FFXIV – Part 230: Vengeful Burnout [White Mage 50-60]

Summary: A-Towa-Cant’s granddaughter helps fight the taint fostered by the Alaqa the witch.

FFVIIR - Part 73: Shinra Training #2 [Mostly Unspoiled]

Summary: Shinra's Virtual Reality Simulator. Barrett solo, Tifa solo, and a Barrett/Tifa team-up.

FFVIIR - Part 72: Shinra Training #1 [Mostly Unspoiled]

Summary: Shinra's Virtual Reality Simulator. Three person team and Cloud solo.

FFXIV – Part 229: No Padjal [White Mage 30-50]

Summary: Ququshu is chosen as a third white mage alongside two Padjali to quiet the forest’s anger. Christmas returns to Eorzea.

It’s been 2-3 years since I last touched this job. Back to it! The conjurer quest from early 2018: http://coldrungaming.blogspot.com/2018/02/ffxiv-p...

FFVIIR - Part 71: Mayor is the Best! [Mostly Unspoiled]

Summary: Deeper into Shinra HQ. The delightful Mayor Domino and the terrifying Hojo. VR arena.

NOTE: My first run of this session didn't record. This video is my replay of the session with comments, but not an unspoiled session. I apologize.

FFVIIR - Part 70: Take the Long Way [Mostly Unspoiled]

Summary: Stairs. Lots of stairs. (Barrett, blame djinn87 for suggesting stairs over elevator.) A corporate tour with an apocalyptic vision to cap it off.

FFXIV – Part 228: Ten Duel Commandments

Summary: The new 5.4 dungeon, Matoya’s Relict. Admiral Merlwyb’s deft handling of beast tribe politics in Limsa Lominsa. Fandaniel sets up his move.

 

FFVIIR - Part 69: Monkey Bars [Mostly Unspoiled]

Summary: Infiltrating Shinra HQ. An acrobatic Tifa takes center stage. Elevator or stairs?

FFXIV – Part 227: Password

Summary: Starting the 5.4 main story quest. Seeking a way to cure Ga Bu’s tempering.

Continuing the main story quest I last dealt with in September: http://coldrungaming.blogspot.com/2020/09/ffxiv-p...

FFVIIR - Part 68: Valkyrie [Mostly Unspoiled]

Summary: Reaching the top of the plate, despite the best efforts of Shinra's Valkyrie.

FFVIIR - Part 67: Grappler [Mostly Unspoiled]

Summary: Starting Chapter 15. Climbing the Sector 7 plate.

FFXIV – Part 226: Kids

Summary: Emerald Weapon. Valens is the worst person in Final Fantasy XIV.

TW: child abuse, torture.

FFVIIR - Part 66: Abzu 3: Abzu’s Revenge [Mostly Unspoiled]

Summary: Leslie and Avalanche pursue Corneo in the sewers. Rematch against Abzu.

[Coldrun Fitness] Level 8: Offseason - Exercise

Trying some early exercises.

 

FFXIV – Part 225: Full Heart

Summary: The conclusion to the phenomenal Eden raid series. Loghrif and Mitron. Gaia and Ryne.

FFVIIR - Part 65: Abzu 2: Son of Abzu [Mostly Unspoiled]

Summary: Teaming up with Leslie in a return to the sewers.

[Coldrun Fitness] Level 7: Offseason - Dinner

Trying out some dinners at home, including my first successful baked potato.

Also, I'm not playing WoW enough to justify a subscription, so I'm switching my character for this project. I'll be playing on my main Final Fantasy XIV character, Ququshu Qushu, and playing a job I haven't touched before (pugilist/monk). Currently at level 7.

FFXIV – Part 224: Empty Mind

Summary: The first three fights in 5.4’s Eden’s Promise raid. Gaia wrestles with her past and memory.

This continues the Eden storyline from part 194: http://coldrungaming.blogspot.com/2020/03/ffxiv-p...

FFVIIR - Part 62: A Large Problem [Semi-Blind]

Summary: Returning to Shinra's underground laboratory to fight the Type-0 Behemoth.

[Coldrun Fitness] Level 6: Off Season - Snacks

Thinking of next steps and upping my snack game.

