Thin Crust

Boatload of new content. Too bad I already quit the game.

You'll never guess what happened. I know weight fluctuates all the time, but I lost 10 lbs in 1 day. That's one heck of a difference. One other thing that happened was that I went for a run for the first time in 8 months. I ran 3-4 miles a day for 2 years yet this run I did went easier then at my peak back then. But in the meantime, I've been staying around the 205 mark for the last few months and I think it's about time I finished up and lost the rest of the weight I want to lose. To kick start this, I'm going to be making something I dub "José Jalapeño on a Stick" No carbs!

Well guys, I did it. I finally put the game down. It's been one heck of a journey and my thumbs will never be the same, but I'm glad it's finally over. I used my fortune to craft 50 2-star items for my free company, put all my crafting materials into the free company chest, converted all my crafting sets, and discontinued my subscription. The game is finally over. Let me tell you my accomplishments. Every crafting class at 50 with fully melded AF gear for all of them. I could make any item in the game with a 100% chance of HQ. Every gathering class at 50 with fully melded AF gear for all of them. Full iLevel 90 White Mage with 3 pieces of allagan gear. and 3 other level 90 drops. iLevel 74 Dragoon All extreme mode primals defeated with healer's drops from each of them. Story completed All seasonal events completed All treasure maps done over and over again. Cumulatively made about 4 million gil through crafting. Beaten coil turn 1-4 The only thing I wasn't able to do was turn 5. I created a static group of friends in my free company to take on coil. All of us used mumble and were ready to go. The first time we did it, only 1 other person showed up. That really was what made me quit the game. I went against titan extreme 100 times and only beat him 4 times before I got my healer's earrings. Not once did my free company of hundreds of people go with me. The community is what makes an MMO great. There isn't a single MMO out there that you should play alone and none of the members in my free company wanted to do this high level of play. Originally I was going to quit when the level cap was increased but that seems like it will be a long way off. In 2.2, they are going to be introducing higher level gear making all my hard earned level 90 gear out of date. And that just won't do. Now that I'm done, I have a massive backlog of games to play. I'll be starting with another playthrough of Deus Ex Human revolution and I can't wait till Uncharted 3 comes in the mail. Out of curiosity, is anyone else still on ARR?

Lo and behold everyone, I just got another craft to 50..... and I hate crafting. My classes are. Carpenter - 50 Weaver - 50 Blacksmith - 50 Goldsmith - 50 Alchemist - 15 Armorer - 15 Leatherworker - 15 Culinarian - 15 Wow, I cant believe how expensive Fleece and Diremite webs are. Also, if you wanted to do the triple turn-in leve quest in Mor Dhona, you would need 108 fleece to make the 9 items. You save on leve allowances but you go through a lot of crystals and materials. But in any case I think armorsmith might be next because I already have a miner to help with that. Either that or leatherworker. But I'm nervous because in carpentry or blacksmith, all you need to do to get your materials is go gather them. But for leatherworker, you need to hunt them and get random drops. That doesn't seem like a good use of time when you can gather materials faster.

Wow, look at all the content they are getting us for 2.1 There's player and FC housing, Crystal Tower, Moogle king fight, Beast tribe quests, Treasure hunts, Hair saloon(with a lot of new haircuts) NOOOOOOO they brought back Hildibrand, OMG, the pharos. I loved that in FF12. Hardmode dungeons, duty roulette, extreme mode primal fights, new story quests...... This update is going to be EPIC

My biggest question is...... Does 3D decrease the quality of normal 2D picture? If I took a 2D video from a 2D TV and placed it next to a 2D video from a 3D TV, will they look different?

Still looking for that perfect TV. Budget of $800 and needs to be at least 50" 120hz without that dumb smart or 3D gimmick. Been looking all over and I just don't want to buy a lesser brand like element or vizio. Needs to be top tier like Sony, Samsung, Phillips. I'm sorry but does anyone see a good deal out there? EDIT: In other news, 4K is already down to $3,000 http://store.sony.com/sony-55-class-54.6-diag-4k-ultra-hd-tv-zid27-XBR55X850A/cat-27-catid-All-Sony-HD-TVs

Everyone check it out. This is the greatest screenshot I have ever taken. God, I was lucky. Yea, I'm playing as a sissy little white mage. Laugh all you want but it's me who's keeping you alive. You screw with the white mage, and you're not getting back up again. Strange thing is, I've never done a healer in any game before. But I was able to level this one to 50 with almost full darklight gear (Relic + 1 on next monday). I'm surprised myself.

