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Hey, names Feeny and welcome to my FFXIV blog. Though it'd be best to place all the FFXIV goodness in one place, but expect focus on my trash babies. Characters I play Lee Whims Petra Cartwight Vivvient Duval Phwyl Adair Kiko Enjinn Sea Otter All on Balmung

[tiergan-vashir]

I don't normally make request threads like these, but here we go. In light of the recent disasters in NA such as Hurricanes Harvey, Irma, and Jose to the fires burning in Northwestern US and Southwestern Canada, a lot of people are finding themselves displaced or without internet/electricity. Even for those not in the direct path of these disasters, the secondary effects (high speed wind damage, smoke inhalation, flooding) are displacing a lot of people. Most of them are not focused, if not

FFXIV Producer and Director Yoshi-P here. It warms our hearts to see such an outpouring of support for those affected by Hurricane Harvey and Irma in recent days. The thoughts and prayers of all of us on the FFXIV development and operations teams are with the people of Texas, Florida, the Caribbean, and the other areas affected by these terrible storms. Many of you have requested that we suspend estate auto-demolition, as players in these regions may have difficulty logging in at this time. The team understands this, and so we have decided to suspend auto-demolition temporarily. Commencement of Auto-Demolition Grace Period: September 15, 2017 Duration: 14 days (tentative) At the end of this two week period, we will determine whether or not it is necessary to extend the grace period, and inform you all of our decision. Furthermore, as more detailed information regarding the situation on the ground in these regions becomes available, we will continue to discuss internally what other ways we may be able to ease the burden on those affected. We pray that the recovery efforts go smoothly, and that those of you who were affected will be able to join us again in Eorzea soon.

The FFXIV Team are such good folks.

[berryarmstrong]

Yo they are amazing

[aeriktirel]

So I got to meet Koji at PAX West! He signed my Lore book and I also got a chance to ask him a lore question about White Mages because honestly I’m tired of how restrictive the lore feels regarding the Job.

Me:  “I know White Mage lore is super restrictive about who is and isn’t allowed to use White Magic. That said, is there any way a non-Padjal who isn’t the Warrior of Light can become one?”

Koji-Fox:  “The answer to that is complicated - because from the perspective of the Padjal, the official answer to that is ‘No, absolutely not.’ That being said, discarded Soul Crystals are definitely something one would find if say, they explored the ruins of the Lost City of Amdapor or other Amdapori ruins. And with enough practice and research, someone could conceivably learn White Magic. The Padjal keep the knowledge but that doesn’t mean they hold every scrap of information on the art. The Sharlayans certainly would have some tucked away, and there’s certainly some scattered around in those previously mentioned Amdapori ruins. So yeah, are there are non-Padjal, non-Warrior of Light White Mages lurking around Eorzea in the shadows? Absolutely. Some use their knowledge for evil, and some want to use the art of healing for good. However, they are not granted their power via the Padjal.”

So according to Koji - it is possible but difficult for a non-Padjal Conjurer to study and learn White Magic, however it would not be officially sanctioned by the Padjali. Meaning much like Black Mages, these White Mages would have to hide themselves because their art would be taboo.

[io-saar]

As someone who plays their character as a White Mage forced to hide their identity, this is very nice to hear!

[amdapori]

Koji always says the things this Amdapori roleplayer loves to hear. This is how Cae found her Black Mage stone actually, once it resonated with her: Sharlayans studying a few, and she stole it. Can’t use white magic anyway due to BACKSTORY THINGS but I imagined the Sharlayans would have them at the very least.<p> When I spoke with Koji at fanfest, he told me that the Amdapori also fled to higher ground, which was also confirmed in some sightseeing logs in 4.0 (the Ziggurat, for those that haven’t seen, was created by some Mhachi stragglers and some Amdapori survivors of the flood to balance the aether in the area) up unto Abalathia’s Spine: old Sharlayan, the Peaks, any old settlements there… you could likely find some stones there too, I’d imagine!</p>

[calleo]

Annexious and his tricks, including things like:

- Harassing minors.

- Saying asking about him triggers his ‘anxiety’ and ‘depression’.

- Casually mentioning he’s attempted suicide before so don’t ask around about him.

- Telling people that they have no friends outside of him.

- Demanding people not listen to stories about him or talk to others about him.

- Swear that they’re ‘his only best friend’.

- The usual sexual harassment of female players.

Images should be large enough to read if you click on them.

Also found out he’s rolled on Mateus in FFXIV, but don’t know his character name.

These screenshots are posted with permission; I sent them to the person I was chatting with prior to posting to get the okay to post. 

There’s a timestamp gap in there as we started chatting about stuff unrelated to Annexious and it wasn’t relevant, so I didn’t screenshot it.

