Variant Dungeon – Final Note Boss Fight mechanics

• Cogwheel = area wide AoE
• Spring to Life = activates fire cannons on one side & mammets on the other
• Blistering Blow = Tank Buster
• Fore Honor = cleave in front of boss
• Slashburn = One Fire Rectangle & Two Blue Triangle AoE’s
• Signal Flare = Sets of circle AoE’s set down (goes off in order placed)
• Slashburn + Red & Blue Arrows = Slashburn AoE’s will swap sides
• Blaze of Glory = Two Fire balls (will go off in cross from where they are )

I ended up doing a very slow / methodical run of the Thorne Knight fight entirely in the interest of showing the mechanics and explaining them just once, but giving a view of the fight in its entirety.

Disclaimer: This video is meant to show what can be expected mechanic wise , NOT to show “how to play” or “how to be good” at this job, or at this fight.. this was only meant to show you how to outlast the boss’s mechanics.. lol

Unlocking 6.2 Content. Where to start!

Official Patch Notes for 6.2 found here: [Preliminary] / [Final Link] / [Official Site – 6.2 Patch Page] / 6.21 Patch Notes / 6.25 Patch Notes / 6.28 Patch Notes

Main Scenario Quests

Quest: 6.2 Main Scenario Questline  (1/9)
Pre-Requirements: Battle Class level 90 Complete Main Scenario Quest “A Satrap’s Duty”
Entry Quest: In Search of Azdaja
Quest NPC: Varshahn
Location: Radz-at-Han (X:4.4 Y:9.8)

Dungeon Unlock Quests

Dungeon Unlock:   The Fell Court of Troia  
Pre-Requirements: Battle class Level 90 / ilvl 575,  6.2 MSQ # “A Satrap’s Duty”
Entry Quest:  In Search of Azdaja
Quest NPC:  Varshahn
Location:  Radz-at-Han (X:4.4 Y:9.8)
Drops: 595 gear

Variant Dungeon Unlock:   The Sil’dihn Subterrane  (released 6.25)
Pre-Requirements: 1 to 4 Battle class Level 90 / ilvl 575, MSQ # “Endwalker” and have also spoken with the NPC Osmon in Old Sharlayan (X:11.9 Y:13.3).
Entry Quest:  A Key to the Past
Quest NPC: Shallow Moor
Location:  Old Sharlayan (X:12.0 Y:13.3)
Notes: 1 to 4 players, Difficulty adjusted based on number of players. No Role Restrictions, can change jobs while in dungeon, branching paths and progression route taken will change things. Players accompanied by an NPC.

Criterion Dungeon Unlock:   Another Sil’dihn Subterrane  (released 6.25)
Pre-Requirements: 4 Battle class Level 90 / ilvl 610,  Completion of “A Key to the Past”
Entry Quest:  Another Sil’dihn Subterrane
Quest NPC: Osmon
Location:  Old Sharlayan (X:11.9 Y:13.3)
Notes: Similar visually to variants, but harder. Standard Party make-up – no NPC will accompany players. Limited revives, normal resurrection abilities disabled. By speaking with Trisassant in Old Sharlayan (X:11.9 Y:13.3), players can exchange tokens obtained from completing criterion dungeons for various goods.

Criterion Dungeon Unlock:   Another Sil’dihn Subterrane (Savage) (released 6.25)
Pre-Requirements: 4 Battle class Level 90 / ilvl 610,  Completion of “Another Sil’dihn Subterrane”
Entry Quest:  
Quest NPC: Osmon
Location:  Old Sharlayan (X:11.9 Y:13.3)
Notes: Savage has all resurrection abilities disabled, mobs respawn if party wipes, also mobs increase in power as time goes on.

Trial Unlock Quests

Trial Unlock: Barbaricca – The Storm’s Crown
Pre-Requirements: Battle Class 90 / ilvl 585, Complete 6.2 Main Scenario Quest #5 “Nowhere to Run”
Entry Quest:  The Wind Rises (MSQ #6)
Quest NPC:  Y’shtola
Location:  ???  (X:5.8 Y: 4.7)

EX Trial Unlock: Barbaricca – The Storm’s Crown (Extreme)
Pre-Requirements: Battle Class 90 / ilvl 600, Complete Barbaricca
Entry Quest: I Wandered Sharlayan as a Minstrel 
Quest NPC:  Wandering Minstrel
Location: Old Sharlayan (X:12.7, Y:14.3) 
Drops:  Weapons, Mount, Tokens –  Nesvaaz in Radz-at-Han (X:10.6 Y:10.0).

