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FFXIV log!
12/17/2024
Completely forgot to post it but we got through MinIL Turn 2 of the Second Coils.
I originally decided to play Dancer since I wanted to change it up, but it turned out that Dancer is like one of the worst choices for this Turn specifically because of it's little bit of aoe in it's normal attacks. I ended up switching to Viper for the funny of it's 4 whole buttons at lvl50 but it caused me to try out viper normally and I actually really like it.
Dawntrail Spoilers
Honestly my impression with Dawntrail so far is that the story is incredibly meh right now. I like the characters, the fact we're up against Thancred and Urianger rather than working with them is cool. But also I kinda wish we just got an entirely new set of characters rather than The Scions being involved at all minus Krile.12/16/2024
Dawntrail Spoilers
The story so far is honestly playing out very shonen-esque if that makes sense, with it's structure and all.Seeing how formal people treat Wuk Lamat is so funny considering she's uh, kinda dumb and clearly not the most socially intuned person (I still like her tho.)
12/14/2024
My boyfriend bought me Dawntrail as an early Christmas present! He was gonna wait until it got closer but I was so close to finishing Post-Endwalker he thought that he might as well give it to me now, it happens to be on sale anyways.
Post-Endwalker Spoilers
Finished up the storyarc in the Thirteenth. Fucking love Zero so much, her character arc and themes of relearning trust after great trauma is very moving. I'm gonna miss her.
(oh yeah I also changed my glamour, I'll talk about that in a second)
I got to finally meet Wuk Lamat and start the set-up for Dawntrail! I'm extremely intrigued about Wuk since she has a semi-mixed opinion about her (excluding the people who hate on her purely because her VA is trans, if that is your reason for hating a character then your opinion doesn't count), she seems very silly and fun so far.
And Krile!!! I wasn't expecting the Picto reveal so incredibly early, but I am excited nonetheless that we'll be seeing a lot more of her.
And I've officially entered Dawntrail! Very excited to see what's in store.
Dawntrail Spoilers
KOANA'S NAME IS PRONOUNCED "KONA"????? LMAOOOOFor context, my warrior of light is named Kona. And they seem to be polar opposites. This is great.
12/13/2024
Post-Endwalker Spoilers
RYNE!!!!! RYNE MY BELOVED!!! I'm so happy to see her again, and the scene with her and Zero with Zero trying to obsorb light.... I love them so much.... Zero's arc has been so fucking good what a good character.But god, poor Vrtra, he's a super underrated character imo, I've been loving him during this. I hope we can get his sister back safe. We love dragons.
12/10/2024
Currently trying to beat all of the Heavensward normal raids, I wanna try completing the normal raids and alliance raids of every expansion while slowly beating Post-Endwalker.
Post-Shadowbringers Spoilers
While writing the G'raha essay this stupid fucking catboy has just begun to live rent free in my head more and more, he is a certified comfort character, god help me I am not normal about him. The universe gave me a loving boyfriend because I'd be so much less normal about him if I was single and lonely.Post-Endwalker Spoilers
Anyways uh, I am so fucking happy to see more of Jullus. He fits so much with the themes of trust in Zero's storyline. Jullus is easily one of my favorite side characters in FFXIV honestly.OH and someone complimented my Dancer glamour today!! It totally caught me off guard but it made me very happy :)
12/09/2024
We have begun the 2nd Coils, and I kinda hate it, the first boss was hella confusing.
This is easily my favorite screenshot so far though, I became the flower :(
We also started the 2nd turn but all of us were way too fuckin tired to comprehend it
12/05/2024
Post-Endwalker Spoilers
ZERO'S LEARNING!!!!!!!!! SHE'S NO LONGER REQUESTING PAYMENT!!!!!!! SHE'S LIVING SIMPLY FOR WHAT SHE WANTS TO DO!!!!!!!I almost fucking choked on my water at the sight of shirtless Estinien what the fuck hello
12/02/2024
I haven't been keeping up to date but uh, we beat the first part of the Coils
We beat the first turns within a day but then got stuck on Twintania, who was unnecessarily hard. But we finally beat her! And I'm actually interested in the story with this.
12/01/2024
Heavensward Spoilers
Have a couple friends going through the MSQ for the first time and one of them got to The Vault, I'm shocked he didn't immediately get suspicious that 3 of the long time players suddenly appeared and went "hey can I join you, I really like this dungeon :)"My friend even fucking played Paladin with Haurchefant's fucking shield. Subtle foreshadowing at it's finest. I wanted to fucking scream when I saw it.
