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not to advertize the hyperfixation that consumed my life, but they've been adapting the game a lot over the past few years! they're slowly making all of the dungeons soloable (they have the main A Realm Reborn story done, and some of the later dungeons), and they've been adjusting quests in the early story to make it tighter paced and less of a slog. i've heard good things about it!
if it's the gameplay you aren't into though, can't help with that sgjfkhsglsh. but maybe watching a movie would work! tho honestly... especially in the early story, ESPECIALLY with the english dub, cutscenes Aren't All That Great, and imo most of the impact of the game comes from like. getting invested in your little character - tho that's my personal take and i have friends who are just happy not caring about their toon.
but yeah, early english dub is.... rough. like, made me really really dislike a good few characters, because the acting was just... bad? i heard japanese is better tho! and there's a lot of fetch quests. but they've been tightened up. but yeah, the later story (from the first expansion on)... well, i have way too many hours on this game over the past three years. obviously i'm INTO it lmao. but if it isn't for you... that's fine too!!
my last attempt to get into ffxiv was summer of last year, so i think i was already playing when a lot of those changes were going through!
i believe i made it to post-heavensward, so i was definitely past the slog of ARR that a lot of people warned me about. unfortunately, given how far into the content i’ve gotten, i’m inclined to believe this it is simply a ‘not for me’ situation.
cut for rambling, if you’d like to read my long thoughts on it. but the tldr; the game has never hooked me for a number of reasons, but it’s hard to say if ‘stress from subscription fees’ isn’t the only one that really matters.
when i said that i can believe there’s a compelling story to invest into if you’re not distracted by everything else, the main ‘distracting’ things for me are:
1. the paid sub is unavoidably the largest issue for me, because i’d play the game just to craft and hang out with friends otherwise lol ( i love fishing in the game dkjalfj ). it’s a constant stressor and source of anxiety, where i feel like i need to be playing and getting the most out of the game, all the time, or i am wasting not only that month’s sub fee, but the money i’ve already paid before.
this makes me feel like i’m wasting time if i’m not getting a fulfilling experience, which leads to me rushing through in an effort to find something worth investing in, which is a self-fulfilling prophecy of sorts when the main selling point of the game is its story. i can’t really enjoy the pay off of long-term storytelling when i feel compelled to rush through the slower parts. so i’m basically constantly being pulled out of the world by this real-life factor.
2. that said.... i feel like the storytelling is regularly in conflict with its medium, as the flow of gameplay, cutscenes, and ‘cutscenes’ ( as in, events where you are clicking through people’s dialogue ) is very messy. i don’t mind the voice acting .....usually. but pacing and tension gets cut a lot by the way the game is constantly stopping for long periods of time to give you information. and while i have plenty of ideas of how that could maybe be improved on, i actually think this it is something that i could embrace easily enough if not for point #4, because i have enjoyed plenty of games that.... we’ll say struggle with the concept of being an ‘interactive storytelling medium’ lol.
3. i just don’t like the game balance. i don’t mind the gameplay itself - actionbar games aren’t my favorite, but i can enjoy them - and i don’t have a problem with the MMO holy trinity. but i am a support player in games like these, and ffxiv’s healing classes are..... not interesting or satisfying to play to me in that specific vein, because it feels like they kind of didn’t bother making them interesting in a supportive style, by just opting to make healers hybrid damage dealers instead. when i learned that, even playing a white mage, i’m responsible for a considerable amount of DPS in dungeons/raids, my interest in that entire aspect of the game died pretty much on the spot because that’s not...... what i play a healer for lsdkjflk
which isn’t to say i’m against min/maxing or anything. if there’s no supporting to be done in a moment, it makes sense to do damage, but the gameplay loop of even the most supportiest-of-support classes + the fights themselves in ffxiv are designed with too much expectation of focusing on DPS for my liking. and obviously the single player PVE is nothing special. SO, being unable to invest in the story, i find myself also unable to look forward to the gameplay content that unlocks from progressing.
4. is just that the all of the above are in one game. i’m inclined to believe i could enjoy ffxiv if i only felt two of the three points. because i enjoyed WoW ( which also has #1 and #2 ), and i enjoyed Guild Wars 2 ( which has #3 sortakinda in the sense that ‘everybody can do everything’ to such an extent that, at least last time i played, your choice of play style felt very impact-less in dungeons ).
as is, i entered the game excited for some of the late game content i’ve seen videos of, but lost that excitement when i realized there wasn’t a job with a playstyle i’d enjoy while doing that content. and i had a roleplay blog for ysayle, because i was invested in her character/writing with some friends . . . and then i accidentally skipped her death cutscene because i had so little patience for the game’s actual methods of storytelling at that point LOL
i could, maybe, try approaching the game with more investment in my player character, but i don’t think that would work for me very well. i’ve never found much to enjoy about how MMOs approach your player character’s ‘special-ness’. even when i was playing with the most patience for trying to embrace the game and taking everything at face value, seeing my ‘warrior of light’ as anything more than a filler character for things to happen to/experience the story through wasn’t something i experienced.