Unreal Trial Unlock: Containment Bay S1T7 – Sephirot (Unreal)
Pre-Requirements: Battle Class 90 / ilvl 565, complete Quests: “Shadowbringers” & “Keeping Up with the Aliapohs.”
Entry Quest: Fantastic Mr. Faux
Quest NPC:Painfully Ishgardian Man
Location: Idyllshire (X:7.0 Y:5.9)

Raid Unlock Quests

8 Man Raid Unlock:  Pandæmonium: Abyssos (5th, 6th, 7th, 8th)  (1/6)
Pre-Requirements: Battle class Level 90 / ilvl 575 / 6.2 MSQ #5 “Who Wards the Warders?”
Entry Quest: An Unwelcome Visitor
Quest NPC: Claudien
Location: Labyrinthos (X:8.6 Y:27.5)

Tribal Quests

Tribal Quest Unlock: Omnicron  (released 6.25)
Pre-Requirements:  Complete MSQ “Endwalker” & the quest “Where No Loporrit Has Gone Before.””
Entry Quest:  The Café at the End of the Universe
Quest NPC: Jammingway
Location: Ultima Thule (X:25.4 Y:26.3)

Other Content Unlock

Content Unlock: Deep Dungeon series (???)  (released 6.28)
Pre-Requirements: Level 90 & quest “???.” 
Entry Quest: 
Quest NPC: 
Location: 

Side Story Unlock: Tataru’s Grand Endeavor  (1/2)
Pre-Requirements: Level 90 & quest “Small Business, Big Dreams.” & “Chronicles of a New Era quest “A Redbill Farewell”
Entry Quest: Soaring Profits
Quest NPC: Mehdjina
Location: Old Sharlayan (X:11.8 Y:9.8)

Side Story Unlock: Island Sanctuary
Pre-Requirements: Battle Class level 1, complete Main Scenario Quest “Endwalker,”  
Entry Quest: Seeking Sanctuary
Quest NPC: Clueless Crier
Location:  Old Sharlayan (X:11.9 Y:11.0)

Side Story Unlock: Hildibrand Adventures (1/2)  (released 6.25)
Pre-Requirements:  Battle Class level 90, MSQ “Endwalker” and “A Soulful Reunion”
Entry Quest:  Lunar Conspiracy
Quest NPC: Nashu Mhakaracca
Location:  Radz-at-Han (X:11.8 Y:11.2)

Other Notes

• MSQ Instances Revamped, The Steps of Faith
• Rewards in the 6.x Treasure Hunt maps has been adjusted
• New areas to subaquatic voyages
• Housing & Furnishing Items added
• New Aquarium
• Gold Saucer adjustments
• New Hairstyles
• Duty Support Expanded through Heavensward “The Vault”
• Beast Tribe Quests Category renamed to Tribal Quests
• New items available from certain gemstone traders
• Recast timers added to center
• You can now repair others gear
  
  

Unlocking 6.1 Content. Where to start!

This Post Version Status: Work-In-Progress!!!

Official Patch Notes for 6.0 found here: [Preliminary] / [Final Link] / [Official Site – 6.1 Patch Page] / 6.15 Patch Notes

Main Scenario Quests

Quest: 6.1 Main Scenario Questline  (1/10)
Pre-Requirements: Battle Class level 90 Complete Main Scenario Quest “Endwalker“
Entry Quest: Newfound Adventure
Quest NPC: Tataru
Location: Mor Dhona – Revenant’s Toll – Rising Stones (X:6.0 Y:5.9)

Role Quests

All Roles:  All Roles – Final Role Quest
Pre-Requirements: Job Level 90, Complete the main scenario quest “Endwalker” & All role quests
Entry Quest: Bitter Snow
Quest NPC: Shirabaht
Location: Radz-at-Han (X:7.7 Y:9.4)

Dungeon Unlock Quests

Dungeon Unlock:   Alzadaal’s Legacy    
Pre-Requirements: Battle class Level 90 / ilvl 560,  6.1 MSQ #4 “Alzadaal’s Legacy”
Entry Quest: Alzadaal’s Legacy
Quest NPC:  Y’shtola
Location: Thavnair ( 16.1 , 33.5 ) Z: 0.0
Drops: 575 gear

Trial Unlock Quests

EX Trial Unlock: The Minstrel’s Ballad: Endsinger’s Aria  (Extreme) 
Pre-Requirements: Battle Class 90 / ilvl 580, Complete 6.0 Main Scenario Quest “Endwalker“
Entry Quest: I Wandered Sharlayan as a Minstrel 
Quest NPC:  Wandering Minstrel
Location: Old Sharlayan (X:12.7, Y:14.3) 
Drops:  Weapons, Mount, Tokens –  Nesvaaz in Radz-at-Han (X:10.6 Y:10.0).

