"Okay, how the fuck do I drive this thing? "Self... Destruct?""
#Final Fantasy 14
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tbf the corgi is god tier
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the fact i can't /toast while in my tank is a crime though
this was my entire reason for doing my first Tribe dailies
tank in a tank
hasty kayak
if they wanted me to pay money they made a mistake n already gave me the best mount ever, my spiky drake from amaljaa tribe quests. cherish this one very much
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who needs cash shop mounts when i can ride a tank
minor sorrel
When you can ride a literal whale 
plucky cairn
Interesting, for me Storm Salute (which is my GC equivalent) isn't labled
And correctly desn't work on a mount
magic burrow
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last one was top left
hasty kayak
niiiice
MONK ONLY LINE SPOTTED BABYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY
LETS GO. i can die happy now
but also get better glasses marjorie i feel like me being a monk is kinda obvious
oh, tis a dungeon?????
hehehehe that is awesome
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ah a dungeon i haven't beaten since like
first beating it
Man "Makai Warrior" sounds like a cool title, wonder how you get-
PvP
I'll stick to Worldcleaver
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When you see something cool but it's locked behind pvp
compact ibex
Is anyone here on the Elemental datacenter?
magic burrow
At this point I'm essentially on Japan server so not me
hasty kayak
not aware of anyone. that an american center?
compact ibex
Yes lol
compact ibex
I've been unable to get into the new trial due to ques sucking
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And also my character is like
not even up to date
It was supposed to be a sub-character I play when I am not in America, but it'll soon be my main character after graduation since I'm not staying in America
It seems the character is in...
Garuda
sry, can't be your help
compact ibex
Unfort
plucky cairn
I just realised, is that a Legend of Dragoon reference?
rancid laurel
Absolutely looks like it
plucky cairn
It's a fun coincidence in that case
magic burrow
Mel/Meru is a quite common name in Japanese contents anyway
plucky cairn
Yeah the light blue hairs made me think it was, even tho it wasn't the same haircut
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HAHAHA I FOUND THE OPTION TO CHANGE LOG SETTINGS
unexpected FFIV cameo
also if you want to change this for yourself 
Way too many hours in this game and I just find this out now
1,461
hasty kayak
that was awesome. monk themed dungeon? i feel like the game gave me a christmas present of the decade. and the anguish! having to murder vengeful souls of monks that stayed there after the massacre! the angst of it all!
and best of all, the boss has same punchies as i do!
look, thats my kitties!
i am ready to vibe right into stratosphere
absolutely runnin this dungeon again sometime
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Amazing Eddy and Bob Wyvernsbane
never change FFXIV
hasty kayak
okay, lets go! awesome choice! just so happens my friend established the monk order anew, now´s the best time to join!
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punchy bois for all
I believe that'll be your final Monk job quest, actually
if it's 70
oh wait, dungeon
hasty kayak
oh i did monk job quests waaaay back when i started stormblood
beelined them one could say
#1032731043041640488 message aaaaaall the way over here
about four months ago
hasty kayak
what? i think four months for expansion's base is a pretty good time!
by my standards, anyway
wow, i was honestly contemplating not playin at all today bc i only had like hour n half of free time left n that seemed too short, but im so glad i did. this was great
awesome dungeon, once again stormblood said "watch me win the best expansion title though power of pure bias" and by hydaelyn it has me hook line and sinker
hasty kayak
maybe i can replay the sb monk quests in ng+ sometime, that sounds like a fun time n it'd help me refresh on details
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oh i got the card from the new dungeon and i just added it
mid raid
anyway i'm so good at the video game
we killed the demon in the bomb fight first too 
minor sorrel
I don't remember if I did that mnk quest 
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holy shit i got the last Stormblood dungeon in roulette
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well that was
a lot
turns out trying to optimise melee DPS in that dungeon is not easy
also Bringi is going to really like a particular moment
but i think i did good!
i think
hasty kayak
I don't remember if I did that mnk quest <:AkkoThink:475866520107614208>
its not like, an actual monk quest, it just features monks heavily 
its called "to kill a coeurl", over at rhalgr's reach, unlocks temple of fist dungeon
rancid laurel
I wish Living Dead wasn't so damn clunky
magic burrow
It's a trap 
plucky cairn
I wish Living Dead wasn't so damn clunky
Right now as long as you have something to hit and you don't miss a GCD it shouldn't need a healer intervention at least
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I'm so sloppy when I tank as DRK
also obligatory reject DRK embrace WAR
(tho honestly i think PLD is more boring to play than DRK or GNB, but I haven't gotten to try out any of their full sets so that's just me comparing them at low 60s)
((and well that's hardly fair because WAR only starts to become really fun around 70 with Inner Release and Onslaught))
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urge... to commit... slaughter... RISING...
i may have commited Anakin's Betrayal S Rank to those poor guys
i'm not a sociopath i swear 
hasty kayak
i decided ill just unpin it when im done with it all
thinkin of gettin started on omega today
hasty kayak
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Tongue is firmly in cheek for this 
hasty kayak
an update on my apartment, its shapin up nicely i think
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Damn, looks better than my place
hasty kayak
i spend about 400k gil on plushies n it was very worth it
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I mean you've seen my place
Autumn trees in Ishgard an' all
right next to the lalafel retainer and my coke stash- i mean, shovelled snow
hasty kayak
honestly, i cant decide if this man is at his all time low or highest high
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Why does your UI look zoomed in?
