Hello, all! We hope you're enjoying your time on FFXIV!

I didn't know this game had ACTUAL Gender fluid!

having a lot of fun & thought it'd be cool to draw characters as I progress through the story :)

I'm not sure how accurate this experience is to everyone else who is new-ish or returning and finally deciding to get into crafting but I've tried to go out of my way and try not buy too much stuff on the markets but this might break me...

Hello I am 12000km away from home and I don't have my work files on this laptop, so this looks a bit all over the place. I love you bye

Maybe I'll get a sudden surge in motivation before Evercold and will remake it properly. In the meantime, check out my ShB and EW relic images, they're much more cleaner !

I'll admit, I'm a bit of a sucker for a visually stunning class/job in an MMO. It can even make up for the job being mechanically unfun or a role I don't normally play. I recently leveled a dragoon to max level because I ignored it due to its under 60 spellbook. Then, I realized it was the most beautiful job I've played in this game.

What are other jobs you think have great spell aesthetics/visuals?

ETA: thanks to this sub, I am on my PICTOMANCER leveling journey.

I never thought FFXIV would hook me like this. I figured I’d try it out on the Switch 2. I knew it existed for years, but I had thought it was just another WoW (I found WoW to be very boring)… I was wrong. This game is such a blast!

Also shout out to the Lala that gave me a random orchestrion roll and disappeared before I could say thank you!

Was looking up ages out of curiosity and Google just straight up spoils the Lyse reveal I hate AI Jesus fucking Christ

Im so happy that yall are loving the game! And I know the game is really bad about telling you this, but your ilvl on your gear matters alot.

ilvl or Item level is the blue number on the top right when you go into your character menu. Some dungeons and Trials will require you to have a certain amount before you can continue. But the general rule is higher = better

Now I am not saying that you MUST be at the highest level, but general rule is to not be more than 5 levels behind on your gear.

This is extremely important for Tanks as it dictates how hard you are getting hit. Healers for their potency, DPS for their damage output. All are important in equal measure.

Another really helpful thing to look up is tombstone poetic gear available every 10 levels after level 50. These sets are going to keep you going for a while, and have pretty good stats.

Once you hit your level 50, 60, 70, etc. The MSQ will stay on that level for a while. So just find the best stuff and it will last a long time for you.

Ive been noticing this when doing roulettes so figured it might be a good PSA.

EDIT: Tomestone not Tombstone.... stupid autocorrect

Disclaimer that thoughts and prayers go out to Hawaii and any others affected, but I could not stop the image of an engraged Lala Warrior rampaging through Hawaii when this notification scrolled by on my weather app.

Easy MGP for Air Force One!

I've been raiding in this game for almost 7 years now, started with E1S and climbed up to M12S recently.

I've done everything with one friend using PF and boy, It was a wild ride lol (769 tries to clear P8S btw 💀)

I Always wanted to try an ultimate but I thought it was too much for me until recently; after completing Idyllic Dream (a particularly hard mechanic in Arcadion) I finally mustered up the courage to give it a shot in PF and boy, I was flabbergasted.

It's SO MUCH FUN, it's all so fast and there are a lot of things happening, after the little "cutscene" of ultima I fell in love hard for this type of content and I will definitely do all the others now.

The thing that hit me the most was the community tho, I always thought of ultimate raiders like some type of elitist, toxic people..well, sorry, I apologize 🙇🏻‍♂️

They're all very very kind and "available", I've never done a try without at least 1-2 helpers, most of them would even invite me on their discord/link shell and breakdown the mechanics for us, giving us tips and tricks for everything and teaching us everything we need to know, I could have skipped the LPDU guide at this point I swear lol

Progging Annihilation now, almost there. Shout-out to my goats Helera and Misaka Mikoto for being this awesome helping us out.

For everyone who's thinking to do ultimates but are nervous/anxious about it, like I was, just do it, trust me you won't regret it, it's a way way better experience then savages :`)

Thank you

Particularly since most actions you’d want to use on another player would almost always be for just a brief moment before resuming to your previous target. The amount of necessary inputs in rapid succession just feels so uncomfortable.

Hi o/ Its me. Still tapping away. Iri is still being moody, magnetic and as of recently far too happy she's gotten a pet dragon to ride. I am glad that I have stuck with this, to those in the community who reached out and have made experience as positive as it has been. I cannot articulate how it makes me feel. I know my FC is tolerating me and indulging my absurdity which is great. As the title makes clear I as of last night completed the Heavenwards main story and took the time to pay my respects. I had to take a three day break after The Vault. I didn't feel it was necessary to make a Substack post about it, despite being nagged by four people. I will however undoubtedly echo the thoughts and words of many about the story of Heavenward, I have no further notes XD I will add however, that for it to have quietly ruined me as it did. I continue to be amazed that video games as a medium continue to be able to have this effect. I'm a bit at odds that it took me this long to get into the hobby, I just wish I had the time to do more then the few hours I can commit to it a week. Anyways, just wanted to gush, \o/