FFXIV – Part 223: Chosen One [Sylph Beast Tribe]

Summary: A Gridanian scholar helps the sylphs save their messiah from Ramuh’s clutches. 

FFVIIR - Part 61: Tonberry [Semi-Blind]

Summary: The power of music. The Angel's granddaughter. Shinra's secret green weapon.

NOTE: I lost some footage this session. Specifically, my rematch against the beastmaster in the arena, the Angel reveal with Mirielle and Kyrie, and my first tonberry attempt. Apologies!

Final Fantasy VII Remake - Part 60: Pull-Up Perdition [Semi-Blind]

Summary: Pull-up competitions in Wall Market. Salty Coldrun returns in a frustrated rage montage against Jules.

For those who are not up to watching the failure montage, skip from about 22:10 (my first encounter with Jules) to 33:05 (the start of the victory run).

[Coldrun Fitness] Level 5: Put It All Together and What Do You Get?

Over the past four levels, I've been working on four fundamental areas. This level, I'm trying a one day challenge of focusing on all of them.

 

 

[Coldrun Fitness] Level 4: Clean Days

This level, I'll build on keeping a clean home and also circle back to where I started with working on timing my food.

 

FFVIIR - Part 59: Chocobotional Rescue [Semi-Blind]

Summary: Saving missing kids and chocobos around Sector 5 and Wall Market.

FFVIIR - Part 58: Kyrie [Semi-Blind]

Summary: Saving chocobos. Testing new weapon abilities, including melee!Barret. Meeting a shadily upbeat woman.

FFVIIR - Part 57: Whacking Wunderkind [Semi-Blind]

Summary: Revisiting Sector 5. Looking for missing children. Dominating the upgraded whack-a-box!

[Coldrun Fitness] Level 3 - For the Birds

Focusing on cooking and cleaning. Happy Thanksgiving to all who celebrate!

FFVIIR - Part 56: Good Kitty [Semi-Blind]

Summary: The Failed Experiment boss fight. The greatest cat. Wedge. Brief rest at Elmyra's.

[Coldrun Fitness] Level 2: I Suck At Cooking (Yeah I Totally Suck)

TW: food, exercise

Cooking a few super basic things. Continuing to walk. (Feel free to add me if you play Pokemon go!)

FFVIIR - Part 55: Barret Alone [Semi-Blind]

Summary: Barret fights solo through the test site below Sector 7. Rejoining Tifa.

FFVIIR - Part 54: Disaster Relief [Semi-Blind]

Summary: The ruin of Sector 7. Following Wedge's trail.

Warning: sporadic audio issues. Static, popping, etc. I'm working on it. :(

[Coldrun Fitness] Level 1: Timing

TW: food, exercise

I'm writing this a few days after my character creation post. My last few days were stressful and overwhelming, and I wasn't in a great position to make even small changes. 

These days I logged here felt good. Some minor eating habit changes and a first walk again.

 

 

Final Fantasy VII Remake - Part 53: Ancient [Blind]

Summary: Meeting back at Chez Aerith. Elmyra's tragedy. How Elmyra met Aerith.

 

FFVIIR - Part 52: Leviathan [Semi-Blind]

Summary: Many failures against VR Leviathan. One nail-biter of a victory.

[Coldrun Fitness] Character Creation

This is a new project I'm undertaking. It's fitness related, but will not mention weight. Threw out my scale. (Not that I don't think weight can matter, but watching it has historically not helped me achieve any of my goals.)

I'm sluggish. Little exercise, junky food, and poor self-care. Maybe I can change that.

FFXIV – Part 222: Thaumaturgical Welcome [Black Mage 80]

Summary: A short session. Lalai finds her place in Ul’dah. A collection of fun screenshots around Eorzea.

 

FFVIIR - Part 51: Sector of Ruin [Semi-Blind]

Summary: Walking from the crushed sector 7 through Wall Market to sector 5. My first attempt against Leviathan.

FFVIIR - Part 50: Crash and Burn [Semi-Blind]

Summary: Fighting Rude and Reno atop the pillar to save the plate.

 

FFVIIR - Part 49: Dramatic Exit [Semi-Blind]

Summary: Aerith tries to save Marlene. Tifa and Aerith climb the pillar. Jessie.