hasty kayak
so i can actually see whats happenin in the screenshot
i can always zoom out afterwards
oh wait, u said ui
i. like bigger buttons? but also im on a laptop
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ah, laptop
hasty kayak
so my screen isnt big to begin with n mmos have so much ui
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makes sense compared to my EPIC GAMER DUAL MONITOR SETUP
(spoilers + discord link blacked out to make it SFb)
I'm at the point where even the names of quests are spoilers, lmao
(i guess technically you could consider the Reaper quests are in Ul'dah a spoiler but ehhh)
if i recall they'll be there even if you don't own Endwalker so 
hasty kayak
i just dont have the space for another monitor
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understandable
hasty kayak
(ignore the absolute bonkass clutter everywhere thanks) 
i have an unfortunate case of "leave everything everywhere always n forget it exists immediately until i turn around and am suddenly surrounded by mess"
hasty kayak
nero is havin the time of his life annoyin the hell outta cid n i can respect that
brings a tear to my eye at the sheer beauty
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hell yeah
hasty kayak
BWAHAHAHAHAHAHA
"i have too much ptsd to deal with this shit, call me when you have a monster in need of slaying"
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slim cairn
(ignore the absolute bonkass clutter everywhere thanks) <:penk:54210138620533147...
So much clutter
hasty kayak
...well that hole aint empty anymore, thats for sure
hasty kayak
So much clutter
be glad i cropped about 40% out
slim cairn
Your friend is back
hasty kayak
i am no longer havin a good time and everythin sucks
the fuck?
is that a chicken
why is there a chocobo chicken
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You'll see
hasty kayak
can i have it
oh, yes, of course!
everyone, this is Bitch. Bitch, this is everyone
hmmm. ||are the allagans from different star originally too then? like omega? oh shit, are they moon people? i know thats not a star but i dont know the extent of eorzean astronomic knowledge. is elidibus one of them?||
oh nooooooo i have to work with this fuckass again...
plucky cairn
Well, one thing ||you know is that the Allagan did put a moon in orbit with Bahamut inside it so they had space faring tech||
hasty kayak
have fun raid series.... at cost of midgardsormr. hmmmmmmmm
hasty kayak
Well, one thing ||you know is that the Allagan did put a moon in orbit with Baha...
oh. i definitely did not forget that part. not at all
plucky cairn
As I see it, if Cid has to deal with Nero it's only fair you deal with Daddy Midgar
hasty kayak
:c
i see we'll be doin creepy ass shenanigans then. okay. its not like a giant tv head is weirdin me out or anythin
this is fine
plucky cairn
Also another thing you should already know, is that the ||Dragons are Aliens||
plucky cairn
You don't think about it, but ||Midgarsomr came to this star with his eggs||
I'm positive they tell you that
They don't expand from where but the rest follows
It's something I remember knowing back from Heavenswards.
I can't eactly pinpoint where it's explicitly said tho
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have fun raid series.... at cost of *midgardsormr*. hmmmmmmmm
Lemmie prod you in the right direction, you may be able to take some of your anger out on him by getting to the last third of the series
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they bwah hah wat
Was a shock to me too. but I think it's mentioned late in Heavensward with one of his daughters, Tiamat
hasty kayak
i know who that is but i dont think i really parsed her dialogue that way. "oooh eternal torment, oooooh pain and suffering" is the gist i got
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Yeah, it's kind of glossed over in the moment
You had more pressing concerns at the time, like kicking Thordan in the dick
plucky cairn
Yeah It's implied more than explicitly stated
The question ||from where|| is not made during it
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and mourning ||Ysayle|| 
plucky cairn
This bit
You don't really realise it but yeah it implies that ||Dragons are fucking aliens||
hasty kayak
i miss when i could pretend this was a medieval fantasy
now ||moon's haunted|| and ||dragons are aliens||
plucky cairn
It's kind of cool tho
Because the ||aether being in their eyes thing is unique to dragons, and it makes so much sense if they didn't evolve on the same star as everything else||
hasty kayak
i love that they ||play hot potato with their organs||
its ridiculous and i adore it
plucky cairn
I don't even know if that was on purpose but it works so well with the lore
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||https://fxtwitter.com/AnthonyKaen/status/1663579545721778176|| probably spoiler? idk whatever
wow embed broken
rancid laurel
Discord doesn't know how to embed twitter
plucky cairn
You have to give time to discord to figure out it's not porn
rancid laurel
I swear to God I've seen embed previews literally change when I change rooms
hasty kayak
hmmm, wonderin if i should do these raids as a red mage.... are they hard? by uh, sb standards i guess
wanna know if i can bring a less practiced class or stick to monk
plucky cairn
A bit harder than Alexander raids IMO
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Some of them get funky
plucky cairn
The difficulty also scales within the wing
So O1 will be the easiest and O4 the hardest
O5 will be easy again, and so on
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also you are probably going to miss a shit ton of ||references to older FF games|| (feel free to click or not, if you're asking about the raids now, i presume you're doing one of the Scapes now)
plucky cairn
So maybe try RDM on O1 and see if you need to switch to something more comfortable for O2 forward
hasty kayak
hm. i guess if i panic ill just run around screamin n pressin jolt ii. its not like im a trash rdm i dont think
hasty kayak
yeah i only really know 9
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so annoyed they don't let you suplex O5
you'll see what i mean
or not, if you don't know FF memes
hasty kayak
oh, hmmm. well, my gear isnt maxed out for this expansion yet on rdm, but i do fulfil the average item level so i should be fine
lets just see how this goes
hasty kayak
well, i didnt die, ill call it a success
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did you know Red Mages and Summoners are the only two DPS jobs that can rez?
plucky cairn
did you know Red Mages and Summoners are the only two DPS jobs that can rez?
And RDM only from lvl 64 onwards, so if you are doing an earlier dungeon remember to not yell at your RDM for not ressing
hasty kayak
i, definitely know which button resses. yep. absolutely not checkin rn
plucky cairn
Lol
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It doesn't come up much
hasty kayak
i know which button heals? thats good?
plucky cairn
RDM have it easy because of double cast
For ressing
They don't have to necessarily use swift cast to skip the long cast time
It still costs a ton of MP tho
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Yeah, I mostly use Swiftcast for that, not worth using it on anything else
"B-but muh uptime"
I DO NOT CARE.
hasty kayak
CONTROL 2. right. of course. ill remember that
lets just, uh, maybe move it next to heal button. yep.
