I'm actually insane and doing *all* the relics - ARR is the main focus right now since it requires so many unsynced dungeons and stuff to clear and 6.0 is likely to make unsyncing solo a lot harder, other than maybe with BLU since it's so overpowered now with Basic Instinct. But you can't use Basic Instinct if you're on the relic weapon class...

That said, Heavensward is a lot easier, and the current phases aren't so bad, just a little grindy (which is the point, right?). I haven't dipped into Eureka but I also don't care much for the glam there, so I'm saving it for later since it's an insulated instance anyway.

And thank you! Your theme is gorgeous too, it's soooo well done!

I liked the game, though if you just want an RPG with a lot of story, BD2 doesn't have TOO much plot, and it's mostly very classic Final fantasy! Most of the game time I spend grinding the jobs and such which I was in the mood for, so if you want that I say go for it! But I think waiting a little might be good if you aren't too sure, because Bravely games can be a bit grindy. It's still a fun game though

Hey man, hope everything is well! I was just curious, how should I go about learning photoshop?

I really wanna learn. Your page and theme always look dope & i'm a little jelly

I like a lot of XI better than XIV to be honest. It's more fun to grind for one thing, and I enjoy the setting and locations better. If they ever did an offline remaster (which seems unlikely, but you never know), I'd absolutely pounce on it.

Thanks!

The DRG in XI is a pure damage dealer with some great attacks and aggro control, especially with some of the later jumps. It's not the strongest and you will need some good support for larger battles, but I had a blast with it.

The Wyvern helper is extremely useful. If you're doing solo play, you can sub White Mage to get some healing from your own spells and to have the Wyvern heal your status ailments when you use a weapon skill. You can sub Red Mage or Scholar as well, but WHM is a bit more useful overall. If you're in a group, sub Warrior works well for some buffs, but I prefer sub Samurai since a lot of their 2-handed weapon bonuses/skills work with your spear. When you sub one of the non-mage classes, your Wyvern uses a breath weapon when you use a weapon skill, piling on the damage pretty quickly (and looking cool in the process). The Wyvern also jumps with you, if I recall correctly. That way it won't get Aggro when you remove it from yourself (it's not as beefy as you, after all). Whatever you do, DON'T sub Summoner because it does nothing to help you. One of my FFXI friends tried it once and was extremely disappointed since the whole point of SUM is to use the summon pets, and you can't have 2 pets at once.

I always really enjoyed DRG in XI, though admittedly I was an Elvaan so it fit together pretty easily from a stat perspective.

Huge fan of Amanos art too! There’s a great Youtube channel called Archipel that did a video on his style & career [Link] just seeing some of his random drawings on the table was a highlight for me haha I’d love to have a look through all those drawers
(Fantastic channel for a lot of other Japanese gaming related stuff too)

I really like the fact they kept FFXI going after the release of FFXIV, the old-school nature of everything makes it sound really appealing, the world looks fantastic and sometime getting rid of all those QoL features makes a game that much more enjoyable. I think stuff like From Soft games with the lack of pause menu and older Monster Hunters where you had to have a spread sheet out to remember the weaknesses (for me anyway) where really great.

I know the feeling of not having the right type of internet / PC when growing up too!, when we finally got off dial up it was a frenzy of getting Diablo 2, Quake and Age of Empires online up and running

How are you finding Final Fantasy XI after playing XIV for so long? (Or are you a FFXI veteran?)
I always used to see it around game shops back in the day but the thought of playing an MMO back then was too crazy haha

I’m gonna mix it up this time and say nice Icon!! The White and blue really stick out on the multitap

Really happy with Demons Souls & 13 Sentinels so far! Didn't get a good change to play them this week as I was on site most days and was too tired when I got home to play anything more than the FF14 dailys and a bit of Goldeneye haha (Hopefully this weekend will be there time to shine)

That FF14 event is on at 01:30 over here so i'm going to have to watch it Saturday morning
Hopefully theres going to be plenty to talk about though! I've just got to Lv.460+ so I can finally finish off these patches before the announcment happenes and avoid possible spoilers

Since we're stuck working from home I've just been consuming games and trying to keep as active as possible on the site recently so that's a big reason why I'm changing my theme up so often now
(also just a fun design project to work on too)

FFVIX expansion event next friday and I can't wait!!! hoping for a hype trailer with the new expansion theme and possible a new job reveal but honnestly I'll be happy with a name and some key art haha
Still on Patch 5.3 so I deffo need to catch up on the story before it happenes

How are you liking Panzer Dragoon so far? One of my favorite YouTubers (HappyConsoleGamer) was just talking about that game literally yesterday and it sparked my interest. Thought it was super cool to see you playing it!

Hey thanks! (Can't beleve it's been 8 years already crazy)

The new side bar was part of my new page revamp for this year and everythings looking great for the moment It's an upward battle though now to keep it looking nice the more games / sections get added to it haha - I know we share quate a lot of favorate game series so I thought you'd like that Games of the Decade section when I was making it

As for the theme that was a one off made for this weekend and the Poke GO Mareep Community Day. I'm trying to celebrate events / game launches through what i'm calling "Special Themes" this year, so there should be plently more coming up in the future!

What did you think of the MH Rise Demo btw?
I think most people are on the same page that it's going to be one of the series best, the fusion of Generations Combat, QoL changes from world and portable play is just a dream come true!
Shot up to my most anticipated GOTY so far after playing