Category: Final Fantasy XIV

Last Sunday, and again yesterday when I jumped back into Final Fantasy XIV — I did so with purpose. A mission. A mission other than the Main Story Quest. The MSQ could wait. Right now I needed to do something far more pressing. Clean up the...

I’m Starting to Believe…

by Naithin | Aug 7, 2021 | Final Fantasy XIV | 4

…That maybe, just maybe, the Final Fantasy XIV community is really as good as it is made out to be. I’ve heard this is the case from many people. People I very much respect and trust, too. Still- I didn’t quite believe it. I...

Coming Games of Interest – 2021 Edition

by Naithin | Aug 5, 2021 | 'Tales of' Series, Final Fantasy XIV, Other Games | 2

It’s been a while since I’ve done one of these! I did one right back at the start of the blog, in 2019 and then another for 2020. In both cases, they played the role of looking forward to what was coming that might end up consuming...

Rolling Credits on Heavensward

by Naithin | Aug 4, 2021 | Final Fantasy XIV | 4

I really thought there would be at least another day or two before I got to write this post — particularly since I said just yesterday I was keen to get the rest of my Allagan Poetics level 60 set…

Journeying Heavensward

by Naithin | Aug 3, 2021 | Final Fantasy XIV | 2

Before I get started, let me say up front: I’m not going to spoil anything. It was a bit of a question I had coming into this post though. I’d love to talk specifics, and Heavensward came out six years ago. In normal circumstances, I...

Rolling Credits on FFXIV’s Post-ARR Content

by Naithin | Jul 15, 2021 | Final Fantasy XIV | 15

Almost exactly two years after I started, I’m through the post-ARR content. I don’t know how much of this to credit to the MSQ streamlining that occurred with the 5.3 patch or whether it was simply the case that the 2.4 and 2.5 content...

FFXIV May as Well Not Be an MMO

by Naithin | Jul 13, 2021 | Final Fantasy XIV | 12

Most of the time, at least. And not so far. Out of the gate, I’ll caveat this by saying I’m not at the end game. Not by a long shot. But with that out of the way, I can say I’m certainly not playing or experiencing Final Fantasy...

Five Game Challenge 2020 – Day 2: Tough Road Ahead

by Naithin | Nov 2, 2020 | Final Fantasy XIV, Gaming, WoW | 0

Sticking to the five games for November is going to be tough this year. Tougher than last year, by a long shot, I reckon. It was the very last day of October that I discovered the actual cause for my new PC build’s instability and resolved...

Madness! Picking Just 5 Games for a Year

by Naithin | Oct 30, 2019 | Asheron's Call, Elder Scrolls Online, Final Fantasy XIV, Gaming, Other Games, Skyrim, Warframe, XCOM | 8

Now, I’m not much of one to partake in Halloween generally. But I came across something truly terrifying that I had to share. No, terrifying isn’t enough. It’s horrifying. Any other time of year, I might’ve had a quiet...

Detour from the Hundred

by Naithin | Aug 26, 2019 | Final Fantasy XIV | 4

Last time I provided an update on propelling myself through the Horrible Hundred, Rakuno suggested that I take a look at the Crystal Tower raid when I got the chance. As it turned out, I’d already completed most of the attunement quest so,...

No Man’s Sky Added

by Naithin | Aug 22, 2019 | Assassin's Creed, Blog, Final Fantasy XIV, Lost Ark, No Man's Sky | 3

My gaming preferences are mysterious and ever shifting. Like a leaf upon the wind, one can never be too sure where they may land. … Which is to say, I’m very fickle and typically struggle to settle into any one title for any reasonable...

Battling Leviathan

by Naithin | Aug 15, 2019 | Final Fantasy XIV | 9

Yep. An honest to God post about a game. I feel like it’s been a while! So I jumped back into Final Fantasy XIV last night, cracked my knuckles, and prepared to continue playing Courier Conversation Quest. (Yeah, I’m still working my...

Time to Loot Journal: July 2019

by Naithin | Jul 31, 2019 | Assassin's Creed, Final Fantasy XIV, Journal, Lost Ark, Other Games, Warframe | 7

Looking back over the past month I’m left wondering… What happened? Where did the time go and what did I do? It seems like a lifetime ago that the health scare raised its head, and yet it was only a handful of weeks. The endoscopy is...

Current Games of Interest: July 2019

by Naithin | Jul 22, 2019 | Assassin's Creed, Blog, Final Fantasy XIV, Other Games | 0

This one’s a little odd. Usually I have another game I’m adding when I do these posts. Not so this time. But I’ve been giving my games list on the sidebar the side-eye for a while. It is very much not accurate. Beyond even the...

Starting The Horrible Hundred

by Naithin | Jul 21, 2019 | Final Fantasy XIV | 8

Eeesh. So not too long ago I finished Final Fantasy XIV’s ‘A Realm Reborn’ (or 2.0) main story. I discovered that there were a hundred quests standing between me and the next expansion — Heavensward. Each of those quests can...

Final Fantasy XIV Main Story Complete!

by Naithin | Jul 15, 2019 | Final Fantasy XIV | 2

Final Fantasy XIV’s original (well, ‘A Realm Reborn’ original) main story quest is complete. What amazes me most is the quick turnaround I had from acknowledging the procrastination problem and just getting on and pushing through....

Health Scare vs. Final Fantasy XIV

by Naithin | Jul 13, 2019 | Final Fantasy XIV, Gaming, Other | 7

Progress in Final Fantasy XIV has been slow. Fits and starts best describes it. Small bursts of energy and then fairly long patches of procrastination. Just getting myself to jump in and get started is the real challenge. Once I am in —...

Time to Loot Journal: June 2019

by Naithin | Jun 30, 2019 | Final Fantasy XIV, Journal, Other Games | 0

I don’t think I’ve provided an update on my work situation since the May Journal, so here we go. I’ve ended up not leaving after all. I had put my hand up to leave in order to take a look for something new out there. I needed a...

Second Go-Round with Nioh

by Naithin | Jun 18, 2019 | Assassin's Creed, Blog, Final Fantasy XIV, Other Games, Tomb Raider, Transport Fever | 3

This has been coming for a wee while. Ever since playing Sekiro, the urge to play Nioh again has been building. Making time for it has been another matter entirely. I have been playing a bit more this month than I did last month though. Although in...

Time to Loot Journal: May 2019

by Naithin | Jun 1, 2019 | Assassin's Creed, Final Fantasy XIV, Journal, Other Games, The Division 2, Transport Fever | 2

Well… May is a month that happened. While nothing as earth shaking as March, it was closer to home. In the respect that it was both to people I knew and to a degree it was from action I was executing. I’m talking about the restructure...