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bruh if i wanted to be efficient i wouldn't be playing a mage dps 💀
plucky cairn
I usually put the ress buttons on unassigned bars, it doesn't come up enough to need a keyboard button for it
I can click it
hasty kayak
id have to employ mouse to tap the person im ressin anyway i guess, it doesnt need a convenient button combination
hasty kayak
"omega cant create on its own imagination as it has none, only mimic and draw knowledge from what already was" oh so im essentially fightin one of those chat or drawin ai
yay
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well that's one way to put it
hasty kayak
no! im under suitable stress, do not need more stress!
gonna do snek quests while i eat dinner, then more omega
hasty kayak
ooooooooh, now thats fancy goldsmithin
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Eagle!
or griffin
whatever
not like those snake bastards now any better /casual racism
/s
hasty kayak
i support jessie´s capitalism if it means i get chibi chocobo minion tbh
they're ded :c
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whomst
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Oh, I was confused lmao
plucky cairn
hasty kayak
hm. wonder if we can ||teach omega to have like, morals then||
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No comment
hasty kayak
i love when the fate of entire world rests upon my shoulders
this is chill n not problematic at all
hasty kayak
i guess that is what i do like, every other tuesday
should be used to it by now
bozja, thats a name of later content, isnt it?
cant remember if arr gave me details on that....
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i may have mentioned it once or twice
and that line hits different for me ||after seeing what the fuck happened to Cid first hand|| (Post ShB)
plucky cairn
"The Bozjan Southern Front" is the name of an Eureka-like zone post SHB
They call those zones "Adventuring Forays"
Which is an absolutely unhinged term IMO
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I think to unlock it you need to do something related to what I spoiler texted?
but ehhh you don't have to worry about that for.... three months or so
plucky cairn
Yeah it's a quest chain that starts with the Stormblood 24 men raid
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depends how invested you get into the post-shadowbringers story/raid series/alliance raid oh my GOD I FORGOT ABOUT THE ALLIANCE RAID
hasty kayak
lmao
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You are not ready. For that alliance raid.
hasty kayak
awww, baby
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Both in a sprirtual "This is by far the most extreme Alliance Raids have gotten, even with Endwalker"
and the literal "YOU ARE NOT READY FOR THAT STORY"
plucky cairn
Alpha is cute as hell
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awww, baby
Yup, he keeps that going forward
"rest of the series" wtf is this a tv anime?
hasty kayak
pffft
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he is very marketable
hasty kayak
"rest of the series" wtf is this a tv anime?
i feel like ff14 anime would be wack bc everyone would be like "why does this stranger keep botherin my friends-oh, thats supposed to be me"
plucky cairn
I do that every trailer
magic burrow
Protag of the ff14 anime would be YoshiP himself
hasty kayak
everythin else is anime but he just stands there as an irl actor
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Cellica Flame
hasty kayak
i, have no idea how to answer this on one hand i dont think those uniforms are particularly amazin, on the other the second answer is like, beggin for a sarcastic dirty joke response
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Naoki Naony Yoshida
minor sorrel
Protag of the ff14 anime would be YoshiP himself
?
plucky cairn
lol
minor sorrel
plucky cairn
We do have Yoshida characacter tho:
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OH COURSE HE WOULD BE A LALA
hasty kayak
why am i not surprised its a lalafell
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His character name should be Cellica Flame to be lore accurate
minor sorrel
Abomination
hasty kayak
every time. every time im enjoyin the banter, n then midgarbitch shows up to ruin my day
magic burrow
Don't be rude to daddy dragon
hasty kayak
he started it
question, does this mean that when u dont do omega, alpha just. randomly shows up in msq without much fanfare?
plucky cairn
Alpha doesn't show up if you don't do Omega I'm pretty sure
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Alpha shows up in MSQ?
plucky cairn
There is a moment when there is a "look how far we have come" moment where literally everything you have done makes a cameo, and if you did nothing it's like...1/5th the lenght
plucky cairn
Alpha shows up ||in the port in Old Sharlean with Cid and the others, when he comes over to check on the ship||
hasty kayak
There is a moment when there is a "look how far we have come" moment where liter...
cant wait to watch the full length then
.... well. except maybe pvp. jury's still out on that
plucky cairn
The only thing I was behind on in that bit was Eureka so I don't know if that quest was represented
I think not
In the most recent PVP series there is a minion, a mount and an emote
hasty kayak
neeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeerd
plucky cairn
I legit exclysively do pvp to get that shit
hasty kayak
its nice they play his fight music tho
plucky cairn
It was really cool when he got his power ranger suit cameo, I loved it
hasty kayak
also love that the birb is an astrologian
ooo perhaps even a multiclasser then
i demand to see monk alpha
HAH
i suddenly like omega way more
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slim cairn
i suddenly like omega way more
heyyy be nice
hasty kayak
so while i wait for queue to put me in sigma 1, im readin up on mechanics, n lemme tell you whoever wrote this guide is downright whimsical about it. Anyone who avoids ghosts out of habit will choke to death instead.
hasty kayak
hm. 18 minutes n still nothin. i guess it is late for eu. since i can go to bed later today i wanted to see if i could finish the second set, but i guess ill leave it for another time. ill b on a conference for next two days n its debatable how much time ill have durin the weekend so, worst case scenario i resume on monday
the questline's quite cool so far
plucky cairn
I can join in as healer and see if I can accelerate it
I remember nothing about any of those fights but it should work
hasty kayak
i appreciate the offer, but i shouldnt stay up this late anyway 
so i think its for the best. maybe durin the weekend if we both find the time?
plucky cairn
No problem
magic burrow
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I can join in as healer and see if I can accelerate it
but for tank
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Just did Final Steps of Faith and I saw a new player run away from Akh Morn after the first hit
babby's first multistack
ooooh neat
i learned the regress for RPR
now i can dodge aoes in style and then keep greeding
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WOO
Finished World of Darkness RIGHT before the daily reset
now all the roulettes have that sweet sweet exp bonus again 
plucky cairn
Levelling something?
