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As someone who plays FFXIV but hasn't played the most recent expansions, what's something you're hoping to see improved as you continue playing?
Do you have a favourite character, dungeon, or trial?
If you could go back and give your younger self one piece of advice, what would it be?
 
As someone who plays FFXIV but hasn't played the most recent expansions, what's something you're hoping to see improved as you continue playing?
Do you have a favourite character, dungeon, or trial?
If you could go back and give your younger self one piece of advice, what would it be?
Improvements on FF14... hm OK. I think these:
  • Better MSQ flow. Stormblood's MSQ was really slow and hard to digest at the beginning and took a long time to wind up really.
  • Something that may help explain some dungeons/bosses better... I had a few where I was just clueless half of the time unless playing with friends who knew the content.
  • Better 'main' characters in MSQ!!!
  • Less of the Aether Flow crap - nearly all the time it was fully unlocked once I had basically finished with the area, at least make it worthwhile to use if you're going to implement such a boring series of quests
Favourite dungeon so far is probably The Great Gubal Library!

Advice to younger self would be to go and speak to medical professionals like ASAP, lots of stuff that I'm dealing with right now that's super bad which could've definitely been sorted much quicker and easier!
 
I see you are also a person of culture =3


Have you ever considered living in another country (short-term or long term) and if so, which ones?
Yes! Germany is somewhere I've considered whilst picking up the language; Italy because it's just so goddamned nice and the US at one point because of a potential job opportunity there!
 
Any foods/drinks you have really good memories with, and/or exclusively eat/drink just for comfort?
 
When/how did you become an admin?

What's your favorite color?

You can only eat 1 meal for the rest of your life (limited to 6 items including beverages, and sandwiches and other dishes with multiple ingredients can't have more then 5 items each), what is it?

What is your favorite video game console and why?
 
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What is your favorite time for all meals?
I don't really have one as that would mean being able to commit to a time, which unfortunately health conditions don't allow xd.

What is your favorite enemy base/headquarters/place they took over in a video game?
I think I'm going to have to go with Ultimecia's Castle in Final Fantasy 8. It's a gnarly, creepy castle in design which is cool in itself but it has a really good theme as well. That and for a last dungeon of the game, the mechanics behind it are really neat. A bit annoying at first, but neat!

Any foods/drinks you have really good memories with, and/or exclusively eat/drink just for comfort?
Oooooh, a toughie! I'll start with a drink that has a lot of good memories, that being mulled cider (hard cider for the Americans). My local fighting game community hosts its events in a bar and as a result, we'd be at the mercy of whatever joys they decided to bring out. One of those being this amazing mulled cider they put together one year and have carried on since! It was great, but even better when you're all drinking it and just having a great time doing the things you love.

Otherwise... tacos and spaghetti bolognese are probably like my biggest comfy foods right now. I got particularly upset when a taco place not far away seemingly stopped taking orders, because they did the BEST chicken tinga tacos I have ever experienced!!!! Spagbol has just been a staple in the family for years now - it's just such a nice and easy dish to make and tastes so goddamn good!

When/how did you become an admin?

What's your favorite color?

You can only eat 1 meal for the rest of your life (limited to 6 items including beverages, and sandwiches and other dishes with multiple ingredients can't have more then 5 items each), what is it?

What is your favorite video game console and why?
Haha, which time around! The first time I believe was... 16th Jan 2023 and the 2nd time was 31st July this year! In terms of the how... I am probably not the most qualified to answer as I didn't promote myself! It probably helps to get your fingers into a lot of PC pies!

My favourite colour is anything close to that baby blue hue.

1 meal for the rest of my life? It's 100% the Sunday roast!!! It's got most bases covered and it's damn gooooooood.

100% the Nintendo Gamecube. It was the first console I owned myself and its catalogue is just absolutely incredible. Lots of good memories! Also the much more accessible 4 player capability was great, being able to hang out with friends and duke it out on Melee or Mario Party or whatever was really cool, especially as at the time I used to visit my best friend a lot but sometimes his other friend would be there so it avoided awkward situations!

Do you have any pets?

Not at the moment unfortunately! Definitely had a lot in the past, however right now it's just not something financially viable ):
 
What's your favourite kind of music?
Oh this is HARD! I think if I had to go with like what has the most bands I really love and listen to a lot, it would probably be Punk/Pop Punk. I think this is probably driven largely by nostalgia haha, as back in my teens was when a lot of the larger outfits were getting to their peak or starting out and just getting known, so the best of both worlds!
 
What are your fifteen favorite video games?

Thanks, Arcy.

15 favourites... OK I think I have a list!
  1. Disgaea 2
  2. Final Fantasy IX
  3. Vagrant Story
  4. Disgaea 1
  5. Tales of Vesperia
  6. Phantasy Star Online: Episode 1&2
  7. Monster Hunter Rise
  8. Final Fantasy XII
  9. Rollercoaster Tycoon 2
  10. SimCity 4
  11. Eternal Darkness
  12. Street Fighter Alpha 3
  13. Fire Emblem: Three Houses
  14. The Legend of Zelda: Wind Waker
  15. Bust-a-Move 2
 
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