It is SO HARD to choose between Cruiserweight M2 with Back to the Drawing Board and Heavyweight M4 with Everything Burns...

I get into such a groove for both fights bc the music is just 😩🫶

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A Xaela Au Ra blue mage in final fantasy xiv stands with a glowing, bubbling, gilded, dark blue exquisite gentlemage's umbrella. There are gold tattoos on their arms, their nails gold to match, and wear a similar Kitsune or Fox mask.

Exquisite Gentlemage's Umbrella 🥹
Finally!! 😭🫶

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A Xaela, Kae-il, stands in a hooded tunic at night, triumphantly holding a magically glowing MCH Exquisite Weapon which looks like it is made of porcelain with blue, gold, and glowing rainbow embellishments. These glows compliment Kae-il's own glowing eyes of gold and blue.

Exquisite Weapon obtained!! ✨
The first one, anyway. 🥰

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It's been a stressful last few days but at least today I got to run through two more (extremely messy) Advanced MT clears with my partner. 🥰 Creeping ever closer to our Exquisite Weapons!!

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Aaaand that's (a full run of) Merchant's Tale Advanced as a duo!! ✌️🥰

(Kae is my WoL, while Baron belongs to @grumpafluffagus.bsky.social 🩵✨)

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FIGHT THREE, CLEARED!

Now to farm the Advanced fights for brass until I perish...

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Well anyway a thing with XIV that made me happy was that @grumpafluffagus.bsky.social and I hopped into MT Advanced last night on a whim and took down two of three of the bosses before getting too eepy when progging halfway through the third.

It was so fun to puzzle out the fights!!

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Real talk, and not to be a downer, but the moment I heard that they pushed back BLU updates because they can't handle what they promised, I tuned out and lost excitement.
Introducing a bunch of new content when you can't keep up with what you have is, quite simply, stupid.
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All normal paths complete.
I won't share any thoughts here for now, even vague ones, but I'm so excited to say I was able to solve every path without any guides at all. 🥰 I love stuff like that! And it was so fun to binge it with my Partner.. 🥹

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Variant Dungeon tomorrow...
I am SO EXCITED for new Variant Dungeon tomorrow...

I won't share any spoilers, of course, but I'm definitely going to be grinding it into dust over this week. 🥰

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I won't post any screens yet bc I don't feel like it's been long enough but I got my new WAR relic tonight. 🥰

The achievement reference totally made my evening too.

Can't wait to work on getting all the others. I got every relic caught up just in time!

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My personal preference goes...
-The Fields of Glory (Shatter)
-Worqor Chirteh/ Onsal Hakair (Triumph/ Danshig Naadam)
-Seal Rock (Seize)
-Borderland Ruins (Secure)

Borderlands never improved and Worqor has the same play vibes as Onsal.
But I really enjoy going from hit rock to KILL.
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Phys Ranged Mains,

I just want to take a moment to say I appreciate you and you are truly THE underappreciated MVPs of the game.

Love,
Me

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If only I could play the game I pay for...
If only I could play the game I pay for with my friends...

(Why do I pay for this)

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I wish everyone who starts their savage prog tomorrow a very fun experience, and no spoilers, with stable servers + no DDOS. 🫶

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Heavensturn event punched me in the feelings there for a minute but it is just so charming. 🥹
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A screenshot of a FFXIV Mount Description for the Barreltender. "Native to the arid wilds of Xak Tural, this abnormally well-built sabotender resolved to further hone its flesh after meeting its match in an adventurer. As part of a rigorous training regime, it willingly and tirelessly carries you hither and yon."

A Xaela Dragoon, Kae, and close-up of a Barreltender are shown. Kae has a fierce expression on their face, as if ready to fight. Though the Barreltender's expression is the same as ever, it is poised just as fiercely.

A Xaela Dragoon, Kae, and close-up of a Barreltender are shown from a diagonal angle. Kae has a fierce expression on their face, as if ready to fight. Though the Barreltender's expression is the same as ever, it is poised just as fiercely with its fists raised, just like Kae.

I had *no* idea how much of a treat I was in for when I finally got this mount for Kae earlier...

Between that description, and this pose/action, it could not be a better fit...

THEY WOULD TRAIN TOGETHER SO FIERCELY!!

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A Xaela, Kae, is resting sloppily against a bench with their lower body stretched out on the ground while their arms rest upon the bench, their head burying into their arms. They seem to be exceedingly drunk and exhausted.

We can call this, "The waiting position while their Partner gets the Chocobo from the stables."

I imagine Kae ends up a bit like this by the end of the night. Not a common sight, but they had to celebrate Iriya properly. ✌️😤

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Does anyone know if we have DDOS today?

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Load into M3 Heavyweight.
Pull boss.
First raidwide goes off.
DDOS hits.

🫠

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LB'd in tier four of raid.
I have returned to the void queue without even a number to my name.

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Friend LB'd in the second tier of the new raid and suddenly we were in a queue of 1200 people.

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First on-content raid tier was probably in ShB but I had such a bad time running raids back then... 😅
Endwalker, specifically P2-4 glamour, made me interested in getting better and braving the fights; including savage. I even used PF for the first time for it & sought out a static.

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I think I technically got started a bit earlier on another version of Kae that doesn't exist anymore, but this is my first achievement on their page - all the way back in early 2019!
I can't believe next year will be 7 years! 😱
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