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RPR
plucky cairn
Nice
hasty kayak
i need to get back in swing with scholar n pally
but i have fear™ so i just level bard rn
plucky cairn
Man, I can't wait for US fanfest
In 2 months
It's pretty likely we will see an expansion teaser
I need to know where the hell are we going next
hasty kayak
oh, right, 6.4 means ur at the "tease next expansion" phase, aint u?
plucky cairn
That's what they did in SHB at least
We have 3 fan festivals ahead of us, my prediction is that we'll see the Teaser in the NA fan Festival at the end of july and the full trailer at the EU one in october
And maybe the expansion will release sometimes in april/may
dapper meteor
We should get the first tease at fanfest
Then once 6.5 is out, probably October, we’ll get the next update, then the final tease sometime in the winter before release next year. At least that’s what’s most likely to happen, given previous patterns.
plucky cairn
We do know for sure it wont be out this year, even tho it was pretty predictible
dapper meteor
..pfft I should’ve actually read the rest of your message, goddammit
Dunno why I’ve been wired to skim things so hard lately 
But yeah, looking forward to finding out what the next arc will look like
It should be called Beginningwalker, clearly.
plucky cairn
lol
We'll get to level 100, I heard that later Yoshida kinda wanted to do stuff like prestige classes rather than adding more levels
100 sounds like a good round number to call it max level
dapper meteor
If it’s going to be another ten years of things gradually escalating, then if 2.X is anything to go by I’m looking forward to 100 hours of having a fight with the local ladybug population.
Turns out the ladybugs have been secretly building an empire right under our noses the entire time!!
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Dude spoilers!!!!
plucky cairn
I have no idea what the plan is, they could do pretty crazy stuff if they wanted, especially if they kinda want to make a new starting point for new players
That doesn't require doing everything before
I don't know if they'd want that but it'd help the longevity of the game for sure
dapper meteor
Indeed. Although I would actually appreciate it if the stakes weren’t as high to start with.
The 2.X mood was pretty neat in the beginning.
dapper meteor
But yeah I’m sure they have a good plan. They’ve consistently had excellent ideas
compact ibex
We'll get to level 100, I heard that later Yoshida kinda wanted to do stuff like...
not level 99 huh 😔
rancid laurel
Woo got my normal mode loot for the week
latent vapor
We'll get to level 100, I heard that later Yoshida kinda wanted to do stuff like...
I know that level 100 will be the final level cap, but did he say anything about prestige levels, or is it just fan speculation based on what happened in FF11?
What I think could work is no more levels period. They were only relevant to people playing more than one job. Single job players are only gated by MSQ. This would make switching jobs in 8.0 and beyond less of a hassle, as you only would need to provide the gear instead of getting 10 new levels.
plucky cairn
I know that level 100 will be the final level cap, but did he say anything about...
I don't think he explicitly said anything about prestige levels, that's a common speculation because it's something that is in FF11 and it would make sense
IIRC it's called Master Levels there, and it would kinda make sense if past lvl 100 you are IDK a "Master Scholar" and get a couple of new abilities to reflect that rather than go to lvl 110
latent vapor
Okay, but what is the practical difference between master levels as opposed to just regular levels?
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||https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O24Zb0GWJU0||
Everything about that video is 
plucky cairn
Okay, but what is the practical difference between master levels as opposed to j...
There could be some but in pratice I don't think there will be any except to let us stay at a round 100 level in name
If they go that route
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I just want the game to admit that "Warrior" is really a Berserker class at this point
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me looking up how the Hell to spell Hraesvelgr
one of the results is Hraesvelgr Attire Coffer
take a look
ballin'
rip my gil wallet lads/ladettes/enbys
Wow, nevermind then.
Ballin' at thrft shop prices
rancid laurel
https://universalis.app/ this is a good site to use to cross reference market board prices
It's not quite live but it's handy if you're shopping for expensive items
rancid laurel
Although for something under 10k its probably not worth the effort
But I use it when gearing up alts via the MB or if I'm obtaining expensive crafting mats
elfin wave
Yeah seeing it was from the Firmament stuff I should have figured it'd be cheap
If it was PoTD gear or something I could imagine it going for much more
(Though maybe the Thavanerian dress is expensive because people like midriffs)
rancid laurel
Trying to figure out what staff for BLM
opinions?
leaning toward the ruby weapon one
plucky cairn
They both look pretty good, IDK why but I can never make a BLM staff work on my character
rancid laurel
Going for the first one
it'll run me about 350k to craft it but the MB price is like 800k
so not too bad
hell i might just make both
not like i am wanting for gil
rancid laurel
now that ive seen it up close in dungeons it's kinda ugly
maybe i should just do the ARR relic for BLM, I always liked that one
rancid laurel
Holy crap I suck at BLM
rancid laurel
great, now ACT isnt working
plucky cairn
BLM rotation from the very little I have seen, seems to have become more complicated but much less strict
Especially with how much less time you are rooted in place casting thanks to paradox
dapper meteor
I stopped playing BLM back in the 3.X days, but man was it strict.
The biggest thing that made me stop playing it was the need to plant yourself into a single spot all the time and I just don't like playing that way.
