FFXIV Housing Partitions

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Dear SE, please give us new Partition solution,

Currently, we don’t have many choices with Partitions. It is very limited. And most of the time, it does not match well or even go along with the Wallpaper (Interior Wall).

Would it be possible if you, for example, invent a new way for making a Partition. I would like to suggest that you add a new recipe “Custom Partition” in the game. If you want it to be challenging, you can make up a story of a side quest, introducing an excellent interior designer NPC who gives out the quest to unlock this special recipe. Recipe could be level 50 or 60 and is universal (available for any craft class, just like the dye pots).

After crafting this partition, adventurer can pair it up with an Interior Wall of their desire, and trade them both to the NPC, and he or she will merge them together to form a specific design of the “Custom Partition.” It will become, for example, “Custom Partition: Wavy Interior Wall” which can be differentiate easily by players when they see the item. The item icon can, and should, show the pattern of the interior wall it is made of.

This can be yet another unlockable function, where players are required to finish some tasks to make the NPC available for the trading.

While you are at it, I would also like to suggest you to add more Interior Walls. Currently, there is no perfect wall to match with Oriental Partition. One of the latest additions of Interior Wall, Wavy Interior Wall DID look quite oriental, but the pattern is too cluttered and does not fit that well with Tatami Flooring. Even if I choose some of the currently “Orientalish” Partitions and Interior Wall that have wooden colour and design, the colours still don’t go well with Oriental Partition, and makes the combination an ugly mismatch. An Oriental Interior Wall, Oriental Monochrome Interior Wall, Oriental Plain Interior Wall, for example, and perhaps a Bamboo Interior Wall, will be greatly appreciated.

Best regards,
A housing enthusiast.

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Sending this through in-game suggestion. Should I also hop onto the official forum and post this?

Well, I just added a reply to an existing suggestion thread about Housing items. Here: http://forum.square-enix.com/ffxiv/threads/134353-Housing-Ideas-and-Feature-Requests?p=3567027&viewfull=1#post3567027

Eorzean Art Exchange: Valentione 2016

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Recently I’ve been bad and haven’t kept up with this MAIN blog, but was very active on tumblr. Oops!

There was an Art Exchange campaign, on tumblr, for FFXIV’s Valention’s Day 2016, held by Eorzean Art Exchange. I participated and sent my piece. Yesterday the art done for me by a randomized exchange partner was posted and it is splendid!!!!!!!!!!

I put a thumbnail for preview in this entry, but please check out the original post >> here <<

And my art submission for my randomized recipient is below:

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This was for @giltedxpaladin and original post can be found >> here <<

It was truly a wonderful experience. I’ve made a >> LONG rambling post << about this and my feelings in participating, mentioning most, if not all, of my supportive friends including my Shy Anon. If anyone is interested in reading, please feel free to click the link above.

All those artwork sent by participating artists are fantastic. Right now not all entries are published, and more will keep coming through out the week. If anyone would like to check them out and/or give support to the artists, please visit the Eorzean Art Exchange blog. However, when there is a new campaign, the older art might not show on the main page and you might need to browse their February 2016 archive instead.

 

Tenpe and Rin

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Made a pic of G’Tenpe Tia and Rin’a Fortemps, which are my friend and his waifu (on Ragnarok).

 

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I downloaded a Foliage brush set (by Chromatic Skies) from deviant art, and used an in-app Cherry Petals brush. Then I made Sakura blossoms brush especially for this pic. I also used a lot of downloaded brushes, like a Cloud brush, from official Clip Studio Paint website.

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A zoomed-in and cropped pic without Tenpe’s glasses, just to show off the wrinkles detail. :P

It’s been a helluva week for me working on this piece of art. It was incredibly entertaining and challenging. One minute I’m enjoying brushing the colors like mad, the next minute I’m cursing Tenpe’s wrinkles and his shoulder pieces LOL. I took the liberty in making up the details of left shoulder piece on my own because in-game screenshots and Tenpe’s stance angle in this pic didn’t quite help. And the sword was a tough nut. They came out better than I had imagined, though.

