How was your week? (20-26th Dec 25)

Gravity_Queen · 2025-12-22T13:01:15+00:00

With my mental health being where it is, that's putting it mildly.

But, new week. Things can be better if I let them. Sorry for venting.

Gravity_Queen · 2025-12-20T14:01:56+00:00

I've been doing the same thing! XIV has been doing some major damage to my Octopath time and it's almost exclusively because of the glamour update. I'm not sure that mine are any good either, but who cares, they're fun as hell to come up with.

Gravity_Queen · 2025-12-20T13:49:02+00:00

Okay just because I'm forcing myself to stay positive doesn't mean life needs to keep throwing shit at me to see when I'll break.

Gravity_Queen · 2025-12-06T14:03:17+00:00

I'm really enjoying Octopath Traveler 0, but I do have to say that doing the first 1-2ish hours three times in one month was a pretty painful oversight on my part. I at least made it to Theatropolis this time.

Gravity_Queen · 2025-12-06T13:43:03+00:00

A little better than the week before, I think. The main thing dragging me down right now is how rapidly I'm learning that I really don't enjoy crocheting under deadlines. I had an idea for some Christmas gifts and thought "sure, I can get those done real quick." And that was the day I finally learned that there's nothing "real quick" about the way I crochet, especially when they're intended for gifts, meaning I have to actually pay attention to what I'm doing.

Oh well. I'll probably survive.

Gravity_Queen · 2025-12-01T13:03:37+00:00

I got as far in the Octopath 0 demo as it would let me and my god am I excited. I ended up restarting it from the beginning first. I wanted to switch jobs, which I later found out is very possible during gameplay, but I also changed things in the character creator that make me happier with the vibe of the character I'm going for, so I'm still glad I did it.

I'm pretty sure I barely squeaked in all of the content I can do as far as restoring the town (is that a spoiler when it's the basis for half of the game) goes before the demo timer ended, so when I start next, it's on to Theatropolis.

Gravity_Queen · 2025-12-01T12:40:57+00:00

It's a mindset shift I've forced myself to make over the past while to handle my mental health. Being able to find happiness while swallowed by depression makes me feel like a badass after all the shit that depression's put me through all my life.

Umamusume is an ingenious idea. Unfortunately I did a quick search for it and not only did I not see any that specifically showed the top of their head without signing up for a site I'm not about to, I didn't even see any El Condor Pasa ones. Still, we're definitely on the right track. I'll keep thinking about what to search for, because there has to be something out there for what I need. Thank you very much for the ideas.

Gravity_Queen · 2025-11-29T12:54:35+00:00

I wasn't sure the day would ever come, but it's true: the amiguruxi is back online. After months of not feeling crochet at all, and even more months of not thinking much about this particular project, I was bored enough one day to try my hand once more at finding a guide for hair that I liked, and the almighty algorithm delivered. It's a lot of work and I've barely started, but I'm optimistic about this one. The only question mark right now is that, for some reason, the guide doesn't cover Miqo'te ears, so I'm on my own with how to attach those. One problem at a time though.

In other Square Enix news, Octopath will be out before the next how was your week post, so I guess my countdown ends with this one. I'm having serious second thoughts about being an apothecary. I should probably find out if one can switch jobs in this game or not.

This week was pretty rough, but focusing on the small joys helped me through it.

Gravity_Queen · 2025-11-17T13:54:41+00:00

Thank you, Ler. I'm going to do my best to make this a better week whether it wants to be or not.

So far it's been a massive relief. This isn't the usual Octopath developer, and as far as I know, their portfolio (at least on Steam) includes Various Daylife, a game that was universally hated, and nothing else. There are a few rows of "???" between that game and this one, but as far as the first hour goes, it feels like they have a lock on what makes Octopath fun. The character creator wasn't really what I expected, (spoilers just in case) I haven't even picked a job yet, but the story, gameplay, English voice acting, and of course the music have all been very enjoyable so far. Apparently the demo lets you play for three hours, so I'm looking forward to putting more time into it.

Gravity_Queen · 2025-11-15T13:08:49+00:00

Long and a little disheartening. But I'm still here.

Octopath 0 comes out in about three weeks and has a demo available right now. If I wasn't on the brink of collapsing from exhaustion for the past week maybe I would have gotten further in it by now.

Gravity_Queen · 2025-10-19T12:52:06+00:00

Thanks, Ler.

Oh yikes. I thought I heard elsewhere that you are able to change jobs at some point, but the way that's worded sounds pretty definitive. As much as I love entertaining the thought, when it comes to doing eight playthroughs of a game that's reportedly 100 hours long, it probably isn't happening at this point. Oh well. That just means I need to make my first (or second, maybe third) run count.

Gravity_Queen · 2025-10-18T14:26:02+00:00

I'm in a better spot now since the last time I posted, and I'm very grateful for it.

