that is a perfect answer. Im struggling to do anything in this game and I think you gave me an answer to fight that.
I would really like to tell you "It's fine, take it slow and take a deep breath, we will be here for you." but although this might be true, it's like saying "Stop earning money."
I'm sorry you're feeling exhausted right now and for what it's worth, I know that feeling all too well with my current job.
I whish I had an answer for you but it seems like you have already found one, creating a battle plan to get back into the flow and have fun again.
Hang in there 💜
I just got that, got halfway through the DRK anima weapon in 3 days as a sprout. And gone through all the Alexander raids in a day on normal. It was all great, until I went in blind into A12, and it humbled me. Now's the time to do some MSQ and take a breather. You're seriously amazing man. I respect the hard work
This is exactly what's kept me from getting burnt out lol!! I've been bored at work sometimes, so I'll look through what achieves I have left on lalachieves and think about how I could work them in as like a daily or weekly grind instead of waiting to binge them all
you had me dieing at the earth wind and fire reference.
The only MMO i ever regularly played was Star Trek Online, starting from it's season 3 (just out of Beta) up to they released their "play as Dominion characters" update. Honestly my burnout was pretty severe, I felt I had reached a point where there was simply nothing left to do. I had multiple max level characters from each faction, maxxed out research trees on multiple of those, owned a vast fleet with each having claimed every free ship from every special event up till then.
I've never played FFXIV, but it certainly seems to get far more content updates than STO does.
Been there, done that.
For me it was in the Minecraft modding project I work with. Over last year work in my team had gotten to the point where we'd crunch on every single thing we made, since everything was expected to be done "right now". Main thing that kept me in was the sunk cost fallacy at that point - I've been there for the best part of a decade, so I can't just leave, right? Luckily putting the foot down in front of the project leads worked and we got ourselves bigger planning windows and more consistent tasks, which allowed us to have fun with it again.
I'm real interested to see what you do next!
I'm still whittling away at the free trial myself. I'm not even done with Stormblood's MSQ but I'm glad I've knocked some items off my personal check list so far.
SPHEEENE
Everytime i hear Wuk say Sphene i get so damn happy
"Let's overspend on something I could have bought from the shop" This is why I sell certain items you can buy in the shop. People with gil to burn will buy them. They don't make a high amount of gil individually but if I don't have anything else for my retainers to sell, it's at least something to fill the slots and make something rather than nothing.
Chill and authentic. Nice video.
holy crap, to know im only a couple of days ahead of spider in playtime and ive burned out more times than i can count is astounding
im surprised and impressed it took you this long to need a freshen up!
Earth wind and fire joke got me XD
I'm glad you also understand the magic and power of lists.
I'm in a "playing other games" moment right now. I love XIV. it consumes my life when I'm playing it. I also love achievements.
Luckily, I am just a player paying a sub, not relying on it for my income. And honestly, that exact sort of thing is what keeps me from trying ot make any of my hobbies into income/business. I made a (very lackluster) attempt at setting up an etsy shop to sell my crochet. and that went downhill fast because i realized that I much prefer being able to walk away and put it down when I lose interest. and the pressure of performing on a schedule, to other people's expectations, and becoming a small business owner with all the legal/financial entanglements? Turning my free time fun hobby into a job? turning all my free time into work?
Nah. I walked away from that real quick. Sucked all the joy out of it.
But I'm so glad there are people out there who find thigns like that fulfilling and push through the burnout and show up regardless. I am thankful for content creators like you, and so many others.
Because even when I'm not playing XIV, I'm still in the loop, still watching content, still loving the game. and it lets me still enjoy the game, in a different way, while taking a break for myself.
glad you found a way that will hopefully kick your burnout. Best of luck going forward. I always look forward to your content. :D
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O wise spider of the cider, what ia your wisdom?
"A row of ducks is better than unrowed ducks"
Quack
I've encountered some burnout on different types of content, and my solution was basically what you're doing. I moved to a different part of the game and worked on that for a bit. Tired of Bozja/Eureka? I did some blue mage and got the Morbol mount. Tired of blue mage? I did mentor roulette, and then extremes when I was tired of that.
Now I'm on the firmament here and there while watching your stream and I've come back around to really wanting to do Blue Mage content!
I might be sleep deprived, but row row row your ducks spoke to me.