Thank you two for being the inspiration and motivation. I’ve had some break-through in coloring techniques while working on this picture. Most of all, I had a load of fun doing it.

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orz   //grovel

After dinner, I realized that even with the saturation adjustment, my sakura blossoms still look very much like blotches of neon colors. So I made a new brush and redid the sakura trees to correct that.

Here’s the newest revision, and hopefully the last!

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Daily Beast Tribe Quest: FATE

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Sent this today:

Dear developers,

Currently the lv 48 daily beast tribe quests are very popular due to the beastmen currency rewards that are required for the purchase of Anima Relic Weapon item. With the demand being skyrocketed, the competition is extremely crazy. The FATE, where adventurers are required to participate AND score at least Silver medal, does not spawn often enough.

The other day I waited for over an hour for the one in Sahagin landbase to spawn. And the real problem is that we can’t safely go do something else while waiting. We have to waste every minute standing there at the FATE spot, because if we leave the spot and it happens to spawn, there is no way in the seven hells that we would make it back on time to even participate, not to mention scoring Silver or Gold.

Why? Because these FATEs usually end within 1 minute (or sometimes even faster) due to the mad amount of people camping it.

Please either reconsider the respawn time and make it short, or allow those who earn Bronze medal to also receive the drop required to finish the daily beast tribe quest.

Happy New Year to my Shy Anon

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Just a doodle.

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Since I am terribaddddd at holding my liquor, and I have no idea how you are with alcoholic drink, I imagine we could toast with mugs of hot chocolate drink. :D

Also, Happy New Year to everyone :D I hope you have a great year, healthy and happy all the way!

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Shy Anon saw this doodle and was so happy and sent me this pic along with wonderful new year wishes. I AM SO HAPPY OMG!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! SQUEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!

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Gentle and happy colors. So much joy in this pic! I love the expression, the pose, and the color combination in this pic.

Thank you Shy Anon. You’re a very sweet and kind person. I will shamelessly put my paws on this fantastic art and hold on to it forever. I won’t say “you didn’t have to do this” because I am extremely happy that you sent it. It’s adorable. <333333333

Please make Hab meet inspector Hildibrand

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Sent this today:

Dear SE,

After the Gold Saucer patch, I noticed that Hab became a Triple Triad player and started accepting Triple Triad challenges from adventurers. For that, I thank you. It was the very kind of you to have given him some activities to entertain himself. However, as now the boom of Triple Triad has quieted down, Hab is lonely again. Whenever I visited his camp to collect Mythril Ores, I can’t help feeling sad for him.

His Sabotender buddies never came to visit him ever again since they went home. And adventurers stopped coming here, except perhaps some Miners. Is it possible for you to somehow let him meet Hildibrand? Inspecter Hildibrand is famous among the fallens, and Hab should have heard about him. Perhaps you can make him get a letter from one of his Sabotender buddies, for something emergency or mysterious, and Hab wants to help his friend. So, Hab might seek help from an adventurer to contact Hildibrand and have him solve the case for a happy ending.

Then, his idle dialogue should change, for those who have finished this latest quest. Because even now, after I have befriended him, and helped him find his friends, and learned of his beautiful nature, he still treated me like a no-name adventurer who seemed hostile. He talked to me like a stranger. He does not recognize me.

Please at least make him recognize me, and say something like “Oh I’m happy you come here to visit me.” “I hope you are doing great in your adventure.” “I miss Sabotendrick, Sabotendred, and Sabotendale. I hope they are fine.” Or something to show a little bit of happiness in him. This poor soul is sitting all lonely in a faraway corner of a vast and quiet desert. It makes me sad that he doesn’t even enjoy my presence there because he doesn’t recognize me as a friend.

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And this:

Dear SE,

I’m sorry for writing yet another letter about Hab the Zombie. I just ran into Albin the Ashen, the elite mark rank B for weekly hunt bill. And I just realized that Hab could use some background story as a friend of Hab. Maybe they befriended each other after they became fallens.

And since Albin is on a hunt bill, you may want to make Hab say something like “Albin went and got his name on the wanted list and now he wanders the land to escape the hunters” or something like that. Maybe Hab could be the source of gossip or information as to why the Grand Company would place a prize on Albin’s head when he is rather harmless. Thank you for reading my ramblings. But I truly hope that Hab has more happiness and more friends.

