“Having secured a path through the Labyrinth of the Ancients, the fellowship of NOAH finds itself before the entrance to the Crystal Tower proper. With the aid of their new comrades, Unei and Doga, the companions succeed in opening the gate whose workings had baffled even the brightest minds among them. Upon learning that dark forces have awakened within, the fellowship decides to suspend its investigative effort in favor of sealing off the tower. You must fight your way to the apex and defeat the resurrected Emperor Xande, that Eorzea might be free of his all-consuming ambition.“
Purbl Bluespirit Glamour Challenge
Unnamed Bluespirit Set
Weapon: Bluespirit Axe (Undyed)
Head: Crown of Light (Undyed)
Chest: Altered Cobalt Cuirass (Metallic Blue)
Hands: Bluespirit Gauntlets of Fending (Gobbiebag Brown)
Legs: Hemiskin Brais of Fending (Metallic Blue)
Feet: Bluespirit Sabatons of Fending (Gobbiebag Brown)
It’s been too long. It was fun to farm this and put this together again. I’d say something like “Hey I will put one of these together once a week” but tbh I’ll probably forget this blog for a few months again. But who knows? In the meantime, enjoy.
Actions, from top to bottom: Vengeance, Inner Chaos, Maim, Vpose, Inner Chaos, Heavy Swing, Chaotic Cyclone, Nascent Flash, Vengeance.
E4S Down! Well, it was down several weeks ago. Just didn’t put the photoset together until now. Also, those 1s + 2s shots are taken well after the fact. As in had-gotten-another-tank-by-then-because-our-first-one-quit after the fact.
Some thoughts on the Purblglam Sightseeing challenge below the readmore.
Thanks (again!) to @if-industries for the challenge!
I followed all the same rules in this one that I did in the last one! And I actually didn’t break any of them this time! No re-used gear pieces, and no re-used hair. Kept things more simple this time, so there were no awful megagrinds for gear. Good stuff all around.
Good Glamours:
All of them. They were all good this time around.
Bad Glamours:
The only one that I’m mildly disappointed with is the one for Day 4, the MNK / SAM one. I kind of felt like I cheated since that’s basically my default samglam with sunglasses thrown on and the pants modified so I wasn’t reusing the linen bottoms (used those on Day 1) buuuut I had a raid on Tuesday and D&D on Wednesday so I basically ran out of time. Ah well.
Bad Photosets:
Day 1: Very happy with this one overall. The DRK screenshots were absolutely fantastic. Kicking myself for not having a shot of Onslaught in there. Again, ah well.
Other weird things I found out:
It is extremely difficult to get a good shot of Butcher’s Block. There are only a few frames you can pause at that actually look good. I eventually gave up and just used two shots of Inner Beast.
It is actually impossible to get a good shot of Power Slash. The laser is too fucking bright. I tried every screenshot trick I knew and none of them worked. Too bad I didn’t spend any time recording it like I did Butcher’s Block. Maybe I could have figured something out.
It was surprisingly difficult to let Hraesvelgr kill me unsynced. I had to deliberately chunk myself by hopping on to a platform that he was about to explode and fall to my doom.
Other thoughts:
The dual class glamours were very fun, but ultimately unsustainable for a longer challenge. If this had gone one more day, I would have been forced to do SMN / BLM.
If this had gone two more days, well, let’s just say I was trying to think of how to make a NIN / DRG photoset work.
Thanks one more time for running this, @if-industries! I look forward to more in Shadowbringers.
“Fear the dark if you must, but don’t mistake sunlight for safety.”
- Josu Vess
The Purbl Sightseeing Challenge, Day 4
Vaultbreaker, AKA Grand Theft Aymeric.
Location: The Vault
Weapon: Midan Metal Katana / Midan Metal Knuckles (Celeste Green)
Head: Shaded Spectacles (Undyed)
Chest: Ala Mhigan Jacket of Striking (Pure White)
Hands: Alexandrian Gloves of Striking (Undyed)
Legs: Roegadyn Legstraps (Mole Brown)
Feet: Alexandrian Thighboots of Striking (Undyed)
This one was fun, but it’s surprisingly hard to get good shots of monk / samurai actions in The Vault.
