Hi all.

On July 1st, 2018 I streamed a run of FFXIV where I played through the entirety of the A Realm Reborn 2.0 Main Scenario in a single session, completing the run in 14 hours and 30 minutes (based on /playtime). I went in to this with a very specific set of rules so that it could be recreated fairly by other people. The rules included no Free Companies, no Party Finder, no preformed parties, no unsynced duties, no premium/veteran items (including exp boosting equips) and Road to 60 server. The idea being to see how fast a new player could complete the game in what can be taken as a "solo" run, whereby they get no help from anything but the Duty Finder.

The run was streamed on Twitch to show it was all done in one go and later uploaded to Youtube for permanence. The reason I chose to use a Road to 60 server was two-fold: Firstly it helped to eliminate hours of grinding and secondly the Road to 60 buff is assumed to be on-going in that new players to the game are directed to these buffed servers to start off, allowing them to catch up to more experienced players given that the game is now 2 expansions deep. Seeing as the point was to see how quickly a new, solo player can complete this content it seemed appropriate to utilise the features they would have access to as a fresh player, including this buff. Let me know what you think!

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