FFXIV and Other Games: Chekpoint

So, it's February, and it's time to check out where our paths lead us. As far as my MMO progress goes, nothing talks as loud as my spreadsheets. Here we go: That's right, I'm at my final leveling leg wth both Lolo and Sanya (aka Warrior of Light in my universe). I've almost finished tribal …

FFXIV Patch 6.55 – Review

So, Patch 6.55 stories are beyond me - that includes MSQ, Endwalker's Hildibrand story finale, Tataru story finale and the uniting Allied quest for Endwalker tribes. That concludes and wraps up all the expansion storylines and draws a bridge to the next expansion - Dawntrail. Warning! Heavy spoilers ahead, so approach with care if you …

FFXIV: The Final Endwalker Patch 6.55 Incoming

In a few minutes, FFXIV is off for a day-long maintenance and installation of the final Endwalker patch 6.55. I'd like to talk about my expectations and my own personal progress checkpoints. As previous expansions go, the x.55 patches are quite short storywise. Normally it's just a couple of quests (although, by FFXIV tradition, every …

Final Fantasy XIV: Tokyo Fan Fest Announcements

So, I checked the fan fest schedule, and everything vital is pressed into the opening presentation which I watched in full. Let's discuss then! My personal highlight is, of course, the new combat job - Pictomancer. As you probably know, I'm a sucker for casters, and it's definitely something I will wait for, drooling, in …

FFXIV: Tribal Reputations Review

As I'm at my final - A Realm Reborn - reputation grind part (I move from Endwalker and downstairs), and already completed Sylphs and Ixal there, I think it's safe to talk about how reputations work in FFXIV and are they worth all the bother. So, FFXIV has these factions called "tribes" or "beast tribes". …

My 2023 Gaming Recap

Well, it's a bit early, and still there's nothing drastical yet to happen on my gaming front, so I think it's time to tell my 2023 gaming story. FFXIV - First and Foremost Well, obviously my current MMO is the game of the year! It's where I spend most of my spare time in the …

Endwalker: My First FFXIV Full Expansion Cycle

As you probably know, I started playing FFXIV for real in Shadowbringers, 6 months before the current Endwalker expansion release. Obviously, this time was occupied by catching up, so that I came to the launch all leveled and MSQ done - and I did. Yet I didn't manage to dive into any Shadowbringrs current raiding …

Did Anything Change During this Month?..

Spoiler: no :) WoW story is still worse than ever, so I don't have a single teeny-tiny urge to buy a subscription, level anything and/or gear up and delve through LFRs. In FFXIV, I'm head and feet into leveling - out of 1710 levels per alt (all classes/jobs), I have a little over 100 levels …

My Gaming Routines

Just a quick recap of my gaming activities. In FFXIV, I'm in leveling fever nowadays. I try to maximize my duty roulette and tribal quests output and drive both alts through all of them. I'm almost done with healers on both alts, and 6 dps/tanks per alt will be left to go from 60 and …

WoW: Saga of Hydaelyn and Zodiark

Of course, I watched the new expansion cinematic and its short half hour presentation first thing in the morning. Well, what can I say? It simply reeks of fanservice and doing their FFXIV homework so far. See, the 1.0-6.5. story of Final Fantasy MMO, the major ark, is about a crystallized entity of Light, Hydaelyn, …