Actions, from top to bottom: Hissatsu: Gyoten, Bootshine, Form Shift, Third Eye, Ageha, Tornado Kick, Hissatsu: Gurren, Riddle of Fire, Riddle of Earth, /spectacles.
Feet: Griffin Leather Thighboots of Aiming (Undyed)
Had some fun with this one. Really enjoyed putting the look together and figuring out the shots. The weather was incredibly uncooperative, however. Took me longer to take this series of shots than most. Makes me miss doing a set in a trial / dungeon. Weather is way more predictable there.
Actions, from top to bottom: Clean Shot, Slug Shot, Quick Reload, Flamethrower, Refulgent Arrow, Stormbite, Repelling Shot, and Mage’s Ballad
“The Steps of Faith -- the sole means of approaching the city of Ishgard. As well as providing passage across the Sea of Clouds, this great stone bridge also serves to anchor the series of arcane wards known as Daniffen’s Collar.”
The Purbl Sightseeing Challenge, Day 2
I feel better when I’m dancing (with dragons)
Location: The Steps of Faith
Weapon: Sophic Song / Sophic Cane
Head: Koppranickel Temple Chain (Undyed)
Chest: Alexandrian Jacket of Healing (Metallic Silver)
Hands: Legacy Warrior Armguards (Aldgoat Brown)
Legs: Ramie Skirt (Undyed)
Feet: Aurum Regis Sollerets of Healing (Aldgoat Brown)
Apparently I’m doing dual class photosets for this challenge. It is a thing that is happening.
Actions, from top to bottom: Holy, Asylum, Assize, Indomitability, Emergency Tactics, Broil.
The final chorus is nigh, and all will be held to account!
- Nidhogg
Dark looks? Void looks? Please. No one else lives and breathes stupid angst and darkness quite like noted tiny-malice-bug, Krezia Drefamni. And Tharl Oom Khash in the Churning Mists, her favorite place to pose all dramatically in the moonlight. World of Darkness is so last Umbral Era.
(fun fact i have like five separate photosets i’ve done here its the perfect place to brood)
Items and Location Used:
Location: Tharl Oom Khash (Churning Mists)
Weapon: Chromite Greatsword (General-Purpose Dark Purple)
Head: Molybdenum Headgear of Fending (Gloom Purple)
Gloves: Heavy Metal Gauntlets of Fending (Currant Purple)
Legs: Ghost Barque Trousers of Fending (Grape Purple)
"This tragedy, greater than even the 7th Umbral Calamity... Must be undone. If history must be unwritten, let it be unwritten. Become what you must. Become... the Warrior of Darkness."
- Unknown
The Purbl Sightseeing Challenge, Day 1
A dark glamour. The darkest glamour.
Location: The Chrysalis
Weapon: Minos Lux / Cronus Lux (Both Undyed)
Head: Head Bandage (Dark Red)
Chest: Tigerskin Coat of Fending (Wine Red)
Hands: Replica High Allagan Gauntlets of Fending (Wine Red)
Legs: Linen Bottoms (Dark Red)
Feet: Heavy Allagan Flanchard (Wine Red)
Actions are, in order from top to bottom... Delirium, Vengeance, Anticipation, Steel Cyclone, Inner Beast, Syphon Strike, Hard Slash, Shadow Wall and Dark Mind. Throw wide the gates, cowards!
Fanfest announcement of Blue Mage yesterday got me super hyped and itching to do more mage-y stuff in ffxiv. Since I already have Black Mage and White Mage at 70…
I unlocked Red Mage, and gave Krezia a makeover to boot! You can’t be a Red Mage without red hair (and…orange freckles?) after all.
“Once a verdant region teeming with flora and fauna, repeated summonings saw it bled of aether and reduced to a barren desert. But even in an unforgiving environment such as this, life has endured. In a fierce struggle for what little aether yet remains, the Burn’s beastly denizens have grown uncommonly savage, and you and your comrades must contend with their dangerous ilk as you scour its white sands.”
I’ve been wearing this glamour for a while and got several compliments on it. So I decided to take a photoset of it. I’ve taken to calling it the “Republics Bodyguard” set - a reference to Backstroke of the West.
