#ffxiv na data centers

[starlightinitiative]

The Starlight Initiative Presents: A Weekend of Gift Giving!

Hello there, and happy holidays to you and yours!

The Starlight Initiative is here, and we would like to invite you to join us in Mateus on the Crystal Data Center from December 8th thru the 10th! On that particular weekend from 6 PM - 11 PM Central time each night, you are invited to come over and ask us and our wonderful Little Helpers for something you'd like this Starlight Celebration! The main events will be taking place at the Starry Garden in Empyreum, Ward 9, Plot 42!

More information as well as a Discord link under the cut!

No worries if you can't make those specific times! Feel free to inform us of any time concerns you have, and we'll make a personal delivery at a time that is good for you!

If you would like to join our Discord for more information, or even to volunteer your own time and efforts, you can find the link here! Note that raffles for our high-value items (5 mil gil+ items) will be held here so that we can coordinate how best to get winners their prizes! Otherwise, we are willing to answer any and all questions you may have through the Ask system, in-game if you see us, or through Messages!

We have crafters, gatherers, people who are eager to run content, and more who have all generously donated their time for those that would like something they've been looking forward to this year. We also have a great many things stockpiled ready to distribute for those that are looking for such things.

This is our very first year holding such an event, and we're all very excited to fulfil just about any wishes that you might have! Due to this being our first year, we do have some requests for people to please bear in mind:

Keep your wishes limited to three per person if you could, please!

Make sure that what you're asking for is tradable or can be farmed! We do have people willing to help farm for some stuff up to a point. We're not confident enough this year to say we have dedicated raiders to help with Endwalker and most Shadowbringer farms, but we can certainly do our best to have a space where you can coordinate these efforts with the help of those that we have that are confident enough to do so!

Be sure not to ask for things that may cost more than 5 million gil -- much as we would love to gift you something that is that price and more, we don't want to stretch our funds immediately across everyone who has been willing to donate gil. Hopefully next year, we can truly be able to gift anything at any time!

We are always looking for volunteers or donors that are willing to contribute to the event in any capacity if you're feeling generous! ^_^

We look very forward to seeing you, and answering any questions or concerns!

-Admin Prim

[tea-ffxiv]

Join us at 7:00 PM eastern standard time (EST) on Monday, January 20th on the Balmung server at the Shroudrose Teahouse and Tavern located at Lavender Beds, Ward 5, Plot 58 nearest the Lavender Northeast Subdivision aetheryte. Come try Shroudrose’s specialty blends of tea! Enjoy a cup in our tearooms on the main floor and second floor (including our far eastern themed rooms), or purchase some loose-leaf to brew at home! You can always cozy up in our library to read or get some work done while you enjoy a cuppa. Snacks and treats will be available to compliment your tea.

This event is bi-weekly at 7:00 PM eastern time the first Monday and third Monday of each month (and fifth Monday, if applicable).

If you’d to learn more about our FC including details on our Information Brokering and Private Investigations services, our Recruitment, Discord, and more, please go here!

[chronicallykiki]

🔴 NOW LIVE 🔴

Final Fantasy XIV : ✨ What Day Is It? ✨

Beware 6.35 spoilers!!

[yutwili33]

Dear North American XIV Players

I have noticed during my Oceana visit, some of you NA players were shouting your ad venues.

Do you not read? The developers posted a while ago well before testing began!

*CHARACTERS WITH A HOME WORLD IN THE OCEANA DATA CENTER WILL BE UNABLE TO TRAVEL TO A DIFFERENT PHYSICAL DATA CENTER

Apparently, a lot of you missed the memo when traveling to OCE for the first time.

The details of this are here in Upcoming Test of Cross-Region Data Center Travel

[crystal-verse]

various gpose images of sae'pheli'ehva and a'mehka'ahma, feat. some wolraha

[capriccio-ffxiv]

How to participate:

If you want to join the wedding itself:

Create a free trial account for FFXIV at: https://freetrial.finalfantasyxiv.com/na/  (If you already have an FFXIV account, obviously you can skip this step)

Create a character on the Twintania server, on the Light data center, in the EU region. You must do this even if you have an account already unless you already have a character there; characters MUST be on the same server to participate in an Eternal Bonding ceremony.

Make sure your characters start in GRIDANIA. This means you will need to start as a Conjurer, Lancer, or Archer.

