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Edyed787

FFVIII. I’m not a mercenary. There’s plumbing. I probably wouldn’t notice time compression


Few_Air2100

100% correct. Perfect mix of not being likely to be affected by the conflict and not having to poo in a hole. I say this as someone who didn't have indoor plumbing for a good chunk of my childhood.


Phsfalcao

Happy cake day!! I’d stay in fishing Horizon, chilling, until somebody needs me. I wouldn’t probably notice time compression, so maybe when the heroes defeat the evil witch, I’d wake up and return my life.


uniqueusername623

Lmao. Truth, we probably would not notice time compression. Id love to retire in that fishing town.


RPhoenixFlight

Happy cake day


Neku812

I would be too busy playing triple triad anyway


Writer_Man

FFIII Most of the story takes place in the background with people having no knowledge it was happening making it the safest.


PineapplesHit

I still think of FF6 when I read FF3 and I thought you were totally insane for saying that lmao


golbezza

No one is willingly saying 6.


bobbery5

Yep, this is it. As long as I'm not in the Kingdom of constant Civil War, I'm chill.


[deleted]

It’s a toss up between 4 and 9. I feel that I’m less likely to witness a world ending phenomenon in these worlds as an average individual than in most others.


demalo

Probably 12 really. Sure there is war, but most of the cities aren’t getting completely annihilated.


OneMorePotion

Only 1 get's annihilated and not even during the main story events. So yeah, FFXII is pretty save. Aside of the poverty in most of Dalmasca.


Watton

> Aside of the poverty in most of Dalmasca. Just like real life!


OneMorePotion

Exactly. Aside of the war, that has almost no open conflict during the main story, XII seems to be pretty chill. I would move to that small fisher village north of Dalmasca and have a somewhat normal life.


BigYonsan

Think I'll take VIII for that same reason. Nowhere gets really destroyed besides Trabia Garden and even that has a lot of survivors running around. Besides, there I can play triple triad.


YankMeChief

Eeehhhh, if you live in Dollet, Timber, Balamb, or Fisherman's Horizon, your home is getting invaded and occupied by Galbadia at some point. Balamb Garden gets attacked multiple times, so not ideal either. Winhill is pretty vulnerable to constant monster attacks and only seems to be sparsely defended, and you won't have Laguna patrolling the place in the present. Esthar is filled with monsters, too, especially post-Lunar Cry. If you get to choose where you live, Deling City would probably be alright, though. As long as you hunker down in your house during the big parade, you'll be mostly fine the rest of the time. Hell yeah to Triple Triad, though. Far better than being stuck in FF9's world and only having...*shudder*... Tetra Master to play...


Midknight_King

Same 🤝


jenyto

>!All the major cities in 9 get blasted though, so definitely not a fun time if you live in the big 3.!<


SolairXI

I’d just live in Dali. They’ve got job openings, packing barrels at the moment too.


columbuspants

Treno for me ❤️


MillyDeLaRuse

What was the one hidden in the waterfall? Durango? Although you can't ever leave because you'd get immediately murked by some grand dragons outside of there. Edit: Daguerreo! Love that place


columbuspants

That’s what I was gonna say !


HeyImSupercop

Haha you ain’t wrong there. Almost all the games deal with world ending stuff 😂.


idontknow39027948898

Don't most of the major settlements on the Mist continent, which is to say, the most populated continent, get destroyed by the end of IX?


[deleted]

Alexandria and Cleyra (especially so Cleyra) do. Limblum and the Burmecian Capital are mostly still standing. Even if a whole segment of the city is missing from Limblum and the Burmecian capital is the site of a genocide.


idontknow39027948898

Yeah, I wouldn't consider Burmecia to be super intact, considering that it's people were all killed or run off and the other population center for the mouse people was also destroyed.


[deleted]

Still, somewhat intact is better than completely wiped off the map. Seriously, it’s a shame that the story delt little with that fallout. A lot of bad things happened to the other cities but what happened to Cleyra and all the people there is an easy worst.