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What got into me? LOL IDK. I’m drunk and I’m not sorry.

Hab the Zombie, revisit

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Today I visited my friend, Hab, again and decided to write a poem about him.

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Here sits Hab, the lone zombie.
In a far corner of Sagolii desert.
He is calm and quite friendly.
So, adventurers, don’t be alert.

He despises the taste of brain.
And is just chilling at his campfire.
Stay your sword, axe, lance and cane.
And soothe your killing desire.

Sit down with him and listen.
Many stories, he’ll share with you.
How his friendship had him smitten.
You know, Zombies Are People Too.

He used to have a few close friends.
With whom he had fun together.
Those green and thorny Sabotens.
But one day, they left for adventure.

Hab was frantic with pain and worry.
To have again become a loner.
He hoped his friends were in safety.
Even if they left because his odor.

I went to search, through his request.
In the Shroud, Wineport and Zanr’ak
I found all, and thought it the best.
But now he sat alone in the dark.

His spikey friends were homesick.
And said they miss their family.
Their departure was so quick.
And Hab couldn’t hide that he’s lonely.

But while I frowned with sadness.
Hating that I brought the third one.
He said something that’s so selfless.
I was baffled from the stun.

“As long as I know they are in safety,”
He told me with a gentle smile.
“Even if they aren’t here, I am happy.”
It left me speechless for a long while.

So, adventurers, if you would please.
Come visit this guy when you can.
He has Triple Triad expertise.
If you also play, challenge this man.

In your free time, keep him company.
His camp also has ores, such as Mythril.
He deosn’t deserve to be lonely.
Please come here to sit and chill.

– Aleczan –

 

 

Generous person in FATE

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OMGGGG This person, Aina ???????? (censoring because the person is a stranger and I did not ask for permission to reveal name), is so nice. I’m not saying that people who don’t notice such things and don’t realize they could be generous in FATE are bad or unkind, but this person, in my eyes, is very kind and is also a discerning individual. This kind of person will often look out for others and extend generosity to strangers. Sometimes they would even spend time and effort and go out of their way to help others.

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Today I took 3 Amalj’aa beast tribe quests to start collecting beast tokens for 3rd stage of Anima weapon. Unfortunately, one of them involves killing a FATE boss to obtain a key item. It just wouldn’t pop. So I went to Sylphlands for other quests and after finishing Sylph’s quests, I went back to Southern Thanalan to check on the FATE. And yes, it popped and it had 12 minutes left. I rushed there at my top speed. It was so far away, all the way inside Zahar’ak.

When I got there, someone else was there with their chocobo, and the boss HP dropped from full to 50% VERY quickly. I panicked and hopped off my chocobo, hit level sync button, and then did everything to try to get the FATE participation credits. Swiftcast + Divine Seal + Medica II, and Eye for Eye on my chocobo, for example. And I used all my instant spells like Aero and Fluid Aura, thinking I still might not make it. (I can’t remember if you needed Gold for FATE key item to drop or not.)

Amid my flurry, I saw that the person doing emotes at me. So I looked closely, the person was standing with weapon sheathed and not attacking. O_o! He or she must have noticed me and my desperation, and decided to let me get more share of the participation credits.

My battle did not even last longer than 30 seconds, but I ended up getting the item drop!!!

I was so glad and very grateful. This trivial kindness is really what encourages me to continue playing the game without shutting myself in FC house crafting all day (or roaming the waters, fishing without interacting to human, lol.)

Most people would just either not even notice me and my need of FATE credits, and some might do, but still don’t care enough to share, as I’ve experienced many times before. It’s not a good feeling. I get pouty and a little mad. Not mad enough to insult the person or the shout channel, but mad, yeah.

As a result, whenever I notice late comers to the FATE and I’m sure my reward is secured, I stop competing and change my chocobo to healer mode, so that more people could benefit from the FATE instead of me hoarding the excessive participation credits. Because, you know, some FATEs could take 7 hours to respawn.