I like that I can run around and run through my rotation simultaneously on SAM
Lets me deal with AoE nonsense much more easily
rancid laurel
I think I figured out BLM I was just overthinking it
For some reason I thought it had changed way more than it had
rancid laurel
I like SMN a lot because I hate thinking
Also what's considered "good" DPS values nowadays
At i610 my SAM is doing like 8.5k or so on a dummy and that feels very low to me even for i610
hasty kayak
monk :>
rancid laurel
I don't even know how MNK plays anymore. Or NIN
hasty kayak
nadis go brrrrrrrrr
you do one combo, you make a phoenix explosion with your kicks. you do different combo, you do dragonball z move. then you do either of those again, preferably the kamehameha, you turn into a missile n murder everythin in fifty feet radius
minor sorrel
I don't particularly like this version of mnk. Keep having to think of what one I need to do to get the right color to then unlock it right and do the thing i want
plucky cairn
You generally do a normal 123 one of the two times
And alternate Dragon Kick and Bootshine for the other
On single target at least
And the 3rd time whatever you do you are going to have the chackra open so it doesn't matter, it'll do the last move no matter what
The optimal choice is dragon kick and bootshine generally
hasty kayak
it just, flows so nicely. there isnt any class ive tried so far that would give me the same "tis feels right"
could b first class bias tho
plucky cairn
I like it a lot more than the previous version personally
hasty kayak
like i read about the greased lightnin stacks n it just made me very confused
plucky cairn
It was pretty simple
At the time every time you completed a combo, basically did a 123
and started from the beginning with a 1
You got a stack of greased lightning
Which just made you attack a lot ofaster
Up to 3 stacks
And managing to not lose the stacks was central to Monk DPS
So keeping uptime and stuff like that
Nowdays they just made it a passive
So you always attack a lot faster than all other classes
rancid laurel
Meanwhile SMN go brrrrr
plucky cairn
One day they will realise SMN is too easy, probably next expansion, and my brain will have shrunk to the point I wont be able to play anything else to a decent level
I should actually look up SAM rotation and learn it, just to at least try to keep up a semblance of competency
elfin wave
I like SMN a lot because I hate thinking
see also: me playing WAR
no thoughts
only violence
hasty kayak
except the part where ur checkin ur nadis n managin ur buffs n tryin not to forget your (thankfully not many anymore) positionals but i still have easier time with it than say, checkin bard every second whether that random skill triggered or if im not wastin my bloodletter
elfin wave
meanwhile me enjoying the shit out of these 6.4 reaction faces (6.4... obviously)
hasty kayak
n dont let me started on true terror of my dps, red mage i have not figured out a seamless dual cast yet n my damage output suffers
elfin wave
me: has the cleanest run of a dungeon ever
also me: no Fending gear
... though given the fact my WAR's ILVL is already 619 I don't think I need any dungeon gear
elfin wave
oh my god fuck Alphascape 3.0
i did not realise how bullshit it was
legit feels like a Savage
bruh fr fr i queued into Normal Raid again, got P8, cleared it first try 
mood, Ninja... Mood.
hasty kayak
@elfin wave @plucky cairn do ya wanna join me in omega tonight by any chance? ill get started on sigma 1 n see how far i get
you get to see me fumble with rdm n all that!
elfin wave
plucky cairn
I have like an hour or so before the pizza is here so yes
Gimme a minute
Oh you said tonight, going now or later?
hasty kayak
now is good, ill b waitin on phantom in uldah
tonight means "from now until i go to bed" cause its already 7
plucky cairn
yeah I'm logging on
elfin wave
i'll be on Soonish™️, go on without me
plucky cairn
There is story between the fights anyway
hasty kayak
take the time u need gen, i need to decide which pants i want real quick
pants acquired
plucky cairn
Good pants
I see you took advantage of the fact that they made the male version of the St valentine clothes unisex
hasty kayak
took them long enough
plucky cairn
Well the female version too actually
But yeah, I love those pants a lot
The jacket is pretty nice too
I forgot to do the quest to glamour the faerie, 100% going Carbuncle
Fits my SCH glamour a lot more
hasty kayak
carbuncle is nice
hasty kayak
please be nice internet
plucky cairn
I remember nothing on how to heal, time to fail this miserably
elfin wave
SUPLEX THE TRAIIIN
gahhhhh why can't it put me in Sharlyan when i world visit i hate limsaaaaaa
oh
oh
i went to the instance area of the omega thing and it's mcfuckinggone
plucky cairn
Went pretty well
For the ghosts you are supposed to make sure they are in one of the light areas when they go off to banish them
elfin wave
Listen here you cheating mother-
OH RIGHT SPOILERS OOOPS
hc fix
anyway ding me when you ready to beat up god 
plucky cairn
Yeah bringina is doing the story inbetween the bosses I assume
hasty kayak
awww
elfin wave
ahhh i can't join party mid triple triad game????
plucky cairn
I like that boss
elfin wave
green is not a creative colour
but yes that boss is fun
keep meaningto find a party to do Sigma 4.0 on Savage so I can get the Air Force mount
hehe funny plane go brrrrrt
hasty kayak
oh no its adorable
elfin wave
Alpha is the goodest boy
Ah, I can't access my Retainers while away from home world
A shame, I think I stored my male valentine's clotheres in one of my retainers
elfin wave
plucky cairn
Ah, I can't access my Retainers while away from home world
A shame, I think I st...
Why did you put them in the retainers? The armoire accept event stuff
elfin wave
i've been fucking with glamours this whole time
plucky cairn
Don't even need to use the limited glamour dresser
elfin wave
Ahhh. Yeah, I'll have to sort that when I return to Zodiark
Did this the other day actually so this should be caek
"This should be caek"
Hclegend plays the worst RPR of his life
plucky cairn
plucky cairn
The next fight is pretty fun IIRC
hasty kayak
The next fight is pretty fun IIRC
that instills fear in me
elfin wave
also 595 ILVL on SMN
I can do the second last trial as SMN if I so wish
do i want to? No!