11/22/2024
Post-Endwalker Spoilers
Been loving Zero so far, her character is super interesting, seeing her have to try to learn the concept of doing things for the sake of it rather than be in this constant cycle of gain and give. Also always happy to see Jullus again.11/19/2024
Post-Endwalker Spoilers
FINALLY got introduced to Zero, I've seen the minion of her fuckin everywhere so I've been waiting anxiously to finally meet her, but her being the fucking reaper avatar attached to Zenos was extremely far from what I was expecting.Also the fact that she's a girl, Final Fantasy kinda conditioned me to assume any androgynous character is male, was kinda taken aback when I heard her voice. Really like her so far tho, she's badass.
11/18/2024
Three in one night!!
First, we finally beat Extreme Leviathan Min IL, which was the first one I was actually not apart of, I stepped down because I was tired last night and wanted to open a slot for another person (still got a female raen au ra there tho)
And then I got dragged back in cuz someone left, Shiva was incredibly easy honestly, at least in comparison to Leviathan.
And since we had a tiny bit of time left we decided to start the Coils raids, which I was extremely taken off guard when starting the quests and seeing Alisaie, did not know she was involved in them. Regardless this was uh, interesting to say the least. As a member of our Discord said "you can really tell this was their first time making a raid series.
11/12/2024
Today is a sad day... Superbolide no longer brings you down to 1HP... I cannot give healers a heart attack anymore... I'm so sad.
Other than that tho all of the updates to my main classes look great, if minor for most of them, thank fucking god asuna is an instacast now.
11/11/2024
Ramuh Extreme Min IL completed a couple nights ago, probably my best performence in an extreme so far, probably because it was on a day I don't work lol, cuz the next day I did complete ass because the day at work was ass. We're currently stuck at Leviathan.
Easily my favorite screenshot so far btw shout out Soriana(the flying Elezen).
I also made an alt character on Ultros for funsies, it makes me wanna make a bunch of alt characters for the fuck of it, here's Daelus Monnewev.
Oh! And I've actually started playing Post-Endwalker, more on that later, I'm too tired to write down more.
11/02/2024
Shadowbringers Spoilers
Decided on a whim to start the Ruby Doomsday questline, the trial is super fun and I'm very excited to see more about Gaius. He was not a character I thought would ever get a redemption but here we are. Him being the father figure to multiple orphans, this game loves found family and I'm all for it.10/28/2024
We beat not 1, but 2 minimum IL Extremes last night! We finally beat Titan after 2 failed nights, I felt 100% locked in as tank, never felt more focus in my life (I'm dead in the screenshot cuz I died right before hte boss was defeated lol)
Since we had the time we jumped inot the Ifrit extreme as well, but I was so fatigued after Titan I'm shocked we won at all, I felt like I was kinda throwing as tank, but we did it!!
Do not look at the Imperial Soldier, he is not there.
10/27/2024
Unlocked the Scion portraits! Immediately grabbed the G'raha and Tataru ones, just need Estinien and now I'll have my top 3 favorites.
10/25/2024
Going through all the Alliance Raids, starting with the Heavensward ones since they're required to unlock the Scions portraits. Also having fun with the Fall Guys event, not sure what I'll really try to get, the crown is cute af, idk what I'd use it for but I like it.
10/22/2024
I beat Endwalker last night
Endwalker Spoilers
oh my god what the fuck okSkimming over Amon never getting rest because Asahi is just that down bad for Zenos, we got to fight Hydaelyn herself, and I probably would've been a lot more sad over her death if I wasn't raging at her trial because I made the great choice of playing with the CPU.
The scene of the classic trio of Y'shtola, Thancred, and Urianger just hanging out is super sweet, Alisaie and G'raha are adorable as always, and I cried at the scene with Alphinaud and Estinien. Estinien finally getting himself to open up made me so fucking happy for him. Also involuntarily said "oh goddamn" when I saw Estinien in his casual wear.
We make our way to the star Meteion is hidden and Thancred is just, fucking, gone. Genuinely horrifying start to the finale, becoming non-coporial in order for us to walk on ground at all.
Estinien being the next to sacrifice himself hurt, but also felt like a good moment for his character arc overall.
The patterns forms and I begin to feel intense dread as Urianger and Y'shtola vanish too.
