Sunday, May 31, 2020

Final Fantasy XIV, Part 14 (Checking In)

It's been a fucked up week. Real life is feeling pretty insane right now, so, let's visit Eorzea and check in on our favorite imaginary people, yeah?

Life's settled into a bit of a routine for the Mighty Owlbears. Everyone's finished Heavensward and we're doing Stormblood at our own pace. Worfina's level 74 or so, and Drippy's level 64, and everyone else is somewhere in-between. The frantic energy that propelled us through A Realm Reborn during the early days of the pandemic has abated. The current vibe feels like a lazy afternoon at an amusement park, with individual people strolling around, trying new things, and seeing what clicks for them, then coming together to do raids and challenges on Wednesday nights.

Last Wednesday, we ran a whole series of Trials. Extreme Leviathan gave us some problems, but in the end, Worfina the sole survivor, landed the killing blow and earned some sick bragging rights. Likewise, Truffle and Aericka held out against Sephirot, despite their tanks (Drippy included) all being schlubs and dying way too early.

Some Moogles showed up and offered us all shiny rewards for Irregular Tomestones of Law, so folks were scouring a lot of old content trying to find them. Worf kept complaining about 15 minute queue times as a healer. As a tank, though, I thought it was neat to go back to Aurum Vale and just punch it in the face a few times. And I got a cool goobbue mount for my troubles, so... Tomato, tomato. Huh... That's a turn of phrase that cannot be expressed in text. Neat. Not gonna correct it. Anyway, on to the screenshots:

Aericka's got a hot new haircut and a magical bow that can one-shot a Boeing 747

Drippy flyin' around in a manacutter, bein' all sky piratey

Drippy riding tall on an elbst

Drippy dancing with his doppelganger in Limsa Lomisa's aetheryte plaza

Sexy Rabbit Battle Squad!

Truffle the Dancer, lookin' stylish during a boss-fight

All the bosses in the Void Ark are really into Carpenter Brut

Worfina soloing Leviathan

Running the Praetorium (again)


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