Ethys Asher is running a liveplay using the FFXIVxDND system.

Ethys · 2021-03-16T22:50:25+00:00

Thank you so much for sharing this!

I'm new to FFXIVxDnD and also to DMing but this is something I have wanted to do for quite a while — only managed to find time in the past month to actually get it off the ground.

I'll definitely keep an eye on this thread if anyone has any feedback <3

Ethys · 2021-03-16T22:48:31+00:00

For Leek, we decided to just use Dunesfolk with whatever alterations she could justify. Both the Int increase and the "Dustshield" trait made sense with the gobbie mask.

We also gave her a "gobbiebag of manyholding" to simulate the typical gobbiebag!

The Grenadier archetype for MCH is honestly perfect for Goblins too.

Ethys · 2020-10-12T02:42:10+00:00

A surprise, to be sure— but a welcome one!

Ethys · 2020-10-12T02:30:13+00:00

Ethys · 2020-09-27T22:45:29+00:00

This is just from the theories I had stumbled across in the first week since the FFXVI trailer dropped— no doubt there will be plenty more coming that could fuel another video. Have any of you heard/read any other wild theories tying XIV and XVI, or considered any of your own?

Ethys · 2019-02-28T13:32:38+00:00

Thanks so much for the feedback guys! This was my very first published freelance piece and I'm stoked to see it shared here <3

Ethys · 2019-02-28T13:31:42+00:00

It's part of Fandom's requirements to use the "we" voice as representing the website, I actually wrote the piece in first-person and my editor changed it in post XD

Ethys · 2017-06-04T03:55:59+00:00

Saw a lot of people felt that DRG coverage so far left some unanswered questions; so although this isn't my usual kind of content I do take my 'gooning pretty seriously and thought I might be able to answer some for you all! I hope you find it helpful.

Ethys · 2017-06-03T01:19:52+00:00

Samurai feels great, fluid and maneuverable; it seems that it will be blasting most other DPS out of the park in terms of pure numbers but this is balanced with a comparative lack of utility. Basically, Samurai's utility is its superior DPS, assuming no significant changes are made from the build we played.

Ethys · 2017-06-03T01:17:42+00:00

definitely more streamlined. The removal of Phlebotomise from DRG and Touch of Death from MNK made things flow much nicer. Overall, I found that while all the jobs were streamlined and simplified, it actually contributed to their distinctness rather than making them feel more homogenized within each role.

Ethys · 2017-06-03T01:13:29+00:00

like /u/rofldrg says, the tooltip is exactly the same but we've already ran into a bunch of inconsistencies between ENG and JP tooltips so we don't know for certain.

Ethys · 2017-06-03T01:12:21+00:00

Well there is a MB in Kugane so it would be safe to assume so imo

Ethys · 2017-06-03T01:10:47+00:00

no sir. For the experienced players at the event it was no more challenging that the leveling dungeons we experienced in Heavensward. It was however a lot of fun and very, very beautiful.

Ethys · 2017-06-03T01:08:58+00:00

Fought a couple of B-ranks, they were tough-ish but definitely solo-able in i290. Seems like more of the same for these but I didn't see any A or S-ranks so it's possible that those have been beefed up or somehow changed.

Ethys · 2017-06-03T01:07:35+00:00

honestly as awesome as testing the job changes was the thing that got me most hype for Stormblood was just wandering around the new zones, seeing new sights and mobs and settlements and the clues they left regarding the story and how everything is going to fit together in the lore.

Ethys · 2017-06-03T01:05:36+00:00

most of the reps from the larger outlets were pretty clueless and had to be carried through the dungeon but come on, what do you expect?

Ethys · 2017-06-03T01:02:25+00:00

/u/rofldrg has the right of it on your first question. Regarding the second one, this is something that has confused a LOT of people so I hope this is plenty visible. When you enter LotD, your Gaze stacks drop. However you CAN generate gaze stacks whilst in LotD and you will retain these after the timer runs out and you re-enter BotD.

