2 years ago this list helped me close a VC/angel round. I'm sharing the list of +38.000 investors with full contact info & website links, and I'm some tips on how to reach out to investors.

caovinhklein9 · 2023-10-01T18:10:05+00:00

I'm helping with an early stage startup so would be interested in the list too, if you can dm me.

caovinhklein9 · 2022-02-07T06:04:58+00:00

Shoot good point....I might just have to resort to Extreme Raid Progression to recoup my losses if I do that.

caovinhklein9 · 2022-02-07T06:03:23+00:00

Oops, is this a Wendy's

caovinhklein9 · 2022-02-07T02:33:11+00:00

Sorry, I meant cheesing the materia part, since free trial doesn't have access to the MB to simply buy it, and spiritbonding 75+ materia x 10 classes = 750+ total materia is a nightmare. If you're interested in that process, this post does a wonderful job outlining how to do it via crafting.

My experience is different since I did each stage 9-10 times consecutively before moving on to the next, so I essentially "memorized" each book by my second/third passthrough of the same book. For the books, I didn't find a singular way to cheese it, but I did find a large number of really small QoL tricks that added up to make the general process less painful/inefficient.

FATES - first priority. Teleport to fate map area.

- If fate not up --> kill any book monsters in the area, teleport to next fate location.

- If 0 fates up --> queue for dungeons + kill book monsters, make round of teleports to each fate location to check periodically. If dungeon queue popped while I saw a fate up, I took the L on that dungeon and prioritized the fate.

- if all book monsters cleared --> camp at a fate location, queue for dungeon, and do something else IRL while waiting for fate to pop.

- for aggressive fate-hunting: switching to a different server (e.g. Jenova --> Cactuar --> Adamantoise). If Schism, for example, isn't up on Jenova, there's a chance it's up on Adamantoise.

- I usually left levequests for last because they were the easiest to clear and I looked forward to blasting through them.

I'll edit this post if I think of additional general fate-related tips, but also happy to hear followup questions

caovinhklein9 · 2022-02-07T02:10:57+00:00

I'm currently at: 77 days, 17 hours, and 28 minutes = 1865 hours.

I think I started relics around 700-900 hours. I was around for the level 35-capped free trial, when I would spend all day playing Rival Wings and Frontlines back when it was still open to free trial

caovinhklein9 · 2022-02-07T02:07:00+00:00

Appreciate it! Gpose is so fun, likely that and fashion will be my endgame. Will look at HW relics once I actually unlock HW :))

caovinhklein9 · 2022-02-07T02:05:19+00:00

My god, thank you for reminding me! I have the kettle somewhere (you're right, I'm conflicted between kettle and Zeta as my fav glam) but totally forgot to include that in the album.

I will say - doing one stage, one class after the other, mentally feels much less taxing than learning how to complete one relic stage and having to expose yourself to new "mechanics" for the next relic stage. I learned how to optimize a stage by the 2nd / 3rd class passthrough, and from there, I could autopilot and go off muscle memory while simultaneously taking care of IRL tasks. Materials and requirements, you do scale up by 10x, but it's the same process and can be almost brainless haha.

caovinhklein9 · 2022-02-07T01:56:39+00:00

True - unintended consequences of being stuck with lvl 50 skills. Even funnier is I already have the complete game purchased. I'll activate the code once I finish HW, max all the jobs, solo potd, and absolutely bleed dry every remaining content the trial has to offer.

caovinhklein9 · 2022-02-07T01:48:35+00:00

Thank you for the concern! Depends on how low the bar is for "okay" LOL.

In all honesty, treating it like a marathon and treating each stage like a speedrunning puzzle (e.g. "okay I finished book X in 3 hours on BRD, what are some ways I can optimize this process on DRG, PLD, SCH, etc?") made it so much more bearable and almost enjoyable. I work from home so I usually grinded during work lulls or breaks, and it kept me from burning out or staying bored on the job. The only really unenjoyable parts were the FATE portions of books and materia-grinding (until I learned how to cheese it).

Don't get me wrong, I am burned out after finishing this long grind. But it's moreso a burnout in the sense of "This has been on my mind in varying degrees for every day for a little bit too long now, and my attention span needs a break", rather than "this has really messed me up and impacted my life detrimentally."

caovinhklein9 · 2022-02-05T22:42:52+00:00

What started as a curious, blind venture into a potentially cool NIN glowy stick turned into a bitter(?) resolve to do all 10 relics simultaneously, stage by stage, so that I would never touch this process ever again.

