Leana V.

Final Fantasy XIV (Chaos - Moogle)

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How to beat the elements: Eureka 101

So you found yourself lost in Port Surgate on a forsaken shore surrounded by all these strange monsters, either you skipped the introductory text figuring you’d rewatch it later or you missed it somehow.

You see people shouting stuff about trains, and fates and pazuzu and you have no idea what to do because monsters hit scary hard and wow

Don’t worry, this guide’s here to help you out!

Progression:

Eureka has its own leveling system (elemental level) which is shared between all your classes, so you’ll only have to level this once. As you level up, you’ll gain access to more features of Eureka as well as being able to tackle stronger monsters and boss fates (technically they’re “notorious monsters”, but they look, feel, walk, talk and work like boss fates)

Level 1: Entrance to Eureka, first Magicite (I’ll get back to this later)

Level 3: Second Magicite

Level 5: Third Magicite

Level 9: Access to the Aethernet shards

Level 13: Fourth Magicite

Level 17: Fifth (and last) Magicite, enables usage of mounts

Level 19: Access to the weapon upgrade material

Level 20: Current maximum level

The Magia Board and Magicite:

You are given a unique UI element in Eureka called the Magia Board which lets you (re)align your character to elements:

Each white cube you see is a “magicite” block, which you earn as you progress through the levels; and adjusting (spinning) your board to proeprly align yourself to elements will increase youir offense and defense to a monster:

A Squib is an Elemental Level 1 mob, aligned to Water.

The Magia Board will light up as you target a monster and show you both the offensive and defensive Element you need for that mob – in this case, to increase my defense to this monster’s attacks, I’d need points in Water; to increase my damage dealt, I’d need to have points in Lightning.

Since you can only assign points to your board at thev Magia Melder in the starting town, you’d think you’ll have to run there every time you fight a different mob - well, no fear, you can spin your board, either clockwise or anticlockwise to change your elemental alignment:

Spinning the board is (in my opinion - your experience might differ) easier done with macro commands; /magialeft spins the board one position anticlockwise, /magiaright spins it one position clockwise; the number in the center is the number of times you’re permitted to change; when you spin the board you have 5 seconds to make as many changes in alignment as you want before the board “sets” and uses up one “change” (the number in the middle) - this wil lrecover over time, and can be reset entirely by using the Magia Melder in the start town.

Gearing up:

In order to gear up you will need the i290 job gear you obtained from your level 70 job quest; if you threw it away, don’t panic: you can repurchase it from the Calamity Salvager NPC, available in each of the three starting cities (Ul’dah, Gridania and Limsa Lominsa)

Gear upgrades (this applies to both weapon and armor) are done with Protean Crystals and Anemos Crystals.

No matter which stage upgrade you’;re looking to do, Gerolt does them all.

To go from i290 to i335:

Weapon: 100 protean crystals

Armor piece (each): 50 protean crystals

To go from i335 to i340:

Weapon: 400 protean crystals

Armor piece (each): 150 protean crystals

To go from i340 to i345:

Weapon: 800 protean crystals

Armor piece: each: 400 protean crystals

To go from i345 to i350:

Weapon: 3 Pazuzu Feathers

Armor piece (each): 150 Anemos Crystals

Obtaining crystals and feathers:

Protean Crystals are obtained in two different ways; either by killing loads and loads of mobs or by going to Gerolt to exchange Anemos Crystals, which are earned from Boss Fate battles; the latter method is rather more efficient.

A single Anemos crystal exchanges for 2-5 Protean crystals, so as a rough rule of thumb you can count each Anemos as 3.5 proteans.

Pazuzu feather can only be obtained from the level 20 boss fate with its special spawn condition, you MUST be level 19 or higher to get these, if you are 18 or below you will only get crystals/experience.

Gameplay:

Finally after having laid out all the things Eureka is for, here’s how people play there:

If you have a group to play together (light parties are possible, but full party is highly recommended) you can strike out on your own and trigger the various boss fates to advance that way; the boss fates do scale according to the number of people involved in triggering them,so you don’t perse need a stampede to do them.

If you haven’t got a group you can enter solo, but it is designed as group content, so do not expect to be able to achieve anythign solo .. fortunately, the commuinity has developed a playstyle called the “fate train” - simply shout for an invite (”lf fate train” seems to work the best), ask where they are (or look on the map where they are, and get to them and join up. You will likely die A LOT doing this and remember, once you pass level 5, DO NOT RES IN TOWN but wait to be ressurected since you will lose experience and you can delevel that way.

Still have questions ? Just pop me an ask, I’ll happily post followups and./or edit/amend this post!

Happy relic hunting!

[catsbeaversandducks]

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Video by bellcat

[arifranzz]

SOUND ON SOUND ON WHEN HES SLEEPING MY HEART

[flowury]

mmaaaaAaah

[theishvalanalchemist]

FMAB does breasts right.

Their boobs move. Like…realistically move. As in, the way actual breasts would motion if a woman made that movement without an over the top exaggeration and the camera is framed in a way so that it’s clearly not supposed to be sexual the way most anime would stage it. The scenes in question are meant to be taken seriously so the animators and direction is take things seriously. Either it’s just a character walking down a hall or clapping her hands. 

