#Erm. Yapper alert!

[ladymariayuri]

Learning raid mechanics on site rarely goes well i’ve done it so many times esp in ffxiv and it is so difficult unless the mechanics are like the standard 3. I dont think its anyone’s fault tbh I think its more a matter of accepting that you need a few tries to get it. I used to think i was trash but then i realized its insane of me to think ill be able to play flawlessly while experiencing something new where i have to watch out for mechanics ive never come across before, manage my rotation and on top of that listen to other people giving me instructions like… i believe most people dont perform great when their focus is split on multiple things at once

(Ok so wall of text because i am very passionate about mechanics in video games)

Oh for sure and I was telling them in voice at the time that I don't learn things well on the spot and especially not in the middle of a fight. At one point I was so frustrated with a boss (the last boss of Lighthouse ??? I don't remember the raid name, it was before or after orbonne monastery) that I wasn't accepting rezzes because I just kept dying to things that weren't at all intuitive. During the robot boss where you had to do math and step in the circle that had your answer I didn't understand that either because they didn't explain it to me.

FF14 at some point becomes very "play blind" unfriendly I've noticed. Late telegraphs and gotchas are much more common. its not always a bad thing, but it does get annoying having to Google dungeon or raid guides every single time I have to do a new one for the MSQ, which I had to do for a few raids in shadow bringers and most stuff for Endwalker. That's part of the fun for most people, and my friends cited wanting to give me the blind experience when they didn't explain things, but for me and I'm sure for you it just ended up making me more frustrated. especially when you have ego problems and hate performing poorly with other people.

I had to make flash cards for the epic of Alexander because that fight is so complicated I knew I wouldn't be able to remember anything without relentless studying and wouldn't get anything if it was explained to me on the spot. Obviously I didn't do amazing at it my short time in there (my friends are still trying to find a day that works well for the most people to keep going) because there is really no amount of studying that can prepare you for the environment that is a very mathed out, highly intricate raid with extremely high personal responsibility doing a very very very specific strategy when you're both A. new and B. coming from wow which is comparatively a mosh pit. Like my friends dragged me in there when I was level 85 or something and it was horrifying. But I'd argue I did a lot better than I did in any normal ass ivalice raid because I had the chance to study and learn beforehand.

I haven't beaten Eureka Orthos yet (I died to f99 boss sun spots because I didn't quite understand how the hitboxes worked and ended up cornering myself into a bad spot) but I think I'm pretty good at it and I'm sure I'll get it next run, which I was honestly thinking about starting after I checked my ask box. It's taken me about like 2 or 3 real attempts to get there but because I had the chance to study up on every single boss and every single mob as much as I wanted beforehand I don't have a problem actually doing the mechanics and I don't think I've died/used up a rez/ended the run to not doing the thing because i did it wrong (besides excalibur). Sometimes i just end up zoning out for a few seconds and K.O because 6+ hours of undivided attention is kind of hard to ask for LOL.

My friends have watched me do orthos and were like You are fucking deranged having absolutely no fear fighting Zaratans, Thunderbeasts, Spectres, 91-98 Orthochimeras which are all extremely mechanically demanding in some way. I know all the mobs by heart and I have the confidence in myself to do the simon says of something like a chimera correctly every single time granted my attention doesn't lapse. but that's only because I learned what they did beforehand, not on the spot, where I definitely would not be able to engrain anything into my head because I would be so stressed out. EO is probably the closest thing I have to wow's really high m+ dungeons where you die to literally anything in a far fetched way so it makes me feel at home LOL

[ballcrusher74]

Your sona (bigform) looks very cool, reminds me of the silhouette of a dinosaur, what is the critter and what inspired such a cool mech tang?

