#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

[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

[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.

[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.

[absolutelyfibulas]

wait which ffxiv data center do you play in?

I play on Light! Started out in the NA servers but moved my boy back to Europe for various reasons (mostly that time differences meant I was having to deal with not just the dps queue, but the dps queue when half the server population was asleep 😔).

[messmers]

if u rb feel free to tag the world ur in

[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!

[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

[battlecrazed-axe-mage]

as someone who is extremely panicky about joining larger groups in ffxiv - how do you do it? i have to take half a xanax to get through a full roulette...

Oh man I totally started out there too! For me it was just getting used to playing my role and becoming more secure in the knowledge that if anyone pitched a fit at me (which rarely happens, but y'know, occasionally there's a guy) it was them being unreasonable. If you're on any of the NA data centers and need a roulette buddy, let me know! You got this, I'm rooting for you <333

[ihearasong]

Ok so i am planning on trying out the free trial of final Fantasy 14 in 2 months and i was wondering. Since you're really good at it may i have some tips? Some do's and don'ts?...also how 2 romance Urianger (And nooo! This is definetly NOT an excuse to hear you talk about Final Fantasy what are you talking about!)

Aaa, I'm glad you're thinking about trying out the free trial! The game is lots of fun, and the free trial includes the Stormblood expansion now! In two years...it will include Shadowbringers, one of the best expansions... e v e

Anyway, here's some advice:

Make sure to choose the right server. While world visit and data center travel are now a thing so you can play with friends who are on different servers and datacenters (though this is limited to logical datacenter [NA vs EU vs JP vs OC]), it's more fun and less stressful to be on the same server as your friends, and you can also be in the same free company (guild) together as long as you're on the same server, too! My advice if you don't know anyone playing the game that you want to play with is to choose a low population server (you can check server population on sites like this). You can see that some worlds are listed as "congested." Avoid those, because if a friend ever decides to join you, they're going to have a hell of a time getting onto the same server as you due to character creation and transfer services being disabled for congested worlds.

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While FFXIV is an MMO, you can play completely solo if you wish thanks to the Trust system implemented in Shadowbringers. That being said, I still recommend choosing to run dungeons with other players, because they can help explain mechanics, give helpful tips on how to play your job, and you can even make friends! People in FF are generally friendly and forgiving if you make mistakes. That said, if you choose to play with people, you need to keep in mind DUNGEON ETIQUETTE.

If you're the tank (blue class icon), it's your job to turn on your tank stance, go first, grab enemies, keep them off your teammates, turn bosses away from your teammates, and interrupt certain enemy abilities that cause their castbar to flash red.

If you're the healer (green class icon), it's your job to stay behind the tank, DO NOT GRAB ENEMIES BEFORE THE TANK, keep the tank healed when they're fighting enemies since they should be taking most of the damage, heal yourself and the rest of your party when damage is taken, and try to dps in between healing.

If you're a DPS, your job is to stay behind the tank, DO NOT GRAB ENEMIES BEFORE THE TANK, attack the same enemy that the tank is attacking (when there are 2 enemies), use your AoE (area of effect/multitarget) abilities on 3+ enemies, and focus your attacks on enemies that need to be taken down first (helpful parties will mark a giant 1 over the head of enemies that need to die quickly).

Things that all three roles need to do are keep mindful of fight mechanics, try to take as little damage as possible, and in general just be polite.

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When you're start the game, you'll be told to go to the same guild as whatever class you chose (Lancer, Archer, Pugilist, etc). Though the story doesn't require you to do anything aside from talk to the guild receptionist briefly, I STRONGLY recommend speaking to them a second time to actually join the guild, because many of your best abilities are locked behind guild quests.

Your guild will also assign you a Hunting Log, which marks enemies in the wild as hunting targets. When you kill however many it requests, you get a chunk of EXP, so Hunting Logs are very useful for gaining levels in the beginning of the game.

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When you reach level 15 and unlock your first dungeon, there's a building to the right of the dungeon that an NPC recommends you check out. Inside that building you'll meet The Smith, who offers lessons on how proper fight and party etiquette in a dungeon. Even if you come from another MMO, know all there is to know about dungeon etiquette, or anything like that, I STRONGLY recommend you do these lessons regardless of any reasons. The reason for this is because completing these lessons not only gives you gear that's very good for its level, but at the end it also gives you a 30% exp boost ring.

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Make sure to click on and attune to every single aetheryte/miniature aetheryte you see in a zone or a town. Attuning to large aetherytes give you the ability to teleport to them from anywhere, which not only comes in handy, but if you leave a zone without attuning and then the story wants you to go all the way back, you gotta walk, m'dude. Miniature aetherytes within towns allow you to click on them and teleport throughout the town's aethernet to other mini aetherytes (or the large one at the town center.) Attuning to every single mini aetheryte in a town unlocks the ability to teleport straight to the gates of the town and into whatever neighboring zone you need.