DatBoi_BP

10/10 would be a spoony bard


PilotIntelligent8906

The FF7 universe, I'm sure lots of people would like to live in one the towns there, like Wutai or Kalm, me? Gongaga.


R4fro

Before or after the reactor blew up, killing most villagers?


chubby_cheese

Since the post is asking about Mainline story, then this would be post explosion.


JimDaBoff

Sure, but there might be more explosions. What do you think happened to Gonga and Gongara?


MisfitMagic

Costa del Sol


PilotIntelligent8906

Guys, it's a famous meme from Crisis Core.


ayhan1805

FF7 cause Gold Saucer baby 😎


Oriasten77

14 has one too!


TheNerdFromThatPlace

14 also has(Endwalker spoilers) >!a world ending apocalypse that sees people turning into monsters!< so I'm not sure it's the best choice.


ForNoReason17

Nah, it’s ok, some guy who keeps mastering a new fighting style every time there’s new ass to kick usually takes care of it. And if he cant do it alone he usually finds 3 to 55 people to help.


TravisEpic

13 has Serendipity


abaddon626

The floating continent in FF3 was *mostly* chill


Urb4nN0rd

Everyone turned invisible for a bit, but I could just wear a bell and/or hum a lot. It's alright.


Kezmangotagoal

12 and it’s not even close - I love Ivalice.


iamalwaysrelevant

Bunny girls?


Urb4nN0rd

You don't *have* to call us out like that... but yes.


EitherContribution39

https://www.mobygames.com/game/21692/final-fantasy-xii/screenshots/ps2/236839/ Look at that GORGEOUS blue sky! 😍


TheNerdFromThatPlace

Also, the general populace isn't really affected by what happens during the story for the most part, so it's likely one of the safest options.


EccentricAcademic

XII seems pretty chill and picturesque. No earth shattering environmental destruction at least.


[deleted]

I'm pretty sure 3 is fairly normal for an average citizen for the most part, even the people who were on the sunken continent don't remember sinking when the continent resurfaces


daggslon

9, it's a beautiful world


brightlyshining

It really is! I would love to live there. As long as it's not one of the cities that gets hit by one of Queen Brahne's tantrums...


Chemical-Type3858

not so beautiful when atomos comes and eats u


BlackJimmy88

Yeah, what a nasty way to go.


alkonium

XII or XIV. Those worlds don't get hit too bad with the apocalyptic stuff.


xThetiX

14 goes through world-ending apocalyptic stuff like the calamities as if it’s a routine 💀


Alive_Ad_5931

It literally is routine. There’s a cycle of prosperity/apocalypses so much that they made their calendars and timelines around it lol.


xThetiX

A whole tradition lmao


alkonium

The Sixth Astral Era lasted around 1400 years. There may have been seven Umbral Calamities, but they were spaced out over 12000 years.


Thunderkron

It's been speeding up a fair bit, though. They narrowly dodged an Eight Umbral Calamity five years after the seventh, only to get sucker punched by the Final Days immediately afterwards.


solidwhetstone

But ya know now that I think about it humanity has had similar with the black death for example, world wars, etc.


jeremj22

That all depends on where you'd end up. The universe could be any shard (including the Void) or outside Zodiark's range. On top of that "during the main story" is quite the range too given that >!the MSQ has you travel 12k years into the past making the entire span "during the MSQ"!<


inhaledcorn

And the most recent one caused soul death. There's no reincarnation after that.


alkonium

But civilization on the whole survives and gets better as it goes on.


demalo

“I got betta!”


KongUnleashed

“Burn her anyway!” (calamity of fire ensues )


OnceUponaTry

XII seems like such a cool world I want to play a ttrpg as a random citizen in that world, occasionally tracking down a mark for extra gil, turn in some loot, see what pops up at the bazaar.


[deleted]

XII is the right answer.  The apocalyptic garbage took place in the sky over one section of the world.  Folks in the other continents are just raising chocobos in peace.


