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Astraex «the "I Just Get These Headaches"» @raexbecrafting.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

Oh, so I can't befriend the angry monitor lizards or overgrown violence parrots, but a FLOATING DEMON HEAD counts as a beast. Okay, then.

Screenshot from FFXIV showing a Viera checking if he can befriend a Geshunpest (a voidsent with the appearance of a floating demon head with scythe arms) and lo and behold, he can when he's of sufficient level

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Astraex «the "I Just Get These Headaches"» @raexbecrafting.bsky.social · 12/08/2026

I... I'm FREE... (Proper gposes will come when I'm not half-delirious from insomnia and hunter brain, smaller composite images will be in the replies) #viera . #ffxiv . #ff14 . #gpose

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Z'itlalli: The Warrior of Light @zees-aetherial-tea.bsky.social · 12/08/2026

Happy Moonfire Faire, everyone! Hope everyone is enjoying their time in the sun as much as Lalli and Raex are! (Hangin' with @raexbecrafting.bsky.social!) #FFXIV #FF14 #Miqote #SeekeroftheSun #Viera #Rava #Gpose #MoonfireFaire #MoonfireFaire2026

Lalli drinkin' tea, and Raex blowin' bubbles on moogle floaties

Lalli and Raex chillin' on moogle floaties

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Astraex «the "I Just Get These Headaches"» @raexbecrafting.bsky.social · 31/07/2026

And back to riding hunt trains for math tomes (per usual) although given how much they've slowed down, everyone's probably in North Horn like I should be... #viera . #ffxiv . #ff14 . #gpose

Screenshot from FFXIV of a male Viera wielding a fancy hammer with a yellow and orange glow

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Astraex «the "I Just Get These Headaches"» @raexbecrafting.bsky.social · 30/07/2026

Of course it's normal to grind out 21 dungeons, 27 trials, 32 normal raids, and 3 alliance raids in less than 48 hours, stop looking at me like that. (The final grind gave me enough math tomes for a second relic immediately after the first... XD) #viera . #ffxiv . #ff14 . #gpose

Screenshot from FFXIV of a male Viera wielding a fancy grimoire with a teal and yellow glow

Screenshot from FFXIV of a male Viera wielding a fancy scythe with a teal and red glow

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Astraex «the "I Just Get These Headaches"» @raexbecrafting.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

And last but not least, our glass cannons <3 (Caster Obscurum relics aren't my absolute favorites, but they're better than that BRD bow...) #viera . #ffxiv . #ff14 . #gpose

Screenshot from FFXIV of a male Viera wearing Dawntrail black mage armor (Archmage set) and wielding a staff with a indigo glow

Screenshot from FFXIV of a male Viera wearing Dawntrail summoner armor (Glyphic set) and wielding a grimoire with a red glow

Screenshot from FFXIV of a male Viera wearing Dawntrail red mage armor (Roseblood set) and wielding a rapier and focus with an orange glow

Screenshot from FFXIV of a male Viera wearing Dawntrail pictomancer armor (Pictomancer set) and wielding a brush with a teal glow

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Astraex «the "I Just Get These Headaches"» @raexbecrafting.bsky.social · 23/07/2026

Time to run out of range of the healer(s)! Pew pew! (Physical ranged's turn for Obscurum relics <3 WTF is with that BRD weapon, though...) #viera . #ffxiv . #ff14 . #gpose

Screenshot from FFXIV of a male Viera wearing Dawntrail bard armor (Bihu set) and wielding a bow with a green glow

Screenshot from FFXIV of a male Viera wearing Dawntrail machinist armor (Forerider set) and wielding a gun with a teal glow

Screenshot from FFXIV of a male Viera wearing Dawntrail dancer armor (Horos set) and wielding chakrams with a magenta glow

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Astraex «the "I Just Get These Headaches"» @raexbecrafting.bsky.social · 22/07/2026

Next up, melee Obscurum relics! Floor tanks, pseudo-floor tanks, and generally stabby bitches out there, rise up! (ilu <3) #viera . #ffxiv . #ff14 . #gpose

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Astraex «the "I Just Get These Headaches"» @raexbecrafting.bsky.social · 21/07/2026

Continuing the Obscurum relic series, here's the #2 crankiest healer in Eorzea (STOP EATING MECHANICS, THEY'RE ORANGE, NOT ORANGE-FLAVORED) flaunting his shinies #viera . #ffxiv . #ff14 . #gpose

Screenshot from FFXIV of a male Viera wearing Dawntrail white mage armor (Piety set) and wielding a staff with a blue glow

Screenshot from FFXIV of a male Viera wearing Dawntrail scholar armor (Pedagogy set) and wielding a book with an amber glow

