#I actually really like porta decumana

[asleepinawell]

EVEN THE GREAT LOUISOIX!!!!

Aurum Vale has emerged as the winner of everyone's least favorite ffxiv dungeon (see all the poll results here) and now it will face off against the infamous Praetorium

so here it is: would you rather wipe in the first room and watch your teammates stubbornly stand in morbol breath attacks or sit through gaius' ten hour long speech yet again?

my personal opinion is that the ludicrous xp bonus for msq roulette should NOT be considered when choosing, but I can't stop you

[quietlycreative]

FFXIV Update

CURRENT JOBS

Recently (by recently I mean within the last year) I have taken up my journey in the online game FFXIV once again. My relationship with the game was always quite touch and go. I'd played it several times in the past but it never really stuck for longer than a few months.

The first time I picked up the game was back when the free trial was capped at level 35 or something similar and I BELIEVE there was a max of a couple of weeks, don't quote me on that. Let's be honest though, only allowing 35 levels for a trial doesn't exactly put your best foot forward as a game so I never really had interest to pick it back up once I put it down. Even if my friends HOUNDED me saying I'd love it, saying I was such a big story fan so I had to play, etc. etc. etc.

I had to make a fully new account because you can't repeat the free trail when I eventually caved and tried the game for a second time for Endwalker release. I didn't make it to endwalker, i made it through Heavensward but again ended up dropping the game because (to be frank) my attention was still invested in Guild Wars 2 (my first mmo) so I simply didn't want to pay the sub fee while juggling two mmorpgs.

Eventually in the summer of 2023 I did pick up the game again. I decided I wouldn't rush it. I would take my time and get through everything that I wanted to no matter the sub fee. The new expansion Dawntrail is releasing in the summer of 2024 so I obviously had a loose goal to get story done by then but that's highly unliked. Especially because I'm recording MSQ and jobs and doing content so it's taking me quite a while to get through the expansions. I mean, I'm not even done with post arr and its now officially 2024.

I'm enjoying myself though. Playing when I feel like it. Playing WHAT I feel like playing. Not feeling pressured to catch up or do x or x. I'm just, vibing. Which is nice and exactly what I needed after putting so much effort into playing Guild Wars 2 (as an example I've played the game since 2020 and have most of the endgame gear - that takes a LONG time to do - and have accomplished quite a bit in the game in terms of content, achievements, etc).

As of today, January 11th 2024 I have completed MOST of the ARR job / class stories. I still need to complete thaumaturge (something that I'm not really enjoying leveling because of the obvious class style hiccups) and arcanist. As well as the tanks, though I'm putting off tanks because I'm actually quite nervous about tanking. I've never done it before in any game.

I'm in patch 2.3 of Post ARR as well. I've completed the Crystal Tower arc too.

Mind you, I HAVE played through all this content before. However its much different because I'm not rushing through it this time and I'm doing things the way I want, when I want. It's enjoyable.

I plan on doing a BIG ffxiv arr review once I've wrapped up the rest of the content for arr (jobs and msq that is) but in the meantime here's a couple of my favorite things.

Favorite Class/Job to Play: BARD

Favorite Class/Job Story so far: ROGUE

Favorite Encounter/Dungeon: THE PORTA DECUMANA (Such Devastation!)

Favorite Story Arc: THE CRYSTAL TOWER

Anywho. There is my little FFXIV update. My to-do list before I post a review is:

finish post arr

finish job stories

do the manderville quests for arr (Hildebrand quests)

Coils of Bahamut Stuff

Have all the ARR dungeons unlocked

if you have any other ideas of stuff I should do before moving onto HW please let me know!

If you'd like to follow the Let's Play you can check out my let's play youtube here: https://www.youtube.com/@QuietlyPLAYS

If you'd like to check out my more structured and scripted content like FFXIV class/job story summaries you can check it out here: https://www.youtube.com/@QuietlyCreating

And of course if you'd like to see anything else I may be up to you can check it out on my linktree: https://linktr.ee/QuietlyCreating

[vermanaward]

anyway this is some slowpoke but like

one of the mechanics in uwu (ultima weapon ultimate) is that there is a buff which you can acquire which gives you a single free use of an lb3 without depleting the bar. a total of four lb3s are required in quick succession in order to pass a mechanics check quite deep into the fight - one tank, one heal, one caster, and one melee dps. (to an extent this also places a hard requirement on the comp, as you can’t run a comp which excludes a caster or a melee dps even if you disregard the party bonus)

and one of the things that i really like about the new porta decumana / ultima weapon story fight is that the free lb3 it gives you isn’t just a way to show new players the cool shit they can do in 8+ man content, but like. actually ties it mechanically to harder variants of the ultima weapon fight in later optional content.

i just think it’s neat!

[kuroimarzipan]

did the new praetorium last night and porta decumana today and honestly i think theyve done a really good job with the changes like. you cant skip enemies now but it’s still faster?? bosses have actual mechanics now?? i still get to recite gaius’ speech alongside him?? you actually get to hear ultimas theme play out bc its an actual trial now too. and the way they presented hydaelyns gift here. leagues better. thanks for the exp msq roulette enjoyed it a lot

[asleepinawell]

ma'am I have leveled every job to 90 I have done roulette daily for months on end I have seen prae an inhumane number of times your suffering pales before mine we are not the same