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That's all I can think of at the moment (I have a migraine again, sorry), but I strongly recommend playing with a friend who already knows the game so that you can have real time help when you need it.

[reap-the-game]

FFXIV LFRP – Gia Gabriella

Be sure to read the bunny’s rules and detailed about too! I rp in multi-para/novella style on Tumblr and on Discord and you might be able to talk me into in-game meetups on NA data centers.

This is a sideblog to avaritia-ffxiv.

THE BASICS

Name: Gia Gabriella

Age: Rough equivalent to mid-twenties

Nameday: 6th Sun of the 3rd Umbral Moon

Race: Viera, Rava

Gender: Male(ish)

Sexuality: Pan

Marital Status: Shipped

Server: Gilgamesh, Aether DC

PHYSICAL APPEARANCE

Hair: Black with red highlights, lengthy

Eyes: Red

Height: 175 cm

Build: Average in practically every way

Distinguishing Marks: Long scar crossing his right eye, black markings at the inner and outer corners of his eyes.

Common Accessories: Often wears a mask of some sort.

PERSONAL

Profession: Adventurer, an escort in a pinch

Hobbies: Archery, knitting and crocheting, drawing, singing, running

Languages: Speaks common with an accent

Birthplace: Golmore Jungle

Residence: Eorzea

Religion: Nothing anymore

Patron Deity: Will claim Rhalgr, the Destroyer

Fears: His past finding him again, becoming physically or mentally crippled, getting close to others, losing his freedom, heights and small spaces, beetles of any kind

RELATIONSHIPS

Spouse: None

Children: None

Parents: Ada Falshki (mother). Father’s exact identity unknown to him.

Siblings: None from his mother, probably some from his father, but doesn’t know for certain

Other relatives: Some, none of particular importance

Pets: None

TRAITS

Extroverted / In Between / Introverted

Disorganized / In Between / Organized

Close Minded / In Between / Open Minded

Calm / In Between / Anxious

Disagreeable / In Between / Agreeable

Cautious / In Between / Reckless

Patient / In Between /  Impatient

Outspoken / In Between / Reserved

Leader / In Between / Follower

Empathetic / In Between / Apathetic

Optimistic / In Between / Pessimistic

Traditional / In Between / Modern

Hard-working / In Between / Lazy

Cultured / In Between / Uncultured

Loyal / In Between / Disloyal

Faithful / In Between / Unfaithful

HABITS

Smoking Habit: None

Drugs: Mild ones recreationally, but rarely

Alcohol: Rarely

CHARACTER HOOKS

Wanderer’s Life for Me: He rarely stays long in one place. While one side-effect of that is that he can incredibly hard to get a hold of when you want to, it does also mean that he covers enough distance on the regular to be found practically anywhere within Eorzea. So, no matter where you’re at, you might just meet him.

Sheer Apathy: Are you in trouble? Don’t expect him to step in. Are you making trouble? He might hang around to observe. How would you react in either role? What manner of trouble was it? Really, you could be torching a village and he still wouldn’t make a move to stop you.

Garlean Antipathy: Forever caught in indecision between staying as far away from Garleans as he possibly can and butchering any Garlean he comes across, Gia’s feelings towards the Empire aren’t exactly warm, to say the least. He wouldn’t wish to admit to his fear, but it tends to be obvious anyway. Expect the unpredictable and oft violent reactions of a cornered animal.

Of the Jungle: Although Golmore Jungle is long behind him, he does at times, perhaps even often, yearn for those simpler days. Are you a fellow Viera, Rava even, that would bring a piece of that old home with you?

Voidbound: Reaper by trade, his soul is tied to the Void through his Avatar. Are you someone who knows of the condition? Share it, even? You’d pique his curiosity instantaneously; he hasn’t met a great many Reapers in his time.

OUT OF CHARACTER

Mun is located in Northern Europe.

Discord is available if we’re planning to rp together.

As a general rule there’s nothing I'm entirely unwilling to write, but let’s discuss everything and make sure we’re on the same page. I’m also cognizant of in-character consequences and might refuse to rp something as a result. However, I am particularly open for dark content with Gia, so if you have any ideas, do share.

Open-ish to ERP with the disclaimer it’s an IC dead-end. I also won’t rp it only for the sake of rping it. Not particularly open to shipping because Gia already has an OTP and I struggle to see him with anyone else.

I mostly write in a single timeline, but I’m not completely opposed to AUs.

[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.