Screenshot from FFXIV of a male Viera wearing Dawntrail astrologian armor (Ephemerist set) and wielding an astrolabe with a purple glow

Screenshot from FFXIV of a male Viera wearing Dawntrail sage armor (Asklepian set) and wielding nouliths with a teal glow

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Astraex «the "I Just Get These Headaches"» @raexbecrafting.bsky.social · 20/07/2026

So I finished the Obscurum stage for all of the DT relics on Friday... crazy how well they match up with the artifact gear (Part 1 of 5, one post per day per role-ish, starting with tanks) #viera . #ffxiv . #ff14 . #gpose

Screenshot from FFXIV of a male Viera wearing Dawntrail paladin armor (Caballarius set) and wielding a sword and shield with a blue glow

Screenshot from FFXIV of a male Viera wearing Dawntrail warrior armor (Agoge set) and wielding an axe with a red glow

Screenshot from FFXIV of a male Viera wearing Dawntrail dark knight armor (Fallen set) and wielding a claymore with a purple glow

Screenshot from FFXIV of a male Viera wearing Dawntrail gunbreaker armor (Bastion set) and wielding a gunblade with a red glow

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Astraex «the "I Just Get These Headaches"» @raexbecrafting.bsky.social · 03/06/2026

What the hell is wrong with me. (Everything. Everything is wrong with me.) *I HAVE managed to get Star Contributor before, usually unintentionally, but NEVER on launch day. I went utterly feral and deranged for the rainbow VFX on these tools. . #ffxiv . #cosmicexploration .

A screenshot from Final Fantasy XIV of a Viera character from behind, with a UI showing 11 completed relic tools and Star Contributor for 7.51 patch day in Cosmic Exploration.

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Astraex «the "I Just Get These Headaches"» @raexbecrafting.bsky.social · 20/05/2026

Prequel: Midnight in the Garden of ̶G̶o̶o̶d̶ ̶a̶n̶d̶ Evil 16 hours earlier... Alternate title: Bitch Got What Was Coming to Her for Touching the Ears™

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Z'itlalli: The Warrior of Light @zees-aetherial-tea.bsky.social · 20/05/2026

And sometimes, they're quite annoying. Especially when an insufferable viera is wondering aloud about when "Sunshine" was finally going to wake up from her "beauty sleep." (Bit of a reply to this post: bsky.app/profile/n3rd...)

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Astraex «the "I Just Get These Headaches"» @raexbecrafting.bsky.social · 12/02/2026

My robot child out here trying to drag the wrong kind of bunny back to the moon. . #ffxiv . #ff14 . #cosmicexploration . #viera .

Screenshot from FFXIV of a male Viera crafting while a small bunny-eared drone latches onto his head.

The actual description for Droningway from the minion journal: "Modified to serve as an autonomous search and rescue unit, this transport drone is equipped with a reinforced robotic hand that takes hold of lost Loporrits for secure conveyance back to base. When no one is missing, it is programmed to pass the time by tracking random individuals."

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Astraex «the "I Just Get These Headaches"» @raexbecrafting.bsky.social · 03/02/2026

There are hundreds/thousands of Loporrits, each with their own little hyperfixation. We've seen that they're capable of changing hyperfixations. HOW, AFTER TWO PLANETS, IS THERE NOT ONE NAMED "MAILINGWAY" OBSESSED WITH EXTENDING THE ETHEIRYS POSTAL SYSTEM INTO SPACE. . #ffxiv . #cosmicexploration .

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Astraex «the "I Just Get These Headaches"» @raexbecrafting.bsky.social · 30/01/2026

Researchingway really be throwing shade (but the Oizys relic grind is DONE)

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Astraex «the "I Just Get These Headaches"» @raexbecrafting.bsky.social · 17/01/2026

Gave Raex a brief break from brewing gemdraughts and coating popcorn in caramel (IYKYK) to grab a screenshot of my favorite repeatable cutscene with him in it <3 . #viera . #ffxiv . #ff14 . #gpose .

In-game screenshot from FFXIV of a male Viera in goggles and a captain's jacket about to board a mech suit

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Astraex «the "I Just Get These Headaches"» @raexbecrafting.bsky.social · 26/08/2025

I am so very tired. (Next grind on the list: Ishgard Restoration, because apparently I'm THAT kind of masochist now.) . #cosmicexploration . #viera . #ffxiv . #ff14 . #gpose .

