#melee dps...idk

[seaseren]

Thinking about combining a couple character concepts. A padjal girl born into a prominent Gridanian family, who were very proud to have a padjali daughter and happily gave her up to the Fane, although they often visited her and maaaaybe spoiled her a bit more than they were "supposed" to. When Chiaki and their mom came to Eorzea, the two kids became very good friends, since the Padjal had always been at least curious about the world outside the Twelveswood. After the Calamity, however, she became more and more frustrated with the state of Gridania and how little she could actually do, chafing against the rules and restictions and how she would get in trouble for arguing back against her elders, even when they were wrong. The last straw was when her mother, who had been impregnated just before the Calamity and lost her husband and other children in the disaster, gave birth to another Padjali child. Although it destroyed her mother to give up her baby and last family member, she had no choice but to peacefully give up the child. The padjali girl got into an argument with the other padjal, who probably viewed the situation as "sad, but nessecary", and ran away to become an adventurer, hoping to find a way to actually help people with the Elemental's Blessing. (She considered asking Chiaki to come along, but at the time they were still way too sick to leave the care of the Conjurer's Guild). Unfortunately for her, the adventurer's life is perhaps far less rosey and full of do-gooding than she initially hoped.

Now I just need to come up with names for her and her mom... (I think Chiaki ended up keeping her mom company a lot. She lost her kids, Chiaki lost their own mom, it makes sense).

[girlbob-boypants]

I still feel like fool for thinking we were going to get a hammer tank with time/space powers themed after Gaia for the new expac.

[starswallowingsea]

crazyb fantasy au

Give me a potential AU and I'll tell you five facts about what would happen in a story

They all have very different types of magic that they use. Rinne is a very flashy and showy person and his magic very much reflects that. Niki's magic is more hesitant but it feels much more comforting, especially when combined with food. HiMERU's natural magic is very dark, though he has opted for something cold yet bright since taking on his persona. Kohaku has a very subtle magic but it's very powerful in its own way.

They still meet completely by accident. Rinne and Niki are traveling between towns and meet HiMERU and Kohaku who have been traveling together for a while at this point. Niki cooks them a meal with what provisions they have left and they offer to stick around, at least for a while since they seem to be heading in the same direction.

Rinne probably insists on taking odd jobs for the fun of it, though he has a keen eye for when something is more than meets the eye. He lets Kohaku pick a job once and warns him that it seems like it's more dangerous than it looks but Kohaku picked it because he knows it could have some really important information related to what he and HiMERU were contracted for.

This mission does end up being turned on its head and Rinne ends up using the magic he grew up learning, which is very defensive in nature and long thought to be a dead art, to protect the other three bees from a blow that would have otherwise been fatal. This is really the moment when the group decides they're in it for the long haul together. Rinne is more or less fine, but he does need some Niki cuddles to get better (this is a lie but Niki deals with it anyway).

It probably still takes some teeth pulling to get Kohaku and HiMERU to talk about why they were together in the first place, but it turns out Rinne and Niki were looking into the same thing for completely different reasons and they're all friends now so they should help each other out yeah? We'll find your brother and you'll help us restore Rinne's village or something. Haven't completely thought this point out but you get it.

[scionshtola]

i just spent a month leveling nin for role quests and now i’m like. what if i picked up something else instead

[impossible-rat-babies]

oh dear god I have every job in 14 to 50 what the hell

[fooltofancy]

red mage lessons be like

alisaie: do you know how to use that thing?

ilya: the uh. the pointy end goes into the other man.

[arolesbianism]

It's so fun imagining your ocs as ds mod characters... I want Sier to go to the constant and immediately fall over and die because they can't listen to music

[devotedlystrangewizard]

anyway got avani through most of sb and all of post-sb in 2 days. skipped most cutscenes. just did holminster switch.

[zwei-rhunen]

-crawling thru the Thanalan deserts like a parched creature -

I've finally done it.. I've finished Hildibrand 2.0 (and leveled MCH to 50) ....