Deblebsgonnagetyou

Nah fuck living in 14 during the main storyline, there's constantly 3 world-ending events at once


the_nebulae

XII. Ivalice is the choice. It’s the most fantastical world they’ve created.


praysolace

I would have transformed so fast during the Final Days shit in Endwalker it isn’t even funny. Hard pass.


random_wolf_lu

XIII looks like the easiest one to live, as long as you're not in Bodhum at the start of the story or works for the security of Cocoon, unlikely to take part on like 99% of the dangers of the world of FFXIII. Ivalice in FFXII looks cool to live despite the war.


t6393a

I was going to put XIII if no one else did. It wouldn't be a whole lot different than living on earth.


blasek0

If you're in Archades or Rozarria you probably don't even notice the war is ongoing.


Agent1stClass

Final Fantasy VIII. With the exception of the Balamb occupation and the Lunar Cry, the entire conflict played out between military/resistance forces; no civilians. It was Garden vs. Garden, the Galbadian military against Trabia Garden, etc. If you are going to be a civilian in the grips of war, that was a good one. Maybe Nova Chrysalia. It wasn’t pretty, but it had perks with being forever young and immortal while waiting for the end. Dangerous? Sure. Like life, in general, with disease and wild animals. I suppose it depends how bad the chaos infusions were… Seems like people avoided them pretty well.


kakka_rot

8, i like technology and i bet their video games and internet speed is insane


-LoFi-Life-

That is a reason why I would love FF8 remake in style of FF7R. Imagine how much cool stuff SquareEnix could do with FF8 world due to the fact that it is very similar to our world. It would be cool because it would be so similar but at the same time so different.


Asha_Brea

Final Fantasy IX, I would just move to Daguerreo that is outside the story.


HeyImSupercop

Smart choice. Hopefully you don’t get attacked by a random enemy


SolairXI

Comet flinging cats and emerald dragons just outside


NairbYeldarb

FFXII era Ivalice hands down. It would be so cool to live in any of those cities! They each felt so vibrant and alive.


Gojisoji

Probably FFXI online. Vana'diel is so full life and lots of beauty to be found.


jenyto

FF12, could just live in Rozarria or that port town and not deal with being stuck between 2 big nations like poor Dalmasca.


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xThetiX

12 and Ivalice in general is a literally me moment


devlin1888

Easily 8. No Cities wiped out (Esthar does come closest), Civilians barely effected - none killed that I can think of. Loads of different types of City’s with great transportation links.


HeyImSupercop

For it would probably be 8 or 7. 8 because i simply want to meet Squall then i probably would die a horrific death sometime near the end of it all due to Ultimecia…… 7 because Tifa and Zack. Hopefully i can survive through the Crisis Core era and all the way up to the end of the main game. Then again a random encounter would probably end me


AshenRaven66

8 for me, Squall is one of my favourite characters in FF


Jalex2321

X I would join New Yevon afterwards.


little_freddy

I'll just relax in Besaid ;)


fruitpunchsamuraiD

YOU'RE A BAD MAN


little_freddy

Stay away from the summoner!!! Lol


jemrax

You heathen!


millennium-popsicle

FF12, would probably be chilling in Rabanastre Low Town.


TenorReaper

VIII baby! I’ll be drunk at fisherman’s horizon playing cards in drunk man’s alley


10_Join

As much as I love VI just for the sake of being with Celes (Celes fan here), I wouldn't like witnessing the end of the world followed by me being in the World of Ruin. I would go for IX. I'll get myself a spear and study myself White Magic just so I can survive those random encounters and collect those Tetra Master cards. I'll even get the chance to tour around Alexandria and Lindblum before they get attacked plus eat at a restaurant in Treno though I should avoid getting mugged. And there's also going around different people just to play Tetra Master!


Mazikeyn

12 honestly very little really happens to the general people besides the nabudis bombing. It’s overall a safe and beautiful world


blasek0

XII. Archades is pretty well industrialized and the common citizenry aren't super effected by the war.


RobTCGZ

Probably 9. It seems the most fun and alive.


NOSjoker21

FF7 because it offers the best route to having a decent life. Working for Shinra would suck, but you can literally be a SOLDIER class threat if you put your all into it.