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Astraex «the "I Just Get These Headaches"» @raexbecrafting.bsky.social · 09/08/2025

Why did I have to be the first person in my FC to start (and finish) 7.3, my head is full to bursting with spoilers and speculation and I have to keep my mouth shut aaaaaaaaaaaagh (Also gpose ideas, but those would also be spoiler-y DOUBLE AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAGH)

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Astraex «the "I Just Get These Headaches"» @raexbecrafting.bsky.social · 24/06/2025

Me: *logs on, putters around, goes to the moon and OMG there's a red alert, time to hyperfocus!* Me, as the red alert completes: ... wait, why do I still have the sparkly tryhard spotlight on me, it's Tuesday, it should've fallen off? (I GSM'd VERY hard for 14 hours yesterday, apparently)

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Astraex «the "I Just Get These Headaches"» @raexbecrafting.bsky.social · 22/06/2025

Me: EXODUS FINISHED THE MOON BASE, YAAAAAAAAAAAY Also me: I'm gonna gpose all over this bitch

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Astraex «the "I Just Get These Headaches"» @raexbecrafting.bsky.social · 10/06/2025

Giant sparkly moon tryhard spotlight brought to you by insomnia and an unabated raging crafting obsession. . #cosmicexploration . #viera . #ffxiv . #ff14 . #gpose .

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Astraex «the "I Just Get These Headaches"» @raexbecrafting.bsky.social · 08/06/2025

How has Exodus not progressed far enough to spawn the next upgrade yet, my fingers are falling off (from crocheting while macros do their thing)

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Astraex «the "I Just Get These Headaches"» @raexbecrafting.bsky.social · 03/06/2025

Raex is primarily ALC because DRUGS and lab coats (although if you went by what he makes the most, he would look like a CUL main).

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Astraex «the "I Just Get These Headaches"» @raexbecrafting.bsky.social · 01/06/2025

Without going into excruciating detail, I am now laptop gaming my way through Spooky Croissant while I figure out which components I'm gutting out of my PC to replace with new ones before migrating to Linux Mint (literal decades of Windows makes the adjustment curve steeper)

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Astraex «the "I Just Get These Headaches"» @raexbecrafting.bsky.social · 24/05/2025

My wishlist for 7.25: - NERF THE DAMN BODY CHECK FOR MOON UPGRADES, PLZ (related: probably don't need five whole instances anymore, either) - would be quite lovely if the starbearer is the Mamool Ja currency mount :) that is all.

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Astraex «the "I Just Get These Headaches"» @raexbecrafting.bsky.social · 19/05/2025

What... what is my life (I doubt I'll beat the FSH main allegations, but I swear this was 80+% from spamming Red Alert missions)

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Astraex «the "I Just Get These Headaches"» @raexbecrafting.bsky.social · 13/05/2025

Hell yeah, now I can focus on CE! (Unless the not-a-static needs a DPS sub, anyway...) #viera . #ffxiv . #ff14 . #gpose

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Astraex «the "I Just Get These Headaches"» @raexbecrafting.bsky.social · 06/05/2025

Robo-bitch finally gave me her scythe. (She's still a bitch, though, having not dropped a single set of wings despite all of my not-a-static's blood sacrifices...) #viera . #ffxiv . #ff14 . #gpose

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Astraex «the "I Just Get These Headaches"» @raexbecrafting.bsky.social · 05/05/2025

TIL you can climb up some of the mountains in Sinus Ardorum to put Etheirys behind you. (11.4, 13.4; you can walk most of the way up the spine of the mountain.) #cosmicexploration . #viera . #ffxiv . #ff14 . #gpose

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Astraex «the "I Just Get These Headaches"» @raexbecrafting.bsky.social · 29/04/2025

#Vierapril Day 29: Secret (Alt text for description/rambling!) Day 7 (Privacy) and 26 (Cultivate) Easter egg spoilers in the replies ;) #vierapril2025 . #viera . #ffxiv . #ff14 . #gpose

When asked how he managed to gain access to a top-secret government facility in hostile territory to 'borrow' their equipment, Raex shrugged and muttered something about "hidden talents."

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Astraex «the "I Just Get These Headaches"» @raexbecrafting.bsky.social · 26/04/2025

The suffering has only just begun. (His rover in the background is celebrating getting its batteries juiced up for the umpteenth time...) #viera . #ffxiv . #ff14 . #gpose

Cosmic Exploration is both fun and grindy, and I finally have a fancy relic pickaxe to show for it.

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Astraex «the "I Just Get These Headaches"» @raexbecrafting.bsky.social · 25/04/2025

If you see me mass-liking a bunch of your posts out of nowhere, it's most likely because #Vierapril and/or #Vierapril2025 didn't show up as searchable tags in your posts so I found them late into my daily sprees v.v

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