Thinking about that music wolqotd and it just makes me think about how much I appreciate that XIV's soundtrack genuinely feels like it exists in the cultures of the communities and religions in the game... Like you can very clearly imagine what is the Amalj'aa sound or so on

I like to think Under the Stars and other Tactics/XII music would be traditional tunes that played on instruments throughout villages in Golmore and Dalmasca in traditional music storytelling so he would know them and feel melancholic over that track in particular, crafting a lil music box with it

My main hype for tomorrow is going into Occult Crescent to level the jobs n get accessories, field ops time! Will be doing MSQ/raids a bit later into the week so won't be on here to avoid spoilers but will prob still cook up some gposes in new outfits perhaps 🧐

I'm really starting to believe that 8.0 will deal with something related to the 5th Astral Era in some way because they've really been teasing at that with so much of DT content/lore being related in some way or another (which by extension is also related to voidsent).

Why are people posting untagged 7.4 spoilers, the patch isn't even out yet 😭 some of us actually like going in blind...

Woah they put up the orchestral albums all up officially online, finally 🙏 even including the concert performances too! The "Tsukuyomi's Pain" medley is still so good, the seemless transition from Lunacy into Wayward Daughter is amazing and the emotion in that arrangement...

90s bands like Rage Against the Machine are really big with people in South America so the Tom Morello song choice is oddly fitting for DT in a way

Fantasian collab stuff is cute, may also soft confirm we're probably always getting collab stuff with other games CS3 had a hand in like with FF16 and the Tactics remaster 🤔

#ffxiv arr graha

good night #FFXIV #FF14 #FF14風景

I think the new 7.4 gear def has parts that can work on my glams once it's dyeable, base full sets not too keen on but being able to just cherry pick parts from anything they announce now is very nice, I like belts-on-pants stuff and def into those pointy armored boots

Please don't let the new Frontline map just be Secure 2.0... please be more like Nadaam

Always loved the viera since FF12 for their spiritual nature and the concept of believing the souls of their loved ones to be beside them no matter the distance, even beyond their passing. In XIV I really like the Rava's connection with maintaining nature which is in Ara'll's lore a lot when I can

I've finally been going through the post-EW Alpha/Omega yellow questline recently and Omega is so unintentionally hilarious without realizing it themselves, I love it, silly little beetle

I miss ARR environmental design, you go to any of those maps and see elements from other maps nearby, in Eastern Thanalan you can even see a landmark from the South Shroud in the distance at one point. All the expansion maps are just surrounded by eternal mountains, all convenient valleys

(old stuff) grampa

Sword of the South! I think it fits him well as being a red mage hailing from southern Dalmasca c: and I was also proud of clearing Bozja duels with no cheese strats

By the lamplight [📸 by @vermilionrosefoil.bsky.social] #viera | #erenville | #erenwol | #elenjála

The atmosphere this track has is unmatched for me, the way it's arranged makes it feel like this harrowing guttural solemn march forward, you can feel the anguish and the way the climax nearly always lines up with the peak of the fight is amazing

The more I think on it, I think the final boss theme of Delubrum Reginae ("The Queen Awakens") might be the best track in all of XIV's OST. Stellar in in-game presentation, in composition, and has insanely good instrument use across how many sections? Like 5? 6?

One of the funniest things I learned recently is that the "Limit Cut" A11S mechanic everyone named those numbered dashes after isn't even Limit Cut, that's the name of the damage buff, the actual mech is called Super Blassty Charge LOL

Anemos has really nice spots for gpose ideas (just messing around here)

Commission o/ #ffxiv #viera

I know he's eeping rn but do you think Midgardsormr would treat Estinien like his adopted son in the same way Vrtra kinda sees him like a brother

No way finally erenville meets erenville...

Add barriers before all alliance raid/dungeon final boss fights if someone is in cutscene, like the ring barrier at the start of an instance but also add it for the last boss

Guys what if instead of looking at the fruits Erenville is actually secretly observing the gay bunnies in the distance

Someone has to edit a charango or a ronroco into g'raha's arms in that new artwork because he's almost posed like if he's playing a guitar-like instrument lol

Probably his penchant for crafting little dioramas and trinkets of the places he visits! I'd like to think that alongside being a male viera, rare in itself, that it adds to making him stand out to bypassers. That and the shared trait of being in a party of 4 vieras of course being a big one hah

Had a sunday brunch forked tower prog run interrupted by the early ddos attacks, can't have anything here man!!!

5.4, I clearly remember being amazed at seeing so many people together doing those quests inside the dinky lil caves in Azys Lla lol and then next patch doing all three NieR raids weekly for the coins was a Time Sink for sure

Alphinaud, as suggested by someone on my mailing list #ffxiv

Erenville & Wuk Lamat #ffxiv

Because SE's QA people are probably not in a position to defend themselves and their jobs in public, I want to spell out some of what it is they specifically do for us localizers, because nothing I've written here is rhetorical. SE QA acts as a final check on our work after translation and editing.

The sea waves are my evening gown And the sun on my head is my crown #ffxiv | #viera

We had like 4 pieces of the hoard and just wanted to be done because it was late, truly saddening, fix ur goshdarn servers orz cries

Tonight had some random hit the disagree emote on my character for which I can only assume is because I have a trans supportive message on my adventurer plate, if their own adventurer plate was anything to go by

Really wish I knew what vocal plugin Soken and his team use for some tracks because there's this very specific sound they've used on both XIV and XVI. It's that one vocal used in tracks like Il Mheg, Pilgrim's Traverse and XVI stuff like Sanbreque and Stillwind, not the same one as Rak'tika/Yak T'el

"Time will crawl and the streets run red" I guess we're dressing up as random 80s David Bowie outfit for All Saints' Wake this year! #viera | #gpose | #ara'll'sdioramas

Sometimes just gotta play dress up. <.<

And now alliance raids... ARR/HW include their dynamic combat variation ARR: Out of the Labyrinth (FF3 CT theme always banger) HW: Aetherpause SB: Ultima's Perfection ShB: Torn from the Heavens - The Dark Colossus Destroys All Medley EW: Myths of the Realm DT (so far): Fighters of the Crystal

Doing this for fun because I like talking music, normal raids first... (note I'm also bad at choosing a single track) ARR: Tempest HW: Exponential Entropy SB: eScape/From the Heavens ShB: The Legendary Beast/Promises to Keep EW: Embers DT (so far): A Risky Bet

slay queen #ffxiv #ffxivart #gaia #rynegaia #ddff #dissidia

Her girlfriend let her borrow the song after seeing her off to real life Japan

This gpose my bf took like 20 minutes before maintenance last Monday has been living rent free in my mind. Just the way Erenville is so much bigger than Eir (especially his arms) 🥰🥰🥰 I think it's funnier that Eir is physically stronger than him but the weakest of her 4 wol group

The new deep dungeon music sounds extremely FF16 in a good way, really reminds me of Stillwind or stuff like that. Glad to see them bring that style to XIV!

"If they are of no value to you, give them to me. These shards of your will-of mankind's determination. They are beautiful beyond compare."

I wish xiv people understood all new hairstyles are from the 2023 fan contest winners (and will be for a very long time) and it feels in very poor taste to trash a fellow fans design/art just because you're not into it

I've been learning how to apply dawntrail materials and custom dye channels to gear pieces and it's a pretty satisfying experience :0 Also been getting into making vanilla mashups which is fun!