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Mel @petaknasubotu.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

So fucking cool

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Eli the Lorefiend @lorefiendeli.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

welcome to the club! and thanks for inviting me to yours, i will always believe in service top iroha

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Eli the Lorefiend @lorefiendeli.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

ironically it's a repeat of how i started XIV. Waited until the free trial time limit got removed to give it a proper chance, and I ended up buying before the free trial would've expired. I just hate fomo that bad huh.

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Eli the Lorefiend @lorefiendeli.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Been starting FFXI (no more time limit on the free trial tmrwl!! Join me on Fenrir!!) and it's really funny how little chill it has. There's a gate guard explaining the exact mechanisms of why all cops are bastards. This one official made a manifest destiny joke. Cid is *less* racist than his peers.

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Jordan Starkweather ✨ @jackal27.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

You can’t even comprehend how important Eien ni Hen’s work is to the fan translation community. Romancing SaGa, Fire Emblem, Sakura Wars, Tear Ring Saga, Glory of Heracles, Dragon Force II, Dark Half, Beyond Oasis, Psi-O-Blade, Arabian Nights, and so much more. What a loss. Rest in peace.

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Nova Crystallis @novacrystallis.com · 17/09/2026

Koji Fox: "To be serious with you, it's only going to get harder to get into localization as a profession. A lot of companies are going to start, if they haven't already started, looking to AI to handle translation—which is frickin' sad. It's going to start limiting opportunities."

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Adventures in Localization: Koji Fox's Journey Across FINAL FANTASY XI, XIV, and XVI – Otakon 2026

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Eli the Lorefiend @lorefiendeli.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

meanwhile kaguya would hesitate to call herself a lesbian, but that's because she only likes iroha. and every time you ask her she just talks about how awesome iroha is.

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Eli the Lorefiend @lorefiendeli.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

wait i only clicked and then noped out. they had a guiness world record flex. hino's mother must be very proud.

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Eli the Lorefiend @lorefiendeli.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

I know the AI usage is coming from the same place as the countless delays and scope creep in their games but maybe the right thing to do was slow down, not start shoveling shit in the engine. The train may keep going, but it's gonna stink real bad.

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Eli the Lorefiend @lorefiendeli.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

forever missing the chance to assure yachiyo she's already working on a woman who's out of this world

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Eli the Lorefiend @lorefiendeli.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

Switch 2 players are just something else (positive) May be EU only but low level roulettes have been a treat lately. So many of them give it their all, if not in party chat then in the way they move or act in game. So many little pleasant experiences, I hope they've been liking it here.

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553 (fives) 🔞 ☀️ @rkgk553.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

My dear, sweet child... Yours is a burden none should ever be forced to bear 🎀 #ffxiv #minfilia #ryne

Ryne leaning her head against Oracle Minfilia's chest. Minfilia is stroking Ryne's head gently

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ちきん🐔🍗 @8spwij.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

Ｂとかいう小娘

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웬티 파판계 @wentyff14.bsky.social · 13/08/2026

Oh, I'm an alien, I'm a legal alien

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Eve @bygoneserenity.bsky.social · 13/08/2026

woah new fanfest merch i wonder what they are selling-

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Andrew Borman @borman.bsky.social · 12/08/2026

Uh is it known that FFXI was seemingly Final Fantasy XI: Project Exodus in development?

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Eli the Lorefiend @lorefiendeli.bsky.social · 06/08/2026

aw man i bought a bunch of games not too long ago, should've waited

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Eli the Lorefiend @lorefiendeli.bsky.social · 05/08/2026

we're probably getting another arcadion side story this year, placing bets on it explaining how yaana got to run her gym; parents died recently, and it doesn't get addressed for very alexandrian reasons

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Eli the Lorefiend @lorefiendeli.bsky.social · 01/08/2026

Bonus, here's the other source, this one is only in french but it feels wrong to link to one and not the other when this was a joint interview. www.ffdream.com/articles/454...

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Interview de Naoki Yoshida pour la sortie de Dawntrail - Final Fantasy Dream

Final Fantasy Dream

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Eli the Lorefiend @lorefiendeli.bsky.social · 01/08/2026

The answer explains why a second starting point wasn't implemented in 7.0, but a lot of EC changes have been all about going back on tradition to open the game to more players. I think there's a good chance they're discussing whether the system is something they want to bring for 8.0 or not.

Imagine if there was a button that would skip everything up to 6.1. If a friend told you he wanted to start FFXIV, would you tell him to press that button?

FFDream et Finaland : Nope !

Naoki Yoshida : I feel like many people are very concerned about this issue, especially in the media. Each time, with each new expansion, I'm asked about it more and more, as if it were becoming a real problem weighing on the game, and I get the impression that people are worried about us. When in truth, for me, the story and the quality of the story make FFXIV stand out from other MMOs, and it would be a shame to deprive ourselves of that.

During Dawntrail's Media Tour, 8 media people asked me the same question as you, and so I asked them the same question about the skip button and whether they'd recommend pressing it. And everyone categorically told me no, of course not.

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Eli the Lorefiend @lorefiendeli.bsky.social · 01/08/2026

Late to the discourse again, but a 6.1 starting point has been confirmed to be something they started work on before. Too big for alt text so the rest of it is in the replies source: www.finaland.com?rub=site&pag..., goes back to 7.0 and talks about the story a lot

FFDream : The arrival of a new story could serve as a gateway for new players, but access to Dawntrail remains difficult and conditional on completion of all previous expansions. In the past, you mentioned the possibility of skipping all previous content and starting Dawntrail straight away. Is this still a possibility, and if so, where do you stand in your thinking?