If you can contact myself or Kian (https://selene-ffxiv.tumblr.com/) ahead of time (via here on Tumblr, on Discord, or whatever), great! We’ll help you get set up; we’ll need to add you to one of our friend’s lists and then send you an invitation. If not, we’ll have an organization meeting at the Carline Canopy (the inn) in Gridania one hour before the ceremony starts, so we can get you an invitation and ferry you to the chapel. We can also provide you with a basic tuxedo or dress!

If you’d prefer to just watch: I’ll be streaming on my Twitch channel: https://www.twitch.tv/lucid_seraph

*edit*

RECEPTION

Reception will be at Aquarium Sophia on the Materia data center immediately following the wedding. This is so that people who already play the game can bring their main characters with all their lovely outfits and such. But don't fret! Even if you're brand new on the free trial, you can still come. The link above has instructions on how to get there and we'll be happy to ferry you.

As for how to visit the Materia data center, my friend Melodic wrote up some instructions to make it easy:

If you have never been to the Materia data center before: The game will not immediately let you take a character and DC travel to Materia. It acts as though there's no road to get there. To build the "road" to Materia for your existing characters, you will need to first take your game client to Materia.

From the main game screen, click on "Data Center"

When the world map appears, click on "Oceanian Data Center", then click Proceed.

At this point, the game will connect you to the Materia DC as though you are going to create a new character.

Congratulations! You have taught your game client how to find the Materia DC, and you can now go back to your existing characters to DC travel them over to Materia and select the world Sophia. Further note: If you've done this before, you *might* need to do it a second time. Just be aware of error messages.

[leonaquitaine]

Sights of Eorzea: A Quick Update!

First of all - sorry for the lull in posts about pretty things!

The team behind the Sights of Eorzea discord server has been working tirelessly behind the scenes to set up the space, and it's consuming a good chunk of my free time. With that said, much has been done - so here's a quick feature rundown, and a teaser of things to come!

Guides

Every single guide I've worked on so far is listed there, and you can filter by subject and type!

Places to go, Studios to visit

One of the most used features in the server, the gpose-location forum allows users to post their screenshots with location and search tags - so if you're hunting for that perfect spot, this is the place for you!

In the same forum, you can find Studios as well! They're categorized by physical data center (NA, EU, JP, and OCE) and residential zones, and if you have a studio you can create your own entry and let other people discover your amazing work!

In the works: External location database

In parallel, we are also preparing to launch an external website specifically designed for scene search! It will be in sync with the server's gpose-location forum, allowing external users to have access to the contributed entries and search by tags!

(I know, the interface is awful. It's a work in progress, Ok? ;))

We're also planning to have a map view of these entries, where you can look for different angles and perspectives!

With all that said - you're invited to join Sights of Eorzea today and participate in its already vibrant and welcoming community! Join us as we forge new friendships, share captivating stories, and embark on adventures together!

P.S. I promise I'll resume my usual gpose and virtual photography content soon™; thanks for your patience!

[fair-fae]

Completely redid Faye's carrd. Going feral now.

[francisplaysffxiv]

Hi ffxiv gang I've decided to do sketches in exchange for jet black dyes, so if you've got any laying around you dont need, and are able to travel to NA data centers, and would be interested in handing them to me, I will draw your blorbo(s) for you...... quality is probably scrungled on this, sorry but yayeet

[spiribia]

most nuts thing about ffxiv NA data center is that the ul'dah starting area in one of the servers, balmung, is notoriously THE hub where everyone across servers congregates to ERP. a crucial building that you enter in the tutorial and will regularly be returning to in the starting stretch. by random chance a newcomer could create a character and earnestly enter the world of ffxiv directly into the center of.

[starlightinitiative]

The Initiative is getting ready for our second night of the Weekend of Gift Giving for North American Data Centers! If you couldn't make it yesterday, we hope we can see you tonight and take care of any wishes you might have!

The doors to the Starry Garden open at 6PM Central time! Remember that the event takes place on Mateus of the Crystal Data Center, Empyreum, Ward 9, Plot 42!

We also have our two raffles that will go out tonight for two very special minions that we previewed last night here on our tumblr. :D If interested, raffles happen only on our Discord server, so if you'd like a chance at winning one of them, please visit us over here!

For those that are interested in donating or volunteering your time, please feel free to get into contact with us! A lot of our volunteer efforts are coordinated through our channels on Discord, so the best way would certainly to join us there.

We hope to see you, and we hope that we can fulfil any wishes you may have!

Happy Starlight!