OK. RAMBLE TIME

My sona (Jawbreaker) is a fucked up star alien thing ! You're gonna get a little more than just what he is and inspirations and I hope you don't mind, I made a whole fucking species just for this guy's backstory LOL Stellarites are shapeshifting, celestial beings created with star energy. Their strength varies, depending on what kind of star their energy was sourced from. Jawbreaker (his actually birth name is unknown and he forgot himself) was created with the energy of a quasi star as an experiment for his overlord, Metsu. He served in their celestial empire as a royal guard, and had a close eye kept on him. He excelled compared to his peers, and was deemed spectacular at his work- the only downside was his short temper. He was constantly consulted about his attitude, and it only seemed to grow worse. He grows disobedient, to the point where he is sentenced to be shattered for his resources to be recycled. He escapes from his home planet, landing on Earth. He examines life from afar, and takes on a more humanoid form. As he lives out his days on his new home, there's something that he can't avoid now- taxes. So what's a better job to get when you used to be a guard for an intergalactic ruler? Become a hitman! This is where he obtained his helmet and his name. A couple years go by and he's considered a perfect killing machine, being able to leave such little trails behind in his work. Then, he fucks up one day. A single drop of his blood is found at a scene. This results in a huge chase for him, especially because he is extraterrestrial life. He eventually is caught, and used in government experiments. These experiments were based off the mega-structure, dyson spheres, in which they tried to extract energy out of him. He manages to escape this, takes on his current form with a repainted helmet and fresh new look, and is now a party-animal alien out on the run with a bounty on his head. (This is like, a really watered down version of his story cus if I put the whole thing here that shit would go on forever)

Also y'know what, fuck it, here's the full ref sheet + cool guitar item that I keep forgetting I have OOPS

Going onto actually inspirations now, here's a couple !

The general design was just based off of character design aspects that I like a lot. Chunky shoes, shoulder pads, big sleeves, huge zipper- etc, etc.

The hoodie and boxers combo just comes from the fact that that is typically what I roam around in

The star eye was me trying to recycle from my old sona, but the true origin of it was it being a reference to one of my favorite musicians at the time, Grandson ^_^

The half heart locket is for my boyfriend <3

The big ol' eyebrow is just cus I have bushy eyebrows + I love big ass eyebrows

I'm gonna be honest, the hair was when I was trying to make my sona on Roblox but I obviously couldn't have my helmet, so a red base and cyan trihawk came along and it's stuck since then + I FUCKING LOVE MOHAWKS SO BAD

The blood is based off of glowstick liquid . Please trust me when I say to not eat glowsticks they do not taste good .

The colors are also kinda recycled from my old sona, but also because I fucking love red and cyan

The whole alien aspect is taken from the fact my birthday is on the same day as the Area 51 raid LMAO

Exaggerated proportions kinda came from FNF . yeag

THE HELMET . The helmet was a thing I scrapped from a really old oc of mine, which was kinda taken from Jasper (SU) . The addition for the jaw part was inspired by a bear trap

also these two that I use for this blog . They're obviously more jokey looking + I made it so they are both immortal beings that have existed since the dawn of time that just fuck around on Earth but yea it's also just me . but funny looking

I think that is it . yeag

[mus74ch3c47]

erm hello

HAIII!!!!

My name(s) r "Caine" "tincanCAINE" "Can" "Cup" "Caines Cup"

My pronouns are He/Him :3

My sexuality is Aroace (no bitches looking ass /J!!!!)

Fandoms n zhit lolz: Objectshows! Erm, Demon slayer, Undertale(CRINGE!!!!), uhhh Invader Zim!!!! Deltarune, uuuhhhhmmm Sanrio/Hello kitty, Minecraft, uhm, ROBLOX, Adventure Time, Warrior cat, Vocaloid, Moonkitti, Wing of Fire (I'll add more I forgot l8r)

OBJECT SHOWS I LIKE!!!!! : HfjONE, CFMOT, BFDI, Inanimate Insanity, ITFT, Love of the s*n, Animatic Battle, BFDIA, BFBFDI, TPOT, IDFB, BURNER, Battle for Grandma, Object kerfuffle (I'll add more i forgot l8r)

I am a furry! :7

Cool hobbies I like or something: ARTs and crafts, collecting random ass shit, playing video games

Special tags i have: #yowchers!! Emo alert (what it means is that I'm venting, the post that uses the tag is a vent post) #YAPPER CAN (what it means is that I'm blogging, and/or yapping about a special interest) #finally!! (What it means is its an art tag, and i think the art is actually good) #bawllz (what it means is it's an art shit post tag)

DNI: felix, hazbin hotel/hellva boss fans