Unreal Trial Unlock: Ultima’s Bane (Unreal)
Pre-Requirements: Battle Class 90 / ilvl 560, complete Quests: “Shadowbringers”  & “Keeping Up with the Aliapohs.”
Entry Quest: Fantastic Mr. Faux
Quest NPC:Painfully Ishgardian Man
Location: Idyllshire (X:7.0 Y:5.9)

Raid Unlock Quests

24 Man Raid Unlock:  Myths of the Realm  (Pt 1: Aglaia)  (1/4)
Pre-Requirements: Battle class Level 90 / ilvl 565 / 6.1 MSQ #5 “A Brother’s Grief” + Quest “A Mission in Mor Dhona.”
Entry Quest: A Mission in Mor Dhona (first of chain)
Quest NPC: Fresh-faced Student
Location: Old Sharlayan (X:9.1 Y:11.5)
Drops: left-side gear, 2 cracked Anthoclusters, & one Aglaia coin (used to enhance tomestone astronomy gear)

Ultimate Raid Unlock: Dragonsong’s Reprise (Ultimate)  (released 6.11)
Pre-Requirements: Battle Class 90 / ilvl 580 , cleared Asphodelos: The Fourth Circle (Savage)
Quest NPC: Wandering Minstrel
Location: Old Sharlayan (X: 12.7, Y: 14.2)

Tribal Quests

Tribal Quest Unlock: Arkasodara  (released 6.15)
Pre-Requirements:  Complete MSQ “Endwalker” & the quest “A budding adventure”
Entry Quest:  Hippos born to run
Quest NPC: Kancana
Location: Thavnair (X:25.3 Y:31.2)

Other Content Unlock

Side Story Unlock: Tataru’s Grand Endeavor  (released 6.15)
Pre-Requirements: Level 90 & main scenario quest “Newfound Adventure.”
Entry Quest: Small Business, Big Dreams
Quest NPC: Mehdjina
Location: Old Sharlayan (X:11.8 Y:9.8)

Side Story Unlock: Omega: Beyond the Rift  (released 6.15)
Pre-Requirements: Battle Class level 90, “Endwalker,” and the Chronicles of a New Era quest “To Kweh under Distant Skies.”
Entry Quest: A Heartless Hypothesis
Quest NPC: Bespectacled Technician
Location: Old Sharlayan (X:10.9 Y:14.3)

PVP Unlock: Crystalline Conflict
Pre-Requirements: Battle Class 30, Complete Grand Company Quest: A Pup No Longer
Entry Quest: The Crystal (Line’s) Call
Quest NPC: Gungi Zelungi
Location: Wolves’ Den Pier (X:4.9 Y:6.4)

Side Story Unlock: Hildibrand Adventures (1/2) ( released 6.15)
Pre-Requirements:  Battle Class level 90, MSQ “Endwalker” and “Don’t Do the Dewprism”
Entry Quest: The Sleeping Gentleman
Quest NPC: Excitable Youth
Location: Radz-at-Han (X:11.8 Y:11.2)

Custom Deliveries Unlock: Ameliance (1/3)  (released 6.15)
Pre-Requirements: main scenario quest “Endwalker” and the quest “Go West, Craftsman.”
Entry Quest:  Of Mother’s and Merchants
Quest NPC:  Well-dressed Attendant
Location: Old Sharlayan (X:12.6 Y:9.7)

Other Notes

• New Residential District Open – Empyreum
• Trust Expansion -> Duty Support Updates. 2.0 A Realm Reborn Updates
• Dream fitting (Online Store Try-on Features)
• Adventurer Plates (beta version)
• New Game+ Update
• Data Center Travel (released 6.18)
• The Unending Codex (In-game terminology via the collection)
• GARO Collaboration (limited time)
• New Mounts, Minions, Emotes
• Mount: POD 602 Identification key (purchased w/ 300,000 MGP) at Gold Saucer Attendant The Gold Saucer ( 5.1 , 6.6 ) – Prize Exchange III

Ramuh Theme Lyrics – The Striking Tree

Posting this per Brandi’s comment/request. 🙂 This song is beautiful and seems to resonate in my head long after I’ve taken leave of Eorzea. This information was found on the Development Blog in a post called: Sing, Sing a Song highlighting the tribute to Ramuh, Lord of Levin.

