final fantasy xiv – Kaylriene

Boss Mechanics Versus Player Mechanics

Something my recent forays into Savage raiding and harder EX trial pushing in FFXIV has brought to mind is a key difference between the core combat gameplay… Read more “Boss Mechanics Versus Player Mechanics”

(A quick personal note/request: my wife and I are working on a fun project called Mystery Taste Deck, a set of cards used to pick a recipe… Read more “Endwalker: The Journey To Level 90 Has Concluded, New Goals and Job Thoughts”

There will be spoilers for Endwalker in here, albeit lightly. Be warned! One month ago, I finished the Endwalker MSQ. At the time, I was sort of… Read more “One Month Later, A Look Back At The Endwalker MSQ”

I’ve leveled both a Black Mage and Dragoon in Endwalker, with the changes that both jobs had to their existing cores from prior Final Fantasy XIV content.… Read more “Ability Design and RPGs – The Difference of Additive and Subtractive Designs”

I’ve done it, and at last, all 4 healing jobs are mine at level 90. I’ve done some dungeons, done some EX trials, and I have what… Read more “A Look At All Four Healing Jobs In Final Fantasy XIV: Endwalker”

Last week, I put up a post discussing my Endwalker launch-window goals. Since then, I’ve made a fair amount of progress towards many of them, and I… Read more “A Genuinely Quick Check-In On My Endwalker Goals”

Endwalker launched last week officially, you might have heard about it. As of this last Wednesday, Yoshi P and team have a new request – unhear of… Read more “The (Potentially) Long Road Of Congestion in Final Fantasy XIV”

It’s been just over two weeks since Early Access for Endwalker launched. In that time, I’ve been fortunate to put a lot of hours into the game… Read more “Some Additional Non-Spoiler Gameplay Impressions of Endwalker”

This post is spoiler-free! Endwalker has officially been out just over a week, and nearly two counting early access. As I was doing in the lead-up to… Read more “Chasing Goals – My Launch Set of Final Fantasy XIV Goals For Endwalker”

I’ve done four drafts of this post, trying to make a clear, concise outline to why Endwalker blew my mind. Endwalker as a story is a piece… Read more “The Spoiler-Laden Review of Endwalker”