𝘈𝘳𝘤𝘩𝘰𝘯.

looking for fellow vanilla ffxiv enjoyers just because i feel lame about my preference to not mod the game at all. i know this applies to console players by default, but i more specifically mean you're on pc and could, but have zero interest. you're just cool with how the game is by default.

One of my favorite details about Warrior of Light is how side character will see us fight a Primal and be both awe struck and terrified of us. Like they can't tell which one of us is the real monster out there on the battlefield. The Warrior of Light keeps Lolorito up at night, the Holy See would rather open its gate to the exiled Scions than to spurn the Warrior of Light, better to keep them clearly in direct line of vision and then send them out on a suicide mission to parley with Dragons than let them stay cooped up in Ishgard and constantly a threat, Ysayle is genuinely at lost for words after we fight Ravana saying she hasn't seen us fight like that since she and her fought and despite just being defeated by Ravana, she seems more afraid of us than she is of still being in ambush distance of the One Mind, Elidibus doesn't truly comprehend our power and after we activate the Crystal of Azem, he genuinely falters and asks who we are, Thordan sees us as a terror beyond terrors, his death not being a peaceful one as we are warped from his perspective, Fandaniel chooses Zenos and us to antagonize genuinely because we are literally the only thing on Eitheirys that could guarantee that Zodiark was vanquished and the Final Days unleashed, Ryne is drawn to us for a reason beyond any sense she knows at first much like her she can sense the powerful light like that of Warden and needs to know more of it, and the only ones who outgambit us (Ilberd, Fandaniel, Emet-Selch and Zenos) are not in their right mind to begin with in dealing with us. And then again, all they can really do is STALL us as we are a single person siege engine cutting through waves of soldiers, the Garleans despise us and yet also respect us for what we did in the Praetorium, Zenos is truly in awe of us and calls us Champion of the Savages in reverence. Very few who meet us at first are gladened by our arrival, some are genuinely nervous and unsure when they meet us for the first time. If they do not hear tales of our gentler side from those who know us best.

The Warrior of Light is a beacon of hope but also a power not to be trifled with lightly and its kind of amazing how they write us.

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SIP BY THE LIGHT OF THE CRYSTAL ✨

since this has made the rounds a bit and i've seen quite a few tags of people who can't drink or don't want alcohol, and we have a fun holiday that usually involves a lot of celebratory drinking coming up, i thought i might sit down and write up some ways to make these non-alcoholic:

the curse having character thoughts but none of them are coherent

how do i put it into words...... hmmm............. KHGDKGHRLUGHKJWRHBEJKGRBNUI:OTHJNLRJTBHM RGNJPBK KLDUHRGNKRJGNBDIUGRHNBUYG HJBHKDPGBNURHGNRBGHBEF<MGNRIPRYGBBPOIURGN CHARACTERRRRRRRRR CHARACTER CHARTACET CHARATCGERJ 👍

ffxiv is a great game and all but why does no one tell you that the process of making an alt is literally just

As it has been... too long since I did a headcount post. I think it's time I changed that, kupo!

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Graphics Updates Preview FanFest Tokyo

LOOK AT THE DARK SKIN. SHINE AND DEPTH. ACKNOWLEDGMENT FROM YOSHIDA THEY HAVEN'T LIT DARK CHARACTERS WELL AND ARE FIXING IT.

That Viera Lady has the same skin tone as my bun I am So Happy!!

Also the texture and structure changes in general, and the upgrades to the starter gear on top of that!

Teleportation magic in FFXIV is actually the craziest thing

like, it's established so early on you don't have to think about it, and I expect the writers also didn't think too hard about it when they were first putting together the worldbuilding. but we teleport through the Lifestream. we dip in and out of the afterlife every time we go anywhere long-distance. and this is such a normal part of everyday life that major settlements basically all have giant crystals in the middle that are meant to facilitate this kind of travel.

and to be absolutely fair, in a world where the afterlife really was a place underground, we totally would build a subway system through it and put Hades in charge. it's not like it doesn't make sense, it's just. wild.

FUN TELEPORT FACT TIME

So far as I know it's not Lolorito getting the fees, it's the city-states in general, as they all had to pitch in with getting their networks repaired (and why would Lolorito pay for Limsa and Gridania's?) but I'm not at home with my lorebooks and other resources at the moment, but a quick look at the Aetherology post on @mirkemenagerie doesn't show Lolorito's name coming up in specific.

He did, however, refuse to build an aetheryte in Vesper Bay and put the statue there instead, for there to be a lore reason Vesper Bay is less accessible than it ought to be and another reason for the political pressure to make the Scions go to Mor Dhona, away from the city-states' control.

I have a few teleport posts of my own hanging around this blog, including an explanation of the Anima mechanics. One, Two, Three, Four

Btw, you forgot aether sickness! I'm the 80-90 fisher quests, you work with a scholar who can't teleport at all, simply bc if he tries, he gets horrific nausea, dizziness, and other symptoms that incapacitate him. It's not common, but there are people who have this in the lore!

Also, I remember reading a line from Alisaie (I think) about how the WoL was able to teleport more than the average human, but I unfortunately don't remember more than that

days gone by, days yet to come