On a side note I’m really enjoying the Extreme of this fight. I’ve only been able to try a few times, but its been fun!

Ramuh Theme Lyrics – The Striking Tree

(The first stanza is written in Old High Sylphic, with an adapted Eorzean translation to the right)
Thunder Rolls

Ula menida tula oh (Hoary Arbor, Lord of Light)
Tela omnida tula ei (Thine advent quelleth creeping night)
Ona ramuhda deme os (The wicked burn, their pyres bright)
Nola tulama tela ei (Smote by Levin’s blinding might)

Soul without a name, heed my call
Sin doth stain the hearts of us all
The worm hath burrowed deep and hath grown
Soon he too shall reap what is sown

Step into the storm, know its mercy
Let the wind and the rain crash down over thee
Lightning bright, thunder bold
Guiding us forevermore

Soul fallen from grace, ware thee well
Judgment thou must face, thine own hell
The worm stirreth within, black as night
Breeding deeper sin, foul its blight

Soul, thine end is nigh. Take mine hand
All life must return to the land
Lingered hath the worm, overlong
Purge thy flesh of fear and be strong

Step in from the storm, praise its mercy
Let the sting of the rain ne’er stray far from thee
Lightning bright, thunder bold
Freeing us forevermore

Now lift thine heavy head and vanquish thy sorrow
Lightning doth strike
Thunder doth roll

Now turn thy gaze ahead and look to the morrow
Lightning shall strike
Thunder shall roll on

Unlocking 2.2 Content – Where to Start!

All info pulled from Lodestone. Official Patch Notes for 2.2 found here. This post only really includes where to start whole questlines and specific content info. It will be updated as more info becomes available.

Patch 2.2 is here!  Let’s Dance!!

Be sure to try out:

(Note: previously they had mentioned one likely being the result of a quest.. will add details as I find out.. though there is a new side quest mentioned called “Help Me, Lord of the Dance” with NPC: P’molminn located at Ul’dah – Steps of Nald X:10 Y:12. Not sure, but it could be it)

Dance Unlock: /stepdance

Pre-Requirements: Level 14

Quest: “Good for What Ales You”

 NPC: Dodozan

Location: at Limsa Lominsa – X: 7  Y: 12

Dance Unlock:  /harvestdance

Pre-Requirements: Level 14

Quest:

 NPC:

Location: New Gridania – Adventurer’s Guild near Doorway

Dance Unlock: /balldance

Pre-Requirements: Level 14

Quest: “Help Me, Lord of the Dance”

 NPC: P’molminn

Location: at Ul’dah – Steps of Nald X:10 Y:12

/mandervilldance

Pre-Requirements: Must go through Hildebrand questline to obtain

Also very excited they are adding  a button in the  Party Members tab that will now auto sort your party list :   Tanks > Healers > DPS
This can also be achieved with the text command /partysort   or  /psort

Vanity Unlock: Glamours
Pre-Requirements: Level 50
Entry Quest: A Self-improving Man
Quest NPC: Wiscard
Location: Mor Dhona X:22 Y:6

Vanity Item Purchase: Clear Prisms & Glamour Dispellers
Purchase NPC: / Location:
*Bango Zango / Limsa Lominsa Lower Decks – X:9 Y:11
* Maisentra / New Gridania – X: 11 Y:11
* Roarich / Ul’dah: Steps of Nald The Goblet – X:10 Y:9

Token Trade: Philosophy trade-in
NPC: Auriana
Location: Mor Dhona – Revenant’s Toll

Crafting: New Crafting Tools
Pre-Requirements: Level 50
Entry Quest: Just Tooling Around
Quest NPC: Guiding Star
Location: Revenant’s Toll X: 21 Y: 6

Crafting: Master Recipe Books Unlock
Pre-Requirements: Level 50 Disciple of the hand
Entry Quest: Submission Impossible
Quest NPC: Wiscard
Location: Mor Dhona X:22 Y:6