Sorry, did I say series? I meant ever. Even Brave Fencer Musashi (Squaresoft) on the PS1 had better acting. Look, there were only 2 good voice actors in FFX: Jecht and Auron. And the worst voice acting was done by the 3 most important characters (Tidus, Yuna, Seymour). Hmmm, maybe that second in command guado was the worst though..... not really good at looking at a bunch of bad acting and telling which one is less bad. You know what? I just might say that the acting in FF14 A Realm Reborn might be worse. Though you should hardly judge an MMO on it's acting unless it has the amount of voiced cutscenes as say... The Old Republic. But everyone talks so unbelievably slow and since the dialogue doesn't continue past the current dialogue box until you hit a button, every sentence is just so disconnected from eachother. Uhhh, what was I talking about again? I seem to have just put more nonsense into a single post that I have ever done.

Sorry, I meant voice acting not script. And yea, the voice acting was the worst in the series.

Watching that trailer I realized 2 things...... 1. Actual lip sync 2. At least parts of the script have been redone.

That's it!!! I am PISSED off. When I started playing I looked to see what craft made white mage weapons and it was carpentry. I got my white mage up to 50 while at the same time leveling up carpentry, blacksmith, and goldsmith. (along with botany and mining) I hate crafting. But I endured it all for one purpose only: To make my ultimate White Mage weapon. Now that I have just beaten Castrum Meridianum I was looking into what I would need to get my White Mage relic weapon. What do I need? ALCHEMY!!?!??!?! What idiot decided that alchemy would be the class to make White Mage weapons? That's the stupidest thing I've seen in this game by far! Even more than Alchemy making grimoire (It should be leatherworker). I probably put over 100 hours into crafting and gathering and it was all for nothing! NOTHING!!! I HATE crafting and look what I endured for this. Carpentry: 46 Blacksmith:42 Goldsmith: 45 Alchemy: 15 Cook: 15 Leatherworker: 15 Weaver: 15 Armorsmith: 15 Miner: 33 Botany:32 For your information, at level 15 of each craft, you get a really good ability that you can use in any of your crafts. Things like rumination and tricks of the trade are invaluable in crafting.

I was hooked on the first note.

Another commercial for Playstation 4. Not sure how I feel about this one though. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s0d9d-cdxhk

Well it refuses to cue up to the part where it's supposed to. It's supposed to start at 10:37

It would mainly be used for games. Especially PS4 in the future. Do most TV's have an option to dial it back down to 60Hz for movies?

I have decided to get myself a 50" TV. Thing is, they aren't exactly cheap. I want to be absolutely sure before I make a purchase. One thing I'm leaning toward isthe SONY 50" (diag) R450 Series LED HDTV http://store.sony.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/ProductDisplay?catalogId=10551&storeId=10151&langId=-1&productId=8198552921666590655 I currently have a 32" SONY Bravia and I love it. I love it so much that I'm sticking with SONY TV's again. I would like your advice and input if you are able. My criteria is that it needs to be 50", don't care about 3D or it being a smart TV. Question is though, it's only 60 Hz. Do you think I should try for 120 or 240? Another one I'm looking into is This one here. The Samsung - 50" Class (49-1/2" Diag.) - LED - 1080p - 120Hz - HDTV. It's not a SONY but I know Samsung is a big name and this one has the 120 HZ

http://eu.finalfantasyxiv.com/pr/blog/

I clicked away when the video started and went back to it at about 7sec in. I thought it was the HD remaster in the Bikanel desert. Did a double take.

Found it Also, I'm going through withdrawls. My PS3 is currently in Texas getting repaired. (HDMI output is broke) Only good thing is that I should have a whole lot of rested exp by the time I get back on.

Here's the secret to beating every boss in the game. Get all of your aeons to overdrive and summon them one after another. Even if you are facing seymour who can one-shot KO them, the combined overdrives of them all is enough to kill or almost kill all of the bosses.

Just announced. If you buy the PS3 version, you get the PS4 version for free. http://www.ign.com/articles/2013/09/09/final-fantasy-xiv-ps3-can-be-upgraded-to-ps4-for-free?abthid=522dab271166c24a7300000a

Did they really put little kids in mo cap suits to do these? Come on, I can't find a gif of this one. click for laughs