If this were any other action/adventure anime, the camera angle would’ve been something like this for Winry’s introduction:

[dylanyonah-deactivated20170705]

This is weird, but what I find so sexy about Riza is, well… How she isn’t sexualized. Like, she isn’t a pure sex object in nonstop sexy outfits. She’s a beautiful military woman, and she dresses appropriately for the role. Along with that she’s NEVER used as the ‘sexy distraction’ trope that women often are used for. She has a good role, she’s a fighter, but also has a kind heart for her friends.

That and more are reasons Riza is my favorite female anime character, and FMAB is my favorite anime.

[theishvalanalchemist]

Well said my friend.

[strawbebehmod]

I think there was only one instance of jiggle physics and that was with lust but that was when they were trying to make a joke about havoc having a thing for boobs and the joke was more about havoc than lust having big breasts.

[theishvalanalchemist]

“You fell into my booby trap” (proceeds to paralyze Havoc afterwards)

[i-am-mother-universe]

What I also love is that their boobs are in equal proportion to every other body part. Like, yeah, a character might have bigger boobs, but she also had a big waist/hips/legs/etc to go with it, so the largeness doesn’t feel fake. Plus, they never draw attention to the sexual stuff, and the only exception was the joke with Havoc. And it was posed in a way that made it feel like less of a raunchy boob joke and more of a joke on Havoc and how his attraction to boobs is what led him to be deceived, which doesn’t leave female viewers uncomfortable, or feeling like their body is constantly the butt of a joke, like some other animes do

[theishvalanalchemist]

That’s a good point that I didn’t realize. All of characters in the show have equally proportioned bodies. 

Ed’s muscles get larger as he gets older but never reaches John Cena level of jacked since he’s still under 6 feet tall. He’s always presented as ripped and not ‘bulky’ like Sig or Alex. 

Riza is about the same height as adult Ed, but they have different body styles thus the word for her would be toned. She’s still lean but her muscles and body shape are the same aren’t ‘compact’. 

Fmab follows the basic body designs for males and female characters and doesn’t exaggerate a specific feature to the point where it’s comedic. It makes it’s bed, and lies in it.  

Every time I see a girl in just about any other action/adventure (shonen) anime I just think:

“is your back okay? You need a doctor? Hey Thomas! Call Lucy a chiropractor!”

or better yet:

“Good Lord! Get this man a sandwich!”

[today-only-happens-once]

The only real exception to the whole body proportion thing is ALEX LOUIS ARMSTRONG

But his ridiculously bulky muscles are used largely as a comedic element, in which the overly toned nature of his body is commented on as the “freak of nature” kind of idea and definitely not presented as if that’s some kind of expectation for anyone else in the show. 

[nudesornaw]

if you’re having a bad day, here’s a cute little marching band

this actually made me cry with joy also one of them is eating noodles

[readsquirrel]

It just keeps going and getting better. *^^*

[involuntaryorange]

Me two minutes ago: “cry with joy? an animation of cats playing instruments made someone cry with joy?”

Me now: (sobs into a tissue) “OH MY GOD THAT ONE IS PLAYING TWO RECORDERS AT THE SAME TIME” (blows nose)

[son-of-a-tenth-place]

CAT PARADE IS BACK

[sushitr-sh]

@rikkisixx this is what i was talking about

[the-great-uniter]

@sadsoftbutch

[fiti-vation]

[femmewitch-deactivated20190613]

[cybergata]

[seyria]

I started FFXIV a few weeks ago, and so far I love it ♪

It’s a nice change from Aion and I love that I don’t have to make thousands of characters to try everything --

Here’s my Ao Ra, Leana Voltaren :D

White Mage lvl36 (and Arcanist lvl18). I’m having a ton of fun and so far the community is really friendly

[moldable]

[rawrpeace]

the gothest church. like. gothic. but gothicker.

[wholesomedetectiveagency-blog]

This is a church in Clermont Ferrand in France (abt an hour from where I live), it’s made from lava stone and it’s so cool

[tracyalexander-deactivated20201]

its like bloodborne is crossing into our world

[dghehzdehfzjk]

I wanted to draw Lyn at first but… I don’t know what happened. I guess i’m always thinking about Seliph. [twitter]

[cloverspirit]

I’M CRYING  

[couriersiccs]

#itadakimassachusetts

[randomgeeknamedbrent]

Konichiwashington

[ponyolo]

hawaii desu

[broadwaybuttz-deactivated202306]

Oyasumichigan

[dghehzdehfzjk]

Guess what? I’ve opened a store! [ATELIER KYOU]

Stickers, pin badges, phone charms… Pre-order what you want! I’ll ship eveything by the end of May!

I appreciate if you could share this post or this tweet! Thank you ♥

[catgifcentral]

…and she’s gone 

[woodelf68]

Another victim of the Void.