Oh, and the second EW Alliance Raid
neat
plucky cairn
Yeah this one is taking a minute
elfin wave
hasty kayak
creepy ass motherfucker
plucky cairn
That fight confuses me to no end
plucky cairn
Ok I have a pizza waiting for me, if you want to continue next wing I'll be available when I come back
hasty kayak
this is the first time ive run out of mp with red mage i tried helpin the healers with raise but im not sure if it actually worked
elfin wave
Raise takes a lot of MP
But yeah we could probably knock out Alphascape tonight, queues be merciful
Fair warning though, I will probably be playing Warrior.
Because that's the job I go to when I have f e a r
anyway have dancing mad while i go touch grass, brb for like 10 mins https://youtu.be/y2NhcFrtrrY
hasty kayak
so this is how i die
yay
..................... this does not mean i forgive you
but i may stop calling you bitch
elfin wave
Okay, Alpha 1 escapes me somewhat, but I'm good for 2 through 4.
plucky cairn
I'm back
hasty kayak
so this is how i die
are we gonna acknowledge that i was few dozen seconds away from perishing? pretty much all alone? no? okay
plucky cairn
lol
elfin wave
usual day in WoL life
elfin wave
i can confirm that gen is in fact in the Phantom server
minor sorrel
It was still super amusing to just randomly wander in town and then see HC ingame, a few months back
hasty kayak
i love when dead bodies rain down on me
elfin wave
im gonna swap to monk for this remainin part
yeah, fr one of the raids i consider harder than endwalker content
elfin wave
Though it's more for "Oh my god how am I supposed to dodge that in that amount of time" than "Oh this is actually hard hard"
the hell is larboard supposed to be anyway
grumble
hasty kayak
is it just me or is the fact that as omega story progresses there's fewer n fewer ppl makin it through horrifyin
i mean theyre not dead but still
elfin wave
existenal horror wheeeee
plucky cairn
It definitely feels like they were doing that on purpose
Omega is also a story about ||loneliness||
hasty kayak
i am going to enjoy this so much
plucky cairn
He's cute, he keeps spinning
elfin wave
Hey, you can work off the rest of your aggression!
(The spinning is an important mechanic)
I can't remember if Vert Hori or Hori Vert is "go in" or "run"
... i just realised I'm going to be beating the shit out of him with attire resembling his son
hasty kayak
i approve
elfin wave
"THIS IS WHAT I DID TO YOUR SON OLD MAN
YOU'RE NEXT!"
speaking of i should check if i can get rathalos armor
hasty kayak
omega really is midgardsormr's fault actually-
this fucker really IS the source of everything terrible in my life!
elfin wave
holy shit i need 24 scales
let's see you get two scales per run and i need 24 - 8 = 16 so 8 runs
oh this is just sexist af
YOU DON'T NEED 8 SCALES FOR PANTS THAT SMALL
plucky cairn
We will probably farm it when brigi gets around to unlock it if you want to wait for that
elfin wave
I mean at least it's not gender locked
Which is good because my WoL has pride
she is NOT a SLUT
hides bunny outfit and 2B cosplay
How drunk can I get before the queue pops?
hasty kayak
oh dear. stay where u are medical attention is comin
there. you gotta drink responsibly!
how many carbuncles do ya have at ur feet
hasty kayak
oh no
minor sorrel
i need a chobobo uber
"....Sigh. Not again."
hasty kayak
time to smack a bitchass dragon
rancid laurel
God blm is fun when it works but when you die or fuck up it's hell
It just utterly kills your damage
plucky cairn
He's tricky
elfin wave
you know what the worst part is
i consider the next boss even harder
but ehhh maybe it was just a bad run
plucky cairn
I'll switch to PLD, both War is really not advantageous when we want to stack AOE mit
elfin wave
I'll stick to WAR since... it's the only tank I have levelled, lmao
So should you take main tank for these next two then?
plucky cairn
I don't mind either way
I'm probably slighly more versatile as an off tank as PLD than War at 70 if I have to guess because I have intervention unlocked
elfin wave
Then I can stick to maining
plucky cairn
While the War equivalent I think is 74 or something
elfin wave
This?
plucky cairn
True but it does use a resource
So it's essentially the same thing
Because if I'm main tanking I'd rather use Holy Sheltron
hasty kayak
hmmmmm, thats the|| crystal tower catboi||, right?
plucky cairn
Oh yeah, it's that dude I think
hasty kayak
oh, and the ||alexander au ra|| too
plucky cairn
Yeah that was my bad
i noticed too late I had the tether
Luckily it was the end of the fight anyway
elfin wave
you know, thinking about the Rathalos raid, I wonder if three people could farm it
then i remember that healers are useless in that fight
hasty kayak
thats ok im canonically in the void™
elfin wave
plucky cairn
You can pretty easly farm with 2 people I'm pretty sure
hasty kayak
i need to deal with another near death experience real quick ill b fine
plucky cairn
2 anything really, if they are unsynched
I farmed it with 3 people very easly during SHB
hasty kayak
.... stupid robot n chicken makin me sad
yay, not dead!
love how we watched chicken get white hair n trauma in real time. this is why 90% of scions are white haired also
not me mine is totally just for aesthetic purposes pls trust me
cid is such a bro
elfin wave
what about nero
hasty kayak
dumbass. appreciate
him
elfin wave
hasty kayak
okay, tis late n i rlly appreciate u two stickin with me all night, lets bring this to conclusion
plucky cairn
The next one is pretty hard
elfin wave
/doze
hasty kayak
IT WAS HARD THIS ENTIRE TIME, GEN
plucky cairn
Remember to separate the 2 enemies later in the fight, since we are the 2 tanks
hasty kayak
ive been doin nothin but scream n run
my performance is trash! trash i say!