Crafting: Master Recipe Books for Glamours
Pre-Requirements: Level 50 crafter & have first completed: “Submission Impossible”
Quest NPC: Tataroga
Location: Revenant’s Toll X:22 Y:6

Crafting: Master Recipe Books for Crafting
Pre-Requirements: Level 50 crafter & have first completed: “Just Tooling Around”
Quest NPC: Talan
Location: Revenant’s Toll X:22 Y:6

Minion: Wind-Up Sun
Pre-Requirements: Access to the Isles of Umbra & have an Elixer in your inventory to trade
Quest NPC: Magic Pot
Location: Western La Noscea X:12 Y:36

Retainer Unlock: Ventures
Pre-Requirements: Level 17
Entry Quest: An Ill-conceived Venture
Quest NPC “troubled adventurer”
Location:
* Limsa Lominsa Lower Decks X:9 Y:11
* New Gridania X:11 Y:12
* Ul’dah – Steps of Nald X:9 Y:8

Log Unlock: Challenge Log
Pre-Requirements: Level 15 & must first complete “Call of the Sea”
Entry Quest: Rising to the Challenge
Quest NPC: I’tolwann
Location: Limsa Lominsa Upper Decks – X:11 Y: 10

Housing Unlock: Gardening
Pre-Requirements: Must have purchased estate land
Purchase NPC: Housing Merchant
Location:
* Mist – X:11 Y:11
* Lavendar Beds – X: 11 Y:8
* The Goblet – X:11 Y:8

Main Story Quest: Main Story Expansion start
Pre-Requirements: Level 50
Entry Quest: Still Waters
Quest NPC: Minfilia
Location: Mor Dhona – The Rising Stones (X:6 Y:5)

Relic Upgrade: Saga of the Zodiac
Pre-Requirements:  Level 50 & must complete “A Relic Reborn” & equipped Zenith weapon
Entry Quest:  Up in Arms
Quest NPC: Gerolt
Location: North Shroud X:30 Y:20

Entry Quest:  Trial of the Braves
Quest NPC: Jalzahn
Location: North Shroud X:29 Y:19

Central Shroud: Atma of Maiden

East Shroud: Atma of the Goat
North Shroud: Atma of the Archer

Southern Thanalan: Atma of the Scorpion

Eastern Thanalan: Atma of the Bull
Western Thanalan: Atma of the Twins
Central Thanalan: Atma of the Scales

Upper La Nocea: Atma of the Water Eater
Middle La Nocea: Atma of the Ram
Outer La Nocea: Atma of the Lion
Lower La Nocea: Atma of the Fish
Western La Nocea: Atma of the Crab

Chat Selection:
Quest NPC:
Location: Mor Dhona  X:   Y:

Side Story Quest: Hildebrand
Pre-Requirements: Level 50 & have completed the 2.1 Hildebrand questline
Entry Quest: The Science of Deduction
Quest NPC: Ellie
Location: Eastern Thanlan X:10 Y: 16

NOTE: You need to go through the Hildebrand quests in order to get to “Battle on the Big Bridge” fight w/ Gilgamesh

Beast Tribe Questlines: Kobolds: 789th Order Dig
Pre-Requirements: Level 41 and must first complete main scenario quest ” In Pursuit of the Past”
Entry Quest: Highway Robbery
Quest NPC: Trachraet
Location: Limsa Lominsa – Upper Decks (X:12, Y:12)

Beast Tribe Questlines: Sahagin: Novv’s Nursery
Pre-Requirements: Level 44 and must first complete main scenario quest ” In Pursuit of the Past”
Entry Quest: They Came from the Deep
Quest NPC: R’ashaht Rhiki
Location: Limsa Lominsa – Upper Decks (X:13, Y: 12)

Dungeon: The Lost City of Amdapor
Pre-Requirements: Level 50, item lvl 55, and must have complete “The Ultimate Weapon”
Entry Quest: One Night in Amdapor
Quest NPC: E-Sumi-Yan
Location: Old Gridania X:6 Y:10

Dungeon: Halatali (Hard)
Pre-Requirements: Level 50, item lvl 55, and must have complete “The Ultimate Weapon”
Entry Quest: This Times’s for Fun
Quest NPC: Hugubert
Location: Mor Dhona X:22 Y: 8

