Also, here’s Nero Scaeva’s “official word” on the tomestone/cell phone debacle:
“The tomestone you see is just a decorative cover for a handheld-style linkpearl, designed to resemble a common Allagan tomestone. You are not really using a tomestone as a mobile device. Tomestones contain data—usually compressed, encrypted, corrupted or otherwise impossible to extract—but they lack the ability to transmit this data across long distances. Unless, of course, I chucked one clear across the room at Garlond’s big head.
Pictured: A friendly engineer about to receive a fellow engineer’s strongly-worded opinion about a proposed series of experiments that involve chucking an Allagan tomestone at his big head.
“The handheld-style linkpearl is becoming more common these days as an inexpensive alternative to the more traditional ear-mounted device. The screen you see on it is a simple liquid crystal display, backlit via aetherial excitation for better visibility. Beyond that, it works like a conventional linkpearl and you must hold it up to your ear to use it. A bit like a lovely seashell, only with a well-irritated fellow engineer screeching barely-masked obscenities at you on the other end, instead of the calming lullay of the ocean.”
I got 90k’d on the last boss of the level 67 dungeon. Beside myself with rage because my party couldn’t kick me and completed the instance. So it’s going to count as me completing it @.@ so now I have a cutscene that’s waiting for me that I have to skip because I haven’t earned it.
The MSQ for this expansion has done A LOT to rekindle my hype for the game--seriously, I’m not even done yet and it’s been by far the best writing this game has had. I thought my hype died with “Cold Steel” but I was wrong. And then this fucking happens. I’m just hoping the finale is enough to recover from this low I find myself in now @.@
Between life and death, between the open path and the corner you’ve been backed into, in the air between the blade’s edge and your throat, you’ll find a moment’s clarity--and the power to turn the tide.
-Yukina of the Tanaka Clan, advising Sephira Freemantle on the concept of Kassatsu
MSQ, despite a major technical issue, is off to a strong start. The portrayal of the Ala Mhigan people is why I've been hoping to see, considering the lore and the 20 years of occupation.
Whew boy. -blows dust off of character blog- -incessant coughing ensues-
I always sucked at keeping blogs, tumblr being no exception.
This is my obligatory send off post to Heavensward. I’m writing this an hour and a quarter before SB’s early access launch--mostly to keep my hands busy and my mind focused on something and not on say, the rationale idea of just going to bed and waiting for semi-reasonable queue times in the morning. (Spoilers we’re going to be fucked all weekend.)
I first started playing FFXIV back in 2.55. I’m pretty sure I joined the week the Gold Saucer was released. A good friend and RP partner of mine played (still does) and always talked about it. My exposure to MMOs was limited to a brief stint of WoW back in junior high where I never reached endgame and a smattering of free to play WoW clones that were just not great. Oh and I guess Runescape. I was skeptical about playing XiV, especially after it’s initial legendary 1.0 launch fiasco. My friend started playing in 2.1, 2.2, and he could only sing its praises. Between him and some favorite youtubers picking up the game, I was worn down and I bought it.
And so started a two year journey I’d chose to do again if given the choice.
I can safely say I accomplished everything I ever wanted to do in an MMO over these past two years. I experienced the launch and life cycle of an MMO’s expansion. I got into endgame raiding and, I still can’t believe I get to say this, completed a raid tier on content. As someone who was really bummed out that he couldn’t raid with his friends on WoW because they had zoomed so far ahead, this was a really huge milestone. It was pretty much everything I wanted and more. Me and a party of 7 other chucklefucks conquered the hardest content the game had to offer. Even though Creator is slated as the easiest of the Alexander tiers, it was still a major accomplishment for everyone involved, and I look forward to doing it all over again in Omega.
I enjoyed the MSQ storyline, hotly debating its merits and criticizing its faults in equal measure. Say what you will about it, but by MMO standards, FFXIV has some of the best writing I’ve seen. Even if they hit some stumbling blocks and make questionable moves, I love that the game makes me feel like the hero of a grand, epic tale as opposed to some lackey of the NPCs that actually push the story forward. 2.0 Hildibrand remains as some of the best writing in game. The lore of the world just feels so rich and expansive. From a roleplaying perspective, it was a rewarding experience creating a character in this world and embedding her within the already rich tapestry. I look forward to telling more of Sephira Freemantle’s story as we move into Stormblood and head to Doma. Though first I need to get a lot of set up posts done >.>;;
Lastly, and certainly by no means least, this game only because so special to me because of the amazing people I found myself surrounded with. The friends I’ve made through playing FFXIV have truly become some of my best friend period. In a lot of ways I even consider them family. I’ve even met a couple of them in real life, and they welcomed me into their home and open arms. Our group has had its ups and downs (a LOT has happened in these 2 years) but every trial, every tribulation only made us stronger as friends. I don’t know what I did to deserve them, but I can safely say I know some of the most generous, kindhearted people ever. These were the friends I went through HW with, and these are the friends I hope to continue having fun adventures with in SB.
Posting this with a half hour to go. See you all in game!
That moment where you clear a raid floor for the first time...and forget to get a picture T_T
In related news, congratulations to my static for clearing A5S for the first time tonight! I am so proud of all of us ^_^ Already watching some guides for A6S in preparation for Thursday.
During her time away from the Shroud, Sephira had attuned herself to all the major aetherytes of Eorzea. As a result, Sephira never felt homesick.
After resettling in Gridania, and being courted by her former superiors to rejoin the ranks, Sephira moved with the Lunar Eden to Vylbrand. The world was so small now; she didn’t have to be within a few malms of anything. She could be anywhere and then be someplace else.
Even on the other side of the realm, Sephira could pay the attendants at Limsa's aetheryte plaza to whisk her away from salty air to proud canopies. She could see her family in the North Shroud in very little time at all. But being so close to Oakwood as she was--so close to what had been buried there a whole year since--Sephira was reminded that anyone could pay that same price to visit the Shroud. Anyone, in no time at all, could visit her family.
