flashback to Official Lore Forum debates that had Ascian/Ancient supporters arguing that Venat committed genoc*de on behalf of saving the new life that wasn't anything more than grass

Cue Halmarut

Project Hail Mary spoilers:
Venat and Her Laika, the Orphesus Who Saves Organic Computer Crab Eurydice by Turning Back

A slide from the Letter from the Producer Live Part 91 showing a table indicating the increased placement limits for indoor and outdoor furnishings for houses in Final Fantasy 14. Small, medium, and large plots, as well as private chambers and apartments, will see limits increased by a significant margin depending on the original limit. These increased limits will also be available for storerooms. Content and specifications may change without notice.

A slide from the Letter from the Producer Live Part 91 showing a screenshot of new interior fixture designs coming to Final Fantasy 14. The two images show empty rooms with minimalist dark wallpaper and wooden flooring. The image on the right additionally shows a simple wooden staircase. Development screenshots are subject to change. Content and specifications may change without notice.

A slide from the Letter from the Producer Live Part 91 detailing the armoire update coming to Final Fantasy 14. Armoire storage options will be updated to include all job specific gear, also known as artifact gear, and all gear from dungeons introduced in 7.x patches. Disclaimers read the option to store gear from earlier dungeons will be rolled out gradually, and the ability to store dungeon gear as outfit glamour is also under consideration. Content and specifications may change without notice.

A slide from the Letter from the Producer Live Part 91 detailing the dye system update coming to Final Fantasy 14. Many of the currently available dyes will be consolidated into three base dyes. The names are to be confirmed but are currently Type A with 85 dyes from the 2.x patches; Type B with 9 dyes from Ishgardian Restoration; and Type C with 11 dyes from Cosmic Exploration. Disclaimer reads this will not apply to dyes that can be purchased on the Online Store and dyes of corresponding colors. Content and specifications may change without notice.

Several QoL updates are on the way!

🏠 Increased furnishing placement limits
🛠️ New interior fixture designs
👕 Armoire storage options
🖌️ Consolidated dyes

and can we please give 'cunning/non-physical' male villains a different haircut?

I'll be honest, I disliked the first look and hate this second, but he's also a character I can't *wait* to be done with, so I'm just hoping his and Halmarut's coworkers have someone in that group to whom I will like in 8.0

NEW OCEAN FISHING ROUTE

It’s a f’in mess of a situation because the 2022 plant should have never been approved and the county fritted away the water that was at one point one of few surpluses we had in this state

And the other major CC industry besides the port and the refinery row is:

Fishing (esp shrimp)

Tourism (South Padre Island, various wind sports) - but also

Environmental Tourism - the internatl’ birding, endangered birds + sea turtles

As someone who lives in Corpus Christi, the proposed desal plant was going to cause as many if not more problems than it fixed and we have enough environmental problems with all the refineries, chemical plants, offshore oil spills, data centers, slaughterhouses…

I rediscovered screenshots from the first few days back in early Feb 2019, Hall of Novice gear and all. Deni's look have remained more or less defined, though I've drifted away from the color palate and trying to fully recreate outfits based off her inspiro OC

I need the Paxton/Cornyn death match don't deny me this neither can be the better man let me have my popcorn

I have no faith in my state so I want Cornyn to beat Paxton because I hate Paxton as if it was the one day of the year when Corpus has no wind, but only after a runoff, because I want a BlueTexas so bad but I know my neighbors.

I need San Patricio Country results now for a very specifically Robstown reason (my Nueces I already heard and feel proud-ish of)

PLEASE please please the one i voted for gets 50% and the R have a runoff, pls

I think the thing that offends me most about this regime is how obvious they are about how unimportant our consent to government is to anything they do

so great to live in a time when Republicans would rather allow a new and illegal war because they’re embarrassed to admit their President is a paedophile

Went to the “white” high school in South Texas. Therefore have zero surprise at the Hispanic last names of many ICE agents (and Border Patrol in general). Don’t even have to get into the Tejano divide.

I said this last time but their real position is “if you disagree with us we can kill you.”

I would be very surprised if a full accounting in the future didn't reveal more than one mass grave at the detention centers. If they're behaving this way in public, what's happening out of sight must be many times more brutal.

there's a lot of people I'm wishing to enjoy the hell that i don't believe in

raises my hand as example of: Calyx bores me as a cliche character that doesn't excite me: is only on par with Asahi in what he offers as long-term or serious villainous presence

As someone who *hated* Emet + also bored & annoyed by Zenos's cliche (until EW justified his continued existence)

FFXIV screenshot of the map in Heritage Found, zoomed in on the FATE "A Scythe to an Axe Fight"

retroactively funny FATE now - M11 aka The Tyrant, wielder of both axe and scythe, hangs out right next to this spot

slow uptick of other NPCs, but sadly doubt the fervor is going to quell. Lvl1__ could only shield us for so long

California surfer bros and Chicano lowriders are two separate Cali subgroups

And I stand by my correction that the lowrider’s specific cultural and regional significance mean it’s not as random as it first appears 😉

Sir Terry Pratchett is best understood as one of the most interesting, deeply ethical practical (I would say Pragmatist but I cede to actual experts) philosophers of the late 20th Century who just happened to work in deconstructed fantasy literature as his medium.

Not a solo run but the DDoS right before we moved on to floor 70. Luckily had just enough time to kill boss

FFXIV Screenshot: Moxutural Greatgar caught

My first Big Fish of 7.4!

One of the new characters? HATE. for a few reasons but one is very very petty personal taste

also personal petty reason to hate a returning character for a brand new reason

Finished Arcadion this morning (enjoyed almost all of it. Not 100% but still one of the best plots and experiences ingame)

7.4 MSQ just finished. Mixed bag. The meat of the patch? Enjoyed immensely. Dungeon, Trial, Town, New cast**
How it started? No. The specifically 8.0 setup? Disliked greatly.