but we can do it
elfin wave
rember gen, you'll have to tank too
plucky cairn
The mistake was because I didn't read the debuff
I had the red debuff
Red = female
Ergo I had to attack the female version
But it was the other way around
plucky cairn
That knockback pushes pretty far
plucky cairn
Well not exactly
plucky cairn
Gives new meaning to the term gender fluid
hasty kayak
dragons in spaaaaaaaaaaaaace
wait how can breath again
how is this happening literally where are we
hasty kayak
yes but biggs n wedge n cid n me had no space suits
im just gonna stash that under magic i guess
plucky cairn
I assume where you were had oxygen to sustain Alpha at the very least
Since Omega wanted to keep him
hasty kayak
ah, right
elfin wave
hasty kayak
oh, i suppose hraeavelgr confirmed ||the planet itself is called hydaelyn||. i dont remember if i already knew that explicitly or not
magic burrow
plucky cairn
I absolurely love the ending to the Omega Series raid, just rewatched it because it's great
plucky cairn
I love Nero, I'll definitely drop by to his and Cid wedding whenever it happens
hasty kayak
if im not the weddin witness im startin a riot
hbwabwwafnsgstar YOU WERE A FUCKIN PSYCHIC THIS ENTIRE TIME?!???
oh, echo, okay
awwwww tis a real boy birb
hasty kayak
me when i see gummy is online
plucky cairn
As a sidenote, Alpha now has a chance to appear in a bunch of places around the world, after you finish this quest
hasty kayak
oh my, a fin screen
hasty kayak
As a sidenote, Alpha now has a chance to appear in a bunch of places around the ...
that is a DELIGHTFUL news
absolutely and utterly delightful
@elfin wave @plucky cairn thanks once again for joinin me 
i did not intend for this to take five hours but im very happy u joined me in this endeavor
plucky cairn
Congrats on finishing Omega
slim cairn
me when i see gummy is online
HEY!
Also I shot you like 1000 msgs today!
You never told me you were doing this!!!
hasty kayak
have you known me to b anywhere else in past nine months
if im not in ur dms im here
it is almost midnight n i am gonna regret this so much tomorrow but also i do not regret it at all, this was great
slim cairn
Smh
hasty kayak
also discord user hclegend, is that a crate of crystals. i know you are a summoner on the side but pls no primals 
this is not the answer for "i want ysayle back"
youll have to ask yoshiP for that shiva summon
slim cairn
I can't wait till brings reaches shadowbringers and endwalker
minor sorrel
elfin wave
also discord user hclegend, is that a crate of crystals. i know you are a summon...
LMAO I DIDN'T NOTICE
no that's just a decoration in Old Sharalyn's inn
Too lazy to actually go to my house
hasty kayak
okay, i played a fuckton of triple triad n did some misc optional dungeons, i think im gonna get started on 24 today
hasty kayak
ivalice, ay
elfin wave
I'll join if I find time
Though looking at the Shadowbringers Alliance Raid series... I'm definitely joining.
You'll... Probably want a Tank who's played it before
plus i want to steal all the gear
plucky cairn
Definitely joining the dungeons, there is some killer glams in there that I never collected
hasty kayak
whooooops, that line doesnt quite work
thats okay im just gonna pretend its all the leftover paperwork
plucky cairn
I have a really poor opinion of this questline, but I hope you like it
They had a guest writer on for this, and something clearly went wrong
At least IMO
hasty kayak
well, do either of u two wanna join the fighty portions? i got the first one unlocked, i can wait for ye to pop in or i can get started by myself
plucky cairn
I feel like they weren't too familiar as to how you write a compelling story for a MMO format, and the team ended up having to hack it beyond recognition to make it fit.
That's my best guess
Give me a minute
hasty kayak
oki, @elfin wave how about ye?
plucky cairn
Which is the 1st again
hasty kayak
rabanastre
elfin wave
oki, <@98905210159632384> how about ye?
Can't make it but enjoi
plucky cairn
Hopefully being 2 dps wont mean forever queues
hasty kayak
Can't make it but enjoi
plucky cairn
I also don't feel confident enough to heal in those, I'm pretty sure I did each once
And they were pretty hard
I have some tribe quests to do while we wait for the queue to pop
hasty kayak
mhmm, same
hasty kayak
43 minutes in queue
"okay, lemme just hand in the last quest, then we switch to light n try our luck there"
right as i handed in last quest the duty finally popped
incredible play
plucky cairn
lol
IIRC there is one fight that requires math in this series
It'll be fun
I'll go eat something RQ, brb
hasty kayak
aye 
oh, we already saved the guy we had to save? sure was a quick quest series then
oh, guess not
im sorry thats like namin ur kids naruto and sasuke
taller?!
well thats rude
plucky cairn
lol
Ramza does deserve everything bad that life can offer so yeah, he can also get named in a ridiculous way, I don't mind
hasty kayak
if mikoto tells me anythin, its that sharlayan is full of neeeeeeeeeeerds
slim cairn
*taller?!*
Tbf I thought you would be taller as well
plucky cairn
Literally all your friends studied there, ||and the only one that isn't a nerd it's because she was impersonating a nerd for most of the game||
slim cairn
Turns out im giant compared to you
hasty kayak
... oh hydaelyn im the token jock among smartasses
plucky cairn
Being an Archon is the equivalent of taking a Master after your PHD in FFXIV world
Sadly in real life you don't get a fancy tattoo when you do that
I mean you might
hasty kayak
isnt. master below phd?
plucky cairn
Is it? I actually have no idea how that shit works
magic burrow
It goes Bachelor-Master-Doctor
hasty kayak
bachelor, masters, phd
plucky cairn
US school system confuses me
hasty kayak
do u have different namin conventions in italy?