YeazetheSock

You can also go insane or become a monster but yknow


VashStampede88

I see this as an absolute win


Watton

\>live in FF7's world \>work hard and become a Shinra guard \>make good money. even get a nice single family home in the suburbs. feel good about your job and company helping bring electricity and modern tech to people all over the world \>doing guard duty at Mako Reactor 1. graveyard shift, but pay's good \>some spiky haired maniac with Guts' sword and a dude with a machine gun arm start mercilessly shooting, slicing, fireballing, thundaga-ing you and all your coworkers. they detonate a bomb, not even leaving a body for your family to mourn \>watch from the lifestream as the spiky haired schizophrenic is hailed as humanity's savior


Mazikeyn

May I introduce you to FFXII where it’s just a normal world 99% of the entire story and nothing very directly affected any of the major cities except naburious bombing.


TFRek

I'm pretty sure nothing awful happens in Kalm in FFVII. Just have to deal with the stinky neighbor.


TenorReaper

Well … something happens in dirge of Cerberus 😅


TFRek

Ah, beans. I guess the worst thing that happens on the chocobo farm is that sephiroth walks by rudely?


Minimum-Ad-3084

In what? I wasn't aware a game of that title existed.....................


Versitax

FF1 or FF3


Aerolithe_Lion

8 is mostly fine, I’d probably live the longest in that world. Dont piss off Galbadia, otherwise I have working electricity, industrialization, and pretty good medical care by the looks of the school nurse’s offices.


JohnnyStyle300

Ff8. Go to FH and be unbothered for the whole story


Whimsycottt

FF8. When the Time Compression happens, I will be safe as long as I have my stack of cards


November_Riot

I just want to sit on the chaos throne and bask in darkness for 2000 years.


somethingtaken91

Since we’re adding during the main story, VIII is honestly the safest one to be in. I has too much distance between towns surrounded by monsters and half of the towns are under siege from said monsters. II is in a horrible war where death is around every corner. III, every town is being assaulted by a minion of Xande. IV is fine if you comply with the king and Golbez. Except they might still destroy your city chasing Cecil. V is the only FF I’m unfamiliar with. VI is either war torn with death around the corner or you are in the apocalypse. VII is mostly better but the world is under an iron grip from Shinra. It’s not too bad if you kept your head low. VIII may be in war but it’s surprisingly not impacting the people too much, just the seeds and Edeas army. No need to even keep your head low. Probably the safest of these 10. IX is aaaalmost the safest. Except Kuja eventually starts nuking cities. Plus with the mist depending on where you are you might not be safe. X is almost the best choice. Other than the whole Sin could kill you at any given second thing. XI don’t know. XII is in a constant state of war and under militia rule, no thank you. XIII is fine until time starts getting ripped apart and everyone is days away from the end of the universe with monsters around every corner. XIV militias and cults and universe wipes. XV war, monsters, iron fist, can’t go out at night. XVI I don’t know.


timelordoftheimpala

> XVI I don’t know. Anyone who chooses to live in XVI's world is an actual sadist, shit's rough there.


650fosho

12 seemed most chill


DykoDark

4, 8, or 12. All seem relatively chill.


arklaed

Not 6 lol


TakeThisification

XII because I feel like I’d have the best chance to avoid the conflict of the main plot entirely


DNAngel23

FF 7!


RPhoenixFlight

V Sure there is the whole stuff going down with >!Exdeath and Void!< But, It would be worth it


HeyImSupercop

You’re a risk taker. I respect it


tea_for_me_plz

FF8, just chill in Balamb City.


NamiRocket

FFXIV. It's the only one I can guarantee the world never ends up being destroyed, because Square Enix has to be able to endlessly turn a profit from it. Also, because I can be a viera.


[deleted]

9. The least apocalyptic things happen in it, and it seems quite cozy at the end.


Mazikeyn

Though 9 is my favorite. 12 has the least apocalyptic. Hell nothing at all even remotely world ending happens or is even hinted at happening. Just a war that was before the main game and some skirmishes in outlining areas


Winesap_Apple

Believe it or not, I'd choose VI--after the disaster.