And, and.. oh god the scene, the G'raha scene. I was so shocked I hadn't cried yet, and then I hear Tomorrow and Tomorrow start playing. Pain, pain. "I want you to make a promise with me" AAAAAAAAAAAA
AND- AND THE FUCKING TWIIIIIINS NOOOOOOOOOO THIS ENDING, TORMENT, TORMENT.
AND THEN FUCKING SUDDENLY, AAAAAAA EMET BEING THE NARRATOR MAKES SENSE NOWWWWWW
And as everyone comes back and I start to emotionally recover, my boyfriend informs me that the theme that was playing is sung my Ardbert's voice actor and I START CRYING AGAIN!!!
Endsong is a great fucking trial and an awesome looking final boss, and...
THE FUCKING FINAL FIGHT WITH ZENOS??????? here's a screenshot of tiny little Kona punching the shit out of Zenos (oh yeah, and I fucking screamed "WHAT THE FUCK!?" when I saw dragon Zenos)
Oh, and of course the game needs to break me one last time by having Alisaie, Alphinaud, and G'raha crying because they thought I was dead.
Amazing ending, loved it.
I'm gonna take a break from the MSQ as I still need to purchase Dawntrail, so I'm not gonna start Post-Endwalker so I don't get abruptly stopped.
10/21/2024
Titan's Extreme is genuinely fucking insane with minimum Ilvl, especially since my group is mostly newer players. This is our 2nd night we've had to call it.
God bless the competent players we've gotten through Reddit dealing with us.
10/14/2024
Endwalker Spoilers
AAAAA I HAVE SO MUCH TO CATCH Y'ALL UP ONFirst, Meteion getting the message back from her sisters, oh god. Instantly, INSTANTLY Fandaniel makes so much more sense.
His very project to answer his question of what the point of life is being answered with nothing, that all life is pointless, to the point that her creation Meteion becomes a being of nihilism itself set to destroy the world, just for Hermes to side with Meteion.
The scene of trying to escape before the memory wipe goes off was TENSE AS FUCK, Emet's final words to you FUCKING HUUUUURT.
And as we get back I FUCKING LOVED THE SCENE OF US RETURNING, god I love you so much Alisaie. FUCKING adored Estinien making a jab at Alphinaud and Alisaie's father.
And, and Alphinaud proving to his dad that he and Alisaie have been doing great work, and him holding them, father officially redeeemed. Fascinating character, bad actions with pure intentions.
AND AND AND AND THEEEEEE THE FUCKING SCENE WITH URIANGER!!!!!! SEEING MEON'S PARENTS!!!!!! I CRIED, I CRIED, I CRIED LIKE A BABY!!!!! Urianger my beloveeeed
10/11/2024
Endwalker Spoilers
Oh my god I love how playful Venat is, you would never guess she becomess Hydaelyn.And I cannot blame Emet for not believing what you claim he ends up doing, it hurts.
10/10/2024
Endwalker Spoilers
I feel incredibly lucky that the caster role quest is in Ishgard, I can't really understand why it is instead of melee DPS or tank but I'll take it, Ishgard is a very close contender for my favorite main area only really competing with The Crystarium.WE'RE IN THE FUCKING PAST???? THAT'S WHAT THEY MEANT ABOUT KNOWING ME?? HELLO??? I am so interested now holy shit.
Genuinely so satisfying to see Emet's actual face, glad he looks just as fucking grumpy and snarky as he does in Solus's body.
I fucking adore Meteion, she's so so sweet, my immediate assumption upon seeing her is that she becomes Elidibus until I realize she's a girl, so unless Elidibus is trans I doubt that's the case.
10/09/2024
Endwalker Spoilers
Ohhh the scene of Alphinaud and Alisaie promising their dad that they WILL find a way to stop the Final Days was so good, it's clear that their father WANTS to side with them, wants to help them, but he feels like he can't, be it ego or something more.Anyways, the fucking scene where you basically get to pick which Scion(+ Estinien) you want to give you a pep talk is so so so good, I went with G'raha for character reasons(I should make a page for Kona ngl) and because G'raha telling me to rest could fix me.
I wanna go back and look at the Estinien one though, that man is physically incapable of expressing care without slipping in an insult or jest in there, I need to know how my emotionally shut off Estinien does it.