Now I can work on the rest of Heavensward (and try out BLU) 😋

[weaselle]

every few years i play some skyrim again, and while i try to stay away from stealth archer play throughs (because of how quickly i default to stealth archer if i don't avoid it on purpose) one thing about skyrim archery versus melee fighting is the player skill factor and how that changes the feel of the game

specifically, when in a melee fight you can (and even, at times, should) just press the attack button very quickly over and over without stopping until either you die or your enemy does...

but no amount of button mashing will cause your archery to succeed, you are either skilled enough to place your shots under pressure or you aren't

So, for example, taking a fort from a group of enemies is either an intense and purposeful operation that hinges on the skilled execution of your actions, or it's something you can do without paying much attention to what you are doing if you just move your character to there and press a single button a bunch of times in a row, and sure maybe you have to drink some potions too.

idk, i know they tried to make the sword fighting a skill, and i do really try to fight smart, blocking and maneuvering etc, but when push comes to shove, especially in a battle involving several foes, it really just comes down to the DPS equation of will your health and armor hold out long enough for you to press your attack button 45 times in rapid succession.

inb4 i lowkey consider backstab builds to just be an up-close stealth archer sub-class, and mages fighting is a whole other ball of wax, i'm just talking about how gameplay feels regarding archery versus melee weapons

[nomodave]

Neurotic mouse but arknights idk

Geronimo Stilton 6* specialist Geek

Profile

Geronimo Stilton, a renowned zalak journalist and head editor of the Rodents Gazette. It is a rare and incredible collaboration with Rhodes island to have such a celebrity show his support for the infected, both in his work and on field.

Archive file 1

The renowned journalist mouse! Ive rarely got to read the newspaper from the zalakian areas of terra but its hard to not know this guy. There was murmur all across the landship when it was revealed he would visit Rhodes island for a collaboration. Hell even the elite operators were out of their personal quarters! You could say that hes more of a celebrity rather than the head of his newspaper. After reviewing his file i was blown away how much this scrawny zalak already went through and can do, i couldn't decide what role to assign him but eventually after a quick chat revealed that a specialist will serve him well.

- Closures notes

Archetype: Geek specialist

Trait: Continually loses HP over time

Talent one: All-Rounder

Can be deployed on both melee and ranged tiles. Depending on tileset, range and stats change. Deployed on melee tileset: Range decreases, DEF increases and regenerates 3%HP per second. Deployed on ranged tileset: ASPD increases, regenerates 10% HP per hit, increases atk to 150% when attacking enemies with abnormal statuses

Talent two: chief editor of the Rodents gazette

Enemies are slowed 0.2s everytime they are hit by this operator and refunds 50% of initial DP cost upon deployment.

Skill 1 "Newsflash"

Attack interval decreases slighty, attacks two targets prioritising seperate enemies ,abnormal status durations are increased by 2.5x

Skill 2 "Cheese connoisseur"

Offensive recovery, next attack recovers HP based on this operators 300% ATK and grants them 25 ASPD to the healed operator

Skill 3 "Deadline due"

Auto recovery, 110% ATK, gains sanctuary, attacks 3 targets prioritising seperate enemies, abnormal status durations are increased by 1.5x, each enemy suffers 20% ATK as true damage per abnormal status in this operators range

[twilightducky]

You know what because I'm incredibly bored on the bus again, and I have a Final fantasy xiv addiction.

What final fantasy xiv class would each LU character be?

Time: physical DPS or Tank But I'm thinking more of a Warrior- I know theres a character LITERALLY named Warriors, but like... I feel as a class the warrior fits time better...

Twilight: he would definitely be a physical DPS class or tank because he doesnt canonically use any magic devices. Kind of thinking he would be a Dark Knight- cause you know hes so dark and brooding ahah. TBF Twilight could also be a really good Reaper!

Here's Reaper as well:

Wars: Like Twilight and Time, physical dps or tank. But hes a captain so hed probably be a Paladin.

Wild: definitely a ranged dps class because of his bow- I'd have to say Bard because the bow is their primary weapon. But it's hard to think of wild playing fun music mid battle. Actually no. Yeah hes good with a bow, but I think Wild would be a dancer. His vai outfit looks a little similar and it is the most mobile class in the entire game!

Legend: Idk but he just RADIATES Red mage energy. With all his magic items and his cool little lance-staff thing

Hyrule: 100% a healer class- probably White mage or scholar- I kinda want to say scholar because of the little fairy companion you get.

Four: Ranged Magic? Idk this ones a little difficult. Out of all the classes I feel like summoner fits him the best. With his ability to befriend small creatures like the picori, maybe Summoner would be the best option?

Wind: Machinist. No other option. They're literally the PIRATE PEOPLE and literally imagine Wind with a gun. Come on.