[messmers]

if u rb feel free to tag the world ur in

[sundered-souls]

Welcome~

▬ I'm Skaar (he/they), an adult from Europe ▬ Likes/follows come from @undisclosed-id ▬ I don't do follow for follow

This hub will be 98% reblogs, 1% opinion pieces/shitposts from me about the game, 1% WoL QotD when I'm struck by inspiration.

Navigation

— Nymeia's Favor (art) — Byregot's Blessing (screenshots, gifs, videos) — The Wanderer's Minuet (writing) — Thaliak's Wisdom (meta, lore) — Resources — Shitposts

I tend to stick to SFW content. However, partial nudity/suggestive art might still occasionally happen.

This blog is not spoiler free!

Communities

Feel free to join @spotofmummery's community here and/or @gatheredfates's community here.

Specialized communities

FFXIV Roleplay

FFXIV Screenshots

FFXIV Writing

Resources

Roleplay resources

Lore index by @/mirkemenagerie

Crystal archives (for RPers on NA data centers)

Chaos archives (for RPers on EU data centers)

Old French names for your Elezens

Units of time/measurement in FFXIV

The wonderful @mimble-sparklepudding has made plenty of OC ask lists you can answer to share your OC lore!

Gpose resources

— Gposingway (Reshade with some pre-installed presets that work well for FFXIV, like True Realism, so you don't have to look for them yourself) — BIPOC friendly presets for GShade/ReShade (not sure how well they work since the graphical update)

GPosingway is just ReShade with pre-installed presets that are guaranteed to be up to date with that version of ReShade and with the game. It's a package, not a fork so you can change, delete and add presets and textures like you would with any other ReShade install.

→ If you don't want AI in your screenshots, I suggest not using WiFi's nor Leon Aquitaine's presets (included with GPosingway) or outright deleting them from your presets folder. No need to reinstall ReShade entirely.

Miscellaneous resources

— Sea's compendium is an extraordinary place to look for more communities, events, discords, free companies, etc.

[jazzpostsrandomthings]

Hey, sorry for the absense, my friends introduced me to the critically acclaimed MMORPG Final Fantasy XIV which you can play through the entirety of A Realm Reborn and the Award-Winning Heavensward Expansion and ALSO Award-Winning Stormblood Expansion up to level 70 for free with no restrictions on playtime in late September and also university is hard so I kinda forgot about Tumblr (not to mention the fact that Endwalker spoilers that it started to recommend me also made me reconsider returning prior to my completion of MSQ), but because the NA Cloud StressTest servers happened, I decided to make a little post about it here.

So, I was the person who made Edward Elric for this server. Of course he had to be a lalafell.

I first came here for the sake of memes and looking at funny nicknames, but I managed to find a lot of fun and friendly people here. Some didn't have Discord, some were on JP Data Centers (which is great, I am from a JP DC myself) but they were speaking Japanese and weren't too great at English, but some people were willing (and able) to talk to me and I appreciate that...

tbh FFXIV made me find a lot of new awesome people and for that I am incredibly glad that my friends decided to invite me here. I may be a bit too hyperfocused on the game at times, but it's the first MMO that I hadn't abandoned after level 30/month of playing. It's truly special but I will talk about it later perhaps.

I make this post to find more people that might've seen me during the stress test. I hope I really made the day for you with my weird, almost drunken shenanigans when it came to me offering "the fullmetal eggs" to some folk, lol

Anyways, time for some nickname highlights (click on the image to see the full thing)

Man I love this community.

[unionizedwizard]

ffxiv asks 2 and 28?

2. data center?

i'm on chaos (EU data center) & spriggan for irma, and Crystal (NA data center) & coeurl for v'rhym! the catboy is invading america because of @chryza. sorry about that everyone

28. which class would you want to see added next?

honestly i have no idea. i miss the arcane mage class in wow but We Have So Many Goddamn Wizards Already. i think the class we're missing most at this juncture is some kind of druid class, which i had assumed would be added in DT (not that i'm complaining, i love pictomancer a LOT better) but it's not necessarily something i personally would dream of - just thinking we're lacking the traditional PlantMagic guy who can shapeshift or something

[emc2beans]

Hi! I’m Bean and I play ffxiv on the Leviathan server (NA data center). Here is a lineup of my ffxiv WoLs and some related ocs. Goes from left to right.

Gwynedd [Gwyn-ed] Skaenblyss Grufud

-Age: 27   -Pronouns: She/her   -Sexuality: Very Gay 

-Race: Roegadyn -Height: 7ft 3in  -Weight: ~300 lbs 

-Nameday: 28th day of the 3rd Astral Moon (May 28)

-Occupation: Sailor (prev), (the) Warrior of Light, Scion of the Seventh Dawn

-Abilities: Warrior training, The Echo/Light’s Blessing

-Extra: Middle name means “Beautiful Blossom” because she was born in the spring and she hates it.