Oh my god the scene of G'raha rangling and calming the people of Radz-at-Han, seeing him go from "G'raha Tia the Scion" to "Crystal Exarch the Leader" is fucking chilling. He's seen this all before, he needs to stop it.
Thinking about the time I played so dogshit on a trial but still managed to get one comm that I guarantee is purely because I used rez on one of our healers.
10/08/2024
Endwalker Spoilers
The fact that Zodiark is ALREADY dead makes me really wanna know what the fuck happens next.Adore the moon rabbits they are so so silly.
URIANGERRRRR :""""") This man keeps being burdened by so much, seeing him able to talk about it is very touching. God bless this man.
10/07/2024
Doing some leveling roulettes as Gunbreaker to try to rid myself of tanking anxiety, briefly fucked up in a dungeon by forgetting to turn on my tank stance, but my team was super chill and afterwards told me I did a really good job. Love how chill this community is.
10/06/2024
I lied
Endwalker Spoilers
I'M ON THE MOON ALREADY!? Maybe I am going through this expansion too fast. Like Garlemald being here feels so fucking satisfying after the many ominous shots of Ascians on it.Seeing the vague appearance of Zodiark makes me very intrigued. We haven't seen him yet as far as I know.
WHAT THE DOG DOIN
Yeah uh, Fandaniel was not kidding when he said he wanted to die and take everyone down with him. I'll probably do the trial tomorrow since I don't have the time today.
10/05/2024
Made some glamour for my Gunbreaker! I really like it, I now have glamour for my Red Mage, my Sage, and my Gunbreaker. Probably gonna go for glamour for my Dragoon and Dancer next. I have ideas for both.
I'm gonna take a tiny break from the MSQ just so I don't speed through it since I'm gonna hold off from buying Dawntrail for a little bit, either until it goes on sale or when I have money to splurge.
10/04/2024
Finished the downstairs portion of the free company house(at least for now) and I'm very happy with it!
Endwalker Spoilers
Finally being able to enter Garlemald after it being so important to the story for so long feels so satisfying, even moreso since we're actually here to help the people, or, try to.It is actively heartbreaking to see so many people walk face first into their death just because the idea of magic users helping them seems physically impossible. Watching Quintus take his own life because he sees working with us that much of a betrayal of his ideals is nauseating. I hope peace is possible between us all.
Also, I don't know if this was intentional, but having Estinien standing in front of a little boy crying over his father's death is fucking heartbreaking. I don't know if the parallel with Estinien being there and his parents being dead was actually intentional but it hurts like hell.
ZENOS TOOK ME ON A DATE AND THEN STOLE MY FUCKING SKIN WHAT THE FUCK IS GOING ON
10/02/2024
Endwalker Spoilers
I am so happy that I went with the 3 himbos first, Estinien is so so stupid. He does look fantastic with his ponytail though.The free company I'm part of finally was able to get a house! And I've been given the privilege of decorating it! This'll be a lot of fun. And a lot of gil spent.
10/01/2024
Officially in Endwalker!! Super excired, Shadowbringers was fucking fantastic. I doubt it'll beat it but I've heard it's close in quality.
09/30/2024
Next extreme! This one was significantly easier, yet somehow there was a lot more of "wait, what killed me?" moment. (ignoring the many times I walked directly into mechanics oops)
I'm gonna shoot for playing Sage next extreme so I can get some more intense practice in (plus lvl 50 Sage is, extremely easy) and so I don't get burnt out on Red Mage
Post-Shadowbringers Spoilers
Oh my fucking god the cutscene of Estinien and Alisaie meeting was fucking perfect.Estinien is fucking stupid, AND G'RAHA BEING AN ADORABLE DORK????
Oh yeah, Fandaniel is fucking unhinged. Massive change from our previous 2 tragic Ascians.
09/29/2024
Post-Shadowbringers Spoilers
AAAA G'RAHA'S MEMORIES WENT THROUGH AND NOW HE'S A MEMBER OF THE SCIONS!!!!Oh my god I wanna give him 5000000 kisses on the forehead and shove him into a locker he's so so cute.
I was so busy crying that I forgot to talk about it yesterday, but I clutch saved my party from a wipe in a dungeon yesterday as Red Mage with it's weirdly useful rez spell. I felt, so fucking cool.
09/28/2024
Post-Shadowbringers Spoilers
Oh, I am, crushed.G'raha is easily one of my favorite characters currently and, I. I think that's the hardest I've cried to this game since the end of the Dragonsong war.
