#MSQ

[mmhberry]

I sure love the plot of Final Fantasy XIV by Square Enix 2013-2023

#FFXIV #final fantasy xiv #ff14 #ffxiv spoilers #ff14 spoilers #emet selch #ffxiv hades #ffxiv emet selch #MSQ #ffxiv meme #ffxiv memes #main story #zenos yae galvus #ffxiv zenos #zenos viator galvus

[foxlin-fantasia]

ffxiv blog > looking for others / mutuals !

hihi! ❀

my name is linny & i have a twitter that i hate because i have no idea what im doing that you can also follow me at!

pls like / reblog / interact with this for so we can find each other!

some things about me:

queer & mentally-ill, 26 yrs old, aries sun / aquarius moon / cancer rising

username is bc my name is linny & i like foxes 🦊 ( more of a glam / alt addict than a fantasia addict tbh )

i like to make oc's & lore ( i have a lot of alts... wanna see their pinterest boards? )

wolships / oc x canon are my fav, pls show me your oc x npc ships!!

lets scream about our blorbo's together on discord or in-game, idc

writing is my hobby, idk if i'll ever post anything, but yeah...

i want to RP so bad but im so scared pls someone help

i also draw occasionally

my main account is Hanaka Houjou; she has her own blog & carrd ( still wip but pls follow if you want )

( i will probably also make side blogs of my other oc's )

do you want someone to spam your ask box with questions? let me; i will do it in 30 minute sprints lol

i have two cats named egg and klouse, & my gf, jae ( its almost our 10 year anniversary! )

❀ my askbox is open if you wanna reach out; let's be friends! ❀

#ffxiv #ff14 #final fantasy xiv #final fantasy 14 #ffxiv wol #ffxiv oc #ff14 oc #ff14 wol #looking for mutuals #ffxiv endwalker #endwalker #shadowbringers #stormblood #heavensward #a realm reborn #my post #my text #mine #linny post #msq #ffxiv rp #ffxiv roleplay

[autumnslance]

Viewing FFXIV's Opening Cutscenes

When you open the Unending Journey to rewatch cutscenes, you'll notice the Seventh Umbral Era MSQ, the default pane it opens on, starts at the level 5 quest, when WoL first meets their starter city's Scions.

It may seem like the introductory cutscenes upon first making a character, with the vision of facing Lahabrea before waking in the carriage/ship with your starter city merchant triplet and the silent Leveilleur twins are lost, right?

Not so! For whatever reason, the opening cutscenes and title card for ARR as WoL arrives in Eorzea are in Sidequests.

In the Unending Journey navigate to the fourth icon, a silvery Q on a light blue backing; in the image below there's a big red arrow pointing at it.

This defaults to "Chronicles of Light" but open the dropdown menu and find the starter city sidequests: Lominsan Sidequests Gridanian Sidequests Ul'dahn Sidequests They're partway down the list. In the screenshot below, I have them boxed in red with another red arrow on the menu's right side pointing at them.

Since Dark's start city was Gridania, I'm going to select the "Gridanian Sidequests". The very first option is "Coming to Gridania" and describes meeting Bertennant at the Blue Badger Gate.

Here's the first five scenes in the game; the first time we hear Crystal Mom's voice (when that was Mary Elizabeth McGlynn, under her "Lucy Todd" credit) and get the vision of our future faceoff with Lahabrea, then the carriage sequence, Louisoix's voiceover intro and title card, meeting your city greeter, and then meeting your city's Adventurer's Guild Representative.

One more note about this opening cutscene!

If viewing as one of the original ARR classes, the initial scene shows them changing into the level 50 Artifact gear and wielding their weapon of choice; in this example, that's a Bard with a Bow of Light.

But swapping to any job introduced in Heavensward or later, it defaults the job selection to Paladin; below Dark is in healer gear as an Astrologian, but ARR doesn't know how to parse that so defaults to the Gallant Armor with a Sword & Shield of Light. We see this "Gladiator Default" with NPCs who don't have their "real jobs" implemented yet (Thancred in base ARR, Alisaie just before Stormblood, etc) and also when a WoL draws their Crafting or Gathering tools.

And there you have it! How to rewatch the very first cutscenes in the game that we see upon making our WoLs and starting the MSQ.