-Family: Llewellyn Grufud (brother), Rhodri Grufud (father, 46), Angharad Grufud (mother, 45), Assorted adopted younger siblings

Gwynedd is, quite literally, a natural-born sailor. That is to say that she was delivered while her parents were at sea, below deck on The Hullripper, a once-pirate-now-mercantile ship captained by her mother Angharad and her first mate/husband Rhodri. In her mid-20s, Gwynedd developed a desire to see more of the world, which meant leaving her life at sea behind in favor of becoming an adventurer. Seeking fame, fortune, and the company of beautiful women, she would instead find herself fighting for the very existence of the star she called home. 

Llewellyn [Lew-el-in] Guldaren Grufud 

-Age: 17  -Pronouns: He/him   -Sexuality: Gay 

-Race: Roegadyn -Height: 6ft 6in  -Weight: ~210 lbs 

-Nameday: 30th day of the 5th Umbral Moon (Oct. 30)

-Occupation: Sailor, Scion of the Seventh Dawn (unofficial)

-Abilities: Lancer/Dragoon training, oceanic navigation, fishing

-Extra: Middle name means “Gold Harvest” because he was born in the autumn.

-Family: Gwynedd Grufud (sister), Rhodri Grufud (father, 46), Angharad Grufud (mother, 45), Assorted adopted younger siblings

It’s safe to say that Llewellyn’s birth was unexpected. Born slightly early and far smaller than the average Roegadyn infant, the Grufud family was forced to take an extended shore leave in Gridania to ensure ready access to healing. Growing up, Llewellyn was often bullied for his smaller size and sickly nature. Even as he grew into a teenager and his health improved, he continued to be much scrawnier than average for his race, leading to much insecurity on his part. When he hears of his elder sister’s exploits as the vaunted champion of Eorzea, Llewellyn wants nothing more than to join her, but leaving the rest of his family behind is a difficult thing to do.

Syden

16, Viera (rava), He/him, gay

Gunbreaker + Bard

Is the third of five brothers.

Knows which plants will get you high, fuck you up, heal you, or kill you. 

Riveaux

16, Elezen (wildwood), He/him, gay

Machinist + Bard

Lives primarily with his father in Gridania, but spends a few weeks each summer in Ishgard with his mother.

His mother was an Ishgardian noblewoman who ran off to Gridania with a stable boy, whom she married and had a child with. However, she soon discovered that being “poor” (more like lower-middle class) sucked and went back to Ishgard, divorcing Riveaux’s father and leaving a young Riveaux behind. 

Dire 

16, Elezen (duskwight), They/them

Astrologian + Bard

Has two mothers, one duskwight Elezen (biological) and one Garlean. 

Calls their Elezen mother ‘Mum’ and her Garlean mother ‘Mutti’

Her Garlean mom defected while stationed at Baelsar's Wall and met their Elezen mom after running afoul of the Shroud’s wildlife.

A’Mina

16, Miqo’te (seeker), She/her, bisexual but prefers girls

Rogue + Bard

Lives with her single mother, who left their tribe to escape an abusive nuhn.

Gothic lolita enthusiast

Isolde [Ee-solde] Tumult 

- Age: 24-30 (depends on who’s asking)  -Pronouns: She/her 

-Race: Hyur -Sexuality: Bi? Pan? Straight? Yes.  -Height: 5ft 5in 

-Weight: ~180 lbs

-Occupation: Artist, Warrior of Light (reluctantly),‘Free Agent’ (self-proclaimed), Scion of the Seventh Dawn (when it suits her), PR Nightmare

-Abilities: Rogue/Ninja training, The Echo/Light’s Blessing, proficiency with some Allagan technology 

-Extra: Extreme reaction to Echo, activates on contact not proximity, causes intense pain. 

Allag was an empire of incredible technology. From airborne research facilities to teleportation, nothing was beyond the reach of their greatest minds. But, one of these great minds Isolde was not, which made the fact that she was cloned all the more confusing. Worse still was that she’d managed to miss the end of the world, or at least the fall of Allag and everything she’d ever known. Her memories consisted of little more than her name, some vague scenes, and blurry faces. Fortunately, she still knew how to wield a pair of daggers, providing her with a means of defending herself against whatever lurked outside that deactivated cloning facility.