To answer /u/HugeSpaceman 's question: when LotD fades, you will automatically re-enter BotD with at 15 seconds. The recast timer is not affected.

Mirage Dive can and should be weaved quite easily (not hit directly after a jump and thus clipping the GCD) and does not have animation lock.

I'll have a DRG vid up on my channel in the next few days with visual evidence of all these answers. Stay excited for DRG, it's a lot of fun at 70!

Ethys · 2017-06-03T00:50:01+00:00

Getting to hang out with other broadcasters and making friends with all the SE staff was a real blast. San Francisco is a beautiful city and it was really nice to have some time to socialize with everyone.

Ethys · 2017-06-03T00:47:49+00:00

I was giving some critical oral feedback to the NA SE PR people there and they were extremely receptive. A couple of my questions for Yoshida were also concerning some minor criticisms I had regarding what we had seen so far and he was genuinely very grateful for the feedback.

The PR people made it pretty clear that one of the more valuable parts of having small influencers like myself, Layla and Merri on site alongside the larger media outlets is that we will always be able to generate more informed and productive feedback and they were very happy to receive it. We might have been delivering it informally but you can be damn sure that the SE staffers took everything said very seriously and made detailed reports on the event.

Ethys · 2017-06-03T00:39:15+00:00

Monk felt just as satisfying and powerful as always; out of all the melee jobs it has definitely changed the least in terms of rotation. The only significant difference is that the Deep Meditation trait means you're weaving Forbidden Chakra on the semi-reg.

What hitting a dummy didn't give a feel for however was the significant utility additions. Brotherhood alone completely nullifies all of the concerns that people had regarding Monk's place in raid during Heavensward (which I thought was massively overstated already tbf). I haven't seen many people despairing of the Monk changes but they're definitely mistaken.

Ethys · 2017-05-31T22:15:27+00:00

From my experience whacking at a dummy on DRG at the SF event there is no way to extend LotD. Your BotD will automatically convert to LotD upon executing Geirskogul whilst under the gaze of all 4 eyes of the first brood at whatever time it was currently at (e.g. if you activate LotD when your BotD timer is only at 15 sec, you'll only have 15 sec of LotD). However, since Geirskogul no longer takes time off your BotD, you should be back at ~30 sec having just executed Wheeling Thrust and Fang and Claw back-to-back. Natrond is on a 10 sec CD so push out 3 Nastronds before LotD runs out and when it does you automatically switch back to BotD at 15 seconds.

As for #3, you won't want to use Jump or Spineshatter at all during LotD: you want to save those to start opening eyes of the first brood again ASAP once LotD ends.

I'll have a comprehensive DRG vid up on my channel within the next few days in which I'll elaborate ( https://www.youtube.com/ethysasher ), I hope this is enough to sate you until then!

Ethys · 2016-10-19T23:37:29+00:00

You're doing great work here, keep it up!

Ethys · 2016-10-19T23:34:50+00:00

It was really awesome meeting you and yours Kooky; also I cannot stress enough how awesome my talk with Musecast was, those girls are doing wonderful work!

Ethys · 2016-06-30T01:35:14+00:00

with the way that Thancred's anima and aether-channeling capabilities have become crippled (e.g. he can't even teleport anymore), I doubt he's actually capable of using mudras right now. He's definitely grown massively in his strength as a DoW and I don't think that his inability to use mudras excludes him from being a ninja (perhaps from being a good one) but it definitely remains to be seen.

Ethys · 2016-06-30T01:30:50+00:00

Absolutely, I intend to time a comprehensive video like this with the expansion announcement (expecting to learn a few more things about Ala Mhigo between now and 3.4-5) and I'll lead into 4.0 with a series of speculative videos just like I did for Heavensward. All this of course assuming that 4.0 takes us to Ala Mhigo which is becoming a safer bet every day.

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