Hello again, reader!
Not sure who you are or why you are reading, but I am willing to bet
that you are a very cool person. Let’s
be friends, mkay?
Sorry, that was cheezy, but I like the idea of addressing
the “reader” in the same way that Mr. Rogers used to greet his television “neighbors” after changing into his sweater.
Anyways, I was able to log-in and make my grand return to
the game on Thursday. Allow me to
introduce to you Ixxiana Ikslawok, this blog’s main protagonist:
As you can see, I have already made a good deal of progress
with her, so it won’t be as if I am starting with a 100% fresh character. My overall goal with Ixxiana is
going to be “horizontal” progress rather than “vertical” progress, i.e. I will
be trying to reach the level cap for every class rather than becoming a max
ilvl raider with one or two classes. In
that sense, I have a good start here.
My first day back in the game was spent picking the main
questline back up where I left off, which was after completing the Leviathan
trial. I ran through some quests until I
was able to beat Ramuh, or rather I got carried through Ramuh by a DF party
:P. I did a bit of research and found
out that you should really save these main story quests until after acquiring
the expansion, so that the experience you gain isn’t lost on a character that
has been capped at 50. Since HW is
included with SB, I will probably wait for SB to drop before resuming the story
quests. Or at least I am going to try to
be patient, which might be hard because the story is actually really good and
it provides a really nice break to the grind.
After setting aside the story quests, I decided to level
Conjurer for a bit. I ran a couple
levequests to warm up, and then tried to run Thousand Maws with a DF group. Unfortunately, I got hit with a disconnect
right in the middle of the boss fight and didn’t get credit for completion L. I hope that won’t become an ongoing issue for
me!
Now that I have this initial dabbling out of the way, I think
it is time to set some hard goals that I can work towards. I think my two main goals will be maxing
Mining and maxing Conjurer. For Miner, rather than grind leves I think
I would prefer to actually farm mats that I can sell on the market board as I go. I am going to want a big nest egg of gil to
spend on mats and gear when leveling the other crafting classes. I really love crafting in this game, even if
managing items and storage is a bit of a slog.
On a separate note, I was browsing the FFXIV subreddit and I
found a post from a player who was looking for music to listen to while
grinding their gathering classes. I
absolutely LOVE listening to music and building playlists, so I put something
together for them and sent them a link.
They never replied, and even though they are a total stranger to me I
was kind of disappointed. Is that weird,
to be invested in what some total stranger thinks of me, or to even want to do
that for them in the first place? In any
case, here is the playlist if anyone else wants to listen to some sweet tunes
while they play:
Also, my dear phantom-readers, if you are ready to coalesce
into existence and reveal yourself to me as a concrete being, please let me
know if you would like me to build a customized playlist for you! I listen to literally every genre under the
sun, and I love trying to tailor playlists to a person’s tastes or
personality. Just one more way, besides
playing MMOs, that I like to try to virtually connect with people.
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