MISC RAMBLING + CATCHUP!

I have been slacking on the blog.. but there's no time like the present to pick it back up!!!!! Truthfully I've been swarmed with college work but now that I've finished, I can post on here again, hurray!

In recent news, it was my 19th birthday on May 19! Didn't do much, celebrated with family with dinner and cake of course but other than that, I basically just did some crafting in FFXIV. I don't feel much different but I'm older now..!

I'm feeling really great recently. I've always struggled with schoolwork, so finishing my 2 years of (art) college has been really satisfying. Albeit I'm not 100% proud of my final project, I did finish it and hand it in which I am proud of. I'm likely just going to try and find a job soon, but I'm going to enjoy my summer vacation first. 

 

Also, Dawntrail is only in 41 days and I haven't preordered it yet!!! And I haven't finished my dawntrail prep either >_< !!!! I'm opening commissions to buy DT and my sub because I've spent too much birthday money already....... If anyone wants to pay Roid's child support let me know.......

My main goal really is to level my crafters and have them prepared for Dawntrail. I'm already prepared for pictomancer (except for the exp boost earring) and have my main jobs at ilvl 650/660. I have a few other misc things to do like get my field commander coat (83/100 as of this post) and maybe get a deep dungeon weapon too. Ok now that I'm typing this I realize I forgot the most important things being finishing Warring Triad so I can finish my SHB + ENW role quests... That's totally more important...

Swear on it, I will do the Dawntrail equivalent of job/role quests DURING MSQ!! And pick up aether currents... I always neglect them LOL. Still don't have some Stormblood areas.

FFXIV has taken over my life I think.. I notice that I started to draw less after picking up the game which I want to fix. I've been itching to draw Roid for ages but just been too busy to, I'm already working on something at the moment but it will take a while to finish.There's also art fight to consider too, but I want to focus on Dawntrail first.

Also also, Roid is playing pictomancer this June!! For some reason I had sat on the idea in favor of playing black mage or ninja or scholar, but I think I'm going to focus on PCT/BLM and SCH when I can. It's going to be hard to rotate between 3 jobs at once but I'll just go with whatever flows best with picto. I'm so excited.. it's such a goofy job but super cool looking. I just don't understand it's rotation yet........ LOL. Glad it's different to the other casters though!! I consider myself to be an omni-caster so it's a no-brainer for me to play this job. It somewhat conflicts with Roid being an extremely poor painter, but I'm sure the job quests can clear that up.. maybe.. But it does line up with his established lore of being a "creator" (though, "inventor" would be more appropriate) in a sense...

I'll probably make a few more blog posts between now and Dawntrail but I just wanted to dust off the blog with some words (^_^)~~

 It's been a while.. again. Hehe.. keep forgetting to update this blog :,D

Wanted to put up this pic of Roid and Krile! Made it for a commission example but I want to draw them more often. In Roid's canon they are best friends and naturally Roid would be in awe of Krile's new powers. Being the magical nerd that he is, he would want a go with the brush despite his very poor artistic skill. 

 In all honesty I would draw them more often but when I think about pictomancer Krile and Dawntrail, my stomach feels funny and I get too excited... So I try to keep it in until summer... I'm also a bit busy with school work and the sort..

 

This Saturday, Yoshi-P is going to do a panel at PAX so hopefully we get some new DT news! I'm betting on a benchmark release date and a Dawntrail release date.. Won't get my hopes up too high though but we're most definitely in for something exciting. I'm currently unsubbed from the game, but I'll probably resub within the week to grab the event items. I can only miss Roid for so long..

I'm still stressing over what jobs to play in Dawntrail.. Surprisingly I'm apprehensive to pick up pictomancer because I would have to level it/ I'm very particular about job gameplay but I doubt I would dislike it since I like every casting job. It's just that I've wanted to play black mage because during post-endwalker it's become my main job and I haven't play an expac with it yet, but I also want to consider my others main jobs like ninja and scholar. Ninja is super fun and scholar is my favourite job thematically and would allow me to queue faster if I levelled it first. It doesn't really matter in the end though.. Just kidding.. It does... I want to enjoy my first release expansion which includes making Roid look cool.

I really love the pictomancer aesthetics though! I'm excited to see what new glams will come with DT. Praying for more diverse casting/healing gear because I might die if there's another ugly basic robe.... I always love to put Roid in nice outfits even if they would be a bit OOC. I don't take his lore extremely seriously but I am a bit strict on what clothes he wears, like not wearing much armor and nothing that makes him look too bulky. On that note he might have to change faces with the new graphics ... Much to think about... Plus, Roid can match with Krile if he's a pictomancer..

(PICTURED: Roid's poor artistic skills rated by his dear friends Krile and Alphinaud. Alphinaud takes pity on him. Krile shows no mercy.)

 

 

I feel like I've not even given viper a singular chance.. Maybe if the mentor was a beautiful hrothgirl I could reconsider...... I don't really enjoy melee jobs (only like ninja and reaper sometimes to be honest). I do really want to make a Roxas Kingdom Hearts glam though. Someone with a femwol needs to make a pictomancer Naminé glam to matchies!!

Praying for DPS queues this summer.. Might camp out on Dynamis DC since Aether is a bit packed. The populations on Dynamis are most likely just a fraction of Aether (each server has about 500k~ players). Since Dynamis is fairly new there's no data on its population, but I can only assume it's a lot less since the major hubs are very sparse in players. No stress though! I can sit on a queue. Probably.

 More to come after PAX probably ;-) I haven't had much to speculate around or think about with this downtime. There's more stuff coming soon like the FF16 event and the next moogle trove which has more rewards I want! I definitely want to hang out with people more on XIV.. just a little shy. If you're ever in Jenova come and say hi! It's a shame I can't message people cross DC, I would probably ping my friends on Crystal and Primal if I could..

 

 2 YEARS OF FFXIV (+ FishFest pics!)

I drew some art for Roid's birthday! He turns 2 this year! Just kidding. He's approximately 28 (I don't really know how much time passes over MSQ). I struggled a lot with the colours and almost decided to just keep him grey. This year I need to work on my colours more 💪

The 27th of February marks my 2nd anniversary of picking up FFXIV! Time honestly flew but I'm glad to spend another year with Roid. Did you know that Roid comes from "android"? I originally planned to make him into a cyborg miqo'te (which is honestly way cooler than he actually is now) who played machinist and sage. Ironically I have those jobs to 90 but they are not my main jobs whatsoever.

 There isn't really much sappy stuff for me to say since I'm also excited that it's Pokemon day as well. It's about 2 hours before the livestream but I am not gonna get my hopes up LOL. But I would like to say that I'm really thankful for XIV for being something that has gotten me closer to some of my friends and introduce me to new ones. I have met so many cool people who like XIV and even went to the orchestra performance last October. It's become a big part of my life and I see it being here for many more years.

 

I also went to FishFest 2024 the other day with some friends! I went to last year's, but only went ocean fishing and then went back to Jenova. I had so much more fun this year doing the big fish train but it also chugged my laptop since there were so many people!!! I'll be back next year!!!!!!

 

Jasmine, Bibi, Roid and Raegi ocean fishing! Roid is shorter than Bibi...

 

The Matriarch's fishing hole. I couldn't even load everyone in at once because I have it set to the lowest amount. People kept putting down leylines and dotons.

 

 

FishFest haul! 6 pesky bondsplitters... 

Unfortunately this was after Bibi left (we missed you) but Jaswol, Raegi and Roid took pics together during the group pic~

Here's to another year of awesome FFXIV fun. Dawntrail is only months away :-)