Lore
Highlander males are missing this common feature in order to surprise and confuse their enemies
Eyebrows
In order to instantly raise a party member, you had to level this job.
Black Mage
Old players know what this is, but new players dread its existence and run.
Stack Markers
This side character once halted an entire expansion because of a singlular instance
Raubahn
One minor misclick on this ability ruins both you and your entire party's dps
Technical Step
These two jobs are the only ones in the game to give you a blank soulstone in their questlines.
Machinist and Blue Mage
This hub town today looks completely different from when it did upon release.
Idyllshire
This "popular" mechanic was created in Alexander and repackaged in different variations, much to the chagrin of the playerbase
Limit Cut
If you get lucky, you might catch a glimpse of this character in a Shadowbringers dungeon
Hildibrand
This healer ability somehow became a potency loss after a buff to its class
Afflatus Misery
The War of the Magi was fought between these three groups of people
Mhach, Amdapor and Nym
This grindy side content was removed from the game and then repurposed as a new, entirely different type of grindy side content later on.
The Diadem
XIV has these four aggro types
Sight, Sound, Blood and Spell Aggro
This popular Shadowbringers character is both the second and last character you talk to on the First
Lyna
As of Patch 6.4 (excluding BLU) this ability has the highest printed potency in the game
Hyosho Ranryu
SE placed a book in Great Gubal Library (Hard) to explain minor differences in translation of this.
The addition/removal of spell suffixes
What do you mean I have to meld this to hit the boss?
Accuracy Materia
Back in Coils, enraging the boss was easier than dealing with this mechanic
Allagan Rot
This job quest provider is closely related to another popular XIV character
Y'mhitra
This aoe spell was almost always better to cast than your main single target spell until you reached Level 54
Art of War
The "ilm" in Eorzean measurements was originally based on the length of this.
A hyuran thumb
A simple piece of their kit to some, but a dearly missed friend to others
Machinist's Bishop
There's this many ways to remove a doom debuff in the current iteration of the game.
5
This side character from Heavensward got a much needed lore dump in late Shadowbringers after completing a multitude of side quests.
Unukalhai
In Eureka, this skill is still impossible to properly calculate in dps treackers due to how the Focus action in Eureka alters potencies
Iron Jaws