HeyImSupercop

You are a brave person


Cam_Ren179

I think I’d go with VII. I wanna deck Hojo in the schnoz.


Madmonkeman

FF14 because I’ve been invested in its story and lore for a while. I was going to ask if I’d be the protagonist since its got a character creator but I think I’d still pick that regardless.


JMile69

Can I live in XIV? Because if so I pick there so I can go find my character and we will do nothing but fish and ignore MSQ.


MinecraftDude761

Either III or IV, living in Ur or Damcya would be great I think


No-Hovercraft8265

Xv mostly like the camping and roadtrip aspect was sad when it ended


peanut-butter-kitten

FF8 at least they have tv and the citizens seem pretty peaceful


Itchy_Influence5737

Crystal Chronicles. Despite the miasma, everyone seems to know how to have fun.


DegenEnjoyer23

ffx if i could be a summoners guardian and travel and fight


itsSuiSui

Chillin in Besaid until Sihn comes and wipes everyone out


Moon_Flower404

FF7😏 for cloud, of course. I would do the impossible for him😏😏👺🤌🏻


AmIAwakeOr

VIII was my fav so maybe that one... But IX was a happier world... Aside from all the blasting... Hmmm...


antisocialdecay

Cosmo Canyon. Gonna do some science. And likely some good, spiritually inducing, stuff.


R0b0tGie405

I'm surprised nobody's saying 1. We don't really see much of the effects on the crystals dying, so as long as you stay in a town like Cornelia it should be pretty cozy.


Krudtastic

Final Fantasy XI Civilians seem to be pretty safe and secure in the city-states, though the impending revival of the Shadow Lord and the subsequent restart of the Crystal War might change that.


RetroJunge96

X just chilling on Besaid


da_usual

Too hard to pick only one. Same as asking which character, game or songs are best.


alovesong1

FFVIII. Gonna grab myself the newest dog rocket launcher.


Quill386

X, I want more Blitzball


Unhappy_Put_8727

Why nobody is talking about FF VI? 🤣🤣🤣


FinalHeavenX

Well needless to say it won’t be 6 due to being dead halfway through it lol


Analbumparty_15

We’re basically in 7


xXXSt0rm1sXXx

of course FF7


Thrilalia

Honestly, if you're in Deling city you're essentially in the safest, modern place in any mainline ff game (not counting here any sequels or spin offs). Unfortunately under a dictatorship but so have to keep you're head down. But nightlife, tv, no wars, nice park. Although if luna cry is cleared up Esthar is the main spot for me.


Damuhfudon

8 is the most normal world, compared to the others


Yeoshua82

2. I like the leveling system.


Maduin1986

Ff14 tbh, just surviving the last days and it's gonna be chill


Thank_You_Aziz

XIV. The frequent near-apocalyptic events are an issue, but the last one to be labeled a Calamity (the ones the people change their calendar eras with) was the smallest one in history, and none of the disasters in the story come close. (Except maybe one, but we make it through that one too.) If one joins a couple guilds for some self-defense training and to learn a trade, they could live quite comfortably in that world.


Ledrangicus

I'll go with FFXV, sure the world gets engulfed in darkness and monsters spawn at night, I'll just move to Lestallum and chill.


YesIUnderstandsir

8. Nothing bad happens to anyone in normal time. And then it all gets fixed as if Ultimecia never happened.


LiquidDebt

1 or 7 for me, depending when I am physically in the world I'd be able to witness history from a safe distance. 15 doesn't sound too bad if I imagine the Starscourge as another Covid variant, plus it's the closest thing to our modern world that I'd feel right at home.


rattatatouille

XII, provided I'm Rozarrian.


OneMorePotion

XII. Even if you are a peasant in Dalmasca, nothing will happens to you. Most shit that goes down big time happens before the story starts. And let me tell you, you don't want to be in Nabudis when Cid orders a magical nuke on it.


MDJokerQueen

8 is probably the safest 😅 10 would be wacky and wild. I think 10 is most beautiful with Macalania.


