FFXIV

Coming March 14. The mount is a bit lame imo.

Game pass ultimate subscribers also can get the Starter Edition for free, for a time.

The FF15 crossover event returns. According to the page it's the exact same event as in 2019 and 2021, so this is mostly for those who had not done it before.

If you have not, the principal reward is a 4-seater mount:

As one of the (probably few) FFXIV players who actually has access to an Xbox Series X, it is a bit disappointing that there is no way to participate in the beta.

Hope the people who have an Xbox and are interested in FFXIV but didn't pick it up yet for any other platform enjoy the beta. All 10 of them.

If you have not done it in the years before (it's the exact same event, it's not like the seasonals) the FFXI crossover event The Maiden's Rhapsody is coming up again.

Sorry, forgot to post these when they were going up, here are the full patch notes for 6.55 including the changes to frontlines balance and to the ice map.

This is from a summarization of an interview. The original interview (linked in the article) is interesting, but the highlights are that he doesn't feel like he's in any situation where he might get removed - which makes sense, seeing how big FFXIV has become in the MMORPG space and hence how much good marketing it provides for Square.

From the Fanfest keynote, the 6.55 update will come with a full 24-hour downtime while they work on replacing the JP server infrastructure.

After the disappointment that was the Viper, any bets on how tepid the other job will be? 😛

I jest of course, quite hyped, although I was also say that Yoshi P's excitement over the mere fact that a job sticks his two swords together to a swordstaff for their 2 minute buff was... weird. 😅 Maybe it's some breakthrough in how the game engine works that I cannot appreciate and characters could not usually have two animation-sets, but to me it was just a minor graphics effect and little else.

This volume also includes an in-game item code for a wind-up Fourchenault minion, allowing readers to stand kneecap to shoulder with one of Sharlayan's top scholars.

Hi all, a friend convinced me to give FFXIV a try, and I've just made myself a Conjurer character. I'm barely 5-10 minutes in and damn this game's pretty. Also pleasantly surprised by how solid the controller support is so far.

Curious if there are any pitfalls I should avoid, or if any of you seasoned players have advice for someone who's just starting out.

• Currently on the free trial. Does the subscription ever go on sale? I don't doubt its value, but ~$150 USD / year is steep for any game (imo).
• Are the classes/races decently balanced? I've played other MMOs where the game's just not viable with certain classes.
• I saw a menu option for macros, and I'd assume that's keyboard-only? Are there any other players using just a controller, or does that become a hinderance at some point?