 

FFVIIR - Part 48: Pillar Support [Semi-Blind]

Summary: Returning to Sector 7 to help secure the pillar against a Turk attack. Biggs.

 

FFVIIR - Part 47: Eligor [Semi-Blind]

Summary: Completing (probably?) the Train Graveyard, with a fight against a fear-eating spectral horseman.

FFXIV – Part 221: Save the Queen

Summary: Castrum Lacus Litore. Completing the main story content in the Bozjan Southern Front. Misija gains an ancestral ally.

FFVIIR - Part 45: Graveyard Shift [Semi-Blind]

Summary: The spooky Train Graveyard. Following a child ghost.

FFVIIR - Part 46: Communing with the Dead [Semi-Blind]

Summary: Chasing ghosts through the Train Graveyard. The phenomenal Ghoul boss fight.

 

FFXIV – Part 220: Warfront

Summary: Entering the Bozjan Southern Front, XIV’s new Eureka-style zone. Pushing towards the imperial castrum and learning of Gabranth’s new vision for the Empire.

FFXIV – Part 219: The Rollin’ Tankards [Dwarf Beast Tribe]

Summary: Two dwarves from different tribes join in their love of engineering, competition, explosives, and alcohol.

FFVIIR - Part 43: Sewer Crawlers [Semi-Blind]

Summary: Working our way from Abzu's room towards sector 7.

FFVIIR - Part 42: The Don [Semi-Blind]

Summary: The Trio messes up Don Corneo's night. Abzu the sewer beast.

FFVIIR - Part 41: New Bee [Semi-Blind]

Summary: Dance party! Andrea transforms Cloud in the Honeybee Inn.

FFVIIR - Part 40: The Woman in the Red Dress [Semi-Blind]

Summary: Defusing bombs in the colosseum for Chocobo Sam. Aerith takes off her glasses.

FFVIIR - Part 39: A Flash of Inspiration [Semi-Blind]

Summary: A new squat champion (after two defeats to Jules). Cloud and Johnny help a shopkeeper get his "inspiration" back. Innuendo abounds.

FFXIV – Part 218: Making History [Qitari Beast Tribe, Dragoon 80]

Summary: Aiding the rat beast tribe in the Rak’tika Greatwood delving into the past. Remembering Nidhogg.

FFVIIR - Part 38: Jules’ Gym [Semi-Blind]

Summary: Testing out the bonus coliseum. Squats.

FFVIIR - Part 37: Royal Rumble [Semi-Blind]

Summary: Fighting in the Coliseum, culminating in a brutal Hell House boss (and the return of Salty Coldrun).

FFVIIR - Part 36: The Trio [Semi-Blind]

Summary: Meeting Wall Market's syndicate leaders to try getting a foot in the door with Don Corneo.

FFVIIR - Part 35: Night Life [Semi-Blind]

Summary: Finishing my initial tour of Wall Market. Ms. Folia's dream. Johnny returns. "Patients."

FFVIIR - Part 34: Fat Chocobo [Semi-Blind]

Summary: The playground. Tifa in trouble. Entering Wall Market. A bizarre summon fight.

FFVIIR - Part 33: Beck’s Badasses [Semi-Blind]

Summary: Crawling through the sector six slums. Giving Aerith a hand. The strangest gang in Midgar.

FFVIIR - Part 32: Elmyra’s Request [Semi-Blind]

Summary: Back to Chez Aerith. Mothers. Sneaking away from Aerith. Unsuccessfully, and thank the Lifestream for that.

FFXIV – Part 217: The Legendary Siegfried [Blue Mage 50-60]

Summary: Defending the Celestium from a hostile takeover. Finding a role for the new blue mage guild.

FFVIIR - Part 31: Rude [Semi-Blind]

Summary: Helping an old man visit his wife's grave (and then inexplicably pissing him off). Sparring with Rude.

FFXIV – Part 216: Azuro Returns! [Blue Mage 50]

Summary: Finishing the 50 blue mage quest and Azulmagia. Challenges #1-25 in the Masked Carnivale.

FFVIIR - Part 29: Whack-a-Box [Semi-Blind]

Summary: King of the hedgehog pies. The saintly Ms. Folia. A DPS mini-game.

