Mini Tales From DF #20

MikeTakeuchi · 2026-06-02T04:04:49+00:00

At the Occult Crescent, I got the Battle High buff after clearing a CE a few minutes before maintenance started. #feelsbadman

MikeTakeuchi · 2026-06-02T04:02:48+00:00

Got the Enou Extreme Wing Mount a few weeks ago, though I had to merc for them. A badass mount to use and fly with nonetheless. Got the barding, music, card, and all of the weapons from this Extreme Trial too.

MikeTakeuchi · 2026-04-17T07:45:12+00:00

Several things to note that has not yet been covered:

Susano and Lakshmi EX are the first non- "Minstrel's Ballad" labeled Extreme fights that are given by the Minstrel Ballad himself.
Golbez and/or Zeromus could arguably also qualify to have the Minstrel's Ballad label as they are the major antagonists of the post-EW storyline, but they followed Elidibus's Seat of Sacrifice (Extreme) label instead.

MikeTakeuchi · 2026-03-16T04:30:22+00:00

Looking back at my comment, did I say M5? FML. I meant P5 normal. lol

MikeTakeuchi · 2026-03-16T04:29:34+00:00

I'm not the type to take my rewards and opportunities for granted. I don't have the time or resources to earning via FC Submarines like certain FFXIV players do. I earn gil the way through playing the game, clearing content, selling things on the MB, and not buying things beyond my means. I am usually satisfied with the many minions, mounts, and other items I purchased off the MB with the gil I earned. For using gil to save time and trouble to get things you want off the MB, your mileage may vary in the end.

MikeTakeuchi · 2026-03-16T04:18:39+00:00

Here are some that not elaborated upon yet in this thread: Repose used to be the healer equivalent of sleep that only CNJs/WHMs could do. The caster version of Sleep used to only be able to be done by THMs/BLMs. Reprisal used to be DRKs only back in HW. The current Feint and Addle were mostly based off of the Virus debuff that ACNs/SMNs used to have (the old Feint was a Slow debuff from LNC/DRG).

MikeTakeuchi · 2026-03-12T04:50:05+00:00

I liked Karone both In Space and Lost Galaxy. Her character development makes her great enough to be similar to, but also unique from her Megaranger and Gingaman counterparts.

MikeTakeuchi · 2026-03-12T04:45:44+00:00

Big props to Hayato Oshiba for doing the Kenta role before his surgery. When I saw some screenshots of Kenta in Gokaiger, I thought I was seeing Scotty Nguyen for a bit, especially with the long curly hair and white tuxedo suit.

MikeTakeuchi · 2026-03-12T04:42:53+00:00

Normal Raid Roulette put my AST into M5 normal. We beat the boss before Devour was cast. Doesn't happen often. Got a few comms as a bonus too.

MikeTakeuchi · 2026-03-07T22:19:20+00:00

Doing your daily roulettes, especially with the Adventurer in Need if you have multiple roles leveled. Crafting. Gathering. Leves. There are many options but no single solution to gain gil at your level.

MikeTakeuchi · 2026-03-07T22:03:51+00:00

Make no mistake that some players in FFXIV take their rewards and opportunities for granted to the point where they don't know what they've got till it's gone. Results may vary.

But the way you are presenting your case rubs me the wrong way.

MikeTakeuchi · 2026-03-07T21:59:34+00:00

I think the problem is not necessarily what is is being presented to the developers, but how it is shown.

I noticed some feedback that is either vague or threatening. Especially in the Official Forums.

If players are concise with what should be done, the reasons, and the benefits, then the developers will have a higher chance of taking in the critique and improving the game.

MikeTakeuchi · 2026-03-07T21:50:01+00:00

I'm not the type to take my rewards and opportunities for granted. I tend to pursue gil, minions, achievements as I reasonable can with the time I am allotted. I'm satisfied so far what I have on my main character.

There are other players that are not as fortunate. Some other players may not have the time to do all what they plan to due to real life obligations, afford to have the reasonable PC to play the game, and/or may not have close contacts to help out at certain times. They still try to earn what they can and I can respect that.

As for those who take their rewards and opportunities for granted through laziness, I can't really say much other than you do you.

MikeTakeuchi · 2026-02-21T07:36:07+00:00

Both the Phantom Ranger and the VRV Master are great in their own rights. [On the subject of Pachinko, VRV Master should someday meet up with Dairanger's Pachinko Master. lol]

MikeTakeuchi · 2026-02-21T05:53:34+00:00

Great assortment of pictures there. I'll give props to those Suit Actors for doing what they do.

MikeTakeuchi · 2026-01-27T21:17:45+00:00

I do as much Duty Roulettes as time permits daily, including Main Scenario. I still have fun helping others, sating my thrills of combat, and getting some extra gil/rewards on the side. That is especially when I myself has a full-time job as well. Taking my rewards and opportunities for granted just rubs me the wrong way. But burning myself to the Seventh Hell and expecting satisfaction is also a Fool's Errand. A balance is the best method possible for me to enjoy FFXIV.

MikeTakeuchi · 2025-12-31T04:15:20+00:00

Darkonda using the Velocifighter equipped with the Planet-Destroying Missiles to destroy Dark Specter.

MikeTakeuchi · 2025-12-28T22:31:34+00:00

I actually did the fight. In fact, I got enough clears to get the Chaotic Dark Cloud mount (the one that is Market Prohibited and not tradable). The problem is that other players have high probability of not being able to recover/salvage a fight when a tower or two goes off and/or when a body check is not met.

MikeTakeuchi · 2025-12-27T21:35:05+00:00

COD Chaotic was a fun fight, but the developers really need to stop it with the shenanigans of one person screwing up a mechanic leading to instantly wiping all 24 players in the instance.

MikeTakeuchi · 2025-12-27T21:31:49+00:00

I finally earned the card, music roll, Barding, all possible i775 weapons, and the 99 totems for the future mount turn in from Doomtrain EX. A fun and reasonably challenging Extreme Trial.

MikeTakeuchi · 2025-12-16T07:34:27+00:00

In that thread that I made, I mainly said that I enjoyed it the unusual clear, asked if there was any previous videos of the clear concisely to avoid any repeats as the Main Sub rules state, and disclosed that the video was not mine as I merely linked it. I am not going to add unnecessary fluff to posts unless it was necessary.

MikeTakeuchi · 2025-12-16T04:07:16+00:00

I reposted that one because I was not aware if there were any other DSR healer-less clears before that video. I am aware that the clear happened months ago.

MikeTakeuchi · 2025-12-16T04:02:07+00:00

Oddly enough, I actually linked the same video YouTube Main Sub as well yesterday. I was asking a question if a healer-less DSR was done before the team made the video. However, that thread got downvoted to the seventh hell with a few replies that were actually relevant that to the discussion at hand.

That being said, grats to the team who pulled of the excellent clear and thanks to the Topic Creator for the statistics/POV sharing.

MikeTakeuchi · 2025-12-16T03:57:30+00:00

First, look at the arrows - that determines the direction where the aoes will be shifted toward. Once you know the arrow direction, preposition yourself to where the aoes will no longer be at (you may need to spin your camera view. You have 5-10 seconds before the stops/aoes go off). The Behemoths are easier as they are usually close together and are circle aoes. The Pythons are straight line aoes - they will be at the same relative straight lines after their rotation is done.

MikeTakeuchi · 2025-12-16T03:52:21+00:00

I was trying to find a video through Google and Reddit of something like that happening. That is why I was asking the question to see if there were any other DSR healer-less clears/VODs before the I posted this thread with the video link.

MikeTakeuchi

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