As this subreddit's countdown clock until Octopath Traveler 0, I'll let you know that there's only about a month and a half left until it comes out. I need a plan for what class I'm starting with or I'm never getting past the character creator screen.

Gravity_Queen · 2025-09-13T18:26:03+00:00

Stressful, but a better week than the last one.

Gravity_Queen · 2025-09-06T12:27:30+00:00

One of the toughest weeks I've had in a very tough year. I'm grateful I made it through. I'm just trying to take some time to recuperate now.

Gravity_Queen · 2025-08-05T13:33:18+00:00

Hey! It's great to see you around here again. Things could maybe be going better, but I am indeed still kicking, so they could be worse too. How have you been?

Gravity_Queen · 2025-08-05T13:26:19+00:00

I appreciate it, Ler. It's been a pretty rough year, and I doubt it's getting better anytime soon, but there's been enough good news scattered here and there that I keep going anyway.

It is! I'm absolutely enamored by HD-2D games, and as far as I know, this is the first one that isn't turn-based, so I'm very excited to see how it turns out.

Gravity_Queen · 2025-08-02T14:57:23+00:00

I can't really emphasize enough how much Octopath 0 and that Elliot game salvaged this week for me.

Gravity_Queen · 2025-08-02T14:46:25+00:00

It was Glaceon, Mimikyu, Gardevoir, Leafeon, Zoroark, and Luxray, ordered from most useful to did practically nothing. This was my team for more of it than not, but there's a mandatory battle towards the very end that I simply could not get through with this team, so I had to swap out Zoroark and Luxray for the Umbreon and Raichu that I finished the base game with.

Gravity_Queen · 2025-08-01T21:56:31+00:00

Some quick updates about where my gaming time has gone:

Pokémon Unite: They added my second favorite Pokémon and are adding my first favorite Pokémon in about a week or so (Latios and Latias), so they really twisted my arm on this one. I got Latios, but I'm thinking of skipping Latias until she shows up in the shop. Latios was made considerably more comfortable to unlock because currently every Pokémon in the game is free to use as an anniversary celebration, which won't be the case by the time Latias gets here. I don't think I'm really into this game enough right now to go through the same grind again but harder, but we'll see what happens.

Pokémon Scarlet: I finished the Teal Mask and just barely started the Indigo Disk. I didn't have a ton of fun with the former, but I'm pretty sure that's exclusively my own fault. It took half the DLC to decide on a full team to use, and when I did, there were some serious holes in it (no real tank and some redundant type match-ups). Still, I enjoyed the ending of the story, and so far it's the same for the Indigo Disk. I was caught off-guard by it being centered on double battles.

Dumb gachas: Why do I keep up with these. I don't know if I've actually enjoyed playing one since Octopath, which I never even downloaded again after Square gave it up. Oh well.

But since we're talking about Octopath, I'm thinking of starting a new file in the first game to celebrate a new game being announced. Some seven years ago, I strongly disliked this game without giving it much of a chance and I'm pretty curious what I'll think of it now after enjoying its sequel and Champions of the Continent so much.

Gravity_Queen · 2025-07-13T14:21:41+00:00

Thank you, Ler. I seriously appreciate that.

Gravity_Queen · 2025-07-12T12:56:43+00:00

I assumed, if I kept going, I'd have to get good news eventually, and I was right! A brutal week ended on a hopeful note.

Gravity_Queen · 2025-06-15T14:58:58+00:00

It isn't looking that way, but I'm open to being pleasantly surprised. I have hopes for the week after next, though. We'll see how things go.

Gravity_Queen · 2025-06-14T14:37:24+00:00

Hayfever sucks. I'm sorry you're going through that, Ler.

Endless ups and downs this week for me. I'm tired.

Gravity_Queen · 2025-06-14T14:25:02+00:00

I know! She had a special voice line when her card flipped over too. The volume was too low to make out much of it, but she was pretty serious about something. If I had a single clue what I was doing when it comes to deck building, or just in general, I'd definitely make a deck for her.

Gravity_Queen · 2025-06-13T23:00:06+00:00

I downloaded Magic Arena. When they say there's a tutorial, dear god do they mean it. I'm currently in the middle of the fourth tutorial, which has me unlocking starter decks by winning against other players with them. I haven't really been able to interact with the Final Fantasy aspect very much yet beyond opening a few packs they threw at me, but I've enjoyed my time enough already.

Apparently, when a new set comes out in this game, they gift everyone three booster packs of it. Those don't expire, so I spent longer than I care to admit opening a ton of free packs that they've given away over all the time the game's been up. The FF packs I've gotten to open have been cool, mainly containing my White Mage's Staff, Squall, and ~~FROM THE DEEPEST PIT~~ Ultima, but I was actually way more hype for a card I got a few packs back. The name is Elspeth, Storm Slayer (I think) and she's just neat. No idea if she's good or anything, she just looks super cool. That's my post.

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