#Viis

[zylphiacrowley]

"Come away, O human child! To the waters and the wild With a faery, hand in hand, For the world's more full of weeping than you can understand." ~The Stolen Child by W.B. Yeats

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[teo-linh]

ᴛᴇʟʟ ᴍᴇ ᴀ ꜱᴛᴏʀʏ ᴏꜰ ᴡʜᴇɴ ʏᴏᴜ ᴡᴇʀᴇ ʏᴏᴜɴɢᴇʀ, ɪ'ʟʟ ʟɪꜱᴛᴇɴ ɪ ᴡᴀɴɴᴀ ᴋɴᴏᴡ ᴇᴠᴇʀʏᴛʜɪɴɢ ᴀʙᴏᴜᴛ ʏᴏᴜ ʏᴏᴜʀ ᴠᴏɪᴄᴇ ɪꜱ ꜱᴏ ꜱᴏᴏᴛʜɪɴɢ ᴡʜᴇɴ ɪ'ᴍ ʙᴀʀᴇʟʏ ᴍᴀᴋɪɴɢ ɪᴛ ᴛʜʀᴏᴜɢʜ ꜱᴏ ᴊᴜꜱᴛ ᴛᴇʟʟ ᴍᴇ ᴇᴠᴇʀʏᴛʜɪɴɢ ᴀʙᴏᴜᴛ ʏᴏᴜ

[reap-the-game]

I am the breaker of chains I am the wolf of war

[autumnslance]

[Language barriers and the Echo Anon] You ever keep yourself awake at night thinking how they hand waved currency differences in FFXIV. Sure I’m fully aware that tomestones, tribal currency and other such things exist but the majority of things are paid with Gil. It makes sense in Eorzea but less so elsewhere. Kugane can be justified with being the only open trading port of Hingashi, Thavnair receiving trade from Eorzea and the First’s currencies being so tossed about post Flood they accept Gil now but would it really make sense in places like Yanxia or Rak’tika(rural)? I don’t want to think about how places that you aren’t supposed to visit again lore wise(Elpis, UT and the illusory Amaurot in Tempest) can accept gil as payment and or even trade goods.

I really don't worry about it, especially if we go with the idea of Gil being a typical gold-based currency just with a funny name.

It was also an Allagan thing, recycled by Eorzeans. And with trade with Eorzea being common, it does mostly work in the Source. Yanxia is Doma, more open to trade and outsiders than even Hingashi, and has been part of Garlemald besides--and the Empire has no issue taking Eorzean coin and probably has a similar Allagan-inspired currency that's equivalent, given how much else they base upon the old empire.

Mostly it IS a gameplay convenience even more than the languages so players don't also have to worry about the Gil to Koban exchange rate, but there's also nothing saying the WoL and Scions aren't dealing in Koban when in the East and the game just doesn't deal with that.

As for the First, that's just a mess of handwaving a world actively in the midst of apocalypse and maybe we'll get more details in the 3rd lorebook, but they seem to be having a "collapse the languages and currency down since the remaining population is so small" situation there, and everyone has to trade with one another for survival purposes; even the Viis, who start working with the Qitari and the Night's Blessed.

And while a barter system for the Viis on introduction (or even the Xaela of the Steppe) might seem to make sense, it also unnecessarily complicates and bogs down story and gameplay, so like a LOT of other things in the game, shorthands it to "they just take your coin."

Which I find more and more, people kind of forget, especially when criticizing how "fast and easy" something resolves, that in the scope of the game, pretty much everything is shorthanded to keep gameplay and story moving along, from conversations to rest periods to equipment acquisition to scenes we don't see play out between NPCs and to the vast majority of gameplay mechanics where they intersect with character actions and interactions.

FFXIV tries real hard to make some gameplay part of the world and story, like teleportation. Or they make bland excuses on why we can wander around the 3 city-states post-Banquet, or why the WoL isn't given a shock collar too in Tertium, or can keep visiting unique locations for specific storypoints like Ultima Thule and Elpis. And if we were playing a traditional standalone, single-player FF game, those situations would be written and played out differently.

But sometimes a lore lampshade is just a lampshade, and not all game mechanics are actually lore, but ways for players to fill in the gaps when it comes to Roleplay and Fanfiction.

EDIT: And here's a post from some other folks, with some sources, that barter wasn't as widespread as people think, most places--even remote and sparsely populated--had regular commerce, and currency of some form was far more common and far-reaching than might be assumed.

Remember, folks: Hollywood and other media rarely have accurate portrayals of history, and our own modern assumptions of things being different "back then" are often wrong. Street vendors and athletic sponsorships were common in Rome and "Tiffany" is a medieval (nick)name.

[kari-go]

More of my kwamis! I really struggled with Pyrro’s colors.

Fross the arctic fox of Elusion

Snow Storm- Summons a big snow storm that the holder can disappear into.

Cold temperature.

Barra the flamingo of Balance

Footing- Allows the holder to balance on anything.

