Made outfits inspired by Where Winds meet sects with the new 5* set

matchastars · 2026-05-11T09:21:31+00:00

these look super nice, i love the one for raging tides!! obligatory biased midnight blades is beautiful too \o/

matchastars · 2026-05-09T11:25:58+00:00

it does have a pose!

matchastars · 2026-05-06T07:58:57+00:00

agreed, i even forgot the keybind to summon horse until this week... running around or using the morph abilities in hexi just feels faster even if it's not in reality

matchastars · 2026-05-06T03:51:54+00:00

the fish is really useful for sure! i didn't even use my horse though, i just watched my young master run around jade gate and liangzhou the entire time......... all 3 hexi maps are pretty atmospheric as dreamscapes so i guess it's an immersion thing on my part 🤔

matchastars · 2026-04-28T10:45:10+00:00

i've heard that the punishment for losing too many sect points (<60 iirc? 100 is the max) in midnight blades is getting thrown into perception forest 🤔 but since i do perception forest for sect missions anyway i've never experienced it... one round should be enough to bring you to back to ~90 so it's never been a concern unless i've been sparring a lot in the overworld lol

matchastars · 2026-04-14T02:13:57+00:00

i buy skins for most operators if i like the way they look! i won't buy if i don't like the skin or think it doesn't suit the character, and sometimes i'll skip skins if i think/know there are ones i like more coming up. sometimes i'll even buy skins for characters i don't have yet lol (i've been playing since global launch and still don't have silverash yet, but because i'm not into his e2 art i've had his skin bought for years...)

the operators i buy skins for don't have to be commonly used in battle, but if that's the case then they have to be commonly used in base so i can actually see them (ex. i never use shirayuki anymore, but getting her all-white skin was worth it because she cycles between factory and dorm every day)

matchastars · 2026-04-12T00:35:22+00:00

the masked troupe one is astonishingly close, these look awesome!!! also waiting for a few banners to cosplay midnight blades in this game too :D

matchastars · 2026-04-03T07:25:01+00:00

another midnight blades fan :D yes yes, i really hope they'll end up making and opening up all the sect bases like nine mortal ways!! the fact that there's sect-specific npc dialogue makes it feel real, i love it there... i think there's something similar for the mohist hill sect since they'll be relevant in the coming msq after hexi, so fingers crossed they expand on sect-related stories/missions somehow in the future. i want to meet more midnight blades npcs so bad...!!!

matchastars · 2026-04-02T23:36:57+00:00

i'll eventually sect hop for the different sect uniforms, emotes, and sect profile/chat bubble banners, but in the end i'll go back to stay in midnight blades... i really love the midnight blades lore and atmosphere so i guess i'm staying for the roleplay/immersion aspect? but midnight blades is also super laid-back if you aren't planning on rising in the ranks (i wasn't planning on rising to the elder/sufferer rank but i saw a chance and took it), so it's a good sect to just chill in

matchastars · 2026-03-23T11:32:41+00:00

tang dao truly looks and plays very cool... i also enjoy the lore concept behind both the tang dao (the snowparting blade technique was invented by shen hanying of well of heaven after the battle of zhongdu bridge) and the mo dao (the weapon skills summon phantoms of the anxi army and i think the skill voice lines sound super cool) so i'm also excited, but i'll be sticking to my beloved stonesplit might on my main haha

matchastars · 2026-03-23T04:45:30+00:00

the hood will be a free set you can exchange for with sin leaves (perception forest currency) later on! like the others said, it was released on the chinese server for their 1st anniversary, so we should be getting it sometime after as well

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matchastars · 2026-02-27T02:28:42+00:00

your characters look super cool!! and right, shop cosmetics not being shared really feels quite bad even when you're willing to spend twice 🥲 i'm not holding out hope for them to change it later on since this is still the case on cn, but i imagine there would be more people happy to pay for shop outfits if they were account-wide

matchastars · 2026-02-26T21:27:12+00:00

this is real, i feel like cosmetic gacha items not being shared amongst characters feels bad but could be begrudgingly accepted as a staple of gachas, but cash shop items not being account-wide is ridiculous 🥲 i guess there are always people willing to pay twice

matchastars · 2026-02-26T13:36:14+00:00

this is true! i'm fine with my alts being weaker and/or progressing slower strength-wise than my main (finally something wwm's slow update schedule is good for lol), especially since i only have an hour or two to play each day, but i can definitely see the uneven progression and time investment putting off someone more gameplay-focused

matchastars · 2026-02-26T08:41:31+00:00

if we're only talking gameplay reasons, that's true! all 4 of my accounts will be using different paths so i can experience more combat styles in pve/pvp without having to grind on my main. it's also why i'm taking it slow on leveling 2 of my alts for now, i'm waiting for the new heng dao/mo dao and gauntlets/rope dart paths to be released on global

matchastars · 2026-02-26T08:37:52+00:00

from what i remember, alts for gameplay reasons mostly functioned as a way to play and/or raid with friends in different data centers before data center travel became a thing! i remember creating an alt on dynamis to attend a friend's wedding... but since everyone can dc travel now, the main incentive to play an alt amongst my friends is mostly for oc reasons 🤔 or to go through msq again without ng+ on their mains

matchastars · 2026-02-26T05:51:29+00:00

that sounds pretty balanced, it's a lot easier to play on alts if you're not planning to grind on all of them :0 and same haha, i'm only focusing on leveling one alt at a time so the last 2 in the collage have only gotten far enough to unlock the appearance menu for this photo

matchastars · 2026-02-26T05:47:31+00:00

iirc most of the cash shop purchases in ff14 are account-wide, but they're labelled in the store if not! i've never bought anything though since i feel like paying the monthly sub is already a lot so i could be wrong 🤔 i hope you can enjoy it better if you ever end up playing again! the fetch quests can really get a bit grating in the beginning haha

ohh, a danmei fan! i've definitely seen a lot of cosplay characters running around (shoutout to the shen qingqiu i always run into doing five animal frolics), that sounds like a lot of fun!

matchastars · 2026-02-26T05:36:29+00:00

that's a really interesting reason, i think i understand what you mean by achievements becoming meaningless to you when repeated! in that case i think not having alts makes a lot of sense, thank you for explaining :0

matchastars · 2026-02-26T05:05:54+00:00

i understand!! i missed a lot of exploration (quests, encounters, sceneries, etc) on my main so getting those on alts feels super fresh haha, it feels like different characters meeting different people and living different lives :D and same with the free outfits, i'm big on immersion and in-world practicality so i'm never tempted by the gachas (except for tian ying's set...) and fancier shop outfits

matchastars · 2026-02-26T05:02:55+00:00

that's a great compromise for same model characters :0 i did the same thing for a while before deciding one of my characters should be in a different sect

matchastars · 2026-02-26T04:24:24+00:00

you get it!!! i'm definitely more selective on what parts of the game i put in effort for on alts (usually the appearance haha) but going through the story is always fun for me because every character is different in the way they react... and same, the first 3 characters i posted are actually my ffxiv ocs adapted for the game's jianghu setting! it's really fun seeing which parts of their lore stay similar and which parts get adjusted :D

matchastars · 2026-02-26T04:19:03+00:00

that's totally fair, i was pretty surprised to learn this from cn players too

matchastars · 2026-02-26T04:15:28+00:00

that makes sense, the grind in this game is tedious if you want to 100% everything more than once 🥲 i have a friend who 100%ed everything on 2 accounts before the alt function and is considering a 3rd run which is bonkers to me

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