#final fantasy xiv #a realm reborn #unending journey #cutscenes #MSQ #lore #it came up in FC chat so I figured others would want to know #tutorial

[texff14]

The Bitter Defeat in Rhalgr's Reach

#ffxiv art #elezen #wolbertain #my style #ffxiv oc #msq #zenos #fan comic #zenos yae galvus #ff14 #duskwight #artists on tumblr #ff14 ffxiv #manga style #or at least i tried lol

[roegadynroost]

Hello! I'm really impressed with you speed running all of your alts to get the Regalia! Would you mind sharing any tips or tricks that got you through so much ARR fast? - A fellow alt-happy Eorzean

Oh wow hey! Thanks for the ask!

One REALLY big help is doing stuff on the New and Prefered servers because the Road to 80 buff is just WAY TOO GOOD. I'm working on the story on some alts and by the end of ShB, only doing the story, I can get about 3 jobs to 80. If you have character on congested servers that you don't mind moving around you can move them to a new or preferred server for FREE and get the Road to 80 buff for 30 days (It lasts longer on characters made directly on those servers tho.)

There are some bits that I like to watch on every run through, but skipping the cutscenes is an obvious must. I play on PS4, and put on a show while I grind most of the time.

If you have the road buff, when you get to dungeons, instead of queueing in the Dutyfinder set up a Partyfinder for your dungeons. I always set them to one slot other that myself, and then set the minimum ILV to 500. This will ensure only higher level players will join.

Into the description type: "Unsynced for MSQ progression." or "Unsyned, help me get my alt through MSQ?"

Players are usually happy to help folks working through the MSQ. This works on every Datacenter.

If you don't speak Japanese and you have an alt on the JP servers and you want quick clears, use the auto translate feature for the phases "Unrestricted party" and "Main Scenario Quest". Also if you don't speak Japanese, Auto translation "Nice to meet you" at the start and "Thank you" at the end of duties.

Make sure you set your DF to Unrestricted before you queue so you don't accidentally queue up regularly instead and always \readycheck before you go in.

Most dungeons with a LV 90 player are less than five mins and a lot of the time they won't even roll on the gear so you get good upgrades along the way. If they rush through and you don't have time to grab all the chests you can always \return at the end to get the chests that were not grabbed. If there are mobs still in the dungeon, don't worry, if you sprint and kite them you can grab everything before they kill you, then respawn and leave through the exit at the start or the menu.

The ONLY duties I don't do Unsynced for is for Castrum Meridianum, Praetorium and Porta Decumana, because with they force cut scenes even if you do it unsynced I don't like to ask people to sit through them so I just do them normally.

IF YOU HAVE FRIENDS JUST AS THEM FOR HELP UNSYNCING. I love helping my friends unsync stuff. Hell, I love helping anyone unsync stuff. Takes very little time.

If you don't have the road buff, make sure you do your leveling roulette, and queue for the dungeons. Unfortunately, the end of ARR has a LV jump around the time you get to the Rhytahtyn solo instance and if you skip duties you'll likely be underleveled.

A few characters I ended up having to run through Aurum Vale to get to 50 just so I could get through the final strech of stuff. I love Aurum Vale personally, but I know it's not everyones jam.

Buy a stack of cheap food early on so you can keep your 3% exp buff going. My personal favorites are Eggs, Orange juice and Plums.

DON'T FORGET We get Vesperbay tickets on new characters now to returning to the waking sands is no issue. They recently updated it to you get 99 total over the course of ARR. If you made a character BEFORE they added the Vesperbay Teleportation Tickets, don't run from Horizon, Teleport to Limsa Lominsa, go to the Arcanist guild via the aethernet and then take the Ferry to Vesperbay. It's pretty quick on PS4, if you're on a Toaster it might be faster to go from Horizon because of less loading.

I recommend stopping by Camp Tranquil to get your Chocobo the ability to fight (My Fiestly little Chocobo) when you hit 30. Also grab a stack of 99 Gysahl greens when you're at Bent Branch doing that. You don't have to finish the quest to be able to summon you chocobo, so if you're in a rush there is that. I always level my chocobos in Healing first. IMO Choco cure is the most useful chocobo ability early on.

Don't forget to do your job quests, a lot of them will sync up with stuff you're doing in the MSQ, and when you get to 45 the gear boost is substantial even if it's only useful for those few levels to 50. DPS can probably get away with ignoring it, but for tanks and healers GEAR IS SO IMPORTANT, especially if you're not unsyncing stuff.

You get some upgrades from the story but the ARR stuff is all normal quality, it's not the greatest. There is a Jeweler NPC in Ul'dah that I recommend grabbing accessories from, cause I've had times where I'm 50 and still have dang LV5 ring cause the MSQ doesn't give any accessories and if your RNG is bad in dungeons it can be pretty bad. (you will get a acessory from unlocking AV though, that is nice!)