[eorzean-capitalist]

Rumor hazzit he’s rolled an alt on Mateus server in FFXIV.  Beware this guy, you don’t want anything to do with him.

[spiderinthecupboard-deactivated]

You would not believe your eyes

If you saw me socialize

[nharuya-deactivated20190108]

The Player Positivity Initiative

I’m not going to sugarcoat it. Things have been rough, recently.

There’s been a lot of negativity, be it about backlash regarding Stormblood (or changes to servers etc. that came with with it), other players, things like the new ‘meta’ and optimal rotations, and just general nastiness.

But it doesn’t have to be this way.

We’re more than just Balmung, or Mateus, Gilgamesh, or whatever else server you’re from. We’re more than just glamourfiends, raidpals, and roleplay dorks. We’re a community, and a community should really be like a big friend-family!

So why not send that family a little love?

So I’ve come up with a simple little way to make it a point that we’re nicer to each other, or at least toss a little happiness into the space we inhabit!

Compliment someone’s glamour! One person, or maybe two. Three. Ten! I know there’s tons of great outfits out there, I’m sure you’ll find one you like. I bet that person, even if they don’t know you, will be so happy to hear you like their outfit!

For roleplayers, maybe say something nice about someone’s character or writing! If you see something said in an RP, even if you’re not a part of it, just say something like ‘hey not to bother you but I loved how you phrased __”! They’ll adore hearing it, I’m sure.

Show a little patience, especially in new content. There’s a lot of returning players who left off at various places in progressing through the game, or who may just be progressing slower than you, and that’s okay! You’ll get through the duty, no sweat, so be good to each other! Besides, it’s hard to focus on healing or tanking when someone’s on your butt about it!

Give out comms! Commend people! I know my day gets a little better when I get one - plus, handing them out is good for your challenge log, which is good for EXP!

All in all, I just want to see people be happy. We’ve been through worse, Balmung, so let’s hunker down and make the best of it.

[jetforcegemini]

*flirts with the healer so they’ll prioritize me*

[wariowaretrans]

As a healer: this will work

[ffxivblog]

[nevivi-nevi]

Suggestion for everyone: turn shout chat off when Early Access begins.

People are gonna spoil Stormblood MSQ. People are gonna start shout fights because they want attention. People are gonna be huge trolls, because we’re on the internet and anonymity empowers idiots. Save yourself the trouble by turning shout (and maybe even yell) off in your general chat tab. If you think you’re in a LS that could end up with spoilers or griefing, turn it off as well.

Hells, I have mine off right now because people are intentionally picking bullshit arguments just to make a scene, and it’s going to get worse before it gets better. Save yourself the trouble and blood pressure and don’t give the assholes a chance to ruin it for you.

[varae-ver-you-are]

ALSO TURN OFF YOUR TITLES. As a reminder for everyone, we do sometimes get titles that will spoil parts of the story. (Reminder of 3.5?)

[verloquium]

Some pleb: The Chrysalis

Me, An Intellectual: Minfilia Cuddle Time

[shroudkeeper]

[zenathered]

[sylvan-rain]

I feel u Zena… I feel u.. Elfwife is Best Wife

[shofie-ffxiv]

“What about White Mages?” Yoshi: “You all need to calm down.”

[thefarhillsofvylbrand]

Yoshida laying down the law roleplayers and non-roleplayers share their servers and it’s up to them to get along and the reason they won’t label the servers one way or another is the worry that they won’t.

[mcstronghuge]

[guccixiv]

thank you, SE, for this bountiful gift

[feeny]

Square Enix Presents: E3 2017 - Day1

Join us for Day 1 of Square Enix Presents E3 2017!

Here’s the link to the live letter if you need it o7

[livvyplaysfinalfantasy]

Apparently the dev team all loved Ga Bu, and he became something of a meme among the localization team in particular. This was a slide from the lore panel at Fan Fest Las Vegas last October.

The text of what Ga Bu would do:

Summon Titan

Buy a gazebo

the Dew

Not rewrite text after data fix

Cor!

Not work past 22:00

fix           holes in the Source (even though it isn’t really his job)

make the bad kobolds fly

make Monkey Island references

make you rue the day and rue it hard

the Electric Boogaloo

take over the means of production

eat moths for breakfast

And Koji did confirm that the cut-off, all-caps text above Ga Bu does read “ANIME IS NOT REAL.”

[livvyplaysfinalfantasy]

Upon entering the Titan hard mode fight, players are met with an extra shock: Titan’s in-battle dialogue has been changed. Rather than shout statements of how he will protect his children, he instead channels Ga Bu’s fear and grief.