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, …

FFXIV: Some Alt Management

When you see the words "alt management" in my blog, normally it means that I'm rolling a fresh alt and justifying it, or layout some leveling/gearing/farming grand scheme to juggle my enormous roster more effectively :) Well... yeah, only this time it's alt roster clipping. I ran MSQ yesterday, and I realized that 3 alts …

FFXIV 6.5. & Expansion’s End Looming

FFXIV's Twitter account is suddenly full of previews, and that's an adamant sign that Patch 6.5., the final patch of Endwalker expansion, is at hand. Most likely, it's early October. Endwalker would be my first current FFXIV expansion that I experienced in full and been there for every patch release. Technically, it changes almost nothing …

FFXIV, Elden Ring and Forsaken Heritage Questline

I'm back with some reports and thoughts! No, nothing really too exciting happened in FFXIV so far, it's a leveling routine, so that's the main reason I'm keeping blog silence. The picture above summarizes my current goals: one, bring all jobs to 60 on all alts, two, get current raid gear out of reset days. …

FFXIV: Fan Fest, Dawntrail & Progress

Oof, it's been a while since I wrote something here :) Well, I don't know, it's been a busy time IRL, with home repairs, my miniature painting hobby, a TON of series and movies I need to watch, a bit of travel, so gaming was kinda a minor pastime in the last month. There's not …

FFXIV: Farming, and Leveling, and A Drop of Healing Issues

Yep, basically this. I'm this close to providing my current jobs with their Mandervilles - only two to go for the current raid runners, and yet I spend the precious roulette supply to leveling alt jobs. I've rearranged my gear spreadsheets a bit. One - is about job specific numbers: actual level, weapon level and …

WoW: RIP

Today in the morning I logged into WoW, as FFXIV is under maintenance for patch 6.3. installation. I spent about 3 hours in the game, and it's gonna be a swan song of the game as an entertainment for me. I've said all that had to be said about the current story. It's super boring …

My Gaming Year 2022 Recap

Gaming remains to be my major hobby and pastime during out-of-work hours and weekends, and 2022 remained as such. During this year it also served as an important sanity anchor in the turmoil of non-stop madness IRL, and escapism from the news - but well, the games also matter on their own. So, what I …