16:38: "LISTEN TO MEEEEEE"
I listen to these in the background so I'm fine with it being a chill video lol
You should combo crafting with desynthesis, craft it and then break it apart. You can work on 2 achievements at once while sparing your inventory and get some of the materials back for other crafts which will save you gil 😊
Can also buy stacks of 1 gil dish and desynth whole stacks. (He also has the fishing achievments left too tho)
SPHEEEEEEEEEEEEENNNNNNNNNEEEEEEEEEEE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Take it at your own pace Cider. Relax and keep having fun.
I've been rather chill on my own achievement grind. Still working on maxing my combat classes. I am now 31 total levels from being completely maxed.
I did get a pleasant surprise in the form of "An Extract Science V", extract 5000 materia from spiritbound items. That is the hardest extraction achievement, so I was very happy.
The only Materia Achievements I have left are for affixing materia. I need to do it 6500 more times to get them both. It will be easy, but time consuming; I can just affix and remove a low rank materia from low level armor again and again.
I think the material supplier you can get for a house or apartment has most of the items from all the low-level guild vendors. Maybe a few more things, too.
That wind sprite said 'you are my nemesis'
hahhah! unique recipe achievements is coincidentally what I'd just started working on last week on my own achievment grind (which you inspired) God the housing materials supplier is a GODSEND for all those low level recipes
OMG THERES AN OPTION TO FILTER BY COMPLETED RECIPES?! 13:02
Honestly I enjoy the crafting weeks. Nice low key video, and gives you a chance to crack some silly jokes like the "I hate birds" one. Nice.
*deep breath*. SPHEEEEEEENE!
With last weeks video I was hoping that Mentor Roulette would come back on Mondays, but if you're feeling burned out making these weekly achievement grind videos alongside your streams, I think we'd all understand if you wanted to postpone bringing that back to give yourself more free time not doing the roulette or the editing required for the video.
I'm glad that you found a good way around the burnout issue though. I'm also lazily going through all of the unique recipes right now, but how I'm doing that is leveling up jobs I haven't used yet and crafting all the gear for them. Right now I'm working on Gunbreaker, but it looks like I already crafted most fending gear since I've been using all three other tanking jobs since Heavensward.
Unfortunately I think making your hobby your job can sometimes cause the hobby to be less interesting. Hopefully this passes for you
Hey there! Thank you so much for all your hard work and your awesome videos! ❤️ You’re very fun to watch and I love your voice! But hey, burnout is no joke (obvious I know) so please take good care of yourself. ☺️
I was super burnt out until I found your channel. Hope your burnout isn't the year of burnout I had. I'm closing in on top 100 on Jenova though! :D
You too got the burnout?
Got it this week and it's even affecting my capacities to do trials and even weeklies like Custom Deliveries. When it happens it happens and is really unavoidable
Speaking as someone who is definitely burnt out with ff at the moment, the chill vibe for this weeks video was perfect. And I think you can definitely see you slowly go from disinterested in the game to slowly regaining that achievement dopamine hit as you find what works for making it fun again. Definitely going to go and make a list today to get back on that grind 🦾
Sorry to hear you've hit a bit of a funk, dude. I've always found your videos to be very entertaining. Hope the lists and switching things up works for you!
There are plenty of people who will watch you no matter what you play. Content creators aren't defined by people that watch them for what they do. They're defined by those who watch them for who they are.
"Fire rocks with me" underrated joke
The other way to get antelope horns (or any non-purchasable, mob-drop only items) is by sending out a battle class retainer to go and farm some for a venture or two.
Thank you for making this, I like listening to your thoughts and progress, done at your own pace. Glad your doing it in your own style!
I wasn't playing during ARR, but during the Cloud Server Test I did all the DoH/DoL I Made That III/I Found That III as a challenge and can confirm the base 1-50 recipes were not enough for most, if not all of them - I remember having to dip into furniture because I didn't want to level more than I had to, and I think I even had to do some Master Is for CUL? I think? because I couldn't get a given mat for a furniture piece because it was seasonal or something
Keep up the good fight, soldier!
Patiently waiting for Blue Mage content.
Spheeeeeeeeeeeene
"You know how much I hate birds." -looks to bird- Oh. Oh no.
12:13 Cider sounding like the boy from Flintstones as an adult.
@Cider Spider my best recommendation for dealing with burnout without leaving the game would be to make new friends to run your chosen content with. new people can really refresh things imo.
I'm not looking at the crafting list right now myself, but I think the reason sphene is so cheap on the market board is that it's used for VIT-based accessories, which are basically useless for ARR, since everyone uses STR/DEX/MND/INT.