but it seems like #1 is the point that’s most likely to maybe change for me one day. it’s basically the opposite situation of how i’ve learned to unstuck myself from predatory mobile games LOL. every now and then when i’m playing a game with in-app purchases, i ask myself ‘if i had infinite money to put towards it, would i still enjoy anything about this game?’ and if not, then chances are i’m not playing out of enjoyment of the game itself. but with ffxiv, if i had infinite money to put towards it, i’d just enjoy trying all the features of the game without stressing about the subscription service skjfldf
if i’m ever in a financial situation where i feel like i can throw $10 a month at something and not feel like garbage for not wringing out every cent of that, maybe then i can give the game a more laid-back, patient approach that would allow me to get drawn into the story. and happily grind away at crafting alongside it LOL
#watchingforcomets#annoying high pitch ringing in your ears#the only thing i have a subscription for ( unless you count like ...... bills LOL ) is discord nitro#which i value for the practical purpose of sending files and all the 'fun' stuff is just a side bonus#i can very easily fall victim to individual micro-transactions but subscription fees send my anxiety into overdrive#so if i could trick myself into seeing ffxiv's monthly sub as just $10 to get a thing#rather than paying $10 to start a timer then maybe. . ... ....#OH wait i forgot i do have one other sub - i pay for the switch family plan thing for myself and my friend group once a year haha
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absolument fasciné'e par le remix techno de vois sur ton chemin. merci pour la découverte je vais l'avoir en boucle toute l'aprem?? trop hâte de le faire écouter à d'autres gens omg
Wah, très contente que tu l'aimes ! Je suis tombée par hasard dessus (merci spotify discovery quand les étoiles s'alignent) et depuis j'y retourne constemment... J'espère que tes potes vont apprécier aussi 👀🙏
Et bonne journée à toi !!
#le jour où je l'ai trouvée je l'ai écoutée toute la journée au taff en fond haha#j'aime aussi pas mal son remix de “Dernière Danse” de Indila !#moins que vois sur ton chemin mais ça fait une très bonne autre piste avec laquelle alterner#ask#beary ask#watchingforcomets
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@watchingforcomets Cyric blows a kiss to YOU! uwu 😘
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you're the mutual that loves saturn, duh
not you too
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OC RIVALS 5, 7, 11, 13, 21 please ówò
TOOK ME FOREVER TO GET TO THIS BUT-
5. Most chaste VS Most lustful-Most chaste is Matthew, most lustful is... man, Lias now probably
7. “Sleep is for the weak!” VS “Sleep for a week”-Dr. Rhyder like.. never sleeps. Oracle is a sleepy boy let him rest
11. Most ticklish VS Cruellest tickler-Know who’s probably super ticklish? Wander. And Sebastian will tickle you if he finds out you’re really ticklish he loves to piss people off
13. Most forgiving VS Most grudgeful-You could walk all over 85 and he’ll still trust you after. Colin is... not that. at all.
21. Most religious VS Most atheistic-Most religious is Lias. Everyone should know this. Kain is an atheist in a very strange manner.
#oc rivals game#kain is the 'theres no gods bc what we call gods are just strong creatures' kind#watchingforcomets
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∞∞∞∞
AFI - Miss Murder
Ever searching for what we were promised.Reaching for that golden ring we'd never let go,Who would ever let us put our filthy hands upon it?
Thirty Seconds To Mars - Conquistador
I am the, I am the bestShe claimed and moreA battle scarred conquistador
Ellie Goulding - My Blood
That feeling that doesn't go away just didAnd I walked a thousand miles to prove itAnd I'm caught in the crossfire of my own thoughts
Miracle Of Sound - Machine Hearts
And if I don’t have a heart Then why keep hoping? We were blinded from the start Forever frozen my friend
#thank you!! :D#ask game#these were like#oddly thematic somehow#watchingforcomets#Fragen über Fragen
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I'd say count three for France, but I recently moved to the Philippines :'D Seeing Spirou & Fantasio art on my dash is a nice bit of home on my otherwise very north-american dash I must say~
oh that means we’re kinda double regional buds then!! :DD and glad to be of service :33
#ask#watchingforcomets#I'm glad my S&F stuff are fun to see haha#(I have some insecurities I really need to let go of)#my dash is pretty US-centric as well#with some BD break lmao#dash is mostly for the laugh anyway...#tumblr is weird#bakuspeech
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local man killed in the darkness tub by giant woman
w/ @watchingforcomets
#bless you silds for the darkness tub#pictures dont make justice to this experience#ff#ff14#final fantasy
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What’s this? A new lore arc?!
@fr-dew @watchingforcomets
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Tova stood up, motioning for the crowd to be seated. The air was almost vibrating with tension.
“You all know why we are here today. Hatchlings have been going missing, and our preliminary investigations have turned up no clues as to who, or what, is taking them.”
“It's those circus people! And their Shadetouched freak!” someone in the crowd shouted. Tova recognized him – a newcomer who did not seem to understand that Windhaven was a sanctuary for all, not just dragons like him.
