Funny Final Fantasy 14 Bug Gets the Game Confused

Posted on 14 November, 2024 by user

Spoiler Alert: Dawntrail MSQ/Raid spoilers follow.

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Key Takeaways

Battle log bug in FF14 attributes enemy actions to player with same name, causing confusion.
Bug has existed in various forms, including players and NPCs with same names.
Odd hiccups with character identification based on names seen in-game, impacting gameplay slightly.

A Final Fantasy 14 player experienced a bizarre bug that showed the game getting confused between who was responsible for attacks going on in a fight. It turns out that has a bug that breaks this element of the game if an NPC and a player have the same name in a fight.

Final Fantasy 14 players are currently delving into the content added to the title in the . Like any MMORPG, Final Fantasy 14 is constantly changing and evolving, which can lead to some weird bugs getting through. This particular player saw something of an identity crisis play out in front of them as the game couldn”t tell the difference between the player and their opponent.

In response to Final Fantasy 14 player feedback, Square Enix reveals a significant change to one of Dawntrail”s climactic story scenes.

On the main Final Fantasy 14 subreddit, Reddit user Ekanselttar shared an image compiling multiple shots of their battle log, where their character was mistaken for the person they were fighting. The player character, named Wicked Thunder, was facing off against the NPC Wicked Thunder in the fight. While two separate entities, the screenshots show the game getting confused, stating that the player hit themselves with the boss” attacks for tens of thousands of points of damage. The entire battle log plays out comedically, with the player allegedly injuring themselves multiple times, or prepping attacks to use on the rest of the group.

Final Fantasy 14 Naming Bug Goes Way Back

While this bug report dates back to , it”s likely that it hasn”t been addressed yet. Nothing in the patch notes specifically mentions it, and the bug has actually existed in several forms over the course of the game. A similar issue used to confuse the game”s battle system when two players would join a fight with the same name. These days, world names are now used to differentiate between players with identical names that have joined cross-server instances, so the bug isn”t seen in this form.