I guess I can't officially call him dead, his body still exists in The Source and I have his memories on me. But, he's gone right now, and it fucking hurts.
We'll meet again.
Uh, heartbreak out of the way, my Lancer officially got upgraded to Dragoon and I got suitably jumpscared by a certain Azure Dragoon.
09/27/2024
Shadowbringers Spoilers
FUCK FUCK FUCK I FORGOT TO UPDATE THIS BLOG BUT OH MY FUCKING GOD UH UH UH UHSo so so I got to the final lightwarden also known as Vauthry with a lot of anxiety because a conversation earlier between Urianger and Y'shtola implied I wouldn't be able to handle the light.
Then the Exarch shows up, claiming that all of this was a selfish ploy in order for him and himself alone to travel between worlds, but his act is exposed when Urianger yells at the rest of the group to not do anything.
It clicks in Y'shtola's mind, he doesn't intend to teleport at all, it's to vague to be the truth. He intends to take the rest of the light and go into the rift, where he will die.
As this happens, his hood is pushed down by the wind.
IT'S G'RAHA!! G'RAHA WHO WAS LOCKED AWAY IN THE CRYSTAL TOWER!!!! I STARTED CRYING LIKE A FUCKING BABY!!
He's been here for years, somewhere from 50-90, and yet... He's always been waiting for you, his inspiration.
AND DON'T GET ME FUCKING STARTED ON SHADOWBRINGER'S ENDING
ARDBERT MY BELOVEEEEEEED
*violently sobbing* let's move on to Post-Shadowbringers
09/23/2024
I completed my first Extreme raid with a group of friends! Was super intense but extremely satisfying by the end of it.
Makes me really wanna get back to learning healer and tank for the sake of people not getting locked to a specific role in the future.
Shadowbringers Spoilers
OHHHHHH MY FUCKING HEARTThancred, Thancred my beloved, the fight with Vauthry's underling(I've already forgotten his name) was so fucking well done, I was so so excpeting Thancred to be dead there, Minfillia becoming her own individual as The Oracle Of Light wished, Thancred living and naming her Ryne.
I... AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA
I think this is the most I've cried since the scene you save Estinien in Post-Heavensward, what a good dad.
09/17/2024
Shadowbringers Spoilers
I am super curious about Thancred, this man was completely broken by one of his closest bonds basically ascending to godhood, and now in this new dimension he's found her reborn, he seems extremely protective, probably why he's a tank class now.Urianger looks fucking fantastic btw.
Oh.,.. oyuchj.. ouch my soul... Poor fucking Thancred. But the Oracle of Light is right, this version of Minfillia needs to be able to choose her own fate without the Light's hand. But I can't blame him, I can;t blame him for hurting.
In other news, Urianger canonically cannot swim, me too man don't worry
09/16/2024
Post-Stormblood Spoilers
Ok, so a fuckton happened that I need to log since I was trying to get through as much of Post-Stormblood as possible.Yotsuyu's redemption arc was amazing, she is an amazing example of a product of her enviroment, she'll never be forgiven by the people, but she doesn't need to be, because for just a moment she got to be Tsuyu, a sweet girl with a caring father.
God, poor Gosetsu, love you so much Gosetsu.
Anyways, fucking, what the fuck is happening, everyone's souls are getting snatched, Alphinaud is in the middle of fuck-off nowhere, it's just me and Alisaie, the Red Mage sisters, I need to continue the story today.
Had a feeling that our 'Shadowhunter' in question was Gaius, really cool to see him again, hope we see him again in the future.
Love the song that plays whenever Solus is on screen, it's perfect for his smug asshole attitude.
BRO I WAS JOKING ABOUT THE IMPERIALS BEING NAZIS AND THEN SUDDENLY THEY DROP THE PHRASE "perfect singular race" HELLO??? me when the fucked up dictator reminds me of real fucked up dictators.
Guess what time it is.
Shadowbringers Spoilers
ok holy shit holyu fuck, I just did a good chunkj of the opening and I have a lot to sayFirst of all, saw Tataru cry and then cried, next, HELLO???? BEAUTIFUL NEW AREA????
It is so fucking gorgeous here in The First.
Poor fucking Urianger, once again being cursed by knowledge. But I am very excited to see my friends again..