FFVIIR - Part 28: Monodrive Mayhem [Semi-Blind]

Summary: Saving the scared man from rogue Shinra weapons. It takes a few attempts. Been in a rough mood of late, so apologies for some of my disproportionate frustration.’

FFVIIR - Part 27: Mog [Semi-Blind]

Summary: Meeting the moogle merchant. Hunting rogue Shinra weaponry.

FFVIIR - Part 26: Virtual Reality [Semi-Blind]

Summary: Chadley returns. Shiva. Saving some kiddos (badly) from mean smog machines and hedgehog pies.

FFXIV – Part 215: Gundam Wing

Summary: G-Warrior vs. Sapphire Weapon. The Rising 2020. Requesting your help in picking my next goal!

FFVIIR - Part 25: Chez Aerith [Semi-Blind]

Summary: Sector 5 village. Aerith is best friends with everyone. Leaf House. Aerith's house and Elmyra.

FFXIV – Part 214: Back to the Source

Summary: The Scions leave the First behind. G’raha’s journey. Zenos and a new Ascian await. I love this.

FFVIIR - Part 24: Cooking Hedgehog Pie [Semi-Blind]

Summary: Rude appears. Learning Aerith's mechanics as we move through the sector 5 slum backstreets.

FFVIIR - Part 23: Aerith [Semi-Blind]

Summary: Crashing into church. The delightful Aerith Gainsborough. Reno. Walking the rooftops.

FFXIV – Part 213: Ascian of Light

Summary: The Fourteenth. The Heroes’ Gauntlet. The Seat of Sacrifice.

FFVIIR - Part 22: Airbusted [Semi-Blind]

Summary: My two attempts against the Airbuster. It… didn’t go great.

Warning: return of salty Coldrun.

FFXIV – Part 212: Origins of Light

Summary: Starting the 5.3 main story quest. Delving into the history of the First’s champions. Elidibus’s test.

FFVIIR - Part 21: Key Kard Kerfuffle [Semi-Blind]

Summary: Preparing for the fight against the Airbuster. Figuring out which aspects of it to hamper.

FFVIIR - Part 20: Live at Five [Semi-Blind]

Summary: Reaching reactor 5. Heidegger springs his trap.

FFXIV – Part 211: What Dreams May Come [Pixie Beast Tribe]

Summary: Investigating a plague of nightmares infecting the pixies’ dream world.

FFXIV – Part 210: The Puppets’ Bunker

Summary: 2B and 2P. The second 24 player raid in the YoRHa: Dark Apocalypse series. Yo-Kai Watch returns to Eorzea.

FFVIIR - Part 19: The Search for More Materia [Semi-Blind]

Summary: Finishing up in sectors F, G, and H to hunt down the various materia that were juuuuust out of reach.

FFXIV – Part 209: Shadowkeeper

Summary: Wrapping up the Shadowbringers role quests. The mysterious sixth member of Team Ardbert.

FFVIIR - Part 18: Walk the Catwalk [Semi-Blind]

Summary: Navigating Sector 4's labyrinthine sections F, G, and H.

FFXIV – Part 208: Sophrosyne, Cardinal Virtue [Healer 70-80]

Summary: I meet one of the greatest characters in FF as we take on the fourth Cardinal Virtue. All hail Giott the Aleforged.

Final Fantasy VII Remake - Part 17: Plan Excellent [Semi-Blind]

Summary: The Crab Warden rudely interrupts our trip to sector 5.

FFXIV – Part 207: Tonberry Family Legacy [Scholar 60-70]

Summary: Helping a new tonberry friend, Setoto, track her father’s story.

FFVIIR - Part 16: Follow Your Nose [Semi-Blind]

Summary: "Rescuing" Barrett in the subway. Heidegger ho-ho-hos. Grashtrike grossness.

FFVIIR - Part 15: No Stopping This Train [Semi-Blind]

Summary: Fighting through the mysterious specters. Riding the train to sector 5. 

FFXIV – Part 206: Gitting Gud [Scholar Mechanics, 30-60]

Summary: Learning about healing abilities and strategies before I make the final leveling push on scholar.

