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oops i skipped moonfire faire. this is the most accidental in character behavior possible for me.

wolf would never go shirtless at the beach. that is where you fight lagiacrus and plesioth. don't be silly. wear armor.

also he doesn't like showing off his top scars

have i mentioned i gave him several of my flavors of autism like prometheus offering fire to mankind

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it's just glam shots today

wolf's canon fit from arr through shb

goes hard

god i love this glam so much. ffxi fashion you will always be famous

my dad(ffxi pally main) requested this. so i obliged!

from here on it's pre-DT stuff

me when im not brave enough to go full figura serpentinata

i love this particular helm. the textures are so nice

the troian sets(excluding the magic and phys ranged ones) are peak of all glam ever

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he survived mh3u you bet your ass he can swim. with a 300-lb hammer on his back, too.

he can swim ABSURDLY well because of this. because he spent A While running like hell from the local Lagiacrus population. this skill has translated pretty damn well into FFXIV.

Can your WoL swim?

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Still time to get a physical copy of my FF 14 oracle deck.

Follow this link

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i should post some wol!wolf shots

this time, his torment nexus expac(Endwalker)

so

FFXIV: Endwalker spoilers ahead.

he still doesn't like returning to thavnair. where the nightmare began. where first that hiss of ash rose from his own skin.

garlemald was cruel to his mind, his soul, his heart. he avoids the place if he can help it. and when he can't... he tries to hide the way he begins to hyperventilate. the way his eyes search for the fear that is a tattered plum robe.

for the longest time, hydaelyn was merely another god to be slain- just one he hadn't found yet.

in this moment, in this time and times far past, she... was the closest thing he'd had to a mother in twenty years.

alone, he was weak. the twins held him together. they were his reason- he needed to forge a better future. for them.

without that, all he had was the incessant hiss of ashes flaking from his skin.

and a hope he hadn't known to still nest within.

the sight of a clear blue sky broke him for the better. that single moment began a long, long, arduous road of healing.

it's not like he could ever fully heal. some wounds are too complex to consider mere wounds- more like the geography of the self.

no. he would find joy in repaying his perceived debt to this world- the world that broke him and broke him and broke him and then gave him a second chance.

his story isn't done- never is- but he is all too glad to be part of another's journey. a mentor. a giver of questions, not answers. a mystery, a blade when needed, a shoulder to lean on when needed.

he is now for any Heritor of the Sun, bearing the stone or no, what he wanted most on his own journey.

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i'm back. give me xiv rp and gpose blogs to follow pls and thanks.

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here's some of the very oldest shots I still like

Wayyyy back during Stormblood- this was me first learning placed lights

this one was shortly after ShB released. you can still see Wolf's old haircut (augh. i hate it, looking back)

i could not be stopped after getting my rathalos. I waa in fact king of the world

waves at camera. before 5.3 we couldn't fly in ARR zones- seeing mor dhona from above was kinda fuckin magical actually

oh yeah this one-

i think this took a whole ass 50 minutes or something insane to light and angle correctly. I should do it But Again

so this was when i started doing tours- essentially, going through every instance and area i could find and taking a fully composed shot in each one.

this is like. why i have the skills and knowledge i do. variety, practice, constantly giving myself new challenges. please try this!

like genuinely for real please try doing a tour. it is SO MUCH FUN. you will find so many details and little things

i prommy you will learn. the internal drive to improve + the indomitable human spirit

try new things! go to new places! you can just do whatever you want forever!!

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Auraugust 2025 - Day 10: Jump

"They say it gets easier to line up the final jump the more you attempt the Kugane Tower Challenge.

I say those people are incredibly wrong."

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i have power. im literally so powerful

Lakeland, 6:30 AM eorzean time, fog clearing into I don't know I wasn't gonna leave Gpose to check

Filter: BRIGHT 2!!!! i think around 75 int

literally all it needed was a slider and this filter went from nigh unusable to one of my favorites

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on my soapbox

farming for rare mob drops like atmas or less rare stuff like uhhh these cool silver mints would be way more fun(cozy) if ffxiv played like ffxi.