[snitchwillow]

I love her facial expression right before she slips through lol. she just pauses and is like “welp, here I go, goodbye world”

[link6echo-deactivated20181215]

I woke my bf up by cackling for WAY too long over this

[since-the-900s-deactivated20190]

[harrisonfenn]

@redpandapple

[procrastinationasperformanceart]

Let me tell you about my panda mini-washer

As an apartment dweller, this is a game changer. My current apartment doesn’t have a laundry facility and the closest Laundromat about a 30 min bus ride which is just not practical. The mini-washer is a life saver

The panda mini washer hooks up to the sink, is incredibly lightweight (about 28 pounds, so light even I can lift it) and easy to use. 

It has a surprisingly large capacity. The basket from the first picture represents about one and a half loads. The jeans took up a whole load while the rest filled the bin only half way. 

Here’s the inside. The left is the washer the right is the spin dryer. Yes, it even drys.

Basically you shove your cloths into the washer, fill it up with water and let it go. I use my shower head to fill it up so it goes faster, the sink hook up took about five minutes to fill the whole tub, with the shower head is is down to a minute an a half. I do it in three wash cycles, a five minute rinse with baking soda, a five minute wash with soap and a three minute rinse with water. You have to drain and refill between each cycle so it’s a little more labor intensive than a traditional washer. 

That’s the spin dryer. It’s about half the capacity of the washer so one wash takes about two loads to dry. The spinner is much more effective than I was expecting. A three minute spin gets my cloths about 90% dry. I hang them up to air dry for that last 10%. 

The machine cost me about 150$. When you factor in two dollars for the bus, five for the machines (per week), the mini-washer pays for its self after only about six months worth of laundry. 

I’m not great at expressing emotion, but I’m hoping you can tell how excited I am.  Let me just say that the panda mini-washer is great and I highly recommend it to anyone currently using a Laundromat.  

[ihatethebitchwhorunsthisblog-de]

Read this and immediately bought it on Amazon for $180. I spend $15 a week to have my laundry done so this pays for itself in 3 months for me. THANK YOU JESUS.

[thepushyqueenofsluttown]

OMG

[wasjopara]

@ all my nyc pendejas

[onlyblackgirl]

[pseudocoding]

Oh by the way, they have table top dishwashers that are pretty much the same thing:

[breelandwalker]

This is one of the biggest technological breakthroughs for the everyday homeowner in the current decade: the realization that refrigerators aren’t the only things that can be miniaturized for better affordability and minimal space requirements.

Can you IMAGINE how this is going to change the lives of college students and apartment-dwellers? Or anyone with a lower income who can’t afford a place with “luxury” appliances like dishwashers and laundry machines?

There’s an even cheaper option called the Wonder Wash where you tumble the thing yourself and you’ll have to line-dry the clothes, but it apparently works very well.

[foodffs]

As an apartment dweller, I want to spread this.

[shiropoint]

This is mesmerizing to watch.

[fuu-dog-treats]

actually physically painful to watch because you know months were spent masking all those frames for each of the kajillions of transitions in this

[ask-ickle-mod]

[thatsthat24]

Holy………..shmokes…….

[mozzarella-shenanigans]

Oh?? My god??

[traitor]

THis is fucking amazing

[weloveshortvideos]

[sirartwork]

REBLOG FOR NOISES

[pope-pius-xiii]

DONT TOUCH ME FILTHY NORMIE

[iron-bae]

Stop bothering yoshi’s voice actor

[mysharona1987]

[necclibrary]

YES.

[towardsmorning]

I once saw someone point out something I hadn’t really considered before- libraries are one of the only places that are warm and dry where you can stay for long periods of time if you have no money. If you’re someone with nowhere to go during the daytime, they provide a safe environment in which to keep a roof over your head for a while- and all while you can access information.

So yes. This.

[edwardspoonhands]

It’s weird…libraries almost feel /wrong/ now. It’s like I walk in and think “This is great…where do I put my money?”

[standbyyourmantis-deactivated20]

I used to work on a campus library and if you want someplace to put your money, so to speak, make sure you put books back in the designated areas. I know you think you’re being helpful by reshelving, but even if you pull something out to read a couple paragraphs just stick it in the basket for things you didn’t want. I don’t care if you know EXACTLY where you are. In academic libraries (at least in Texas) our funding was determined by how many books people looked at. So we got additional funding based on books not being reshelved. If there’s a designated shelf/basket for things you don’t want, stick things in it!

[gingerjab]

What @standbyyourmantis said about not reshelving is true for public libraries, too. Our funding is dictated largely by how ‘used’ we are, so we scan all the items that are laying about as In House Use. That, tied with Reference Count and Door Counter numbers (we have to manually put in the time we take for references) to prove we’re providing a needed service. We also have to count the number of people who come for our programs, which not only helps funding but shows that the programming/services are needed, as well. So, basically, if you want to feel like you’re making sure we’re getting paid and staying around, keep these in mind.

[queenquong]

I didn’t know that’s why you’re not supposed to reshelf!

[rosalarian]

Wow! That’s astounding!

[davidhuyck]

LIBRARIES!!!

[citylightscomebackinjune]

I’ve lost how many times I get asked about how much it costs to get a library card. It’s free. Everything is free unless it’s late or you lose an item. Free. Free. Free. Free.

[betzooloading]