And what I think is most important... The Warrior Of Darkness, Arbert, he's back and I am so so fucking happy, his story was so interesting and I was worried I'd never see him again. He is a spirit of some sorts it seems, he is also my boyfriend's ACTUAL favorite character.
Jesus christ horrors beyond my comprehension, sin eaters are terrifying.
09/14/2024
Stormblood Spoilers
I beat Stormblood!! Really fucking good ending, love love Lyse, Zenos is a great villain.
I can definitely see why people prefer Heavensward, I share that opinion, but it's still a very strong story overall, just a little wonky pacing.
Post-Stormblood Spoilers
GOSETSU'S ALIVE LET'S FUCKING GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOGot to the flashback scene with Nanamo jumping into Raubahn's arms and SCREAMED they are so fucking cute, I'm so happy to see more of Nanamo
I HAD TO FUCKING DOUBLE TAKE WHAT DO YOU MEAAAAN GODBERT MENTION IN MAIN SCENERIO, ARE WE GONNA GO SEE HIM???
I'm glad that Godbert is clothed when meeting Nanamo.
oogh, oufgh, I cried, I cried, I cried when Nanamo dismissed Raubahn from his duties to allow him to now watch over his homeland, ouch, owe, I love them.
09/13/2024
Stormblood Spoilers
Zenos is a fucking terrifying antagonist, he keeps similar energy as Sephiroth but 10 times scarier due to his appearance.He has however taken Krile hostage so it is now time to KILL HIM
09/12/2024
Stormblood Spoilers
I am in agonyI got very emotionally attached to Gosetsu very quickly, so needless to say, his death HURT
I feel like I should've seen it coming, the game itself draws attention to him coming to acceptance of his own inevitable death, he had fulfilled is role and was ready to die in peace.
But FUCK MAN
09/07/2024
I am not immune to giving my character cute little outfits
grinding out botanist put me in such a meditative state 3 hours passed without me noticing what the fuck.
09/02/2024
Unlocked Sage and decided to try it as my first healer despite the fact I've been told it's a bad idea, but I actually love it! Genuinely I think Sage might become my secondary main, it can admittedly be extremely overstimulating, especially when your tank is a Blue Mage (long story) but it's fun in small doses.
09/01/2024
Got some new glamour and touched up my adventurer plate a bit!
Stormblood Spoilers
FUCK that scared me, Y'shtola is severely injured but alive, I was so so fucking scared she was gone, I can't emotionally take another death, and neither could Lyse.08/31/2024
Post-Heavensward Spoilers
I'd literally die for Lyse, I am also so excited to see more Yugiri.And with that I'm done with Post-Heavansward, onward to Stormblood!
08/30/2024
Post-Heavensward Spoilers
The Warrior of Darkness was such a fucking good antagonist despite how short he was in the story, I've always been a massive sucker for the "what if the protagonist but fucked up" trope and it was done great here, I like that he's modelled after the general default design for the FFXIV protagonist.And I am very thankful that Urianger was not a traitor and moreso actively trying to save the Warriors of Darkness from their own failings. I love Urianger he's so cool.
He's also very attractive.
PAPALYMO NOOOOOOO FUCK WHY WE JUST GOT YOU BACK AAAAAAAAAAAAAA
08/29/2024
I've been really enjoying samurai and dancer, tbf with dancer I'm kinda having to teach the class to myself because it's one of the very few classes my boyfriend hasn't really played all that much. But samurai is super simple and to the point so I haven't needed much with that one.
08/28/2024
Started grinding up Lancer and finally playing other classes again. I'm gonna attempt to slowly start leveling Black Mage up again, it was the class I started with but I found it way too difficult.
I also went ahead and unlocked Blue Mage so I can fuck around with that now.
08/21/2024
I went ahead and unlocked all the jobs I can at this point. I'm starting to get a tiny bit bored of Red Mage so I wanna shake it up. I think I'm gonna start trying to learn Dancer, it looks super fun.
08/20/2024
POST-HEAVENSWARD SPOILERS
I'm starting to actually get curious on these Warriors of Darkness guys. At first I was extremely uninterested but they actually seem kinda interesting now.Going from the main story to the Hildibrand questline is so funny every single time, like yeah I gotta pause saving the world and helping a whole ass country to interact with this fucking idiot.