Sky: I was saving bard for sky mainly because of the lyre tou get- Sky was difficult to choose for because honestly nothing felt like it fit... I mean I dont think bard fits much either, but it's the closest I could think of.. I think I need a Sky stan to answer this a lot better than me.

After all that I have realized something odd. I never picked a Melee DPS for ANY of them.... uhhh maybe cause I avoid playing those classes at all costs?

Time, Twi, Wars are Tanks. Sky, Wild, Wind, are Ranged Melee Dps, Legend and Four are Ranged Magic DPS, and Hyrule is a Healer.

If you have better picks for each of these characters- feel free to share cause I most definitely botched a couple- plus a second opinion is always better!

[mushymushhh]

HYPMIC FFXIV ASSIGNMENT I GUESS*

Because my brainrot is too severe I have to mix my two fav hyperfixations together or I will Die chshxjjsjdjd

* A note:

- I am basing everyone’s class based on the Hypmic Quest events in ARB and since KR decides to not give the 3gumis their classes I have decided to take matters into my own hands (read: vibes + delusions)

- Also this is assignment base on an AU where the cast are ffxiv characters not what they, as humans would play irl if this makes sense :’)

BUSTER BROS

Ichiro: Miqo’te || Samurai (HypQuest)

Jiro: Miqo’te || debating either Dragoon or Warrior…. (very ooga booga jobs, also I cannot for the life of me tell what weapon he has in HypQuest 😥 his armor looks very Warrior like but the weapon looks like either DRK or DRG)

Saburo: Miqo’te || Scholar (smart boy, also could be Sage 🤔)

MAD TRIGGER CREW

Samatoki: Au Ra || Dark Knight (HypQuest also he really reminds me of Sidurgu from the DRK quests, mad edgelord vibes he needs to talk to some Moogles)

Jyuto: …Viera || Machinist (gun)

Rio: Roegadyn || Machinist (He’s A Gun) or Gunbreaker (Royal Guard typa guy), Culinarian on the sides

FLING POSSE

Ramuda: Lalafell! || Black Mage or Pictomancer (BLM bc HypQuest, PCT because….cute…both very Big DPS)

Gentaro: Hyur || Bard (HypQuest) or Astrologian (vibes)

Dice: Miqo’te || Ninja (Rogue vibes)

MATENRO:

Jakurai: Elezen || Scholar or Black Mage (yes I know FFXIV /technically/ has a Necromancer but uh sadly not a playable job so *shrugs*)

Hifumi: Elezen || Dancer (vibes) or Ninja (not really vibing with this but, HypQuest)

Doppo: Hyur || Warrior (Inner Release berserker type of guy) or a melee with big burst dps,,,idk I don’t play dps often //sobs Final Sting Blue Mage

DOTSUITARE HOMPO

Sasara: Miqo’te || Glare White Mage (HypQuest)

Rosho: Viera OR Elezen I’m on the fence…|| Warrior (HypQuest)

Rei: Hrothgar || Bard (pure Vibes I feel like he’s a bow n arrows typa guy) or Blue Mage

BAD ASS TEMPLE:

Kuko: Lalafell || Ninja (HypQuest) or… Monk

Jyushi: Elezen || Dragoon (HypQuest) or Red Mage (aesthetics) or even funnier, Reaper (his voidsent sponsor is Amanda)

Hitoya: Hyur (?) || Ex-Scholar turned Summoner or Paladin (Holy Knight)

[whimsicorner]

I've been walloped over the head with Naruto fixation in the middle of being eaten by FF14 (having fun with Dawntrail) and I keep thinking about the Team 7 light party that I assigned on the fly HAHA my personal thoughts on the matter is

- Sakura is the tank (Warrior for the party heal/self heal/blue healer joke) (also realized after the fact that warrior has the whole Inner Beast thing, so you could crack an inner Sakura joke) (also warrior keeps getting bigger and bigger Fell Cleaves and I think it would be funny)

- Kakashi is on Scholar/healer because he gets a little book and the carbuncles and I thought it would be funny (also I think he should play lalafell for fun)

- Sasuke is Reaper for the edgey melee dps. I think reaper enshroud & the lore might be enticing bc the, like, pact with a little funny demon thing

- Naruto is a Ninja for the bit and also melee dps (menace with shukuchi/gap closing and also greeding DPS) (finds the smallest teeny tiniest safe spots about half the time)