FFVIIR - Part 14: Maximum Cattitude [Semi-Blind]

Summary: Returning from Jessie's raid to Sector 7. Wedge's joyful cat fort. Dementors attack.

FFVIIR - Part 13: Pizza Power [Semi-Blind]

Summary: Infiltrating the Shinra facility with Biggs and Wedge, serving as a distraction for Jessie. Another dance with Roche.

FFXIV – Part 205: Plague [Scholar 50-60]

Summary: Exploring the voidsent mystery of the tonberry curse. HOO AH, ROYAL MARINES!

FFVIIR - Part 12: Need for Speed [Semi-Blind]

Summary: Motorcycle combat. The bizarre (and kinda endearing?) Roche. Jessie's home.

FFXIV – Part 204: The Secret of Nym [Scholar 30-50]

Summary: Teaming up with a marauder to start uncovering the mystery of the tonberries.

FFVIIR - Part 11: Lord of the Dart Board [Semi-Blind]

Summary: Bartender Tifa. Shut out from Avalanche's next mission. A gang is after Barrett. Jessie's got a job.

[No fan this time, but my mic picked up some of my breathing. Sorry about that. I'll try to keep my mic farther away next time.]

FFVIIR - Part 10: Shushing a Talker [Semi-Blind]

Summary: Wrapping up the chapter 3 sidequests. "Freeing" Johnny from Shinra.

FFVIIR - Part 9: Rabid Dog [Semi-Blind]

Summary: Stepping up my assessment game. Dealing with a Shinra-enhanced stray pup in the Scrapyard.

FFVIIR – Part 8: Doomed by Rats [Semi-Blind]

Summary: Knocking out some side-quests, and getting knocked out by others. Cats, rats, drakes.

FFVIIR – Part 7: Scrap Boulevard [Semi-Blind]

Summary: Starting to build Cloud's rep. The bizarre Chadley. Cat friends.

FFVIIR – Part 6: The Grand Tour [Semi-Blind]

Summary: Exploring Sector 7. Music collections and so many cats. Collecting for the glorious Tifa.

FFXIV – Part 203: Clearing Customs [Arcanist 1-30]

Summary: Limsa Lominsa’s inspectors. An arcanist confronts her past trauma.

TW: sexual assault, slavery.

FFXIV – Part 202: Andreia, Cardinal Virtue [Physical DPS 70-80, Dancer 80]

Summary: Joining a privileged hunter in tracking the third boss sin eater, formerly the archer Renda-Rae. Dancing with Ranaa.

FFVIIR – Part 5: Old Friends [Semi-Blind]

Summary: Returning to Tifa and Seventh Heaven. Marlene. Barrett is best dad. Glimpse of the Reunion.

FFVIIR - Part 4: Hop a Train [Semi-Blind]

Summary: Meeting Aerith and the Dementors. Fighting past the riot police to reach the train.

FFVIIR - Part 3: False Flag [Semi-Blind]

Summary: Escape from Mako Reactor 1. Visions of Sephiroth.

FFXIV – Part 201: Social Justice Dancers [Dancer 60-70]

Summary: Nashmeira returns to FF. A troupe fights despair and hopelessness in Eorzea through the power of dance.

FFVIIR - Part 2: So Much for Being a Mercenary [Semi-Blind]

Summary: Fumbling with the mechanics on the way to Mako Reactor 1. The dynamic first boss.

FFVIIR – Part 1: Re-Mako [Semi-Blind]

Summary: Starting a new (?) game! Back to Midgar. I ALREADY LOVE EVERYONE, especially Jessie and Wedge.

FFXV – Part 35: Road Trip’s End

Summary: Some brief final thoughts on Final Fantasy XV. After six years, the end of (this phase) of “Coldrun Plays the Final Fantasy Series.”

FFXV – Part 34: Sacrificial Lamb

Summary: Ardyn and Ifrit assault Insomnia. Battling Regis and Somnus. Ardyn’s purpose. The end of FFXV’s Episode Ardyn DLC.

FFXV – Part 33: Usurper

Summary: The Ardyn anime prologue. Somnus is the worst. Ardyn joins up with the Empire.