If you have some of the preorder earrings, make sure you visit your the mail moogle for that. If you've been playing a long time and have stuff like the Tidus and Yuna outfits from fanfest that get sent to every character, Grab those outfits too. They're good at the early levels and give a pretty good EXP boost to lvl 30. (Don't recommend wearing them in dungeons past like the first three though)

Of course, most important of all. Take care of yourself. I've been dealing with long-covid for years now and if causes me no end of issues, but I can get into the zone and focus hard with MSQ grinds. Self care is so important. I'm pretty good about getting up and stretching and getting myself what I need, but sometimes I'm in the zone and it gets bad. I am lucky I have a partner that helps me keep up with that stuff too. If he gets up to move around and go somewhere, I usually take that as my time to give myself a break.

Setting myself a little 3 hour timer for water breaks is something I'm working on and seems to be good. I try to not keep too much food around my gaming area because if I'm going to eat something I'd like to get up and move around too. If I do keep something nearby, I try to have fruit and not like snacks. Doesn't always work but trying is important.

I hope that in here somewhere you find something useful! HAPPY ALT-ing!!!

#ffxiv #final fantasy xiv #final fantasy #ff14 #final fantasy 14 #ask #asks #alt o holic #alt characters #tips #tips and tricks #quide #MSQ

[doyouknowlahee]

Angry floof is angry

Edit: Tried to improve hair lights/shapes and expression

#ffxiv #ff14 #ffxiv art #ff14 art #ffxiv wol #ff14 wol #digital art #ffxiv miqo'te #ff14 miqo'te #miqo'te #sunseeker #lyn #angry #golden eyes #msq #don't mess with the floof #my art

[eolairelycionffxiv]

want clothes? your options are A: the deepest V neck or B: the most modest cloak (complete with horn-holes)

#ffxiv #ffxiv arr #msq

[hydaelyns-bitch]

"thal's balls you're short as fuck kid"

#ffxiv #gpose #msq #endwalker #endwalker spoilers #maybe not spoilers but maybe spoilers

[koiteeth]

friendly reminder, if you support MSQ in any way/shape/form you condone animal abuse!🫂

If you blame Tokitaes death on the activists and the people striving to give her a better life than you are also support animal abuse🫶🏼

If you didn’t agree with the efforts to give her a better life or move her to a bigger tank (or even bring her home) you genuinely don’t care about about the Lummi nation and their wishes to get their relative back. Sorry not sorry! Procaps killed Tokitae💗

Humans should not be the sole companions for orcas. A single lag should not be the sole companion of a highly social creature.

This is not directed towards the trainers who loved and cared for her and wanted her to have a better life, but is directed towards the people who didn’t want to move her out of that tank (trainers included)

im normally not this cocky on the internet in my grown age but the people i’ve seen on multiple different social medias condoning the MSQ and wanting to keep her there is appalling. Not just Toki, the dolphin tanks are absolutely disgusting (the flipper tank is okay at best) but that circular tank is gross? are procaps genuinely okay? how can you see this and be like “yeah, great environment for animals with the intelligence comparable for that of a human!”

FYW, a few plastic toys and balls is not adequate enrichment.

#neutral cap #anti cap #procap #i’m not even anticap but procaps genuinely suck i’m not even sorry #coming from someone who supports multiple dolphinariums #tokitae #msq #miami seaquarium #lolita #msq killed toki btw #give her a proper burial and acknowledge the lummi nation

[redoxchai]

i forgot i made this shitpost during ffxiv 6.2 msq

#ffxiv #Final Fantasy #Final Fantasy XIV #ff14 #comic #art #drawing #sketch #doodle #shitpost #wol #warrior of light #oc #original character #msq #6.2 #endwalker #endwalker spoilers

[saltycetaceans]

The difference between Tokitae and Corky, when it comes to moving them to Sea Pens is that: Corky II lives with other killer whales, she lives with whales that have become her pod, she has become a prominent foster mother to a lot of calves, a lot of who she still lives with.

Tokitae wasn't with another orca for well over 40 years, she was the only one at the Miami Seaquarium, minus a few lags she lived with, which is much different than 7 other killer whales whom an orca has bonds with that stem from decades of interaction and care for one another.

#Corky II #corky 2 #tokitae #lolita #seaworld #seaworld californa #swsd #miami seaquarium #msq #orca #orca whale #killer whale #marine biology #marine life #cetacean #dolphin #whale

[cipher-the-sidhe]

Miami-Dade has revoked the Miami Seaquarium’s lease, citing multiple violations of contract. They are required to vacate by the end of April. FINALLY, that place can crumble and rot to nothing but a bad memory.