08/10/2024
Please I beg of you please play Final Fantasy 14
POST-HEAVENSWARD SPOILERS
Heyyyy guess who just completed An End to the Song!! I am crying.I just, words cannot describe how satisfying of an ending this is. Estinien is ok, Hraesfelgr(definitely spelling his name wrong) is ok. They really did have to go and hurt me with the spirits of Ysale and Haurchefant giving the last amount of strength in order to save Estinien from being overtaken by Niddhog.
And the music, oh my fucking god the music, I started tearing up before the Niddhog fight even started, which was fucking fantastic by the way.
I think Estinien had my favorite character arc, he shows what Nidhogg could've been if he had the comrads he did. God I love Estinien.
07/05/2024
Did some dailys with a friend of mine I don't get to talk to very often which was super fun. Mostly leveling roulettes. It was fun seeing his reaction that I was suddenly the exact same type of au-ra as him since he hadn't seen my character since I was a cat girl lol.
Red Mage feels so wrong to play at any level under 50, it's so incomplete it's weird. This class is literally not made to exist under that level.
POST-HEAVENSWARD SPOILERS
The music of Zenith feel extremely melancholic with Ysayle being gone, I enjoy her the more time passes, a deeply misunderstood person.I can't describe why but I love the dialog with the dragons when they speak in their native tongue, it truly gives the energy of these long lived creatures that border on the line of immortality, and it truly sounds like it's own language rather than just made up sounds, I wonder if it actually is some old language.
07/01/2024
SPOILERS FOR POST-HEAVENSWARD
Genuinely popped off so fucking hard when I got the chance to do a 1 on 1 battle with Raubahn, he's just, he's so fucking cool.06/28/2024
I don't have much time to play before work so I logged on to look at the updated engine and it looks so good!!
Look at her. :)
06/18/2024
SPOILERS FOR HEAVENSWARD + POST-HEAVENSWARD
Completed Heavensward and moving onto Post-Heavensward, really really loved this arc in the story, Aymeric is a super interesting character, same with Estinien, hope he'll be ok after being forcibly turned into Niddhog.I teared up a little bit at the sight of Haurchefant's grave, that death just hurts the longer the game goes on honestly.
Finally been introduced to Krile, my boyfriend is pretty confident she's gonna be one of my favorites and I can see why, I really really like her so far.
Thancred's back!!! Looking very badass I must add.
06/12/2024
SPOILERS FOR HEAVENSWARD
I had a feeling that Ysayle would die, her intense guilt made her feel primed for a self-sacrifice, but that doesn't make it hurt any less. But even in all his stubbornness, Estinien showing respect for Ysayle at the end warmed my heart. No matter how much they clashed he can still show respect for someone who saved his life at that very moment.06/11/2024
SPOILERS FOR HEAVENSWARD
Y'shtola is alive!!! I really really hope that means the others are too, her new outfit is cool as fuck too. Seeing Tataru so happy to see her friend again legit made me tear up. I love Tataru so much.06/09/2024
SPOILERS FOR HEAVENSWARD
Holy shit, I was not expecting it at all. Haurchefant is dead. I did not fucking expect him to get killed off at all, he was super likeable too, he will definitely be missed. Porr Aymeric. Both a dog shit father and a good friend lost.My boyfriend told me that somewhere in the game Hauchefant is given a grave and when Heavensward first released and people were starting to beat it, a large amount of the player base gathered at his grave, that's sweet as fuck.
Without spoilers I finally completed the Red Mage level 60 quest, I was tearing my hair out to beat it.
Also love the Jessie cameo, god I gotta play FF7.
06/08/2024
Final Fantasy 14
SPOILERS FOR HEAVENSWARD
Nanamo is alive and safe and Niddhog has been slain, Estinien is such a badass holy shit, he's so cool. He's really grown on me, I will not like I was a bit unsure of him at first because of how blood thirsty he seemed.06/04/2024
Gunbreaker unlocked! It's gonna take a minute to adjust but I'll definitely try to get it down.
06/03/2024
SPOILERS FOR HEAVENSWARD
Among a lot of other things I've gotten to the reveal that Nanamo may still be alive, which I hope so for Raubahn's sake. I love Raubahn so much. I also learned more of the context around the dragons and the story of the woman who offered herself to be consumed by the dragon in order for their souls to be one.Which sounds weird as fuck out of context but y'know average JRPG moment.