this is a silly thought and would not(should not) ever happen but let me expound. i now proceed to yap

because of how ffxi combat worked, it was well suited for being a relatively chill game to play at low levels, since most of your damage came from autos(most, i say, being a DRG/sam. i have cooldowns and double jump raaaahh). your cooldowns usually had a recast time of over a minute, maybe over five- dragoon's Jump has one of the shortest in the game, at thirty seconds flat. ffxi combat is slow and that's okay- it's good, even.

it's also built for fighting individual enemies, or small groups of the same, with flexibility in how you fulfill your role thanks to subjobs. it's a far slower paced game than FFXIV, and communication in party chat is easier for it- plus a stellar auto-translate function which, no surprises, has been implemented into its younger-sibling MMO.

anyways. a bit of an anecdote, but I ground for my dragoon testimony for HOURS- fighting the same few orcish dragoon spawns over and over again- with a pair of friends. why did I need this? because Maat was gatekeeping my ability to level past 70 behind me giving him that testimony for the privilege of proving my beloved idiot son Azure was better than his bitch ass wyvern(in bloodsport. with no witnesses)

and you know how i feel about that grind? I had fun. It's meditative. Relaxing. Hell, I felt exactly the same for most of my experience with 11.

it's just... nice. it's always given me similar vibes to .hack, and that's, like. It's an incredibly good thing.

main point, though: FFXIV is not built for casual mob farming. FFXI is. These are two very, very different games with different philosophies and goals- and each thrives for different reasons. XIV demands button pressing, and rewards you with big hits and numbers and sweet sweet story. XI says "sure, you can take a moment. we've got lore in the back if you'd like- talk to this one guy in the ass end of, iunno, Jugner Forest. he'll give you the lowdown." XIV likes to present information directly to the player, but XI is less up front.

anywho- mob grinding for specific drops is a philosophy that belongs with a specific set of gameplay systems and unspoken guidances which is not(in my experience) present in final fantasy XIV. while easily doable for short stints, the constant flow of FFXIV's combat- when continually active for that long- can get exhausting in an unhelpful-to-the-player way. to be clear though

i love both games dearly, and i hope they both continue to exist for many years.

i think there's benefits and costs to both of these games' styles. i think there's something to be said for the "dance" of FFXIV fights, and something to be said for the camaraderie and strategizing that FFXI promotes.

im omni 100 in xiv so take me back to gustaberg with my records of eminence active and a freshly unlocked lv 1 job-

here's one of the few ffxi screenshots i have, in lower jeuno!

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right here's part 2.

SPOILERS for FFXIV 7.3: The Promise of Tomorrow

...He'll be okay. Rest easy... both of you. You kindly soldier. You tortured, broken soul.

(okay really quick i. love this shot so much)

...can I ever grow to love this city? With its... loudness? I don't know. I'd like to... try.

The city itself, I... I'm not sure. Its people... its people, I think I could.

We move on... all of us.

"You never know, lad. I might pop by, help with your training. Keep an eye out, okay?"

...bright future, he's got. I'll teach him to keep that light shining himself, one day.

...I'll bring Nymeia lilies, next time I visit Solution Nine.

Not soon, the next walk, but on some morrow in coming. Let this, upon its freedom, be your guide... Heritor of the Sun.

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oops the worms said write your own stinger. and i said "thank you worms for the wonderful idea"

so anyways. 8.0. wolf goes to blindfrost. monster hunter collab part 2. a Tigrex sends him off a cliff again. it would be really funny i promise i promise i pr

ANYWHO OF THE IMAGES I GOT- these two get me the most

'cuz this is Wolf making the choice to bear the grief he's been stuffing in the back for so many years

choosing to allow the process of healing to begin by allowing the hurt to happen first.

m sick n t head

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been a few days lemme post ffxiv dawntrail 7.3 msq shots

(With liveblogging narration from my WoL's internal monologue)

(Won't be ABSOLUTELY everything but there's some stuff im sick in da head over)

okay spoiler prevention padding may not work good BUT

SPOILERS for FFXIV 7.3: The Promise of Tomorrow

oh is that how this works. neat!!

[Grief Lit At Sunrise]

...I need sunshades for this fucking city. But I also need to see the ground. Fuck.

...Anything that works towards the unfettered eternity of a singular life or society is blind to nature's order. I... have never thought good thoughts about Preservation, and I'm not starting now.

It's been some time, but the anger is rushing back to me.

