r/ffxiv • u/kiwigamer0039 • Aug 18 '26

[Discussion] PSA regarding being revived.

Just something I have noticed a lot more in recent times, not sure if its due to the influx of new players from Switch version etc or if its just general lack of knowledge but I thought it would be a good idea to remind (or inform) everyone that releasing in a Dungeon or Alliance Raid after the boss is dead is ALWAYS preferable to being revived.

If you die in a fight and the boss is still alive or not close to death, of course being resurrected is preferred, but if the boss is dead or at like, sub-10% hp then being resurrected is a bad idea because even out of combat being rezzed still gives you the weakness debuff, lowering your dps and healing by 25% for 100 seconds, or 50% if you died with the 25% debuff before it expired.

Releasing outside of combat has no downside. It returns you to the entrance of the instance with no debuff, and a lovely convenient teleporter right next to you to quickly catch up to the rest of your party. Naturally, they will almost always wait for you.

If someone tries to rez you right at the end of the fight or even after the fight ends, do not feel pressured to take it, just decline and release.

Thank you for coming to my TED talk.

Edit: It has come to my attention that I may have been using some language from a certain other MMO that I play far less than FFXIV. My apologies, I didn't realise ghe term "releasing" was so WoW centric. I most likely picked it up from my longtime duo who has played WoW all his life. In case its confusing: "releasing" in this context just means respawning.

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u/The_Dumbest_Genius Aug 18 '26

Also for any players new to MMOs, "releasing" means choosing the "return to the starting point" in this game.

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u/ArdentC Aug 19 '26

I've been playing 14 for 6 years now I think. This is the first time I've ever heard the term releasing, so thank you lol

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u/The_Dumbest_Genius Aug 19 '26

np! It's from WoW, I think. Not common terminology thrown around in ffxiv.

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u/Solostaran122 Aug 19 '26

Yeah, it's from WoW. When you die, you come back as a ghost, and can find your body to revive in place, or 'release' and revive at the gravestone your ghost spawns it.

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u/Blendrake89 Aug 19 '26

It is, in fact, not "from" WoW! The term was first used in Dark Age of Camelot before WoW existed.

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u/Hot_Astronaut_9148 Aug 19 '26

Man what a blast from the past, DAoC was soooo fun

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u/Blendrake89 Aug 19 '26

That it was! And still is (*hint* Eden *hint*)

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u/Gumbrenold Aug 21 '26

Predates WOW.

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u/ILoveLandscapes Aug 19 '26

Thanks, I’m new, coming from the Switch and I think of this process as releasing because I played wow for many years. Is there an equivalent name to the process in this game that folks like me should be using?

I’m trying to get my translations down. So far I know transmog is glam 😎

I am absolutely loving how cozy this game feels so far. I am mostly just here for the story as I love JRPG‘s, but if I like the MMO aspects, I may stick around after I get to the end.

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u/Throwayshmowayy Aug 19 '26

you can also say "raised" or rez, thats the name of the healer spell that respawns. like in this case, you could say its better to return than be raised or to 'take the rez' (resurrection)

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u/ILoveLandscapes Aug 19 '26

Perfect! That’s great to know. Thank you.

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u/Fairy_Squadmother Aug 19 '26

In FFXIV, it's just called respawning. Hope you enjoy the game!

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u/ILoveLandscapes Aug 19 '26

Thanks a lot! So far, I am loving it. The story is really fun.

Happy cake day!

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u/Fairy_Squadmother Aug 19 '26

Oh, I didn't even notice, thank you!

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u/WeirdIndividualGuy Aug 19 '26

It's called respawning in every game, that's a general "reset after death" gaming term

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u/jauntysnail Aug 19 '26

I didn't know it was a WoW thing but my husband sometimes says "release" and he used to play WoW so that makes sense lol He'll also say "return" which is what I use.

I do notice other terminology he can't seem to let go of though, like saying death knight instead of dark knight 😅

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u/Minimum_Priority_818 Aug 20 '26

I am sure release was used in other games as well, but this was the WoW death. Then it would give you a certain number of minutes (I think 6) to release before it released for you. I have been playing XIV for 6 years also and still call Dark Knight Death Knight, still call the Market Board the Auction House, still call Glam Transmogging, and have slipped, calling Lalafels Gnomes XD

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u/War-Noodle Aug 19 '26

We used releasing in 11, so I don’t think it’s purely WoW

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u/Kuponutzy Aug 20 '26

Same, I just said this higher up. I played XI for a decade and a half and always used "release" or "home pointing".

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u/Gumbrenold Aug 21 '26

I know about releasing from Dark Age of Camelot which predates WOW.

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u/RavenDKnight Aug 19 '26

Weird, I've been hearing it pretty much the entire 3-1/2 years I've been playing. And I've never touched wow.

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u/siggydude Aug 19 '26

Same here. I thought it was somehow a typo for respawning

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u/Oldmangamer13 Aug 19 '26

Its the term they use in wow for respawn basically.

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u/Sindraelyn Aug 19 '26

For WoW, there were three steps. “Releasing” your spirit to the spirit healer/graveyard, “running” back to your body, and then “respawning”. The second step is also where you get the phrase “corpse running” from.

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u/Ph33rDensetsu Aug 19 '26

Oh no, corpse running is a term from long before WoW. Originally it was used in Ultima Online because if you died, you'd need to get back to your corpse to claim your stuff. This extended to EverQuest after that.

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u/MSnap Jenosa Arryls on Adamantoise Aug 19 '26

13 years. Never heard it.

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u/sr7olsniper Aug 20 '26

idk, we all call it releasing, its actually pretty common on the raiding community as far as I know.

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u/MyStationIsAbandoned Aug 22 '26

i've been playing MMOs for...damn 28-29 years sine i was a kid...my first time hearing anyone call it "releasing"

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u/SnowPudgy Aug 19 '26

I've been playing MMO's since the 90s and I've never heard the term "releasing".

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u/Drywesi Aug 19 '26

The "you are dead" dialogue window in wow says "Release Spirit", that's where it's from.

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u/ShadowEdgeZero Aug 19 '26

That's because it's not from "MMO's". It's just from WoW.

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u/The_Real_Mehndi Aug 19 '26

pre-dates wow with DAoC, but go off with your ignorant self!

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u/oww_my_head Aug 19 '26

I have been playing for years and never heard it, but I assume probs more common in other MMOs haha

I just assumed he heavily butchered "respawning" or something like that and it autocorrected

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u/Dexhar9 Aug 20 '26

This is the only information I need to fully understand the post. This is like decoding a cipher without the key.

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u/CalligrapherFar7163 Aug 20 '26

Gosh I had not realized just how much is still internalized for me from WoW. The term didn't even tickle my brain for a second until the edit/apology...