aside from uh, translation of course
plucky cairn
Probably, I started working after highschool and a vocational school
Oh actually I think it works the same way, I just never connected the italian names with the english ones
hasty kayak
wow this questline is wordy. i mean u read in these games a lot but this is beefy
im tryin my best to not get lost
plucky cairn
Yeah as I said earlier, I feel like the writer they brought on for this had no idea how to write for a MMO
He is an amazing writer, don't get me wrong
He wrote FF12 and Tatics stories, he is great at what he does, I feel like he was given poor instructions as to how the whole thing was structured
hasty kayak
should i, take offense to that? do i look dusty to you?
not my fault my home town is in the desert....
plucky cairn
It was a good moment to add a new character
We just had 12
You know, keeping things simple
slim cairn
bachelor, masters, phd
Which you have again?
hasty kayak
bachelor
slim cairn
If I told you I had a phd and a master, would you believe me?
hasty kayak
no, they would've flooded my dms if that was the case
you sent me a pic of a youtube ban, you arent what we'd call discreet
slim cairn
hasty kayak
@plucky cairn lookin at the time, i think you can leave the party if ud like, ill quest until i unlock the second part but ill leave it for tomorrow. i stayed up late yesterday n lets just say it was not my brightest idea
plucky cairn
Ok!
hasty kayak
thanks for joinin me today
plucky cairn
NP, it was fun, I really like the actual dungeons
I only have a poor opinion of the story for the raid
hasty kayak
now we´re gettin somewhere, this whole deal with the ||bangaa is the best part so far. their design is cool, and i really like their backstory of "guards that failed n survived but have ptsd n literally no direction so what now"||
i dont wanna fight him :c
plucky cairn
They are cool
hasty kayak
hasty kayak
okay, got some time, @plucky cairn @elfin wave wanna join me in second 24 of sb? ive read up on strategy guide n it has math
plucky cairn
Give me a few minutes
hasty kayak
i have prior commitments again
oh nooooooooo (that is ok have fun)
oki gen! gonna do my tribes for now
hasty kayak
gimme like five? minutes n ill b ready too
plucky cairn
Will try to heal to see if we can speed up the queue
hasty kayak
heh, snek bed
plucky cairn
I took a minute to get what you were referencing
hasty kayak
aww no need to b mean to alpa
ah, yes, context provision would b a smart idea
ok lets do this
plucky cairn
Can't be that bad
hasty kayak
great u jinxed us
hasty kayak
i mathed good! n then died to some other mechanic i didnt understand!
plucky cairn
lol
hasty kayak
wheeeee
plucky cairn
gg
On the 3rd and 1st bosses I have a lot of pratice because you meet different versions again at some point
In other content
They aren't identical but they have similar moves
hasty kayak
hooray, the asshole died
aw fuck he's breathin
alas. another day then
thats ok he can stay magicked forever i wont mind
plucky cairn
I will leave the party for the moment, ping here if you unlock the next one at a decent time for you
elfin wave
Such devastation...
hasty kayak
question, were viera playable post stormblood? or are they a later addition bc they were popular from this questline?
well, ive not yet met a viera, but this is the second time they're mentioned
plucky cairn
Viera were added in Shadowbringers
hasty kayak
oh! tis a viera teaser then
magic burrow
male viera was ew right?
plucky cairn
Female viera to be precise, male viera were added sometimes in EW
And we expect Female Raothgar maybe sometimes during next expansion
plucky cairn
That one
hasty kayak
ngl im rlly jealous of male viera starter glam
that looks amazin i want those boots n gloves
hasty kayak
but they dont fit on others
plucky cairn
I'm happy they exist so all the twink enjoyers stopped being catboys
magic burrow
elfin wave
go androgynous au ra wife
except not really because male au ra are C H O N K
and this is why female au ra based
hasty kayak
adventure with my alligator pals!!
lets go 
why is everyone in this explansion like this?
im going to start stealing kneecaps i swear
plucky cairn
hasty kayak
look, yes, i am short, and in bringina brain canon™ im only a little bit taller than a lalafell, but i still feel insulted
also you really need some better clothes miss viera you're gonna catch a cold
plucky cairn
Listen, don't blame the vieras, they have to compete with the male counterparts and it's a though fight
That's the real reason they don't let them into their cities
hasty kayak
pls dont make me the diplomat we have alphi for that
ugh hancock, really?
i question WOL's decisions sometimes
SURPRISE TATARU HIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII
plucky cairn
hasty kayak
i havent seen u in ages i missed you
elfin wave
YUGIRI
hasty kayak
yeah sure her too
elfin wave
Stormblood Tataru is also based
hasty kayak
well. that was a surprisin turn of events, i must admit
okay, @plucky cairn join me for the monastery?
plucky cairn
Invite
plucky cairn
To be completely honest I don't remember what happens in the story
elfin wave
you people read the story?
hasty kayak
plucky cairn
Oh yes, ||there were other warriors of light in previous eras, I forgot they confirm it here||
hasty kayak
okay now its accessible
slim cairn
<:KannaSip:638853101364969492>
Huh that’s one of my emotes, never seen brings used that before
slim cairn
look, yes, i *am* short, and in bringina brain canon™ im only a little bit talle...
Wow you are a shrimp
hasty kayak
Huh that’s one of my emotes, never seen brings used that before
i dont have a good sip emote
i need to make one i suppose
elfin wave
plucky cairn
minor sorrel
hasty kayak
what is going oooooooon
plucky cairn
lol
elfin wave
Ah yes
GUN
plucky cairn
Basically you have to turn the empty part of the semicircle towards the boss
plucky cairn
Makes sense
hasty kayak
i have zero idea how these attacks are telegraphed so i just scream n try to mimic others
plucky cairn
That's a pretty good strat TBH
elfin wave
the screaming or the following?