I'm feeling that, I pushed all the combat jobs to 100 last week.
thank you for making me laugh today watching this!
I have important info for the "do x unique recipes" achievement: for alchemist, all of the flower accessories count
Ive been doing this for 11 years man, good luck. Jumbo Cactpot is a big wall.
I got burnout recently as well. I'm trying to level my alt jobs, but I'm taking a step back and playing an evil playthrough in Baldur's Gate 3. It hurts my heart and the camp is lonely, so I also started a good playthrough at the same time.
Burnout is completely understandable. The game is kind of dead right now. The real expansion content isn't until the patches arrive and the first isn't until probably the second week of November. I've got over 8300 hours in the game and I generally just log in to check my ventures and maybe farm a couple of vouchers to sell. Next week I'm diving into FF16 on PC and hopefully that will hold me for a while.
Have you done the deep dungeons yet?
I'm currently prepping for all my crafting achievements now while I've only just started Endwalker. I call it my Shopping List, where I figured out every item I need, including crystals, and when I wanna play 14 but not sure what to do or I don't wanna do anything too intensive I work on gathering everything I need, while my retainers passively get me my crystals (some currently up into the 70k range of what I need to get). My friends call me dedicated but crazy lol but what they don't know is I'm gonna craft every item but 1 of each category in secret, pull them into a party under the guise of "hey you got a minute? I wanna show you something" then spam how ever many dozens of achievements into the chat and watch them lose their minds as it keeps going XD
Yes I'm also doing the Ishgardian Restoration crafts at the same time to make this even worse/better.
Please send help.
No really, I gotta farm 8k fleece, send help lol
You could totally send your retainers out for antelope horns!
Cider is becoming an artist
I send my serfs... I mean retainers... out for such trivial matters as antelope horns. use your serfs... retainers... wisely
My interest in FFXIV has waned in the last month or so. A case of "I've done everything there is to do". (Not literally everything, but I did touch the majority of the content.) I've played for over 10 years. I have over 21,500 achievement points with the Lalachievements system (it's about a thousand higher in the game). With barely any ingame friends, anything left is pure grind. I have ended my automatic subscription a few days ago, and my sub ends in 5 days. Still enjoying seeing content though! Grind on, achievement hunters!
A lot of Sphene!! crafts? Danburite there are!
you can actually farm the horns quite easy with battle retainers. they bring like 20 per hour back
14:00 This would make a great version of the pokemon song, but its Cider crafting goldsmith stuff
I finished my zodiac Relic collection about two weeks ago and now I’m taking it slow and playing other games for abit before going for Eureka/Anima relic collection.
I used to be like this in most games I loved but after 6 years of doing these insane grinds in wow.....I just cant anymore
I got burnt out recently because I'm working on getting the rat mount from Dawntrail fates while doing 9 hrs per week of raid prog (we cleared this week, so it's not as bad now)
I've just been playing other games like ffxiii or core keeper
Time for part 2 to the Minecraft series
I saw you buy that Holy Water and I screamed. You can buy that in Idyllshire 😭I guess it takes much more time going there, but there's a Scrap Salvager in there that sells tons of items that are specifically for making the items necessary for finishing your crafting quests in Heavensward. I recommend going there to check out items first, or just see if there's a buy price before picking things up at the market board.
OR OF COURSE if you REALLY need to get it done as soon as possible, you do you. This will just be left here for newer players who would like to know that there ARE things you can purchase from NPCs.
Really? I know I get it sometime when desynthing and on my server it goes for like 80 gold at most on my server
@rustyjones7908 That's great. It probably is worth less because of that on your server, because there's no demand. It sells for about 2700 Gil from the NPC, which admittedly is less than what Cider bought it for, but he bought it in bulk of 10, so 10,000 Gil instead of 2700. Hopefully he needed to use all 10 of those, because oof otherwise.
The main problem with Idyllshire is the lack of a marketboard.
@@JKtheSlacker Once again, I said that while it may not be a thing for the dude with 80 million on his character, that there are *definitely other* players who would benefit to know this stuff, and would definitely be willing to pay 500 extra gil to teleport to a place with no marketboard to buy something for 8000 gil cheaper.
It also is funny because he points out how *expensive it issss* boohoo. If he is announcing it out loud, but not mentioning that he knows about the Scrap Salvager, then maybe he *doesn't* know.
I solved my burnout by playing 2 characters at the same time. Managing 2 different rotations really spices things up.
Would be interested in seeing you tackle other content that boys fourteen if just for a one or two episode break