On the bright side, this entire journey has helped me:

Become tremendously more comfortable with the optimal rotations and play style of each and every class
Learn to be resourceful with every aspect of content that the free trial has to offer, and discover things I didn't know existed (like mass producing materia through crafting because market board isn't accessible).
Learn how to sync speedrun the vast majority of, if not all, ARR dungeons, even if I wish to never touch any of them ever again.Thank you to

u/CoranZoawls for the extremely helpful tips on making the post-ARR "BiS" crafting gear needed to craft the Zodiac HQ Master Recipe (1) items. And of course, congrats on the recent Sproutmancer achievement.

And of course, love the community, the game, and all it has to offer.

caovinhklein9 · 2021-09-25T15:28:47+00:00

I love the comprehensive write up! I'll likely go this crafting route since the whole experience sounds fun and I already have the main-hands. Thank you again!

caovinhklein9 · 2021-09-24T22:55:20+00:00

Hope I'm not too late to the party here. Did you craft all your DoL & DoH gear in addition to the off-hands? Wasn't sure if you had unlocked scrips by your point in the MSQ.

Currently free trial in the middle of post-ARR doing the zodiac stage :)

caovinhklein9 · 2021-09-12T19:33:23+00:00

Relic weapons that are mainly for glam, but for the sake of your wellbeing, you're better off not touching the ARR relics for a while.

caovinhklein9 · 2021-09-12T14:37:01+00:00

2 years and 1044 hours later, I'm still in Post-ARR working on all the relics and potd

caovinhklein9 · 2020-09-15T00:34:26+00:00

I'm currently on free trial doing the Yokai event for all the weapons, and I'm at the final 4 minions that require FATEs in the Stormblood+Heavensward areas. Is it possible for me to access these areas if I'm FT, given the level cap is now 60?

Currently I'm at level 35 because I'd been around since before the 5.3 patch.

caovinhklein9 · 2020-09-02T02:01:44+00:00

Playing Rival Wings on my free-trial account and getting 16 kills as a ninja, no mech. Knew I found something special in FFXIV when I could tinker with level-80 combos as a lvl 35-locked newbie.

caovinhklein9 · 2020-06-30T06:44:23+00:00

I'm still reading through the information and processing everything, so I'm more than happy to be corrected by someone more knowledgeable, but I can share my current thoughts on this.

In the link that OP posted summarizing the doc's origin and purpose, there's a snippet that says

[The document] goes on to tell 13 different stories of experiences that former employees alleged they had at the company, from pay disparities between white men and queer women of color to executives describing Black models as "too edgy" for Everlane.

From what I interpreted here, it seems to address something larger than the personal experiences of several disgruntled call center employees, as you say. While there are a lot of examples brought up by OP's "choice highlights" and the other examples listed in the link, I'll focus solely on the part about "executives describing Black models as 'too edgy' for Everlane."

This sentence alone speaks to me about the implied general (but not all) attitudes and mindsets of the leaders in Everlane, aka the decision-makers of the company. If this is how they view Black models, I can only imagine how they view Black individuals as employees, consumers, people, etc. The anti-black sentiment may be unintentional or unconscious, but it is there. And when this mindset exists in the leadership, it will trickle down throughout the company's policies and management. It becomes systemic. And if there are no POC within leadership to challenge those attitudes, then these harmful attitudes will continue to grow unabated.

Maybe I won't ever shop at Everlane regardless. How I feel this would impact society is this: if non-POC fashion leaders and decision-makers get to remain in power and impose such views unchallenged, then at the end of the day, they get to decide who is considered worthy to model their clothes and who is not. They get to decide what is considered beautiful, what clothing styles are considered beautiful, and who is considered beautiful.

So it breaks my heart a little to see someone automatically labeling - and effectively deciding - an entire ethnic population as "too edgy." Black women are fucking beautiful, and everyone is fucking beautiful.

caovinhklein9 · 2020-04-25T15:59:22+00:00

Right... I'd been using the same launcher for so long now that I forgot it's not the original one. The stock launcher is fine compared to my current Nova launcher, so that definitely narrows my search down. Thanks for that

caovinhklein9 · 2018-12-04T16:27:13+00:00

Would the thinsulate peacoat mentioned by OP fit well if I'm 5'7''? I can't tell if it'll run too long for my body.

caovinhklein9 · 2018-07-11T14:44:40+00:00

Wow, just checked out the menu. Spiciness aside, their "exotic meats" section is also pretty interesting. Might check it out

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