“No! It's obviously that vampire bitch. She’s probably eating them!” Another newcomer, a small Fae woman whose infant son had been one of the children stolen.
“I still say we can’t trust that Pearlcatcher priest. She stays holed up in that temple of hers all day. And you can just tell she’s racist.” One of the newest Imperials to seek asylum after the Lightweaver’s pronouncement, mistrustful of the new Light priest solely because she was a Pearlcatcher. With her statement, the crowd once again erupted into chaos. Even the dodos stationed at the door were squawking in agitation.
Tova pinched the bridge of her nose, exasperated. There were some days that she really missed the time when Windhaven was a tiny, close-knit community, where everyone knew how to treat each other.
“Listen!” Rakshan stood up, his deep booming voice instantly hushing the crowd, “We will achieve nothing by blindly turning on our friends and neighbors! Chaos and mistrust will divide us, making it easier for whoever is targeting our children to avoid justice. We must stand together against this threat.”
Tova smiled, just barely. She was glad to see her husband taking an active role in governing again, and not just because it took some of the stress off of her. His recent ‘makeover’ seemed to have rejuvenated him, turning back the years to the young man she had fallen in love with all those years ago, in a very different time and place. Their joint leadership had saved them and their ragtag band of companions from captivity and built this wonderful city. Now she could only hope it would guide their citizens through this difficulty.
“What do you propose we do?” asked Edden.
“Rakshan and I are assembling a council to investigate further. This council will be made up of longtime residents, dragons we believe beyond reproach, who we have personally vetted for trustworthiness and impartiality. Rest assured, we will find and deal with whoever is responsible for this.” Tova’s voice carried an authoritative tone, which seemed to placate most of the crowd.
One woman, the Fae who spoke up earlier, said in a small voice, “And what if they can’t be found? What if our children are lost forever, or dead? Windhaven was supposed to be safe. We came here to raise our children in peace. But our children aren’t safe.” With this, she broke into tears, her husband wrapping his arms around her in consolation.
With tears in her eyes herself, Tova replied, “I know. Believe me. I brought my family here to the Windsinger’s domain because it was my home…before.” Her voice cracked. “All I wanted was for my kids to be safe, the same as all of you. Rakshan and I have a clutch of eggs incubating. They’ll be hatching soon, and I want them to be born into a safe place where they can grow up free and loved.” She set her jaw and squared her shoulders. “And all of our children deserve that. To be free and loved. And they will be.”
Moved by her impassioned speech, the crowd, now quieted and somber, filed out of the meeting hall into the bright sunlight. How could the weather be so fair when their hearts were so heavy?
In the crowd, Raynne smiled to herself. Tova and Rakshan’s hold over these people would not last forever. They had won a small victory over anger and anarchy today, but what about tomorrow? And a nest of what to these placid idiots amounted to royal children? A prize ripe for the taking.
Back in the meeting hall, Rakshan turned to his wife as soon as the last of the stragglers had walked through the doors.
“Do you think they’ll fall for it?” He raised a quizzical eyebrow.
Wiping the tears from her eyes and grinning at her husband, Tova nodded. “Of course they will. Everything I said was true, and came from the heart. There’s no better act than the truth. Now we will have to double down security on the hatchery. But make sure it isn’t visible - we need them to believe that we’re complacent. They haven’t taken eggs yet, just hatchlings, but this will be too good of a chance for them to pass up. They’ll get overexcited and sloppy, and we’ll catch them red-handed.”
“Now who’s the master tactician? What about the council?”
“We’ll convene one, of course. But hopefully it will be more of a jury. You know who to call?”
“Yep, they’ve all been notified. Yeoung was reluctant, but I think he appreciates being needed even if he would never admit it.”
Tova smiled and tucked her hand around her husband’s arm. Anything that the world could throw their way, she knew they could overcome together.
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Let me know if you’d like to be added to the ping list! I’m not sure how many parts this arc will have, I’m just gonna see where it leads.
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watchingforcomets replied to your post: me: just draw something, literally anything. it...
do the thing mem,,,
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I got tagged by @fulmine-art @watchingforcomets @i-incarnadine so here’s my lock screen and home screen! Lock screen is Valentine Banner Scythe by @fulmine-art and my home screen is groom marth that I drew. Romantic boys
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watchingforcomets replied to your post: “this light salad recipe is great!” oh thanks bon...
i will drink that amount of olive oil straight from the bottle without breaking eye contact and then add double that to my salad dressing
this is simultaneously the most metal and most french thing youve ever said to me
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Elymas for @watchingforcomets! Just felt like drawin him the other day so.. if I was doin art fight I’d post him on there for ya o/
Kofi | Bio size under the cut
#flight rising#fr art#fr imperial#dragon#gift art#hes so cute i was compelled to doodle him#hes also not a palette i usually draw :0 i tend to like blues#so it was good practice
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https://youtu.be/WJ2nGw4G7Eo #watchingforcomets #skillet #admire #storms #strong #brave #tiger
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