06/01/2024
SPOILERS FOR POST-ARR
So I may have cried a tiny bit when Tataru failed to become a summoner and is now leaving to do her own adventure, I know we'll see her again but, I love her, I love her so much she's my little baby. She will do a great job because she's perfect and amazing in every single way.(several hours later, after watching THE cutscene where Nanamo gets assassinated)
Holy fuck, hoooly fuck, poor Raubahn, poor Alphinaud, poor Minfilia, I am definitely invested now.
And, Tataru comforting Alphinaud, I, god.
Well, that's Post-ARR done, now onward to Heavensward.
I went ahead and unlocked Machinist, though I doubt I'll be playing it just yet, I'm more excited to unlock Gunbreaker.
05/31/2024
Completed the 3rd crytal tower raid in order to advance the story, though I might honestly go through the whole raid series, it's super fun.
SPOILERS FOR THE CRYSTAL TOWER RAIDS
I genuinely fucking popped off when Cid saved Nero last minute, he's just so fucking cool. Wish he was in the mainline story more but I'm glad he exists in the raids.05/29/2024
>Got 2/3 of the crystal tower raids done, been having a lot of fun with them. The amount of players is so cool and chaotic I love it. I'm also just happy to have more content of Cid.
05/19/2024
Getting closer to completing Post-ARR, keep consistently getting blown away by the music in this game.
04/25/2024
minor spoilers for post-ARR, click to read
Alphinaud has seriously grown on me, I was admittedly suspicious of him when he was first introduced, but now he's probably the character I'm most invested in, at least for now, Tataru being a close second, she's so cute.Nanamo crying was an extremely heartbreaking thing to see, I can't blame her honestly I'd have a mental breakdown in her shoes too.
04/20/2024
Instead of actually continuing the main story quest line I've been doing the goofy ass gentlemen quest series and it's genuinely the first time a joke quest has made me actually laugh in any RPG or MMO.
It also makes the player character's blank stare infinitely funnier when she's just staring at a bunch of dumbasses without doing a thing.
04/18/2024
As much as I like the twin ponytails I decided to change Kona's hair so it didn't look off whenever she had a hat on, along with some other minor changes, I like how she looks like now a lot more. (This is also now my Discord icon.)
04/16/2024
Did some ocean fishing for the first time and it was extremely fun!! Definitly gonna do more fishing in this game.
I gotta get more glamour for my character fr.
I also tried out PVP, which red mage happens to be the absolute worse class for lmao. It was fun in a chaotic way.
04/15/2024
Minor Post-ARR story spoilers ahead, click to read
I got to Thornmarch, the first proper 8 player trial I've done. Though I did lose my shit to the boss theme because it sounds so incredibly similar to "This is Halloween" from Nightmare Before Christmas.Infinitely funnier because the story starts getting pretty tense right afterwards, complete tonal shift, I called the white arcian a pussy.
I did some fishing grinding today, any game that has a fish mini-game is always an immediate 10/10. Will spend all my time on being the best fisher.
04/14/2024
>Outside of my typical daily stuff, I ran the benchmark for dawntrail to make sure I'll still be able to run the game in the new graphics engine.
Despite my shitty computer it actually ran pretty alright! Kona looks so much better in it too.
04/13/2024
I'm starting to get a hang of Red Mage, it honestly might become my main class instead of monk, just need to get better at it.
Today I spent some money on a world transfer so I could join the free company my boyfriend's in, along with that we spent a lot of time at the Golden Saucer, which I absolutely adore, the minigames are so fun, might be my go-to AFK spot now.
Screenshot of our characters, he's a paladin main.
04/12/2024
In FFXIV I'm reaching near the end of ARR(aka where the game's free trial story ends I think? doesn't matter since I'm paying for it now) but I had to grind up for a dungeon so here's an image of my character Kurarin waiting for enemies to respawn for my hunting log
I completed ARR! Now going through post-ARR, I was contemplating maybe making a dedicated page for FFXIV for the story, but I think I'm gonna pass on it.
I was waiting for the moment I could, I have changed Kurarin's appearance!
Her proper first name is Kona btw, full name Kona Kurarin, just not her ingame name(yet), she may be scary looking with her eyes but she's actually extremely hyperactive and bubbly, don't be shy. :)
I'm also starting the quests to unlock both red mage and samurai.
Did you know?
Just because your form of suffering is consider lesser than anothers doesn't make it invalid. As a saying goes; "someone drowning in 20 feet water may not be as deep as someone drowning in 150 feet water, but they're still drowning regardless."