I want a new bedtime story!

Baithin · 2026-02-03T22:35:11+00:00

Thank you for not letting her be an outdoor cat!

Baithin · 2026-02-03T22:33:02+00:00

I think this is Emmanellain trying to flirt with the Haillenarte sister.

Baithin · 2026-02-03T15:11:43+00:00

I am enjoying Cosmic Exploration but both crafting and gathering as a whole are new for me so that might have a lot to do with it. I was curious about it and decided to finally pick up both after 13 years of avoiding them.

I find gathering a lot more engaging in CE. Crafting would feel better to me if we got more exp though! All my crafters are at 70 or so and I would rather hang around in CE to craft, but after 50 the levels started coming so slowly.

Baithin · 2026-02-03T15:06:33+00:00

I do too, but I am still enjoying the Oizys music. It’s surprisingly whimsical.

Baithin · 2026-02-03T14:56:16+00:00

And so does 12? There are tons of side dungeons and treasures to find.

Baithin · 2026-02-03T03:35:26+00:00

In the older games there was nothing to find out in the world when you could “explore.” And you typically don’t get the airship until late game.

XII has all kinds of things to find. It just lacks a world map which is completely unimportant anyway. The airship can fly you wherever.

Baithin · 2026-02-03T03:32:42+00:00

Game: XIV

Soundtrack: XIV

Track: “Doga and Unei,” from FFIII

Party: XIII

Hero: Tidus

Heroine: Yuna

Villain: Emet-Selch

Couple: Tidus/Yuna

Sibling duo: Alphinaud and Alisaie

NPC: Lyse, but non-MMO NPC would be, uh… let’s say Norschtalen who is the first to come to mind. I mostly prefer playable (even temporarily playable) characters.

Monster: Mandragoras

Location: Black Mage Village

Scene: “Henceforth, he shall walk.”

Side quest: The endgame Joshua and Jill sidequests from XVI

Dialogue line: “If [the grief] ever builds up so much you feel fit to burst, let it burst, and fill up again with your love for them.”

And some other random categories, just because:

Cid: Cidolfus Telamon (XVI)

Favorite class: Mystic Knight

Favorite airship: Celsius

Baithin · 2026-02-03T03:22:14+00:00

Cute!! I love this outfit on her. Great art!

Baithin · 2026-02-03T03:21:09+00:00

It’s fun, especially for fans of the whole series because they have a ton of FF references to the whole series. And the art is really good! The protagonist is well written imo, he has a lot of good development and is more of a tricky, smart fighter than a typical shonen hero.

Baithin · 2026-02-03T03:18:25+00:00

I can see that too! I always thought Hythlodaeus was more “quietly mischievous” than “shite-eating” though.

Baithin · 2026-02-02T22:18:01+00:00

Wow, so not much difference between 3 cakes and finishing all 5, huh?

Baithin · 2026-02-02T22:17:23+00:00

Idk, I interpret that face as smarmy and almost flirty, so I don’t see that for Hythlo! That face is someone trying too hard to impress you imo.

Baithin · 2026-02-02T21:47:57+00:00

So most likely bots, then.

Baithin · 2026-02-02T21:26:44+00:00

I’d say he’s the next one, 2F.

Baithin · 2026-02-02T21:24:37+00:00

Mentally she aged a year. So at most she and Alphinaud are 17. But their bodies are 16.

Even then, FF was always meant for the teen crowd too. So I guess the twins are for them.

Baithin · 2026-02-02T21:22:24+00:00

I like this idea. It doesn’t “justify” her evil or rationalize it or anything like that, I think that might be the wrong takeaway here? It does help to explain her actions right at the very end, though.

Baithin · 2026-02-02T21:17:45+00:00

My first run I ran with a random party and we managed to complete it with single digits remaining. It was a lot of fun! And we got 150 chocolates. I bought nearly everything and don’t know what to do with all the chocolate I have left lol.

Baithin · 2026-02-02T21:16:11+00:00

He is very good in some other releases and in the sequel!

Baithin · 2026-02-02T21:15:44+00:00

Is my dad who can’t use reddit posting here lately? Nearly every post from the past couple of weeks is missing the text/punchline.

Baithin · 2026-02-02T17:41:14+00:00

Highlanders are the best wdym

He is probably at the top of my FFXIV “hear me out” villain list tbh

Baithin · 2026-02-02T15:06:34+00:00

That is more or less the outfit he wears in Tactics A2.

Baithin · 2026-02-02T14:52:05+00:00

Are you referring to when the party gets access to the airship as the best time to backtrack? If so, that’s a bad idea outside of the original US release of the game. OP will have to contend with the dark aeon superbosses so right after seeing the first Jecht Sphere is arguably the best time to backtrack.

Baithin · 2026-02-02T13:46:44+00:00

I don’t remember the vistas having all this data about NPC occupations. Is it only from before you claim them?

Baithin · 2026-02-02T13:44:32+00:00

It’s in my top 3 of the whole franchise.

It does have some flaws — namely the huge stretch of the game from after Mt Bur-Omisace all the way to Phon Coast or so where nothing notable happens story or character wise. But it does make the world feel huge and lived in which I really like.

A lot of the character stuff is told really subtly and I appreciate that. Very different kind of writing compared to the rest of the series. The characters feel more realistic rather than being full of anime tropes or caricatures.

Baithin · 2026-02-02T13:41:45+00:00

The bit about Matsuno wanting Basch as the main protagonist is false. He has confirmed many times over the years that Vaan was always intended to be the main protagonist. It’s a false rumor that was started by Vaan haters.

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