It’s been almost exactly two months (again) since my last major update. This is a big one for me again—I’ve been extremely busy.
What the hell is “Shade’s Guide”?
This is the sort of guide I’ve been known for in the past
Until today… this is the only guide I’d published: a spreadsheet-based complete crafter leveling guide (all jobs Lv 1-80) that I host on my website. It fully covers leveling up via crafting leves and Ishgardian Restoration collectables and shows you exactly how and where to get every single item necessary. It’s been extremely well-received so far, and I’ve been very happy to see that it’s helped out so many people.
(Side-note: I’ll be updating the Ishgardian Restoration data very soon. Apparently, some exp. values changed in 5.2)
“Until today”
So symmetrical...!
A few minutes ago, I published my first Youtube video guide for FFXIV. It covers the entire System Configuration menu (the one with all the sound and graphics settings) at the same crazy level of detail as my crafter leveling guide. It’s also very heavy on visuals and was written/designed to be as beginner-friendly as possible!
\* * * Here’s a link to the video: https://youtu.be/9mDkGbcoti8
If you’ve ever wondered about any of the settings in this menu or if you know of any new players who might be confused by some of the stuff in there (like… Parallax Occlusion!), please feel free to check out this video and let me know if you have any questions at all.
The new Youtube channel
I’ll be uploading a new video to this channel every Saturday at 9AM PST.
Eventually, I’ll also cover the Character Configuration and HUD layout menus and then jam them all into a “Complete FFXIV Settings” playlist. The next few videos I upload to this channel will be much shorter than this one, though—making a video this long and detailed every week would literally kill me:
36-minute video made with over 70 tiny clips
I’ll still be updating my website and adding onto it over time, but most of the new guides I make will be going on the Youtube channel.
The other new Youtube channel
I’m also making a second new channel strictly for Let’s Play videos.
And here’s the first Let’s Play I’m starting:
I heard some people in this subreddit might like this game
I’m playing through from start to finish on a brand-new alt. Unlike my guide videos, these will all be recorded with live, unscripted commentary.
New uploads to this channel will come every Monday, Wednesday, and Friday at 9AM PST.
I've already recorded 2 1/2 hours of the LP, and the first video will be going up on Monday 3/16.
(These videos require about 10,000% less work to produce, so I can pump them out much faster. Plus, it’ll give me plenty of B-roll footage for guide videos.)
I have a hell of a lot I want to accomplish with all of this stuff, and getting things going on Youtube is the next major step for me. (#goalz)
Thank you guys for all the support and feedback you’ve given me over the years. <3
As always, if you have any questions, comments, or whatever about anything, let me know!
-Shade
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