Today I found out that trying to complete the entirety of FFXIV without dying is impossible, at least according to the game itself.
To start off, the game has a system that helps new players learn features of the game without spamming all the information at once. This system is called the "Active Help" guide. I do not know for sure but I believe it is actually a server sided function as I deleted all my files to test and sure enough the menu stays consistent on a reinstall. There is a section in the guide called "KO" that only appears after the player drops to 0 HP and dies. This is what I based my challenge around, the game had a functional way to validate a player has never died.
My rules of the challenge were to run a new character and try and complete the MSQ without dying, trading with another player, or using the Marketboard. If ever something happened that broke any of my rules, I would delete that character and start again. I thought for sure the challenge would be possible. That was until today when I was forced to die in a solo instance against Lahabrea. I already entertained the thought of forced deaths in the story, but I thought the only time that happened was during the Ultimate fight UCoB. I completely forgot that the developers changed the MSQ fights and included a solo instance against Lahabrea.
This is what happened in that fight:
https://www.twitch.tv/diablozweerz/c...0SZvPJUH0-OGIp
With that, it is impossible to run a permadeath challenge in FFXIV that can be officially authenticated by the game. I thought about buying a MSQ skip and checking if that was possible but it just ruined the original goal of the challenge.
Hmph. Yours was always a vain struggle. - Lahabrea
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To start off, the game has a system that helps new players learn features of the game without spamming all the information at once. This system is called the "Active Help" guide. I do not know for sure but I believe it is actually a server sided function as I deleted all my files to test and sure enough the menu stays consistent on a reinstall. There is a section in the guide called "KO" that only appears after the player drops to 0 HP and dies. This is what I based my challenge around, the game had a functional way to validate a player has never died.
My rules of the challenge were to run a new character and try and complete the MSQ without dying, trading with another player, or using the Marketboard. If ever something happened that broke any of my rules, I would delete that character and start again. I thought for sure the challenge would be possible. That was until today when I was forced to die in a solo instance against Lahabrea. I already entertained the thought of forced deaths in the story, but I thought the only time that happened was during the Ultimate fight UCoB. I completely forgot that the developers changed the MSQ fights and included a solo instance against Lahabrea.
This is what happened in that fight:
https://www.twitch.tv/diablozweerz/c...0SZvPJUH0-OGIp
With that, it is impossible to run a permadeath challenge in FFXIV that can be officially authenticated by the game. I thought about buying a MSQ skip and checking if that was possible but it just ruined the original goal of the challenge.
Hmph. Yours was always a vain struggle. - Lahabrea
Continue reading...