One week from now, it's 6.1. - the first content patch of Endwalker. Am I ready for it? Well - yes and no. Yes - because after you finish Endwalker's main story, you're already quite geared and met the requirements to take on the next main story quests, and that is done on both toons. … Continue reading FFXIV: New Content Patch Incoming

As FFXIV players perfectly know, the core of alt job leveling - up to 100% experience depending on player style - is group content, presented in a form of duty roulettes. Several types of group content, where you can receive a huge chunk of XP per your first daily run via group finder. I've decided … Continue reading FFXIV: A Test-Drive of Duty Roulette Experience Efficiency

The meme is of my own making, but you're free to repost it :) Alright, I give Blizzard some credit - the issue of Sylvanas was resolved not without an elegance. Of course, execution has no place in game - it's what the bad guys do in media, and it was never truly an option. … Continue reading WoW: Sylvanas Fate

Well, there are little issues actually :) I'm very, very comfortable with FFXIV tanking, and in fact this is one of the most relaxed roles in the triad of tank - healer - dps. I'm at peace with all the three jobs I'm playing, and extremely enjoying all of them. Warrior - nuff said, I'm … Continue reading FFXIV: Tanking Issues

"Didn't know what a stress machine was this morning, and now we have two of them." (c) Maurice Moss, The IT Crowd Well, that was my paladin job yesterday. What do you know, in the morning I did not even know if I would ever play paladin in any visible period, and by evening I'm … Continue reading FFXIV: Re-Evaluation of Alt Jobs

So, as I've parked most DPS jobs at 90, for the whole past week I've been busy with the 50-60 level leg of "unconventional" alt jobs - "unconventional" as in "non-DPS". These are: Astrologian, White Mage (healers) and Warrior (tank). For those of you who are not familiar with FFXIV leveling, up to 90-100% of … Continue reading FFXIV: Re-Evaluation of Tanking and Healing

Oh well, I played through the Shadowlands finale - at least the questline achievement. There's nothing any special to say, except that it was one of the most uninspiring and bleak story beats in the whole game - moreover, it's an expansion finale, no less. All stretches aside (Argus? Dreadlords? Pocopoc, ffs? Cyphers? Whatever?), the … Continue reading WoW: Out of the Blue (Pun Intended)

Lo, the one-time content for the whole game is almost done - at least on one toon. I've seen all dungeons and raids - almost. I haven't finished Gaius raids story from Shadowbringers, and Coils of Bahamut streak from vanilla, but everything else, Sastasha -> Asphodelos is done. As for side quests, Garlemald, Elpis and … Continue reading FFXIV: Catch Up Chronicles

The most common sentiment from the WoW media comments is this: I expected nothing, I expected it to be bad, and yet I'm still dissappointed. Totally in agreement, let's talk about this crap they tried to pass as an expansion finale. Well, they said that we get all the answers in 9.2. - and hell, … Continue reading WoW: Shadowlands Finale – Expansion Ended in a Fart

Games to me today are even more important than ever - in this world of madness, and that's not a poetic hyperbole anymore, with no control over the events, it is important to switch your mind for plain, common things, to have some plan, to see and execute some sense and justice - even if … Continue reading WoW: Anduin Cinematic & FFXIV: Overall Progress