Stormblood Retrospective: Eureka (Part Two)

April 10, 2019.Reading time 16 minutes.

We’re just a few months away from the release of Final Fantasy XIV’s third expansion, Shadowbringers, but before that we’ll have the end of its second, Stormblood. The final chapter of the Main Scenario Quest has come and gone, paving the way for the game’s next major release. As I did before at the end […]

Stormblood Retrospective: Eureka (Part One)

March 27, 2019.Reading time 18 minutes.

We’re just a few months away from the release of Final Fantasy XIV’s third expansion, Shadowbringers, but before that we’ll have the end of its second, Stormblood. The final chapter of the latest Main Scenario Quest is upon us, paving the way for the game’s next major release. As I did before at the end […]

Glamour Spotlight: Healers #37

March 8, 2019.Reading time 6 minutes.

Toward the end of the push to finish my Kasasagi Eureka, I ended up on White Mage of all things. My S.O. and I were trying to see how well we could duo higher end enemies, since the instance we were in wasn’t doing much to actively pop NMs on the right side of Hydatos. […]

Glamour Spotlight: Scouting DPS #32

March 4, 2019.Reading time 7 minutes.

I took my sweet time finishing up with Eureka Hydatos. After going hard at finishing Eureka Pagos back when, I took a much more laid back approach to Eureka Pyros, and chose to do the same for the final chapter. This worked out rather well, as it turns out, as it gave my S.O. the […]

Glamour Spotlight: White Mage #1

December 6, 2018.Reading time 7 minutes.

I sat down not long after I finished reviewing the Eastern Socialite’s Attire to create a glamour around the Cheongsam. I wanted to work out something for Red Mage, since I thought the gown would work rather well for an elegant fencer, and my last glamour wasn’t exactly Alahra’s normal style. I began to play […]

Fantasia Spotlight #7: Male Miqo’te (Monk)

November 22, 2018.Reading time 8 minutes.

When I first started taking Fantasia requests from Patreon, I was certain one of the first ones I did would be for a male miqo’te. As it’s turned out, it took a full 7 fantasias (and months) to get to that point, but that time is finally here. I’ve been anticipating this one for so […]

Eureka Pyros First Impressions

November 8, 2018.Reading time 12 minutes.

This time around, I’ve been able to dive into FFXIV‘s latest Eureka chapter, Pyros, from the get-go. Various things kept me from being able to really collect proper first impressions for Pagos, which was initially such a mess that it turned out I didn’t miss a whole lot. Pagos was quickly patched in some pretty […]

New Character & Glamour Spotlight: Machinist #7

November 6, 2018.Reading time 9 minutes.

I’ve been a role-player for most of my life now, having gotten started with Dungeons & Dragons in my pre-teen years. Although I’ve been creating characters with role-playing in mind ever since, I’ve never much been one to create characters for their own sake. I more or less only create when needed—for a new tabletop […]

Glamour Spotlight: Casters #37

November 1, 2018.Reading time 6 minutes.

Like I mentioned last time, I’m finally getting around to picking up the Bonewicca glamour gear from Swallow’s Compass, and along with the Shadow’s Chestpiece, I also picked up the Whisperer’s Jacket. With its fancy “wings,” the Jacket is probably one of the most unique we’ve seen in FFXIV so far, and I assumed that meant I’d […]

Glamour Spotlight: Red Mage #7

August 14, 2018.Reading time 7 minutes.

On the whole, Stormblood has honestly presented me with a pretty huge glamour conundrum. We’re roughly two-thirds of the way through the expansion (or halfway, if the possibility of a 4.6/4.7 mentioned by Yoshida comes to fruition), and I’ve gotten almost no new glamour staples. With very few exceptions, I’ve disliked almost every new set that we’ve […]