Quick and last minute FFXIV boops~ 🐾 With bonus Drakyr, my WoL
(Really, these are mostly just the /poke emote taken in Drakyr's yard with minimal to no adjusting - they're just for fun. Zenos is the exception because I had to manually pose him, but I kept it simple. I just couldn't leave him out.)
I found a lightsaber mod, and tomorrow is May The Fourth, so I tried my hand at a Star Wars AU battle pose. I improvised for the lack of Jedi robe mods but I think this still looks cool. And Estinien is included this time!
After the events of Shadowbringers, Drakyr would become a Gray Jedi - Light and Dark are what we make of it, there is only the Force.
I've decided to make the journey to Tural an adventure-honeymoon for Drakyr, Aymeric, and Estinien.
A Dawn Departure... 🌅
Since this is Aymeric's first adventure proper, I thought it fitting to put him in the beginner Elezen top. Drakyr is wearing the beginner Auri gear in a similar vein, since she's starting an all new adventure.
Hopefully, working with this non-canon timeline doesn't turn into extra unnecessary work for me - this is the biggest canon-divergent thing I've ever done. But I want to do it so I'll figure it out somehow.
And that's all the ffxivpolyamoryweek prompts done! Thanks for joining in with me! 💙
While Estinien can handle basic cooking tasks like chopping and peeling, Aymeric and Drakyr are the actual Cooks. (Drakyr especially, being a level 90 CUL with pentamelded gear and the relic frypan.) So he leaves them to run the show, and helps out only when asked.
However, Estinien does the bulk of the dishes afterwards. It's only fair. And Drakyr hates doing dishes, besides.
"While you finish up, I shall get started on a pot of tea," Aymeric offered. "How about the Thavnairian blend? That seems to have become your favourite, Estinien."
"It has my vote!" added Drakyr.
Estinien smiled. "I should like that, aye. Thank you."
(Thanks for taking a look! I threw this together real quick to play catch-up but it still turned out well. And thanks for my FC house for having a nice, fitting-enough kitchen for this lolol)
I put semi-effort into recreating the chocobo screenshot so if it's not "perfect"...don't worry about it.
I turned off reshade and my usual black sclera mod for Drakyr.
Drakyr's chocobo has pumpkin orange plumage. So that's not lighting, she's just orange.
Guys...I'm so happy with how Drakyr looks in the new graphics!! Oh I feel like Geppetto seeing Pinnochio become a real boy! Look at the detail in her clothes, in her horns! And her eyes with limbal rings look so beautiful!
I got the "Fairly High" score. I'm all right with that, though if I can I'd like to get a better graphics card, anyway. I may go back and take better screenshots after messing around with the graphics settings more but I'm out of patience so I'm going to enjoy this as it is for now. EDIT I added one gamma correction screenshot below the readmore.
K cool benchmark video and more screenshots, both official and that I took, under the readmore. :3
EDIT ok yeah changing the gamma correction makes a difference. I just got the one new screencap but yeah, added next to the much darker original. BEWARE however that maxing the gamma correction does also reduce colour vibrancy! Yeah we can see her better in the second one but everything looks washed out. Honestly, I think we just have to chalk this one up to bad lighting on SE's part. :/
Bonus GOING SUPER SAIYAN/I HAVE THE POWER OF GOD AND ANIME ON MY SIDE
DID THE KUGANE TOWER JUMP PUZZLE FUCK YESSSSSSSSSS-UH
AND I got the lamppost sightseeing jump on my first try!! (Technically I'd already done the Self-Destruct + rez exploit to get it already BUT STILL)
Feat. Drakyr's Wind-up Zidane since he kept her company the whole way up and down.
I highly recommend this video for advice on the jump (though on the first most difficult jump, I personally found it easier to aim for the end of the post instead of the pillar). If nothing else, it's great advice on lining up for that lamppost jump.
A quick gpose gpose I wanted to be quick of Drakyr, Aymeric, and Estinien relaxing at Drakyr's place. She's telling them about Ryne and Gaia. 💙 They could listen to her talk all day, any day. (´▽`ʃ♡ƪ)
(I now have the power of Brio, my might increases)