I keep pondering who else you could add into the party to make a full static but I fell off of reading around halfway thru the Gaara Rescue arc years ago...absorbed the rest by osmosis so I know about Sai and Yamato but I'm not sure who else I would pick for a party of 8...there's too many options....I think Sai would of course be pictomancer but idk what Yamato would be HAHA maybe white mage? For the blood lily? Kakashi and Yamato shield healer/regen healer team? (This leaves one tank spot and one damage-dealer spot open if I can count correctly)

It would be kind of funny if the inevitable desire to make all things an FF14 AU is what makes me reread Naruto but that depends on getting my brain together HAHA

I thiiiiink it would be a modern AU where they all game together just bc I don't have the brain to try a fusion AU at the moment, but I could imagine Sasuke having surprisingly really deep lore for his character and writing fanfic in his head and then getting mortified when he accidentally lets it slip (not ready to be perceived by his friends)

(someone gets Sasuke to pick up dark knight and like, if you connect with it, dark knight quests can change man HAHA, they check in on him in a while and he's having a Time)

I'll think about it...I'm in the ao3 trenches right now (close 5 tabs and somehow I have 50 more tabs)

[the-hawkeyes]

for the canon casters: what does casting magic feel like to your wol? how does being "out of mana" feel?

for the physical fighters: how does it feel when they do those impossible moves? the twirls, the jumps? do they supplement with aether? dynamis? is it purely physical or is something else involved?

what would your wol be if they weren't the wol? what would they do as a job or career? would they be happier?

for Katie! (idk if shes a melee or caster or both so i sent both)

Oh gosh this is quite the question to answer, but its perfect because I've been trying to think about her fighting style for a bit (both for the WoL part and also if she was in a fighting game).

Katie is both. She's a rushdown sort of fighter. She wants to get right into your face, mix you up, and make you feel powerless. It took.....probably until Stormblood to really get her fighting style down. She uses magic to be both offensive and defensive (but like, 80-20 respectively. Yeah she has a DP lmao [Dragon Punch, an invincible special move that is powerful when it hits but it super hurts when it misses and you get punished for it]).

Casting feels secondhand to her now. It's as simple and easy as breathing, as thinking, as moving an arm without thinking. It simply....happens. There's a sensation there, sure, but she always struggles to explain it properly. She thinks it, she does it, she feels it. Hear, Feel, Think.

For being out of mana, she feels empty. It's an uncomfortable feeling, like someone took a spoon into her and scooped out all of her insides. Hollow. Her personality changes during this state too. She's still in full control of her faculties and mind, but there's very little emotion behind her voice. She doesn't particularly like this feeling, so she tends to avoid it whenever possible.

For doing the actual, physical fighting? It's a thrill. With Fray and Ravana packed within her, its exhilarating. It relates up to the part where she does magic. When she fights its mostly all her doing it, having trained her body to do these things. Naturally she augments her fighting with aether, and now is working on incorporating Akasa (dynamis, i like Akasa so much better) into what she can do more willingly.

She feels free, thrilled, unhinged when she's physically fighting. She tends to get more focused than she should, Ravana's influence ever present even though the primal is no longer wanting to take over her body like he was trying to do at the start.

As for if she wasn't the WoL? She'd be a carpenter. A woodworker. Less making pieces of art to display in homes but making the homes, making the displays. It's something she's always done and continues to do as the WoL. She has her own workshop now, sometimes taking commission work, but mostly doing it because she loves it and she can!

[paperhandsexe]

ANYWAY since my powers out, imma just throw my xiv pt thoughts here;

pep (midlander but not twinky gdi) - paladin, idk pep seems like a tank guy (also, the armor power up)

gus (lalafell) - white mage? idk yall i just wanted healer/tank dynamic

noise (viera but like SUPER tiny) - idk actually? ranged/magic dps seems fitting to me? which one idk

noisette (bnuuuuuuy......) - warrior but with one of the two whole hammer available... or a whm as well

vigil (highlander) - machinist, it has gun and flamethrower must i say more?

pepper (roe) - red mage, is red. is a lil dramatic (a lot actually) / or monk i guess

fake pep (midlander but not twinky OR is unknown) - not sure tbh? paladin as well? or a melee dps?

ph (elezen? unknown? idk) blue mage. it just makes sense to me (also is banned from everything becuz of it)

worlds WORST static right here ☝️

edit real quick BUT if yall got better ideas lmk :0)