Tokitae should not have had to die for this to happen, but there will be some small piece of justice yet. In the memory of Tokitae, Hugo, Sundance, and all the others that this horrible place hurt. I’m truly grateful that Ocean Sun has been able to outlive the awful place that took her daughter from her.

#msq #Tokitae #miami seaquarium #srkw #southern resident killer whales #southern resident orcas

[roccofarend]

The Final Day 🔥🌎🔥

FFXIV Endwalker 6.0 MSQ Finale!

Tell your friends, because this is gonna be a LONG stream.

#endwalker #msq #ffxiv streamer #streaming #vtuber

[autumnslance]

[Language barriers and the Echo Anon] You ever keep yourself awake at night thinking how they hand waved currency differences in FFXIV. Sure I’m fully aware that tomestones, tribal currency and other such things exist but the majority of things are paid with Gil. It makes sense in Eorzea but less so elsewhere. Kugane can be justified with being the only open trading port of Hingashi, Thavnair receiving trade from Eorzea and the First’s currencies being so tossed about post Flood they accept Gil now but would it really make sense in places like Yanxia or Rak’tika(rural)? I don’t want to think about how places that you aren’t supposed to visit again lore wise(Elpis, UT and the illusory Amaurot in Tempest) can accept gil as payment and or even trade goods.

I really don't worry about it, especially if we go with the idea of Gil being a typical gold-based currency just with a funny name.

It was also an Allagan thing, recycled by Eorzeans. And with trade with Eorzea being common, it does mostly work in the Source. Yanxia is Doma, more open to trade and outsiders than even Hingashi, and has been part of Garlemald besides--and the Empire has no issue taking Eorzean coin and probably has a similar Allagan-inspired currency that's equivalent, given how much else they base upon the old empire.

Mostly it IS a gameplay convenience even more than the languages so players don't also have to worry about the Gil to Koban exchange rate, but there's also nothing saying the WoL and Scions aren't dealing in Koban when in the East and the game just doesn't deal with that.

As for the First, that's just a mess of handwaving a world actively in the midst of apocalypse and maybe we'll get more details in the 3rd lorebook, but they seem to be having a "collapse the languages and currency down since the remaining population is so small" situation there, and everyone has to trade with one another for survival purposes; even the Viis, who start working with the Qitari and the Night's Blessed.

And while a barter system for the Viis on introduction (or even the Xaela of the Steppe) might seem to make sense, it also unnecessarily complicates and bogs down story and gameplay, so like a LOT of other things in the game, shorthands it to "they just take your coin."

Which I find more and more, people kind of forget, especially when criticizing how "fast and easy" something resolves, that in the scope of the game, pretty much everything is shorthanded to keep gameplay and story moving along, from conversations to rest periods to equipment acquisition to scenes we don't see play out between NPCs and to the vast majority of gameplay mechanics where they intersect with character actions and interactions.

FFXIV tries real hard to make some gameplay part of the world and story, like teleportation. Or they make bland excuses on why we can wander around the 3 city-states post-Banquet, or why the WoL isn't given a shock collar too in Tertium, or can keep visiting unique locations for specific storypoints like Ultima Thule and Elpis. And if we were playing a traditional standalone, single-player FF game, those situations would be written and played out differently.

But sometimes a lore lampshade is just a lampshade, and not all game mechanics are actually lore, but ways for players to fill in the gaps when it comes to Roleplay and Fanfiction.

EDIT: And here's a post from some other folks, with some sources, that barter wasn't as widespread as people think, most places--even remote and sparsely populated--had regular commerce, and currency of some form was far more common and far-reaching than might be assumed.

Remember, folks: Hollywood and other media rarely have accurate portrayals of history, and our own modern assumptions of things being different "back then" are often wrong. Street vendors and athletic sponsorships were common in Rome and "Tiffany" is a medieval (nick)name.

#final fantasy xiv #Gil #Gameplay #Lore #Story #MSQ #Encyclopaedia Eorzea #Allag #Eorzea #Garlemald #Doma #Kugane #Viis #Azim Steppe

[95jezzica]

FFXIV Hurts

I've come to the realization that FFXIV hurts a lot extra when you play through certain parts of the main story as a tank or healer. Especially as a Paladin or a White Mage.

Because you were supposed to protect them. Save them.

And you couldn't.

#FFXIV #msq #Final Fantazy XIV #FF14

[blackchimaera]

My MSQ progression is going fine

#ffxiv #final fantasy xiv #wol #msq #relic weapons