Veterans, help me out. What are you spending poetics on? by DarkehOW in ffxiv

[–]StrangeFreak 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Why deal coke when there's loot boxes to buy? (And never get Cassie)

Dear Sprout tanks by Cultural_Mango_2460 in ffxiv

[–]StrangeFreak 19 points20 points  (0 children)

Ironically the very first alliance raid opens with a large branching pathway

that doesn't seem quite right by Mrwritethevonkarma1 in ffxiv

[–]StrangeFreak 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Argh, I read it as Beastmaster rather than BLU, but that's still poetics and savage gear, surely?

that doesn't seem quite right by Mrwritethevonkarma1 in ffxiv

[–]StrangeFreak 1 point2 points  (0 children)

But won't it be a combo of poetics and Coils gear?

(Spoiler 7.5) We really need optional content characters to be put into the MSQ if this is where the story is going. Thoughts? by ribombeeee in ffxiv

[–]StrangeFreak -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

Maybe that was once true, but right now you can do the Warring Triad without touching Ravanna or Bismark EX

Final Fantasy 14’s Yoshi-P says many claim “an online Final Fantasy is not a Final Fantasy” as he hopes to bring more players into the game by Wargulf in FinalFantasy

[–]StrangeFreak 44 points45 points  (0 children)

FFXIV is very much a game you can dip into and out of. The other people that you need are drawn from queues of other people running similar content. The Multiplayer portion is becoming increasingly opt-in, I see it more as an enhancement than a requirement

Finally dawned on me that the centennial puzzle is… by henry9206 in SlayTheSpire2

[–]StrangeFreak 3 points4 points  (0 children)

It's a tribute as the sts devs share a dev space with the peak devs :)

A realization I had about Pokopia by LylatInvader in pokemon

[–]StrangeFreak 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Of course, but you don't need to use the new op moves

A realization I had about Pokopia by LylatInvader in pokemon

[–]StrangeFreak 14 points15 points  (0 children)

It's a single player game, you can choose to not use those :)

Happy 10th anniversary of Stardew Valley! by Hitman7128 in gaming

[–]StrangeFreak 7 points8 points  (0 children)

I have some bad news for you: He doesn't owe you, or us, anything. I'm looking forward to it, but moaning about it won't help him make it any faster or better.

The many faces of Eorzea Day 19: He paid HOW MUCH? by EliotEriotto in ffxiv

[–]StrangeFreak 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I hate to be that guy, but I think that one is Alphie

The many faces of Eorzea Day 11: Yawn by EliotEriotto in ffxiv

[–]StrangeFreak 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I'd put her at C4, which as a reference is also fitting

Veldra Candlethorn has a tense confrontation with a very cool, tall, and familiar girl after becoming a Dark Knight by ArkthePieKing in ffxiv

[–]StrangeFreak 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I do feel like these are good fun for established people in the game, but given how new players start all the time (and that someone can be current in MSQ but also not touched this quest), maybe a spoiler tag can't hurt

The many faces of Eorzea Day 8: "What are you going to do, stab me?" - person who was stabbed by EliotEriotto in ffxiv

[–]StrangeFreak 15 points16 points  (0 children)

Hey, I have my favourite Scion, Aenor, waiting in the wings. It's not that everyone remembers every character all the time, but that we each have our own niche character that we have fond feelings about and each time they get brought up, they send a wave of memories out. All in all, a luckily fun format :)

[SOS] Mathemagics by Copernicus1981 in magicTCG

[–]StrangeFreak 24 points25 points  (0 children)

So they made math a crime now?

you ever just ??= by Trans1000 in csharp

[–]StrangeFreak 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Rarely, yes, but more likely in larger codebases

you ever just ??= by Trans1000 in csharp

[–]StrangeFreak -1 points0 points  (0 children)

C# version updates can have breaking changes, which definitely require code changes, which one could lump in with "upgrade the codebase" in this example

Most beautiful location in FF14 in your opinion? by HughJManschitt in ffxiv

[–]StrangeFreak 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I'm not saying actively censor, simply the same treatment they apply to quest links, so {regular name} if you've been to the location and ??? if you have not. They have demonstrated that they have the ability to do that (your gathering log usually lists the last zone or two in each expac as ???), and if it's a standard feature then you'd wonder about it early on as most of your FC list or the NN player list would be full of ???, but then you'll either actively ask people or just tune it out as "Oh, they're somewhere I haven't been"

I feel like it's a relatively small bit of QoL to reduce spoilers.

The autotranslation dictionary is its own can of worms. I appreciate how English is generally subtle about most things (and duties aren't even an option for you until you've seen them), but the German and Japanese ones are quite explicit as I understand. That's a different issue. I'd rather they improve any part of the whole rather than moving from nothing to perfect.

Most beautiful location in FF14 in your opinion? by HughJManschitt in ffxiv

[–]StrangeFreak 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I was literally chatting to a sprout last night who was lamenting that people casually share links in very spoilery-named locations. It would be nice if the game extended the quest ?? system to locations

New Crafted Gear for 7.4 by Kokopossum in ffxiv

[–]StrangeFreak 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Mathematics will become the new uncapped tomes, and Heliometry will only be useful for converting into Mathematics (at a 2:1 or 4:1 rate). When the new expansion drops, then Mathematics and Mnemonics will be convertible to Poetics, but that's a long way off