FF14's most determined challenge runner finally hits a wall after 1,000 hours, then unveils a backup strategy that took 233 days to prepare in secret: 'I wanted so badly to tell people'

A video thumbnail of a video by RathGames, showing his elezen, Solo Only, split in half with Emet Selch on the other side from Final Fantasy 14.

Final Fantasy 14's Solo Only is one of my favourite challenge runs ticking over on YouTube right now—mostly because of how utterly improbable it is. For context, RathGames has been taking on the MMORPG on his own without outside help—no market board, no trading, no parties, and no duty support NPCs.

This is a problem, given the main storyline is littered with mandatory bosses and trials designed for four, eight, or sometimes 24 players.