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To what do I owe the pleasure that is your extended stay? /// he/him (27) /// bearer of multiple curses

My own hot take is that the player community can do a lot to make the game engaging for new players, in ways that don't involve saying 'hey how can we have less story or make the story matter less?' Embrace the fact that a lot of people play FFXIV for the story and

  • don't rush your sprout friends through MSQ.
  • stop telling sprouts ARR is bad.
  • stop telling sprouts Stormblood is bad.
  • do some low-level activities (maps, hunt marks, roulettes, etc) with your sprout friends so they can feel included. yes even if the in-game rewards aren't hugely valuable to you. do things with your sprout friends. include them.
  • stop telling sprouts the game only gets "good" after X thousand hours of gameplay.
  • don't tell sprouts to skip side content just because you want them to catch up faster.
  • let sprouts enjoy the journey.
  • you BETTER be waiting for sprouts in cutscenes (most players are good about this).
  • seriously don't rush your friends. I know you want to raid with them. I know you want to talk about Shadowbringers with them. be patient. let them enjoy the journey. enjoy it with them.
I had a good day of adventuring for once, so I gave Estinien 20 gil on the walk home.
Estinien: There must be a mistake!
Me: No mistake. I can afford to cut back a little. Have a wonderful day.
Estinien: (tearing up)
Suddenly, a shrieky little voice rang out. A lalafell wearing a stupid mask and a oversized moustache barrelled toward me.
Lolorito: The fuck are you doing??!!!
He yanked the 20 gil from the Estinien’s grip, making the Azure Dragoon cut himself with his Augmented Drachen Gauntlets. He stuffed the bloody coins in my face.
Lolorito: No. NO. You worked for this money while he sat on his ass and jerked off. YOU KEEP IT.
He threw the metal in my face, which hurt.
Me: What the fuck is your problem, asshole??
Lolorito: Listen to me, you fucking useless Miqo'te. I’m from Ul'dah, where the dragoons have the decency to try and work for money, whether it’s ERPing at the quicksand, cleaning your chocobo stables, or just doing a little dance on the Sapphire Avenue Exchange. I once saw a Roegadyn with one leg hop in a circle for hours to make 6 Grand Company seals! That’s the difference between a classy dragoon… and a BUM.
Me: Well this is my gil. I earned it in Aurum Vale. I’ll use it any way I like. How do you get your gil if you’re so important?
Lolorito: I don’t need a job because my businesses gives me money!
A crowd had formed. Everyone was glaring at this scumbag and a few were even cheering me on.
Estinien: You want a dance, you little prick?
Everyone turned to see Estinien rising to his feet. To our amazement, he began to perform a pitch-perfect, Far Eastern style dance.
Estinien: Oppa Estinien style!
The crowd erupted. We all began to join in the dance, save for Lolorito, who turned bright purple.
Everyone: Op! Op! Op! Oppa Estinien style!
I threw my 20 gil at Estinien’s feet. Everyone else followed suit, tossing money at him. A Viera in the 2b Leggings gave him her Allagan Gold Piece. Lolorito took off running while the rest of us danced into the night.

we just have to start putting optional content characters and references in the msq raw dog with like a disclaimer to go do those quests if youre confused im done with it bro

If you think it's immersion breaking to do this let me just point to how immersion breaking it is to have an entire sequence in the MSQ where we visit The First with Zero, who is a literal voidsent from the Thirteenth, and we cannot talk to or interact with the 2 NPCs sitting in the First who are also from the Thirteenth. like that is the point where side-story jail is taking the piss. I dont care if I can talk to Cylva AFTERWARD about it or mention Cylva/Unukalhai exist to Zero as optional dialogue at the very end of the story arc that is a band aid at absolute best

hey can i get uh... yeah i dont suppose theres any chance you have any untainted souls? yeah completely fresh if youve got them. yeah theyre... yeah. very hard to come by. ive checked every pawn shop in town but its like trying to find... no it has to have no sins. yeah none. yeah its like having a shoe size outside the normal range and trying to find shoes in a thrift store like yeah exactly its so rare people dont wanna give it up when they find it. oh. oh really? is that the least sinful one you have? fuck okay uh... i mean yeah at this point it might have to do. i can make it work with some custom firmware and holy water i guess. oh i just need it to break the barrier to the garden of eden. to burn it. yeah im gonna burn that shit down. thank you. oh yeah cool can i pay with crucifixion nails or do you only take cash

[reddit post with 2 upvotes and 5 replies]

pawnshopper51515

hey i got a soul that only has original sin. which homebrew software should i use to force it to break the eden barrier

adamsrib20

lol another idiot trying to burn down the garden. not gonna work. (18 downvotes)

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judas_letsfuckinggo_6169

wow. rare find op! tbh as long as you have maybe a half gallon of holy water to submerge it in youll be fine with the latest nightly release of b-not.afraid. just be sure to keep a backup of purgatoryyearsearned.dll

[in heaven]

archangel michael: haha hey big guy hows it going

g*d:

archangel michael: haha yeah. cool so i know youre omniscient and everything so im guessing you already know about eden. now i dont think we need to worry. we can rebuild and this is a great opportunity for a rebrand right? now i know we should have caught this sooner and i do apologise for-

g*d: so were you going to tell me you got a part time job in a pawn shop

archangel michael: i-

apparently in 2024 i wrote a post about somebody buying a soul from archangel michael at a pawn shop and jailbreaking it to burn the garden of eden. cool. i was definitely going through normal things and reacting to them normally

i try to take breaks and enjoy the afternoon sun on my porch when the weather's nice so i started setting my slack status to a lizard to let people know i'm basking for a bit and something to the effect of this graphic plays in the back of my head every time i see that little lizard icon

[ID: green-filtered image of an anole lizard laying on a branch and flaring its neck. advertisement-like text on it reads "are you or is someone you love basking? lounging? lazing? relaxing? chilling? sunbathing? [arrow to lizard] is this you? don't wait! call today 1-800-r-u-baskn"]

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