Remm the sheep of Dreams

Count Sheep- Puts a person to sleep.

Perfuu the skunk of Pollution

Funk- The holder dispels a smell that has multiple purposes (calm someone, disorient enemies, etc.).

Pyrro the phoenix of Combustion

Inferno- The holder turns into fire.

Will-O-Wisp- Summons up to ten wisps that the holder can use to guide people, flame things on fire, etc.

Rebirth- The Cure.

Flight.

Viis the koi of Gravitation

Moonjump- Allows the holder to control gravity of themselves (and later of a small area).

Aquatic.

Lymm the opossum of Evasion

Loophole- Shows the holder the best way to get out of a situation.

Slight night vision.

Teffe the ferret of Curiosity

Apertio- Allows the user to travel to different pocket dimensions(Burrow, Ladybug’s yoyo, etc.).

Bell the goose of Intimidation

Ingeese- Increases the holder’s size.

Anurr the frog of Prosperity

Riches- Enhances the allies’ power.

Aquatic.

[forcebookcorner]

Force Jiratchapong in ‘เล่นไม่คิด (Thoughtless) by VIIS (2024) [X]

[fytpop]

[sys-aurastella]

She hitting it different now.. Changed her name to Amphidex. Gotten Silly with it during the transition. Good for her, Good for her.

[herbertlangethings]

VIIS ‘MIRROR MIRROR’ | Dance Practice (Moving Ver.)

new for me till now, but, will start to love, to follow, and to support, cause they catched me totally, funny and cute, powerful and stunning....................uuuffffffffffff

[asiavibes]

VIIS - MIRROR MIRROR (+ PiXXiE)

T-Pop is now K-pop too. :p VIIS (วิส) is a five-member girl group under GNEST. They made their debut on September 6, 2023 with the digital single “Barbie (Oops! Oops!)”. (source)   PiXXiE – FEAT   PiXXiE – DEJAYOU  

[zylphiacrowley]

Mother Knows Best

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[teo-linh]

𝒫𝑒𝓉𝒶𝓁 𝒷𝓎 𝓅𝑒𝓉𝒶𝓁 𝓎𝑜𝓊𝓇 𝓌𝑜𝓇𝓇𝒾𝑒𝓈 𝓌𝒾𝓁𝓁 𝓈𝑒𝓉𝓉𝓁𝑒 𝓌𝒽𝒶𝓉 𝓌𝒾𝓁𝓁 𝒷𝑒 𝒶𝓃𝒹 𝓌𝒽𝒶𝓉 𝓌𝑜𝓃'𝓉?

[reap-the-game]

My feral queen, my everything

[autumnslance]

Rak'tika Ramblings

Was curious about the trio's heights. Youngest Cymet is the same height as Minimum Viera height Iyna. Uimet seems to be average, while eldest Chieftainess Almet is rather tall.

Cymet's a later night shot cuz I apparently caught Iyna mid-pose-shift somehow the first time.

Also, if you run around to explore the map before meeting the siblings, Fanow is empty, but it's possible to run into Myalna Bowsing and her hunting party and their jaculars in town where they start their chain of Fates--however, you cannot participate in said Fates! I saw the Ronkan construct fighting the various critters just outside Fanow, and it did not appear as a Fate to Iyna, nor could I interact with any of those mobs.

Once I did progress plot and meet some of the folks around town though, I had forgotten the town info person, Iylna, is only 1 letter off from Iyna's own name.

Also once I realized Rite Master Lanille has very subtle heterochromia, I can't unsee it. It's obvious in her cutscenes in the twins' quest chain to unlock an aethercurrent (and eventually Qitari).

Speaking of the Qitari! You can go to the hill where the Stopl will be eventually, and if going at night hours, it properly plays "A Hopeless Race"--even if it's before you've defeated the Lightwarden. You can see my extra plugin info at the top and the Eorzean Time of 10:40 PM as well as the quest I was on to first enter the Yx'maja side of Rak'tika.

After Y'shtola's little stunt and needing certain help to fetch her, we all like to comment on Thancred having a nutkin at his feet in this singular instance; I have posts on it previously, also how he ducks his head when speaking about hoping Y'shtola isn't so reckless again, yet resigned to knowing better....the nutkin is there to give him a target to make that lowered head stance. Good job, lil guy.

I just liked this lady standing around Fanow. Just good default game posing.

Anyway, after months dilly-dallying (and more time on my mains), I spent a day getting Iyna's Series Rank 5 emote and some moogle tomes for a handful of things, then got her through ShB MSQ, and now, well....

Y'all know what time it is!

[kari-go]

Potency box

Can be considered the second strongest box, right after the Elemental. Used to be the strongest since the Matter duo was placed here.

Crassh, the bison of Vibration

Wayzz, the turtle of Protection

Cann, the crab of Penetration

Stompp, the ox of Determination

Ecco, the axolotl of Reflection

Ziggy, the goat of Elation

Viis, the koi of Gravitation

[artalfons]

i imagine this is how remake part 3 is going to start.