FFXV – Part 32: Descension

Summary: Our new hero returns home. Meeting Verstael. Beginning the Episode Ardyn DLC.

FFXV – Part 31: What If

Summary: Alternate XV endings via the Episode Ignis DLC Extra Verse mode.

FFXV – Part 30: Two Protectors

Summary: Ignis and Ravus battle together through Altissia. The main chapters of Episode Ignis.

FFXIV – Part 200: Grab Bag

Summary: No plot progress here. Sharing a recently-gathered collection of awesome player names and screenshots from around Eorzea. Happy 200th.

FFXV – Part 29: Return of the King

Summary: Ifrit. The Old Kings. Ardyn. The end of the main FFXV game.

FFXV – Part 28: Nightmare in Insomnia

Summary: Time lapse. Awakening in Ardyn’s world. Starting the final push in the Crown City.

FFXV – Part 27: Zegnautus Keep

Summary: Into the imperial capital with a split party. The path to the Crystal. Ardyn’s name.

FFXV – Part 26: Lingering Frost

Summary: Train ride through a frosted countryside. Ravus’s apparent turn? Gentiana reveals herself. Completing chapter 12.

FFXV – Part 25: Advance Lever

Summary: Aranea and Prompto. Barbarus. Immortalis. The end of Episode Prompto.

FFXV – Part 24: Origins

Summary: The first half of the Episode Prompto DLC. Captured in the snow. Verstael Bethisia’s lab.

FFXV – Part 23: Blind Man’s Party

Summary: Chapters 10 and 11. The slow strife of Fodino Caestino. Malboro. Train under siege.

FFXV – Part 22: The Trial of Lunafreya

Summary: The battle against Leviathan, one of the best action pieces in all FF. Lunafreya.

FFXV – Part 21: Giants of Land and Sea

Summary: Meeting Weskham and Camelia in Altissia. Lunafreya’s speech. Bismarck. Adamantoise.

FFXIV – Part 199: Dikaiosyne, Cardinal Virtue [Tank/Warrior 70-80]

Summary: Helping both a random hunter and Ardbert’s former tank find peace in loss. Matchmaking in the level 80 warrior quest.

FFXV – Part 20: Brotherhood

Summary: Sailing to Altissia, and watching the FFXV Brotherhood anime.

TW: weight loss

FFXIV – Part 198: Cidception

Summary: The relic weapon quest from 5.25. Diving into Cid’s memories of the Bozjan Incident. Easter comes to Eorzea.

FFXV – Part 19: Kingsglaive

Summary: Costlemark Tower. A giant fish. Thoughts on the Kingsglaive movie. Terra Wars crossover.

FFXV – Part 18: Eorzean Intruders

Summary: Starting chapter 8. Crestholm Channels. The Regalia gets an upgrade. XIV spills into XV.

FFXIV – Part 197: Iron Bellows [Goldsmith, Blacksmith, Armorer 70-80]

Summary: My final Shadowbringers crafting quest with the Facet of Forging. Iola serves the beast tribes of the First and gets her father’s forge rolling again.

FFXV – Part 17: The Trial of Gilgamesh

Summary: Completing the Episode Gladiolus DLC, including the brutal “Final Trial” against Cor. Myrlwood. Steyliff Grove with Aranea.

FFXIV – Part 196: Fine Feathered Friend [Culinarian, Alchemist 70-80]

Summary: The Facet of Nourishing questline. A veterinarian and a talking amaro struggle to heal past wounds.

tw: mentions of animal cruelty

FFXV – Part 16: Episode Gladiolus

Summary: Arrival at Cape Caem. Beginning my first DLC. Gladiolus and Cor enter Gilgamesh’s realm.

FFXIV – Part 195: The Art of Restoration [Carpenter, Leatherworker, Weaver 70-80]

Summary: The Facet of Crafting quests. A crafter restores beloved heirlooms, and works to mend her family’s broken bonds. Little Ladies' Day returns to Eorzea.

FFXIV – Part 194: Opposites Attract

Summary: Ryne initiates a (headcanon) romance with Gaia, possible Oracle of Darkness. The 5.2 Eden’s Verse raids.