Dungeon: Brayflox Longstop (Hard)
Pre-Requirements: Level 50, item lvl 55, and must have complete “The Ultimate Weapon”
Entry Quest: Curds and Slay
Quest NPC: Bloezoeng
Location: Mor Dhona X:22 Y: 8

Trial: The Whorleater (Leviathin Hard)
Pre-Requirements: Level 50, ilvl 60 and must first complete main story quest “Into the Heart of the Whorl”
Entry Quest: Lord of the Whorl
Quest NPC: Eynzahr Slafyrsyn
Location: Lower La Noscea X:24 Y:33

NOTE: Upon patch 2.3 going live, completion of The Howling Eye (Extreme), The Navel (Extreme), and The Bowl of Embers (Extreme) will no longer be required to challenge The Whorleater (Extreme) or Thornmarch (Extreme).

Trial: The Whorleater (Leviathin Extreme)
Pre-Requirements: Level 50, ilvl 80 & must complete “Through the Maelstrom” & “Bowl of Embers (EX)”
Entry Quest: Whorl of a Time
Quest NPC: Urianger
Location: Western Thanlan – The waking Sands X:6 Y:4   (also reported as X: Y:6)

Trial: Thornmarch (Extreme)
Pre-Requirements: Level 50, ilvl 80 & must complete “On the Properties of Primals” & “Bowl of Embers (EX)”
Entry Quest: The King Lives
Quest NPC: Urianger
Location: Western Thanalan – The waking Sands X:6 Y:4 (also reported as X: Y:6)

Raid: Second Binding Coil of Bahamut (Turn 6 – Turn 9)
Pre-Requirements: Level 50 and must first complete Turn 5 & “Alisaie’s Pledge”
Entry Quest: Another Turn in the Coil
Quest NPC: Urianger
Location: Western Thanlan – The Waking Sands X:6, Y:6 (also reported as X: Y:6)

Related Quest: ????(Name TBA – )
Quest NPC: Alisaie
Location: Northern Thanalan – X:20 Y: 17

FFXIV Looting Etiquette Explained

In the 6th Astral Era, the methods for looting  proved quite cumbersome at times. Items would drop to an individual, and in order to  steer clear of looting mis-communications, parties would have to have previously made arrangements in regard to who should get what in case it should drop.  You could roll for an item using /random, but it had no bearing on the actual looting system and you would just have to hope that your party members either lived up to the initial agreement, or that time didn’t run out before they found the menu where it allowed them to give the item to the appropriate member, and cross your fingers that they didn’t accidentally (or even not-so-accidentally) select the wrong option from the screen.

We’ve been told through multiple accounts, that when our realm is reborn, so to will be the looting system. Since I myself, have only really played a few games that even had Need/Greed systems in place, I thought I would write this up in case there were others that were unsure about the best way to use this new system when the game launches. Here is what we know about need vs greed systems.

When treasure loot is found, all party members will be presented with an option to Need / Greed / or Pass on an item.

That’s great and all, but how do you know which one you should do and what does that all really mean?  Well what it means is that the system weighs NEED rolls as priority over greed rolls. If someone does a NEED roll of 34, and another party member does a GREED roll of 87, the item will actually go to the party member who did the NEED roll of 34 because they actually can use the item. This makes this system incredibly easy and pretty fool proof to use – as long as you only NEED when its appropriate, you can GREED on most other items without upsetting party members, and minimize the times you may feel guilty.

NOTE: If by chance your party has set up some prior agreement regarding the handling of loot,   you should always adhere to that special directive, rather than following the normal guidelines shown below. If you don’t like their plans for loot handling, you should simply not join that group. Strive to be a good sport and a positive community and party member!

NEED on an item if ALL of the following apply:

• The item can be used by the class you are currently playing on.
• The item is an actual upgrade stat wise to whatever you currently have.

GREED on an item if ANY of the following applies:

• The item can be used by the class you are currently playing but the item is not an upgrade.
• The item is usable by another class/job that you are leveling or planning on leveling in the near future.
• You desire to use the item as a “vanity piece” or “town gear” later.
• The item is able to be sold for gil

PASS on an item if ANY of the following applies:

• You do not have the inventory space to acquire the item in the first place.
• You do not desire the item, and don’t want to sell it either.
• You want to ensure that someone else in the party acquires the specific item – This would be like if your group did “X” content with the desire to help a party member acquire a certain item, or if you know that one of the other party members are GREEDing on an item that they really could use on one of their other classes/jobs.

