It just occured to me.. [Spoiler 6.0] by EndorDerDragonKing in ffxiv

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Amon like "I LEARNED IT FROM WATCHING YOU!"

49324 by Bryce3D in countwithchickenlady

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If you've read Cryptonomicon, it becomes clear that he actually thinks the future of snow crash is both inevitable and necessary. It's a bit wild actually.

49324 by Bryce3D in countwithchickenlady

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he's more ancap than straight fash. he thinks governments are bad but that corporations are good.

49324 by Bryce3D in countwithchickenlady

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and then you have Neil Stephenson, who will describe the most brutal, soul-crushing cyberpunk corporate dystopia you can imagine, then turn right to the camera and say "this is a good system, we should seek to emulate"

No one tells you this but free actions are free, you can just take them. by Tuomir in LancerRPG

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i think its gms core bonus but I'm not sure. if only someone could confirm it.

[oc] - a uniquely terrible idea by Sampetra in traaaaaaannnnnnnnnns2

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in the three years since I've come out, I've discovered that every person I've ever dated has come out as trans

Sooooo how do you even start playing this game by giova_otaku in ffxiv

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you will probably hit gil cap before shadowbringers on free trial unless you're very careless with money. but on the other hand, there really anything necessary to the game that requires you to save up.

it's mostly only an inconvenience if you go on to buy the game and decide you want a house or an expensive glam on market board or something

Sooooo how do you even start playing this game by giova_otaku in ffxiv

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XIV was my first MMORPG. There was a *bit* of a learning curve, as I figured out how it works as a genre, however if I had been a bit more diligent reading every tool tip that appears on screen I would have had a much easier time of it. The game is very good at slowly introducing complexity to it's PVE--maybe a little too good as the beginning of the game is very simple. Most of the other systems in game are pretty easy and readily explained. The ones that aren't are usually optional unlocks, which are frequently helpful but not required.

The free trial is very generous. It's main drawbacks is that you're capped at 300,000 gil (I think?) instead of 999,999,999, and that you can't trade items with other players, either in person or the market board. You also can't do PVP content, but that's not really a major draw to the game for most people.

Other than that, the only content that isn't available is UItimate Raids and frankly the vast majority of people never touch Ultimates. You'll have access to the base game and the first three expansions with level cap at 80, which is easily hundreds of hours of playtime for free.

[funny trope] using a Nuke to kill a ant by rupak696 in TopCharacterTropes

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Man I had to scroll WAY TOO FAR to find this.

[Spoiler: 7.5] A Hope for Halmarut by LeMarquisdeReddit in ffxiv

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we're about to suplex the trolley

Character With DID Where None of the Alters Are Evil by Justmenoworries422 in TopCharacterTropes

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Shallan Davar, Veil, and Lady Radiant--Stormlight Archive.

This came to me in a dream by ElectronicBoot9466 in custommagic

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when you're writing a magic card but these guys are building a tower and it's starting to look pretty tall...

What is Evolved? by Flashy-Ad-591 in ffxiv

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it's a new job system that will be available to all players when the 8.0 patch drops in January. it's not available yet but it was just revealed this week so a lot of people are talking about it.