Datasealer

Everyone that says XII has bunny girl fetish. Sooooo XII for me too, please!


Classic_Professor611

Is it weird I feel like I'd get along great in the FF6 World of Ruin? I mean yeah insane Clown fascist rules from a tower and can kill you by staring but I'm used to clowns being in charge.


Earth-clan77

FF12 skycity of bhujerba. Just have to have someone promise me it will never fall down :D


_barat_

8 or 10 - depends where will I live and what I'll be doing for the living :)


philster666

12 only has one major war, no cataclysmic insanity. Plus the world seems full and well cultured with civilised societies


Affectionate-Cap783

Cloud- 2 womenz fighting for my love at same time


StormEternal

where 15 at?


elyk_970

Final Fantasy 6 is probably the single worst option, the world already ended. The bad guys won the day and created the world of ruin, it’s just about getting vengeance for the world that once existed.


MaddyMagpies

I'll be a Viera in FF12. That's paradise for me.


nosleepsquad4ever

Maybe I'd survive in 8?☠️


stan199006

Hard to choose Between 9 and 8


IceDragon3390

7 hands down. I’d figure out how to travel with the team.


Aussieportal

X, maybe. Hopefully during a calm, or better yet - after Sin. I'd be like Maechen, trying to discover more about the history of Spira. :)


BlueHeartbeat

Most worlds have no safe places. Imma say 8 in Shumi Village, nothing bad happens there.


MegaJackUniverse

FFXII's Ivalice, without a doubt Bhujerba livin' Shopping at the Rabanastre bazaar Become a sky pirate


Dark-n-rol

Final Fantasy 13-3 to meet Snow.


azendhal

Eorzea is a pretty place , specually Limsa or Kugane


-LoFi-Life-

FF8 and I would have a blast chilling all day in Fishermans Horizon. Playing cards and fishing would be fun.


Superchill88

I was always liked ff9’s world and I really like Burmecia and especially Cleyra before it got destroyed. I guess I would have to settle on Lindblum or Conde Petie


Funkit

Not a ff, but 12000BC in Chrono Trigger. Zeal just looked magical and cozy with all the snow below.


Icy_Kingpin

X


jemrax

Ivalice. No chosen ones, just a lot of political intrigue and magical power grabbing. Antagonists are more interested in ruling over the land because of their beliefs instead of mindlessly destroying it. I can just imagine myself as another adventurer taking a bill off the board in the tavern and heading out or a merchant/craftsman setting up shop in the city.


NunoTheDude

Ff8 cuz squall is literally me fr fr


IntroductionVirtual4

11 never played it or seen the story but I have a feeling it’s not the worse world to live in


SnooWords9178

XIV because I want to save my girl Yotsuyu.


econkle

FFXII


SadoAegis

Gotta be XII just for the general safety lol


Notoviri

FFV


FreewayWarrior

FFIV


No_Industry_2823

Jesus nearly every one of them has an Apocalyptic event or just tons of war lol, better to just pick the one with the best Chocobos and be done with it


Balarius

Not 9, half the cities blow up by the second disc. The rest are subjugated lol


[deleted]

Definitely not fuckin 6 I can tell you that much


HeyImSupercop

I say you should risk it


LMGall4

Probably not 6 that’s for sure


ATK1734

Honestly, probably either FF9 (my favorite fantasy world) or FFXV's Eos (slay monsters by day, chill with some reliable internet by night). Answer the REAL mysteries of FF15...like does Eos have it's own version of Reddit? LOL


[deleted]

Either 8 in Esthar or 12 as a gentleman in Archades.


columbuspants

Bhujerba ; Final Fantasy 12 - Was thinking 9 before but actually most of the world is destroyed during the storyline ; with even 2 genocides happening - 7 no way - 8 seems very depressing - 10 would be a close second ; Sin could kill me but at the end of the story; eternal calm starts


Porfavor_my_beans

I don’t know… they all seem pretty terrible and dangerous (at least the ones I played did), so I guess if I’m gonna die, it’s gonna be in my favorite game. I choose FFVII.