Final Fantasy Community

I've posted about this before, last year but it bears posting about again now since there's a whole PC Gamer article about it: Colin Ryan, the English voice actor for Alphinaud in FFXIV, has been streaming the game over the past year (with a few months break to be on stage). Last weekend, he finished patch 2.55 of A Realm Reborn and started Heavensward, which means he heard himself in game for the first time. His reaction? ADORABLE:



I've caught most of his streams live, and I gotta say they are well worth watching. As a voice actor, he knows SOME of the story but not all of it, and it's a delight to see him put two and two together and something suddenly makes sense to him.

You can watch him on Twitch at https://twitch.tv/iamalphinaud

What the title says. *points upward* And here's the official trailer. *points downward*



Official News post on FFXIV's Lodestone Site

Here's the official site but it appears to be slammed right now.

My opinion? Cautiously excited. I have played mobile games in the past and loved them, including Star Ocean: Anamnesis which was a multi-player mobile gacha. I really enjoyed that one, for the most part, and had some really good times excelling at battles in it. But then, I also had some really horrible times trying the hardest challenges and throwing my hands in the air when people sent stickers telling me off for how I was playing.

That was a few years ago, and I'm sure mobile games have changed now so it will be interesting to see just what they do with this one.

EDIT: I just checked the con's guest list, and GUESS WHAT? Javier Prusky, the voice of Bakool Ja Ja, will be attending as well! 😍 TWO GREAT VOICE ACTORS, ONE CONVENTION.

Original post:

Sena Bryer, who plays Wuk Lamat in Final Fantasy XIV's Dawntrail expansion, will be coming to Chicago for Con Alt Delete, an anime convention happening December 20th to 22nd this year!



Link to her Bsky post

Con Alt Delete's website

I haven't been to a convention in ages. I may try to catch this one, because I love what Sena did with Wuk Lamat. Thought I'd pass the word on, in case anyone else is interested!

Yes, you heard that right: Colin Ryan, the English voice actor of Alphinaud in Final Fantasy XIV, is now playing the game himself--and streaming it! His first stream was yesterday! I watched most of it, and it was sheer and utter delight.

Here's his channel: https://www.twitch.tv/iamalphinaud

And here's an adorable clip of him reacting to the Scions of the Seventh Dawn reveal in Ul'dah.

He was obviously having a great time and really enjoying the story, which made him a joy to watch. I figured I'd post here in case anybody else was interested in watching him too!

Here's the teaser:



I will put story spoilers under a cut. This is from memory so excuse any typos in names:

Story Spoilers!

* The theme is "Summer Vacation", and we will be going to what's been known as the "New World".
* The major hub city is ruled by the Mamool Ja.
* The story is thus: we are to help determine the next ruler by means of a contest.
* The Scions WILL be involved, but it sounds like they will be divided into two teams, and one team may be working against the WoL.
* There is a forest village accessible via dirigible over the mountains.
* A new Allied Tribe, the Peruperu, that look like the Tobli from X-2.
* Two new jobs, both DPS: one melee, one magical ranged caster.

Other big news:

* The game is coming to Xbox! Beta will be open in Spring 2024.
* There IS a system requirement upgrade for Windows users, but my friends tell me it's not too bad.
* Mac system requirement upgrade coming later.
* Yes, PS4 will be supported for 7.0.
* The free trial is now being expanded to include the entirety of Stormblood
* There's a crossover with Fall Guys, and that is the new Gold Saucer content coming.

I think that's it! Feel free to add stuff in comments that I missed.

A message to the Final Fantasy XIV community pic.twitter.com/Q5DSXhDu6E

— Alex Moukala (@alex_moukala) February 18, 2022

Alex is a musician known for doing funky covers of Final Fantasy and other video game music. Like me, he deeply loves FFXIV and has decided to put together a fan chorus to show appreciation to the devs for all their hard work on the game.

The instructions and other videos can be downloaded at this Google Drive link.

It doesn't matter how great a singer you are, Alex wants EVERYONE to feel comfortable participating. I've just recorded my version and will be sending it to him shortly. I believe you have until Friday to get your files in.

Final Fantasy XIV is having its digital fan fest this weekend, and the keynote ended about an hour ago. Here's what I remember from it:

It was most of the same information from the announcement showcase, though they did reveal the second new job: Reaper. To absolutely no one's surprise, it uses a scythe (this was heavily hinted at during the announcement event). Reapers can also tap into the power of the void to call an avatar to their side (um, I think that was the term they used; i'm tired.) A friend says it looks like a reverse Red Mage (red mage is a magic dealer that swoop in for melee attacks; reaper will be melee that perhaps might do some magic).

Endwalker's release date was announced: November 23rd, 2021, with early access on the 19th IIRC. You can get early access if you preorder. There are two in-game digital bonuses for preordering: a minion (I'm memfaulting if it's Palom or Porom, it's one of them) and an earring that boosts experience below 80.

They are doing away with physical copies of the game, however this doesn't mean there won't be a collector's edition! The physical collector's edition includes various goodies: a statue of Paladin WoL, a plushie of one of the new tribes, an Azem pin, a frame, and a collection of artwork, all packaged in a beautiful box.

There is a digital collector's edition too, which includes a new mount, a minion (the other FFIV twin), and I want to say something else that I'm forgetting, hmm.

Other announcements: male Viera as a playable race, the hub city of Old Sharlayan, and the start of the Oceania data center (alas, delayed by a few months due to the pandemic so won't be launching until after Endwalker).

Here's the link to the Fan Fest site:

https://fanfest.finalfantasyxiv.com/2021/na/

now i'm gonna nap until the piano concert.

It's called Endwalker, and will release this fall. Some highlights that I can remember from the (very long) showcase announcement:

( some mild spoilers under cut )

If I think of anything else I'll edit this. It was *long*.

Hello all, I'm new to this community. I'm a big fan of FFXIV and I've been having a slow Saturday. The thought of making Yoshi-P icons entered my head. It was an amusing way to rediscover icon editing which is a hobby I haven't attempted in many years.

Most of the shots are from promo photos which are high resolution so they're a bit samey. I wanted to try more candid shots from PLLs but those are tough to get in good resolution. If you guys want to see more than feel free to recommend shots or episodes.

Let me know if this isn't allowed and I'll take down the post.

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