Naoki Yoshida : Actually, this kind of system, starting a new character directly to 6.1 had been imagined and even almost implemented. But I decided not to use it.

What made me change my mind is that I think the majority of FFXIV players, especially those who tell their friends to join them because it's amazing and the story is crazy... Well, it's a bit hard to sell such things if you force them to skip the story by asking them to start directly with Dawntrail. I don't think many people in the FFXIV community would say that you shouldn't play the chapter dedicated to Hydaelyn and Zodiark because it's pointless and it's better to join them right away. On the contrary, I have the impression that we have a community of people who like to be mentors, who like to take newcomers by the hand and show them how things are done and how to play. And I have no desire to restrain this phenomenon by creating a way to start the game much later in the story. In my opinion, it's more interesting to continue with this system of benevolent veterans helping new players discover the story and learn how to play the game. These are elements that go together, and I think it's important to continue to benefit from the goodwill of this community and all these Warriors of Light to take care of the next generation. That's why, in the end, we did not go through this system.

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mari 💐 @floralmenace.bsky.social · 01/08/2026

Triplets! 🐏🐏🐏

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🎀Nocti🌙The Gensokyo 199x girl🪽 @noctiilio.bsky.social · 29/07/2026

Your honor thats not Dancing Green, thats Dancing Ryne. #ffxivfanfest #ffxiv

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Eli the Lorefiend @lorefiendeli.bsky.social · 29/07/2026

Egg. I don't want to be this negative but it's getting real dire

Elezen with a hairstyle with long bangs, and hair peaking far above their face despite looking head on.

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Eli the Lorefiend @lorefiendeli.bsky.social · 28/07/2026

Keep in mind, any request you make using the website can and almost certainly WILL be logged. If you don't like what it logs in game already, you probably don't want to give it any chance to get more info out of you, even if it's just on principle.

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Eli the Lorefiend @lorefiendeli.bsky.social · 26/07/2026

That's fair, there are some people who just won't do what the game asks for them no matter what... The state of jobs is dire partly because they have kept trying to appeal to them, with seemingly nothing budging, so I hope something to actually give the people who want to try a chance helps.

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koloquials @kolo.games · 25/07/2026

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Eli the Lorefiend @lorefiendeli.bsky.social · 18/05/2026

evercold's promise has its grips on me... save me reaper meteor and your avatar who came from a world that was deemed unfit for rejoining

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Eli the Lorefiend @lorefiendeli.bsky.social · 25/07/2026

advanced has the big advantage of having more flexible party sizes though, but if they hit a sweet spot where queuing for (New) is possible it'd be amazing even for savage raiders when you don't feel like doing extreme/savage

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Eli the Lorefiend @lorefiendeli.bsky.social · 25/07/2026

it's concerningly light on details so far, but advanced was a very good addition to the game, it fits a very nice spot of casual content you can't just faceroll through no matter what, and if they take a similar approach for the new raid difficulty it could be a great hit

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Eli the Lorefiend @lorefiendeli.bsky.social · 25/07/2026

yes XIII I see it but do you see that Type-0 outfit on the roegadyn

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Eli the Lorefiend @lorefiendeli.bsky.social · 25/07/2026

Fabula Nova Crystallis Final Fantasy XIV Online: Evercold

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Decaf @decafdraws.bsky.social · 25/07/2026

Which could mean nothing

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Eli the Lorefiend @lorefiendeli.bsky.social · 25/07/2026

I really hope they have more character customization stuff in store, Au Ra horns no longer being tied to faces is great, but everything else at fanfest is options to remove stuff. They still haven't fixed male wildwoods and duskwight sharing face textures though, so elezens might not get anything...

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Eli the Lorefiend @lorefiendeli.bsky.social · 25/07/2026

half the stuff announced is not coming at launch and the other half is teased for the Tokyo fanfest. They circled the drain for twenty minutes straight at one point, can't afford to save some of that padding for later?

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Eli the Lorefiend @lorefiendeli.bsky.social · 25/07/2026

I don't think it's on the people wanting to know less. It's a very convenient excuse to have a keynote that reveals very little even when promising big system changes.

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Eli the Lorefiend @lorefiendeli.bsky.social · 25/07/2026

middle fanfests are always letdowns but this is a letdown following a two year long letdown. for so many reasons. evercold ff7 raid? we already have a ff7 chronicles of a new era series it's called sorrow of werlyt. they even threw in some ff15 on top.

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Eli the Lorefiend @lorefiendeli.bsky.social · 24/04/2026

before the keynote begins please know that i'd have been happy with the same update schedule we used to have pre-ShB with more content integrated better in the existing main loop instead of being left to die. i hope i'm not getting monkey pawed

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Zuke Eagan @malewifelizard.bsky.social · 24/04/2026

"To be announced in Berlin" "To be announced in Tokyo"

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Eli the Lorefiend @lorefiendeli.bsky.social · 25/07/2026

ok i got the name wrong but close enough. bastion is still a PLD cooldown in some languages.

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Eli the Lorefiend @lorefiendeli.bsky.social · 25/07/2026

YEEEEEEEEEEEAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH

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