FFXV – Part 15: Repo Men

Summary: Recovering the Regalia. Ramuh’s reckoning. Riding with Iris towards Caem. Aranea. Terra Quest.

FFXIV – Part 193: The Great Awakening

Summary: The Anamnesis Anyder dungeon. Hydaelyn - maybe - gets some new recruits. Zenos' dreams. End of 5.2’s MSQ.

FFXIV – Part 192: Not Ardbert

FFXV – Part 14: The Fulgurian

Summary: Meeting Gentiana the Messenger. The Trial of Ramuh in Fociaugh Hollow.

FFXIV – Part 191: Ruby-Colored Glasses

Summary: Starting the patch 5.2 main story. Gaius’ past projects and children return. The trial against Ruby Weapon.

FFXV – Part 13: The Archaean

Summary: Chapter 4, “Living Legends.” Ardyn leads the party to visit Titan in the Disc.

FFXIV – Part 190: Undersea Panacea [Fishing 70-80]

Summary: The Crystarium’s new head fisherman takes on a double role as a healer.

FFXIV – Part 189: The Elusive Samiel [Gathering 70-80]

Summary: The miner/botanist Shadowbringers quests to track down a legendary beast. Valentine’s Day returns to Eorzea.

FFXV – Part 12: The Sword in the Waterfall

Summary: Two more royal arms from ice and fire dungeons. Ranking up through tier 4 hunts.

FFXIV – Part 188: The Seven Hundred and Seventy Seven

Summary: The crafting/gathering beast tribe for Stormblood. Helping some catfish avert the apocalypse. One of my favorite things in FFXIV.

FFXV – Part 11: Iris

Summary: Meeting Gladiolus’ sister in Lestallum as I continue with chocobo stuff and other side quests in Duscae.

FFXIV – Part 187: Crown Gemworks [Goldsmithing 60-70]

Summary: Ququshu takes over a new school for Ul’dahn goldsmiths with the Sultana’s support. The end of the 60-70 crafting quests.

FFXV – Part 10: Choco-Boco-Noctis

Summary: Questing around Duscae. A fantastic behemoth hunt. Dipping my toes into chocobos and racing.

FFXIV – Part 186: The Forbidden Blade / The Way to a Man’s Heart [Alchemist, Culinarian 60-70]

Summary: A blade is rumored to bring the dead to life. A chef tries cooking his way to acceptance from his father-in-law.

FFXIV – Part 185: Sekka [Blacksmith 60-70]

Summary: A wonderful young blacksmith strives to find a place in her father’s work.

FFXIV – Part 184: Forging a Style/The Right Stuff [Armorer, Leatherworker 60-70]

Summary: A Lominsan armorer seeks to right his ship in Kugane. A naturalist finds preservation through taxidermy.

FFXV – Part 9: Death Giraffes from Planet Hell

Summary: Side stuff in Leide and Duscae. Reviewing techniques and ascension.

Note: No main story progression here. My next step for “Burden of Expectation” is to meet Iris in Lestallum to the west, but I’m working on as much side stuff as I can before moving on to that.]

FFXIV – Part 183: Memoirs of a Geiko [Weaver 60-70]

Summary: A rising geiko and her western style clash against Kugane’s more traditional old guard.

FFXIV – Part 182: The Listening Wood [Carpenter 60-70]

Summary: Helping a young carpenter step outside her head and find her way.

FFXIV – Part 181: Aquatic Conservation [Fisher 60-70]

Summary: A sahagin attempts to preserve a beautiful species of fish. The new year comes to Eorzea.

FFXV – Part 8: In the Trenches

Summary: The incredible Keycatrich Trench. A deadly coeurl. Through the west blockade to Duscae.

tw: brief mention of spiders, hidden in rot13.

FFXIV – Part 180: Late Bloomer/Roll as One [Miner, Botanist 60-70]

Summary: The first of a series of posts about the 60-70 gathering and crafting quests. Just finished botanist and miner, so they’re up first.

tw: mention of demons and angels at the end

FF Cooking - Part 2: Croque Madame

Summary: Trying what seemed like a simple recipe. but highlighted how little I know about cooking. Many failures, one success.

Welcome to Ignis's croque madame! (Feel free to scroll to the bottom if you just want the recipe that worked.)