That one man believes he alone has the foresight, right, or ability to bend evolution into his definition... it's arrogance. I won't stand for it; I'll cut him down myself if I get the chance. I... don't care that he appears no more than fifteen. He needs to be excised.

...you know, I do wonder how Geode got that coat. I found this one lying around the Crystarium, so... maybe it's an Ancient design.

...White dust. I have a bad feeling. Apart from the usual.

...for fuck's sakes. These things can run backwards. And their heads... Nightmarish, but... now I know they're not necessarily impeded by a target moving behind them. This is good information. I'll be personally scrapping these junk-piles. However I need to, even if that means no samples.

...shit. Shit, shit, shit- the mother whose son was levinsick, wasn't that- fuck.

...I'm going to end Calyx's life. Maybe Sphene can hold the blade, too.

Will you break?

Fuck off, arrogant prick. The key isn't yours, and neither are these lives.

This is my fault. Somehow, this is my fault. A little faster. A little more careful. A little less hesitant.

...wants the key. I have the key. With the key, this would st-... Stop it, Wolf. Stop.

It's like our time-lost princess read my thoughts. I should thank her, for so... directly rebuking them. But I don't know her enough.

...not yet.

Y'shtola: "I assume you know better by now, but I hope you're not planning to try anything alone. We are all here with you."

...I- can she stop being so godsdamned perceptive...?

...and can she keep holding me back? Without a steadying hand- I...

Oh, fuck me.

...didn't do it justice, Shale said. The surveillance feeds, the way I fight.

...she had fear in her eyes. I know. I... know.

...Shale noted my expression. I'm worse at hiding those, now. She asked... what was sitting on my shoulders.

I won't tell her. I said it's classified, because... it is. But I said it was guilt. Anger. A need to break my years-old oath.

The end is cloaked in terror.

It is not. No. This is... wrong.

Anything but prayer. Why...?

He's eleven.

...I'm glad some of these people have the wherewithal to speak to their fellow countrymen. I... can't face that. Not when I can't empathize.

...back here. Just... don't look at the skyline. Don't acknowledge- don't acknowledge any of it. Don't... remember.

...I hate every godsdamned second I have to watch these memories suffer. Every second this little bastard's voice taunts me.

...oh gods. Not emotion. Not again. Not again.

...how can I fear this? I've craved death for so long that... now that I don't, I... feel nothing in the face of its concept's culmination.

Only... I've something... substantial enough to sink my teeth into. Whatever Ascian taught him this, they didn't supply him with critical information.

I hunt gods.

It... is done. Finally.

...Finally...

Lamaty'i. You've grown... to be a little too much like me, dear. I'm... proud of you, nonetheless.

Now the final ghost of this place has been put to rest. Alexandria can... leave this place.

I can... leave this place.

Move on.

Move on.

Remember how to mourn.

Remember... how to mourn.

(part 1/2)

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hey for nothing go to the pre-final boss stretch of cutters cry

no.

no reason.

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my wol's guide to being depressed

make food

you have adhd. and depression. and autism. it is midnight. you thought you'd actually- your depressed ass is not making food.

problem: you're too depressed to cook

solution: make yourself happy AND get food. go hunting! help yourself and the ecosystem.

what's an "a rank" anyways? the guy with the... the nuts tried to explain but i was busy studying the marks. is it eorzean g rank?

stare into the fire. importantly, don't put your hand in the fire(this is really difficult).

relax for a bit. then pretend that this is a good coping mechanism by enjoying your well done (insert monster here) steak. don't worry about utensils or plates or whatever. this is yak t'el, and you have massive banana leaves. not like you've ever needed utensils before, either.

maybe sit at the fire again. just until the sun rises. if you fall asleep, you get some sleep.

congratulations you still have depression

hey in case it wasn't clear. wol!wolf got isekai'd into ffxiv from the monster hunter setting. i-in case you. didn't make the connection

his hyperfixation is the monsters of his home. also hunting them. but mostly learning how they work through percussive examination. and. that's why his au has rathalos as a mandatory lv 65 msq trial.

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deeply tragic that my WoL is too The Horrors'd to indulge in these flights of whimsy. unless they involve trying to eat/consume things. he will eat anything you hold out to him. he is bizarrely resistant to food poisoning and might eat mold for enrichment

warrior of light moments

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was autopiloting my society quests when I chanced to notice something that made me gasp so hard I almost choked to death