Inquiring Eorzean minds want to know….

Today marks the date that SE has allowed sanctioned media sources to publish information about the FFXIV: ARR Beta phase I & II experiences that those media source authors have experienced.

Please note: the NDA is still in full effect, it is only these specific media sources that have been granted actual permission that are able to share at this point in time. So don’t misunderstand and think that now is the time to unleash your personal impressions of A Realm Reborn. The NDA is still very much in place for EVERYONE else.. so don’t be posting those forbidden screenshots, uploading videos quietly taken, nor post that opinion article you’ve been itching to share. Its not that time.

On that subject, I’d like to take this opportunity to throw out there that if you read through your NDA, there is a section that tells you that even come Phase III when NDA is lifted, any content, screenshots or opinion pieces you created or obtained regarding Alpha and Beta Phase I & II, will still be considered covered under that NDA, and you will actually be in breach. Should you decide to post, you will quite possibly feel the full consequences of sharing that information, so be fair warned.. come phase III the NDA lift is NOT retroactive. NDA lift affects content related to Beta Phase III and so on, not what came before it.

While some may groan at this, it’s actually a smart move on SE’s part and I applaud it. All that information will be old anyway. If you want to make those kind of opinion pieces, feel free to do so about actual pertinent phase III information, not dated slated to be changed content. It makes sense to me knowing how people don’t always follow back up after reading a bad review to see if the author was under informed or biased. Even the Media sources that are allowed to post articles today, are not permitted to use their own screenshots.

Now that we have all the disclaimer information out of the way, here is a list of articles that have made their appearance…this article will be updated as more appear, so without further ado… enjoy!

• Dual Shockers – “Preview: Final Fantasy XIV: A Realm Reborn Early Beta – A Seedling of Rebirth”
• Gamerescape – “Final Fantasy XIV: A Realm Reborn Beta Impressions”  (NOTE: Gamerescape’s FusionX along with Doctor Mog will be hosting a Livestream tonight at 9pm Eastern giving the opportunity to ask beta related questions)
• ZAM – Final Fantasy XIV A Realm Reborn Beta Access
• GameBreaker TV – FFXIV Closed Beta Details REVEALED!
• PCGamesN – Final Fantasy XIV: A Realm Reborn impressions: a stirring turn-around

What’s Hot… in Fan Art…. ^^

So in the quiet while we (at times not so) patiently await our realm being reborn, I often find that in my desire to devour anything that is out there regarding the return of our beloved Eorzea, that I end up coming across things that I might not have originally ever seen had it not been for this downtime. In honesty I’d probably be spending more time playing rather than sprawling FFXIV terms across a google search bar, and finding unique treasures.

As of late, I’ve been particularly drawn to Google Images, in hopes of finding ARR pictures I’d somehow missed. What have I found most often? To be honest… I find more Fan Art…. and this is in no means a bad thing.

Fan Art is something kind of dear to my heart and something I personally identify with. Am I an artist? No.. that skill is not something I’ve managed to acquire. That said, I do view art as being a direct counterpart to my own way of expression which happens to be writing. Its the very same type of thoughts and personal emotions that drive people to write stories, as it is to create an artistic masterpiece. Both are done in the intention to honor something which the individual has a real appreciation for.

Its something that I wish I was exposed to more often than I am, as there is some really under appreciated works out there.

It is for that very reason that I’m kind of making it a goal of my own to at least once a month (even after the game returns), to search out pieces of fan art that I believe deserves some attention. I hope you’ll come along for the ride. 🙂

Likely my focus will lend heavily on the FFXIV themed pieces, but that is not to say it won’t ever include whatever random thing I come across that I have an appreciation for. 🙂  I imagine it will range from cartoon comics to more realistic depictions of the game. Whatever strikes my fancy… hahaha.

So without further ado I present my first incredible find!

Today’s Focus: Vintage Style Game Posters
Artist: Brett “Buddy” Wilson
Source: Check out his post here!

On December 17th 2012, the blogger here posted the completion of a project he had been working on titled “Happy 25th Anniversary Final Fantasy!!!” in which they actually created Vintage Final Fantasy Themed Posters based off of multiple entries of the franchise. The results were very cool, and I encourage you to check out the link above.

My favorite one:               (see original Source)